The army of the Hongguang Imperial Court was so weak that it might not even need to be dealt with by Dashun, which could lead to the collapse of the Jianghuai defense line.

Da Ming needed to get an army that could fight in a short period of time, and the scale could not be too small, and the Liao army trapped on Jeju Island became the object of Shen Youlong's attention.

Shen Youlong had seen the Guanning Liao army when he was in western Liaoning, although it was also full of all kinds of problems, but the quality and combat effectiveness of the soldiers were still there, and if they could be used by the Ming Dynasty, they would be able to stabilize the Jianghuai defense line.

"Oh, my Mr. Zhao, can we Lord Shen think of these people?" Li Zhaoji immediately took out a look of impatience, hurriedly ran back to the study, ran back again, took out a bill, and said: "Mr. Zhao, hurry up and take these people away, these people are so good to eat, you see, you see, I have to transport rice to Jeju Island every day, boat by boat." ”

There are 100,000 Liao soldiers and Liao people on Jeju Island, and the daily cost of food alone is very large, and the island cannot supply it at all, so it needs to import food from outside. Earlier, when Wu Xiang was in power in Nanjing, in order to relocate his cronies, he stored a batch on Jeju Island, but with the defeat of the Wu family in the Ming Dynasty, Li Zhaoji had to supply the food, drink and Lazar of this group.

Pigs are hungry and thin and can't be sold at a high price, but people are hungry and thin but fine. But pigs may sell meat when they starve, and people starve to death, but no one wants them.

Fortunately, Xia Guo was the first to take over, and there are now more than 15,000 Liao soldiers under his command, and only a few of their families have migrated from Nanjing, and most of them have fallen into Liaoxi, Juehua Island, or are trapped on Jeju Island.

Those whose families are trapped on Jeju Island will naturally have to bring their families together after settling themselves in. At the beginning, each family sent people to discuss with Li Zhaoji, after all, he would not let people go, and the ship sent to pick up people would also be sunk, but the asking price of the Oriental Trading Company was getting higher and higher, and Xia Guoxiang simply came to buy in a group.

First of all, he sent people to Jeju Island, and after inspection, he found that there were more than 24,000 relatives trapped here.

The price set by Li Zhaoji was that in the case of repaying the food and lodging expenses of these people, he would give each of them another ten taels of silver for freight, and then round it up to 400,000 taels of silver.

After Xia Guoxiang entered Fujian, he cared about the war, where was there so much money, but Li Zhaoji had to hold his teeth and not let go, and finally Xia Guoxiang arranged people in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to rob the businessmen and gentry who were related to the Zheng family at the beginning, which was called Qing and rebellion.

In this way, not only did the 400,000 taels have, but the Liao soldiers also had houses and land, and they completely established the domain, but the disadvantage was that the merchants of Fujian no longer dared to pin their hopes on Xia Guoxiang, and they threw themselves into the Oriental Trading Company.

Another huge amount of money has been received, which has given birth to Li Zhaoji's greed, obviously, if the Ming Dynasty wants to get this army, it will not work without giving some benefits.

"You just said, talking about money hurts feelings, how can you take out all the bills......." Zhao Wenji pushed the bill aside, picked up the chopsticks, and continued to eat the dishes on the table, he didn't want to look at the bill, because the more the account was calculated, the more Daming would bleed, and what Zhao Wenji wanted was a fixed price.

Before coming, Shen Youlong set a price code for him, and what Zhao Wenji had to do was to bring the group of people on the island back to Daming under this price.

Li Zhaoji put the bill on the side of the chair, but he didn't mean to put it away, and muttered: "Talking about feelings doesn't hurt money...... ”

Zhao Wenji said with a smile: "Zhaoji, let me tell you good news. The Son of Heaven wants to open the Enke ........ ”

"Isn't this a regular operation, the new emperor ascends the throne, and Kaienko attracts people from all over the world. I have a relationship with Mao, but I'm not a reader. Li Zhaoji spread his hand and said casually.

Zhao Wenji said: "Don't say it, this time it really has something to do with you."

According to the rules, Kaienke should take the township exam this autumn and the palace exam in April next year. But you also know that there was a township test in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, but because of the national disaster in Jiashen, the palace test in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen was not held.

The Son of Heaven wants to hold a temple examination in April this year, and then open Enke again, according to the rules. Equivalent to two Enco ......... ”

Li Zhaoji thought about it, so that he could promote two batches of jinshi, but after thinking about it carefully, Li Zhaoji still shook his head: "I still don't know, what does this have to do with me." ”

"Of course there is, in this year's palace exam, although the question has not yet come out, the champion has been selected." Zhao Wenhe said mysteriously.

Li Zhaoji knew that these words must be pointing at himself, he thought about it and said, "You mean, Shangchuan? ”

In history, Chen Shangchuan was a showman, and then the Ming Dynasty died, and he served the country in the army. But Li Zhaoji's subordinates Tang Mu and Li Sizhi supported him in Macau, and Chen Shangchuan really won the examination, so if there is a palace examination this year, he can be admitted to the Jinshi, and with the care of Emperor Hongguang of the Ming Dynasty, he is sure that he will be a Jinshi.

"That's right, it's Chen Shangchuan. The Son of Heaven is worried about him, you and Lord Shen agreed to let Chen Shangchuan go to Shanghai County as a county magistrate. But the Son of Heaven felt that his close friend and companion could only be a county magistrate. This year, I have to hold a palace test, let Chen Shangchuan get a Jinshi identity, and then logically go to be the prefect of Songjiang! Zhao Wenji said.

Li Zhaoji smashed his fist in the palm of his hand: "Hey, Lao Zhu can handle it, he really thinks about his friends, I didn't misunderstand him." ”

"Ahem......." As soon as Zhao Wenji heard Lao Zhu's words, he immediately coughed.

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Gaffe, gaffe, our emperor, long live us." ”

Dong Weng also felt that this was feasible, but he was unwilling to let Chen Shangchuan be the champion. But it's nothing to make him the prefect of Songjiang, it's just that Zhaoji has to help with the Liao soldiers. Zhao Wenji said.

When Li Zhaoji heard this, his face immediately turned old, and he said: "Then forget it, Shangchuan is a person who is dedicated to serving the country and serving the public, but in fact, he doesn't care about this Jinshi or something, being a county magistrate of Shanghai County is enough, enough ........" ”

Compared with the benefits that Liao soldiers can bring, Chen Shangchuan's future is really nothing. After all, Chen Shangchuan is only good friends with Li Zhaoji, and he is not even a member of the Oriental Trading Company.

Zhao Wenji smiled, put down his chopsticks, and said: "Zhaoji, of course Dong Weng also knows that it is not so valuable, so what do you want, you can also mention it, you can do it, Dong Weng, as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, of course I will do it for you."

In this way, it is not the best of both worlds to talk about friendship and money, so that you can earn favors and make money at the same time. ”

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly and said, "Okay, then I'll mention it." ”

Zhao Wenji immediately said: "Don't open your mouth widely, you have to consider the feasibility after all." ”

Li Zhaoji said: "Don't worry, whether it succeeds or not, it will not delay the affairs of the Liao soldiers, it is done, the Ming Dynasty will spend less money, and if it doesn't work, just take more silver." I'm a very talkative person. ”

Zhao Wenji thought to himself, anyway, it's all your benefit, of course it's easy to speak.

"This first thing, transfer Chen Zizhuang to Nanjing, to work in the sixth department or any department, in short, don't let him stay in Guangdong." Lee Siu Kee said.

Zhao Wenji's eyes immediately widened: "Someone in Nanjing City has exposed the post, saying that Dong Weng formed a party for personal gain and suppressed officials who were not from Jiangnan, I'm afraid it wasn't you who did it." ”

Before the year and the year, someone in Nanjing posted a pen and paper criticism of Shen Youlong's employment, saying that he reused Jiangnan scholars and Donglin, but treated the heroes harshly, and the so-called heroes referred to the Guangdong gentry Chen Zizhuang.

Chen Zizhuang also played a lot of roles in the construction of the Guangdong army, but the decisive role was still Shen Youlong, but in the unveiling post, Chen Zizhuang became the behind-the-scenes hero of the Guangdong army, and became a loyal minister who destroyed the family for the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zhaoji laughed and said: "I can't do this kind of thing, besides, there are people in Guangdong who don't like Chen Zizhuang." ”

Shen Youlong didn't use Chen Zizhuang, but wanted Chen Zizhuang to play a role in Guangdong, and his role was naturally to guard against Li Zhaoji and prevent the Guangdong gentry from colluding too deeply with Li Zhaoji. But the problem is that the Guangdong gentry have benefited from the Oriental Trading Company and the sea trade, and they are naturally willing to cooperate, and Chen Zizhuang's repeated bad things have become an eyesore.

It is in the interests of the big guy to kick him to Nanjing to become an official.

Zhao Wenji said: "This matter can be considered, and there is a high probability that it can be done." ”

This is much beyond Li Zhaoji's expectations, Chen Zizhuang's role is very clear to him, but Zhao Wenji is sure, it can only be said that Shen Youlong also arranged a backhand.

"Then Chen Zizhuang is gone, who is making trouble for me in Guangdong." Li Zhaoji simply asked clearly.

Zhao Wenji said: "There's nothing to hide, anyway, you're going to get the news soon."

This person is Qu Shiyun, the governor of Guangxi, and after a while, he will be the governor of Liangguang. ”

When Li Zhaoji heard this, he said with a smile: "Hey, Lord Shen is so generous, rare, rare." ”

Qu Shiyun is Qian Qianyi's disciple and Zheng Sen's senior brother. Just by virtue of Qian Qianyi's status as a disciple, he should not be reused, but Shen Youlong did the opposite.

This Guangxi governor was appointed in the era of Lu Jian State, Li Zhaoji wanted to rescue Shen Youlong in order to use the Guangdong army, and in order to gain Wu Sangui's trust, he lied to Wu Sangui that Shen Youlong wanted to support King Gui, which is of course a lie, but the Wu family father and son had to guard against it, because King Gui's bloodline was still above Lu Jian State.

Qu Shiyun was immediately arranged by Qian Qianyi to be the governor of Guangxi, the purpose was to take care of King Gui, and King Gui did not have any deviant behavior, but King Jingjiang took advantage of the Jiangnan to fight, and wanted to take advantage of the situation to stand on his own, and win over the Guangxi army to support himself, but he was captured by Qu Shiyun, and Qu Shiyun can be regarded as having made a contribution.

In addition, Qu Shiyun expressed his support immediately after King Fu ascended the throne, and knew the role of Li Zhaoji in the rebellion of King Lu, so he was extremely resistant to both Dongfang Trading Company and Li Zhaoji.

"Then do you still let Chen Zizhuang go to Nanjing?" Zhao Wenji asked.

Li Zhaoji thought for a while: "Of course I go." ”

No matter how difficult Qu Shiyun is, it is also a dragon crossing the river, and the land snakes in Guangdong are the gentry. Shen Youlong himself couldn't fight the Guangdong gentry when he was the governor of Liangguang, let alone a Qu Shiyun.

Zhao Wenji nodded: "The old man has written down this matter, if it is done, you owe Lord Shen a favor."

What else? ”

"The second thing is that I want a suitable person to serve as the prefect of Qiongzhou." Lee Siu Kee said.

"Who?" Zhao Wenji asked.

Li Zhaoji shook his head: "I don't know, it's not decided, but the prefect of Qiongzhou must be a candidate approved by me." Of course, he will be more in line with the rules of Daming than Chen Shangchuan. ”

Zhao Wenji asked: "What is the matter over there in Qiongzhou?" ”

"There's chaos."

"You want to take the opportunity to reach out to Qiongzhou."

"It's just to do some business, and I won't covet an inch of land in the Ming Dynasty." Li Zhaoji immediately added that he was very worried about the misunderstanding between Zhao Wenji and Shen Youlong behind him.

Li Zhaoji is seeking high-grade iron ore in Qiongzhou, that is, Hainan Island, and he doesn't care so much about the land of Daming.

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