After staying in Beijing for a while, Liu Jun finally resigned from Beijing.

When he came, he went to Beijing with two teachers, and he was not alone when he left. Chongzhen issued an order to order Liu Jun to go to the southeast on behalf of the Son of Heaven to worship the god of the sea and supervise the military affairs of Jiangnan.

This will was again in an uproar among the government and the opposition. Liu Jun was a military general, became a marquis, added the title of ministry and became a commander, and after entering Beijing, the two teachers entered the cabinet and became the first assistant and the second assistant. Later, Liu Jun was personally accepted by the emperor as a righteous son, and was given the surname of the country and naturalized. This is a lot of effort, and then on behalf of the Son of Heaven to the southeast to worship the god of the sea, and also sent to supervise military affairs, this favor is really unmatched.

And just behind Liu Junqin's will to supervise Jiangnan military affairs, there are several personnel orders.

Hunan Governor Yuan Jiwei and Hubei Governor Zhu Dadian reversed, Yuan Jixian added the governor of the two lakes and the governor of Hubei, and added the right attendant of the military department and the right Yushi of the capital.

Li Shuchu, the governor of Henan, was promoted to the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the governor of Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan and other military affairs and Zhejiang. The former governor of Liangguang was transferred to the governor of Henan.

Originally, Zhang Guowei, the governor of the Ten Prefectures of the Heavenly Empire, was promoted to the governor of Liangguang, and the governor of Guangdong, Guangxi and other military affairs and the governor of Guangdong.

Huaixu soldiers were promoted to the governor of Taiwan, Wu Fu, the servant was promoted to the governor of Fujian, and Wu Zhiping, the governor of Fujian, was transferred to the governor of Guangxi.

Zheng Zhilong, deputy chief soldier of Fujian, was promoted to chief military officer of Taiwan, Zuo Liangyu, chief military officer of Hunan, was transferred to chief military officer of Henan, and Ma Xianglin, deputy chief soldier of Sichuan, was promoted to chief military officer of Hunan.

He also transferred the former Hubu Shangshu Hou Sui to the Nanjing Hubu Shangshu, the former Huguang Governor Fang Kongzhi as the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu, and the former five provincial premiers Xiong Wencan as the admiral to exercise the imperial history of Jiangdu.

If you add the previously appointed governor of Jiangbei Shi Kefa, the governor of Jiangnan Chen Qiyu, the governor of Shaanxi Sun Chuanting, and the governor of Sichuan Wang Qiaonian, etc., the imperial court has basically changed the governors of half of the world in the south in the past six months.

With the entry of Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng into the cabinet, although the governors of the eight provinces and the governors of the five southeastern provinces were abolished, the governors of the two lakes and the governors of Fujian and Zhejiang were added. If you add the governor of Liangguang and the Nanjing military department Shangshu, who is in charge of the military affairs of Nanzhili, there are four major governors in the southeast, and the two admirals Liu Jun and Xiong Wencan must be added.

After carefully studying the resumes of these new governors, those who have a good heart suddenly found that the governors in the south are basically people who are close to the cabinet for the first time, and they are either fellow villagers or the same party.

It was at this time that Liu Jun left Beijing with Zhang Guowei, Wu Fu, Xiong Wencan and other governors after bidding farewell to His Majesty Chongzhen.

When they left Beijing, Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng took the remaining four members of the cabinet with them, the six scholars of the entire cabinet and the nine secretaries of the court. Let's go to the suburbs to see them off.

This meeting aroused the amazement of countless people in Beijing, most of the cabinet team and Jiuqing were newcomers, and most of the people who went out of Beijing this time were the new governors of the south.

In fact, what many people don't know is that the list of the southern governors was basically drawn up by Liu Jun, and then handed over to the two teachers in the cabinet, and then presented to the emperor for approval. No one could have imagined that Liu Jun was the real promoter behind the scenes.

It was October when I entered Beijing. It was already November when I left Beijing. After leaving Beijing, a group of people rushed directly to Tianjin, and on the way, Liu Jun and Yuan Jixian also talked about a lot of things. The main thing is to let Yuan Jixian return to Huguang, continue to support Huang Daozhou and Yang Tinglin's tuntian cleanup, and the other is to help him keep an eye on Zhu Dadian.

Originally, Mei Zhihuan and they planned to replace Zhu Dadian this time, but Liu Jun thought about Zhu Dadian's familiarity. And he also mastered Zhu Dadian's fatal handle, the two are working together well now, there is no need to replace him. I still left him behind. However, in order to strengthen the control of the base camp of Huguang, in the end, Yuan Jixian, the governor of Hunan, was transferred to Hubei, and was also promoted to the governor of the two lakes.

No matter how much Zhu Dadian cooperates, he is definitely not as trustworthy as Yuan Jixian, after all, Yuan Jixian is also Liu Jun's teacher, and he kowtowed to the door at the beginning.

"Tell me, what's going on with this sacrifice to the god of the sea, and why do you still let you supervise Jiangnan military affairs?" After Yuan Jixian received the will to be promoted a few days ago, he hurried to Beijing to face the saint, and left Beijing after not staying for two days. He didn't know much about what happened in Beijing, he couldn't figure it out, Liu Jun entered Beijing once and became the emperor's righteous son, and in a blink of an eye, he had to go to the Jiangnan region to worship the sea god and supervise military affairs.

"Sacrificing to the god of the sea is actually just a public name, and in this name, the emperor wants me to see the reality of Jiangnan." Liu Jun said with a smile, which was also a little untrue. In fact, Chongzhen asked him to sacrifice to the sea god is indeed just a reason, and more importantly, let him meet with the Zheng family, and the title of a Qincha inspector of Jiangnan military affairs was specially added to make him have a better meeting with Zheng Zhilong this time.

With the title of Inspector of Military Affairs, Liu Jun is the Qincha, who can justifiably meet and negotiate with Zheng Zhilong, the deputy general of Fujian, and even occupy the initiative.

Yuan Jixian shook his head when he mentioned Jiangnan, compared with the erosion in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty and the tension in the northeast, Jiangnan is simply a paradise. But this rich place has actually become the private land of those officials. In the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, the Jiangnan scholars had the advantage, resulting in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty being mostly Jiangnan people. These Jiangnan people have long formed a powerful interest group, no matter how difficult the imperial court is, the wealth of Jiangnan is difficult to use for the imperial court.

The salt merchants in Nanzhili, the maritime merchants in Fujian and Zhejiang, and the silk weaving merchants in Jiangnan are not rich and flowing, but they are rich and rich, but they refuse to give half of it to the imperial court, and even through those Jiangnan officials in the court, they keep asking for exemptions and exemptions.

In the rich land south of the Yangtze River, there are almost no commercial taxes, and you can only barely collect some tariffs. In a wealthy place like Zhejiang, the tea tax collected six taels of silver last year, and there are many such jokes.

Liu Jun also knows this, but he can't move it. Not only him, but also Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng can't move now.

"You go early and come back early, Huguang is in a good situation now." Yuan Jixian said. Compared with the monolithic situation in Jiangnan, Huguang has now opened up the situation, which is also the object that Liu Jun chose at the beginning, he did not directly stab the local gentry, but first took the guard to open the knife. Although the guards also became landlords, the landlords in the army were different from ordinary civilian landlords after all.

"With the teacher here, what can happen to Huguang, if someone dares to open his eyes, the teacher can directly transfer the new army in Hubei."

Liu Jun transferred Zuo Liangyu out of Hunan, and transferred Qin Liangyu's son Ma Xianglin to Hunan, and now Huguang, it can be said that Liu Jun alone has the final say, even if Yuan Jixian is the governor, if there is no support from Liu Jun, he will not be able to transfer the army.

From the army to the yamen, Liu Jun has initially laid a real foundation in Huguang.

After arriving in Tianjin, the officials took a boat to the south. Originally, Liu Jun wanted to go south from the sea by boat, but later he went south from the canal with everyone.

A group of governors and dignitaries rode southward on dozens of ships, and the fleet was mighty.

Liu Jun met with the governors every day to talk about things, but he also strengthened a lot of feelings. Especially with Li Shuchu and Zhang Guowei, Fang Kongzhi, Hou Sui and others, at this time, Liu Jun knew that Hou Sui was actually Mei Zhihuan's student. When Hou Sui was still studying at home, Mei Zhihuan used to be a student politician, and Hou Sui studied under him, although it was only equivalent to the relationship between the university president and the students of the school, not as good as the teacher-student relationship between Liu Jun and Mei Zhihuan, but at that time, this was also a teacher-student relationship.

Hou Sui therefore insisted on calling Liu Jun his junior brother, and Liu Jun also had a relationship with Hou Sui and Hou Fangyu's father and son, and they all called them brothers. Fang Kongzhi originally wanted to call Liu Jun a virtuous nephew because his son Fang Yizhi was friendly with Liu Jun, but when he saw Hou Sui calling Liu Jun a virtuous brother, the virtuous nephew couldn't shout, so he had to call Liu Jun virtuous brother.

The new governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Li Shuchu, is quite calm, and he doesn't mind arguing with Liu Jun's peers, but Liu Jun had called him uncle with his daughter's seniority earlier, and now it is naturally difficult to change his words.

Liu Jun manipulated the Jiangnan Governor behind the scenes to bring a big change, and he also had his own ideas. Although it is said that the Ming Dynasty is rotten and basically hopeless, Liu Jun still wants to insert a foot in Jiangnan. Taking advantage of the current influence on the imperial court, and taking advantage of the pitiful control that the imperial court still has over Jiangnan, Liu Jun wants to install some relations in Jiangnan.

"This time I was ordered to go to Jiangnan to inspect military affairs, but I also had a secret purpose in person, and the emperor asked me to inspect the Jiangnan army, and at the same time I had an important errand handed over to me."

Liu Jun's boat was accompanied by nine coastal governors, including Fang Kongzhi, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Hou Sui, the secretary of the Nanjing Hubu, Chen Qiyu, the governor of Jiangnan, Shi Kefa, the governor of Jiangbei, Li Shuchu, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Wu Fu, the governor of Fujian, He Tengjiao, the governor of Taiwan, Zhang Guowei, the governor of Liangguang and Guangdong, and Wu Zhiping, the governor of Guangxi.

Liu Jun read Chongzhen's secret decree in front of everyone.

"Completely lift the ban on the sea."

Although it is said that the sea ban of the imperial court at this time is actually equal to nothing, it is precisely because those officials have re-made the sea ban before, as a result, the coastal sea trade is extremely prosperous, and the imperial court can only stare dryly and cannot receive money. This time, Chongzhen listened to Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng's advice, and no longer banned the sea, but fully opened it.

Chongzhen wants to fully lift the sea ban, and the purpose is naturally to hope to receive a batch of silver from here.

Liu Jun went to Jiangnan this time with this task.

"The emperor's decree is that after the opening of the sea ban, the city shipping department should be re-established in the coastal provinces, and the customs should be set up in each port. The first task of the governors was to establish the city and the customs, to set up customs points, and to collect customs duties. ”

The imperial court now spends more than 20 million yuan on military affairs every year, and the annual silver income of the Taicang treasury is less than 3 million taels. (To be continued......)