Chapter Fifty-Eight: Before the Expedition

But going on a campaign is also a troublesome thing.

In the yamen of the military department, a long case is placed in the middle, and there are civilian officials on both sides, headed by Zhang Xuan on one side and Zhang Zhen on the other. The sound of crackling abacus is endless. The long case is full of account books, on one side is the roster of Zhang Xuanjun, and on the other side is the list of materials of the household department.

Clerks on both sides are bargaining.

Zhang Xuan has been discussing with Zhang Zhen for a while.

Luo Yulong obviously regarded Jiangnan as the fundamental place of Cao Ying, so the entire Zhejiang Province could not tolerate the existence of warlords.

Zhang Xuan commanded the southern Zhejiang government in Ningbo, and allowed cheap actions to withhold taxes, not a warlord, but also a warlord.

Zhang Xuan felt a little hindsight that his expedition this time may not be based on this reason.

Jiangnan is fundamentally proposed by Zhang Xuan first, and it is also Cao Ying's general strategy all along.

It is precisely because Jiangnan is the foundation that some secondary places can tolerate semi-independent forces, such as Yuan Shizhong, Gao Jie, and Huang Degong.

Zhang Xuan is certainly a descendant, but he can't affect Nanjing because of this.

Now, the reason why Nanjing can check and balance various places is because of two reasons, the first is the strength in Nanjing's hands, which is stronger than Yuan Shizhong, Gao Jie, and Zheng Zhilong combined, and the second is money.

This incident was of little use to Zheng Zhilong, but neither Yuan Shizhong nor Gao Jie could refuse the salary from Nanjing, as well as the civil officials who came with the salary.

And the Ningbo and Shaoxing areas occupied by Zhang Xuan have also been rich since ancient times, and Zhang Xuan has some eyesore in southern Zhejiang.

Therefore, after Zhang Xuan set out on the expedition, the first civilian magistrate of Cao Ying appeared, that is, the governor of Zhejiang, and Wang Long was also promoted to the governor of Zhejiang, and the prime minister of Zhejiang military administration. And the essence of the south of the Yangtze River in Nanzhili is also in accordance with the old practice, with the general leader of Nanjing.

In other words, in terms of political division, the two places are obviously civilized.

At least, local generals do not have the power to withhold taxes.

Zhang Xuan is also happy to see such a thing.

After all, the stronger Cao Ying is, the better it is to enjoy the shade with his back against the big tree.

Zhang Xuan estimated that in the recent period, the army is being repaired, but the civil officials headed by Qian Qianyi are not idle, and it is estimated that after a while, except for the jurisdiction of Gao Jie, Yuan Shizhong, and Zheng Zhilong, other places will be directly under the jurisdiction of Nanjing.

It can also be seen from here why Zhang Yingyuan scolded Qian Qianyi for being an old dog.

Contradictions between the two sides are almost everywhere.

Luo Rucai indulged the civil officials to take power, and on the other hand, he was a good person on the side of the military generals. And Luo Yulong is simply the general backstage of civil officials.

After all, Cao Ying is Luo Rucai's Cao Ying, Luo Rucai is here, and this matter can still be suppressed. If Luo Rucai doesn't

Here, Luo Yulong will do it, but this thing is not easy to do.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan handed over the number of southern Zhejiang provinces to Zhang Qian, especially the army.

Zhang Zhen meant that the new army that Zhang Xuan had trained in southern Zhejiang was all under the name of Wang Long, the governor of Zhejiang.

In addition, Zhang Zhen also reported the budget to Zhang Xuan, the three armies of Runing, Xuzhou, and Jinhua, as well as Yang Shenzu's salary, rewards, hundreds of thousands of taels, food supplies, etc., Zhang Su was also promoted to the governor of Jiangxi.

There are many things that Zhang Xuan has not experienced before, and this time is the first time.

Luo Yulong spent a lot of thought to transform Cao Ying's grass platform team into this, which also made things a lot more troublesome.

Before, Zhang Zhen was in a semi-independent situation, as long as he gave an order, he dispatched by himself, and many things were prepared by himself, but now, many things have to be communicated with the Ministry of War, and even Zhang Su will not be Zhang Xuan's staff in the future, but a civilian official under the command of King Wu.

Although it is also under the jurisdiction of Zhang Xuan, its status is very different.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhen and Zhang Xuan have a good relationship, Zhang Zhen did not mean to embarrass Zhang Xuan, with a stroke of the pen, all the materials were given in excess, but at the same time, Zhang Xuan also lost the right to recruit materials from southern Zhejiang Prefecture at will.

It must be done through the magistrate, and it must be reconciled with the military department afterwards.

The sun was setting from east to west, candles were lit, and the day was finally over.

"It's finally over." Zhang Xuan yawned and said, "Big brother, will it be so troublesome in the future?" ”

"Actually, you won't have to be so troublesome in the future." Zhang Zhen said: "However, this is the first time, I want to keep an eye on it, in the future, you send you to the army for a long time, and I will send the military department to come." These things don't need us to intervene. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, and also understood that in the future, the situation of not separating public and private affairs will come to an end, and the money for raising soldiers must go to the battle of the military department, and the matter of posting money to the army by himself can no longer be done.

"That's right." Zhang Xuan asked, "Has the price of the fire gun been set?" ”

"Five taels of silver for each bird." Zhang Zhen said: "Originally, the price of iron has risen recently, and it takes forty catties of iron to build a gun shaft to refine five catties of refined iron. In the past, the government's quotation was generally between three taels and seven yuan, to four taels, but if you want to create a qualified firecracker, you must add money, five taels and one, which is already the limit and can no longer be lowered. ”

Thinking of the matter of the firecracker, Zhang Zhen frowned slightly.

Tens of thousands of guns were already the thing he was most worried about, and after he cleaned up the bird guns in the treasury of Nanjing, he had to grit his teeth and add money.

Who's money is not blowing in the wind, and now the signs of the drought in the south of the Yangtze River are becoming more and more obvious, and this year's tax revenue may be greatly reduced

The powerful yamen, naturally, is only to save money.

It's just that there are some things that can't be saved.

The firearms in Nanjing's inventory are huge in number and have many styles, but they are almost useless except for being re-used as iron materials, or they are not in a long time, and there are things in the Hongwu period, and those things, almost touched, a piece of iron slag.

Either that, or it's a serious cut of corners.

After pulling out the money and food, the craftsmen will not be able to feed the family if they do not cut corners.

"I don't care how difficult it is for my eldest brother." Zhang Xuan said: "The fire gun I want is absolutely indispensable. ”

"Don't worry, when you arrive in Jinhua, the things should have arrived. Five thousand strokes, one stroke is not much, one stroke is not much. Zhang Zhen said.

Zhang Xuan is still in Nanjing, but Zhang Xuan's various departments have begun to mobilize, this time the starting point of the attack on Jiangxi is in Jinhua, the troops from all over the country are gathering in Jinhua, and Wang Long also went south from Songjiang, stationed in Hangzhou, and took over the coastal defense, Zhang Xuan left tens of thousands of recruits, and even Zhoushan Ruan Jin.

Calculating the time, Zhang Xuan can wait for a few days in Nanjing.

The night was already dark, and Zhang Xuan no longer stayed in the yamen of the military department, and went home on horseback.

After answering home, I heard that Yao Qisheng had been waiting for a long time. Waited from noon until evening.

Zhang Xuan said, "Let him come over." ”

Zhang Xuan changed into a light robe and sat in the study, and Yao Qisheng was brought over.

"Thank you, sir, the heavens and the earth are kind." Yao Qisheng said.

As soon as Zhang Xuan heard it, he knew what was going on. said: "I've been busy in the military department these days, but Enke has released the list?" ”

"Exactly, because of the help of adults, students are the top students in today's subjects." Yao Qisheng said.

Speaking of this matter, Yao Qisheng didn't know for a while whether to hate Zhang Xuan or thank Zhang Xuan.

Yao Qisheng never expected that the future arranged by Zhang Xuan for him was the champion of the current department, which can be said to be very good, and Yao Qisheng was also overjoyed.

However, Zhang Xuan did this, not for Yao Qisheng alone, but to reward Wu Zhiping for his work, so that he would not keep it secret or anything, so the news ship was fast, and soon all the scholars understood the reason for Yao Qisheng's champion.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion, and there were all kinds of sour words.

These, Yao Qisheng can still hold on, he is not the kind of hypocritical person, Yao Qisheng can read the book okay, but the name of the champion, but he dare not say that he will definitely be able to get it. There is a champion in the body, even if there is some infamy.

He didn't care.

But there was one thing he had to care about, and that was his future in Cao Ying.

There is no doubt that he, Yao Qisheng, is already Zhang Xuan's person, even if he denies it.

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