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In the Ming Dynasty, each province set up a governor to oversee the military and political affairs of the province, which was a permanent system, with the exception of Jiangxi.

Sometimes, Jiangxi, like other provinces, has a governor in charge of the military and political affairs of the province; Sometimes, the governor of southern Jiangxi is added to be in charge of the military and political affairs of southern Jiangxi, and the northern part of Jiangxi is managed by the governor of Jiangxi.

Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the governor of southern Gan has set up and stopped, and has been set up again, and has been repeated many times. The reason why there is "one province and two governors" that are different from other provinces is mainly because of the complex people's conditions in southern Gansu;

There are various ethnic groups such as the people living in southern Gansu, and the descendants of the wolf soldiers of the Hongwu Dynasty transferred from Guangxi to guard against southern Jiangnan, so the people of southern Gan are extremely strong, and the people are brave and ruthless, plus there is more land in the mountains of southern Gansu, and the land annexation is serious, and the contradictions between the lower class people and the upper class landlords are extremely acute, resulting in the bandits gathering in southern Jiangxi and exposing the rebellion.

Under such circumstances, the imperial court had to set up a governor in southern Jiangxi according to actual needs, so as to unify the powers of affairs and deal with all kinds of chaos in a timely manner.

However, one province and two governors, which undoubtedly increased the expenses of the imperial court, and led to the overlap of institutions, so the restrained Emperor Chongzhen simply dismissed the governor of Jiangxi and incorporated the northern part of Jiangxi into the jurisdiction of the governor of Anqing.

In other words, there is no governor in Nanchang City now, and Lin Qinghe, the Jiangxi envoy, and Wang Shousu, the political envoy, are nominally under the orders of the governor of Anqing.

In the hall of the three divisions, Qin Mu asked what progress He Liang had made after he arrived in Nanchang, He Liang's demeanor was neat, and he replied slowly: "My lord, Wang Shousu and Lin Qinghe were originally in charge of the power and judicial power of a province, and the imperial court asked them to obey the orders of the governor of other provinces, which is very inappropriate, Wang Shousu and Lin Qinghe and other Jiangxi officials will inevitably have some resistance, and now General Meng Ke is stationed in Jiujiang, which is equivalent to cutting off the waist between Nanchang and Anqing." The governor of Anqing is inevitably a little beyond the reach of the whip. ”

Qin Mu listened quietly. Noncommittal, when he sent Meng Ke to occupy Jiujiang, first, he considered that the direct seizure of Nanchang might cause a strong backlash from Wang Shousu and others, and second, Jiujiang was the gateway to the northwest of Jiangnan, and this portal must be closed.

Turning around, the gateway of Jiujiang was closed, and Nanchang was the city of the turtle in the urn, and Wang Shousu and others had to weigh it first if they wanted to make any waves.

Of course, Qin Mu also knew that fortresses were often the easiest to break from within. If Nanchang can't be straightened out, it will be difficult to guarantee whether the turtle in the urn will become a problem for his henchmen, of course he attaches great importance to this, so he urgently recruited He Liang to come back and explain.

He Liang continued: "Wang Shousu and Lin Qinghe have no military power in their hands, plus the matter of the original patrol of Yu Shi Ma Mingyuan, the adults still have the handle of the two of them, it is not difficult to lobby, after the subordinates arrived in Nanchang, they came into contact several times. pointed out the stakes, Wang Shousu and Lin Qinghe were willing to cooperate with the adults. However, the commander of Jiangxi made it difficult for Zhou Ning to deal with, this person was of the same clan as Jiading Bo Zhou Kui, and he had two or three thousand men and horses in his hands. was in charge of the city defense of Nanchang, and his subordinates held banquets twice, but Zhou Ning ignored it on the grounds that he was busy with official business. Later, his subordinates asked Wang Shousu to come forward, and he came forward to deal with it, and his words were quite arrogant. I want him to obey orders, but I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

Qin Mu bowed his head slightly, he had expected this, Jiading Bo Zhou Kui was the biological father of Chongzhen's Empress Zhou, and he was a dignified ruler. Zhou Ning is of the same clan as him, and the relationship between the two is naturally different, with Zhou Kui behind his back, Zhou Ning has no fear, and it is normal for him to be arrogant.

"My subordinates are incompetent, please punish them." He Liang first pleaded honestly, then got up and said, "But Zhou Ning is not without weaknesses, this person is arrogant by nature, and his subordinates are very mean, eating empty salaries, lending usury, and exploiting layer by layer, and his subordinates dare not speak out, especially the quarrel between him and Li Jiyang, the commander of the capital, is extremely stiff, and the momentum is like fire and water." Although Li Jiyang has no backer behind him, he is very supported by the generals and soldiers in the army, and he can barely compete with Zhou Ning, but Li Jiyang is a man of nature, and he does not serve the people, and it is a little difficult to persuade him to serve the adults. ”

Tian Yimu interjected at this time: "If Wang Shousu and Lin Qinghe are willing to cooperate, in my opinion, there is no need to bother to clean up Zhou Ning, although the adults can't control Zhou Ning, but don't forget that General Meng Ke is now the chief soldier of Jiangxi, and he is Zhou Ning's top boss, and if you cooperate here, let General Meng Ke find an excuse to transfer Zhou Ning to Jiujiang."

He Liang shook his head without waiting for Tian Yimu and said: "Things are not so simple, Zhou Ning is the commander of Jiangxi, and the defense of Nanchang is within his duties, although General Meng Ke is his immediate boss, but to transfer him, he must have the order of the governor of Anqing in name." Zhou Ning must use this as an excuse to refuse. And the adults explained that they couldn't come hard, so as not to set off too much waves and affect the stability of the entire Jiangxi. Moreover, the imperial court may not want to see the adults smoothly take the whole of Jiangxi into their arms, and if they attack Zhou Ning by force, it is difficult to predict how the imperial court will react. ”

Tian Yimu continued: "At the beginning, the saint was the marquis of General Ma and General Meng at the same time, and there was a peach to kill the three soldiers, why don't we plan now, let General Meng and the adults stiffen on the surface, in this way, the imperial court is very likely to fully support General Meng, and then we will find another opportunity to let General Meng eat Zhou Ning in one fell swoop, resulting in a fait accompli, the imperial court will rely on General Meng's Shili to divide the adult, and will not pursue General Meng too much, so that the major event can be decided." ”

Sima An said: "There are pros and cons to this plan, if this plan is implemented, although it is not difficult to annex Zhou Ning, but now everyone knows that General Meng Ke is the right-hand man of the adult, so that General Meng Ke and the adult are stiff, it will inevitably cause internal shocks, and now we are in urgent need of recuperation, once the internal shocks are too much, the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Qin Mu thought for a while and said: "Mr. Sima's concerns are very insightful, it is better to work Mr. He to go to Nanchang and arrange it slowly, it doesn't matter if Zhou Ning can't take it for a while, but Wang Shousu and Lin Qinghe must control it, so that we can also control the administration and justice in northern Jiangxi." As for Zhou Ning's team, be more vigilant. I would like to remind you that when dealing with such things, everyone's attention should not be limited to our one-third of an acre, the changes in the general trend of the world will inevitably produce many chain reactions, many seemingly difficult to solve problems, as soon as external factors change, internal problems can often be solved, so everything must focus on the overall situation. ”

"Your subordinates will follow your lordship's instructions."

"Okay, it's Chinese New Year's Eve in two days, Mr. Sima, have all the rewards of the soldiers been handed out?" Qin Mu attaches great importance to this matter, he currently has a total of 150,000 horses, in order to win the hearts of the army, during the New Year, each soldier will be rewarded with an additional two taels of silver, and officers at all levels will be added according to their ranks, and there will be wine and meat for the New Year in the army, with a total cost of no less than 500,000 taels.

Although it costs a lot, the army is the foundation of his own life, and there is nothing to talk about without them, so Qin Mu will not be stingy with money in terms of the army;

In fact, in all dynasties, during the New Year's Festival or the suburbs, they would give some rewards to the army, but they were not as comprehensive and rich as Qin Mu.

Sima An stood up and replied solemnly: "Don't worry, my lord, this matter has been properly handled by the subordinates, and the reward has been fully distributed two days ago, and the wine and meat for the New Year will definitely be completed before Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

"Okay." Qin Mu nodded, turned his head to He Liang and said: "Mr. He seems to have to work harder, Nanchang is the place with the biggest variables at present, Mr. He has to rush to Nanchang as soon as possible, and the official of Nanchang will be entrusted to you with full authority." ”

He Liang hurriedly got up and saluted: "It is an honor for my subordinates to have such high hopes for my subordinates, and my subordinates should be conscientious, how dare they speak hard?" If the adults have no other orders, their subordinates will rush to Nanchang. ”

He Liang was actually more anxious than Qin Mu in his heart, Qin Mu assigned tasks to him and Zhuge Min at the beginning, with the intention of testing the three of them, and now his task is not very ideal, although Qin Mu didn't say anything, but from his tone, he could hear that he was not very satisfied, He Liang was inevitably a little uneasy in his heart, and just wanted to rush back to Nanchang as soon as possible and control the situation.

"There's nothing else, there's Mr. Lao He."

Qin Mu personally sent He Liang out of the north gate of Ganzhou, and then turned around and smiled at the subordinates: "Okay, you have also worked hard for more than half a year, and your hard work is high, so you can rest for these two days and have a good New Year." ”

"Thank you, sir."

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PS: Haoyuan was born in the countryside, but he didn't do farm work since he was a child, and after he came out of school, he basically only returned to his hometown during the Chinese New Year. I went to plant trees today, and I planted 350 trees in one day, so I can't believe it, right? But I really planted 350 trees today, and the price was that when I came back, I couldn't bounce anymore, and I took a hot shower, but the effect was not very obvious, and I made my seven-year-old niece step on her back, and her feet were weak, but mine still couldn't bounce, ouch, my old waist.

I don't know if I can get up tomorrow, whirring, there are still 3,000 trees to be planted, and the greening of the motherland cannot be abandoned halfway. Ouch, my old waist is heyed (to be continued......)