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Chapter 242 The golden beauty is sent to the first assistant, Yunyang Governor Wang Yongzuo

Not long after, he entered the cabin and said, "Sir, we are soldiers of Shandong Coastal Defense Deputy General Liu Zeqing. Deputy General Liu wants to visit you."

Zhou Yanru was puzzled: "Why did he lead his troops to the inland state capital if he didn't lead the deputy general of coastal defense at the beach?"

The personal attendant explained, "He was originally the commander-in-chief of water transportation in Shandong. He was punished by the court because of his failure in suppressing bandits and was renamed deputy general of coastal defense. He has not yet taken up his post."

When Zhou Yanru heard this, he knew that this person probably wanted something from him, so he immediately felt relieved and said, "Then please invite him to come up."

Soon, a middle-aged general was brought onto the ship, along with two large wooden boxes.

Zhou Yanru looked at the two large wooden boxes cryptically, and when he heard two heavy "thumps" when they landed, he immediately became very excited.

Then he looked at Liu Zeqing with a smile: "Vice General Liu stopped my boat late at night, what are you doing?"

Liu Zeqing was a big man from Shandong, with a mighty elegance and good looks.

At this time, he knelt down to Zhou Yanru with a plop, "The general will have grievances, and no one but the chief assistant can resolve them!"

"Vice General Liu, don't be like this. Get up and speak slowly."

Liu Zeqing knelt on the ground and said with an aggrieved face: "This is what happened..."

Then, Liu Zeqing said what he wanted.

As the commander-in-chief of water transport in Shandong, Liu Zeqing should have sent troops with thunderous force to suppress Li Qingshan when he started to act.After all, water transportation is extremely important as it is related to the food security of the capital.

It is a pity that Liu Zeqing not only used a large amount of empty pay, but only [-] soldiers were left out of the [-] soldiers recruited for the camp. He also dispersed the remaining soldiers to various places to set up private gates to make money.

Therefore, when Li Qingshan first gathered people to rebel in Shouzhang, he did not have enough troops to put down the rebellion.

When he gathered his three thousand soldiers and horses, Li Qingshan's tribe already numbered tens of thousands, so he did not dare to attack. As a result, Li Qingshan's tribe further grew and even controlled the canal in northern Yanzhou.

When Chongzhen learned about this, he was furious and ordered Liu Zeqing to be demoted to deputy general of Denglai Coast Defense, and his title was changed from the left governor to the right governor.

Liu Zeqing wrote a letter saying that his hometown was in Denglai and he was not suitable to be the deputy general of coastal defense in Denglai. On this reason, he was unwilling to go to Denglai to take up the post.

The court has yet to respond.

After learning that Zhou Yanru had arrived at Dongchang Mansion, Liu Zeqing realized that this was an opportunity to make a comeback, so he secretly stopped Zhou Yanru's official ship at night - if he did this during the day, he was afraid of being impeached by the imperial emissary again.

After finishing speaking, Liu Zeqing smiled and said: "I heard that the chief assistant came to Beijing, and the general prepared a small gift."

After speaking, he motioned to the servants to open the two large wooden boxes.

When Zhou Yanru took a look, his eyes were immediately captivated by the golden light illuminated by the moonlight and firelight.

"Two thousand taels of gold is not a sign of respect. If the general can be reinstated as the commander-in-chief of Shandong Water Transport, I will give you a generous gift as a thank you!"

The servant closed the box, and Liu Zeqing's words came, which also brought Zhou Yanru back to his senses.

He coughed, covering up his previous gaffe, and said: "General Liu is determined. There is a reason for the failure to suppress Li Qingshan. Even if you don't come to see me, I will report it to Your Majesty when I learn about it."

Liu Zeqing looked happy after hearing this.

Zhou Yanru changed his name to "General Liu", obviously agreeing to this matter.

Just think about it, with 2000 taels of gold in front of you, who wouldn't be confused?

However, in order to ensure that things can be done, Liu Zeqing added: "Thank you, Chief Assistant - by the way, I will adopt two adopted daughters next year and will go to Beijing to find relatives. Please take care of them by the Chief Assistant."

After saying that, he clapped his hands.

Then a servant took two girls on the boat.

Zhou Yanru looked through the light of the lanterns on the boat and the moonlight, and saw that they were twins!
Seeing that they were all fourteen or fifteen years old, they were all wearing moon-white robes. Against the background of the night, their skin was as good as snow, and their faces were shy. The well-informed Zhou Yanru couldn't help but swallow his saliva on the spot.

"cough."

Hearing Liu Zeqing's cough, Zhou Yanru came back to his senses and said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, Mr. Liu, I will take good care of you and my adopted daughters."

"Then I will thank the chief assistant first."

After talking, Liu Zeqing was ready to disembark - not because he had anything to do, but because he didn't want to delay Zhou Yanru from appreciating the gift he sent.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yanru stopped him and said, "General Liu, I have been repeatedly bandits along the way. Can you send some servants to escort the agenda?"

Liu Zeqing smiled and said, "Why not? The last general would have sent a hundred servants to escort his adopted daughter to the capital."

So, when Liu Zeqing left, another hundred servants were left behind.

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September [-]th, Xiangyang Fucheng.

Formerly the residence of Prince Xiang of the Ming Dynasty, it is now the residence of the Grand Marshal Xinghua of Weibu.

The brigade and regiment-level generals of the Guards Army, as well as the division and brigade-level generals of the Fourth Division of the Standing Army all gathered in the main hall of the palace.

All the generals looked solemn, because they understood that this was the last formal military meeting before the Weibei launched the autumn offensive.

A detailed military map of Huguang and surrounding areas was hung on a huge screen in the hall.Liu Sheng pointed at the Yunyang Mansion area above with a laser pointer and said: "After our discussions in several previous meetings, in order to avoid worries, it is best to defeat the Yunyang Mansion first.

Because Yunyang is where the governor's office of Yunyang in the Ming Dynasty is now, and there are many troops stationed there.If we don't wipe out the Ming army here, we won't be able to attack other state capitals freely. "

Speaking of which, Liu Sheng explained to the generals the Ming Dynasty's governorship of Yunyang.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there were actually quite a lot of controls on the establishment of local official positions.

For example, Huguang.

Huguang in the Ming Dynasty included the two provinces of Hubei and Hunan in later generations, and its territory was vast.

Having only one governor will either not be able to control it, or it will cause the governor to have too much power.

Therefore, in addition to establishing many branches of guarding, patrolling, military preparation, etc., the Ming court also set aside some state capitals for two other governors, namely the governor of Yunyang in the northwest and the governor of Pianyuan in the southwest.

The administrative jurisdiction of Governor Yunyang includes Yunyang Prefecture, Xiangyang Prefecture, Xing'an Prefecture, Hanzhong Prefecture, and parts of Xi'an Prefecture, Nanyang Prefecture, and Jingzhou Prefecture.

As for the governor of Pianyuan, he was established during the Wanli period to quell the Yang Yinglong rebellion in Bozhou and suppress the barbarians in the southwest.Because it was originally governed in Pianqiao Town, Shibing, Guizhou, and later moved to Yuanzhou, it was named Pianyuan.

Its jurisdiction has as many changes as the governor of Yunyang. At its largest, it included the chieftains of Shizhouwei, Yongshun, Baojingzhou, and Jingzhou in Huguang, as well as Changde Prefecture, Chenzhou Prefecture, and Youyang Xuanfusi and Pingchadong in Sichuan. Changguansi, the eastern part of Kuizhou Prefecture, and Liping Prefecture, Sizhou Prefecture, and Zhenyuan Prefecture in Guizhou.

In the Qing Dynasty, the jurisdiction of the Governor of Pianyuan was further expanded, and finally the administrative seat was moved to Changsha and changed to the Governor of Hunan.

Because the governors of Yunyang and Pianyuan were mainly engaged in military affairs, their actual power was greater than that of the governor of Huguang.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there were many examples of setting up multiple governors in "one province" in later generations.

The most typical one is Southern Zhili. During the Chongzhen period, there were Governor Xu Feng (or Fengyang, Xu Si), Governor Huaiyang, and Governor Anlu in the north of the Yangtze River. In the south of the Yangtze River, there were the Governor Jiangnan, the Governor Susongchang, and the Governor Caojiang. There are as many as six governors!
"The Yamen of the Governor of Yunyang was originally located in Xiangyang City, but now it has been moved to Yun County. This spring, Yuan Jixian, the former Governor of Yunyang, was convicted by Chongzhen because Xiangyang was captured by our army. He was dismissed from office and exiled to Guizhou.

The current governor of Yunyang is named Wang Yongzuo, who is from Kunshan, South Zhili. He was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli.Previously, he served in Huguangyou and participated in politics, so he is very familiar with the military and political affairs of Yunyang..."

After explaining the governor of Yunyang, Liu Sheng talked about the relevant civil and military generals of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty did not pay much attention to confidentiality. After several months of infiltration and investigation by Xunfengwei, the information on relevant civilian officials and military officers was obtained and sent to Liu Sheng.

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger." If you understand the situation of these civil servants and generals, the Wei tribe will be even more powerful when they attack Yunyang Mansion...

Yun County (Shiyan Yunyang).

The Han River turns out to be a flower here, and the terrain is very strange.

At this time, the Han River was called the Canglang River by the local people. To the west of the flower, water was blocked and flowed into it, causing the river to swell.

The county seat is in the northeast, surrounded by mountains in the north and surrounded by the Han River in the south. It is a natural danger, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

However, Wang Yongzuo, who moved the governor's Yamen here, has been restless recently.

On the eighth day of September, an army of [-] to [-] troops broke out from the Kuei tribe. They attacked from the north and the south, attacking Guanghua first and then Junzhou.

Today, there are still [-] or [-] soldiers and horses left in Junzhou, and according to spies, a lot of food and supplies arrive every day.

Obviously, the Wei tribe’s bandit army wants to attack Yunyang Mansion!

As early as June, after Xiangyang was captured again by the Wei tribe, Wang Yongzuo urgently reported to the capital for help.

But the imperial court only asked him to stick to Yunyang, but there was not a single soldier or a stone of food and grass to support him.

Now that the Kuei tribe's bandits have really come to attack Yunyang, how can he not be anxious?

On this day, Wang Yongzuo walked around the governor's office again and again. He felt that waiting in vain was not an option, so he summoned a personal attendant and said: "Go and invite Deputy General Xu and General Li. Remember, be polite. "

"Yes."

Not long after, Xu Yong and Li Wanqing came to the governor's Yamen.

"I've seen Futai!"

The two of them were wearing armor, so they just cupped their fists and saluted.

Wang Yongzuo knew that if he wanted to defend Yunyang, he could only rely on these generals under his command.Xu and Li were the two most adept at fighting and had the largest number of troops, so naturally he did not dare to look down upon them.

He hurriedly responded: "There is no need to be polite, two generals. Please sit down. Come and serve tea!"

After his entourage had served two cups of good tea and left, Wang Yongzuo said with a kind face: "The traitors have been sending military supplies to Junzhou, and their intention to attack Yunyang has become very obvious. What are the two generals' countermeasures? "

Xu Yong and Li Wanqing looked at each other and remained silent for a moment.

Wang Yongzuo smiled and said: "You two don't have to worry, it doesn't matter even if you say something wrong. Lieutenant General Xu, after all you have fought against the traitors, you must have some ideas, right?"

Hearing this, Xu Yong had to speak.

　Second more.

　　[After reading Zhou Yanru’s information, Chongzhen is really good at employing people. Zhou Yanru was actually appointed as the first assistant twice by him! 】

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)