Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 122
Outside Fujing City, more than [-] Yangzhou soldiers and civilians set up camps along the banks of the Minjiang River, stretching for several miles.

After Wang Yan's return, the army and civilians barely regained their morale. Teams of soldiers patrolled the camp, making the place where 30 people were stationed seem to be in order. On the banks of the Minjiang River, children were playing by the water. The adults washed the clothes of each family, removed the dust, and took a rest.

After leaving Hangzhou, the Yangzhou soldiers and civilians have been running all the way without stopping. Now that Longwu is enthroned in Fujing, Wang Yan is busy with the affairs of the court, advising the emperor, and they are also stationed outside Fujing city.

Wang Yan rode a horse and ran back to the barracks under the guard of a few cavalrymen. Seeing the banks of the river, the people were relieved from the exhaustion of running around for days. There was a smile on their faces, and some playful words appeared in their mouths. It seems that he has forgotten the dissatisfaction in the court and his worries about the situation.

"The Northern Expedition was hindered. Since we can't restore the rivers and mountains and save the survivors, let's let 30 people follow and settle down!" Wang Yan stood by the Ma River, sighed in his heart, then waved his horsewhip, surrounded by cavalry, Enter the camp.

Now that Wang Yanjue is a Marquis of Zhongyong, he lives in the governor general town of Guangdong. His subordinates should have needed a group of aides to help him handle affairs, but since Yangzhou, he has been wandering all the way, but he has no chance to recruit a group of reliable and capable talents.

Because no one helped to deal with it, and Wang Yan had limited energy, so the backlog of affairs became more and more, which made him somewhat exhausted and exhausted.

When Wang Yan returned to the barracks from the city, he sat in the tent and dealt with many affairs. The clothing, food, grass, equipment, money and money of the soldiers and civilians all needed to be checked by him.

Before he knew it, it was completely dark, but since Wang Yan returned to the camp, he hadn't been able to leave the table, and the documents and accounts he had approved and processed were already one foot high.

When the soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou left Hangzhou, Ma Shiying allocated [-] shi of rice and grain, but now there is not much of it, and it will be exhausted within four or five days, and the cotton armor on the soldiers is useless in the south of the world, Needing cloth armor and hood armor and having no way to find them, everything gave him a headache.

For a moment, Wang Yan couldn't help pressing his hands on his scalp to relieve his fatigue, but at this moment Xu Yanyan suddenly raised the curtain and walked in with a jar of hot soup.

"Brother Wang." Xu Yanyan put the soup in front of Wang Yan and said, "You have been worrying about state affairs for the past few days, and you didn't even eat dinner when you returned to the camp today. It happened that the people caught a fresh fish from the Min River. If you want to dedicate it to Brother Wang, Yan Yan will cook it herself and bring it to you, you should rest and try something new, don't get tired!"

Xu Yanyan said while serving soup for Wang Yan, Wang Yan realized that the food brought by the soldiers before was already completely cold, and he was busy all afternoon.

"That's good!" Wang Yan took the fish soup and said with a smile, "Let's taste Yan Yan's cooking today."

Wang Yan took a sip and found that the soup was very delicious and sweet, so he drank it in big gulps.

Seeing this, Xu Yanyan felt distressed and said: "Brother Wang must take good care of his body. If he is exhausted, the court will lose important officials and 30 soldiers and civilians will lose their support, but it will not benefit the country or the people at all!"

"Yanyan is very skilled. I haven't had such a delicious fish soup for a long time." After drinking a bowl of fish soup, Wang Yan first gave an admiration, then put down the soup bowl, and sighed: "Yanyan doesn't know, it's not that I don't want to Resting is actually a complicated matter, and I have to deal with it. The imperial court was newly established in Fujing, and everything is waiting to be done. Your Majesty needs my advice and suggestions to consolidate the court. The daily consumption of the thirty soldiers and civilians also requires me in the future. To worry about it, there is no time to spare!"

While listening, Xu Yanyan picked up the soup bowl again, filled it up for Wang Yan again, and handed it to him, "Brother Wang doesn't have to do many trivial things by himself, just leave it to his subordinates to do it!"

Wang Yan took the soup bowl, took another sip, and said: "I also know about this, but there is a shortage of talents in the battalion, and many vacancies have not been filled. The three battalions like Zhongyong, Zhongwu, and Zhongzhi only have commanders. There is no qualified person in Zhidu. He Gang and others can't handle their own affairs. How can they share my worries? I really want to recruit a group of staff, but money, food and military situation are important things. Hiring people casually to deal with the matter, but there is no way to find loyal and reliable people for a while, so I have to deal with it myself!"

"In this way, Brother Wang will have to work hard for a long time? Your body will be overwhelmed by such hard work!" Xu Yanyan frowned slightly when she heard this, and then said: "Brother Wang, Yanyan can see Do you see these accounts?"

"Actually, it won't take much time. When the situation in the DPRK and China stabilizes, I will personally recruit some talents to help with some affairs in the camp. It won't be as hard as it is now!" Wang Yan nodded and said: "Yan Yan Watch it if you want!"

At that moment Xu Yanyan picked up an account and looked through it, and when Wang Yan finished the fish soup in his hand again, Xu Yanyan also looked away from the account and said to Wang Yan: "Brother Wang, if there are so many things like this This account is average, maybe Yanyan can help a little!"

Xu Yanyan came from a scholarly family, a family of officials and officials. She received some education since she was a child. She is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but Wang Yan didn't know that she was also proficient in accounts. After flipping through the ledger a few times, she said in surprise, "Yanyan still understands this?"

"Before my father was transferred to be a doctor of the official department, he worked in the household department and often handled some affairs at home. Yanyan accompanied her father and received some education, so she dabbled in accounting matters a lot." Xu Yanyan recalled: "In order to help My father shared his worries, and Yan Yan also taught herself "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", and even looked for "Elements of Geometry" translated by Xu Ge and Xiru Matteo Ricci for a long time."

Hearing Xu Yanyan's words, Wang Yan recalled the corpse swaying in the wind outside that dilapidated small village in Beizhili. His father, Xu Zhi, was relieved again. It seemed that after nearly two years, Xu Yanyan finally came out of that tragedy.

Wang Yan didn't want to mention Xu Zhi too much, so he stood up, asked Xu Yanyan to sit in front of his handsome desk, took out an account and put it away, and said, "Yanyan, take a look, these things cost money. How much money, did I make a mistake in my calculation?"

At that moment, Xu Yanyan flipped through the pages and counted while Wang Yan stood aside to watch, but found that what he calculated was difficult, but Xu Yanyan could solve it quickly in Xu Yanyan's hands, and the method she used, Wang Yan actually I can't even read it.

"There is a specialization in art!" For a while, Wang Yan sighed in his heart. Most of his education was Confucian classics, and he rarely dabbled in miscellaneous studies such as arithmetic.Now it seems that Confucianism alone is not enough to govern a party. If you don’t know arithmetic, you can’t even understand accounts. If you don’t know water conservancy, you can’t control rivers.

From this point of view, the Taizhou School, which advocates the study of the mind, is more suitable than the traditional Confucianism. The current situation can train more officials who are proficient in various political affairs.

"Brother Wang!" Just as Wang Yan was expressing his feelings, Xu Yanyan had already read the accounts and said to him: "The above calculation is basically correct, it is only 35 taels of silver, and Yu Fujing may not be able to buy much rice. For food, if you want to save money, Brother Wang can let the fleet go to Quanzhou to buy enough."

Hearing his words, Wang Yan regained his composure. After a little thought, he understood what Xu Yanyan meant. Fuzhou was now changed to Fujing, becoming the temporary capital of Ming Dynasty. A large number of soldiers and civilians flooded into Fujing. Wang Yan alone brought 30 people. The daily consumption is immeasurable, which will inevitably cause the price of Fujing to skyrocket. However, Quanzhou is a big southeast port with abundant supplies, so it is naturally relatively cheap.

"Unexpectedly, Yanyan is more familiar with these matters than I am, so you will have to work hard in the future!" Wang Yan said with a slight smile.

Hearing this, Xu Yanyan was overjoyed, and said in a soft voice: "Yanyan can share the worries of Brother Wang, it's too late to be happy, why would she feel tired."

Wang Yan is now in a high position and has become a pivotal figure in the Nanming court, but Xu Yanyan is just a first-class little girl who has fallen into the world. She stays by Wang Yan's side. Seeing Wang Yan running around every day, she feels distressed, but what is she busy He couldn't help, he was very ashamed of himself for a time, and felt that he was useless, but today he found that he could do something for Wang Yan, and he was naturally happy.

At present, with the help of Xu Yanyan, Wang Yan quickly finished handling the backlog of affairs in recent days. Some small matters were basically handed over to Xu Yanyan to deal with, while he concentrated on thinking about major affairs in the court.

Before dawn the next day, Wang Yan used the breakfast food that Xu Yanyan sent, and left her in the tent to continue to deal with some trivial matters in the camp, while he stepped on his horse again, surrounded by guards, and entered the city to participate in the battle. morning.

In the main hall of the palace, Emperor Longwu sat upright on top of the great treasure, and on both sides of the hall stood forty or fifty civil and military ministers.

After Emperor Longwu ordered Zheng Zhilong to be the Duke of Pingguo yesterday, he again made Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Cai the marquises of the early court today, and ordered them to lead troops to garrison outside.

Zheng Zhilong felt arrogance when he saw the emperor awarding the Zheng family one after another, thinking that the court was afraid of the Zheng family's power in Fujian and had to rely on the Zheng family to make a compromise, so he did not suspect him.

After the early dynasty, Emperor Longwu ordered his servant to recruit Zheng Sen to see him, gave the country the surname Zhu, changed his name successfully, made him an earl, and added him as the left governor of the Imperial Forest Army to guard the palace.

Zheng Sen was born as a supervisor of the Imperial Academy and became an important official of the imperial court in one fell swoop. He was overwhelmed with gratitude for Emperor Longwu's award, and then swore, "If you are loyal to the emperor and serve the country, you will surely restore the Ming Dynasty!"

Seeing that the emperor handed over all the palace guards to Zheng Sen, Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed when he saw that the emperor had handed over his own life to the Zheng family. There are countless money, food and equipment to help them form an army in order to control Miyagi and the emperor.

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