Zhu Hongyu left the weapons workshop, still thinking about the weapons workshop in his mind.
Apart from the new ordnance developed by the weapons workshop, what impressed him most was that everyone in the entire workshop was busy and could hardly stop for a moment!
It's not that Zhu Hongyu wants to imitate the evil capitalist factory owners and squeeze their workers to death, but he has to do it.
The population under the rule of the Liberation Army was limited, and a large number of young and middle-aged men joined the Liberation Army as soldiers. The labor gap among the civilian population was really huge.
So much so that everyone at the weapons workshop had to work day and night to ensure that there would be no problems with the supply of ordnance to the Liberation Army.
Thinking of this, Zhu Hongyu suddenly had an idea in his mind. Since there are not enough men, can he also let women and children into the factory?
For tasks such as preparing gunpowder, granulating gunpowder, and screening lead bullets, women who are careful and patient may be more suitable than men.
Well, representatives of a certain backward and ignorant feudal class are finally going to imitate the advanced and civilized bourgeoisie and are ready to start exploiting and squeezing women and children too!
Zhu Hongyu breathed out a heavy breath and quickly found an excuse for himself.
It is better for women and children to work in factories now and be exploited by themselves than to be slaughtered by the Spanish after the Liberation Army was defeated due to lack of weapons.
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Day two!
Zhu Hongyu personally selected a group of Liberation Army troops who were good at attacking cities in caves and handed them over to Chen Yonghua.
Chen Yonghua took people on board the ship and set sail northward!
Zhu Hongyu personally stood on the simple pier and looked in the direction of the sea.
Zhu Hongyu didn't look back until the shadow of the boat completely disappeared from his eyes.
He knew that with the help of the Liberation Army's underground siege troops, Zheng Chenggong should be able to recover most of the troops soon.
Thinking about what happened after Zheng Chenggong recovered the senior officials, Zhu Hongyu suddenly thought of the cause of Zheng Chenggong's death!
According to historical records, in June 1662, three months after he recovered his troops, Zheng Chenggong suddenly fell ill and died quickly. The cause of death is unknown.
History books only record that Zheng Chenggong died of a sudden illness, but there is no mention of what the illness was!
If you then contact what happened before and after Zheng Chenggong’s death, you will find that Zheng Chenggong’s death was not simple!
First of all, Zheng Jing, the crown prince of Anping County, committed adultery with the wet nurse of Zheng Chenggong's youngest son, and was discovered by Zheng Chenggong.
Zheng Chenggong was furious and even planned to kill Zheng Jing, the prince.
Then the conflict between his brother Zheng Tai and Zheng Chenggong became deeper and deeper. Even after Zheng Chenggong died, Zheng Tai directly launched a rebellion!
Then he was defeated by Zheng Jing, who succeeded to the throne!
The matter is very complicated, and the records in the history books are unclear.
The cause of Zheng Chenggong's death is a mystery, but what is certain is that he definitely did not die of a normal illness.
It is difficult to say that Zheng Jing was discovered to have committed adultery and chose to simply kill his father and usurp the throne.
Or Zheng Tai poisoned Zheng Chenggong and then took advantage of the chaos to rebel.
Or maybe after hearing the news that his father Zheng Zhilong was killed by the Qing court, Zheng Chenggong was exhausted mentally and physically, and he got really seriously ill, and then with the tacit understanding of everyone, he "died" on the bed!
It’s all hard to tell!
The vague records in the history books made the matter full of fog for later generations, and it was impossible to piece together the truth of the matter based on the details.
In short, Zheng Chenggong died, and his death was unclear!
Zhu Hongyu didn't know whether the flapping wings of his little butterfly could change Zheng Chenggong's fate.
But he really has no power to interfere in the affairs of Taiyuan Island!
Zhu Hongyu rubbed his eyebrows, feeling helpless.
He wanted to remind Zheng Chenggong to be careful, but he didn't know where to start.
Zheng Chenggong was already very suspicious and had a bad temper.
Zhu Hongyu, an outsider, reminded him to be careful about his brother and son. Can Zheng Chenggong believe that there is a ghost?!
Maybe his reminder would break the relationship between the Liberation Army and Zheng Jun and turn them into enemies.
On the contrary, it is detrimental to the overall situation of the Qing Dynasty!
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After returning to the military government office from the dock, an entourage came up to report.
"Grand Governor, Chief Sanchez is already waiting in the living room!"
Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.
"Tell someone to prepare tea and cakes!"
After saying that, Zhu Hongyu strode towards the living room.
Zhu Hongyu met with Sanchez and discussed the relocation of the crocodile tribe out of the mountain.
The Liberation Army allocated a plain for the Crocodile Tribe to cultivate and ensure the safety of the Crocodile Tribe, but the Crocodile Tribe had to pay taxes to the military government.
One person pays taxes, which is regarded as confirming the affiliation between the two parties!
What remains are some trivial matters, such as relaxing restrictions on trade, intermarriage and other activities between the Han people and the crocodile tribe.
All towns under the military government, except for forbidden areas such as weapons workshops, are all open to the crocodile tribe mountain people, who can come and go at will.
Of course, all the territory of the Crocodile Tribe is also open to the Han people.
The military government expanded the number of "foreign students" sent by the Crocodile Tribe, and the Crocodile Tribe allowed the spread of Buddhism and Taoism, and actively accepted the influence of Confucianism.
Allow the military government to hire labor and recruit soldiers from the crocodile tribe.
Regardless of whether the Han people committed crimes under the rule of the Crocodile Tribe or the mountain people of the Crocodile Tribe committed crimes under the military government, representatives from both sides will be sent to form a joint court for trial.
Of course, the basis of the trial will be the "Da Ming Law"!
Regarding this point, Sanchez wanted to express his different opinions, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that his tribe did not have a mature code.
In the past, the sentencing of criminals all depended on the likes and dislikes of the tribal chief!
Compared with the "Da Ming Law" of the Liberation Army, it is a bit behind.
Then, he had nothing else to say!
The finalization of the matter made Zhu Hongyu feel very good.
Not only because the crocodile tribe relocated out of the mountains, the mountain people could fill some of the labor vacancies under the military government.
It was more because of the surrender of the crocodile tribe that Zhu Hongyu saw the hope of Chineseizing the entire Luzon Island!
As long as there is no trouble, we will proceed in accordance with the above agreement made by Zhu Hongyu and Sanchez.
In a generation or two at most, the crocodile tribe will become a term that only exists in history books.
The surrender of the crocodile tribe was a good start for the Liberation Army to completely Chineseize the entire Luzon.
After reaching an agreement, Zhu Hongyu asked Sanchez to have dinner with him.
Sanchez didn't take no for an answer!
The two ate together and drank some wine.
The food on the table is not luxurious, but it is rich. The cook is very skilled and the simple food is cooked well.
"Dad, why are you here?"
Kaya was still lively. When she heard that her father had come to the house, she ran out to meet him in a hurry.
Sanchez looked at his daughter up and down and said with a smile.
"Dad, come and see you!"
"Let's see if my little Kaya is being bullied!"
Zhu Hongyu laughed and said.
"Kaya is my woman, who dares to bully her?"
His words were full of confidence and high spirits.
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On the second day, the long-awaited recruitment examination for officers in the military government finally began.
The examination room was set up in the campus of the Liberation Army, and different subjects were tested in different areas.
The huge school grounds don’t seem crowded!
Because now the Liberation Army only has over 10,000 people under its control!
Due to wars in the late Ming Dynasty, the overall literacy rate dropped from 15% in the Wanli period to about 10%.
In other words, if the plan is full, at most a thousand people under the military government will be literate.
But taking the officer recruitment exam requires more than just literacy.
Even if it is Zhu Hongyu’s order that no essays be required to test policy theory, but even if the military government no longer requires essays, you must at least write fluently!
You can't have most of the typos in an article, right?
That would be too unjustifiable!
If you remove these elements of literacy, due to the influence of traditional concepts, there is a high probability that you will not choose a woman who is in public.
After all, there are only three to four hundred people who will take the officer recruitment exam!
The training ground, which usually houses several thousand Liberation Army troops, can accommodate these three to four hundred people, so it certainly won't seem crowded.
Since everything was kept simple, the official recruitment examination ended quickly.
The exam started in the morning, and Zhu Hongyu got a large pile of papers that afternoon!
Then he summoned many officials from the Internal Affairs Department to correct the papers on the spot.
Since the shortage of officials in the military government is too large, basically only those who can be said to be passable.
Whether there were typos in most of the article, or if he couldn't even understand simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, Zhu Hongyu had already solved it.
He knew that this group of people had mixed talents, but there was nothing he could do about it!
The military government is really short of people!
After judging the papers, Zhu Hongyu showed a hint of joy on his face.
Although most of these candidates are just passing the exam, they are not without talents.
Zhu Hongyu took out two papers that he liked from a pile of papers and said.
"Call the candidates for these two papers!"
"The governor wants to see them with his own eyes!"
Of these two papers, one is a science paper. The candidates showed a high level of arithmetic and a good foundation in engineering.
The candidate on the other paper wrote a beautiful article!
Even Zhu Hongyu, a person who doesn’t understand stereotyped writing, liked this article after reading it.
Zhu Hongyu was very curious about these two people. He did not expect that the military government could select such two talents through such a hasty official recruitment examination.
Zhu Hongyu was not allowed to wait long before the two men were brought.
However, Mr. Liu Tongwen and Mr. Liu who brought the two people in had very ugly expressions.
Zhu Hong was slightly surprised, but when his eyes saw the two people coming in, he immediately understood.
Of these two people, one is a young scholar with a jade face and red lips. He is good-looking and wears a net scarf and a Confucian crown, but he is obviously disguised as a man.
The other was a young man with dull eyes, dark skin, thick dark circles under his eyes, and an undistinguished appearance and temperament.
These two people have no talent at all!
Especially that woman, Liu Tongwen looked at her from left to right and looked at her with displeasure. A woman should stay at home to take care of her husband and raise her children. Why should she come out in public?
Where are the ethics? Where are the principles?
Zhu Hongyu didn't care, his eyes swept over the two of them, and then focused on the woman disguised as a man.
Zhu Hongyu chuckled, picked up the paper at hand, raised it, and asked.
"Zhang Yunxuan?"
The woman nodded and said in a loud voice.
"Student Zhang Yunxuan was once a member of Hanzhong Prefecture!"
Zhu Hongyu smiled and said.
"Why do you deliberately disguise yourself as a man?"
“The military government’s official recruitment examination did not say that women would not be allowed to take part!”
The expression on Zhang Yunxuan's face was a little unnatural. He knew that he had been seen through, but he still spoke.
"It's true that it didn't say that women wouldn't be allowed to participate, but it did say that women wouldn't be allowed to enter the examination room."
"What's the difference between this and not allowing women to participate?"
"If I hadn't prepared this men's suit in advance, I'm afraid the students wouldn't have had a chance to write!"
Zhu Hongyu nodded, but looked at Liu Tongwen, and said with a slightly reproachful tone.
"Section Chief Liu, you are responsible for admission to the examination room today, right? Did I say meritocracy?"
"Why not allow women to enter the examination room?"
Liu Tongwen's face twitched, but he looked around and said.
"Back to the Grand Governor, I just feel that women should abide by etiquette and teach their husbands and children."
"If women can also be public officials and serve as officials, then where are the ethics?"
When Zhang Yunxuan heard this, his pretty face showed obvious anger, and he was about to argue.
"What's wrong with women? When the country is in danger, there are heroes among women!"
"When Nanjing fell and Emperor Hongguang was captured, everyone in Liu Rushi in the south of the Yangtze River thought of drowning himself, but it was Qian Muzhai, the leader of the Shilin who was known as the Wenzong of the south of the Yangtze River, who said that the water was too cold and his scalp was itchy.
language."
"Where is the shame? Where is the ethics? If he keeps a money rat tail, will he have the dignity to meet his ancestors underground after death?!"
"What's wrong with us women?! Compared with shameless people like Qian Qianyi and Hong Chengchou, we women are also noble!"
The expression on Liu Tongwen's face was stagnant, and his face instantly turned red from suppressing his emotions. He pointed at Zhang Yunxuan with trembling fingers, saying "You, you, you, you, you" for a long time, but you didn't say a complete sentence.
Zhu Hongyu tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said.
"Zhang Yunxuan apologizes to Mr. Liu!"
"Let this matter go!"
Zhang Yunxuan opened his mouth to argue, but Zhu Hongyu's eyes were already staring at him.
That kind of superior majesty actually made Zhang Yunxuan, who had always been petite and willful, not dare to argue anymore, and obediently apologized to Liu Tongwen.
"The little girl is young and ignorant, and behaves willfully. Please forgive me, elders!"
Seeing Zhang Yunxuan relenting, Liu Tongwen couldn't say anything else. He was too old to argue with a girl who could be his granddaughter.
Seeing this, Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.
"Mr. Liu is tired. Let's go back and rest today!"
"Later, the governor will need Mr. Liu to help with staff planning on how to arrange the officials who have passed the exam!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Tongwen knew that Zhu Hongyu was rescuing him, so he stood up from his chair and said goodbye to Zhu Hongyu.
Zhu Hongyu stood up and sent Liu Tongwen out.
What happened today, the reason why he favored Liu Tongwen and suppressed Zhang Yunxuan's apology was not because he felt that Zhang Yunxuan was wrong.
But because of the rules!
Zhang Yunxuan dared to stand in front of her today. Liu Tongwen, the chief examiner of the recruitment examination who was old enough to be her grandfather, couldn't step down. Wouldn't it turn the world upside down in the future?
Therefore, in such an occasion, the first thing Zhu Hongyu has to consider is not right or wrong, but the rules!
Of course, Zhu Hongyu also thinks that water that is too cold is not a thing, there is no doubt about this!
After sending Liu Tongwen away, Zhu Hongyu looked at Zhang Yunxuan, who opened his mouth to explain.
Zhu Hongyu raised the paper in his hand and asked.
"Did you write this policy paper discussing the bad policies of the Ming Dynasty?"
Since he said he had given up on the matter, he had given up on it and there was no need to mention it again.
Ignoring what Zhang Yunxuan thought, he directly brought the topic back to its original track.
Seeing this, Zhang Yunxuan showed a touch of pride on his face and said.
"Reporting to the Governor, it was indeed a student who did it!"
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly.
"Well, your words are extremely sharp and you have raised a lot of questions. Do you have any solutions?"
In his policy discussion, Zhang Yunxuan summarized many of the bad policies of the Ming Dynasty, which made Zhu Hongyu's eyes light up.
Including taxation, military system, vassalage, party disputes, river affairs, maritime prohibition... and many other aspects.
But what surprised Zhu Hongyu the most was that Zhang Yunxuan directly attributed all problems to the land issue and directly attacked the entire landlord class.
Well, she is very brave!
Zhang Yunxuan regained her confident and high-spirited posture and explained her strategy.
Zhu Hongyu nodded frequently, very satisfied!
After she finished speaking, Zhu Hongyu began to think deeply.
Of course, it's not about whether Shen Shen should use her or not. There's no doubt about that. She must be used.
It would be a pity to let such a talented person run away!
What Zhu Hongyu was thinking about was where to use her!
Zhang Yunxuan said.
"Does the Governor dare to use a woman like me?"
Zhu Hongyu raised his brows, but in his heart he wanted to laugh, to excite me?
But he just did this.
Zhu Hongyu said.
"Of course I dare to use it!"
"If you pass the official recruitment examination, you will be an official of the military government. This is a rule set by me personally."
"It's just that the governor is thinking about where to use you!"
"That's all, I will give you the right to choose. You, a talented girl, can make your own choice!"
Having said this, Zhu Hongyu gave his choice.
"First, I am planning to establish a women's federation, specifically to protect women's legitimate rights and interests and mobilize women to shoulder their responsibilities!"
"As the head of the Women's Federation, it is natural to choose a woman with talent and skill, so that I can rest assured."
"The second place is to serve as a secretary to the governor. The governor has recently felt that his official duties are too busy and cannot be handled by one person. Therefore, he needs several secretaries or a master to help share some of the workload."
"If you are willing to come to the Governor's side, you will be the first Secretary-General!"
"Haha, don't look down on the position of Secretary-General. In terms of authority and status, it is similar to the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet!"
"The third position is like everyone else, starting from the lowest level village official, or the lowest level staff member of the two departments of the Internal Affairs and Military Affairs."
"It's your choice!"
Zhu Hongyu stared at Zhang Yunxuan with bright eyes.
Zhang Yunxuan raised his head and said proudly.
"Reporting to the Governor, students choose the third place!"
"Students don't want to stay with the governor as a close minister, be said to be a dissolute person seeking officialdom, or take care of a group of women and children."
"The student wants to be the Prime Minister and the first female Prime Minister in the world!"
Her tone was full of pride and determination.
Zhu Hongyu became even more satisfied with her after hearing this.
The population under the rule of the Liberation Army was limited. In order to develop, Zhu Hongyu, in addition to attacking the natives, also had ideas for liberating women.
Women hold up half of the sky, and he wants to give women the power they deserve.
Then release women’s labor force and productivity bit by bit!
Let women no longer be regarded as "reproductive machines"!
However, due to traditional concepts, Neo-Confucianism, feudal ethics and many other reasons.
The resistance to this will be huge!
Zhu Hongyu wanted to do this, and he needed to introduce such an independent, self-reliant and capable woman as a representative figure for the liberation of women's rights.
At present, Zhang Yunxuan is very suitable!
Outstanding ability, young and beautiful, ambitious, eloquent, no matter what, it is the best choice at present.
Zhu Hongyu asked one last time.
“Even if it’s very painful, difficult, or even impossible?!”
Zhang Yunxuan nodded vigorously with a decisive tone.
"Yes, even if it is very painful, difficult, or even impossible to do!"
Looking at Zhang Yunxuan's firm eyes, Zhu Hongyu finally made the final choice, it was her!
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