Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 614
Zhang Li hurriedly said: "Since the Commander-in-Chief ordered it, the subordinate officials must obey."

Li Jing waved his hand, turned his head to look at Zhou Hengchen and said, "Hengchen, low-level officials in Lu Song, please do a screening, then discuss with my father-in-law and others, and transfer some people from various ministries."

"Yes!" Zhou Hengchen said hurriedly.

Li Jing said to Gao Qi again: "I can't think of a suitable candidate for the general of Luzon, but I can think of a candidate for the deputy general."

"Jiezhou General Zhou Kang?" Gao Qi continued.

Li Jing said with a smile: "Hehe, it's Zhou Kang. Zhou Kang and Zhang Li can be called old partners, and they will be able to cooperate well with Zhang Li."

Gao Qi smiled and continued: "And there is another advantage in appointing Zhou Kang. Zhou Kang is the general of Xiezhou. Many of the soldiers we transferred from Shanxi this time are his subordinates. Zhou Kang will be the deputy general of Luzon. soldiers will be much more obedient."

"That's it." Li Jing smiled.

Gao Qi pondered for a while and then said: "Commander, why don't you transfer Zhou Daqing to Luzon as the Luzon general? Zhou Kang will be the deputy general, Penghu garrison Lin Shijie and Jinmen garrison Xiao Yi will be the generals, and Zheng Sen will be the naval garrison. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Li Jing tapped on the table lightly and began to meditate silently.Zhou Daqing is the old friend of Sun Meng and Gao Qi, Zhou Kang is Zhang Li's [-] households stationed in Anyi county guards when he was the magistrate of Xiezhou, Lin Shijie is the direct descendant promoted by Sun Chuanting, Xiao Yi is his adopted son, Zheng Sen He is the son of Zheng Zhilong.

These people represent their own interest groups. From the perspective of power distribution and balance, it is indeed very appropriate to appoint these people as local military posts in Luzon. However, with so many forces, there is no difference in wanting them. It is a great test.

After thinking about it, Li Jing looked at Zhang Li and asked, "What do you think?"

Zhang Li said with a smile: "Marshal, I have no say in the appointment of the generals of the garrison, and under normal circumstances I will not dictate the actions of the garrison.

I only have two requirements for the generals of the garrison: First, if the behavior of the garrison affects the executive order of the chief envoy, I hope they can listen to my opinion.Second, if I need the garrison to dispatch to eliminate those Luzon natives who do not obey the Ming Dynasty's decree, I hope they will cooperate with my actions.Apart from these two items, I have no requirements for the garrison. "

Li Jing shook his head and smiled, "You don't want to pick up this hot potato, but it's not as easy as you think, and you have to ask about some things.

For example, the division of the areas under the jurisdiction of the garrison requires you to deploy, but there are differences between the rich and the poor in any place, and this is inevitable in Luzon.

Also, if you need to use force against a certain area, and there are two garrisons adjacent to this area, you also have the right to say which garrison is used.

So don't think about staying out of this matter. The appointment of the garrison general is closely related to whether you can control the overall situation in Luzon, so I am asking for your opinion. "

Zhang Li nodded silently, but Zhang Li immediately said: "Commander, I am going to Luzon to manage the overseas territory for Daming, not for personal interests. If you want to appoint a general in the garrison, you will choose to ignore personal gains and losses. If this is the case, then I will not ask who is appointed.”

Li Jing shook his head lightly when he heard this, and said to Gao Qi: "Since Zhang Li has no objection, let's send out the appointments of these people."

"Yes!" Gao Qi replied.

After glancing at the crowd, Li Jing stood up and said, "I hope local officials, garrison generals, and resource exploration personnel will gather in Nanjing within a month, and then transport them to Luzon along with the grain ship."

"Yes!" Gao Qi and the others stood up and responded.

Immediately everyone bid farewell to Li Jing, Li Jingjing nodded, and said to Zhang Li: "Before I leave, I will do it for you."

"Thank you, Marshal." Zhang Li said hurriedly.

After everyone left, Li Jing wrote another letter to Sun Meng and Sun Chuanting, informing them of the appointment of the staff, and then handed over the previous two letters to Xiao Jiu, ordering Xiao Jiu to send someone out immediately. .

Later, he ordered Su Heng to write a letter to Zhang Tongchang, explaining in detail the matters to be noticed after arriving in Luzon.

Not long after sending out the letter, Shen Zheng and Zhang Ao came in a hurry, and Li Jing couldn't help being surprised to see the serious expressions on their faces.

After meeting Li Jing, Shen Zheng took out several memorials from his sleeve and handed them to Li Jingdao: "This is a memorial sent by people from the Ministry of Agriculture from all over the country. According to the memorial, most areas in Shandong and Henan have been Not a single drop of rain has fallen, and the land is now cracked in many places.

This is not the most frightening thing. The frightening thing is that the people below worry that there may be another locust plague this year.If there is another locust plague this year, the two capitals may also be affected this time. "

"Maybe there will be a plague of locusts?" Li Jing was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly took the memorial and read it hastily.After reading the memorial, Li Jing's expression suddenly became serious.

In June last year, there were locust plagues in Shandong and Henan.If there is another locust plague this year, since many vegetation in Shandong and Henan have been almost eaten by locusts, it will inevitably spread to surrounding provinces, and the first to bear the brunt are the northern and southern capitals.

In fact, there were many natural disasters in various places in Ming Dynasty last year.For example, in April, hailstorms occurred in Wuxiang and Qinyuan, Henan, and the big ones were like boulders.Throughout the summer, there was no rain in the capital and Hedong, and there was a severe drought in Jiangxi.In August, there was a flood in Syria.In addition, earthquakes occur from time to time in various places.But compared to the natural disasters in these places, the most severe locust plagues occurred in Shandong and Henan.

Because although the hailstorm was large, it was only localized, the flood in Syria only submerged one place, and the earthquakes in various places only caused damage to one or two counties.As for the lack of rain in the capital and the east of the river, and the severe drought in Jiangxi, since Li Jing has been carrying out water conservancy projects in various places since the year before last, although the drought cannot be completely solved, it will not be a failure of crops, and with the mobilization of food from various places, it is still possible to deal with these places drought.

But the locust plague in Shandong and Henan was fatal. The locusts crossed the border without leaving any grass, let alone food crops. In order to cope with the locust plague in Shandong and Henan, Li Jing mobilized countless grains from various places.

If it weren't for so many natural disasters, Ming's treasury would not be so stretched. The money seized from the Portuguese in Macau and the Dutch in Taiwan all filled the gap in last year's finances.

And the food in various places is also starting to be tight. Otherwise, Shen Zheng and others would not have opposed Li Jing's sending troops to Luzon a few months ago.

It was so easy to get through last year's disaster year, but this year there were signs of locust plagues in Shandong and Henan.

If this year's locust plague happens again, it will be more destructive than last year.

Seeing Li Jing's solemn expression, Zhang Ao said: "Commander, there is no need to delay, we need to prepare food for disaster relief immediately in case of emergency."

Li Jing nodded slightly, then turned to Su Heng and said, "You immediately write a letter to the governor of the two lakes, Wu Sheng, ordering him to buy grain from the people, and then write a letter to Chen Dahu, ordering him to stop transporting grain to Luzon immediately, and at the same time Buy food from the people."

"Marshal, the treasury is out of money!" Shen Zheng said hurriedly.

Li Jing waved his hand: "This time all the military expenses donated by the ministers are used to buy food. The military salary reserved by the household department for the troops is only reserved for three months. The rest of the money will be used to buy food. I will write to the generals of the army. Explain the matter.

In addition, the local governments were notified to crack down on illegal grain merchants and control grain prices. If anyone hoarded grain and drove up grain prices, they would be taken down immediately and the hoarded grain would be confiscated.

Also, at this time, someone will definitely take the opportunity to suppress banknotes, take the opportunity to seek violence, and notify all local governments that circulate banknotes. If they find merchants that do not accept banknotes or devalue banknotes, they will immediately seal the shop and take people .

Write a letter to Du Laojiu and Gu Bingyou, order Du Laojiu to rush to Nanjing to sit in town immediately, and order Gu Bingyou to come to Beijing to assist you in supervising banknotes. "

"Yes, let's do it right away." Shen Zheng and Zhang Ao said hurriedly.

Li Jingjing nodded, seeing that Shen Zheng was turning around to leave, Li Jing suddenly said: "Father-in-law, if there is another locust plague this year, I am afraid that my Ming will suffer a lot. When this crisis occurs, my relatives and family members must set an example. Second Uncle and Third Uncle said, at this juncture, don't make any small calculations about yourself, otherwise, I won't be able to explain to everyone in the world."

Shen Zheng paused when he heard the words, turned around and said, "Don't worry, Commander, I know what to do."

Li Jing nodded lightly. He called Shen Zheng's father-in-law to remind Shen Zheng of his kinship with the Shen family, and Shen Zheng called him Marshal, which meant that he would do business in a business-like manner and would not bend the law for personal gain.

Seeing that Li Jing stopped talking, Shen Zheng cupped his hands, turned and left.

After rubbing his face vigorously, Li Jing turned around and said to Su Heng: "Write a letter to Wen Qing and ask him to return to Beijing immediately, and then transfer a few people from the Imperial Academy to the Cabinet Book Office. You will be busy in the future."

Su Heng received the order and hurriedly wrote to Wen Qing.

Li Jing walked to the window, opened the window and looked out, suddenly sighed softly, and murmured: "What a disaster!"

At this time, Xiao Jiu walked up to Li Jing and asked in a low voice, "Commander, if the transport of food to Luzon is stopped, what will happen to Luzon's [-] troops?"

Li Jing turned his head to look at Xiaojiu and said, "Now Chen Dahu has delivered more than 20 shi of grain to Luzon, which is enough to feed 10 people for three or four months. After three or four months, the rice in Luzon will It is ready to be harvested, so there is no need to worry about the food problem in Luzon."

"Can rice be harvested in September in Luzon?" Xiao Jiu wondered.

Li Jing smiled: "The climate in Luzon is much hotter than ours, and it is more rainy. Three seasons of rice can be grown there a year."

"Oh." Xiao Jiu responded.

Li Jing sighed and said: "Actually, the countries that are most suitable for growing rice are Siam, Annan, Laos, and Myanmar. It's just that we don't have the energy and ability to use troops against these countries. Wait for another two years, when the southeast is pacified, and the west After the countries have opened up trade and the treasury has money, it is time to clean up these countries.”

"Marshal, aren't you tired?" Xiao Jiu said suddenly.

"En? What did you say?" Li Jingqi asked.

Xiao Jiu sighed lightly and said, "Marshal, there are so many things to deal with in Daming, why are you in a hurry to expand the territory?"

(End of this chapter)