Seeing Lu Daqi, Li Feng and others looking anxious, Zhu Aona couldn't help but want to laugh.

As a monarch, of course she couldn't "smile" at this time. She could only smile and say: "It doesn't matter, I brought a life jacket. Even if something happens, I can guarantee my safety."

After saying that, he, Fei Zhen'e and a group of female soldiers from the Zhuque Battalion began to inflate the life jackets and put them on.

This life jacket was bought by Zhu Aina for her spring trip south next year. Only a hundred pieces have been shipped so far.

Before she came out this time, she had thought about getting on the ship to experience it in person, so she asked Suzaku Camp to take her with her.

When Lu Daqi saw Zhu Yuluo and others putting on life jackets, he couldn't help but admired: "It's so easy to make clothes using the raft method. With these life jackets, the safety of the prison country is indeed guaranteed."

In fact, even without a life jacket, Zhu Yuyao was not afraid.

Even if the ship was in trouble, it would not sink instantly. She could easily go to Hao Guangming's side.

Later, Zhu Yurao took a steamer and sailed on Mingyuan Lake for half an hour.

Apart from the fact that the ship is quite fast, it is noisy, and the boiler burning coal is quite dirty, so the overall experience is by no means wonderful.

But Zhu Ainao, Fei Zhen'e and the female soldiers of the Zhuque Camp were all very happy.

Because this steamer is neither big nor small, it can be controlled by only a few people and sails very fast.

Of course, this is also because the ship is not equipped with sails, otherwise it would need more crew members.

After getting off the ship, Zhu Yuyao said to Li Feng, Hua Mude, Ge Sungen (the craftsman who wanted to use the steam engine to make clouds and rain) and Huang Min (the shipyard director): "Since you have successfully built a steam wooden steamer, naturally

Each has its own reward.

Li Feng was promoted to the eighth rank, and he was still the ambassador of the Secret Manufacturing Bureau. Huamude was promoted to the deputy ambassador of the Secret Manufacturing Bureau (from the ninth rank). Ge Cungen was personally rated as a master craftsman by this palace.

Mingyuan Shipyard was renamed as the Steamship Trial Building Bureau, and director Huang Minguan was promoted to the rank of Ambassador of the Bureau.

In addition, you and the craftsmen and shipwrights below will also be rewarded with a certain amount of silver, and the specific reward will be released tomorrow."

The Ambassador of the Bureau of Secret Manufacturing was originally the ninth grade. Before the steam engine was successfully trial-built, Zhu Ayao promoted Li Feng to one level. Now he has been promoted to the eighth grade.

As for Kudzu, although it is not as good as Huamude in terms of scientific research, its craftsmanship in iron, wood and other aspects is really good, and it plays an important role in the manufacture of steam engines and ships.

Although Li Feng and others had expected to be promoted and rewarded, it can be seen that Zhu Yusao couldn't help but be excited when they were awarded the reward in person. They knelt down together and said: "Thank you for the reward from the supervisor!"

Zhu Ainao nodded, motioned for everyone to stand up, and smiled: "The Xinjin Shipyard has already manufactured several iron-clad ships. You will connect with them as soon as possible and try to build a steam-armored warship as soon as possible."

"yes!"

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On the way back to Chengdu, Lu Daqi was also riding a horse, one position behind Zhu Aona.

Seeing that they were approaching the city gate, the team slowed down, and Lu Daqi raised his hand to Zhu A'ao and said, "I would like to recommend someone to serve as a supervisor of the country."

"Oh?" Zhu Ailao became interested upon hearing this, "Who is it?"

So far, Zhu Yuluo has been in a state of lack of officials - of course, the main reason is the lack of talented officials who can do things.

Therefore, she is happy to see talents recommended by the ministers below.

As for whether the ministers will form cliques because of this, and even fight against each other in the future to the Beijing and Nanjing courts and harm the country, she is not worried.

She and Hao Guangming had discussed the matter of party strife a long time ago, and felt that the Chongzhen Dynasty and the Nanming court had disrupted the government due to party strife. In the final analysis, the emperor did not have absolute power.

This right mainly refers to military power, financial power, and the right to speak.

And all three Zhu Ailao have a firm grasp on it.

As for the army, both the former officers and soldiers and the surrendered rebels have all been reorganized, and the structure of the army has also been adjusted, with her orders as the highest order.

There is no need to take away the financial power. Currently, the Chengdu court headed by her actually uses the money and food obtained from the Shu Palace.

At first it was said that it was divided into two, but in fact it was all in her hands.

As for the money and grain collected from various places in Sichuan this autumn, it is actually not much.

On the one hand, due to various problems in the Ming Dynasty, there was not much money and grain that could be collected. On the other hand, many state capitals had suffered military disasters before, and many people had not engaged in production. Now they still need relief from the Chengdu court.

Therefore, the Chief Secretary of Sichuan also needs to rely on financial support from the Supervisory Government.

As for how to obtain a stable and reliable source of money and food in the future, after communicating with Hao Guangming, Zhu Yucao had already made a plan, but it was just not suitable for implementation at the moment.

At present, her main task is to restore the homeland of the Ming Dynasty, pacify the bandits, drive the Donglu out of the pass, and restore the unity and peace of the Ming Dynasty...

Lu Daqi was actually very nervous when recommending people to Zhu Yuluo, fearing that he would be mistaken for forming a party.

But now he really wanted to contribute to the Chengdu court and gain more trust from Zhu Yura, so after careful consideration, he decided to recommend that person.

Hearing Zhu Ao's interesting inquiry, Lu Daqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "This man is a fellow countryman of the minister. He was born in Kuangzhao, Suining, Tongchuan, and his courtesy name was Boyu.

He was a Jinshi in the 46th year of Wanli Dynasty. He served successively as Tianchang Jiaoyu, Guozijian Xuelu doctor, head of the household department, and grain supervisor in Yulin.

Later, he was dismissed from office due to circumstances and resumed his duties as Ganzhou Bingbei Road. He was later appointed as Chuzhou Bingbei Road, and was later promoted to governor of Jiangxi.

He was unable to take up his post due to illness and is now recuperating in Suining. But according to the last conversation I had with him, I found out that he is in good health and is preparing to go to Jiangxi to take up his post after the Chinese New Year.

Although Kuang Zhao was born in Juren, he is quite capable in both political and military affairs, and I can persuade him to serve as a supervisor for the country."

On the other side, Hao Guangming also found out Kuang Zhao's historical materials.

He said: "The man recommended by Lu Daqi does have considerable military and political capabilities, and the most important thing is that he has integrity.

Historically, after the Qing soldiers defeated Nanjing, they continued southward and entered Jiangxi. He first retreated to Wan'an, Jiangxi, to train in the fields.

Later, Wan'an was besieged by Qing soldiers, and Kuang Zhao held on for many days. In the end, because he was alone and helpless, the city was broken and he was captured. He died unyieldingly."

Zhu Ya'ao and Hao Guangming had studied the historical materials of so many people together, and they both felt that what best demonstrated the integrity of the Ming officials in the late Ming Dynasty was their performance in the face of the Qing soldiers who went south, especially after the Qing soldiers captured Nanjing City.

Because at that time, the Qing troops had already shown the tendency to engulf China, and many places were in danger of surrendering.

However, several small courts in the Southern Ming Dynasty looked like they could not help themselves up. The ministers who could still insist on being loyal to the Ming Dynasty at such a time were the ones who were truly upright and worthy of admiration.

When searching for historical materials, Hao Guangming once saw an ignorant statement - that these Ming courtiers who refused to surrender to the Qing Dynasty were doing it for their own interests. He was angry and found it ridiculous.

The reason why the Qing army was able to make other places surrender was not only because of its military power, but also because Dorgon chose to cooperate with the corpse class of the Ming Dynasty and promised to protect the interests of the gentry, so he gained support.

If the Qing army, like Li Zicheng's Dashun, stood on the opposite side of the gentry, they would definitely fall into the quagmire of resistance from various local rebels after entering China. It would be impossible for these gentry classes to form a group and surrender for their own use and become the vanguard of their occupation of China.

Therefore, those Ming ministers who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty and refused to surrender to the Qing Dynasty were not only not safeguarding their personal interests, but on the contrary, they were out of the belief of national justice and loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. They abandoned their personal interests and stood on the opposite side of the class to which they belonged.

!

They are truly admirable people!

Those who slander these national heroes are either brainless idiots or people with ulterior motives, which is disgusting...

From Hao Guangming, she learned about another minister who was loyal to the Ming Dynasty in history. Zhu Aona couldn't help but sigh.

Then he said to Lu Daqi: "If Kuang Zhao is willing to serve me, let him come to Chengdu to see you.

If he doesn't want to, don't force Mr. Dongchuan, just let him go to Jiangxi as governor next year.

Anyway, I am going to Jiangnan next year, so I would like to explain that as the governor of Jiangxi, he is also serving me."

Hearing these words, Lu Daqi couldn't help but admired from the bottom of his heart: "The governor of the country is magnanimous."

The sigh in his heart was actually more.

I can't even help but compare Zhu Yu'ao with Chongzhen. I feel that in comparison, Chongzhen is really not as good as Zhu Yu'ao.

It was easy for Chongzhen to trust his ministers, but his suspicion was even more ruthless. He was also narrow-minded and could not tolerate his ministers making mistakes. The most important thing was that he did not have enough patience with people and things...

Although Zhu Yusuo was the daughter of Chongzhen, she had a broad mind.

For example, even he couldn't help but be impressed by the magnanimity shown in recruiting Kuang Zhao.

He had a hunch that in the hands of a woman like Zhu Yuluo, the Ming Dynasty might have a prosperous era that had not appeared for more than two hundred years before the Ming Dynasty!

As long as he assists Zhu Yuluo with his heart, his name will definitely go down in history, and he may even become a famous minister through the ages.

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The next day.

Zhu Yucai convened the military and political officials and announced the formal appointment of Lu Daqi as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. Then he received the battle report from Baoning Mansion.

The Dashun Army is finally going to attack Sichuan.

To be precise, at the end of November, the Dashun Army had already begun attacking various passes along the Sichuan-Shaanxi border and the passage into Sichuan.

"According to the battle reports sent back by Chen Junchong and Li Ren, He Zhen is leading troops to attack Qipan Pass.

North of Baishui Pass, there are also traces of the Dashun Army in the Tianshui area.

In addition, Ma Gan and Li Dingguo of Kuizhou also sent battle reports, saying that puppet soldiers and horses appeared in the north of Kuizhou. Although it has not been confirmed yet, it is very likely that they have contributed to Taiping County."

Inside the Chengyun Hall.
Chapter completed!