The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 127 Women can hold up half the sky

Zhu Hongyu left the weapon workshop, still thinking about the weapon workshop in his mind.

Apart from the new ordnance developed by the weapon workshop, what impressed him the most was that everyone in the workshop was busy and couldn't stop for a moment!
It's not that Zhu Hongyu wants to imitate the capitalist factory owner who has a dark heart and squeeze the workers to death, but he has to do it.

The population under the Restoration Army was limited, and a large number of young and middle-aged men joined the Restoration Army as soldiers. The shortage of civilian labor was too great.

As a result, at the weapon workshop, everyone had to work around the clock to ensure that the supply of ordnance to the Liberation Army would not be a problem.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongyu suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Since there are not enough men, can he let women and children also enter 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, a representative of a certain backward and ignorant feudal class is finally going to learn from the advanced and civilized bourgeoisie, and is ready to start exploiting and squeezing women and children as well!
Zhu Hongyu let out a heavy breath, and quickly found an excuse for himself.

Now that women and children work in factories and are squeezed by themselves, it is better than being slaughtered by the Spaniards after the Liberation Army was defeated due to insufficient ordnance.

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Day two!
Zhu Hongyu personally selected a team of recovery troops who were good at attacking the city from the ground, and handed it over to Chen Yonghua.

Chen Yonghua took people on board and set sail northward!

Zhu Hongyu stood on the simple pier in person, looking at the direction of the sea.

Zhu Hongyu didn't look back until the boat shadow completely disappeared from his eyes.

He knew that with the help of the siege troops of the Restoration Army, Zheng Chenggong should be able to regain the main forces soon.

Thinking about what happened after Zheng Chenggong regained the top officials, Zhu Hongyu suddenly thought of the cause of Zheng Chenggong's death!
According to historical records, in June 1662, Zheng Chenggong suddenly fell ill three months after recovering the senior officials, and then died quickly. The cause of death is unknown.

The history books only record that Zheng Chenggong died of a sudden illness, but there was no mention of what the illness was!
Then contact the things that happened before and after Zheng Chenggong's death, and you will find that Zheng Chenggong's death is not simple!
First of all, it was Zheng Jing, the eldest son of Anping County, who had committed adultery with the nurse of Zheng Chenggong's youngest son, and was discovered by Zheng Chenggong.

Under Zheng Chenggong's rage, he even planned to kill Zheng Jing, the eldest son.

Then, the conflict between his brother Zheng Tai and Zheng Chenggong became deeper and deeper, and even after Zheng Chenggong died, Zheng Tai directly launched a rebellion!

Then he was defeated by Zheng Jing, and Zheng Jing succeeded to the throne!

The matter is very complicated, and the records in the history books are also vague.

The cause of Zheng Chenggong's death is a mystery, but what is certain is that he will never die of a normal illness.

It is hard to say that Zheng Jing was found to be adulterous, so he chose to kill his father and usurp the throne.

It was Zheng Tai who poisoned Zheng Chenggong and then took advantage of the chaos to rebel.

Or, after hearing the news that his father Zheng Zhilong was killed by the Qing court, Zheng Chenggong was physically and mentally exhausted and really fell ill, and then "died of illness" on the sickbed under the tacit understanding of everyone!

Everything is hard to say!
The vague records in the history books made the matter full of fog for future 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 of his little butterfly's wings could change Zheng Chenggong's fate.

But he is really powerless to intervene in the affairs of Dayuan Island!

Zhu Hongyu rubbed the center of his eyebrows, feeling powerless.

He wanted to remind Zheng Chenggong to be careful, but he didn't know where to start.

Zheng Chenggong was already suspicious, and his temper exploded.

Zhu Hongyu, an outsider, reminded him to be careful of his brother and son, Zheng Chenggong believes that there are ghosts? !

Maybe my own reminder would actually break the relationship between the Guangfu Army and Zheng Jun, and turn each other into enemies.

On the contrary, it is against the Qing Dynasty's overall situation!

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Returning from the pier to the government office of the military government, some followers came up to report.

"Governor, Chief Sanchez is already waiting in the living room!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"Ask someone to prepare tea and cakes!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Hongyu strode towards the living room.

Zhu Hongyu had an interview with Sanchez and discussed the relocation of the crocodile tribe out of the mountain.

The Restoration Army allocates a plain for the crocodile tribe to cultivate and guarantees the safety of the crocodile tribe, but the crocodile tribe has to pay taxes to the military government.

A tax payment can be regarded as confirming the affiliation relationship between the two parties!

The rest is some trivial things, such as loosening restrictions on activities such as business and intermarriage between Han people and crocodile tribes.

All the towns and cities under the military government, except for forbidden areas such as weapon workshops, are all open to the mountain people of the crocodile tribe, and they can come and go as they please.

Of course, the territory of the crocodile tribe is also open to all Han Chinese.

The military government expanded the number of "students" sent by the crocodile tribe. The crocodile tribe allowed the opening of Buddhism and Taoism, and actively accepted the influence of Confucianism.

The military government is allowed to hire labor and recruit soldiers in the crocodile tribe.

Regardless of whether it is the Han people who committed crimes under the rule of the crocodile tribe, or the mountain people of the crocodile tribe who committed crimes under the military government, representatives from both sides will form a joint court for trial.

Of course, the basis for the trial will be the "Law of the Ming Dynasty"!
Regarding this point, Sanchez wanted to express a different opinion, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that his own tribe did not have a mature law code.

In the past, the sentencing of criminals all depended on his likes and dislikes as a tribal chief!

Compared with the "Da Ming Law" of the Restoration Army, it is a bit behind.

Then, he has nothing else to say!

The finalization of the matter put Zhu Hongyu in a good mood.

Not only because the crocodile tribe moved out of the mountain, but the mountain people can fill part of the labor force vacancies under the military government.

More because of the surrender of the crocodile tribe, Zhu Hongyu saw the hope of Sinicizing the entire Luzon Island!

As long as there is no trouble, proceed according to the agreement made by Zhu Hongyu and Sanchez above.

In one or two generations at most, the crocodile tribe will become a term that only exists in history books.

The submission of the crocodile tribe is a good start for the complete sinicization of the entire Luzon after the recovery army.

After agreeing on the agreement, Zhu Hongyu asked Sanchez to stay for dinner.

Sanchez did not refuse!
The two ate together and drank some wine.

The food on the table is not luxurious, but it is very rich. The cooking skills of the cook are very good, and the simple food is also burnt with a full color and fragrance.

"Dad, why are you here?"

Kaya was still lively, and when she heard that her father had come to the house, she ran out to see her in a hurry.

Sanchez gave his daughter a lot up and down, and said with a smile.

"Father came to see you!"

"See if my little Kaya is being bullied!"

Zhu Hongyu laughed.

"Kaya is my woman, who dares to bully her?"

His words are full of confidence and high spirits.

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On the second day, the military government's long-awaited recruitment examination finally began.

The examination room was set up in the school grounds of the Liberation Army, and different areas were divided into different subjects.

The huge school field doesn't look crowded!
Because there are only more than [-] people under the rule of the Restoration Army!
Due to the war in the late Ming Dynasty, the overall literacy rate dropped from 15.00% in the Wanli period to about [-]%.

That is to say, with all the calculations, at most 1000 people can read and write under the military government.

But to participate in the recruitment examination, it is not only about literacy.

Even if it is Zhu Hongyu's order to not test the essay and theory, but even if the military government does not require the essay, you must at least write it fluently!
You can't have more than half of the typos in an article, right?

That would be too unreasonable!

If you remove these literacy, due to the influence of traditional concepts, there is a high probability that you will not choose a woman who shows her face.

Counting it down, there will be three to 400 people who will take the official recruitment exam!

There are usually thousands of Liberation Army training grounds, accommodating these three or 400 people, and of course it does not seem crowded.

Due to the simplicity of everything, the recruitment examination was over soon.

The exam started in the morning, and Zhu Hongyu got a big stack of papers that afternoon!
Then he summoned many officials from the Internal Affairs Office and corrected the papers on the spot.

Due to the fact that there is too much shortage of officials in the military government, basically as long as it can be said.

It's not that more than half of an article has typos, or even simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division can't be understood, Zhu Hongyu has given it all.

He knew that this group of people were good and bad, but he couldn't help it!
The military government is really short of people!

After judging the papers, Zhu Hongyu's face showed a hint of joy.

Although most of the candidates for reference are fake, they are not without talents.

Zhu Hongyu took out two papers that he was optimistic about from a stack 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, and the examinee has shown a high level of arithmetic and a good background in engineering.

The candidate for the other paper wrote a beautiful article!
A beautiful article that even Zhu Hongyu, who doesn't understand stereotypes, can say after reading it.

Zhu Hongyu was very curious about these two people. He did not expect that such two talents could be selected in such a hasty recruitment examination by the military government.

Before making Zhu Hongyu wait long, the two were brought here.

However, Mr. Liu Tongwen, who brought the two of them in, had an ugly expression on his face.

Zhu Hong was slightly surprised, but when he saw the two people who came in, he immediately understood.

Of these two people, one is a young scholar with a jade face and vermilion lips. He wears a net scarf and Confucian crown, but it is obviously a woman disguised as a man.

The other is a young man with dull eyes, dark skin, thick dark circles, and an unremarkable appearance and temperament.

No matter how you look at these two people, they don't think they are talented!
Especially for that woman, Liu Tongwen didn't like it even if he looked left or right. A woman should be a husband and a tutor. What's the point of showing her face?
Where is the ethics?Where is the rule?
But Zhu Hongyu didn't care, his eyes swept over the two, and then fixed 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 thick voice deliberately.

"Student Zhang Yunxuan, who used to be a member of Hanzhong Mansion!"

Zhu Hongyu said with a smile.

"Why do you deliberately disguise yourself as a man?"

"The military government's official recruitment exam did not say that women are not allowed to take part!"

The expression on Zhang Yunxuan's face was a bit unnatural, knowing that he had been spotted, but he still spoke.

"It is true that women are not allowed to participate, but women are not allowed to enter the examination room."

"What's the difference between that and not allowing women to participate?"

"If this men's attire hadn't been prepared in advance, the students probably wouldn't have had the chance to grab a pen!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded, but looked at Liu Tongwen, and said in a slightly reproachful tone.

"Section Chief Liu, you are in charge of entering the examination room today, right? Did the governor say meritocracy?"

"Why are women not allowed into the examination room?"

Liu Tongwen twitched, but looked around and said.

"Back to the governor, the subordinate just thinks that women should abide by the etiquette, and they should be husbands and children."

"If women can come out to be officials in public, where is the ethics?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yunxuan showed a very obvious anger on her pretty face, and she was about to argue.

"What's wrong with women? When the country is in peril, there are heroes among women!"

"When Nanjing fell, Emperor Hongguang was captured, Liu Rushi and Liu in the south of the Yangtze River were all thinking of throwing themselves into the water, but Qian Muzhai, who is known as Jiangnan Wenzong and the leader of scholars, said that the water was too cold and his scalp itched. language."

"Where's the shame? Where's the morality? He wears a money rat tail, does he have the face to meet his ancestors underground after death?!"

"What's wrong with me waiting for a girl?! Compared with Qian Qianyi, Hong Chengchou and other brazen people, I wait for a girl to be noble!"

The expression on Liu Tongwen's face was stagnant, his face turned red instantly, and he pointed at Zhang Yunxuan with trembling fingers, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you for a long time, but you didn't say a complete sentence.

Zhu Hongyu tapped his fingers on the table lightly and spoke.

"Zhang Yunxuan apologizes to Mr. Liu!"

"This matter is over!"

Zhang Yunxuan opened his mouth to argue, but Zhu Hongyu's eyes were fixed on him.

That kind of superior majesty made Zhang Yunxuan, who has always been petulant and self-willed, dare not argue anymore, and obediently apologized to Liu Tongwen.

"The little girl is young and ignorant, and willful and reckless, please forgive me!"

Seeing that Zhang Yunxuan was subdued, Liu Tongwen couldn't say anything more. He was old, and he couldn't haggle over every detail with a girl who could be his granddaughter.

Seeing this, Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.

"Old Liu is tired, let's go back and rest today!"

"Later, the governor will need Mr. Liu to help the staff, how to arrange those officials who have passed the exam!"

Hearing this, Liu Tongwen knew that Zhu Hongyu was helping him out, so he got up from his chair and said goodbye to Zhu Hongyu.

Zhu Hongyu got up and sent Liu Tongwen out.

For today's matter, 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 himself today, in front of everyone, Liu Tongwen, who was old enough to be her grandfather, couldn't get off the stage as the chief examiner of the recruiting officer exam, and wouldn't it turn the world upside down in the future?

Therefore, in such an occasion, Zhu Hongyu's first consideration is not right or wrong, but the rules!

Of course, Zhu Hongyu also thinks that the water is too cold is not a thing, there is no doubt about it!
After sending Liu Tongwen away, Zhu Hongyu looked at Zhang Yunxuan, who opened his mouth to explain.

Zhu Hongyu raised the paper in Yang's hand and asked.

"You made this policy discussion on the Ming Dynasty's bad policies?"

Since he said to let go of this matter, then he let it go, and there is no need to mention it again.

Regardless of what Zhang Yunxuan thought, he directly brought the topic back to the original track.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunxuan said with a smug look on his face.

"Reporting to the governor, it is indeed the students who did it!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly.

"Well, your words are extremely sharp and you have raised a lot of questions. Do you have a solution?"

In Zhang Yunxuan's policy discussion, he summed up a lot of the bad policies of Ming Dynasty, which made Zhu Hongyu's eyes shine.

Including taxation, military system, suzerainty, party struggle, river affairs, sea ban... and many other aspects.

But what surprised Zhu Hongyu the most was that Zhang Yunxuan directly attributed all the problems to the land issue, and directly fired at the entire landlord class.

Well, she is super brave!

Zhang Yunxuan regained his confident and high-spirited posture, and began to explain her strategy.

Zhu Hongyu nodded frequently, very satisfied!

After she finished speaking, Zhu Hongyu became pensive.

Of course, it's not whether Shensi should use her, there is no doubt about it, she must be used.

Such a talent, it's a pity to let him go!
What Zhu Hongyu pondered was, where should she be used!
Zhang Yunxuan said.

"Does the governor dare to use me as a woman?"

Zhu Hongyu frowned, but he wanted to laugh in his heart, to provoke me?

But this is what he chose to do.

Zhu Hongyu said.

"Naturally dare to use it!"

"If you pass the recruitment examination, you will be an official of the military government. This is the rule I personally set."

"It's just that the governor is thinking now, where should I use you!"

"That's all, the governor gives you the right to choose, you talented girl can decide for herself!"

Having said this, Zhu Hongyu made his choice.

"First, this general is going to establish a women's federation, which is specially set up to protect women's legal rights and mobilize women to shoulder their responsibilities!"

"The head of the women's federation naturally has to choose a talented and cunning woman, so that the governor can rest assured."

"The second place is to be a secretary next to Ben Du. Recently, Ben Du feels that he is too busy to handle it alone. Therefore, he needs a few secretaries or a master to help share some of the burden."

"If you are willing to come to the governor, the first secretary-general is you!"

"Hehe, don't underestimate the position of the Secretary-General. In terms of authority and status, it is similar to the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet of Ming Dynasty!"

"The third department, like everyone else, starts with the village officials at the lowest level, or the grassroots staff of the two internal affairs and military affairs departments."

"You choose!"

Zhu Hongyu stared at Zhang Yunxuan with piercing eyes.

Zhang Yunxuan raised his head and said proudly.

"Reporting to the governor, the students choose the third place!"

"Students don't want to stay with the governor and be close ministers, be said to be vagabonds seeking officials from Israel, or to take care of a group of women and children."

"Students are going to be ministers, the first female ministers in this world!"

Her tone was full of pride and determination.

Zhu Hongyu was even more satisfied with her when he heard that.

The population under the Restoration Army was limited. In order to develop, Zhu Hongyu had the idea of ​​liberating women apart from the main idea of ​​fighting the aborigines.

Women hold up half the sky, he wants to give women the power they deserve.

Then release the labor force and productivity of women little by little!

Let women no longer be seen as "fertility machines"!
However, due to traditional concepts, Neo Confucianism, feudal ethics and many other reasons.

The resistance to this matter will be very great!
Zhu Hongyu wanted to do this, and needed to introduce such an independent, self-improving, capable woman as a representative of the liberation of women's rights.

From the current point of view, Zhang Yunxuan is very suitable!
Outstanding ability, young and beautiful, ambitious, and eloquent, no matter from which point of view, he is the best choice at present.

Zhu Hongyu asked one last time.

"Even if it will be very bitter, difficult, or even impossible?!"

Zhang Yunxuan nodded vigorously, with a decisive tone.

"Yes, even if it will be very bitter, difficult, or even impossible!"

Looking at Zhang Yunxuan's firm eyes, Zhu Hongyu finally made the final decision, it was her!
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