After arriving at Jinan Mansion, Qin Shuhuai went directly to the Yamen of Jinan Prefect and took out the holy decree first.

The prefect of Jinan sincerely took a group of officials with trepidation, saying that he would take the dust for the grandfather of the country, and report on the implementation of the new policy of Jinan Mansion by the way.

Qin Shuhuai didn't want to discourage the enthusiasm of the officials, so he patiently had a light meal with them and listened to the report. Feeling that it was okay, he casually praised a few words, which made officials at all levels in Jinan Prefecture breathe a sigh of relief, and repeatedly expressed that they must be sincere and united, make persistent efforts, and strive to implement the new policy.

In a trance, Qin Shuhuai felt that the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be more and more similar to the officialdom of the earth where he was located, especially the official words of the officials, who used to speak in a literary manner, and they couldn't understand it. Now, we will come up with "resolutely implement it", "let officials dare not be greedy", "separation of powers", and "satisfy the people......

These words used to be? All of them were his mantras, and as a result, they were spread all over the Ming officialdom, and everyone learned them as a new set of "official words", but anyone who is an official, if you don't know a few words of "new official words", you are embarrassed to go out and greet people!

The so-called upward and downward effect is probably like this.

Qin Shuhuai couldn't help but smile in his heart, after all, the officialdom culture of the Ming Dynasty is still an authoritative culture!

Now the officials not only look at themselves, but also learn the way they speak, and they are also "implemented" thoroughly!

But then again, this culture isn't necessarily bad.

The Chinese officialdom of later generations was also this culture, so that the decisions of the elite could be implemented very quickly, so that the economic miracle of the Chinese country for more than 30 years was created, which shocked the world.

It's a way of meritocracy.

On the other hand, some so-called "democracies" have no authoritative culture, so much so that building a road or a bridge will have to be debated in parliament for several years, which will drag down development.

Of course, the biggest risk of elite governance lies in whether the "elites" are qualified to govern the country. Like the previous Donglin Party, they didn't know how to govern the country at all, but they were pushed into the circle of the top elite, and the result could only be a great chaos in the country, or even almost destroy the country.

At the end of the day, any system is flawed.

But the key thing is that the current Ming Dynasty is rapidly implementing the new policy, and it needs this kind of unconditional obedience to the imperial court and the way of governing the country from the top to the bottom.

After having dinner with the officials of Jinan Prefecture, Qin Shuhuai politely declined the invitation to stay overnight, and instead came to the street to start looking for the secret of the Jianghe Gang.

But after walking a few steps, a picker came up and asked him if he was a relative from his hometown?

Qin Shuhuai knew that he was from the White Lotus Sect, and after a few words with him, the man was sure that the sect leader was in front of him, so he immediately knelt down and saluted, saying that the sect leader had been waiting for the sect leader at the Yunsheng Inn for a long time.

Qin Shuhuai asked him to lead the way, and soon came to the Yunsheng Inn.

Hua Shen and Li Jingting were really there.

The two of them were very happy to see Qin Shuhuai, especially Hua Shen, this guy was used to wandering the rivers and lakes freely, all because of Qin Shuhuai to take charge of the White Lotus Sect, he went for nearly two years, and in the past two years, he had to deal with a large amount of information from all sides every day, and extract valuable information from it to Qin Shuhuai, and at the same time cooperate with Qin Shuhuai's actions in various places, and even plan to implement the "great cause" of the White Lotus Sect to open brothels and liquor shops in various places, and he is almost not allowed to be idle for a moment.

This time he went to Quanzhou with Qin Shuhuai, it was like a big vacation for him, and on the day he received the news, he waved his hand and threw a mess of work to Lao Dao, so angry that Lao Dao almost had to pick and choose to follow.

The three of them hadn't seen each other for a long time, and when they reunited after a long absence, they had to drink a few glasses happily.

After three rounds of drinking, Qin Shuhuai asked Hua Shen, "Lao Hua, how did you spend the million taels of silver?"

Hua Shen said, "Eight kilns and two restaurants have been opened, and the rest will be moved to other expenses." ”

Naturally, it didn't cost a million taels of silver to open eight kilns and two restaurants, and Qin Shuhuai roughly calculated that at least 500,000 taels were misappropriated by Hua Shen. If it was another department, he would have to ask where the money went, but the matter of the White Lotus Sect was very complicated, so he wouldn't ask, after all, he could trust Hua Shen.

So he said, "Since it's all spent, why don't you tell me?"

Hua Shen said, "The kiln and the restaurant are already profitable, and the expenditure on helping the poor and poor people has decreased by more than half this year, so it is enough to spend." I don't know if I can hand over some surplus in the church next year. ”

"Heh, you'll be able to see the money back so soon?"

According to Elder Yue, this year's donations from parishioners are likely to be five times as much as last year's. Now most of the parishioners have something to do, have land to plant, and will definitely donate when they have harvested something. Speaking of which, the enthusiasm of parishioners to donate is now higher than ever, so I don't need to say more about the reason. ”

Qin Shuhuai smiled slightly, "Great, it's good for everyone to have something to eat." ”

At this time, Li Jingting said, "Grandpa Guo, there are hundreds of thousands of members of the White Lotus Sect, and it is also a question of where to go in the future!"

This kind of words, in the imperial court, Li Jingting, Meng Wei, and Meng Hu dared to say bluntly to Qin Shuhuai, if they were to change to someone else, they would not dare to ask this question in front of Qin Shuhuai if they were given ten courages.

Why? Because now the White Lotus Sect is his!

But Li Jingting is different, he and Qin Shuhuai have gone all the way, and they don't know how many life and death moments they have experienced, and each other has already given their lives to each other several times, what else can't be said?

Qin Shuhuai took a sip of wine and said meaningfully, "Jingting, I know what you're worried about. However, Bengong believes that there is a truth, that is, only when everyone has nothing to eat, they will hug each other to keep warm. If everyone has something to do and everyone has something to eat, who wants to risk losing their heads to go against the court?"

Hua Shen also said, "The helper is right. In fact, these parishioners did not say that they must change the dynasty. Judging from the two years that I have been in charge of the sect on behalf of the Sect, whether it is several elders in the sect, the helmsman below, the altar master, or even the ordinary parishioners, they want to have a peaceful world and live their small life well. If the court divides the fields at the beginning of the day, don't you think they will happily farm the land?"

Qin Shuhuai nodded, "That's right." The White Lotus Sect is different from the Demon Sect, they are very scattered, and most of the people in the sect are poor people, and if they are not forced to do so, they will not oppose the imperial court. Besides, since we have taken control of the White Lotus Sect, we can change the teachings of the White Lotus Sect a little! Wouldn't it be great to let him become a group that purifies all sentient beings and accumulates virtue and does good deeds?"

When Li Jingting heard Qin Shuhuai say this, he knew that he must be confident, and immediately raised the wine cup and said, "Hehe, Grandpa Guo is far-sighted, it turns out that he has already made a plan, but his subordinates are too worried." ”

Qin Shuhuai smiled slightly, toasted with him, and then said to Hua Shen, "By the way, Lao Hua, there is a person named Zheng Zhilong in Quanzhou, do you know this person?"

Hua Shen immediately said, "Grandpa Guo said that Zheng Yiguan, who has more than 1,000 warships under his command? This guy is a ruthless character! The sea kings in the southeast coastal area, not to mention the official army sailors, are not his opponents. ”

Qin Shuhuai smiled and said, "More than a thousand warships! Lao Hua, you said that if we can get all the warships under his hands, will we have the shelves of the Daming Sailors?"

Hua Shen and Li Jingting's faces changed after hearing this, and then they glanced at each other.

They all smiled inexplicably.

It turns out that Grandpa Guo went to Quanzhou for this matter! Hehe, Zheng Zhilong is going to be unlucky now.

Li Jingting immediately said, "Grandpa Guo's idea is very good. Although Zheng Yiguan has now surrendered to the imperial court, he still has his own army, and his private soldiers and warships cannot be mobilized by the imperial court at all, even the governor of Fujian has to act according to his face. If we can get the sailor from him, hehe, it would be great. ”

Hua Shen followed and said, "Yes, yes." ”

Qin Shuhuai scolded with a smile, "You two guys, don't you ask me what method I use? Then Zheng Zhilong's soldiers and ships are said to be able to get them here?"

Li Jingting said, "Grandpa Guo must have a plan." ”

"Cheng Ce doesn't have it, but there is a direction, so you two have to use my brains well. Qin Shuhuai said again, "Zheng Zhilong was recruited by the imperial court, first of all, we can't come by force." Secondly, most of Zheng Zhilong's warships are cruising overseas, and if we want to receive them, we must not disobey his brothers. As you know, if his subordinates don't want to be under the control of the imperial court, they just need to drive to Dongfan (the name for Taiwan in the late Ming Dynasty) and we will be out of reach. ”

Hua Shen thought for a moment and said, "Then our method this time is different from when we were on the three sides." On the three sides, we are the first to capture the thief and capture the king, and this time I am afraid that we will have to deal with his subordinates first. ”

Qin Shuhuai immediately said, "Lao Hua got to the point! I heard that many of Zheng Zhilong's subordinates were his opponents and were absorbed by him after defeating, if there is any hole here, I want you to help me inquire." ”

Hua Shen said, "The White Lotus Sect is quite popular in Fujian, so let's go to them first and inquire." ”

"Okay, let's leave early tomorrow morning. ”

Early the next morning, Qin Shuhuai took Hua Shen and Li Jingting, as well as two thousand martial arts coalition troops, to Liaocheng first. After arriving in Liaocheng, he boarded more than 20 large ships arranged in advance by Liaocheng Zhixian and went south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

After traveling day and night, he arrived in Hangzhou after ten days.

After that, he continued to go south, and along the way, in the name of the southern tour of the sky, he would inevitably stop in the big cities and counties he passed through to ask about the implementation of the new policy. This was done so that Zheng Zhilong didn't make too many associations, lest he run away. And Qin Shuhuai is now in charge of the implementation of the new policy, and the southern patrol inspector of the new policy is normal, and there is really nothing to doubt.

The officials along the way were all trembling, and everyone knew that every time the grandfather of this country made a tour on behalf of the sky, there would always be people who lost their officials or even lost their heads. Before he inspected the three sides and inspected Jiangnan, which time was not like this?

For a time, officials in Zhejiang, Fujian, and even further along the southeast coast were all exhausted and worked all night on duty. What are they busy doing? They are all busy writing "work reports"!

Since Qin Shuhuai has come here, of course, he must seriously assess the implementation of the new policy by officials in various places. On the one hand, he listened to the report, and on the other hand, he asked Li Jingting and Hua Shen to lead people to investigate and secretly visit, and the investigation was extremely detailed.

However, along the way, he was still satisfied with the general situation. Although officials at all levels are more or less false and exaggerated, they are all passable in terms of fundamentals, and only two or three officials did not do much practical work, and Qin Shuhuai took off their black gauze hats on the spot.

It took a month to get to Xianyou County in Fujian, which is only a hundred miles away from Quanzhou.

Qin Shuhuai used the name of repairing to let the army be stationed here.

Subsequently, he asked Hua Shen to go to Quanzhou first to inquire about the news.

Three days later, Hua Shen returned to Xianyou with the information he had learned from the White Lotus Cultists hidden in Zheng Zhilong's troops.

It turned out that the more than 1,000 warships under the command of Zheng Zhilong were mainly led by three generals.

These three people are Zheng Zhilong's second brother Zheng Zhihu, his fifth brother Zheng Zhibao and his brother Zheng Cai.

Among them, Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao commanded a total of 800 warships, while Zheng Cai commanded 200 ships.

Before the surrender of the official army, Zheng Cai commanded at least half of Zheng Zhilong's warships, it is said that it was because Zheng Cai had mixed with Zheng Zhilong's former opponent Xu Xinsu, so after Zheng Zhibao grew up, Zheng Zhilong wanted to marginalize Zheng Cai, who had great achievements.

Of course Zheng Cai is not happy!

And there are many people who are as unhappy as Zheng Cai!

Qin Shuhuai guessed correctly, Zheng Zhilong's soldiers and horses come from a variety of sources, not only from his own recruitment, but also from the hands of the former great pirate Yan Siqi, collected after defeating competitors, etc., the source of soldiers includes Japanese people, Dutch, Koreans, Southeast Asians and even blacks, can such an army be a little contradictory?

Although these contradictions are not prominent at the moment, when Nanming was crumbling in history, it was very obvious. For example, many of his generals fled overseas with their fleets, and even his own son, after hearing that he had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, resolutely cut off his robes and went to Taiwan with a large number of soldiers and warships.

And what Qin Shuhuai has to do is, of course, to let the contradiction break out early.

After detailed planning, Qin Shuhuai decided to arrive in Quanzhou in five days.

Five days later, Zheng Zhilong's fifth brother Zheng Zhibao was born on his twentieth birthday, and he should be given the gift of a weak crown as usual.

Qin Shuhuai is going to show his face!