Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Great Pilgrimage

The northern defense line is calm for the time being. And the battle between Li Dingguo and Wu Sangui in the west can be said to be safe for the time being.

After Zhang Xuan'an blocked the northern line and the western front, he could concentrate on the eastward crusade.

After Zhang Xuan returned from Wuchang, he discussed with Zhang Zhen many times to raise logistics materials. Zhang Zhen served as a cabinet minister in the center of Great Xia, although in Luo Yulong's cabinet, he didn't seem to have a sense of existence, but the exercise in a high position made Zhang Zhen really have the mind of a prime minister.

When he was in Linying, Zhang Zhen was just a first-class and third-class jinshi who had just been at home, and he was just a small county.

And Zhang Xuan is just a young general who has just been promoted, he has just won the first battle in his life, and he has just entered the door for the way of marching soldiers.

And many years later, Zhang Xuan already has the heroic bearing to lead the party, and Zhang Zhen also has the mind of the prime minister of Pinghu.

Talent and the current situation have always promoted each other, if you just look at the results, the Peixian Hero Group behind Liu Bang and the Huaixi Hero Group behind Zhu Yuanzhang are all extremely talented. It seems that God wants the two of them to achieve great things, so there are so many talents to assist.

In fact, it is not, but there are never fewer talents at the same level as them, but there is no opportunity to show it. The reason why we know them is because they have come to the end.

The same is true for Zhang Zhen and Zhang Xuan.

If there is no such experience, even in peacetime, according to the system of the Ming Dynasty, it is only a local governor at most. It is impossible to have the plan now, with a monopoly on power, almost named a bachelor, but actually a prime minister.

After Zhang Xuan returned to Wuchang, he gathered the generals in the West Palace.

During this period of time, Zhang Xuan fought in the north, and Zhang Zhen has been doing one thing, that is, to rebuild a court system in Wuchang.

Although Wuchang has the name of Xijing, this name is just a fiction. In terms of the specific distribution of official positions, it is not at all like Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty to Beijing, there is a complete backup system, and it can even be said that the official position left in Xijing is not much different from the official position of the governor of Hubei or the governor, but it is just a high match.

It can be said that after the fall of Nanjing, Zhang Xuan unified the power in Wuchang as a prisoner. But in fact he has an empty shelf under his command. It's just that Zhang Xuan's staff is just used to connect with local officials at all levels. It can be said that the name is not right.

There are so many flaws.

Not to mention anything else, all the account books of the central center have been burned, and there is no record of all kinds of local payments, whether they have been collected and how much they have received. Among them, there are many places where the magistrates put their hands on them.

And the magistrates of different places

, there must also be different solutions, such as between the Qing army and the Xia army, the magistrates who can swing back and forth, how to deal with it, is a way. For the prefectures and counties that were under the control of the Xia army, it was another way to deal with them. Moreover, different officials should also use different methods to deal with them, so that they can be convinced and do their best to collect all kinds of grace that should be collected. And they must not be allowed to expropriate themselves.

It is necessary to add six more departments, as well as various functional departments of the imperial court.

This kind of thing is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.

Zhang Zhen also came to Wuchang for the first time, and did not return to his mansion a few times, and directly served in the cabinet in the original Chu Palace, and lived for several months. Fortunately, it is okay to place a bed in the duty room with a quality treatment.

In this way, he worked day and night, selecting suitable candidates from all walks of life in Hubei and the former ministers of the former Ming Dynasty to build the central government.

On the side of the generals, Yuan Shizhong is the leader. followed by Wang Long, and then Xu Du, a high-ranking general, with a name and a surname, there are probably dozens of people. It can be said that his officer group is here.

Although Zhang Xuan said that he was in charge of the country, he was not the emperor above the specifications. But in practice there is still the power of the emperor. The people below all respectfully regarded Zhang Xuan as an emperor.

After saluting, Zhang Xuan swept his eyes and said, "Sit." ”

Maybe in the Ming Dynasty, or on Luo Yulong's side. The minister may have to stand. But in Zhang Xuan's opinion, this kind of court meeting is not for show, but to solve problems. It's like an office meeting. When the meeting starts, I don't know when it's time to eat.

How is it possible for people to stand all the time.

Zhang Xuan gave an order, and everyone sat down separately.

This hall is the main hall of the Chu Palace, and the so-called Yinluan Palace is also.

The main hall is very spacious, with a corridor in the middle. And there are three rows of seats on both sides. It is the civil and military sides on both sides, and the outermost civil officials are the six Shangshu, and the military generals are Yuan Shizhong, Wang Long, Xu Du, Deng He, and other generals. There is a large table in front of the first row of people. The table on the general's side is all clean. On the table in front of the civil servant, there is a stack of books. They are all confidential documents of Great Xia.

The rest of the officers and generals were behind.

In fact, don't look at the fact that there are so many people attending the meeting, but in fact, those who can really have the right to speak, that is, these people in the first row, the people in the back, the civil officials are either preparing materials for Shangguan, and the military generals, Zhang Xuan is deliberately letting them listen more.

To tell the truth, the foundation of Zhang Xuan's rule is on the side of the military generals, although the generation of Zhang Xuan's students on the military generals' side, there are not many who are qualified to be in this hall, and if they have it, there are only Zhou Fuchen and Qin Meng

Two people. But Zhang Xuan still wanted them to hear more about the current state of government.

Let them have a bottom in their hearts.

Zhang Xuan has always believed that if he can stand alone against a general, he is a politician. If they don't have a full understanding of the political pattern, and they don't have a full understanding of the size of Daxia, they are not enough to be generals.

So even if they don't know anything, they have to know something.

Zhang Xuan said: "Zhang Qing, let's start." ”

Zhang Zhen said: "Yes." ”

Zhang Zhen got up and said: "My lords, now there are only 2.3 million taels of silver in the household department, which is the tax paid by the four provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guangdong. And the armies of all sides, totaling nearly one million. Among them, Yungui is 200,000 yuan, which is not included in the imperial court expenses. There are more than 10,000 in Chongqing, Xiangyang, and Xinyang, and now there are 50,000, and Jinhua has Zhang Xianbi and General Xu Jiaying 50,000. In Jiangxi, where Guangdong and Fujian are connected, the garrison is more than thousands, the least is hundreds, and the most is Chaozhou Mansion, with more than 10,000 garrisons, and there are more than 70,000 in summary. And Nanchang governor Zhang Su has 30,000 pacesetters. General Gao Yigong was stationed in Anqing, locked in the road of the Qing army's westward advance, and confronted the Qing army, with a total of more than 70,000 troops. In Hunan Province, only Changsha has more than 10,000 garrisons. Guangxi also has an army of 120,000. But they're all recruits. ”

Zhang Xuan frowned and said, "There are 120,000 soldiers in Guangxi? Have you ever verified? ”

Cao Zongyu was in charge of the military affairs of Liangguang, and Zhang Xuan did not distrust Cao Zongyu, but could not trust Cao Zongyu more. It's just that this number surprised him a little.

When Zhang Xuan went north from Liangguang, he almost wiped out the troops of Liangguang. Is this an army of 100,000 that came out of geography?

Zhang Zhen said: "Your Majesty," Zhang Zhen opened a book on the table and said: "According to His Majesty's order, General Cao recruited Guangxi Tusi soldiers and enlisted in the army, mixed with Han people, and originally wanted to support Guizhou, but the king of Dian defeated Sun Kewang, and these troops stayed. ”

"Now General Cao has been training for more than three months, and he is equipped with the weapons of the Guangdong Manufacturing Bureau, including seventy percent of swords, shields, spears, bows, and crossbows, two of which are firearms, and one of which are artillery." Zhang Zhen saw something on the file again, then raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, General Cao's recent letter said that with sufficient training and all the standards, 100,000 Guangxi soldiers can go out of the province to fight." ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, his heart warmed, and he said secretly: "The only person who can support me on top of major events is Brother Cao." ”

Zhang Xuanjun's training standards were set by Cao Zongyu and him, and since Cao Zongyu has already reached the training standard, he must meet the standard. Zhang Xuan knew very well the standard he had set, and since he had reached the standard, he could naturally use it for a battle. Even if you are a new soldier, you can use it as a veteran after a few battles.

When the two sides were cross-bowed and lying on horseback, an army of 100,000 was added. That's a big deal.