Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

The closed room, the dim light, the smell of traditional Chinese medicine, and the weeping young woman, this is the scene of Chen Yonghua's sick home --- the so-called string is too tight, once it is loosened, it will naturally go wrong. Years of reclamation and colonization and six years of military management have exhausted Chen Yonghua's energy. When he finally rests, his body will naturally have to make up for it--but fortunately, Feng Xifan's tricks in this life have not failed with the help of Zheng Kezang. If he succeeded, otherwise Chen Yonghua would have to add depression and attack twice, and it would be no wonder if he didn't die.

"Slim, don't cry." Zheng Kezang handed a handkerchief to his wife, and comforted him by the way. "Although the illness is coming down like a mountain, didn't the imperial doctor say that as long as he rests for half a year and recuperates, father-in-law's body will recover." Zheng Kezang shook Chen Xianqiao's cold little hand. "You are also pregnant, so don't get too excited!"

Chen Xianqiao nodded lightly, but seeing her father's gray hair and haggard face, she couldn't help shedding hot tears, but Chen Yonghua had already fallen asleep, so Chen Xianqiao, who didn't dare to disturb her, could only bury her head in Zheng Kezang's bed. Weeping silently in my arms.

Zheng Kezang patted his wife on the back, and half hugged and half dragged her out of the ward. Seeing his grandson and young lady coming out, the attendants hurriedly closed the door to prevent the evil wind from entering the room and making things worse.

"In such a hot day, if you don't use ice (note: you can get ice for making nitrate) and you have to close the door, isn't it true that Yuezhang is sick if he is not sick?" Zheng Kezang reprimanded in a low voice, and the Chen family looked at each other. I can only explain that I followed the doctor's advice. Fortunately, it is rainy this season, and the rain that falls from time to time can take away part of the heat on the ground. "Remember, set the time right, and send people to carry water up the roof every hour, and pour water down, so that the heat must be brought down." Zheng Kezang plans to make artificial rain when there is no rain, of course, watering with hydraulic equipment It's more convenient, but it's not suitable for large-scale construction in the Chen Mansion at this moment. "Do you remember it all?" The Chen family's family was in a mess, so Zheng Kezang handed over to Chen Yonghua's sons, Chen Mengwei and Chen Mengqiu. "Big Brother, Second Brother, Yu Daixian has gone back. In a few days, Yu will come to see Yue Zhang again."

Chen Mengwei was an officer of Ming Zheng, while Chen Mengqiu was studying at home according to Chen Yonghua's wishes. After hearing Zheng Kezang's words, they both nodded to this distinguished brother-in-law. Chen Mengwei even said: "Qinshe Just take the girl back, the father will take care of me and the second brother, nothing will go wrong."

The central government of the Ming Dynasty set up six officials whose powers were equivalent to those of the six ministries. Among them, there were vacancies for military officers. Hong Lei was an official, Yang Ying was a household officer, and Ke Ping was a criminal officer. To take over, the official of ceremonies was originally Ye Heng and then Zheng Bin took charge.

Since Zheng Bin is a relative of the Zheng family, and has a relationship of prosperity and humiliation, Zhu Jin's order has always been the only one to follow. Since Zhu Jin doesn't care about things, Zheng Bin naturally takes Zheng Kezang as his leader. This is Zheng Kezang's order. An iron ticket; the criminal officer Ke Ping has always relied on the old to sell the old, and he has never been at odds with Feng Xifan, the "lucky guy" he calls, so even if he disagrees with Zheng Kezang's idea, he will not sit with Feng Xifan; Zhu Jin's son Hong Xu, who came to power, was also one of the favored celebrities in front of Zhu Jin. He competed with Feng Xifan for favor, so naturally there was a lot of filth, and his son Hong Hui was promoted by Zheng Kezang as the deputy battalion officer, so it was naturally even worse. He tends to be on the side of Zheng Kezang; Yang Ying is a neutral faction, but he also has a son who serves in the Boy Scouts under Zheng Kezang, so he will not help Feng Xifan easily; as for Li Jing, it is because of his relationship with Feng Xifan that he jumped into the central position. , but now Feng Xifan is clearly ascending and descending secretly. There are still doubts about whether he will go all the way to the dark; but even if he stands with Feng Xifan, the Ministry of Industry is the place where Zheng Kezang has been running for the longest time. , He can be emptied anytime and anywhere.

Regarding the status quo of the Six Departments, Feng Xifan, who just took over as the chief envoy of Tongzhi Dongning, is also well aware of it. However, Zheng Kezang blocked his hope of approaching Zhu Jin alone by following the same pattern. Because of the principle of being a man with a tail, so when he took office, he was easygoing and easy-going, with a calm look.

But the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind kept blowing, Zheng Kezang didn't intend to let him go so soon, no, as soon as he took office, Zheng Kezang immediately held a meeting of the six officials: "Originally Master Feng just took office today, it should be It would be good to let him get acquainted with it for a few more days, but although Dongning is small, his affairs are complicated and some things cannot be delayed, so we have to let Master Feng suffer."

Zheng Kezang's opening remarks are of course superficial, but what he will discuss next is real: "Now that the two counties are newly established, and there are many new immigrants in the two prefectures, the Ministry of Households needs to redefine the yellow book and The Fish Scale Book, this is the top priority, in addition to counting those immigrants and veterans who have moved to the village, they will start to collect taxes again."

Yang Ying's heart trembled, and she immediately complained: "August is coming soon, and the household department is short of manpower, so there is no time to re-register the two volumes. Besides, this year's hail disaster in Dongning, we have to pay hard work and reduce taxes. Otherwise, amnesty two Two counties in the state, how about another year of tax exemption."

"It's strange. There has always been only the household department who thinks there is not enough money in deposits. How can they push the money out." Ke Ping said in a strange voice. "Master Yang, how old is the Ministry of Households these years, don't exempt from taxes, let the big guys eat only the northwest wind."

"Master Ke is right," Zheng Kezang looked at Yang Ying. "It is important to live with the people, but Dongning's 15 officers and soldiers and nearly [-] officials can't just rely on civil and military officials to live on. In addition, Yu has ordered [-] taels of goods from the British, Guilian, and Li. Master Yang still has to weigh it. It would be better if it is only due to lack of manpower that the book cannot be made, and there are still a hundred officials who have nowhere to go, and the rest can be decided by the adults."

"That's really tight." The accounts of the Ministry of Accounts are Dongning's top secret. Even if they are surrounded by the core management of the Ming Zheng regime, it is impossible to openly announce it to the public. Naturally, Yang Ying has to keep her mouth shut. Just empty. "Grandchildren, I think that the people who entered Taiwan in the early years should be taxed first, and those who have recently entered Taiwan should not be registered until the autumn tax is collected."

"This is also a way." Zheng Kezang agreed after thinking about it. "The second thing is about the personnel affairs in the army." The personnel affairs in the army don't need to be discussed here, but Zhu Jin doesn't ask about anything now, so that the military leaders below will not make a fuss, Liu Guoxuan and other senior generals have nothing to say It can be said that Zheng Kezang must rely on these veterans of Zhu Jin. "Here is the relevant report from the Ministry of War. Several adults can discuss it. Later, I will report to my father for approval and implementation."

Who will lead the army?This is a taboo, Liu Guoxuan is famous, who can fight with him, who dares to fight with him?But the army belongs to the Zheng family after all, and there is no control over size, so who do you expect to restrict Liu Guoxuan?Therefore, the Ministry of War's suggestion is a hot yam, but you can't do it if you don't accept it.

"My servant has always known very little about military affairs. This important task of leading the army is related to the safety of the vassal, so I will not make any comments." The report went around and returned to Zheng Kezang, and Zheng Bin was the first to express his opinion. "I also ask Jian Guo to listen to the opinions of several other adults. If they can reconcile the expectations of the public, I will naturally second my opinion."

Zheng Bin is a member of the Zheng clan. He may play tricks and tricks, but a sensible person can't, so there was a moment of silence, and Ke Ping was the first to speak: "After the masters Lin Sheng and Jiang Sheng commanded the navy, As for the personnel affairs of Youwuwei Town and Zuohuwei Town, it is better to be appointed by the king."

What Ke Ping said is like saying nothing, but this is also excusable. After returning to Taiwan, except for some Xun soldiers and Zheng Kezang's boy scouts, there were only 5000 people. Among them, the Luanyi Guard who guarded Anping City About 500 people, left and right Wuwei Town and left and right Huwei Town each have 500 people, and the remaining [-] towns each have only [-] people. It can be said that in terms of military strength alone, Yiwei Town is equivalent to the number of ordinary towns. Three times, not to mention that the reorganized elites and elites are all transferred to the guard towns first, so it is conceivable that the importance of Youwuwei and Zuohuwei, with such importance, the post of commander-in-chief is probably really not Zhu Jin Qin decided.

"Master Ke's words are very true," said Li Jing, who had the least seniority among the crowd. In order not to let others think that he was a soy saucer, so even if he was grandstanding, he still had to say something. "However, the personnel of the two guards may be appointed by the king, but if the personnel of the navy is also pushed to the king by the servants, isn't it too incompetent?"

"That's true." Hong Lei quietly glanced at Zheng Kezang, seeing that the grandson was listening attentively, he couldn't help but feel moved. "The naval division is far superior to the land division. Only the two admirals Lin Sheng and Jiang Sheng may not be able to take care of everything. It is better to transfer two more generals to support them." Said further. "I'm recommending Chen Liang and Chen Qiming to be the commanders-in-chief of the navy, as the second deputy."

Chen Liang, Chen Qiming, and Zhu Tiangui from Jiangqing are all veteran generals of the Zheng army and the water army. Their qualifications are sufficient to make them Lin Sheng and Jiang Sheng's deputy. Therefore, the officials did not have much objection to Hong Lei's proposal. However, Yang Ying obviously has different opinions on whether the two should be awarded the post of general soldier.

"Chief soldier? Now that there is an admiral, is it wrong to divide the general army?" Although Ming Zheng's chief soldier is different from the Qing army and the previous Ming army, which has a unique structure, but after all, it also has autonomy in wartime In this way, wouldn't it mean that there are many political parties, so Yang Ying objected. "Where will the two admirals be placed, if it is not as a deputy general, it will be worthy of the name."

When Yang Ying said this, Ke Ping immediately agreed, but Hong Lei disagreed. However, his explanation could not explain Yang Ying and Ke Ping, and Zheng Bin and Li Jing were just blindly making love. How to decide, I froze there for a while.

"What does Mr. Feng mean?" Zheng Kezang noticed that Feng Xifan was just listening with a smile, knowing that he was going to hide his strength now, but how could he make his wish come true, so he asked. "Master Feng has made a lot of achievements in assisting the father. If you think about it, you may have already achieved something. Why don't you say it so that you can discuss it with all the adults."

Feng Xifan's expression changed. Although Zheng Kezang's words were to force him to express his opinion, it gave him a chance to further win over the powerful generals in the army, and no matter whether the matter is successful or not, as long as it is spread, this favor will be implemented: "Shi Sun asked, I dare not hide anything about my humble position. I thought that the duties of the deputy general and the chief soldier are actually the same. Since they are all deputy generals, how can they be distinguished from ordinary town generals if they are only deputy generals? They are still awarded the chief soldier. good."

Hearing Feng Xifan's words, Zheng Kezang nodded clearly: "My lords have already said what you mean. The difference is not very big. The key lies in the distinction between the commander in chief and the lieutenant general. Yu Hui and the two guards will report to the father and king together. , I think the father will make a decision soon."

In this way, this matter is over, but there is one more item on today's agenda, I heard Zheng Kezang say: "In addition, my father has agreed to restore Chengtian Mansion to accommodate redundant officials, and Lord Zheng Shengying will be the governor , Mr. Chen also recommended a few candidates, and if the adults feel that they have suitable talents, they can also submit them together."

Hearing the news of the fleshy bones, everyone's eyes lit up, and they looked at each other as if they were gearing up. It seemed that a fight was inevitable