After Zhou Yanru left the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen's face finally changed, and he looked at Wang Chengen and spoke.

"Wang Chengen, I trust you so much, you disappoint me, I believe that you are loyal, but I don't just need your loyalty, just now Zhou Yanru put forward the suggestion, you have to think about it seriously, if Zheng Xunrui and Gan Xuekuo and others have a deal in private, wouldn't I be kept in the dark, what I am most worried about is that the Donglin Party and Zheng Xunrui are really colluding, Huaibei's status is very important, I don't want to say more, Zheng Xunrui left, if the Donglin Party occupies here, I will not be able to sleep well."

Wang Chengen raised his head and knelt down in front of the emperor.

"The slave and the maid are derelict in their duties, and the slave and the maid must do their best."

On December 15, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the emperor's decree, the edict of the Ministry of Officials and the edict of the Ministry of War arrived in Nanjing and Huaibei at the same time.

The adjustment in Huaibei was not as big as expected, but a special arrangement of the Ministry of War attracted the attention of many people.

Zhang Pu, a former member of the household department, served as Li Cao's participation in politics, Zhang Cai, the former Shuntianfu general judge, served as the prefect of Fengyang Prefecture, Yang Yi, the former superintendent of the Imperial Procuratorate, served as the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture, Wu Changshi served as the inspector of Cao Langzhong, and Gong Dingyu served as the governor of Huai'an Prefecture and the magistrate of Shanyin County.

A group of people led by Zhang Pu all left the capital and went to Huaibei, and all of them were promoted.

Zhang Pu became the prefect of the fourth grade with the general judgment of the sixth grade, Yang Yi with the supervision of the seventh grade, and also became the prefect of the fourth grade, Wu Changshi and Gong Dingyu were both from the seven products of the matter, respectively, became the patrol of the five products and the Huai'an Mansion from the five products.

The speed of this promotion is record-breaking. Even Zheng Xunrui didn't have such a fast promotion speed.

The adjustment on the other side doesn't look so satisfying.

Ma Zhukui, who participated in politics in principle, served as the left attendant of the Nanjing Military Department, and Zhao Danyu, the former prefect of Fengyang Prefecture, served as the right attendant of the Nanjing Rite Department. Luo Changluo, the former governor of Yangzhou Prefecture, served as the right attendant of Nanjing's household department, Li Yan, the former Tongzhi of Huai'an Prefecture and the magistrate of Shanyin County, served as Langzhong of Nanjing's military department, and Liang Xingli, the former governor of Caoyu, served as Langzhong of Nanjing's household department.

Although it is said that the level of these people has also improved, everyone knows what it means to go to Nanjing Sixth Department.

Really critical change. It is the edict of the Ministry of War, Huaibei once again set up Cao Yun Bingding, with a quota of 15,000 people, stationed in Huai'an Fucheng, and its supervisor is the eunuch Pang Tianshou.

This step is the most critical, and it can be said to be the core arrangement.

Pang Tianshou, the celebrant and eunuch who controls the army, is probably the one who can really speak and count in Huaibei, as for Gan Xuekuo, the governor of Caoyun, and Zhang Pu, who participated in politics in Licao, and others. They all have to retreat.

Huai'an, Caoyun Governor's Palace. Donglin Book House.

Seeing the report sent by the imperial court, Gan Xuekuo's face was flushed, and he was full of anger, and the adjustment plan he proposed was rejected a lot, and the four prefectures and three prefectures in Huaibei. It's just that the prefects of Fengyang Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion have been adjusted, and the Caoyun Governor's Mansion has only adjusted Li Cao's participation in politics, and Gan Xuekuo believes that the position of the most critical governor of Fengyang has not been adjusted, and Shi Kefa and others have no intention of resigning, even Wu Weiye, the governor of Huai'an Prefecture, Gu Menglin and Chen Zilong, the same governors. None of them submitted their resignations.

This is nothing, the key is that the Ministry of War agreed to reorganize the Wei Cao soldiers, but it sent the ceremonial eunuch Pang Tianshou to serve as the supervisor, which has never been the case before, Wei Cao Bingding is different from the recruited sergeants, and it is also different from the Wei Sergeant, Wei Cao Bingding is only responsible for guarding Cao Yun, and does not participate in anything else, it has always been directly controlled by the Governor of Cao Yun, but now Wei Cao Bing Ding has a supervising army, and the meaning of this is too clear.

Gan Xuekuo's enthusiasm was extinguished by a newspaper without a trace.

Hard work in front, at the great risk of offending Zheng Xunrui, in exchange for such an ending, it is conceivable that after Pang Tianshou came to Huai'an, he would be in charge of all matters, maybe Pang Tianshou still had the emperor's secret decree, and when the time came, he would be the governor of Caoyun and report to Pang Tianshou for everything.

What's the point of such a situation?

Gan Xuekuo really felt regretful, he felt that he was too naïve, for a few months, the emperor did not punish, he had a strong sense of guilt in his heart, and began to spare no effort to do things, even at the expense of offending the powerful Zheng Xunrui, paying a lot of blood and a huge price, in exchange for complete distrust, in exchange for the weakening of power.

Gan Xuekuo's next plan was to start controlling the Huai'an Wharf, gradually weakening the influence of Hongmen in the transportation, and gradually controlling the transportation of the Grand Canal in a few months.

Gan Xuekuo, who was like ashes, gave up all his plans without hesitation, from now on, he will not have any active behavior, everything is up to the prison army Pang Tianshou to decide, Pang Tianshou said to do what he did, he would do it.

It was also to this point that Gan Xuekuo suddenly remembered that Wang Duo, the Shangshu of Nanjing, had not made any moves, and Donglin Academy, Fushe and Yingshe were also silent, and at first they thought that Wang Duo was timid and afraid of things, but now it seems that people are the smartest, as long as they are at peace with each other, they don't care what to do.

Gan Xuekuo even had the urge to resign and return home, but now he can't show it, let alone bring it up, if he really wants to do this, I'm afraid he will enter prison soon.

Why did this happen, Gan Xuekuo couldn't understand, I'm afraid he wouldn't understand it for many years, the matter of the two pieces going to the capital at the same time, only the emperor, Zhou Yanru and Wang Chengen and others knew, this is a top secret, no one will leak it, Gan Xuekuo naturally doesn't know.

The imminent situation in Huaibei is also something that Gan Xuekuo is worried about, whether it is the Caoyun Governor's Mansion or the four prefectures and three states, the power left by Zheng Xunrui still exists, and the power is very strong, in this case, Zhang Pu and others, who have radical thoughts, rashly act, I am afraid that it will cause a shock in the situation.

Faintly, Gan Xuekuo felt that such a situation should have something to do with Zheng Xunrui, and people took advantage of this adjustment to adjust some of their henchmen to Nanjing, and at the same time left some of their henchmen in Huaibei, isn't this preparing to fully control Nanzhili.

Under such circumstances, if Zhang Pu and others rashly act, they would either seek hardship for themselves or bring about their own destruction.

Nanjing, Nanzhi Street, Zheng Xunrui's residence.

Hearty laughter came from the study.

Zheng Xunrui, Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong and others all had smiles on their faces.

"Mr. Xu, Jin Hong, this adjustment is exactly in line with our minds, it seems that this time the bet was won, but we also have to pay attention to the fact that the Ministry of War re-established Wei Cao Bingding, and let the ceremonial eunuch Pang Tianshou serve as the supervisor, this arrangement needs to cause us to be careful, and then Pang Tianshou is likely to ask Wei Cao Bingding to control Cao Yun and take the opportunity to fight the forces of Hongmen."

"My lord, my subordinates think that the possibility is not big, 15,000 Wei Cao soldiers need a lot of silver, Caoyun Governor's Mansion can't take out so much silver, and Pang Tianshou can't bring so much silver from the capital to Huai'an, the subordinates are not welcome, Pang Tianshou wants to stabilize the Wei Cao soldiers, it takes too much time."

Zheng Xunrui smiled and nodded.

"What Mr. Xu said is that Gan Xuekuo has helped us a lot this time, Zhang Pu, Yang Yi, Zhang Cai, Wu Changshi and Gong Dingyu and others have all gone to Huaibei, on the surface, it seems that the emperor's trust in the Donglin Party, but in fact, the emperor is wishful thinking, just want to let Zhang Pu and others work against me, since the emperor has such expectations, then I will fulfill the emperor, look for opportunities to clean up these people, let the Donglin Party people see, what is the end of doing against me."

Speaking of this, Zheng Xunrui turned his head to Zheng Jinhong and spoke.

"Jin Hong, with the knowledge of Hong Mingcheng, all the subsidies given to the Fengyang Mansion and the Yangzhou Mansion were all cancelled, and not a penny of silver was given, Zhang Cai served as the prefect of Fengyang Mansion, and Yang Yi served as the prefect of Yangzhou Mansion, they have great ability, let them find their own way to manage the two mansions well, as for the Governor's Mansion, retain the subsidies of some people, but these subsidies do not go through the Governor's Mansion, Gan Xuekuo and Zhang Pu are capable people, let them maintain the situation by themselves."

"The Investigation Department should pay special attention to the ceremonial eunuch Pang Tianshou, in my impression, this Pang Tianshou is not an unreasonable person, presumably he will not mess around when he arrives in Huai'an."

"Hongmen also needs to prepare for the next step, that is, the issuance of business licenses in Nanjing, clear business taxes, we have long planned this matter, once it is rolled out in Nanjing, the next thing will be rolled out in all Fuzhou counties in Nanzhili, Hongmen Qianzhuang cooperates, as long as we grasp it well, within next year, we will be able to complete the collection of trade taxes."

Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong both nodded, Ma Zhukui and others came to Nanjing and entered the sixth department in Nanjing, Zheng Xunrui's strength has been greatly strengthened, and at this time, he can indeed act.

Before the discussion was over, Xu Fojia entered the study.

Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong left the study with interest, and now when Xu Fo's family reports the situation, they all want to avoid it, and Zheng Xunrui naturally wants to say what they need to know.

Xu Fojia's expression was a little serious, and when Zheng Xunrui got the paperwork, his face had to be serious.

When he looked at the paperwork, Zheng Xunrui's expression became really serious, he looked very seriously, and unconsciously walked to the map on the east wall, and began to compare carefully.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zheng Xunrui raised his head and spoke to the Xu Buddha family, who was still waiting.

"Qingling, the Investigation Department will devote all its strength to quickly collect all relevant information, the faster the better, and if necessary, it can draw forces from other parties."

Xu Fojia nodded, turned around and left the study.

Zheng Xunrui, who was in the study, fell into deep thought. (To be continued......)