The two sides sat down again, and Zhang Qiang asked: "Lord Jin, with your official reputation and merits, whether you go to the Longwu Imperial Court or the Yongli Imperial Court, you are a high-ranking official, why do you want to come to my little Jinhua Mansion?" ”

Jin Sheng sighed, "Don't hide it from Lord Zhang, the official really wants to go to the Longwu Imperial Court, this year, outsiders have said that the official is dead, indeed, the official has long been dead, the anti-Qing righteous man has long been dead, and now he is just a walking corpse that steals his life, and now there is no official body, just the head of the family, a father, for the sake of the son, the wife's life, the villain had to go to Lord Zhang, and begged Lord Zhang to give the grass people a bowl of rice to eat, do anything." ”

Zhang Qiang saw his somewhat helpless expression, he sat on the chair, he looked a little hunched, and his gray hair on his sideburns told that he had changed from a so-called anti-Qing righteous soldier to an ordinary ordinary person, an old man struggling for his family and life.

But Zhang Qiang can't be treated as a little ordinary person, after all, he used to be a big official, even if he is not familiar with the business, he is much more powerful than himself, an otaku who has not even seen how to operate and how to be an official.

Jin Sheng's attitude is quite good, what he means is that I am already a civilian now, if it weren't for food, I wouldn't have thought about coming out to find a job again, I had no choice but to come to you as a civil servant, you can distribute me as much as you want, just let me eat.

For such hard-working and honest employees, Zhang Qiang still likes it very much, at least he will not be like other Ming officials, who are high-minded, and even want him to listen to them, and want to seize power, this Zhang Qiang will not agree, and it is even possible for people to find a place, kill them with a knife, still in the ditch, and never come out to meet people.

Hearing Jin Sheng's statement, Zhang Qiang thought for a while, "That's it, after all, Lord Jin used to be the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty, an important minister of the imperial court, and I have no good position here for the adults to display their talents, if the adults don't dislike it, how about being a political envoy of Jinhua Mansion?" Comprehensively manage civil affairs, what about me, comprehensively manage the military and government, deal with the Qing army and eliminate bandits? ”

When Jin Sheng heard this, he was so excited that he wanted to kneel down again, Zhang Qiang hurriedly ran over and held him up, "Lord Jin, what about me here, there are not as polite people as in the court, they are all people from the countryside, it's better to keep everything simple, just bow down and give a salute, of course, you don't need to be like this, let's just praise each other." ”

Jin Sheng suddenly burst into tears, and sobbed: "Corporal Lixian, tell Xiaomin how to bear it," Zhang Qiang explained and comforted, and Jin Sheng finally stopped being tired.

The two sides sat down again, and Jin Sheng said: "Since the lord has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, the lower official will no longer shirk," Zhang Qiang waved his hand and said very chicly: "Well, you're welcome." ”

Jin Sheng said solemnly: "My lord, I have been in Jinhua Mansion for some time all the way, and I found that although Jinhua Mansion is not disturbed by the Qing army, there are no people everywhere, or the people's livelihood is withering, which is sad, and my lord must sort out Jinhua Mansion as soon as possible, from war to recuperation, otherwise, my army will not be able to get sufficient soldiers and taxes, and it will be difficult to develop in the future." ”

Zhang Qiang scratched his head and said very upset: "I also want to stabilize Jinhua Mansion, but I don't know how to start." ”

Jin Shengdao: "If you want Jinhua Mansion to come out of the state of frequent wars, you have to straighten out people first?" Zhang Qiang looked at him, "What do you mean?" ”

Jin Sheng raised his head and said in a low and frustrated tone: "If you want to rule the world first, you must first govern the people, which means that your lordship must first arrange your subordinates to their suitable places, make their official positions clear, and make the things that the officials should be in charge of, and then leave things for them to do, and everyone will take care of a small piece, if this person cannot perform his duties, change the officials, and if the person cannot do his job well, also change the officials, and transfer him to a place where he can play his abilities." ”

"Oh," Zhang Qiang understood.

"So, what should we do now?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Jin Sheng thought about it for a while, then turned his head sideways and said to Zhang Qiang: "Now now, my lord, your subordinates are all promoted by the people, and they can't achieve great things in terms of knowledge or other aspects, they can only fight as soldiers, I admire your ability to lead troops, but I am disappointed in your administration, your subordinates are not very suitable for being officers, they need to improve." ”

Zhang Qiang waved his hand, "Lord Jin, needless to say about the military aspect, I'll take care of it, what about you, I'll give me full power, be your political envoy for me, manage civil affairs, pick who to be what official, you can report to me, the key is to do things well, if you are not satisfied with what you do, I will remove you from your post." ”

Jin Sheng was silent, and immediately said, "It's my lord." ”

"Anything else?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Jin Sheng: "Since your Excellency said so, I won't go around in circles, my lord, look at the current situation, for a long time, my lord, you need to face the siege of the Qing court on all sides, but I think, my lord, our official position still needs to adopt the official system of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know if your lord agrees?" ”

Zhang Qiang touched his chin, he regarded Jinhua Mansion as his territory, but he didn't want to be the same as Daming, Jin Sheng seemed to understand what Zhang Qiang was thinking, and whispered: "My lord, Daming has not completely come to an end, Emperor Longwu is still there, Emperor Hongguang is looming, Lu Jianguo is still boating on the sea, Emperor Yongli is the first to ascend to the great treasure, the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty still belong to the Ming Dynasty, if you want to be different, it is tantamount to pushing yourself to a dead end." ”

Zhang Qiang looked at him with wide eyes, but there were 20,000 alpacas running by in his heart, was he really so stupid that he had already let any random person see that he wanted to stand on his own?

You Haibo is like this, and so is Jin Sheng, which is not good.

But Zhang Qiang didn't want to compromise, "In this way, let's just change the official system a little bit to adapt to our current form." ”

Jin Sheng touched his chin and looked at Zhang Qiang, he no longer had the confidence and demeanor of a senior official in the Ming Dynasty.

"How to change?"

Zhang Qiang stood up and looked at the top of the lobby, "It is said that there should be a prefect in Jinhua Mansion, and I don't need it here, you will exercise the rights of the prefect and fully control the civil affairs on the territory under my rule.

And I sit on the whole of Jinhua Mansion, as well as the two counties of other prefectures, in charge of the military, marching and fighting, because we are not the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, so my official name is the Wei Commander, but this commander can manage the military, civilian, and official of the whole province. You have something to report to me, but if there are other people who come to the court, you are the biggest, and you receive it. ”

Jin Sheng: "Well, my lord, I don't want to attract the attention of the Qing court or other forces, and I want to develop my strength silently?" ”

Zhang Qiang smiled at him.