At the beginning of March, under the leadership of Jiang Dejing, the southern inspection group had already implemented the new policy and military reform policy in various parts of Fujian, and the garrison troops in various parts of Fujian also began to recruit soldiers and horses one after another, and they began to take shape.

The reorganization of more than 200,000 Zheng troops was also being carried out simultaneously, Liu Yan ordered Wei Han, the chief officer of the 12th Army of the National Defense Army, to lead his troops to preside over the matter, and the Zheng army soldiers and horses gathered around Fuzhou City began to be reorganized step by step.

At this time, outside the city of Fuzhou, more than 200,000 Zheng soldiers and horses were jointly camped for dozens of miles, almost turning Fuzhou City into a large military camp.

The officers and men of the 12th Army of the National Defense Army were also divided into dozens of teams and began to screen the soldiers and horses of various units of the Zheng Army, and some of the soldiers and horses that had been cut off were given priority to be deployed as garrisons in various places.

At this time, the money and grain allocated by the Ministry of Finance of the Imperial Court, as well as the military equipment allocated by the Equipment Department, were also in place one after another, and with sufficient material guarantees, the soldiers and horses of the Zheng Army were stable, and there was no change.

During this period, Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Zhibao, Gan Hui and other generals had all received the admission notices of the Huangming Military Academy at this time, and in a few days, everyone would leave for Qingzhou City.

So Liu Yan specially borrowed Zheng Zhilong's Governor's Mansion to set up a send-off banquet for everyone.

During the banquet, everyone drank and talked happily, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

It's just that after three rounds of drinking, Zheng Zhibao suddenly asked: "Elder Ge, I don't know how the 3,000 black musket team, 2,500 white slave heavy armor soldiers, and 5,000 iron man troops in the army will be resettled in this reorganization?" ”

Then Zheng Zhibao looked at Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong's father and son, and said to Liu Yan: "These three soldiers and horses are all elites, won't they also be dispersed and dismissed?" ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Naturally, this will not be the case, after all, the blacks and white slaves are not of my race, and they cannot be mixed with the various departments of the army. ”

"This is what my father thinks, these three elites will keep their existing establishment unchanged, and after the formation of the newly formed 15th Army and 16th Army of the National Defense Force is completed, these three elite will be reorganized into these two armies, I don't know what you think?"

Zheng Zhilong and others breathed a sigh of relief, although the army was being reorganized and the military power was returned to the imperial court, but these three elites were all built by the Zheng family, and if they were abolished in this reorganization, it would also be a big blow to the Zheng family.

Zheng Zhilong said: "The elder of the pavilion is thoughtful, and we have no opinion. ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Okay! Let's raise a glass again, for you to go north to study smoothly, do it! ”

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A few days later, Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Zhipeng, Gan Hui, Chen Hui, Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Yang Geng, Zheng Cai, Shi Daxuan, Shi Lang, Hong Xu and others packed up and prepared to set off from Fuzhou City to Qingzhou Mansion City under the escort of the soldiers of the First Banner National Defense Army sent by Wei and Han.

Before leaving, Liu Yan and Zheng Zhilong saw off everyone, and when everyone saw Zheng Zhilong, their faces showed a trace of loneliness and sadness.

The Zheng family, which has a big family, has now been assigned to the imperial court, and everyone has become a member of the imperial court.

Zheng Zhilong was the same, at this time, his eyes were slightly red and he looked at everyone, but he still had a smile on his face, and he encouraged everyone, and said to Zheng Chenggong: "After you arrive at the Military Academy, you will definitely be angry and strong, and it depends on you how far my Zheng family can go in the future!" ”

Zheng Chenggong accepted the order, and the rest of the people also agreed.

Seeing this, Liu Yan said: "You are all pillars of the Ming Dynasty, this study is further study, your semester is six months, and my father looks forward to six months later, you can join the national defense force with excellent results." I also hope that in the future, when you go out of the customs and sweep away the Manchu Qing Dynasty, you will be able to lead the army with your father and make immortal achievements! ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts were stirred, and they all shouted their orders.

Then Liu Yan and Zheng Zhilong looked at the figures of everyone in the distance, and they were also full of emotion in their hearts.

"Ge Lao, at present, the reorganization of the various ministries has come to an end, and the structure of the two armies has also been constructed, and the next thing is to replenish the source of troops, these things are just with the Southern Inspection Group and General Wei Bing, I don't know when Ge Lao is going to leave for Beijing?"

Liu Yan said with a smile: "It's just these days, my father wants to inspect the soldiers with Zheng Shangshu, and then return to Beijing together." ”

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "This is the best." ”

The next day, Liu Yan and Zheng Zhilong, escorted by the officers and men of the National Defense Force, came to the city to inspect the school yard.

In this reorganization, all the units of the Zheng army outside the city must first enter Fuzhou City in accordance with the establishment, and conduct rectification and screening in the school yard in the city.

At this time, the school was being screened, and I saw Bao Qiang, the deputy chief soldier, standing on the stage of the exercise, commanding the officers and men of the National Defense Forces of various departments to be busy, and a team of Zheng soldiers or running to test their physical fitness, or practicing formations and queues, to test the quality of the army.

Liu Yan looked at the scene in front of him and said with emotion: "Zheng Shangshu's subordinates are really elite soldiers. ”

Zheng Zhilong was even more emotional, as if he had seen the ups and downs he had experienced over the years: "Pavilion Elder, these soldiers and horses are all soldiers who were born and died with the lower officials, naturally needless to say, they are all rare good soldiers." I hope that in the future, they can make more meritorious deeds and be able to seal their wives and sons, and it is not for nothing to have a game with me Zheng Zhilong! ”

Liu Yan smiled, and said secretly in his heart: "After Zheng Chenggong took over the Zheng army in history, he relied on these elite soldiers and horses to stalemate with the Manchu Qing for a long time. ”

Of course, no matter how strong the Zheng army is, it is not comparable to the national defense army, but among the so many enemies that Liu Yan has faced, it can be said that the Zheng army is one of the few elites that can make Liu Yan admire.

Liu Yan estimated that with a few elites in Zheng Zhilong's hands, it was enough to compete with the heavy armor of the Bayala camp of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

It can be said that today, in addition to the more than a dozen national defense forces controlled by Liu Yan, the Manchu Bayala Battalion, the Zheng Army, the Iron Man Army, etc., as well as the destroyed rogue Xiaocai, can be called the three strong armies.

Later, Liu Yan and Zheng Zhilong inspected the school grounds, and the soldiers of the Zheng Army who were undergoing reorganization all cheered when they saw Zheng Zhilong, which shows the high prestige of Zheng Zhilong in the army.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhilong was also very good at being a person, so he took a step back directly, stood behind Liu Yan, and then raised his arms and shouted: "Daming Wansheng!" ”

The soldiers of the National Defense Force in the school field raised their arms and shouted, and then those Zheng soldiers also cheered, Liu Yan nodded slightly when he saw this, it seems that Zheng Zhilong has put himself in the right position.

In fact, the current situation arranged by Liu Yan for Zheng Zhilong should be the best ending that Zheng Zhilong can get.

After all, if the two sides went to war, Liu Yan's process of stabilizing the Ming Dynasty would be interrupted, and the time to recover Liaodong would be delayed for a long time. And Zheng Zhilong's ministry will be devastated, and the family business that has been accumulated for more than ten years will also be wiped out.

And now, although Zheng Zhilong has handed over the military power and financial power controlled by the Zheng family, Zheng Chenggong and all the generals have a good future, and the Zheng family can also retain forty percent of the income from overseas trade, Zheng Zhilong even became the first secretary of the Admiralty of the Ming Dynasty and entered the cabinet to govern the government.

On that day, Liu Yan and Zheng Zhilong inspected for a long time, during which they also went to the Zheng military camp outside the city to inspect it, and then returned to the governor's mansion in the city together.

At night, Liu Yan and Zheng Zhilong were walking in a courtyard, and Liu Yan said: "My father is going to leave for Beijing the day after tomorrow, so Zheng Shangshu will leave together." ”

Zheng Zhilong smiled and agreed: "Okay, my family members have also been prepared two days ago, and they can follow me into Beijing at any time." ”

Liu Yan immediately thought that Zheng Zhilong's wife, that is, Zheng Chenggong's mother, was Japanese, and it seemed to be the Tagawa clan. Moreover, Liu Yan vaguely remembered that what is now Japan should be in the Edo period, most of the area was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate, and the capital was Edo (present-day Tokyo).

So Liu Yan opened his mouth to ask about the situation in Japan.

Zheng Zhilong was a little surprised at first, and then understood that Liu Yan, the first assistant of the Ming Cabinet, was by no means a person who kept the job, and asked about the situation in Japan, did he have thoughts about Japan?

Zheng Zhilong didn't have time to think about it, so he introduced it.

In Japan at this time, the shogun was the biggest official, and even the emperor had to obey the shogun's arrangement.

According to Zheng Zhilong, the Tokugawa shogunate directly administered about a quarter of Japan's land and important cities, and the rest of the country was divided into more than 200 "feudal domains," large and small, and the feudal lords had to obey the shogun. The shoguns and the daimyo of each domain had their own retainers, the samurai, who formed the basis of the shogunate's rule, and thus formed a feudal system of rule consisting of the shogunate and the feudal domain, known as the shogunate system.

Liu Yan then asked: "Where are the Japanese mainly engaged in foreign trade at present?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "The current general of the Japanese conquest is Tokugawa Iemitsu, who strictly forbade the Japanese to trade with foreign countries, forbidden Japan to interact with foreign countries, expelled foreign merchants from the country, and only allowed trade with China, Korea, the Netherlands, and other countries, and only allowed to do so in Nagasaki. ”

"Nagasaki?"

Liu Yan couldn't help but smile slightly, lamenting that there are no "little boys" and "Miss Qiu" in this era, otherwise he must send a few more to Japan!

Then Zheng Zhilong gave a message to introduce the Japanese official system, such as the so-called elders, old middlemen, and side employees of the central government, as well as the local Kyoto Institute and Osaka Castle Generation, etc., Liu Yan has no research on these, and it sounds dizzy, and secretly said: "When the time is ripe in the future, we will sweep the islands and abolish all these complicated beast titles!" ”

Two days later, Liu Yan and Zheng Zhilong led their troops back to Beijing, and the 12th Army of the National Defense Army and the 100,000 horses of the Zheng Army reorganized into the National Defense Army all went to Beijing together to promise.

At the same time, more than 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Zheng army, who were reorganized into the new naval division of the Ming Dynasty, also set sail from Yangfan, Fuzhou City, and went to Lingshanwei to anchor for further reorganized training.

Jiang Dejing led the southern inspection team to stay in Fujian and put the finishing touches on it.

At the same time, the officers and men of the Ninth Army, the Tenth Army, and the Eleventh Army of the National Defense Army, which had gone south with the various inspection groups, were also on their way back to Beijing one after another.