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"Back to King Yanping, at this time, we can only wait patiently, and it is not a way to be in a hurry. Those who think about us should already be on their way back, so there's no need to be in a hurry! Chen Yonghua said comfortingly.

"Hey, I regret that I shouldn't have listened to the words of the military advisor. When Geng Jingzhong's little boy had just formed the Mawei Navy, he should have given them a fatal blow, so that they could not form an army, and it was too late to say anything at this time" Zheng Jing was really annoyed, although he had made money in the past few years and the army had also developed, but compared with the Mawei Navy on the side, his originally happy mood was suddenly not good. What's more, the Mawei Navy put too much pressure on their Taiwanese sailors, and they were afraid to do anything.

"The world is changeable, no one would have expected that the Mawei Navy would develop into today's quality, and the subordinates only thought that an additional naval division in this sea area would be unfavorable to our Taiwanese naval division, and the subordinates did not expect that it would be unfavorable to this process." Chen Yonghua also shook his head and said. "Lord Wang, at this time, since Guangdong is already in the hands of Geng Jingzhong, and there is still a Mawei Navy stationed along the coast, then we can really only watch, unless the prince wants to start a war with the Geng family immediately!"

"It is impossible to start a war with the Geng family, their Mawei Navy is superior to us in terms of armament and numbers, and we are not sure of victory, but it will be in the case of a sneak attack and a qiē shun lì, even then, the hope is very small. Besides, at this time, it was his Mawei Marine Army that was attacking the city on the mainland, but the navy did not move. Although there is a reason why Geng Jingzhong wants to hide his strength. But on the other hand. It's not necessarily guarding against us! Zheng Jing's gaze was in the distance. Said faintly.

"Wang Ye is wise, because of this, we have to wait patiently, we can't get the benefits in Fujian and Guangdong, then let's go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I think Geng Jingzhong is also coveting this piece of fat in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he has no reason to refuse. Speaking of which, the subordinates have a feeling. This puzzled me. Chen Yonghua said with a gentle tap on his head.

Zheng Jing saw Chen Yonghua's expression, and immediately asked, "Oh? What are the doubts of the military advisor? ”

"In recent years, the changes in Fujian can be described as changing with each passing day, and the expansion of the Mawei Army is even more incredible, which also shows that Geng Jingzhong is indeed a generation of heroes and far-sighted. There are two points that his subordinates are puzzled about, one is the matter in front of him, why did he not go straight to Huanglong and lead the Mawei Navy to the land of Gyeonggi; In addition, the Mawei Navy actually said that it had defeated our Taiwanese sailors two years ago, but he let us go, judging from his defeat of the Japanese state. It is not too much of a problem to destroy us at a certain cost. But he didn't do either of these things, and this is what his subordinates are puzzled about. ”

"The military advisor is a little long, and his morale has destroyed his prestige. Although our Taiwanese sailor is not as good as his horsetail navy, he is not muddy, and he wants to eat our teeth that have to be broken. Zheng Jing said unhappily.

Seeing Zheng Jing angry, Chen Yonghua knew that he was speechless. But knowing that Zheng Jing was just a bad mood for a while, he continued: "The prince forgives his sins, and his subordinates are gaffes. The subordinates thought about it for a long time and finally came to a conclusion. Chen Yonghua paused: "Geng Jingzhong seems to be able to see through what will happen in the future, and he is ahead of others at every step." Everything he did, such as the expedition to the Japanese state, the occupation of Luzon, and so on, was all preparing for today's anti-Qing movement. ”

"It seems to make some sense to say this, but it's still a bit exaggerated to praise the Geng family kid like this!" Zheng Jing said with a little jealousy.

"Hehe, I thought so before. But when I got the Mawei Army to start attacking Guangdong, I was even more sure of my conjecture! Shang Kexi had just sent Wu Sangui's envoy to the capital, and Geng Jingzhong immediately detained it, and then immediately launched an attack on Guangdong and captured it in a short time. Without adequate preparations, such a result would never have been achieved. Shang Kexi was also unlucky and was caught off guard. After Chen Yonghua finished speaking, he took a sip of tea, and then fell silent.

After Zheng Jing listened, he stopped talking in a daze, and the lobby was suddenly quiet and only the sound of breathing remained

"Dadu Governor, it seems too simple to agree to Zheng Jing's conditions like this!" Yao Qisheng, as the current big housekeeper, has become even more calculating than Li Guangdi a few years ago.

"Hehe, Mr. Yao has become more budget-conscious." Before Geng Jingzhong could speak, Li Guangdi spoke. "Let Zheng Jing send troops to attack Zhejiang, which can reduce the attention of the Qing court to us. Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the tax burdens of the Qing court, once attacked, the Qing court will divide its troops to fight Zheng Jing, so that there is no time to take care of us. Even if Zheng Jing's strength is not very good, it is never a problem to go up for three or five months. If they are angry, the time of a year is unknown. Taking advantage of this time, we just calmly digest the vested territory, and when we are tidied up, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are just letting them keep it for a while longer. ”

"That's what I said, but Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich, and Zheng Jing is cheap for nothing, this is"

Geng Jingzhong raised his hand to stop Yao Qisheng's speech, and said: "I told the two gentlemen before that our first strategy against Taiwan is to force it to surrender, not to attack him. Taiwan is isolated overseas, even if Zhejiang is all given to him? We don't need to make much effort to smash Huanglong and occupy their foundation in Taiwan, and then they will be rootless duckweed. If we don't have a navy, this is of course empty talk, but in fact, we have the strength to attack Taiwan directly, so Zheng Jing is not worried! ”

"Zheng Cheng came to us to cooperate, isn't he worried that when he captures Zhejiang, we will attack him in Taiwan, he underestimates the courage of our governor. If we want to take Taiwan, we will take it a long time ago. It's just that the Metropolitan Governor is rare for the 40,000 sailors in Taiwan. The world is so vast. But it still takes a lot of sailors to be able to expand. And the European fleet, which will be our number one enemy in the future, so excellent sailors are the most rare. Li Guangdi interjected.

"We now have to consider not only the domestic form, but also the international form." Geng Jingzhong nodded, agreeing with Li Guangdi's words. "We're in a hurry now. In case the war in Europe ends early, and we are still at war at home, and we do not have a strong navy to defend the country at that time, then the situation will really be serious. As it stands. We still have time to train a new navy, and every force has to be put into the domestic battlefield, and besides, training the navy is far more difficult than training the army, and it is not a year or two that can be compared with the old sailors in Europe who have been drifting at sea for more than ten years. ”

"Okay, then let Yang Jian's artillery division divide two battalions out of Guangxin Mansion to take Quzhou, Fuzhou is going north from Ningde, and take the nearest three places in Qingyuan County, Taishun County and Cangnan County, don't worry about the rest, let Zheng Jing toss. As long as there is our shadow in this. Zheng Jing should rest assured! ”

"Yes!" Li Guang nodded.

"By the way, how did the recruitment of local officials turn out?" Geng Jingzhong thought that they had won so much territory. Now that the manpower is getting shorter and shorter, he negotiated a recruitment order with Yao Qisheng and others to recruit learned people to come to his command as officials. Since Wu Sangui is vigorously recruiting talents, how can he be indifferent.

After all, the newcomers trained by Fuzhou can't catch up, and the number is far from enough. In the past, all the qualified personnel in Fujian and Guangdong were used up, and recently 200 people have been trained in the past year, but now they can only be put down at the grassroots level to beat, and they are strictly implemented according to the rules and regulations that have been formulated long ago, and they are somewhat reluctant to serve as town-level chief officials. The territory taken by Jiangxi is strictly lacking in manpower, so if he does not recruit talents, he can only be regarded as occupying these places militarily.

"There are quite a few students who come to sign up, reaching more than 1,200 people, but the number of students who have passed the assessment is too few, less than half of them. So far, in the past half month, only 80 qualified personnel have been selected. Yao Qisheng said speechlessly.

"So little!" Geng Jingzhong was surprised for a moment, and then he was relieved. There is not much difference between the scholars of this era and the students of later generations, who do not lift four taels and devote themselves to reading every day. There is a saying that "two ears do not hear the affairs of the world, and only read the books of sages and sages!" "There are very few people who study the words of the sage and the articles of the sage all day long, or the poems and songs, and seriously study the books related to life or local governance, such as the "Laws" and the "Book of Agriculture", and so on, and even nearly half of the eighty people who have been selected after repeated selection barely meet the standard.

"I didn't think about it, but we've always been pragmatic, and it's better to stay away from those who can only talk about it. In this way, since there are not many available talents among the scholars, then select some people with good reputations from the previous officials to take on important responsibilities, many of them are experienced, and even if they are put in one place to be county officials, there is no problem! ”

Geng Jingzhong thought of these officials, also because the teacher who was cultivating talents for him was born as a Xu official, of course, since Geng Jingzhong wanted to use them, he had to pick the good ones, and the bad ones would be thankful!

Most of the officials were born from poor and innocent families, and a small number came from educated scholars, but because of their own temperament or lack of knowledge, they could not enter the official career and become civil officials. But a small number of officials have also served as officials, and they have either been dismissed for misconduct or have been disemployed by unusually large layoffs. As far as the whole group is concerned, the social status of the officials is very low, for more than a thousand years, all the officials of each dynasty have not been allowed to participate in the imperial examination, and participating in the examination is a right that even the peasants can enjoy.

The general public distrusted, feared, and even hated the officials, while the high-ranking officials despised them. However, despite their unpopularity everywhere, they remained the most fundamentally important class of the imperial Chinese bureaucracy. Since the invention of papermaking, administrative paperwork has been elevated to an art. Numerous reports, records, and various documents became routine, often requiring the production of various copies. Each text has a unique format and must not deviate in the slightest. Because of their mastery of these trivial details, they became an indispensable part of the bureaucracy.

Although most of the officials had no formal education, they were able to learn the basic paperwork and numeracy skills needed for their jobs on their own. Their knowledge of red tape is partly accumulated from their work, and partly from their relatives or other people's private teachings. Some of the key procedures are usually passed down from father to son, or can be sold to newcomers for a significant price. The reason why they were able to maneuver freely in the system was obviously because they effectively grasped the principles of applied psychology and had a comprehensive understanding of the political climate of the time. The reason why Geng Jingzhong took a fancy to them was that he valued their ability, which many officials did not have.

For thousands of years, the administration of various dynasties was actually controlled by the grassroots personnel within the bureaucracy, and its strictness was far beyond imagination. These junior subordinates, accustomed to using techniques such as deception, deception, deception, and collusion, selectively carry out the tasks assigned to them, and on the other hand, they are well versed in administrative details and operational procedures, so that they are able to deceive, obstruct, mislead, and even coerce their superiors who are more prestigious than them.

Typical is the corruption that was pervasive in the previous period, and although it was caused by the complicity of officials of all classes, the main culprit was the officials at the grassroots level. They have more opportunities than others, and are more capable of changing, distorting and disrupting administrative procedures for private purposes on a large scale. Because corruption at the grassroots level depends on each other's shielding and complicity, they have always been a problem in the civil service. They made it difficult to solicit bribes, held the chief officials hostage, guarded and stole themselves, relied on the powerful, oppressed the people, extorted money, exploited the common people, manipulated the judiciary, and engaged in favoritism and irregularities. It is no wonder that in previous histories, every once in a while, officials would launch a campaign to purge the officials and their accomplices.

"Dadu, I am afraid that it is not appropriate to do this, but this is because the gentry class of the whole country is the enemy, not that we have an opinion on the officials, but that it is the case in all dynasties. The subordinates do not deny that many officials are more capable than their chief officials, but if we use a large number of these people as officials, I am afraid," Yao Qisheng said worriedly.

"What are they dissatisfied with, although the educational content of the Nafu School, State School, and County School curriculum is also set up for the purpose of training officials, and law courses are held to explain the Qing Law; I opened a political class and read the tablet. The focus is on cultural education courses, such as reading the "Four Books", "Interpretation of the Imperial Scriptures", "The Encyclopedia of Sex and Reason", "Poems", "Ancient Texts", "University Derivation", "Authentic Articles" and so on. What's more, there are still very few courses, and the focus is on the exams. You don't know the entire imperial examination system, the official school is completely a vassal of the imperial examination, the teaching content is strictly divorced from the social reality, the instructors are pedantic, the management is chaotic, the examination system is rotten, the monthly and quarterly examinations are lax, and the style of study is not much better. There are very few outstanding talents like the two gentlemen! Geng Jingzhong first commented on those readers with disdain, and then praised Yao Qisheng and Li Guangdi. (To be continued......)

PS: There is a problem with the computer today, and I can only go to the Internet café to upload, and the difference will be made up tomorrow!