The news that Chen Kai was awarded the title of Marquis spread quickly in the city of Guangzhou. This was not only due to Chen Kai's status in Guangdong, but especially his status among the people of Guangdong. Of course, it was also due to the fact that the Ming Dynasty civil servants had always conferred the title on him.

Because of the rarity.

Before Jiashen, there were only a few people such as Li Shanchang, Liu Ji, Wang Guangyang, Wang Yangming, Wang Yue, Wang Ji, etc. Apart from Li Shanchang, they were basically all earls. As for after Jiashen, there were Dingyuan Marquis He Tengjiao and Wu Anbo.

Zhu Dadian, Pingyue Bo Ding Kuichu, Jianming Bosu Guansheng, if they were granted posthumous titles, the highest would be just marquis. Of course, in addition, there are also others such as Hong Chengchou and Tu Guobao who were canonized unilaterally by the Southern Ming Dynasty without receiving the decree.

They will not accept the order. But even if they are all added in, whether it is before or after the Jiashen, compared with the military commanders and knights, whether it is quality or quantity, the civil servants can only describe it as a drop in the bucket.

After receiving the wind and washing away the dust, Chen Kai arranged for someone to take the imperial envoy to visit Guangzhou for a few days. Before leaving, he sent off the ceremony and that was the end of it. As it was on weekdays, it was the same after becoming a marquis. There was no trace of it at all.

It's as if this thing never happened.

"I'm not surprised at all, this time I've seen it for real."

The office of the Advisory Council was still under renovation, so these congressmen who "had no time to make a career for their country" temporarily conducted official business in a house donated by a local congressman in Guangzhou. They did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

Chen Kai, who is unstoppable and needs to take a day off every ten days, must be more diligent.

There were proposals that needed to be voted on, so they invited Chen Kai as usual. After entering, he chatted and laughed with everyone, without showing any airs about the Marquis, and everyone watched and secretly praised him.

As everyone knows, a marquis is nothing conspicuous in the Zheng Group. He just made peace with Zheng Tai, another man who holds real power and is fully responsible for maritime trade. As for Chen Kai, when he first landed on Nan'ao Island, Zheng Chenggong

, Chen Bao, Lin Xishan, Zhang Jin, Chen Hui, Hong Xu, the five marquises and earls with the prefix "loyalty" when they meet, have long been accustomed to this, or indifferent.

Today's topic was started for discussion yesterday, regarding the establishment of the relevant systems of the Advisory Council. This requirement for voting did not seem to require much discussion, so a consensus was quickly reached.

"Based on the mission of the Advisory Council to speak on behalf of the people and petition for people's orders, and the principle that the establishment of the Advisory Council is to make civil conflicts invisible. Are there any system regulations that strictly prohibit members from participating in, organizing, instigating, and planning private conflicts among the people?

The voting for inclusion in the Advisory Council Law begins now.”

During the discussion, there were not many objections. It was just that some powerful members, or those with powerful supporters behind them, were struggling with the intensity of the punishment. So, a member of the Chaozhou gentry family proposed that first of all, the answer was yes or no.

We voted under such a system, and after the vote passed, we discussed the issue of the intensity of the punishment. After taking a two-step process, things immediately went much smoother.

This is experience. Some skills from the officialdom are used here. Gentlemen, especially those who have been in the officialdom, have unique advantages in the Council. Similar advantages are also true for those who came from wealthy businessmen. After all, in the shopping mall

It's also a case of intrigue. In comparison, only those congressmen with strong backgrounds have to be quick, otherwise they will inevitably suffer losses.

Sitting at the top, watching the voting proceeding in an orderly manner below, Chen Kai stretched his eyes forward and couldn't help but laugh secretly. Most of these congressmen he had met before the invitation, and he had seen them all these days.

Already familiar with it.

Glancing around here, you can see that they are basically divided into gangs based on their government status. They interact with each other, but there are also gentry, merchants and powerful people who interact with each other based on their composition, because some proposals have different effects on members of different compositions.

Impact. Just like the bill that prohibits participation in private fights that is currently being voted on, the impact on the gentry and merchants is naturally far less than that of the powerful. Chen Kai remembered that he mentioned the one in Chenghai County yesterday when he was listening to the reports from the people below at the governor’s office.

Yang Hu has expressed doubts about the intensity of punishment.

Between memories and thoughts, the voting work was completed, and the subsequent vote count soon ended with the overwhelming majority agreeing and a very small number abstaining. As for the subsequent discussion on the intensity of punishment, Chen Kai did not participate, even if he had already

He began to consider waiting until the relevant systems were formulated, and he would not come here unless there was something extremely important, so as not to delay his own work.

After leaving the advisory bureau, Chen Kai returned directly to the governor's office. There was not much official business today. He made appointments to talk to several officials and talked about them one by one. It was not far away from the time of his next duty. At this time, his earliest

That book boy, Chen Song, who was still working in the governor's Yamen, knocked on the door and Chen Kai's already slack spirit immediately revived.

"How did things go?"

"When I go back to the master, I have spoken privately with those council members, and more than half of them have already expressed their willingness to join the Tiandihui. Most of the rest have not yet been discussed."

"Very good, the organization of training will be left to Kuang Lu as usual." Expressing his affirmation of Chen Song's work, Chen Kai continued: "In order not to attract attention, the Tiandihui situation in Guangdong has never been relaxed. Now since

Now that the Council has been put on the table, there is no need to take care of anyone anymore."

Chen Song has been doing the work of wooing the congressmen, and the other invited people who were not elected as congressmen and have now returned to their hometowns still have inextricable relationships with those congressmen and are waiting for the general election and the future government.

In addition to the position of the Advisory Board, Chen Kai recruited members of the Tiandihui from the Guangdong Business Alliance. After receiving training from Chen Kai and Kuang Lu during this period, he has now returned to his hometown and started to layout in their respective prefectures and counties.

Work.

In addition, Cao Conglong, the civil servant group in the province, has already made his identity as a member of the Tiandihui clear, while Wang Jiang only said one sentence is enough. By following the example, the Tiandihui spread rapidly among the bureaucratic group in Guangdong. Only

Yes, Chen Kai never attacked the army because he knew very well that it was Zheng Chenggong's forbidden area and could not be touched.

"By the way, head of the family, last night, a descendant of the Guo family in Jieyang, a younger brother of the governor, contacted the villain, saying that he had just returned from Gaozhou Prefecture and mentioned two things. One was that the governor

He copied a copy of the memorial to the imperial court; and the other one is that the supervisor has already left for Guangxi, and his main work this year should be to organize defense there."

The copy was personally delivered by Chen Song to Chen Kai's case. However, since Guo Zhiqi was able to ask his clan brother to copy a copy, Chen Kai no longer needed to read the content. In addition, Guo Zhiqi returned to Guangxi, and other

What people's intentions are is something that is tacitly understood by each other.

This is not a sudden incident that can affect Chen Kai's layout. Just listen to it and read it, and then you can put it aside.

Nowadays, the most important thing is the construction of the Consultative Bureau and the development of the Tiandihui. Chen Kai established the Consultative Bureau in Guangdong. At the same time, a letter was sent to Ruijin County, where Tao Qian, who was responsible for the conference affairs in the Southern Gansu region, immediately

Invitations were sent to other members.

"The chief rudder has established an advisory bureau in Guangdong. This bureau will be the stage for us to wait in the future. At this stage, the advisory bureau has been initially established in Guangdong and is still under construction and running-in. What the chief rudder means is

Let us send people to Guangzhou to observe the meeting and learn from the experience. At the same time, the members who stayed in Southern Gansu should mobilize other gentry to publicize the existence of the Council and let more people know about the birth of this good governance."

Representatives were elected by the members from among others except Tao Qian, and others, under the leadership of Tao Qian, began to visit the gentry, merchants and powerful people in various prefectures and counties in southern Jiangxi.

The Nangan Tiandi Association quickly took action, and the members of the Jiangxi Tiandi Association living in Nangan also walked on two legs - sending representatives to Guangzhou to observe the meeting, and also trying to contact members lurking in various prefectures and counties in Jiangxi.

Spread the news of the establishment of the Consultative Bureau to the ground in Jiangxi.

As time went by, the Qing government's defense line to retreat to central Jiangxi gradually formed in Ji'an Prefecture, which is close to Southern Gansu. The Eight Banners garrisoned in Nanchang served as the backing, and at the front were the Nangan Green Camp, which was being rebuilt, and Jiangxi Tibiao, etc.

In the past six months, except for Jiujiang Zhenbiao who returned to Jiujiang garrison not long ago, and after Dasu led the Nanchang garrison Eight Banners arrived, Suk Saha followed those who had been maimed

After Niu Lu returned to Beijing, his number of soldiers continued to increase.

The Qing government made it clear that it would rely on military strength to make up for the difficulty of attacking and defending such inferior second-line positions, and even considered finding the right time to recapture southern Jiangxi.

Whether it is effective or not remains to be verified in the wars that will inevitably break out in the future. However, with the influx of Qing troops in large numbers, the harassment of local people has been intensifying. In order to avoid the exploitation of the government, oppression

, and in order to avoid the harassment and plundering of the green camp soldiers, large numbers of people had to leave their houses and fields behind and leave their homes.

The mountains of western Ganxi are naturally the first choice for people fleeing famine. The arrival of these people has greatly supplemented the manpower of the rebels operating here, and the expansion work is going on in every village. As a rebel in western Ganxi,

Alliance leader, Liu Jing feels that he has been busier in the past six months than in the previous years combined. He has been busy patrolling various villages and organizing training for various expanding rebel armies. If it weren't for Zou Nan's assistance, he would have paid the food and wages.

If the work was shared, Liu Jing once suspected that he might not see the day when he could regain Ji'an Mansion - he would be exhausted to death in advance.

Painful and happy, this is Liu Jing's current situation. However, when Zou Nan went up the mountain half a year ago, he used Chen Kai's ideas to raise future threats. Now, with the increase of Qing troops, the people of this mansion are indeed

A large number of people fled into the mountains, but in this way, Zou Nan's prediction really came true. If nothing else happens, it is likely that the next step will be a large-scale attack by the Qing army. Facing the Qing army with such superior strength, they

The busyness here may really be just a flash in the pan.

Preparatory work has already begun for the plan to transfer to other prefectures and counties, especially the Nangan area to the south, which is already an area controlled by the Ming army and is bound to receive more support. By then, the Ming army with its back to the south will

The army continued to use the mountains of western Jiangxi to penetrate and harass, and this game of chess was completely revitalized.

For this reason, while busy with documents, Zou Nan was also trying to get in touch with the Tiandihui in Southern Gansu, hoping to use the Tiandihui in Nangan to open up connections with Chen Kai in Guangzhou and the current military and political authorities in Southern Gansu. This

At one point, Tao Qian was willing to help, and the former's report had been sent to Chen Kai's case. However, the latter's case was much more difficult to handle due to the internal estrangement within the Zheng Group.

"Don't worry, Liu Shuai, with the chief helmsman here, nothing can't be done."

After comforting Liu Jing in this way, Zou Nan was still scratching his head secretly. The anxiety in his heart could not be expressed to his family, and other members of Ji'an Tiandihui, because of the influence of Yu Youhan's killing of traitors in the name of Chen Jinnan, did not have to worry about being punished by the government

He followed the clues, but also lurked as much as possible, so as not to find new reasons for the government. Therefore, the worry can only be said to be related to this guest minister who has not yet joined the Tiandihui, a righteous figure, and there are also some people who need Yu Youhan to go down the mountain to work for him.

The reason is.

"This time, there are brave men left to work."

"Mr. Zou, please rest assured that if this matter is left to me, Yu Youhan, I will fulfill my mission."

After the assassination in Ji'an Fucheng, Yu Youhan seemed to have found some sense of mission and was more energetic in doing things. The last time he went down the mountain, Zou Nan asked Yu Youhan to bring all the Hui Dings he had trained to the mountain.

They did an excellent job in Jiwei before. However, the two of them did not dare to do it too frequently, so as not to attract the attention of the government. This time, it was already a few months later, but they asked him to go there.

In Ji'an Prefecture, there is a member of Ji'an Prefecture Tiandi who is lurking there, and he is always in a latent state. Now that the Qing army is increasing day by day, he has to try to activate it. He must get general information on when the Qing army will attack.

yes.

Yu Youhan changed his clothes as usual, went down the mountain and headed straight for his destination. In the blink of an eye, a few days later, Zou Nan was still waiting anxiously for the news, and at the same time, he had to try to deal with his official duties according to his urgency. However, Yu Youhan had just

He had set out not long ago, so it was impossible to rush back immediately. However, before news came from Guangdong and Southern Gansu, a member of the Tiandihui in Ji'an Prefecture hurriedly came to look for him, and found him through Liu Jing's connections.

location.

"Brother Zhai, aren't you lurking? Why did you come here?"

This member named Zhai lives in Yuchao Town on the banks of the Yunting River. It is the southeast of Ji'an Prefecture, and Zou Nan is now in the mountains of western Jiangxi, far away from each other. According to the lurking regulations of the Tiandi Society

, members who are in a latent state cannot contact other members without authorization, so as not to cause wider exposure, let alone contact members such as Zou Nan who have been exposed. However, since this person is so far away

I came here, I must have something important to tell you, otherwise I would never have chosen to take such a risk.

"Brother Zou, what a great thing!"

The visitor was extremely excited, which aggravated Zou Nan's curiosity. However, before he could ask "what is going on", the man could no longer suppress the passion in his chest.

"A close friend of mine wrote from Xingguo County, saying that the chief rudder has set up a consultative bureau in Guangzhou to gather the power of Guangdong. This is the case in Guangdong, and there are already many people in southern Jiangxi who are eager for this news.

, is now spreading to our Jiangxi, and by then the old concept of recovering southern Jiangxi will surely emerge in Jiangxi!"
Chapter completed!