Although the sun was shining brightly, Zhou Jue could hardly feel any warmth on his body.
In the corner of this office room, a brazier was originally to be placed. It is said that this was ordered by Marshal Jiang himself, but Zhou Jue refused such an arrangement.
It's just that the door to his department room was almost never closed this early in the morning, and the cold wind that came in from time to time through the cracks in the door still made him somewhat regretful that he refused Marshal Jiang's care.
He still underestimated the bitter cold in Liaodong!
The people who are qualified to come to his office are all the chief officials of the various yamen below. When they first arrived at the civil affairs yamen, they met at Marshal Jiang's reception banquet, although they are not counted now.
Familiar, but he felt that the current Civil Affairs Office of Liaodong Dusi was no different from Marshal Jiang's staff room in Shaanxi.
They deal with all people's livelihood issues in the areas controlled by Marshal Jiang's troops.
Of course, there must be a difference. He has clearly felt this in his work these days, and that is power!
In the staff room, he was just a consultant who made suggestions and handled various trivial matters for the Nanhai Battalion under Marshal Jiang at that time. He didn't care whether his suggestions would be adopted or implemented. He only made suggestions.
But here, although his responsibilities have become greater and there are more things to deal with, his power has also become greater.
It is far more powerful than being a prefect.
He can almost decide the affairs of the Civil Affairs Yamen with one word, but for more important matters, he has to report to the Commanding Department. However, Marshal Jiang's Dusi Yamen does not interfere with the operation of the Civil Affairs Yamen at all under normal circumstances. Obviously,
Marshal Jiang's thoughts were all on the side of the military and political yamen.
This suddenly gave him a real taste of power.
It's like when his subordinates who come and go want to report to him about his decision, his thought can often decide the whereabouts of tens of thousands of taels of silver and the food, clothing and well-being of tens of thousands of people within a few hundred miles.
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This feeling is so intoxicating!
The only regret is that his official position is the governor of Liaodong appointed by the imperial court. Logically speaking, he should go to Liaoyang to take up the post and oversee the army and horses of Liaodong. But obviously now the whole of Liaodong, only the small area of Marshal Jiang, the capital of Liaodong.
He has not yet been tortured by the Tartars, so he has no choice but to work here temporarily.
Another gust of cold wind blew in, and he raised his head with a frown. When he saw the person, he stood up immediately.
"Commander, why did you come here in person?"
"I just passed by outside, so I came to take a look!" Jiang Wan smiled and waved her hand: "How about it, can you still bear the bitter cold in Liaodong? I asked someone to send some good leather to your wife a few days ago.
I don’t know what style of fox fur you like, so I have to let you do it yourself!”
"Thank you, Marshal, for taking care of me!" Zhou Jue laughed: "I originally thought the weather here would be similar to that of Shaanxi in winter, but I didn't expect the difference to be so big. It actually made Marshal laugh!"
"I just came here and I'm not used to it!" Jiang Wan said with a smile, looking around: "You can get started with the things at hand. Now you are the head of my Liaodong Dusi. Soldiers and common people, can you have enough food and clothing?"
, everyone is pointing at you!"
"Still getting familiar with it, but I think I should be able to get into the situation soon!"
Zhou Jue did not hide his confusion: "It's just that there are still many things I don't understand!"
"Oh, tell me, what are the things that confuse you!?" Jiang Wan laughed.
"It's mainly the affairs of North Korea!" Zhou Jue said: "Our Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state of North Korea. This is understandable. However, to bring North Korea's Ping An and Xianjing roads into the jurisdiction of our Civil Affairs Yamen, we have to send officials.
Patrolling, this seems a bit inappropriate!"
"We are resisting the Tartars for them. The two Koreas provide us with food, minerals, and military pay. This is reasonable!" Jiang Wan pondered for a moment and said, "But if we expect them to take the initiative to provide us with these things, we will
I’m afraid it’s impossible to deliver the things we need, so I think it’s okay to send some people to rush it!”
"But our soldiers and horses are stationed in Tieshan City, and we have stationed garrison generals. Now the military pay, food and grass in Tieshan City are all under the control of the Civil Affairs Yamen. Is this no problem?"
Zhou Jue pulled out a stack of paper from the table: "Also, we have a troop of troops stationed in Pyongyang City. The number exceeds 2,000. We also pay for their military pay..."
"Are you confused about this?"
Jiang Wan touched her chin and looked at him with a half-smile.
"No, I'm worried about the commander-in-chief!" Zhou Jueran said solemnly: "It is a very serious crime to bully the vassal state. If someone reads the commander-in-chief's book at the court, or the Korean royal court sends envoys to the court to cry.
, it’s all harmful to the commander’s reputation!”
"How can it be considered bullying?" Jiang Wan shook his head: "The officials of the North Korean royal court are still managing their people normally in the city. Our people are in harmony and friendly with them, just like a family. This should be a good talk, but how can it be so?
Has it become bullying them?"
"And if we want to collect some money, grain and minerals from these places under our protection, our officials must have someone to protect them. The collected things must be escorted. Those who need military pay from the civil affairs yamen are almost all workers.
There’s no need to be confused about this matter!”
He thought for a while and simply gave Zhou Jue a reassurance: "As for what you are worried about, the Korean royal court will cry to our Ming royal court. There is no need to worry about this. The covenant signed by the Korean royal court and the Tartars back then, the treaty
The article is aimed at my Ming Dynasty, I haven't argued with them yet, how could they send envoys to the court so shamelessly, in fact, even if I send troops to occupy these cities, legally speaking, I have gained justice!"
He said with certainty: "The alliance between North Korea and the Tartars has not been abolished. In theory, North Korea is also our enemy now!"
"Oh!" Zhou Jue came from Shaanxi after all, and this was the first time he heard about this matter.
"They have an alliance with the Tartars, and they want to deal with our Ming Dynasty together!?"
"That's right!" Jiang Wan said: "As for Tieshan City, in the hands of Mao Wenlong, it is the place of our Ming Dynasty. Why, now that I, Jiang Wan, have taken it back, do they still have any objections? Do they look down on me, or am I unworthy?"
"Since this is the reason, then I am not confused!" Zhou Jue smiled and nodded: "Since the commander-in-chief regards these places as ours, then I naturally know what to do!"
"Oh, that's right!" Jiang Wan nodded: "By the way, let me tell you something. The latest news is that Li Yongfang and Li Sizhong who are entrenched in Xian'an have surrendered. Your Civil Affairs Office has organized a group of officials and personnel to go to the city to appease them.
People, help the governor of North Korea manage that city, and make the entire Hamjing Road, such as Zhenjiang Fort, settle down as soon as possible and become our rear area!"
Jiang Wan emphasized the word "assistance" very strongly, but after Jiang Wan solved the problem, Zhou Jue instantly understood what Jiang Wan meant.
"Just like what you did in Yan'an Mansion?"
"right!"
Jiang Wan laughed, "It's just that this time we will do it a little bigger!"
"I will definitely live up to the commander's expectations!" Zhou Jue nodded solemnly; "Zhou will definitely do his best to correct the omissions for the commander!"
"You are the governor of Liaodong. Doing these trivial things for me will wrong you?" Jiang Wan smiled and sat down.
"The commander is joking!" Zhou Juezhan laughed: "Now, isn't Zhou doing the job of governor of Liaodong?"
Jiang Wan nodded slightly. Zhou Jue's words made him very satisfied. At least, the official he had discovered and trained did not feel that he was really here to governor Liaodong just because of the official position of "Governor of Liaodong".
He likes to work with such smart people, and smart people can see the situation more clearly than ordinary people.
"Liaoyang, I definitely want to recover it!" Jiang Wan pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Your governor of Liaodong is governed in Liaoyang. If Liaoyang is always in the hands of the Tatars, wouldn't it mean that you, the governor of Liaodong, are not worthy of your name!"
"Commander, this matter should be dealt with slowly. Zhou doesn't care about this!" Zhou Jue said: "I know very well what my subordinate, the governor of Liaodong, is doing. I can use what I have learned to learn from it.
To assist the commander-in-chief and achieve such great achievements is something that my subordinates have never thought about. It is the commander-in-chief who gave me the opportunity!"
"Is Xu Xu planning...?" Jiang Wan nodded thoughtfully and stood up: "I will consider your proposal and do the things you are doing well. Jiang Wan's achievements are everyone's.
Merit, including you!"
After respectfully sending Jiang Wan out, Zhou Jue returned to his room. There was still a cold wind coming in from outside, but Zhou Jue's heart was so hot that he could no longer feel the biting cold wind.
Even if they send troops to occupy the land and cities of North Korea, they still have great righteousness!
Although Marshal Jiang concealed it a little in his words, his intention was made clear to him without any concealment - to use North Korea as the rear, to strengthen troops and conquer the lost territory!
This kind of achievement is one that will go down in history. He felt so lucky to be able to devote himself to this achievement!
This kind of life is the life of men of our generation, fighting against enemies and protecting our country!
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Outside the city of Xian'an Prefecture, the newly built Ming army camp was turned into a barracks for Han army flag soldiers.
When it was discovered that the defenders in the city were really defenseless, Shen Juncen's troops had already entered the city, and the soldiers with Han banners had a confused fight with Shen Juncen's troops.
The troops of Li Yongfang and Li Sizhong thought it was the people in the city who were causing trouble, so they naturally started fighting without mercy.
And Shen Juncen's people were also unambiguous. They knew that there were soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty behind them, and bursts of fire cannons were released everywhere. It didn't matter whether they hit anyone or not. The important thing was to suppress these Tartars with their momentum.
Sure enough, as soon as the firecrackers in the city were fired, there was immediately movement outside the city.
The Ming army's artillery shells fell into the city like meteors and fire, covering both sides of the city indiscriminately. By the way, they also implicated some frightened local people.
However, precisely because of this artillery fire, Li Yongfang and Li Sizhong's troops quickly realized something was wrong. After capturing a few prisoners, they determined that the other party was the private army of the Shen family. The Shen Gongbao of the Shen family immediately
Was found out.
They almost made contact with Shen Juncen despite the constant artillery fire. Then, after Shen Juncen understood their intention and sent people to the Ming army's camp, the Ming army's artillery stopped.
Then it was a night of cleaning up the mess.
The Ming army had not entered the city. Neither Wu Sangui nor Zu Zehong would rush into such an unknown city easily. They were not even sure whether Li Yongfang and Li Sizhong were pretending to surrender or really surrendering.
It was only when thousands of soldiers under the Han army marched out of Xian'an City under their orders, and all acted as if they were ready to be beaten at any time without fighting back, that they really believed that the other side had really surrendered.
The next thing will be easier to handle.
The Ming army disarmed them and sent people to guard the prisoners, while Shen Juncen and his army began to take over the city.
The newly built camp became a prison cell for guarding these prisoners. However, how to deal with these prisoners became a headache for Wu Sangui. The result was completely different from what he had expected. In his opinion, it was not even possible at all.
It's not a military achievement.
It was just a march to help the Koreans take over a city. All the Ming troops, except the artillery team, did nothing!
Since he had a headache, he might as well leave the matter to his superiors. Anyway, what would happen after he conquered this place? The military and political yamen should have already planned it. He would just wait for Zhenjiang Fort to send someone!
Li Yongfang and Li Sizhong seemed to have strong objections to the status of their "captives". They firmly believed that they had abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side. During this battle, their troops had always maintained restraint and did not engage in combat with the Ming army even though there were casualties.
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After Wu Sangui's order came down, they immediately summoned the entire army to leave the city and surrender their weapons. If such cooperation is not called surrender, but called prisoners, then the only way for them to express their full grievances is to personally report to Mr. Jiang in Zhenjiang Fort!
Wu Sangui had no interest in talking to them and left the two of them directly to Zu Zehong. After all, Zu Zehong was an old acquaintance with them and had something to say compared with them. But he didn't want to have any grudges or hatred between them.
Know.
Wu Sangui sighed every day at his unlucky fate. He was not even interested in Shen Juncen inviting him to the city.
Shen Juncen really couldn't understand his appearance. How could General Wu seem to have suffered a defeat after such a victorious battle? Even if he was not the commander of this battle, he is now a household name in Xian'an City.
The great hero of the city.
No wonder he was happy. After this battle, his Shen family's status in Xian'an City could no longer be shaken. No matter whether Xian'an City relied on the Royal Court of Korea or the Ming Dynasty in the future, his Shen family was the best person to govern this city.
And with Shen Juncen's current reputation and close relationship with the people of Ming Dynasty, there is no doubt that the Shen family will become a big family in this land, which can directly compete with the Ping'an Dao Pu family and last for several generations.