The Ming Dynasty's control over all areas was weak, and in areas such as culture, thought, and commerce, which required relaxation, it produced extreme prosperity, but in the military and political spheres, the control of power did form a deadly poison.

Politically, there is no power to compete with the civilian bureaucracy, and the central government's control over the people is getting weaker and weaker. The artificially divided peasant and industrial classes, the stinky system of military households and artisan households, the huge gap between the rich and the poor, and the lack of political regulation and control, will sooner or later collapse. But although it has serious problems, it should never be replaced by barbarism and ignorance.

In this time and space, the heavy responsibility of changing the world and reviving China fell on Zhu Yongxing. In the rolling of the wheel of history, Zhu Yongxing threw out a stone from time to time, and the stone became bigger and bigger, making the wheel of history bounce higher and higher, and finally deviated from the original track.

But this is far from enough, ZTE's situation has just emerged, and it is still very fragile. On the one hand, Zhu Yongxing had to plan against the Qing army, and on the other hand, he had to consolidate his own foundation to set up the Yongli and the small court in Burma. There is a lecture hall, and groups of officers with Zhu Yongxing as their division are infiltrating the army; The academy also opened in May, and there was no imperial examination, so who could be an official was naturally a student of the academy.

Half of the first batch of students were personally appointed by Zhu Yongxing, and the sons and nephews of the major Tusi must come to study, which will also be a necessary condition for inheriting the position of Tuguan in the future. Incumbent officials in various localities also distribute teaching materials and write essays, which can be regarded as correspondence education. As for the textbook, it is also designated by Zhu Yongxing, and the policy measures implemented at this stage are mathematical calculations. Knowledge of geography. The history lesson covers all kinds of misgovernance since the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the internal strife that led to the failure of resistance after the Qing army entered the customs.

"Your Highness, our dynasty has indeed failed to govern, but it cannot be shown on paper, and it will spread in the future, how can it not be used by the Qing court." Guo Zhiqi really has a lot of opinions on the establishment of the academy, and this time he also has a helper, Zhang Huangyan came, and after passing two letters, he was not at ease. Let's find out for myself Zhu Yongxing's true intentions.

"I don't know why. Do you know how to win? After Zhu Yongxing signaled to Zhang Huangyan to sit aside, he was very bored with this Guo Zhiqi in his heart, and tried to suppress his emotions and explained: "If the Qing court governs properly, the people are the most important. That would naturally be an attack. ZTE's great cause will not be done. The fall of the fall. Why bother to make wars and misery when you should go? ”

Guo Zhiqi was choked. Still refusing to give up, he continued: "But some officials can be directly appointed, why do they want to enter the academy and start over?" Many officials did not intend to covet their original positions, but were eager to serve the country, even if they were unable to plan for His Highness, they could be used as a walking sweeper, so why should they go to the academy to resume their studies? Isn't there anything they have learned in their lives that His Highness can look up to? ”

It is reasonable to know that those old bureaucrats who were snubbed by themselves were resentful and took the opportunity to attack. Zhu Yongxing sneered secretly, these guys think they are famous and knowledgeable, and when they talk about the Analects and the Spring and Autumn Period, they can recite the words and sentences in them, and even say where each sentence comes from. But is such talent useful?

"I think the current policy measures are effective. Officials are not familiar with it, and they know the key to it, how can they implement it? Zhu Yongxing tapped his fingers on the table to express his dissatisfaction, "How many officials in Guo's mouth know how to do arithmetic, not to mention strategizing, just talking about governing the place, you have to know how many people are under control." How much should be set aside in the annual tax revenue to subsidize the families of the underemployed, so that they will not become resentful and take risks. It is necessary to calculate how many people are hired each year to repair the rivers and level the roads......"

"Some chores can be handed over to the servants, why do the officials do it themselves?" Guo Zhiqi retorted as a matter of course.

"Whether the calculation of the officials is correct or not, how can there be countless in the hearts of the officials? If you deceive each other and cause trouble, whose fault is it? Zhu Yongxing's voice raised and his eyes widened, "Lord Guo, do you know the current financial constraints, do you know how much food the army consumes every day?" I have borrowed Siam, occupied the city, borrowed the people, and I have exhausted my thoughts, where will I come up with the surplus money and food to feed the waste officials and their staff? ”

Guo Zhiqi opened his mouth, a little speechless. Even the concubines of Min Shizi Xinna took the maids out of the vegetable garden, planted and ate their own food, and survived the difficulties together, how could those idle officials raised by the government still have the confidence to speak. It's really humiliating to come here to talk about it.

If being an official is just writing poems and patting Sima on the fart, then what's the use? Seeing Guo Zhiqi's embarrassed appearance, Zhu Yongxing couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Lord Guo, what is the current situation, you must also know the way." It is precisely the time of sincere unity and overcoming the crisis together, finding less fault and making more contributions, which is what we do at this time. Speaking of this, Zhu Yongxing's tone turned cold and hard, "If selfishness is the most important and there are branches, it is sabotage and obstruction of the great cause of Zhongxing, and how is it different from traitors such as the three ghosts?" ”

"Your Highness is serious." Zhang Huangyan, who had not spoken, hurriedly got up and persuaded him: "Some officials are bitter and dissatisfied, but they are also eager to serve the country, so you can be a little considerate." If they know that His Royal Highness Lu Dao is painstaking, they will naturally be calm. ”

"It's the lower officials who are confused, please punish Your Highness." Guo Zhiqi was also afraid that Zhu Yongxing would buckle his hat indiscriminately, so he cut off the career of those officials who had studied hard in the cold window, so he got off the donkey and bowed down to ask for guilt.

Alas, Zhu Yongxing sighed, Guo Zhiqi abandoned his family and was determined to resist the Qing Dynasty, so he lost his wife and children, and he was still loyal and unyielding, such a person worthy of his respect, how could he easily condemn him.

"Not guilty." Zhu Yongxing smiled helplessly, and decided to find a job for Scholar Guo, so as to save him from annoying himself, "Scholar Guo is a talented person, and I have a job for you to do, which is to compile a book of "Traitor Records", or "The Biography of Erchen", or—well, you can choose a name in the future." ”

Guo Zhiqi was stunned for a moment, then nodded happily and agreed, and wrote a book and said, leaving a name in history, I want to hear it. It's just that he took the opportunity to ask Zhu Yongxing for instructions and asked for a few official quotas to assist in the compilation, which can be regarded as saving a few people so that they don't have to go to the academy to rebuild them.

When Guo Zhiqi retired and came out, only Zhu Yongxing and Zhang Huangyan were left in the house. This is not the first time that the two have faced each other alone, but the time summoned yesterday was short. And I didn't talk about it at length.

The eyes are firm, this is Zhu Yongxing's first evaluation to Zhang Huangyan. Zhang Huangyan himself may not be aware of this, but after experiencing many twists and tribulations, his eyes have become more and more determined and spiritual.

"As I said yesterday, I sent a small fleet to help King Yanping fight against the Qing army, and after the war is over, I will pick up Brother Lu from Kinmen and go to the southwest to recuperate." Zhu Yongxing slowly recounted in a flat tone that he was able to maintain his mentality in the face of his idol Li Dingguo, in front of Zhang Huangyan. It's not a problem.

"Your Highness Xie has fulfilled the wish of the officials." Zhang Huangyan bowed and bowed his hand. said: "The armed forces of eastern Zhejiang belong to the imperial court, and they should obey the orders of His Royal Highness, and dare not disobey the slightest." ”

"First concentrate on the South China Sea and suppress the two Guangzhous. After stabilizing the tide of battle. can peek at the other picture. Zhu Yongxing walked to the corner of the room. lifted the linen cloth, revealing a huge sand table, and stretched out his hand to signal Zhang Huangyan to come over and take a look.

The red flag and the green flag are planted in a staggered manner. The situation between friend and foe is clear at a glance. To Zhang Huangyan's surprise, there was also a small red flag planted on the location of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, which was the 13 Kuidong newly included in the strategic plan.

"Zhang Shangshu has led troops into the Yangtze River several times, but I don't know if the road goes directly to the Three Gorges and meets the thirteen families in Kuidong, will it be difficult?" Zhu Yongxing drew a circle with his finger and pointed straight to the Three Gorges from the sea.

Zhang Huangyan led the army into the Yangtze River, but he did not go too deep, so he told the story in line with his own knowledge, and at this time he did not know that the thirteen families of Lu Dao Kuidong had established contact with Zhu Yongxing.

It's still too early to lead the army into the Yangtze River! Zhu Yongxing reminded himself in his heart that he must not be in a hurry, and that the most important thing is to base himself on the southwest first.

"Your Highness seems to be very confident in the battle in the southeast?" Zhang Huangyan asked with some confusion: "If the South China Sea Fleet and the fleet led by Xia Guan come out, it should be more certain, right?" ”

Zhu Yongxing shook his head and said with a smile: "How can the king of Yanping be easy to follow, the Qing army will return with a feather, Zhang Shangshu doesn't have to worry about this." As he spoke, he pointed his finger at the position of Liangguang, "Without the naval division to contain Guangdong, our army will face great pressure in Guangxi." At present, the king of Ruyang led the army to confront the Qing soldiers in Guangxi, and the sailors made great contributions. ”

Zhang Huangyan carefully observed the sand table again, frowned and said: "The big enemy is still Wu Sangui's army in Yunnan, can His Highness have a plan to break it?" ”

"It's hard to break, but it's easy to consume." Zhu Yongxing walked back to the table, took out a report and handed it to Zhang Huangyan.

This is a three-month statistical summary report, the Ming army in Yunnan Province has fought more than 400 large and small battles, the three major theaters, and thousands of miles of defense lines almost every day, killing and wounding more than 2,000 Qing troops, and more than 1,000 casualties themselves. Judging from the data in this report, the Ming army's piecemeal strategy is still very successful, and the rate of use of mines and grenades is also increasing.

In addition to the killing and wounding of personnel, the Ming army's defense line also advanced a little, and some areas that were not easy to defend were voluntarily abandoned by the Qing army under the frequent attacks of the Ming army. Obviously, the Qing army lacked the means to deal with this tactic, and there were three large cities that had to be defended, which also made its troops on a wide front appear insufficient.

"In the past three months, tens of thousands of people have defected to the areas occupied by our army." Zhu Yongxing said a statistic, paused slightly, and said with a smile: "This is the desire of the people, although it increases the pressure of money and food, but after proper placement, it will also contribute to ZTE." ”

After all, Zhang Huangyan had just arrived, and although he dispelled the misunderstanding that Zhu Yongxing was not enterprising and was safe overseas, he did not know much about the strategies and tactics he adopted. In his view, there are some suspicions that Guangxi is in a hurry and that the division of troops is weak, and concentrating on the recovery of Yunnan Province is the most correct command.

"Your Highness, the lower officials think that the Qing army in Yunnan Province is a problem for the henchmen, and they should go all out to break it, and then make other plans." Zhang Huangyan said cautiously: "Now that troops are being used everywhere, it seems that there is a suspicion of dividing troops-"

"It is true that troops are used everywhere, but each has its own purpose, and they are all to stabilize the land of Yunnan Province." Zhu Yongxing smiled faintly and said: "When Zhang Shangshu first arrived, he didn't know many things yet, so he could go to the lecture hall to have a look, and he could also go to the staff headquarters to observe the military discussion. ”

"Yes, the subordinate obeys." Zhang Huangyan bowed, paused, and asked, "I don't know where His Royal Highness wants to welcome back King Lu?" ”

"How's it going?" Zhu Yongxing didn't care about this, and said: "There is a good scenery and climate near the sea, and you can often visit it." Well, I heard that Brother Lu Wang's health is not good, and I heard from the doctor where it is suitable to recuperate, so it is not too late to make a decision. If Brother Lu Wang's body allows, take a walk around, take a look, and choose a place to settle by yourself, it's okay! ”

"Thank you, Your Highness." When Zhang Huangyan heard Zhu Yongxing say this, he was even more relieved. If you don't settle down, there is no intention of surveillance under house arrest. Alas, whether he was open-minded and unguarded, or extremely confident, and did not regard King Lu as a threat, he couldn't guess Zhu Yongxing's thoughts.

Zhu Yongxing smiled slightly and said: "The main force of the anti-Qing armed forces in eastern Zhejiang should go to the South China Sea and merge with the South China Sea fleet, what does Zhang Shangshu want?" ”

"It's all the imperial army, so why divide the north and the south, you should obey Your Highness's orders." Anyone can only respectfully agree at this time, and it may not be possible to violate yin and yang in the future, but Zhang Huangyan is not such a person, after a pause, he spoke again: "If His Royal Highness does not give up, His Majesty is willing to be a person who walks and sweeps under the tent." In addition, the subordinate recommended one person shyly, and it was a subordinate to join the army Luo Lun......"

Luo Lun, originally a scholar in Zhenjiang, began to follow Zhang Huangyan during the Battle of Nanjing. When Zheng Chenggong was defeated, he once drove a small boat to chase the sea boat, boarded the boat and persuaded bitterly: "You are still strong, but you run away because of a small setback." After the Qing army wins, it will be arrogant, if you return to the sail now to counterattack, you will definitely break Nanjing. It's just that Zheng Chenggong was frightened and despondent, so he didn't listen to his words, but let people take Luo Lun hostage. Loren was on the ship and mourned, and the people were moved.

He was a loyal man, but he was not a military man. Of course, Zhu Yongxing understood what Zhang Huangyan meant, and the armed forces of eastern Zhejiang were integrated into the South China Sea Fleet, and Zhang Huangyan's separation was a way to resolve doubts. But recommending Luo Lun is to regard him as his successor, and he wants Luo Lun to continue to lead the armed forces in eastern Zhejiang.

Zhu Yongxing groaned, made a decision in his heart, and said with a smile: "The person recommended by Zhang Shangshu must be a great talent." Give him the title of vice admiral and stay in the South China Sea Fleet! “

Zhang Huangyan didn't know that Zhu Yongxing deliberately said vaguely, but it was different from what he thought, seeing that Zhu Yongxing agreed happily, he was thankful again.

In fact, Zhu Yongxing said vaguely, and Zhang Huangyan also hid some caution. What is a seowon, it is a place related to the awarding of meritorious fame, how can this kind of place not be fought for with all its might? The imperial examination cannot be carried out in the short term, and whoever masters the academy will master the future rulership.

………… (To be continued......)