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Chapter 450: Imperial Examination in Disguise


After Fu Shangrui's defeat, the imperial court probably also knew Zhao Ming's attitude.Donghai Town can handle Fu Shangrui, and the imperial court will send a governor again, I'm afraid it will end like this.Although he knew that the changes in Suzhou might have an inside story, Fu Shangrui had already offended the people of Su Song, and the prestige of the imperial court had suffered a huge blow.The essence of politics lies in compromise, and regardless of it, it is a fool's errand.Now, Longwu still needs to maintain the harmony of the Ming Dynasty and performance, only in this way that the Ming Dynasty is unified, and he, the emperor, is valuable.At this time, the imperial court had no way to deal with Zhao Ming and these warlords, and Longwu could only solve the external troubles first, and then restore the Ming Dynasty, recover the huge prestige of the rivers and mountains, and then do the thing of cutting the domain.Zhu Yujian agreed with He Tengjiao's intention and sent Fu Shangrui to Jiangdong, the original purpose was actually just a temptation.If Fu Shangrui can take over the administrative power of the feudal town, he can further probe it, eat away at the power of the feudal town step by step, and finally seize the military power.This is the most ideal situation, which can avoid the situation of the feudal town continuing to grow larger, and return power to the central government at the lowest cost.If Fu Shangrui fails, he can also know Zhao Ming's attitude and find out the bottom line of the generals of the feudal town.Now, Zhu Yujian already knows that not only Fu Shangrui, who was sent to Jiangdong, but Jiang Yueguang, who was sent to Zhejiang, was also excluded and overridden by Zhejiang warlords, and even the governors sent to Fujian also had many conflicts with the townsmen.In such a situation, it is obviously unrealistic to want to cut the feudal domain and recover the power of the feudal town, and once the feudal town is in chaos, the Longwu Dynasty will continue to be unable to pacify, but it will also give the Manchu Qing an opportunity to take advantage of the fisherman's profits.Therefore, after thinking about it again, Zhu Yujian decided to temporarily stop the temptation of the feudal town, and asked He Tengjiao to transfer the experience of the Longwu Dynasty to the expansion of the army and the capture of Wuchang.If the Longwu court can capture Wuchang, then take Jiangxi, recover Jinling, and defeat the Manchus in the Northern Expedition.At that time, the prestige of the imperial court was in full swing, and it would be much easier to find an opportunity to cut down the feudal domain, and with the strength and prestige of the imperial court at that time, it could even deliberately force the feudal town to rebel, and then send troops to exterminate it on the grounds that the feudal town was rebelling.It is undoubtedly much easier to cut the feudal domain in this way than it is now, and it is not easy to leave an infamy, but it can be called a great strategy.In view of this, after discussing with the cabinet, Zhu Yujian decided not to send the governor to Jiangdong, but Zhao Ming only occupied Su Songchang's three mansions, and if he gave it to the governor of Nanzhi, the imperial court could not draw it, so he gave the governor Donghai the temporary official title, and temporarily assigned Su Songchang to the East China Sea.After all, the three provinces originally belonged to Nanzhili, and the governor of the East China Sea was only temporarily established, and when the time came, it could be revoked and the three provinces could be returned to the political envoys of Nanzhili.Zhao Ming is still quite satisfied with the governor Donghai, with this title, he can directly manage the military and political affairs in the jurisdiction, and everything is justified.In addition to the appointment of Zhao Ming by the imperial court this time, the talents recommended by Zhao Ming were also appointed.The prefect of Changzhou is served by the staff Dong Zhining, the prefect of Suzhou is served by the shogunate secretary Wang Jiaqin, the prefect of Songjiang is served by the staff Tu Xianchen, and the prefects of various prefectures and counties and other officials are also recommended by Zhao Ming.In addition, Chen Mingyu added the official rank of the head of the household department and served as the political envoy of the left cloth in the East China Sea, and Xu Fuyuan was the political envoy of the right cloth.Jia Feng Jingdi was the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, and served as the envoy of the East China Sea, and Dai Zhijun was the deputy envoy.Gama Shiao is the commander of the East China Sea, and Chen Yujie is the same knowledge.Zhao Ming originally recommended them as officials of the three divisions of Nanzhili, but the imperial court was unwilling to give them, so since Zhao Ming had specially set up a governor of the East China Sea, he simply gave him a complete team.In terms of generals, the imperial court gave them titles, so they were a lot more stingy and awarded six counts, but the names of each department of the Shence Army were determined.Wang Chaoxian was the commander of the front army, Wang Deshun was the commander of the left army, Wang Yi was the commander of the right army, Li Zhongming was the commander of the Chinese army, Ruan Mei was the commander of the rear army, and Guo Zhong was the chief officer of the East China Sea Division.The rest of the generals were also promoted, but the total number of soldiers recognized by the imperial court was still a town soldier, with only more than 30,000 people.The commanders of each army, recognized by the imperial court, are the commanders of a battalion, with a maximum of more than 5,000 people, but in fact, each of the five armies of Shence has at least 10,000 people, and the Chinese army and the naval division are more than 20,000 people, with a total of 80,000 troops, far exceeding the 30,000 quota given by the imperial court.In this way, the establishment given by the imperial court will not be enough, and Zhao Ming will not give it if he asks for it.However, Zhao Ming also has a way to do this, the warlord expands the army, which is agreed by the imperial court?

In addition to the officers appointed by the imperial court, Zhao Ming directly appointed the officers himself, but this group of officers did not report to the imperial court, and he appointed and promoted them himself.And the commander of each army was a battalion commander on the side of the imperial court, but on Zhao Ming's side, he gave them the treatment of a chief military officer.After the envoy announced his will, Zhao Ming rewarded a large sum of gold and silver, and the envoy took Fu Shangrui, Xie Sanbin and others to leave Suzhou and return to Huguang.This indicates that the power of the imperial court has temporarily withdrawn from Jiangdong, Zhao Ming has actually grasped the military and government, and Donghai Town has become a feudal town on one side.At the beginning of December, in order to gain power in the first department, Zhao Ming added a large number of staff to serve as local officials, so that the shogunate was short of manpower, so Zhao Ming immediately summoned Qian Qianyi and others to discuss the expansion of the shogunate.In the more than 270 years of the Ming Dynasty, the local administrative system was relatively perfect.After the imperial court established the three divisions of the East China Sea, the daily affairs of the state capitals and health offices could be incorporated into the three divisions.However, what the three divisions do, mainly related to the administrative, military, and judicial affairs, is the executive body, and above them, there is also a decision-making body.This agency, which is responsible for making decisions and formulating development strategies, was originally the imperial court and is now the governor's palace, but Zhao Ming has limited energy and can't manage so many things, so he decided to expand the shogunate to assist him in handling and deciding things.This time, Zhao Ming's staff served as the prefect and county governor of Su Songchang, which made many talented people see a way to become officials.Therefore, the Governor's Office wanted to recruit staff and advisers, and immediately attracted scholars and literati from Jiangdong to come to take refuge, and there were thousands of recruits.This made Zhao Ming startled, he didn't expect that there would be so many people, so Qian Qianyi immediately suggested that an examination should be held to select staff, and the imperial examination selection would be carried out in disguise.This made Zhao Ming's eyes shine, the imperial court can select officials by imperial examination to attract talents, but Donghai Town does not have a set of talent selection system, and it is indeed possible to indirectly select officials by selecting staff.

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