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Chapter 362 Jurisdiction
The weather in Luzon makes it difficult to figure out what season it is, and it is always hot summer all year round.

"I don't know if I don't tell you, it's almost winter."

The walls of Nanyang yamen castle were repaired by craftsmen and then piled with tanned ice. Chen Shuai wore a scarlet embroidered lion silk robe alone, and a jade bead black gauze hat was put aside, and he was spread out on the official hat chair without sitting.

Shopkeeper Xiaoyan squeezed his shoulders from behind, and raised his hand to hit him, "Handsome, how can you sit like this."

"Oh, isn't this comfortable?"

Chen Shuai was full of laziness, squinting his eyes and refused to open them. Tudou sat behind and laughed loudly. When he saw the lazy lion turning his head and staring at him, he quickly pretended to look away and slowly waved a big fan to Mrs. Ru. Fan the wind.

Chen Mu raised his hand to reach the porcelain tea bowl from the window edge. A layer of water vapor was formed on the outside of the porcelain bowl due to the cold air and heat. The mango iced tea was placed in it. At this time, the ice cubes were almost melting, and it made him feel more comfortable to drink it in one sip. Even the legs are straightened.

"Ah! It's cold from head to toe!"

Seeing Chen Mu's laziness, Yan Qingyao wanted to laugh, and teased, "Your soldiers are all brave, but it's a pity that you have a commander who knows how to enjoy himself."

"I don't know!" Chen Mu had a very surprised expression on his face, "Why can I sit comfortably here? It's because I won. If I lose, I'll just sit on a boat like that little Sa. Going back to Spain alone, he can go back to Spain if he loses, but if I lose, I still have the face to go back to Daming?"

Yan Qingyao really didn't think about what would happen to Chen Mu if he lost the battle. Everyone said that victory or defeat is a common matter in military strategists, but Chen Mu is not a military strategist because he rarely loses.

But this matter is obviously heavy in Chen Mu's heart. It doesn't matter if he loses a few times in a small battle. If he loses a big battle all at once and has no power to fight back, then he will be a sinner in the Central Plains.

It’s not that he’s afraid of being punished by the imperial court. He won’t be punished by the imperial court if he loses a battle. At most, he will be dismissed from his official position. Just remove the Nanyang Yamen.

But if even he loses, it will not be a matter of winning or losing when the soldiers of Guangdong and Fujian meet the enemy.

He was feeling heavy in his heart, when suddenly there was a light on his shoulder and the shopkeeper covered his mouth to laugh. He asked, "What did you think, that you are still laughing?"

"If you lose, remember to save a boat for yourself, and run away after picking up the slave's house."

Chen Mu was taken aback for a moment, feeling a little warm in his heart, and also smiled.

After laughing, he raised his hand to cover the little hand that was pinching his shoulder, and said, "Don't rush to lose, take the time to give birth to your son first. Two days ago, Mang Chong asked me to write a letter to the capital to find a teacher for his little kitten. Well, the Nine Classics also wrote a letter saying that after graduating from the Naval Academy next year, they will go to the Xuanfu Army Lecture Hall... In a few years, other people's sons will be able to sail around the world with Lao Tzu's fleet!"

Shao Tingda's luck was good, the official position of the commander was sent to the Ministry of War for reporting, I don't know what happened, maybe it was ordered by the cabinet ministers, this time the reward was very generous, his six-year-old son directly shaded hundreds of families in brocade clothes, Chen Lin's son, also Chen Mu's adopted son, Chen Jiujing, is still studying in the Navy Lecture Hall, and he has transformed into a thousand households in brocade clothes.

Everyone else has rewards, and there is no mention of Chen Mu in the reward edict.

So Chen Shuai rewarded himself with a bowl of mango iced tea.

Yan Qingyao curled her lips, glanced at the lazy lion with lowered eyebrows, made a grimace, and muttered in a low voice: "Two to one, my sister and sister are not pregnant, whose business is it?"

"It's not that I'm pregnant, it's that the time has not come."

Chen Shuai raised a finger very seriously, and said in a spirited voice: "Little Chen Mu thinks it's too disgraceful for this to come out. Think about it, these brothers are either from thousands of families in brocade clothes, or from hundreds of families in brocade clothes, or One of the two righteous brothers has become a commander and the other is a big man who takes everything from military and business, what is he?"

"Now you don't even remember what the imperial court granted him, do you? Nanyang Wei Baihu, listen, how shabby!"

Chen Mu pursed his lips and clapped his hands: "That's the problem. If you want me, I'm not willing to come out."

"What's the point of being a Nanyang Guard with hundreds of households? You can exchange a bird gun for a steamed bun, a waist knife for a steamed bun, and stand in front of the enemy's battle line, and you will be worthy of the emperor and his old man! Back then, I was the Qingyuan Guard based on my ability. Xiaoqi, that’s why we can have today.”

"It's my son's turn, a Nanyang guard with a hundred households, is he worthy of his status? At least he has to use his father's ability to shade him, shade him... Zuo Dudu?"

Puchi!

Yan Qingyao heard him messing around here for a long time and jumped out to be the governor of the left, and said with a smile: "How can a father be the governor of the right and the governor of the left!"

"Hey, that's different. Xiao Chen Mu's right commander is the smallest among the many official titles of my father. He is used to receive salary by rank and rank. He doesn't even have the right to command the army without adding up the general army. I co-organize the Guangdong Army The thing is that once you enter the territory of Guangdong, you have the right to command the army, not to mention that the admiral is in charge of overseas military affairs, and the Prime Minister Nanyang Minister is the six overseas ministries."

"Don't underestimate your lord's official position. Beijing's Six Departments help the elders to manage the whole world. It's amazing! Nanjing Six Departments manages the fifteen prefectures and three prefectures of Nanzhili. They are also very powerful! More than 20 of them are tied together. It’s the same as your master, Yin Zuo’s governor is joking, but Yin’s commander is not a problem.”

Yan Qingyao saw that Chen Mu was stinky here, and she smiled pretentiously. She didn't forget to look back at Tudou, and asked her to see if she heard his nonsense around, and then asked Chen Mu with a smile: "How dare you ask the master? Where are you in charge of the six departments?"

Chen Mu didn’t brag, the powers of his Nanyang yamen are indeed the same as those of the six ministries, except that overseas only has the right to dispatch troops but not to command troops, the household department’s money and food, the military department’s troop dispatch, and even relatively independent diplomatic and official appointments, But the problem lies in the different jurisdictions.

"My six parts..." Chen Mu was a little short of breath when he said this, and then said with a stern face: "Where I lay down for the emperor, the emperor will let me take care of it!"

Chen Mu himself laughed at what he said, so he didn't want to take care of it. He just wanted to lay down more places, formulate the regulations and get on the right track, and then leave it to the officials sent by the imperial court behind him.

He drove the big fleet to rampage in the chaotic world, made the great voyages of other people's homes dirty, and kept the people of Ming Dynasty from starving and freezing, and then all the capable ministers in the world helped wipe their buttocks behind - he just enjoyed this feeling !
Laughing Chen Mu stood up, with an unconcealable joy on his face, he raised his finger to the south and said, "There is a big island over there, the people sent there should be back soon, if they can find that big island , let’s call it Xinming, the land of Xin Daming, and the future little Chen Mu will also be called Xinming, Chen Xinming!”

Just when Chen Mu was proud, Tudou hopped from downstairs of the castle to fetch the letter that the rider had just delivered to the yamen. The envelope was stamped with the big seal of the cabinet. Chen Mu took out the letter and his smile froze on his face.

The person who wrote the letter was Zhang Juzheng. The letter told him to beware of forged letters, even if it was written by the emperor, but anyone who wanted him to return to Guangdong or lead troops to the north, regardless of the post of the sender, would be sentenced to death for treason on the spot!

(End of this chapter)