Chapter 222: Providence Is So
The holy decree and Yang Tingshu's letter arrived in Xingyang at the same time.
Zheng Xunrui served as the left deputy imperial envoy, the governor of Shaanxi, and concurrently served as the governor of Yansui, and removed him from the post of left attendant of the military department and the imperial history of the left capital, specializing in Shaanxi and Yansui affairs, and the governor of Shaanxi, Gan Xuekuo, was transferred to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites to exterminate the Liukou affairs, which was fully responsible for the military department Shangshu and the governor of the five provinces.
After receiving the holy decree, Zheng Xunrui did not stop at all, quickly went through the relevant handover procedures with the commander of Xuan Wuwei, and left Xingyang with two thousand Zheng family soldiers and soldiers, and headed towards Yansui Town.
Providence is so, Zheng Xunrui tried his best.
The imperial court for this adjustment, can be described as painstaking, the most pleasing is Gan Xuekuo, the governor of Shaanxi is not a few people willing to do, not to mention the hard work, but also thankless, Gan Xuekuo is Chongzhen seven years in November, this is how long it has been, to the Ministry of Rites as the right waiter, it is equivalent to a pie in the sky, I am afraid that after receiving the holy decree, Gan Xuekuo will wake up laughing when he sleeps, on the other hand, he Zheng Xunrui is the most unlucky.
Although the left deputy envoy and the left squire of the military department are the same rank of official positions, but the meaning of the two is different, the left squire of the military department can directly intervene in the affairs of the army, under special circumstances, even the army can be mobilized to fight, the left deputy imperial envoy is not good, mainly responsible for the people's livelihood matters.
There are people in the court who are jealous of him, and not ordinary people.
Zheng Xunrui has read Yang Tingshu's letter several times and can almost memorize it.
Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai and others, without such ability, it is impossible for him Zheng Xunrui to change his position.
Zheng Xunrui felt lucky, maybe the adults in the court, including the emperor, thought that the extermination of the Liukou was a sure thing, and he was afraid that he Zheng Xunrui would get too much credit at a young age, but he didn't know that the Liukou was even stronger at this time, if he wanted to completely exterminate it, he could only start from the two aspects of people's livelihood and the military, and only with a two-pronged approach could it have a real effect.
It's a pity that the adults of the court will not understand this.
Zheng Xunrui doesn't care, he needs to return to Yansui Town as much as possible, about the recruitment of sergeants by the Zheng family, he has always been concerned, it is related to his future development, fortunately, the emperor and the court may be guilty, for the Zheng family army he presented, all the things were approved, Liu Zeqing and Wang Yuncheng all entered the Zheng family's army, Liu Zeqing was the identity of the Yulin general soldier, as the deputy chief soldier of the Zheng family's army, and Wang Yuncheng served as a general.
Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Hong Xintao, Hong Xingui, Hong Xinyu, Su Congjun, Wang Xiaoer, Su Manzi and others finally had an official identity, and the Ministry of War also filed it.
It is very good to be able to do this, not to mention the matter of exterminating the rogue, at least General Zheng can develop openly, but unfortunately in terms of money and food, Zheng Xunrui still needs to find a way by himself, relying on the military salary of the imperial court, and he can't do anything well, and in the middle of the holy decree, there is no mention of military salary at all.
Wen Zhenmeng's attitude made Zheng Xunrui feel cold, but he thought more, if it continued to develop according to this trend, the emperor would definitely be dissatisfied with Wen Zhenmeng, a very important signal, that is, Yao Ximeng became the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, this position is very critical, and it is definitely not something that Zhan Shifu Shao Zhan Shi can compare.
Does this indicate that Wen Zhenmeng has not been in the cabinet for a long time?
Zheng Xunrui didn't stay to hand over to Hong Chengchou, he didn't have to wait for Hong Chengchou, and after receiving the holy decree, Hong Chengchou would have to delay some time, he was waiting stupidly in Xingyang, it was completely unnecessary, and what Hong Chengchou thought, he couldn't know, maybe people would directly enter Shanxi to suppress bandits, and they wouldn't go to Xingyang.
On February 15, Zheng Xunrui returned to Yansui Town.
It had been nearly three months since I left Yansui Town, and when I entered the governor's yamen, a familiar feeling came to my heart.
Wen Manshan and the others had been waiting in the backyard for a long time, they learned the news, and when they saw Zheng Xunrui entering the backyard, they all left tears, which made Zheng Xunrui very emotional.
Wen Manshan and others were very concerned about the battle situation in Henan, after Zheng Jinhong and others returned to Yansui Town first, Wen Manshan ignored many taboos and asked Yuhuan to ask about the battle, Zheng Jinhong was very honest, and went to the governor's yamen to tell the situation of several battles, and learned that Zheng Xunrui was not only commanding the battle, but also personally participating in the pursuit and fighting, Wen Manshan and others turned pale and trembled.
It is said that after Zheng Jinhong went home, he was beaten up by Yuhuan, saying that it was in front of the young lady, why did he say it so carefully, Zheng Jinhong knew that he was wrong, so he lowered his head and did not speak.
Seeing Zheng Xunrui come back safely, of course everyone was happy, but they saw that Zheng Xunrui had lost a lot of weight, and they felt uncomfortable again.
Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Yang He and others came to the wing.
Zheng Xunrui was already waiting in the wing.
Before Zheng Xunrui could speak, Xu Wanghua spoke.
"My lord, the court is short-sighted, and I'm afraid that we will have to pay the price soon."
"Mr. Xu, don't talk about these things, I hope Lord Hong can completely exterminate the Liukou, but he wants to dispatch the Zheng Jiajun, there is no possibility, the Zheng Jiajun has paid heavy casualties this time, and it takes time to recuperate, as for the mobilization of the army under the command of the Shaanxi Reading Command Envoy, there is no problem, I don't care, in addition, the Yulin Border Army and the Ningxia Border Army cannot be transferred at will."
Xu Wanghua sighed and spoke again.
"My lord served as the governor of Shaanxi, his subordinates really didn't feel happy, what happened to the chaos in Shaanxi, everyone knows, last year's famine, countless displaced people, Pingliang Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion, Xi'an Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion, all suffered from the invasion of the Liukou, the people are not happy, and they want these places to settle down, it's not a trivial matter."
Zheng Xunrui smiled.
"Mr. Xu is by his side, I am still worried about what to do so much, I have just taken office, and I have not yet arrived in Xi'an Fucheng, Mr. Xu has thought of so many difficulties, it seems that there must be a way to deal with it."
When Xu Wanghua was about to speak again, Zheng Xunrui waved his hand.
"The affairs of the imperial court, don't say so much, don't think about it, Shaanxi has a vast jurisdiction, in a short period of time, it is difficult to make all parts of the country stable, I don't have such an idea, many years of accumulated shortcomings, how can it be solved overnight, and besides, some people just want to embarrass me, I'm afraid that my credit is too great, I just found the court to complain, and I want more relief, if the court can't get money and food, then I can't blame me."
Everyone looked at Zheng Xunrui and didn't understand the meaning.
Zheng Xunrui changed the subject.
"Zheng Jinhong, how is the matter of recruiting sergeants?"
"Young Master, in twenty days, 15,000 people were recruited, including 2,400 young men from the Ordos tribe, and the Yulin border army that participated in the extermination of the Liukou, all of which were incorporated into the sequence of the Zheng family's army, with a total of 38,500 Zheng family troops, including 35,000 cavalry, 32 cavalry battalions, two pro-soldier battalions, two scout battalions, two law enforcement battalions, and 3,500 foot soldiers, including three Shenji battalions, and the newly recruited sergeants are stepping up training."
"Well, the recruitment of sergeants is progressing well, and so far, how much money and food does the Zheng family army need every month."
"The monthly expenses are equivalent to 110,000 taels of silver."
Zheng Xunrui sighed, raising an army is to burn silver, this is not bad at all, the Zheng family army of less than 40,000 people needs to consume 110,000 taels of silver per month, this is still in peacetime, if it is in wartime, the consumption is even greater.
"Is the allowance and food for the fallen soldiers in place?"
"All in place, the seriously injured soldiers who cannot continue to fight, the subsidies are also in place, one hundred taels of silver per person, five stone of food, if they have difficulties in life in the future, Zheng Jiajun will also give a certain amount of subsidies."
"Very good, Zheng Jiajun will be ready within three days, follow me to Xi'an Mansion to take office, although Liu Zeqing is the deputy chief soldier of Zheng Jiajun, but he is still the chief soldier of Yulin, he will stay in Yulin Border Town, preside over all matters in Yulin Border Town, and the rest of the people will all go to Xi'an Mansion, Zheng Jinhong, you are already the chief military officer of Zheng Jiajun, Yang He, you are the deputy chief soldier of Zheng Jiajun, you will earnestly perform your duties in the future."
"The subordinates, only the young master's orders are obeyed."
Zheng Jinhong and Yang He both stood up and saluted Zheng Xunrui.
Xu Wanghua looked at Zheng Jinhong and Yang He. There was a smile on his face, and it was meaningful.
Zheng Jinhong and Yang He only talked about obeying Zheng Xunrui's orders, and did not mention the emperor and the court at all, it seems that no one should think about mobilizing the Zheng family's army, as the strength of the Zheng family's army gradually becomes stronger, there will be no one to mobilize in the future.
The busy preparations began, the first thing that needs to be relocated is Zheng Xunrui's family, Zheng Jinhong sent heavy guards, the speed of the family members can not be very fast, there will be no special requirements for time, as for Zheng Xunrui and others, the speed must be very fast, and they will rush to Xi'an Fucheng.
Liu Zeqing stayed in Yulin Border Town, a little unhappy, but this was Zheng Xunrui's arrangement, and he could only obey, originally thinking that after entering the Zheng family's army, he would be able to follow the army to act together.
Zheng Xunrui's temperament of employing people without doubting doubts made Liu Zeqing very moved, and after Zheng Xunrui left, he was responsible for the people's livelihood in Yulin Border Town, which is a rare situation.
On 17 February, Zheng Xunrui's family set out first, escorted by 5,000 cavalry of the Zheng family's army along the road.
On 19 February, Zheng Xunrui led the Zheng army, all of which headed in the direction of Xi'an.
In any case, after Zheng Xunrui became the governor of Yansui, they were able to eat and live a stable life, and they were naturally reluctant to leave such a good governor, but unfortunately this was the emperor's holy decree, and no one dared to disobey it