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Chapter 103 Ming’s Fangs

"My Ming army fought in Zhejiang and annihilated a hundred thousand troops of the puppet Qing Dynasty. I killed Sun Hongyu, the commander-in-chief of Huangyan Town, the puppet Qing Dynasty, and defeated Huang Sheng, the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province and the commander-in-chief of Wenzhou Town of the puppet Qing Dynasty..."

In the widest area of ​​the county government office, a young official wearing Ming Dynasty's iconic Confucian uniform was reading loudly the latest Ming Dynasty newspaper in his hand, flanked by several soldiers guarding him with swords.

Today, it has been more than half a year since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and various systems have gradually been improved. The New Army is still unable to keep up due to production problems in military uniforms, but official uniforms have been issued.

They are all based on the previous Ming style, with only unnecessary parts removed, making them more simple and beautiful.

Since this young man had a low rank in the county government, he did not have official uniforms issued by the court, so he still wore the Confucian robe that was the symbol of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty does not prohibit local scholars and common people from wearing Confucian robes. After all, they are no longer the original Caotai team.

The young man in front of him read the Di Bao, which was a request from the Quanzhou court. Although the Ming Di Bao was circulated among officials, such important events were ordered by the Supervisor to be publicized. Since it was propaganda, it was natural to arrange people. Conduct lectures and interpretations.

Surrounding the young gentleman, apart from the common people watching the excitement, many of the remaining people were young scholars also wearing Confucian uniforms, or the wealthy gentry and wealthy households in the county.

Some of them had expressions of relief on their faces when they heard the contents of the Di newspaper, while others had serious expressions on their faces, as if they had finally made up their minds, and left in a hurry after listening to the Di newspaper.

The same thing as this county is also happening in other counties in Fujian.

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Shaowu Mansion.

In the reception room of the magistrate's yamen, Zhou Wei, who was re-elected as the magistrate of the Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, was looking expressionlessly at Wu Sidao, who was wearing a crimson official robe. Wu Sidao was holding a bright yellow imperial edict in his hand.

"Master Zhou, it's time to accept the order!" Wu Sidao said with a smile on his face.

Next to Zhou Wei, the prefect of Shaowu, were Shaowu Tongzhi, Tongpan and even the Shaowu County Magistrate and other subordinate officials, all of whom looked extremely ugly.

"Master Futai..."

Before the words came out, Wu Sidao suddenly stopped smiling and asked in a deep voice: "Shilang Zhou still hasn't accepted the order. Could it be that he wants to resist the order?"

Minister Zhou!
As soon as these three words were spoken, Zhou Wei woke up instantly.

Yes, the imperial edict from Wu Sidao was exactly the edict issued by the Quanzhou court and personally issued by His Highness Zhu Yijiong, the Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty.

The content of the imperial edict is very simple, just one sentence: Zhou Wei, the former prefect of Shaowu, is promoted to the minister of the Propaganda Department of the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Sidao, the new prefect of Shaowu, will pass it on. This is it!
The magistrate is in the fourth rank, while the minister is in the second rank. This is equivalent to being promoted to four levels in a row.

But the actual calculation is not like this. First of all, although Zhou Wei is the prefect of Shaowu, his departure to Shaowu was forced by the Yanping Tiandi Hui rebels, coupled with the pressure from the Ming army of Jianning Prefecture and the Lin Junbu of Tingzhou Prefecture, and there were also Wuyi Mountain was blocked by natural dangers, and they could neither escape nor resist, so they were forced to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

But in fact, because the Ming army expanded too fast and the military pressure was too great, the three palaces of Yanshaoting actually only had nominal control and could not control them militarily.

Therefore, Zhou Wei, the prefect of Shaowu, had a relatively good life at that time, and he was basically equivalent to the local emperor.

However, after less than two months of moisturizing, the Ming Dynasty finally showed their fangs.

On the surface, this imperial edict promoted Zhou Wei to an official position, but in fact, it sent him directly from the prefect of the local emperor to the emperor.

It's a matter of rising up and falling down secretly... Well, no, there isn't even a rising star. What is this Propaganda Department? I have never heard of such a department in the past. It is estimated that this Mingzhu is specially used to house these disobedient people. Demoted.Regarding this, Zhou Wei really wrongly blamed Zhu Yijiong. Zhu Yijiong is not that free and has so much money to support idle people. As the name suggests, this propaganda department is a department specializing in public opinion propaganda.

Although the current Propaganda Department has only one Daming Di newspaper, its chief officer is Lu Youlong, the former governor of Fujian, and the left assistant minister is Wang Daocheng, the former prefect of Quanzhou. What is left for Zhou Wei The position of Right Minister.

Just imagine, the head of the Propaganda Department of the Ming Dynasty was a former governor of Fujian, and even the right and left ministers below were also former prefects. This spread to the Qing court, and the Ming thieves who surrendered would not only not die, but also jump four levels in a row. , promotion and fortune, so generous, why sacrifice your country to resist, Ma Liu surrenders!
Not only did it give the local officials of the Qing court a choice, but it also reached the ears of Emperor Kangxi in Beijing that all his governors and prefects had joined the rebels as high officials. This was really murderous and heartbreaking. It would be a good idea not to make Kangxi angry to death.

As for the actual situation, whether it is true to the real power, it is not enough for outsiders, unless you vote for the Ming Dynasty, but once you vote, the rest is not up to you.

Zhou Wei looked at Wu Sidao in front of him, struggling in his heart. From his own interests, he did not want to go to Quanzhou to be the right assistant minister of the Propaganda Department. This would be equivalent to completely putting himself under house arrest in Quanzhou.

But if he didn't go, looking at the sarcasm on the face of the new prefect in front of him, Zhou Wei understood that this was probably an ultimatum.

It's still decent to go now, but if I don't go, I'm afraid...

Zhou Wei's guess was indeed correct. When Zhu Yijiong asked Wu Sidao to take the imperial edict to Shaowu Mansion, he also sent an order to Huang Dian of Jianning Mansion to immediately send his troops south and prepare to attack Shaowu Mansion. come out.

Of course, it's just a posture, not a real fight, but if Wu Sidao fails to deal with the Shaowu prefect, then Huang Dian can do the rest freely.

The war in Zhejiang went smoothly. One hundred thousand Qing troops in Zhejiang were wiped out, while the Ming army suffered minimal losses. This not only created a momentum for the Ming Dynasty, but also meant that the Qing army in Zhejiang would no longer be able to launch a large-scale war against the Ming army in a short period of time. .

Therefore, it is time to take advantage of this time to clean up the uncontrolled Yan, Shao and Ting three houses, and also give Wu Sidao a chance to gild.

This will allow Wu Sidao to enter the cabinet smoothly later, and at the same time, he can also use his talents to sort out the three lands of Yan Shaoting.

Seeing that Zhou Shilang didn't speak or accept the order for a long time, Wu Sidao seemed to have lost his patience. He suddenly put away the imperial order, turned around and left.

Zhou Wei and the remaining four people, Tongzhi Shaowu, Tongpan and the county magistrate, were frightened when they saw this. They just wanted to take advantage of the situation to suppress it and see if there was any room for change. How could they miss the bright master in front of them? The new prefect who was sent couldn't stand the pressure and left directly. If he really left, that would be fine.

"Master Wu (Master Futai) stay!"

The four of them spoke in unison, but they were instantly stopped by the red-clothed cavalry guarding Wu Sidao with their swords drawn.

Zhou Wei was stopped by a warrior. Not only did he not deliver the goods, but he looked at the three people behind him in disbelief. These three people were usually the only ones following his lead.

Shao Wu, Tongzhi and Tongpan did not dare to look at each other, but the county magistrate gritted his teeth and said, "Sir Zhou, now that the situation is at this point, please sacrifice yourself once more for the sake of the livelihood and wealth of your subordinates!"

Hearing this, Zhou Wei was startled, and immediately his vision went dark, and he fainted on the spot.

Wu Sidao then turned around, looked at Zhou Wei who had "fainted", and said with a smile: "Come here, prepare a car for Zhou Shilang. It's a long way to Quanzhou this time, so it's best to set off as soon as possible, so as not to let the prisoner wait in a hurry. ”

Magistrate Shaowu, who had just spoken, hurriedly came forward and said flatteringly: "What Mr. Futai said is absolutely true. I will go and prepare the car right now to ensure that Minister Zhou arrives on time."

Wu Sidao nodded with satisfaction, and then he held the imperial edict in one hand and a cane in the other, and slowly entered the prefect's Yamen.

As for the former prefect Zhou Wei who fainted, no one cared.

No, there were still people who cared. The Shaowu County Magistrate waved his hand quickly, and two subordinates ran over to carry Magistrate Zhou, uh, Shilang Zhou, and left.

(End of this chapter)