Returning this time, Chen Kai had lost interest in looking at the mountains and rivers, and locked himself in the cabin, seriously weighing the pros and cons from beginning to end.

Not long after the ship set sail from Fuzhou Pier, a large area of ​​land along the Min River was requisitioned for the generals' uniforms. Next, a large number of craftsmen and civilians were recruited, and a large amount of building materials were transported to the wharf, just like those made in Chaozhou.

The bureau-like layout was copied from the Han River to the Min River among the stacks of bricks and tiles.

"It is said that Chen Fujun advised Guo Xingye two years ago to change part of the production process of the Arms Bureau to hydraulic mechanization, just like the Manufacturing Bureau in Chaozhou."

"Then the production of weapons will be frighteningly fast in the future?"

"Who says it's not? I heard my cousin say that it's because we in Fujian have suffered so much from the Tatars, and I want to recuperate, so I postponed this matter until today."

"Then this place will be called Fuzhou Manufacturing Bureau from now on?"

"No, it's still called the Ordnance Bureau. Well, it's the Fuzhou Ordnance Bureau. The original Ordnance Bureau of the Zhongzuo Institute retained some of its functions and was changed to the Zhangzhou Ordnance Bureau. Oh, by the way, the Nan'ao Ordnance Bureau was officially merged into Chaozhou

The Manufacturing Bureau and the Foshan Manufacturing Branch remain unchanged. These will be placed under the management of work officers in the future. However, I am thinking that the work officer Chen in Fuzhou, Zhangzhou and Chaozhou can still be used, but the Foshan Manufacturing Branch

Over there, it will most likely still be under the watchful eye of Chen Fujun."

With the establishment of six officials, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the territory is too big, and Zheng Chenggong wants to strengthen centralization of power for management. At best, it looks like he is putting all his efforts in one place, but most of them are just taking pleasure in the misfortune of the two groups within the group.

The power of the No. 1 figure Chen Kai has been weakened. The most prominent among them are the children of the Zheng family.

"Damu finally enlightened and saw clearly that guy's dirty tricks."

"I don't think so. It should be that Chen Kai was too self-righteous and sent troops to seize southern Gansu. How can such a large territory not arouse Damu's fear?"

"Hey, no matter what, Chen Kai's good days are over, that's enough."

In Fuzhou, in the Zhongzuo Institute, and in Anping Town, there are people whispering while changing glasses, and there is no shortage of people talking loudly. When the wine is full, everyone is gearing up, just waiting for Zheng Chenggong to bring Chen Chenggong to the table.

After Kai Zheng died, they could rush to Guangdong in fine clothes and angry horses to receive Chen Kai's political legacy.

These were not the only things that accompanied Chen Kai on his return journey. With the establishment of the Six Officials System, especially the issuance of official documents at the meeting that Chen Kai had already known about, the entire Zheng Group's control area was inevitably moved.

"In response to the military order of the General's Mansion, Du Hui, the chief military officer of Zhongchong Town, removed his position as the chief military officer of Qiongzhou Town and led his troops back to Fujian to listen. The post of chief military officer of Qiongzhou Town was changed to Guo Tai, the deputy general of Sanheba Assistant Guard.

Take charge. After Guo Tai leads his troops to Qiongzhou, Zhongchong Town will set off immediately, without any mistakes."

"The military order of the General's Office was summoned, and Zhang Jin, the loyal uncle of the local affairs department in Chengxiang County, was changed to the admiral of the new navy army, and Yu Kuan, the deputy general of Sanheba Assistant Guard, was changed to the local affairs department in the counties of Chengxiang Township."

"Recruiting the military order of the General's Office, the right admiral Huangshan is fully responsible for the war defense in the southern Jiangxi area. Military supplies and food are still responsible for Guangdong. In addition to the right admiral's left and right towns, the troops will assist in the suppression of the middle town, the assistance of the front town, and the assistance of the left town.

, Youzhen, Xiaoqi Town, and Tieqi Town were all ready to be dispatched to assist in the defense of the place. In addition, the reinforcements and suppression towns in Guangzhou were transferred to Ganzhou Fucheng for use. Zhang Ying was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Gansu Fifth Army, military administration, and military supervision.

The armies of Southern Jiangxi."

"The military order of the general's office is summoned. The responsibility for the battle and defense of Guangdong is still solely responsible for the Guangdong commander-in-chief Chen Kai. In addition, Ke Chenmei, the chief military officer of Houchong Town, is transferred to return to Fujian with his troops and horses."

"..."

Military orders were issued one after another, and the mobilization was mainly in Guangdong and Southern Jiangxi, because these two places have undergone major changes this year. Guangdong has basically remained unchanged, but some troops have been transferred to the battlefields in Southern Jiangxi and Fujian. At the same time, Zheng Chenggong will

The military command of Jiangxi was handed over to Huangshan, with Zhang Ying supervising the army. However, the administrative power of southern Gan did not establish a separate governor, but assigned officials to answer to Chen Kai of Guangdong.

After re-weighing, Chen Kai thought carefully and found that his administrative position in the Zheng Group had not been greatly weakened. His military power was only to allocate the troops of the four towns to Southern Gansu and Fujian.

Overall, the weakening is not significant. However, judging from the next situation, Chen Kai needs to focus on western Guangdong and eastern Guangdong for the time being. The existence of Huangshan and Zhang Ying is a decentralization of power and a sharing of burdens. After all, Zheng Chenggong cannot

Putting most of the Zheng Group's strength on the Western Front is inconsistent with the secondary attributes of its own maritime group. The Eastern Front is the real focus.

However, with the establishment of the Six Officials, Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong can no longer decide military and state affairs by exchanging letters. The Six Officials are responsible for different functions, just like the six ministries at the central level and the provincial level.

The Liuke and the Liufang of the Fuzhou and County Yamen are in the same line. Guangdong's administration, litigation, prisons, and military affairs must be reported to the relevant departments, and the Liuguan will assist Zheng Chenggong in managing them.

In addition, Zheng Chenggong also decided to continue to expand the army, with five men per squad, and a deputy commander for every ten squads. Each battalion would have five chief commanders, each chief commander in charge of two deputy commanders. From the total number of soldiers

There has been no change in the overall structure, but the original Qianzong has been changed and the old organization of the general has been changed. In addition, each town originally had two and four battalions under its jurisdiction. After the expansion, it was changed to two and five battalions. The middle battalion was directly under the jurisdiction of the general military officer.

The total number of soldiers has also been expanded to 2,500.

This is the number of soldiers in the various towns of war soldiers. For the six existing cavalry towns such as Tieqi Town, Huaqi Town, Beizhen, Xiaoqi Town, Cheqi Town, and Youqi Town, Zheng Chenggong decided to reduce the number of troops from the original three battalions.

The military strength was expanded to four, which means that each town has two associations, four battalions, and two thousand cavalry. If this is the case, the cavalry and war horses brought by the Ming army in the battlefields of Nangan and Zhoushan and Taizhou are enough to cope with the situation.

Such an expansion.

Like this in every town, the twenty-eight-star camps established by Zheng Chenggong have always played a role in assisting the defense of various prefectures and counties and intimidating the local areas since the recovery of Fujian. At this time, Zheng Chenggong also planned to expand these camp heads into Xie, that is,

Expanded from one battalion to two battalions.

In addition, due to the impact of the great victory in Ganzhou, Zheng Chenggong also decided to form two new towns, named Zuohuwei Town and Youhuwei Town. The number of troops was relatively small, with only 1,200 soldiers each, which was less than

An association is slightly larger. However, these two towns are actually an iron man army like the second team of the Guangdong Fubiao Direct Battalion. They need to select suitable candidates from each town, which is more troublesome than the expansion of other units.

The ability to carry out such expansion is due to the tax dividends brought by the continuous improvement of people's livelihood in Guangdong and Fujian provinces, and also due to the Zheng Group's more abundant supply of goods after recovering large areas of lost land. Sea trade has always been the mainstay of the Zheng Group.

The largest economic pillar, as the lost ground continues to be recovered, the proportion of this pillar has not dropped significantly. On the contrary, the scale of sea trade has been further stimulated by the more abundant supply of goods.

The territory of two and a half provinces is actually not just that. When Chen Kai was running Guangdong, Zheng Tai, the God of Wealth who controlled the sea trade of Zheng Group, was not idle either.

Zheng Chenggong had previously agreed with Zheng Tai to establish the Five Merchants of Mountains and Seas. The Shans and Seas Merchants were responsible for purchasing goods in the areas controlled by the Qing court. They were headquartered in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province. The Five Elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth were distributed in Beijing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Shandong.

and other coastal areas. As for the Five Merchants of the Sea, the Five Elements of Benevolence, Righteousness, Li Zhixin and Five Elements are mainly responsible for external import and export trade. Chen Kai is not very clear about the specific location. He just heard Mouse Xuzi mention that he had contacted the Guangdong Trading Company earlier.

Some, it seems, the leaders of the five merchants are all from Quanzhou, four of them are named Zeng Dinglao, Wu Qiniang, Gong Sunguan and Gong Meiniang. Even Cai Cheng has only met Zeng Dinglao a few times.

For others, we have heard their names but never met them. We don’t even know whether Wu Qiniang and Gong Meiniang are male or female.

"Husband, do you still remember that when we got engaged, the servant named Liao Baniang who was sent by Brother Qiwu to bring gifts was killed some time ago."

Recalling that Zheng Xiyuan once mentioned the servant of Zheng Qiwu, another member of the Zheng Group who was responsible for sea trade, Chen Kai vaguely remembered that although this person's name was feminine, he was a man. However, he seemed to have heard about it from other channels.

It is said that before Zheng Chenggong established the righteous merchant system, Zheng Qiwu gave him a sum of money to lurk in the interior of Fujian and purchase supplies. As a result, the guy actually absconded with the money and went to the countryside to become a rich man. Of course, before the Ming army could

After regaining Ba Min, that guy was killed by the Zheng family first...

There is only one word difference between a maritime trader and a pirate, so how can we tolerate such rip-offs? Chen Kai remembered that he had heard about this old story and didn't take it seriously at all. But this time, Zheng Tai mentioned it at the meeting.

However, he made a request that suddenly reminded him of the nature of the Zheng Group.

"It turns out that the collection of rates in Guangdong has always been a hole in western Guangdong. Many maritime merchants chose to trade on the territory of the Ming Army in western Guangdong in order to avoid paying rates. However, the safety of the Guangdong Sea is ours.

and maintain it. Since Liancheng Bi is dead, then the generals in western Guangdong should naturally turn their attention to restraint."

Of course Chen Kai understood what Zheng Tai meant. What is restraint and lack of restraint? To put it bluntly, the Zheng Group needed Chen Kai to integrate the Ming army in western Guangdong and actually control the territory in western Guangdong for its own benefit.

In terms of maritime trade and other aspects, the Zheng Group can control everything, and the profits gained will naturally be further improved.

After calculation, the areas currently controlled by the generals in western Guangdong include Gaozhou Prefecture, Leizhou Prefecture, Lianzhou Prefecture, southern Zhaoqing Prefecture, that is, the counties south of Cangbu River, and Luoding Prefecture, plus Xinning County southwest of Guangzhou Prefecture.

This includes Chen Qice, Li Changrong, Wang Xing, Wei Yingdeng, Ye Biao, Zhou Jintang, Deng Yao, Guo Dengdi, Gao Jinku, Zhang Yue and a large number of Ming troops. They occupy prefectural and county cities, and naturally they are also in coastal areas.

It is indispensable to operate maritime trade. Regarding the Zheng Group's royalties, they refused to pay them under the banner of friendly forces. Some time ago, it was the honeymoon period between the Zheng Group, the Yongli Imperial Court and the Xining Fan. Zheng Tai inherited Zheng Chenggong's

They had bad intentions and were too tough, which naturally affected their economic interests. Now that Lian Chengbi is dead and Li Dingguo has entered Yunnan, they naturally have nothing to take care of anymore.

"Zheng Group, we are hungry."

………………

Starting from the end of last year, the armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties fought for each other over the vast swaths of land in eastern Guangdong, northern Guangdong, western Guangdong, southern Jiangxi, and southwestern Fujian, and the fight was endless.

The final result seemed to be fruitful, but in fact the Qing court's strategic situation further deteriorated. The dangers of mountains and rivers that the original ten thousand-mile long border could rely on were opened up, and the purpose of isolating the southeast and southwest Ming armies was actually not achieved.

Completely achieved.

After capturing Wuzhou Prefecture, Ma Xiong devoted all his strength to consolidating defenses throughout the festival. At the same time, Chen Kai sent Ke Chenshu to quickly advance westward and quickly occupied Zhaoqing without the Qing army defending.

A large area in the northern part of the government formed a confrontation situation with the Wuzhou Qing army.

The Qing army put up a tight defensive posture. Although the Ming army was aggressive, it was limited to recovering the lost territory of Zhaoqing Prefecture and was not in a hurry to attack Wuzhou Prefecture. There are many reasons, but it is an unfavorable campaign at all points.

.At least at this stage, the Zheng Group needs to digest the newly recovered areas before it can consider other things.

The war finally came to an end due to the exhaustion of both sides. Under the front of the Qing army, in the Xunzhou Mansion south of Wuzhou Mansion, the three generals Li Chengjue, Shi Shangyi and Li Xianfang who had evacuated from Wuzhou Mansion earlier were sitting in a secret room.

Among them, each other looked at each other in astonishment.

Not long ago, reliable news came from Zhaoqing Prefecture that the Ming army was defeated in southern Gansu, Chen Kai died in the rebellion, and the news that the Qing army in southern Gansu had already penetrated the walls of Guangzhou was purely attributed to Zhang Yong.

and the rumors fabricated by Hu Maozhen. With this information, they immediately wanted to understand what happened here. It is undeniable that Hong Chengchou's mending the situation did achieve the effect, but the problem is that if the city of Wuzhou is lost, it will

Even Gao Wengui and Lien Chengbi were dead, and their reinforcements, which should have had merit and hard work, were instead the target of a thousand people. How could they deal with themselves?

"Originally, we agreed at that time to withdraw first and force the Lianzhi Army and the Governor Gao to withdraw. In this way, we can still retain our vitality and continue to struggle with the Tatars. However, these two stubborn people..."

"Hey, is it still useful to say this now? Who will believe us?"

Speaking of this, the three of them couldn't help but feel dejected. There was no way around it. At the very least, they had no ability to recover the city of Wuzhou on their own to make meritorious deeds. Not even mentioning any crazy talk about making meritorious deeds, as a vassal town that did its own thing, they were not too afraid of the obvious.

However, this time he offended not only the Yongli imperial court, but also His Highness the King of Xining, who was famous for his two defeats. He was the real God of Death who could not be offended.

"How about we send someone to talk to Chen Fujun about Xiang Xiang? Hasn't he always been at odds with the company army?"

Chen Kai and Liancheng Bi are not on good terms. To be precise, the Zheng Group and the Western Guangdong Civil Service Group are at odds with each other. This is something that everyone in Guangdong and Guangxi knows. If you put it that way, Liancheng Bi

After his death, the Western Guangdong Civil Service Group suffered heavy losses, and Chen Kai took advantage of the situation to seize the northern part of Zhaoqing Prefecture, which was in line with their intentions. However, as soon as these words were spoken, he was immediately refuted by another voice.

"Chen Kai was able to kill even his wife's biological uncle. For such a notoriously ruthless character, we had to swallow the bones and flesh in one gulp in the past. When the time comes, we will have to shoulder the responsibility for the fall of Wuzhou."

"That's not necessarily true. Aren't Li Jianjie, Ma Bao and Hao Shang all living well for a long time?"

"Did they leave the civil servants to the Tatars? After all, Chen Kai is a civil servant to oversee the army, just like the company. Even if the two people don't get along on weekdays, it is inevitable that one of them will die in this kind of thing."

The road was dead again, and the three of them looked at each other, seeing only each other's depression and nothing else. Just like that, I don't know how long it had passed, but a sudden voice reawakened the silence in the room.

"How about we go..."

"Going to surrender to the Tartars? I won't go. I have been fighting with the Tartars for so many years. For what happened today, the court can always forgive me based on past merits. Now that I am going to surrender to the Tartars, do I still need my ancestors?"

!”

"Why are you so anxious? I didn't say anything about surrendering the Tartars."

"Then where else to go?"

"Let's go find Governor Guo."

"Looking for Guo Zhiqi?" The head shook like a rattle, one person said the same thing, and the two people said the same thing: "Then we might as well go find Chen Kai."

Indeed, Guo Zhiqi and Lianchengbi have known each other for many years, and they have a good personal relationship. In addition, they are both subordinate officials of the Yongli court and members of the Western Guangdong Civil Service Group. Now that Lianchengbi is dead, Guo Zhiqi must be the most important.

Angry. It would be sensible not to drag them out and punish them.

This was clearly a dead end, but the voice didn't see it that way: "At this time, Governor Guo is probably more afraid of Chen Fujun than little people like us."

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