national surname chiming

Chapter 166
For the next few days, the city of Nanjing was peaceful on the surface, as if nothing major had happened.

Zhou Yanru finally searched for a wave of filial piety, and finally, as planned, he will set off northward the day after the Lantern Festival, taking the canal all the way to Beijing.

Considering that he has to stop and go to collect gold, jewelry, rare calligraphy and paintings, it is estimated that he will definitely not be able to reach Beijing in the first month, and it would be considered good if he can arrive at the end of February.

In the follow-up, the silver will almost never be collected. Anyone who wants to send silver to Zhou Yanru must come to Nanjing to deliver it. After passing this village, there is no such shop, or they can simply wait until Beijing.

Because only the silver collected in Nanjing can be transported back to Changzhou's hometown immediately for storage.After leaving Nanjing and going north, everything received along the way has to be carried with the fleet and transported all the way to Beijing, and things that are too heavy are not looked at at all.

Garbage with such a low value density like silver, how can it be worthy of being collected halfway by the noble elders?

This is why he stayed in Nanjing for a long time, and he has a soft spot for this place.

However, Zhou Yanru can be regarded as a person who can do things after receiving money. Before leaving, he greeted Ruan Dacheng:
Sorry, I accepted the 5 taels of gold, but Ma Shiying's shortage is not very suitable at present.I can only feel wronged and low-profile first, and find a place to plug it in.

Then Zhou Yanru gave Ruan Dacheng two options: Either go to Henan to become a governor, or directly fight a tough battle with Li Zicheng. Last year, the governor of Henan was just killed because King Fu was killed, and there were many gaps in the officialdom.

If you think the governor of Henan is not safe, then you can only build an important mansion in northern Anhui, such as Fengyang Mansion as the magistrate.And the title of part-time missionary of Qiandu Yushi can also be hung, but there is no actual governor's territory.

Prefects have both fourth-rank and fifth-rank prefects, and the largest upper-class prefects are only fourth-rank, which cannot be higher.However, considering the special status of Fengyang Mansion in the Ming Dynasty, after all, it was the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty, and its status was second only to the northern and southern capitals.

Zhou Yanru made such an adjustment to him, and it was also an explanation to Ruan Dacheng.

Ruan Dacheng went back to check with Ma Shiying, and decided on the latter condition decisively. He would rather be the magistrate of Fengyang than go to Henan to die.

Ruan Dacheng just inquired unwillingly why this happened.

Zhou Yanru didn't hide it, and directly explained the whole story of "Lin Chenggong was forced to surrender, and he was willing to accept the reorganization, and Shen Shuren made such great contributions in coordinating and making such great achievements."

It is true that Zhou Yanru and Shen Shuren have reached a strategic cooperation, but he has no obligation to help Shen Shuren to sow hatred.Shen Shuren's own promotion offended others, of course he had to bear it himself.

After Ruan Dacheng and Ma Shiying heard the news, their teeth itch with hatred.

As the beneficiary, Ma Shiying is not bad, his character is not as bad as Ruan Dacheng, but he just feels that he is unlucky, and Shen Shuren's credit is really solid, so it's okay to be angry for a while.

Ruan Dacheng was different, he paid for the gold, and he also hoped that after Ma Shiying became the governor, he would be able to give him a hand and restore him to his official position.Now that Ma Shiying is the prefect of Fengyang, it will be a year of the monkey if he is pulled back again.

It could be said that Ruan Dacheng hated Shen Shuren to the core, but there was nothing he could do about it right now.

……

It is estimated that Shen Shuren's own promotion will be delayed until March. It involves the promotion of a governor, and the process cannot be completed until the new chief assistant officially arrives.

It took about a month for the court to evaluate Shen Shuren's previous achievements.

So Shen Shuren was not in a hurry, and spent the full moon in Nanjing, spending his Lantern Festival peacefully and peacefully.

On the contrary, the promotion of some other officials under Shen Shuren's subordinates is expected to be announced before the end of the first month.

These people are low-level, the highest is the magistrate, or they are lieutenant generals and generals in the military ranks, and the decision-making process involved is relatively short.

Zhou Yanru would also write a letter first and send it to the capital urgently, and entrust his staff and former officials who stayed in the capital to help with the remote operation.

For example, Wu Changshi, Zhou Yanru's favorite student and his important white glove when he was in power, had already gone to Beijing to manage things ahead of time.Zhou Yanru, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, had not officially taken office. Wu Changshi had already become a fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Officials, and he was also the most powerful and valuable doctor of Wenxuan Division.

Don't underestimate the Department of Wenxuan, it is responsible for the deployment of all civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, and it is the real authority of the Ministry of Officials that directly controls the appointment of officials.

The Langzhong of the Wenxuan Department may not be exchanged for an idle servant from a ministry with less power.

Zhou Yanru asked Sibaili to send a letter to Wu Changshi urgently, and arranged for the prefects that Shen Shuren wanted.

Although Shen Shuren despises such an insidious and despicable villain as Wu Changshi, but now he has no choice but to let him handle the promotion, because there is no choice at all.

Shen Shuren has his own relationship to handle the process of the Ministry of War's staff department. Whether it is Yang Sichang or Chen Xinjia, it is Shen Shuren's own relationship. Zhou Yanru only needs to hint that he will not obstruct it.

The distance between the north and the south of the capital is [-] miles, and it takes [-] miles to make a quick circle between the two capitals. Counting the waiting for the reply and the occasional delay due to military accidents on the road, it will take twelve or three days at most to make a call. Back and forth.

So Shen Shuren spends his days and nights in Nanjing and maintains official friendship, but he will get a reply by the 28th of the first lunar month.

Shen Shuren also set aside two days to inform Zhang Huangyan, Fang Yizhi, Zheng Chenggong and others in advance that they would come to Nanjing for a gathering on the [-]th of the first lunar month, and they would go to the Nanjing Ministry of Officials to complete the formalities.

The other generals who were involved in promotion and transfer were also treated in the same way.

After everyone got the letter, they were also very excited. They admired the boss's energy more and more, and their hearts of gratitude and gratitude became more intense.

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On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, in the city of Nanjing, Shen Shilang's Mansion, Ministry of Household Affairs.

Early in the morning, the house was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and all preparations for the banquet guests were made.

Several waves of people and horses, riding tall horses, arrived one after another in high spirits.Before coming here, they had already gone to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials on the Nanjing side to hand over the appointments just sent back from Beijing.

"Shuren, thanks to your full mediation this time, otherwise, the credit for the forced landing and the recruitment of Lin Chengren would not have been promoted so readily."

As soon as the first group of visitors got off their horses at the gate of the mansion, the leader hugged Shen Shuren who was coming up, and chatted happily with their shoulders clasped and their backs clasped.

Undoubtedly, among the civil servants under Shen Shuren's command, the only one who dared to call Biao directly like him was his cousin Zhang Huangyan.

Although Zhang Huangyan's official position was low, when he came to the Shen family, he didn't care about the position, only relatives.After entering the inner courtyard, he hurriedly called on his uncle Shen Tingyang.

From Zhang Huangyan onwards, everyone else was polite, most of them called him "good brother" with wisdom and courage, and Zheng Chenggong called him "big brother".

The rest of the military positions can only be called "Shen Daotai", and those who are more aggressive in flattering have already called "Shen Futai" in private in advance, but Shen Shuren will definitely stop it hypocritically.

"It's a rare event for all of you to gather together today, and we will also be counted as participating in the grand event. From now on, we will work together and continue to serve the imperial court."

Shen Shuren had just said a few words on the scene, and Zhang Huangyan pleaded guilty first, and interrupted him to introduce someone for him.

Afterwards, with Zhang Huangyan's eyes, a roughly forty-year-old military general hurried forward and knelt down on one knee: "Sinful General Lin Chengcheng, I pay my respects to Shen Futai!"

Even Shen Shuren had known for a long time that Lin Chengcheng had been completely subdued and surrendered, so he was a little surprised to see that he dared to come to Nanjing to accept the official position and go through the formalities in person.

Some of these generals who were born as thieves were not afraid of being detained by the court.

Shen Shuren said with anticipation and playfulness: "Since you have turned your back on the dark and turned to the bright, let the past be forgotten. You are willing to come to the Nanjing Military Department to handle it in person, which shows your sincerity. Tell me, what do you think?"

Lin Chengcheng had already been dependent on others, so he decided to go all out, and confessed from the bottom of his heart: "The sin general was entrusted by Master Xiong three years ago, and he had no intention of rebelling. He just wanted to get a family background. I only hate that Zhang Xianzhong later surrendered and rebelled, killing locals indiscriminately." Officials, coerce me and wait.

The criminal generals and others have heard that His Majesty is suspicious and jealous, and they are afraid that the court will not notice, so they can only follow Zhang Xianzhong to protect themselves.Later, I heard that Liu Guoneng, who is very perceptive in Futai and hard-pressed to insist on his refusal to rebel, will know that your lord has a mind that is beyond the reach of the world. "

These thieves were not a very firm force in the first place, seeing that Shen Shu was powerful and could keep the general without suspicion, of course they would rush to vote.

Historically, several thieves such as Lin Chengcheng had no way out during the Nanming period and after the fall of Nanjing, and directly surrendered to He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang who was stationed in Changsha.

He can even vote for He Tengjiao, why can't he vote for Shen Shuren?It was nothing more than Shen Shuren's more cunning and stronger situation, which could force him to accept harsher conditions.

Shen Shuren nodded: "Okay, I won't say too many reasons. Brother Mi must have said everything that should be said when he persuaded you to surrender. Let's open the skylight and speak clearly, and reiterate again: the fifth battalion of Gezuo has been destroyed. Third, Ma Shouying should be attached to Li Zicheng, and this official really needs a surrender general to persuade good people.

Your crime is not as good as the other three thieves, as long as you behave well in the future, this official will naturally treat you kindly, so as to belong to people far away.I hope you will also seize this opportunity. When I fight Zhang Xianzhong in the future, you will work hard and get promoted. "

After Shen Shuren finished beating, he turned around and asked Zhang Huangyan: "How is General Lin treated now?"

Zhang Huangyan said in a low voice: "This time he was conferred first as a general. As you know, Liu Guoneng is only the commander-in-chief, and among the generals under your command, Zuo Zixiong will be promoted to deputy general this time. He can only be a general. Will, otherwise I can't hold back.

In terms of the soldiers and horses he surrendered, there are four to five thousand old battalion soldiers and more than ten thousand brave men in the village.Judging from the size of the troops, the participating generals are a bit small, and there is nothing they can do about it. "

Shen Shuren nodded: "It's no big deal to be a general. After a few fierce battles with Zhang Xianzhong, he will soon be a deputy general. It's not like the chief soldier has no chance."

Lin Chengcheng was already a man who had his minions pulled out, and he quickly cupped his fists to thank him: "Thank you Futai for your support!"

After getting rid of Lin Chengcheng's thorny problem, Shen Shuren asked several other people about their new positions, and everyone responded one by one, most of them did not differ from expectations.

Zhang Huang said that he was the prefect of Huangzhou, and Fang Yizhi was the prefect of Wuchang.The generals under his command range from deputy generals to generals and guerrillas.

The only exception to the promotion was Zhang Mingzhen, who was originally only a guerrilla, but was directly promoted to "Vice General Haidao".

Before being poached by Shen Shuren last year, Zhang Mingzhen was in charge of coastal defense in the area of ​​Ningshao.

And this time, letting him come back to take charge of a part of the navy of the sea ship can be regarded as returning to his old career.The other generals under Shen Shuren, such as Zuo Zixiong, Yang Jinjue, and Jin Shenghuan, were not from admiral backgrounds, so they were not as professional as Zhang Mingzhen in this respect.

Shen Tingyang asked Zhou Yanru for some coastal defense establishments. This time, he took advantage of the sea route to transport the new year's military rations to Shanhaiguan. He wanted to wait for the opportunity to rescue some Liaodong elite soldiers. Zhang Mingzhen.

In the end, Shen Shuren also adjusted the appointment of Zheng Chenggong. It was originally agreed to transfer him to a local area as a co-prefect, and find a chance to be promoted to the magistrate.Zheng Chenggong still wants to be a civil servant now, and it is impossible to lead soldiers.

But now it seems that Shen Shuren has a better plan.

He transferred Zheng Chenggong directly from Huguang Yanfa Road, the yamen in charge of lijin, to the Nanjing household department, and temporarily put him under his father's hands, to be an escort and food supervisor in charge of specific sea transportation, and find a suitable title.

Strictly speaking, these two official positions are both money and food officials in the fiscal and taxation system. One is nothing more than collecting lijin from the local government, and the other is helping the court to transfer taxes and food.And they all live on the water, the Zheng family should be very familiar with it.

As for the danger, Shen Shuren was not worried at all. If he sent the eldest son of the Zheng family to practice and transport military supplies for the imperial court by sea, the Zheng family would naturally send certain armed forces to help escort him, so as to protect the safety of the eldest son.

This is tantamount to picking up a batch of Zheng family's naval power for nothing and using it temporarily for him.

Zheng Chenggong himself was actually very satisfied with this arrangement. He was able to go to sea, but he was not a military commander, and he was able to maintain the dignity of a civil official. The elder brother really thought of him too much.

(End of this chapter)