Mo Qian decided to form a Wenchen team, and he wanted to set up a central department.

Mo Qian said to everyone present: "Everyone, our territory is getting bigger and bigger now, and there are more and more lands and people under our rule.

This territory is bigger, there are more people, and the establishment of this leadership group is imminent, so I decided to form a central government of the Righteous Army and formally establish the civilian leadership system of our Righteous Army.

We are still in the preliminary stage of conquering the world, and I am determined to temporarily establish a Department of Civil Affairs to take charge of money, food and people's livelihood.

The Department of Honest Officials was set up again, which was in charge of the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials, plus the previous Criminal Punishment Department, and the Yamen of the Third Division was the basic leadership group of our righteous military government, which was responsible for governing the localities. ”

After Mo Qian said this, he paused, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

While drinking tea, Mo Qian peeked down with his spare eyes.

The formation of the three divisions of the yamen, the underground generals did not react, but Li Banghua and a group of civil officials were all in good spirits.

Li Banghua and others are all civilian officials, and they are much more interested in politics than in military affairs.

Mo Qian put down the teacup and continued: "As for the chief officials of the three divisions, Cao Guoqi is the director of the Civil Affairs Department, and Li Gong is the director of the Incorruptible Officials Department. ”

Everyone pondered for a while, and Li Banghua wanted to recommend his friend Mei Zhihuan.

But when he thought that Mei Zhihuan was a newcomer, he rashly took the position of director, and he was afraid that it would cause gossip.

Moreover, Mo Qian has his own set of justice, which is completely different from the justice of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a policy of separation of powers, and in this regard, Mei Zhihuan, who is not familiar with the judicial system of the rebel army, is obviously inappropriate.

Li Banghua thought about it, and suddenly thought of one in his mind.

He got up and said to Mo Qian: "Lord, the old minister thinks of one person, and he can be appointed as the director of the Criminal Law Department!" ”

"Oh? What kind of talent, Li Gong said quickly. ”

"This person is also known to the lord, it is the current Yuanzhou prefect Wang Zhongyi."

"Wang Zhongyi?" Mo Qian frowned.

"Yes, on him, the old minister has met with this person a few times, chatted a few times, this person is young and talented, is an admirer of the great Confucian Li Zhen, and has been in contact with Western knowledge, has a lot of research on the law and Western culture, has a Western Confucian style, although this person is young, but can be called a great talent, this person is the most suitable for the post of director of the Criminal Law Department!"

When Mo Qian heard this, he thought about it in his mind, and remembered that Wang Zhongyi was now the prefect of Yuanzhou.

This person Mo Qian has seen it many times and has a deep impression.

Wang Zhongyi is not very old, but his political achievements are very outstanding, and he is very good at adjudicating cases, perhaps under some influence of his own, under Wang Zhongyi's governance, the Yuanzhou area can be said to be not closed at night, which is quite okay in this era.

"Okay, then according to the recommendation of Gong Li, appoint Wang Zhongyi as the director of the Criminal Law Department."

"Gong Li, you are now the director of the Department of Integrity Officials, and you are responsible for arranging all the officials in my three mother territories, you have to choose my talents and talents, and you must put the integrity of officials in the first place for me.

Officials can raise salaries, but they must not be corrupt, and I hope that Li Gong can deeply penetrate the integrity of the Honest Officials Division into the hearts of officials. ”

Li Banghua was well aware of the heavy responsibility on his body, and said solemnly at the moment: "Rest assured, the old minister will not disgrace his life, and he will never insult the three words of the incorruptible officer!" ”

"Okay, it's good to have Li Gong's words, and in the future, this important task will be placed on Li Gong's shoulders."

After the establishment of the civil and military team, Mo Qian's government basically had a prototype.

Although it has not yet been managed by officials in all aspects like in later generations, and there are no complete departments at all levels like the Ming Dynasty, the basic grass platform team has been built.

After reading out the candidates for the three directors, Li Banghua stood up again and asked: "Lord, where is the place where our righteous army is located?" ”

"Nanchang, what's the matter, Gong Li has a new place to choose?"

Li Banghua said: "The old minister believes that Nanchang is not suitable to become the seat of our righteous military government, for two reasons, the first is that Nanchang is not dangerous to defend, and shipping is inconvenient, far inferior to the current Wuchang City.

Second, the place of governance in Wuchang, our righteous army's sphere of influence will be large, to the north can go to Henan, to the west can enter Sichuan, to the east can attack the south of Zhili, after the sailor is trained, the army can go down the river to the east, go straight to Nanjing, then the lord will re-enter Nanjing to claim the king, half of the country will enter the lord urn.

Wuchang is far better than Nanchang, the ruling place is set in Nanchang, there is no benefit to the future hegemony of the lord, if it is set in Wuchang, Jingzhou has been an important place since ancient times, it can be said that the lord has a foothold in this place, it can be famous all over the world, famous in China, although there is a small harm, but more benefits.

In the past, Zhuge Wuhou forbade Uncle Liu Huang to occupy Jingzhou, it was based on Jingzhou, which led to the three-point world, and the lord set Wuchang today, and the hegemony could be achieved! ”

"Okay, what Li Gong said is good, then according to what Li Gong said, move the Governor's Mansion to Wuchang, and the Governor personally commands in the center, and sends an order, ordering all departments and courtyards in Nanchang to move to Wuchang, Li Gong, you can make arrangements first."

"Yes!"

After establishing Wuchang as the place of governance, the next day, Mo Qian ordered someone to hang the plaque of the Governor's Mansion at the gate of the Chu Palace.

The Chu Wangfu covers an extremely large area and is extremely luxurious, Mo Qian didn't want to live and work in such a luxurious place, but Li Banghua said that if Mo Qian went to the governor's yamen to work, the territory in Wuchang City would be small.

Wuchang City was originally because the Chu Wangfu occupied more than half of the area, resulting in the residential buildings were built outside the city, if Mo Qian left the Chu Wangfu idle, it would be equivalent to occupying an extra piece of land for office, so that there would be several yamen without land to work.

Considering this, Mo Qian had no choice but to live in the palace of the King of Chu and live a life of 'poverty and luxury'.

......

On the fifteenth day of the fifth lunar month of the ninth year of Chongzhen, a holy decree was summoned to the yamen of the governor of Guangdong Province.

Although Xiong Wencan was appointed by the imperial court as the governor of Liangguang, his office was still located in the yamen of the governor of Guangdong.

Since beating Xiong Wencan and Zhao'an Zheng Zhilong, with Zheng Zhilong's strength, Xiong Wencan quickly cleared the pirates along the southeast coast.

The pirates were purged, Chongzhen was happy, and he added Xiong Wencan as the governor of Liangguang.

The current Xiong Wencan is the real emperor of the southeast coast, and he is a comfortable official.

Xiong Wencan is good at three things.

The first is to be good at Zhao'an, to deal with bandits and robbers, very set, Zhao'an Zheng Zhilong, is his right-hand man, if he does not succeed Zhao'an Zheng Zhilong, then the national hero Zheng Chenggong will not become the national surname, will not recover the treasure island of Taiwan, but will become his father, become an island guerrilla captain.

The second good is that Xiong Wencan is very good at being an official, and he is willing to spend money to have some relationships up and down, which makes Xiong Wencan have a good official reputation in officialdom, no matter who likes this kind of colleague or subordinate very much.

The third good is that Xiong Wencan is very good at bragging, often drinking too much and blowing a few handfuls, sometimes he doesn't remember after blowing.

In mid-April, Xiong Wencai was drinking tea in the palace when he suddenly heard a report from his subordinates in the city that a group of eunuchs from the palace had come to the city.

As soon as Xiong Wencan heard that it was the eunuchs beside the emperor, he immediately cheered up and immediately invited these eunuchs to his house as guests.

After some polite questioning, Xiong Wencan knew that this group of eunuchs was here to help the emperor purchase jewelry.

After the eunuchs stayed in the governor's yamen for four or five days, they were already very familiar with Xiong Wencan.

That night, Xiong Wencan invited several eunuchs in the palace to drink.

When the wine was almost drunk, the eunuch who led the team said to Xiong Wencan with drunkenness: "Your Excellency Governor, we went south this time, passing through Huguang and Jiangxi, don't you know, Your Excellency Governor, that Huguang and Jiangxi have now become a world of anti-thieves, and when we went south, we all came here in disguise as businessmen."

Now the Central Plains is full of anti-thieves, and even Huguang and Jiangxi have fallen into the hands of anti-thieves.

Long live the Lord couldn't sleep all day long, and discussed with the ministers of the DPRK and the central government every day about the strategy of exterminating the anti-thieves, but this anti-thieves are now more and more suppressed, is this Ming Dynasty really going to die? ”

Xiong Wencan drank some wine, and now he is also a little up.

When he heard what the eunuch said, he immediately slapped the case angrily and said: "Hmph, the hundred officials in this court are all a group of straw bales, fools, holding money all day long, but they can't share the worries for Your Majesty, I think they are just a group of scum who have brought disaster to the country and the people. ”

When the eunuch heard this, his eyes lit up.

He drank the wine in the cup, slammed the cup to the ground, and said to Xiong Wencan: "Your Excellency is so courageous, I can't hide it, our family is not here to buy jewelry, but at the behest of His Majesty, specially came to meet the Governor.

My lord is worthy of being a loyal minister of my Ming Dynasty, so I will go back to meet Long Live and personally recommend it to my lord! ”

When Xiong Wencan heard what the eunuch said, his mind suddenly cleared up.

Only then did he realize that he had bragged too much just now, and he actually blew it in front of the emperor's envoy.

Xiong Wencan immediately realized that something was wrong, but he couldn't take back the cow he had just blown out, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to show his loyal side in front of the eunuchs.

On May 15, the decree of the imperial court arrived.

Xiong Wencan, the governor of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong, led a group of people to kneel in the courtyard to receive orders.

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict, the right attendant of the military department and the right servant of the imperial history, Xiong Wencan, the governor of Liangguang, has been loyal to the country since the official, and he has won my heart... Ordered Xiong Wencan to immediately serve as the governor of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong, and the title of secretary of the military department, the governor of Huguang, the governor of Yunyang, and the military affairs of Huguang Province. ”

Xiong Wencan was stunned when he received the holy decree.

He was a good military governor of Liangguang and Guangdong, and how could he suddenly be transferred to Huguang to serve as the governor of Liangguang.

Xiong Wencan first received the decree and thanked him, and then immediately took out an ingot of fifty taels of official silver and stuffed it into the hands of the eunuch who passed the decree, licked his smile and asked: "My father-in-law has come from afar, it must have been very the way, and I invite my father-in-law to drink tea first!" ”

When the eunuch touched the cold silver in his hand, he suddenly felt a lot cooler, and he also had a little good impression of the sultry weather in Fuzhou.

He followed Xiong Wencan into the hall, and soon after he sat down, a maid stepped forward to fan him to drive away the stuffiness.

"Father-in-law, why did this court suddenly transfer me to Huguang to Zhao'an?"

"Lord Xiong, how long have you been in Guangdong and Jiangxi as neighbors, don't you know what kind of climate this Jiangxi's Mo Wen has become now?"

Xiong Wencan said with a smiling face: "Don't hide it from my father-in-law, the lower officials have already inquired, I'm afraid it's very difficult to deal with Zhao'an!" ”

As soon as the eunuch heard this, he immediately said with a straight face: "Lord Xiong, you can't retreat at this time, Your Majesty is counting on you, if you can succeed in Zhao'an Namo Thief this time, it will be a great achievement for my Ming Dynasty, and the old slave wishes the Governor a victory, and Zhao'an success as soon as possible!" ”

Xiong Wencan sent the eunuch away, holding the holy decree in both hands, he really wanted to cry without tears.

Back in the house, he slapped himself fiercely, and scolded himself: "Call you bragging, call you bragging, now the cowhide is blowing up, see how you end!" ”

Although Xiong Wencan was extremely reluctant to go to the post, the holy decree came down, and he had to obediently take up Huguang.

Since Wuchang, the seat of Huguangzhi, had been occupied by Mo Qian, Xiong Wencan's governor's palace was gone, so he could only go to Yunyang and temporarily stay in the yamen of the governor of Yunyang.

As soon as he arrived in Yunyang, Xiong Wencan began to plan how to Zhao An Moqian.

Before taking office in Huguang, Xiong Wencan had already understood Mo Qian's details through various channels.

As for how Mo Qian got into trouble and how he developed and grew, Xiong Wencan now knows it clearly.

This kid is only twenty years old, and he has only been in trouble for two years, but he has already occupied almost all of Jiangxi, plus half of Huguang.

This guy is much more powerful than Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's generation.

Li Zhang and the others are just thieves, they have no fixed base, they are fighting wherever they go, and the officers and soldiers of the imperial court have been encircling and suppressing them.

But Mo Qian is obviously different, this anti-thief is very powerful.

Not only can he conquer cities, but he can also use the captured cities as his base.

He not only installed prefects in various places, but also trained peasants and soldiers in various places to form armies.

Now he is the governor of Jiangnan again, which is obviously already forming a political regime and planning to fight against the imperial court.

This is a thief, this is clearly a hero!

To deal with this kind of ambitious hero, if you want to appease him, you must come up with conditions that can satisfy him.

Xiong Wencan looked at the bottom line given to him by the imperial court, and he wanted to cry without tears in his heart.

What's the use of the name of a governor of Jiangnan, everyone has sealed themselves.

But the work of Zhao'an must continue.

Xiong Wencan wrote a letter in his own hand, ordering his staff to send people south to Wuchang Mansion to test Mo Qian's reaction to Zhao'an.

On the tenth day of the first month of June, Mo Qian, who was supervising the construction of warships at the Wuchang Shipyard, saw Mei Zhihuan hurrying to report to him.

"My lord, Xiong Wencan, the new governor of Huguang, sent a letter, asking if the lord was willing to accept Zhao'an."

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