Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 203 Eight Houses of Chongqing, a man of great power

The establishment of the Chief Secretary of Chongqing was the idea that Zhu Yuxi had after communicating with Hao Guangming.

The main reason is that the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary of Sichuan today is too large.

It governs the thirteen prefectures, six Zhili prefectures, as well as the Xuanfu Division, the Recruitment Division, the Chief Law Division, and several Weisuo. There is also a rather large Sichuan Xingdu Division...

Both the area and the subordinate administrative units are too many, which is very bloated.

And Chongqing is an extremely important place on the Yangtze River.

This can be seen from the fact that Chen Shiqi, the former governor of Sichuan, took various high-ranking officials and generals to defend Chongqing.

Therefore, listing Chongqing as a chief secretary is an inevitable move for administrative development.

After listening to Aimee Zhu's words, Zhan Tianyan looked at the map in front of her and pondered for a while, then said, "Sichuan Chief Secretary's jurisdiction is indeed too large and bloated, and the Chongqing government's position is extremely important, so it can indeed be promoted to a Chief Secretary.

However, this matter is of great importance, and the minister's opinion can only be used as a reference, and Jian Guo still needs to convene important ministers to discuss and make a decision. "

Auntie Zhu smiled, "It's natural."

In fact, she had already asked Li Yan, Long Wenguang, Liu Linchang, Liu Zhibo and others for their opinions.

All the important ministers and important officials basically agreed, that is to say, there were some disputes about the state capitals under the jurisdiction of the newly released Chongqing Chief Secretary.

But after Aimee Zhu referred to Hao Guangming's thoughts, she already made a decision in her heart.

After Zhan Tianyan left.

Hao Guangming asked through a Bluetooth headset: "Have you considered the state capital under the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary of Chongqing?"

Aunt Zhu nodded and said, "Didn't you hear it just now, the main places are Chongqing, Kuizhou, Luzhou, Xuzhou, Zhenxiong, and Huguang Shizhouwei.

However, I plan to upgrade Hezhou and Zhongzhou in the former Chongqing Prefecture to prefectures.

Under the jurisdiction of the New Chongqing Prefecture are Ba County (attached to Guofu City), Jiangjin, Qijiang, Nanchuan, Changshou, Wulong, Pengshui seven counties, and Fuzhou.

Hezhou prefecture has jurisdiction over the original Hezhou, Dingyuan, Anju, Tongliang, Dazu, Bishan, Rongchang, and Yongchuan eight counties.

Zhongzhou prefecture governed the original Zhongzhou, Fengdu, Dianjiang, and Shizhu Xuanfu Division, as well as Liangshan and Wanxian in the original Kuizhou prefecture.

Qianjiang County and Youyang Xuanwei Division, as well as the Yongshun and Baojing Xuanwei Divisions that were originally under the jurisdiction of Huguang, were all assigned to Shizhou Prefecture. "

After Hao Guangming listened to the map, he found that the area under the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary of Chongqing was much larger than that of Chongqing in later generations, at least including Luzhou, Yibin, and Enshi.

He circled the map with a pencil, and he said, "In this way, there are eight prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary of Chongqing, and three prefectures, one Zhili Prefecture, and one military and civilian prefecture have been reduced by the Chief Secretary of Sichuan."

"good."

Hao Guangming was about to say something more when he faintly heard someone outside the hall reporting loudly.

"Report to Jian Guo, Li Zhenwu, the governor of Jinyiwei South Town Fusi, has something to see!"

Aunt Zhu said, "See you."

An eunuch in the hall immediately sent a message to the outside of the hall.

Soon, Li Zhenwu, who was dressed in the official uniform of the guard in Jinyi, walked in and saluted Zhu Yuxi.

Originally, both Li Zhenwu and Gao Shengqi were just Jinyiwei Qianhu, but after two or three months after the defeat of Zhang Xianzhong, they both accumulated some credits, so Zhu Wei promoted both of them to a level, and now they are both the conciliators of the fourth rank.

At the end of the ceremony, Li Zhenwu said directly: "Reporting to the Supervisory Kingdom, I have received news from the city gate guard today that Lu Daqi, the governor of the south of the Yangtze River appointed by the late emperor, has arrived in Chengdu.

He originally planned to hide his identity and enter the city, but because his entourage carried a waist knife, he had to register his identity information, and was interrogated by the city gate guards, so he confessed his identity. "

"Lu Daqi?" Aunt Zhu frowned when she heard this.

As soon as Hao Guangming on the other side heard it, he knew that this was a character that Aimee Zhu had missed when she learned about various materials in the late Ming Dynasty.

Because he almost forgot about this person too.

So he immediately searched online, and then told Aimee Zhu about Lu Daqi's historical materials.

"Lu Daqi, styled Yanruo, nicknamed Dongchuan, was born in Suining, Tongchuan Prefecture, Sichuan.

Born in the 13th year of Wanli (1685), a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen.

He has successively served as a pedestrian in the Department of Pedestrians, the head of the Ministry of Officials, the counselor of Guannan Road in Shaanxi, the deputy envoy of Guyuan, and the governor of Gansu..."

The historical materials of Lu Daqi in later generations are relatively sufficient and detailed.

As Hao Guangming explained the information he had found, the inner image of Lu Daqi gradually became concrete and full in front of Auntie Zhu.

Lu Daqi was recorded as a famous statesman, military strategist, poet, and national hero by later historical materials, and judging from what he did in his life, he really deserved such an evaluation.

But if you look closely at his materials, you will feel that this person is more vivid than many historical figures.

Not long after Jinshi among them, he entered the Department of Pedestrians through the selection of officials, and then entered the Ministry of Officials.

Although the head of the Ministry of Officials is only a sixth-rank Beijing official, he is noble and powerful. It is actually quite difficult for Lu Daqi to come to this point a few years after being a Jinshi in the middle school, or in the early years of Chongzhen.

It should be noted that many people have to wait a long time before being selected as officials after Jinshi, and they are generally sent out to be county magistrates. Those who can directly enter the center to become Beijing officials are definitely a handful of Jinshi in those days.

Hao Guangming believes that this has something to do with Lu Daqi's personal talent, ability, connections and other aspects.

In other words, Lu Daqi should be a talent with high statistics in all aspects.

He has been an official in Beijing for ten years. Because of his hatred of evil and his honesty and integrity, he once deposed thousands of people who forged their names and seals in one fell swoop, which shocked the government and the public.

But it is precisely because of his character that he has offended many people.

Later, it showed that Lu Daqi's fresh side appeared - he knew that he had offended many people, so before the enemy took action, he pretended to be seriously ill and was able to return home on leave.

Seen from the front, Lu Daqi should be a straight and strong person. This kind of person usually has a hard head, and he will often be bumped to the head.

But Lu Daqi is on the contrary, he can often see opportunities and avoid dangers in advance.

So Hao Guangming felt that Lu Daqi should be a person with a square outside and a round inside.

What is rare and valuable is that judging from his performance in the future, his foreign side is not just a show.Even if it is a human design, it is the kind that has been standing upright.

In the tenth year of Chongzhen, after Lu Daqi returned to his hometown, it happened that Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng entered Sichuan.

Lu Daqi first suggested that the county magistrate reduce or exempt the people from taxation, and then proposed to build a city, which puzzled many people.

When Zhang Xianzhong divided his troops to attack Suining, the local people responded less because of the reduced pressure.

Lu Daqi also scattered his family wealth and recruited [-] soldiers to defend the city together. In the end, because the city was strong and the people could rely on it, he persisted until another official returned to Suining with [-] soldiers and relieved the siege.

In the 14th year of Chongzhen, when he was the governor of Gansu, he exposed the lawlessness of the chief soldier Chai Shihua, and Chai was dismissed from his post and replaced by deputy general Wang Shichong.

Because of this, Chai held a grudge and borrowed troops from the chieftains in the west and Turpan to make trouble. Lu Daqi ordered Wang Shichong to conquer, and Chai was defeated and burned himself to death.

At this time, several tribes in western Mongolia invaded in the name of begging for rewards.Lu Daqi used rewards as an excuse to stabilize these Mongolian tribes first, and poisoned Yinma Spring, killing countless Mongolian tribesmen with poison.

Afterwards, troops were sent out to conquer these Mongolian tribes, beheading 38 tribes, sweeping up the rest, and recruiting [-] tribes, all in one fell swoop to pacify the western border troubles.

Because of this achievement, Lu Daqi was promoted to the right servant of the Ministry of War in the 15th year of Chongzhen.

At this time, Chongzhen was short of civil servants who could lead the army to fight, so he appointed Lu Daqi as the governor of Baoding, Shandong, and Hebei.

At this time, anyone with a little foresight can see that Daming is probably going to die. The governor was killed by Chongzhen several times. Some deserved to be killed, and some were killed unjustly. .

Lu Daqi was afraid because of this, and tried his best to refuse, and he didn't take office until March of the 16th year of Chongzhen.

In the autumn of the 15th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army invaded again, and it was not until the spring and summer of the 16th year of Chongzhen that they retreated to the outside of the pass.

At this time, another governor, Zhao Guangzhang, assembled the troops of various towns to cut off the return route of the Qing army at Luoshan, Jizhou, but was defeated. At that time, only Lu Daqi's troops had nothing to lose.

In May of the 16th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army finally retreated outside the pass, the capital was lifted, and Lu Daqi was transferred to the governor of Jiangnan.

At this time, Huguang was basically divided by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Zuo Liangyu supported his troops and respected himself.

Lu Daqi personally went to the army to comfort him, and then he dispelled Zuo Liangyu's doubts.

Later, Zhang Xianzhong wanted to attack Jiangxi, and Lu Daqi's detachment would join Zuo Liangyu to meet Zhang Xianzhong and win. This forced Zhang Xianzhong to give up his idea of ​​going east and head west to Sichuan.

Later, when Chongzhen was martyred, Lu Daqi, Qian Qianyi and other Donglin party members advocated supporting Lu Wang Zhu Changhao, but the discussion was still pending, so Ma Shiying joined forces with Liu Zeqing to support Fu Wang Zhu Yousong to Nanjing to succeed him as emperor.

Later, Lu Daqi first served as the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing, and was soon dismissed by Ma Shiying because of the failure of the political struggle.

This is why Lu Daqi appeared in Sichuan at this time.

"Historically, Lu Daqi later became Minister of the Ministry of War, Bachelor of Martial Arts Hall, and Shao Fu in the Yongli Dynasty.

Yu Nanming also made two contributions. One is to support Yongli to succeed him in time, and the other is to unify the Sichuan warlords and eliminate Zhu Rongfan, the clan who claimed to supervise the country and split Sichuan and Shu. "

Speaking of this, Hao Guangming paused, took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and then continued: "But I think that even though the historical materials just read are true, they are also suspected of being biased towards Lu Daqi.

First, being famous for being upright and upright has always been a means for Qingliu to get promoted.

Judging from Lu Daqi's follow-up behavior, it is obvious that he is not really strong, but knows how to advance and retreat and to be flexible.

This shows that he intends to use Qingliu people to promote him.

Second, when Lu Daqi was the governor of Gansu, he was indeed correct in disposing of Chai Shihua.

However, several tribes in western Mongolia should have assisted in the suppression of Chai Shihua's rebellion, so there is a saying that they entered Gansu to beg for merit.

Perhaps Western Mongolia did have the intention to seize the opportunity to plunder Gansu, but Lu Daqi chose to take advantage of rewards to poison the soldiers and horses of Western Mongolia, which may have benefited both himself and Gansu at the time, but the fact is that the Ming court A manifestation of dishonesty.

The best way is to keep the Western Mongolian tribes out with a large army and reward them as agreed.

Perhaps the Gansu frontier army had no such ability at that time, so I will not comment on whether this matter is right or wrong.

Let's talk about the third thing, that is, in the 16th year of Chongzhen, Zhao Guangzhang assembled soldiers and horses from various towns to intercept the Qing army.

I just checked Zhao Guangzhang’s information—according to the above, Zhao Guangzhang was also a very brave and accomplished governor. Unfortunately, in the Battle of Luoshan, the generals of all parties preserved their strength and were unable to fight together. They were eventually defeated one by one, resulting in The strategy of intercepting the Qing army fell short.

As a result, Zhao Guangzhang was attacked by his political opponents, and was dismissed from his post and imprisoned shortly thereafter. He was finally beheaded and killed in Beijing West Market without injustice.

It was said earlier that Lu Daqi participated in this battle without any loss of soldiers and horses, so I thought, doesn't this mean that he stood still and did not participate in the battle at all? "

Hearing this, Auntie Zhu didn't care that Li Zhenwu was still waiting in the hall, so she asked, "You mean that Lu Daqi has a big problem and can't be used?"

Hao Guangming thought for a while and said, "I can't say that he has a big problem, at least he has never betrayed and has been actively doing things for Daming.

Moreover, sometimes some things are really difficult to tell right from wrong.

For example, he poisoned the various tribes of western Mongolia, and his performance in the Luoshan battle—maybe based on the situation of the Ming army at that time, when the preparations were insufficient, he chose to intercept the Qing army who was going to retreat outside the customs. Is it a mistake?

Generally speaking, Lu Daqi is obviously quite capable and comprehensive, and he can be regarded as a man with principles and a bottom line.

I think you can meet him and see what kind of person he really is.

Judging from his experience and ability, if he can be used, maybe the candidate for the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu that you were worried about before will be found. "

　Sorry, the update is late, mainly because I can't help but study the information, Lu Daqi's.

　　When I read novels before, I had the impression that this was a member of the Donglin Party, and I thought that all members of the Donglin Party were bad.

　　But when I wrote a novel by myself and looked up various materials in depth, I realized that my previous knowledge was too shallow.

　　Leaving Lu Daqi aside, the Donglin Party may not necessarily be a concentration camp for bad guys—the day before yesterday I read an example in another late-Ming novel, saying that the Eunuch Party edited the book "Dianlin Dianjianglu", which eventually served as a minister for the Qing Dynasty There were only three of them, more than half died of natural causes, and the other half were either anti-Qing or not official.

　　As for Qian Qianyi, he is not even a member of the Donglin Party.

　　Therefore, the Donglin Party is actually a very complicated historical group.

　　The same goes for Lu Daqi, it's very complicated.

　　As I said in the article, his ability should be really strong and quite comprehensive.But in the environment of the late Ming Dynasty, his behavior was indeed biased towards self-protection.Doing Qingliu in the front does have the feeling of setting up people and promoting officials.

　　In addition, according to the historical data, he has never confronted the Qing army, and he has never encountered the situation of being attacked or even besieged by the Qing army, and persuaded to surrender. Therefore, it is hard to say how popular this festival is.

　　I feel that I am too stupid. Studying these is actually useless for novels, and it will be regarded as hydrology. . .

　　Not much to say.

　　The typo has not been corrected, so I will correct it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)