Dominate the Country

After the twentieth day of the first lunar month, the Fuhan army withdrew from Hangzhou. Then the army completely withdrew from northern Zhejiang, and there were too many things in between.

Chen Ming needs to be notified of each army's departure and march, their logistical supplies, their seizures, whether they have violated local military regulations and disciplines, and some job adjustments. Chen Ming worked from dawn to dusk every day. The stack of reports and notebooks he reviewed every day could be as thick as two feet. In addition to official duties, he also had to meet with military generals from various ministries and discuss government affairs, including military strategy. Layout and lots of minor tweaks.

No matter how good or complete a military plan is, there will always be problems, large and small, that arise. These problems are like the stones and bricks that a car runs over when it is moving. You shouldn’t pay too much attention to them, but you can’t completely ignore them either. . Otherwise, when you want to race, those pebbles can destroy your car and kill you.

Therefore, Chen Ming really felt the strain on manpower and the tremendous pressure on work. In addition to the attendant's office, he reorganized the original administrative office into the Southeast Administrative Office. Zheng Hongyu, who had performed well in Nanjing before, took the lead. Liu Dezhao added the title of deputy director of the administrative office to his shoulders. The scholar who came to work years ago Among the teachers and masters, thirty or forty were picked and selected, and the establishment of corresponding departments was expanded, and some departments were also added.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he, the entire attendant's room, and the Southeast Administrative Office were as if they were being whipped with whips. Everyone tightened their spirits and had no time to spare while busy.

Even when he went to bed at night, Chen Ming was thinking about things in Shandong, Fujian, and Taiwan Strait. Then he was thinking about Guangdong and Sichuan, and then he was worried about the base area in Henan. Now I don’t know what preparations his father has made. You must know that in a few days, the Second Battalion of the Navy will rush out of the lake mouth and rush to the river in Hubei.

During this period, there were also Manqing stick sticks who came out to cause trouble, and the two sides battled wits and courage. Stick sticks successfully slipped around many times, and there were also those who failed to escape in time and were caught. This is just like the secret camps set up by Chen Liang and Chen Guang in various places. When something goes wrong, they sum up their experiences, learn lessons, and then move on. Everyone spends money to buy lessons, and first-class intelligence organizations grow little by little from the lessons they always buy with human lives.

In addition, during the Fuhan Army's raids on Suzhou and Hangzhou, many violations of military discipline occurred in the past two months. The circumstances may not be very serious, but they are still worthy of vigilance. There were also a few garrison generals who had only entered Suzhou and Hangzhou for a few days, but were fawned over by the local gentry who could not escape, using wine, sex and women to win over them. Sugar-coated bullets, sugar-coated bullets, they are really powerful. If Chen Ming hadn't responded to the secret camp information in a timely manner and directly ordered the adjustment of the positions of the camp officers, Zhuge Liang might have had a good taste of how it felt to kill Ma Di with tears in his eyes.

The original time and space leader put forward the sugar-coated cannonball threat theory at the Second Plenary Session of the 7th Rabbit Central Committee, which was really prescient. The quality and beliefs of the officials involved in the Fuhan Army Theory are far from being comparable to the rabbits at that time, so the Fuhan Army is even more threatened by sugar-coated bullets. This is something you can't stop just by raising your official salary.

Of course, an official salary as small as that of the previous Ming Dynasty is absolutely unacceptable. Zhu Yuanzhang only wanted the horse to run without giving the horse grass. It was a problem for the official to feed himself. No matter how harsh the criminal law was, it could not deter them from corruption. But it is also a delusion to blindly raise a high salary to support a good person. It is still necessary for officials to have a layer of severe punishment and cruel laws over their heads to deter them. In addition, they must increase the intensity and channels of reporting and "open up the channels of speech."

Throughout the history of Chinese dynasties, the Song Dynasty treated civil servants the most favorably. However, the Song Dynasty took civil governance as the key link and all crimes were punished lightly, except for corrupt officials who were the most severe. Wang Anshi also said: "The most important thing in the current imperial court is corrupt officials." In the Song Dynasty, the Wude Department (Imperial City Department) was established to deal with the punishment of bureaucratic corruption. To a certain extent, these people can be regarded as the predecessors of the Jinyiwei. The Song Dynasty promoted high salaries to maintain integrity, but it was not like Yongzheng's money to support integrity. It was a legitimate salary, "enough to maintain integrity and avoid corrupt behavior." The result was that civil servants were overpaid, redundant officials were rampant, civil servants were high but military officials were low, and military preparations were insufficient, which ultimately led to a very tragic ending. If the Han army takes over the country in the future, it will need to sum up the experience and lessons of its predecessors. Then newspapers can be put to good use... National supervision is false, but in general Can you use it from the starting point? Of course, many reporters are not good people either.

Chen Ming was lost in thought for a moment. It was completely dark outside. Liu Wu reported from behind:

"Grand Governor, should we have dinner at the front office or..."

"Huh?..." Chen Ming came back to his senses, shook his arms and relaxed, and said: "There is no need to pass the food around, let the kitchen pick up two light dishes." Picked up the last booklet on the table , couldn’t help but shake his head after looking at it for a few times. This is a report sent from Yancheng. Since the Qing army left, many refugees have slowly gathered in the area. The Fuhan Army has a good reputation among the refugees in northern Jiangsu, and the number has exceeded 100,000.

The Fuhan Army recaptured Yancheng. The food left by the army in Yancheng was now almost exhausted. The Fuhan Army in Yancheng was asking for food.

Chen Ming was previously very happy to see hundreds of thousands of refugees from inside and outside Yancheng fleeing to various places in northern Jiangsu, completely ruining the reputation of Shandong Lianyong and the Qing soldiers in the south. But now he is worried about the increasing weight of this burden. Have a headache. But food still needs to be allocated.

Not only did they need to allocate grain to Yancheng, the Fuhan Army was also gathering grain and military supplies to Huai'an with great fanfare. Those are all real military supplies, and they are ready to launch a large-scale Northern Expedition. When it enters mid-January, before Jiujiang's navy and army enter Hubei, a mighty fleet of military supplies will be assembled to Huai'an. It can't be left out, but it can also cover up the Fuhan Army's build-up and some actions in Nanjing before their large-scale westward march!

It was a rare night for Chen Ming to rest at Yao's place. When he arrived, Mrs. Yao had already taken off her makeup, and the brazier in the room was burning brightly. Mrs. Yao only wore a coat and leaned on the bedside to read leisurely. Seeing Chen Ming walking in without notice, I was surprised, happy, and at a loss.

As soon as it was over, Mrs. Yao was still in a delicate state, while Chen Ming had already asked the maid to bring water. The two of them cleaned themselves up, and the other person lay on the bed and fell asleep almost as if counting seconds. Yao's face was still flushed with red clouds, and her eyes were blurry. She looked at Chen Ming beside her, and her hands involuntarily touched her belly, "Goddess Mazu bless you, may this good woman give birth to a son and a half daughter for the governor as soon as possible. It will be nice to have someone to rely on in the future..."

Yao never thought that she would be hated because of her small feet, but now she feels that she has been stuck on small feet in her life. She doesn't have a beautiful face, and she may not get much favor from Chen Ming. Then give birth to a son and a half daughter early, and grow up safely, so that she will not feel empty in the rest of her life...

Chen Ming only has one son so far. Chen Ding is both a direct descendant and a eldest son, so he is his natural heir. But who dares to say that none of these women in Nanjing City, who don’t even have sons, has a big heart? Isn’t there anyone who wants to think more about Xiao?

Years ago, Fujian sent a second group of people, and people from the Fujian Lu Tiandi Association also sent five women. For a time, Chen Ming's backyard was overcrowded. But no one knew that Chen Ming didn't feel the slightest bit happy in his heart, and he really felt a kind of disgust. God knows how this feeling came about. When the Zhang family and the Zheng family gave away people, Chen Ming didn't feel much at all, but now this second group of people suddenly made him feel angry that someone was meddling in the backyard. A very senseless boredom. It's just this feeling that he won't tell anyone. Even Liu Wu can at most have a faint feeling...

Chen Ming got up early at dawn the next day. Today he was going to Yuhuatai Camp. The second batch of teams sent to Jiujiang had already begun to gather. Twelve old battalions, these are all his darlings, and he has to meet the battalion officers and adjutants one by one.

In addition to Jubaomen, a large number of people could see the checkpoint of Yuhuatai Camp within two miles.

Since King Gou Jian of Yue built the "Yue City" in 472 BC, the Yuhuatai area has become the best place in Nanjing for mountain climbing. Historically, Yuhuatai has always been a strategic location outside Nanjing. The height of its terrain made it a battleground for military strategists. Mei Yi, the prefect of Yuzhang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, resisted foreign invasion here, and the Jin soldiers invaded in the Southern Song Dynasty. The famous general Yue Fei defeated the Jin soldiers here; in the original time and space history that Chen Ming has not changed, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s defense of Tianjing and the Revolution of 1911’s battle to regain Nanjing , the "Capital Defense War" in the Anti-Japanese War, all set off continuous wars here. Even during the Fuhan Army's attack on Nanjing, weapons were seen on the Yuhuatai.

After Chen Ming occupied Nanjing, Yuhuatai has always been the main camp outside the city of the Fuhan Army and the place where the Fuhan Army garrisoned troops.

"Wan Sheng..."

"Wan Sheng..."

"Wan Sheng..."

Early in the morning, the sudden loud cheers in the Yuhuatai camp shook the entire city of Nanjing.

"In a few days, the Second Battalion of the Navy will leave the mouth of the lake and sweep the waters of Hubei. The Qing army will not think that this is our army's strategy for a large-scale attack on Hubei. Their eyes will only see that our army is continuously coming. Huai'an gathers grain, fodder and military supplies. You will set off from Nanjing by boat on February 8th. Heading to Jiujiang, we expect to arrive there around the 12th. After a short rest, we will attack Huangzhou Prefecture by land and water, and approach the three towns of Wuhan. "The warships of the Huguang Qing Army were built in Yueyang, on the water surface of the Fuhan Army. As its strength increased little by little, the Qing army also manufactured new warships on a large scale in Yueyang. Some of them have been put into the waters of Hubei. Compared with the Fuhan Army's naval camp warships, the Qing Army's new warships are not inferior in the slightest. The only difference is their cannons and firearms.

In the military conference hall of the Yuhuatai camp, Chen Ming pointed to the national map hanging on the back wall and pointed at Henan with the pointer in his hand: "Before this, the general's office will separate a team and go to Xiangyang. To a certain extent, attract The attention of the Qing army in Hubei."

"As the vanguard of the army, you don't have many troops, but you are the most elite main force in the entire expeditionary force. You must take a good lead and make a good start. As soon as the battle starts there, Nanjing will The large force will move up the river immediately. Behind you will be the entire expeditionary force as your backing."

Chen Ming leaned against a national map of the country and kept talking to encourage the battalion officers and adjutants in front of him, describing the wonderful prospects after the Fuhan Army occupied Hubei, and even said, "The general should be replaced." As expected, the words "', which are very meaningful, immediately made many generals' momentum swell up like adding fuel to the fire."

If the general were to change his title, he would definitely be called the king. This greatly touched the group of generals and battalion officers in front of them.

Who doesn't want to be in a high position and enjoy wealth? Before, the number one figure in the Fu Han Army was only a general, and Chen Ming had just been awarded the title of Grand Commander, so there was no need to talk about the people below. This is like your boss is just a regiment commander, and you all want to be the regiment commander. Is this possible? Only when your boss is promoted to brigade commander, division commander, and army commander, and obtains a higher position than now, you little brothers can climb up and covet your boss's current position.

Time quickly came to the 25th day of the first lunar month. This day was the day when the second battalion of the navy left Hukou. However, Chen Ming received an urgent report from Guangdong first. Zhu Youfu was captured by the Qing army. He was seriously injured when he was captured. He died when he was carried back to the camp. The Qing army chopped off Zhu Youfu's head and hung it on the gate tower of Guangzhou for public display.

Chen Ming was not interested in this news. Since he knew that Zhu Youfu claimed to be the heir of Zhu Ming, Chen Ming didn't care about his life or death. What Chen Ming was really concerned about was the second piece of news reported by Chen Liang. It seemed that the Guangdong government of the Qing Dynasty had contact with the British through Pan Zhencheng of the Thirteen Hongs...