On the fifth day of September in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the emperor decreed that Zheng Xunrui, the crown prince Taibao, the head of the household department, the right capital of the imperial history, and the governor of Caoyun, served as the secretary of the Nanjing military department, and no longer served as the secretary of the household department and the governor of Caoyun.

The decree was not sudden either.

It is said that it is sudden, because after the morning of the fifth day of the ninth lunar month, the holy decree came down quickly, and in the early dynasty, all the ministers of the cabinet, as well as the six Shangshu and the left and right imperial histories, all supported it, including Yang Tingshu, the imperial history of the left capital, all expressed their support for such an adjustment, saying that it was not sudden, in fact, the rumors about the adjustment of Zheng Xunrui's position had already come out, and the ministers of civil and military affairs of the imperial court were all aware, but they did not know how the specific adjustment would be.

Zheng Xunrui served as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, on the surface, it seems to have been promoted and reused, the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu, in fact, is on behalf of the emperor responsible for all matters of the capital and Nanzhili, you must know that the taxes of Nanzhili are directly under the control of Nanjing's household department, and are used for all the expenses of Nanzhili, and the power of this item is very great, but people who know the truth will not have such a view.

Nanjing can be said to be one of the strongholds of the Donglin Party, Zheng Xunrui and the Donglin Party are opposites, after arriving in Nanjing, they may not be able to show their hands and feet, and the limitations of the Nanjing Military Department are also quite a lot, Nanjing's town guard eunuchs and garrison ministers, in fact, control the Nanjing Beijing camp, especially the town guard eunuchs, in fact, is the Nanjing Beijing camp supervisor, the military department Shangshu wants to dispatch the army, must be approved by the town guard eunuchs.

Zheng Xunrui did a great job in the position of governor of Caoyun, and it can be said that he actually controlled all parts of Huaibei, even Liu Zongzhou, the former secretary of the Nanjing Military Department. Basically, they can't meddle in the affairs of Huaibei.

What's more critical is that the successor to the governor of Caoyun is Gan Xuekuo.

Everyone knows that Gan Xuekuo is a member of the Donglin Party, and the emperor's adjustment is too profound.

After the decree came down, there was a lot of talk everywhere.

The emperor also had an edict that Zheng Xunrui did not have to go to the capital to thank him, but went directly to Nanjing to take office.

This is tantamount to urging Zheng Xunrui to go to Nanjing as soon as possible to take office. Don't waste time in Huai'an, since you don't have to go to the capital to thank you, then you don't need to make any preparations, once the holy decree arrives in Huai'an, Zheng Xunrui, who received the holy decree, will leave Huai'an and go to Nanjing to take office, it is impossible to delay any time, in other words. Even if Zheng Xunrui wanted to do something before leaving Huai'an, it was impossible to have time.

Huai'an, Caoyun Governor's Palace.

Zheng Xunrui had a smile on his face and looked very relaxed.

Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong and others also had very calm faces.

The news of the adjustment had long been known to the Caoyun Governor's Office, and Xu Wanghua and others finally judged that Zheng Xunrui was the most likely to go to Nanjing to serve as the secretary of the military department.

Preparations have been underway for a long time. Moreover, Wang Xiaoer had already rushed to Nanjing in advance with some of the scouts. Make all preparations for Zheng Xunrui to Nanjing.

The earliest of the actions were Hongmen and Hongmen Qianzhuang.

As early as a year ago, Hongmen began to secretly look for a place in Nanjing, and after asking Zheng Xunrui for approval, Hong Mingcheng spent silver to buy a lot of houses and land in Jiangning County, which also had Zheng Kaihua's assistance.

Hongmen set up an office in Nanjing, and this time Zheng Xunrui served as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department. Then the headquarters of Hongmen and the headquarters of Hongmen Qianzhuang will all be moved to Nanjing, and Zheng Jiajun will also adjust some of the troops and rush to Nanjing, although Nanjing was once the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but Zheng Jiajun wants to find a suitable military camp in Nanjing. There is no problem.

It can be said that all the preparations have been done in advance, Zheng Xunrui went to Nanjing to take office, and he did not need to worry about the location of Hongmen Qianzhuang and Hongmen headquarters.

After getting the exact news, Hongmen and Hongmen Qianzhuang all began to move ahead of schedule.

Wen Manshan, Dongmei, Xu Fojia and Bian Yujing and others all had to follow the relocation in advance, and Liu Zeqing, Hong Xingui and others led 10,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army to guard the safety along the way, and at the same time were responsible for transporting a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry from Hongmen Qianzhuang and so on.

The only thing that needs to be deployed again is the matter of Caoyun.

Gan Xuekuo served as the governor of Caoyun, it can be said that the person who came was not good, I am afraid that Zheng Xunrui left on the front foot, Gan Xuekuo will overturn everything before, but unfortunately Zheng Xunrui has made strict arrangements, after Gan Xuekuo took office, he knew that he, the governor of Caoyun, was at most burdened with a reputation, and he couldn't do anything.

Besides, Zheng Xunrui served as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and he could directly inquire about the affairs of Cao Yun on behalf of the emperor, and the counselor of the Nanjing Military Department was the chief secretary of the aircraft, which belonged to the real power, and there was no encroachment on his behalf to inquire about the affairs of Cao Yun.

"Mr. Xu, Jin Hong, Hong Xinyu, tell me, what else needs to be paid attention to, I estimate that in three days at most, Gan Xuekuo will come to Huai'an to take office, the emperor can't wait for me to leave early, and go to the capital to thank you for being exempted, which also allows Gan Xuekuo to take office as soon as possible."

Xu Wanghua's expression became a little more serious.

"My lord, my subordinates are worried about the merchants of Huai'an, these merchants cannot leave Huai'an for the time being, they rely on the Huai'an wharf, they can do better business, Lord Gan comes to Huai'an to take office, if in the name of the governor's palace, exempt the merchants from all the taxes, this may lead to conflicts."

"Mr. Xu, I have already said this matter, Hongmen collects a protection fee, not a business tax, this protection fee is equivalent to a business tax, and it is also something that few of us understand, Hongmen is more powerful than the previous Cao Gang, it is impossible for those businessmen not to understand the truth, of course, there will definitely be some businessmen, thinking that relying on Gan Xuekuo, they will be able to compete with Hongmen, when they meet such businessmen, they must not be polite, Hongmen will find a way to find out its problems, and we can deal with it directly when the time comes, The secretary of the Nanjing Military Department still has this power, as long as we deal with the businessmen who are rising, the rest of the businessmen will naturally understand the reason. ”

"What the lord said is that this is a subordinate who is too worried, and the subordinates are also worried about one thing, Lord Gan came to Huai'an to take office, as expected, it must be with the emperor's secret decree, I am afraid that Lord Gan will first attack the four prefectures and three states in Huaibei, if Lord Gan forcibly adjusts the prefect of the four prefectures and three prefectures, this will definitely cause chaos."

When Xu Wanghua said this, Zheng Xunrui's expression also became serious.

"This is indeed a problem, but we can't take everything into account the best, I went to Nanjing, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, you can rely on the title of the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu, step by step integration of the entire Nanzhili, Zheng Jiajun, Hongmen and Hongmen Qianzhuang, the direction of development is broader, and it can grow faster, as for the affairs of the four prefectures and three states, we have made all the preparations, the first thing is to make a fuss from the top of Yulu."

Xu Wanghua and the others all widened their eyes and looked at Zheng Xunrui.

"Donglin Party and the southern scholars and merchants, the relationship is very close, I expect that after Gan Xuekuo took office, the first thing is to speak for the merchants of Huaibei, this is very good, since Gan Xuekuo speaks for the merchants, then the protection fee collected by Hongmen will not continue to be provided to the officials at all levels of the four prefectures and three states, they will rely on the salary and silver allocated by the Ministry of Nanjing to live, this point we have secretly informed the prefect and the governor of the four prefectures and three prefectures, once the official's income has dropped significantly, Gan Xuekuo's prestige will be reduced to a minimum, and I am afraid that no one will listen to what he says. ”

"As for the emperor's holy decree, there is still a lot of temptation for officials above the fourth grade, but for Zhizhou and Zhixian, it doesn't make much sense, let the emperor go up to envelop these people, this is also the best test, people who are willing to rely on the emperor, in the future, please ask him to leave Nanzhili and Huaibei, go to the capital to do things, and those who are willing to stay, that is the important official we can be in the future."

Zheng Xunrui said very easily, but Xu Wanghua and others know that the loss must exist, not to mention the rest, Hongmen Qianzhuang will encounter a big test, once the headquarters of Hongmen Qianzhuang is relocated to Nanjing, Huaibei scholars and businessmen may panic in their hearts, they are very likely to throw out the ticket stub in their hands, take out all the gold and silver, and continue to put it at home, which is a big challenge for Hongmen Qianzhuang.

Of course, Zheng Xunrui said very reasonably, Hongmen Qianzhuang must go through such twists and turns, the more it can survive these difficulties, the more scholars and businessmen trust Hongmen Qianzhuang, and after the Hongmen Qianzhuang headquarters is relocated to Nanjing, all Fuzhou counties under Nanzhili will set up branches of Hongmen Qianzhuang.

There are pros and cons to everything, and it cannot be 100% complete.

After the discussion, Zheng Xunrui began to arrange the task.

Xu Wanghua was responsible for the relocation of Hongmen and the headquarters of Hongmen Qianzhuang, Zheng Jinhong was responsible for arranging the relocation of Zheng Jiajun and all matters left behind, and Zheng Xunrui himself was responsible for coordinating all matters of Caochuan and the four prefectures and three prefectures.

Zheng Xunrui's purpose is very simple, let Gan Xuekuo, who is ambitious, suffer a series of blows, make it almost impossible for the Cao boat to transport grain, make Gan Xuekuo the commander of the light pole, and finally leave Huai'an willingly, the faster the better.

If you want to do this, you need to make careful deployment, Zheng Xunrui has asked Xu Wanghua and others to make corresponding deployments in the early stage, and many of his henchmen are still staying in Huaibei, these people will be secretly embarrassed and willing to learn according to his requirements.

The real game is about to begin, if this step is a complete success, then Zheng Xunrui will be able to completely control the entire Nanzhili in the shortest possible time, and at that time, Zheng Xunrui will be qualified to argue with the emperor, I am afraid that the emperor will not dare to move him Zheng Xunrui at will. (To be continued......)