September 15th, the hour.

Zheng Xunrui arrived at the Nanjing Military Department and officially took office.

Fang Zhenghua, the eunuch guarding the town, stood at the front, followed by Wang Duo and others, the Shangshu of Nanjing.

Nanjing's six departments and the office of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are located together, are close to the palace, the rest of the Guozijian and other departments, the distance is not very far, when the Ming Dynasty Chengzu Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, Nanjing was established as the capital, almost all the departments were retained, but later the ministers of the DPRK and China objected, that there was no need to keep too many departments, Zhu Di adopted the minister's suggestion, abolished a lot of departments, mainly retained the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Guozijian and other departments.

Seeing Fang Zhenghua and others with smiles on their faces, Zheng Xunrui also hugged his fists and saluted everyone.

Zheng Xunrui as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, counselor, the first thing to do after taking office, is to listen to the report of everyone, the former military secretary Liu Zongzhou left Nanjing early, rushed to the capital to take office, did not handle the transfer of matters, so theoretically, Zheng Xunrui needs to know the situation in Nanjing and Nanzhili through everyone's reports.

Although Zheng Xunrui has mastered the situation in Nanjing and Nanzhili through the Investigation Agency and Xu Fojia, it is still a necessary procedure to listen to everyone's reports, at least through this procedure, to show his majesty and let everyone know that the new military department secretary has officially taken office.

Entering the official office of the Ministry of War, Zheng Xunrui noticed at a glance the many officials standing at the door of the official room, although these people had a humble smile on their faces, saluted Zheng Xunrui, but their expressions were a little numb and indifferent, you must know that the Nanjing Military Department is still a little busy, there are a lot of things to deal with, speaking of which, compared with other officials such as the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Rites, etc., it is still necessary to enrich them, but it is a pity that the officials of the Ministry of War. The expressions didn't look very good, they were all lonely and casual, not to mention the other officials of the Sixth Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This situation worries Zheng Xunrui, in fact, the most secret plan in his heart is to use the palace and the six departments in Nanjing to build his own team. Gradually determine the talents needed in all aspects in the future, as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, build a team on the foundation of the Nanjing Sixth Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and will not attract the attention of the imperial court in a short time.

Moreover, Zheng Xunrui's plan is to start with the middle and lower-level officials, and the officials he admires and trusts are basically arranged to serve as Lang Zhong and Wai Lang of the Sixth Department, etc., and almost no one pays attention to these official positions. There will be no one to fight for these positions.

From the moment he became the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, a comprehensive game had begun, and at this time, he was still thinking about being polite, that is, looking for death.

The official room of the military department is on the innermost floor, which is a small courtyard by itself, including a reception room, a study, a bedroom and an office place, etc., although the place is not very large. But it seems quiet, and if people who don't know come to the military headquarters. I would never have thought that such a quiet place would actually be the place where the military department is located.

Entering the reception hall, a thin layer of dust on the table made Zheng Xunrui frown again, even the official room of the Ministry of War Shangshu could not be cleaned, and it was hard to imagine what many officials of the Ministry of War were busy all day long.

After sitting down and greeting for a while. Wang Duo, the head of the household, spoke first.

"Lord Zheng, the official will report on the situation of the household department, and the tax income for this year is 7.2 million taels of silver, of which 2.3 million taels of silver are actually stored in the warehouse, and 1.2 million stones of grain are stored in the warehouse. It is equivalent to 3,600,000 taels of silver, and labor is equivalent to 1,300,000 taels of silver, and the expenditure is as follows......"

Strictly speaking, the officials of the household department are busier than the officials of the military department, they are not only responsible for the expenses of the prefecture and county of Nanzhili, including the army stationed in Nanzhili, but also help the household department of the capital to calculate the corresponding expenditures, and many times they can put forward opinions and suggestions.

The ranking of the six departments in the capital is the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Industry, but the ranking of the six departments in Nanjing is different, for the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household in Nanjing are ranked in front.

As for the fact that Wang Duo, the head of the household department, first reported the situation, it is also reasonable, although the most powerful thing in Nanjing is the eunuch Fang Zhenghua, but this is only the actual situation in private, and the ranking on the surface, Fang Zhenghua ranks behind the six Shangshu, the imperial history of the left and right of the Imperial Court and the garrison lords.

Zheng Xunrui was actually concerned about two things, the first thing was the huge bureaucracy in Nanjing, how many officials there were, how much money was needed every year, and the second thing was the number of troops stationed in various parts of Nanzhili.

Zheng Xunrui knows very well that he went to Nanjing to serve as the secretary of the military department, the situation is very difficult, the emperor must have a secret decree, the purpose is to isolate him, if according to the normal procedure, the military department has nothing to do, there is a household department to manage money, there is a department of etiquette to manage people, there is a department of etiquette for scholars, and there are eunuchs and garrison ministers in charge of the army.

“…… The household department maintained all the expenses of Nanjing and Nanzhili, and everything was stable, and if there were any difficulties and problems that were difficult to solve in the future, the lower officials also hoped to get the support of adults......"

Zheng Xunrui has a smile on his face, and his heart is like a mirror.

Wang Duo's meaning is very clear, the affairs of the household department are done well, and you, the secretary of the military department, should not interfere, but if you encounter any difficulties, such as not enough money, then you need to come forward to solve it.

It seems that the six departments in Nanjing will have such an attitude.

An hour passed, and the household department, the officials department, the ritual department, the criminal department, the Ministry of work, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate all completed their reports.

Zheng Xunrui figured out one thing, Nanjing's six government institutions such as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, a total of more than 1,200 officials, the annual need for more than 2 million taels of silver, in comparison, according to the income from the household tax, this is nothing, but there are also military expenses, as well as the daily expenses of the government, etc., this tax income is nothing at all.

What's more critical is that these taxes are all agricultural taxes, without the slightest trade tax, which means that the people of Nanzhili bear all the taxes, and those rich scholars and merchants do not need to pay a penny.

Think about Huaibei, the Caoyun Governor's Office is only under the jurisdiction of four prefectures and three prefectures, because Hongmen collects protection fees, which is equivalent to the actual collection of trade taxes, and the annual tax revenue is close to 20 million taels of silver.

Finally, it was the turn of the town guard eunuch Fang Zhenghua to report the situation.

"Master Zheng, let's talk about the Nanjing Beijing Camp and the Songjiang Military Camp, there are a total of 60,000 sergeants in the Nanjing Beijing Camp, and there are 100,000 sergeants in the Songjiang Military Camp, these 160,000 people, the annual salary of the sergeants alone is 2.7 million taels of silver, not including other expenses of the military land......"

Fang Zhenghua's complaints, Zheng Xunrui directly ignored them.

The sergeants of the Nanjing Beijing camp are treated the same as those in the Beijing camp, and the ordinary sergeants are paid two taels of silver per month, and these two taels of silver also include part of the converted grain, as for the garrison of Songjiang Mansion, the ordinary sergeants only have one tael of silver per month, of course, whether the sergeant can fully get his hands on it, that is a matter that is not clear.

The meaning of Fang Zhenghua's grievances is the same as Wang Duo's, that is, to hand over difficulties and troubles to Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Xunrui at this moment is like a firefighting captain, all the troublesome things in Nan Zhili need him to deal with, as for specific decisions, etc., people have already done it well, and they don't need to care.

Towards noon, all the reports were over.

Zheng Xunrui stood up and watched everyone speak.

"This official has just arrived in Nanjing to take office, and it still takes a certain ten days to familiarize himself with the situation, the six departments of Nanjing, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Guozijian, the Jinyi Guard, etc., are all handled according to the past, what are the difficulties and problems, please overcome them yourself, the official is impatient to manage so many specific matters, but there is one point that the official wants to remind you, this big thing in Nanzhili, the official still needs to know, if the official does not know, but the thing has been done, then don't blame the official for being polite, the official bears the emperor's trust, the counselor of the aircraft, You can make a decision on the spot, if something big really happens, even if you are here, this official will not be polite. ”

"Of course, the official knows that the situation of Nanzhili has always been good, and when the official was in Huai'an, he felt it, and the official hopes that you can do your best, live up to the emperor's trust, and do everything well."

The banquet is arranged to the drunken immortal building belonging to the Ministry of Rites, which belongs to one of the ten floors of the famous Jiangle in Nanjing, close to the Yangtze River, magnificent, and is known as the sixteenth floor of Jinling in history.

The Ministry of Rites also specially arranged for the women of Fuller House to help the fun.

This kind of arrangement is normal in the eyes of others, and it is not bad if it is not directly arranged to go to the Qinhuai River, but in Zheng Xunrui's view, it is abnormal, the wealth of Nanzhili is good, but the key depends on which people are rich, nothing more than scholars and businessmen, and many officials, the common people are still poor and poor, and they can only barely survive.

The atmosphere of the banquet was ordinary, probably Zheng Xunrui's words, which made everyone hear the unusual meaning.

Zheng Xunrui raised his glass frequently, with a smile on his face, and clinked glasses with everyone who attended the banquet.

At this time, Zheng Xunrui's mind had already thought of other places, even if he had great ability, he couldn't show his hands and feet in Nanjing without support, so the key to the next step was to install his own people into the Six Ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, only by doing so, could he gradually begin to control the entire Nanzhili. (To be continued......)