The first thousand four hundred and seventieth chapters
"Greetings to Mr. Zhang, I have met all of you."
After Zhu Ping'an entered the hall where the meeting was held, he bowed his hands to Zhang Jing, the Minister of War in Yingtian, and all the officials present. At the same time, he looked at the officials present without leaving any trace.
There were a total of eighteen officials present except Zhang Jing. Judging from their plain official uniforms, there were mostly civilian officials and relatively few military attachés. Among them, there were ten civilian officials and eight military attachés.
There were three acquaintances among these eighteen officials. Among the civilian officials, there was Hu Zongxian, the censor of Zhejiang Province. Among the military attachés, there were the Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Linhuai. Among them, the Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Linhuai both smiled and nodded to me.
Zhu Pingan didn't know the other officials present, but two people made a deep impression on Zhu Pingan. One was the official who sat above Hu Zongxian among the civil servants. He was wearing a fourth-grade civil service uniform and had a standard Chinese character face.
He was full of righteousness, sitting upright, with a straight back and a pair of bright eyes. Although he was a civil servant, he had the aura of a military general. Zhu Ping'an thought to himself, this must be Mr. Li Tianchong, the governor of Zhejiang, as the officer said, a civil servant with a strong sense of force.
Qi, he is worthy of having led troops and fought against Japanese pirates.
In fact, the emergence of the post of governor, like the governor-general, is a historical necessity. Emperor Hongwu had previously been the prime minister of a province in the Yuan Dynasty. He knew that the prime minister of a province was in charge of the military and political power of the province. If he had too much power, it would be easy for him to become powerful and appear.
The Rebellion of Buchen. In order to prevent local officials from having too much power, Emperor Hongwu split the power of the provincial prime ministers into three parallel agencies, namely the Commander-in-Chief Division (Second Grade), which is in charge of military affairs, and the Chief Envoy Division, which is in charge of civil affairs.
(from the second rank) and the Inspectorate Division (the third rank) in charge of the prison. The three divisions are separated, commanding the military, political and criminal affairs respectively, and conflicting with each other. This way the place will not become bigger. However, the separation of the three powers is not conducive to the management of the place.
major emergencies.
For example, today’s Japanese plague!
In order to coordinate the three local departments, unify power, and handle major emergencies, the position of governor emerged. The governor is in charge of the military and government affairs of a province. He is located above the three departments and under the governor.
Senior officials assigned to local areas by the Central Metropolitan Procuratorate handle the relationship between the central government and local governments and coordinate local affairs.
At present, governors and governors have non-permanent official positions. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to various civil unrest and other reasons, more and more positions were set up, and they almost became permanent institutions.
The reason why Li Tianchong sat at the head of Hu Zongxian is also very simple. Li Tianchong was the censor of Youqiandu and was the governor of Zhejiang. Hu Zongxian was the censor of Zhejiang Province and his rank was only seventh rank. Li Tianchong was nominally Hu Zongxian's boss, so he sat at the head of the throne.
.However, although the power of the governor is greater than that of the governor, in fact the governor has no direct jurisdiction over the governor. On the contrary, although the governor's official position is small, he has the power to impeach and correct the governor.
Among the military attaches, there was one person who impressed Zhu Ping'an deeply. He was a military general who sat below the Duke of Wei and above Linhuai. He was about forty or fifty years old. He also had a standard Chinese character face, a long back and a strong body.
Like a bear, the military attache's uniform is bulging. This is a military commander. He sits between the skinny Wei Guogong and the fat Marquis of Linhuai, dwarfing the two of them.
"Everyone, this is Mr. Zhu Ping'an, the chief minister of the Zhejiang Provincial Envoy, who also knows the military." Zhang Jing briefly introduced Zhu Ping'an to everyone, and also gave a brief introduction to Zhu Ping'an to everyone present.
Through Zhang Jing's introduction, Zhu Ping'an knew the identities of the two impressive officials. The civil official was Mr. Li Tianchong, and the military attache was Yu Dayou.
Hearing Yu Dayou's name, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but stand in awe. Yu Dayou was as famous as Qi Jiguang as a famous anti-Japanese general. He fought against Japanese pirates almost all his life and had great military exploits. Together with Qi Jiguang, he was called "Yu Long Qi Hu". However, Yu Dayou
His fortune was not as good as that of Qi Jiguang. Although he had great military exploits, he had a shady physique. He was often impeached and removed from office, and he was even falsely claimed for military merit many times by others. However, Yu Dayou never cared about these and still fought against the Japanese pirates with all his strength. This is also more
It's awe-inspiring.
The remaining officials present included Shi Pengfei, the right minister of the Ministry of War, Duan Cong, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and several other officials from the Beijing camp.
"Zhu Ping'an is the number one scholar in Enke this year, and he is also the nephew-in-law of our Marquis of Linhuai. Not only is he outstanding in literary talent, but as Mr. Zhang said, he is also knowledgeable in military affairs. His literary talents are not inferior to his military strategy." Linhuai Marquis Xian and Rong Yan's rivalry
Several Beijing camp leaders nearby introduced in a low voice.
"Hey, Mr. Zhu also calls me uncle. When it comes to Zi Hou's literary and military skills, it is true. Some time ago, our camp had a mutiny, and it was Zi Hou who helped us two brothers calm down." Wei Guogong also came to intervene.
Gangzi, added to several of the leaders of the capital camp, don't let Linhuai Hou Zhuanmei be ahead of him.
"It's unbelievable that such a young number one scholar actually knows the military skills. He is worthy of being the son-in-law of the Hou Mansion." The other leaders of the capital camp couldn't help but praise him, and then asked the two men about Zhu Ping'an's situation in a low voice.
"Master Zhu does know the soldiers. Although I have never met Master Zhu, I have heard of Master Zhu for a long time. A few months ago, a group of tens of thousands of Japanese pirates from Jiangmen and Tiejingang, driving more than 700 ships, invaded Taizhou Prefecture in a large scale.
At that time, Taizhou Prefecture had seven counties and all its capitals under Japanese attack by Japanese pirates. For a time, all five counties and counties were captured by Japanese pirates, and even the capital was in danger. Mr. Zhu was the magistrate of Jingnan at that time, and he had less than a hundred government officials and soldiers to fight against more than 3,000 people.
Attacking the Japanese pirates, he not only successfully defended Jingnan County, but also captured 824 Japanese pirate heads. Not only that, Lord Zhu even liberated the neighboring county of Taiping County. His achievements shocked the entire Taizhou Prefecture. It was really admirable! At that time,
Rushing to the aid of Taizhou Fucheng, I have fought against these Japanese pirates, and I know how difficult it will be." Yu Dayou, who was sitting between Wei Guogong and Linhuai Hou, nodded and said with emotion.
"General Yu seldom praises others. It can be seen that the quick son-in-law of the Houfu is indeed a man of great talent and military prowess!"
Hearing Yu Dayou's evaluation of Zhu Ping'an, several leaders of the Beijing camp couldn't help but nodded.
After Zhang Jing finished his introduction, he asked the right minister of the Ministry of War to bow down. He added a seat opposite Hu Zongxian and asked Zhu Ping'an to take a seat.
After Zhu Ping'an sat down, Zhang Jing asked, "Master Zhu, just now my disciples reported that you have an urgent military situation. What kind of urgent military situation is it?"
Everyone present also turned their eyes to Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Ping'an stood up and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, after research by the lower officials, we concluded that the Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu will attack Yingtian."
A shocking statement.
"Ah?!" After hearing this, everyone present looked at Zhu Pingan in shock, with wonderful expressions.
Pfft...
I don't know who couldn't help but take the lead in laughing, and then the laughter in the room continued.