Chapter 1567: Zheng Zhilong
Shen Long ordered here, and Wang Chengen received the order immediately, so he hurriedly handed over the position of supervising the army to the evil eunuch who came to Dongjiang Town with him according to the imperial order, and then bid farewell to Mao Wenlong, "Your Majesty, thank you!" Marshal Mao is very rewarding, and this time when our family returns to the palace, we will report all of Marshal Mao's achievements and hard work to His Majesty."
"Now that Shuai Mao has a supervising army in his army, and Sun Guozhen in Denglai is supplying food, grass and armaments, Shuai Mao can safely and boldly attack Jiannu. After the Liao incident is settled, when Mao Shuai returns to Beijing, His Majesty will not hesitate to reward you. "
"Thank you, Eunuch Wang, for your kindness." The cooperation between Mao Wenlong and Wang Chengen is quite pleasant. They don't interfere with their military command, they can accurately report their own achievements, and promptly urge Denglai to supply food and grass. Such a supervising army is simply wished for. "Originally, the general wanted the prince to stay in the army, but the prince is a celebrity in front of His Majesty. This visit to Beijing will be of great use. The general does not dare to delay the future of the prince. A few gifts are not a respect. I also hope that the prince will accept it."
"This must not be the case. Your Majesty has already ordered you not to ask for money from Shuai Mao!" Wang Chengen didn't dare to ask for it. After he declined, he asked another question, "So that Shuai Mao can know that Xu Guangqi was cultivated in Huangzhuang by Mr. Xu." The improved seeds have already achieved some success, and His Majesty will send people to bring the improved seeds to Dongjiang to teach you to plant them later, and Mao Shuai must cooperate with him carefully, and the importance of this matter is by no means lower than the elimination of Jiannu."
During the Little Ice Age, if he wanted to grow ordinary crops in the Northeast, the harvest would not be optimistic, so Shen Long planned to let Xu Guangqi and his students come to Dongjiang Town to teach them how to grow sorghum, millet, soybeans and other grains suitable for the Northeast region, so as to feed their families. More local people, strengthen the development of Northeast China.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the general will definitely do it with all his heart!" Dongjiang Town also has a military station, and Mao Wenlong also attaches great importance to this work, and immediately agreed without hesitation.
Today's common people are very worried about planting new crops, because they rely entirely on the land for food. If nothing grows in the land, it will be over; in fact, let alone me, it is in later generations, what local governments want to introduce When developing new crops, the local people will be very cautious.
Therefore, although potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other crops have entered the Ming Dynasty, they have not been able to be planted on a large scale; considering these factors, Shen Long did not directly order ordinary people to plant them, but first planted them in the royal estate. Carry out trial planting, and when the surrounding people see results, they will naturally imitate it.
But in other places, he plans to start with the military settlements in the military towns of various places. As long as the army has food and the soldiers do not participate in the rebellion, then Ming Dynasty will not have too much trouble, and the generals in various places have a lot to say about the land in the military settlements. Quan, this is much better than persuading ordinary people to grow sweet potatoes and soybeans one by one. Like Huangzhuang, the people around will follow suit after seeing results.
Dongjiang Town is the road, and Yansui Town, Gansu Town, Guyuan Town and other northwest border towns are also the key points. Shen Long also sent eunuchs and officials who are familiar with sweet potatoes and potato cultivation to these places under the escort of Tengxiang Four Guards to teach the local army. At the same time, they also shoulder the task of secretly investigating local corruption and cleaning up the military settlements, but they will not deal with these corrupt officials immediately. They need to wait for the reorganization of the Beijing camp to start. The method takes into account all border towns on the nine sides.
Considering that the refugee uprising in the northwest has gradually emerged, Shen Long also came up with countermeasures. He followed the method of the Song Dynasty and selected young and strong from the refugees to join the army. Without the young and strong, it would be difficult for the refugees to think about things. The latest news he received was that Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others had already joined the army, and it seemed that they would no longer take up the promising job of being the leader of the peasant uprising army.
A batch of evil eunuchs were sent out, and then Shen Long waited for Wang Chengen's return and went out. Shen Long found that Wang Chengen was a little more capable than before,
It seems that the exercise during this period has made him a lot of progress.
After listening to Wang Chengen's report, Shen Long nodded, "Good job, let's go down and rest for a few days, after I rest, I have another important task."
"Your Majesty, please give an order directly. The slaves don't need to rest." Wang Chengen's internal energy to ward off evil is quite solid, and the long journey will not make him too hard.
"A few days of rest will not delay the business. Besides, you have now been promoted to the imperial eunuch, and you have to meet your subordinates." Shen Long planned to train Wang Chengen to be the governor of the East Factory, so he was promoted as soon as he came back. His official is still a powerful yamen like Yumajian.
After going down to rest for a few days, Wang Chengen visited Shen Long again, and this time Shen Long began to give him the task, "Chengen, you went to Liaodong earlier, this time you help me go to the south! Bring more people, let's see first." Look at the situation from the capital to the south of the Yangtze River, and make some preparations for my sacrifice to the Emperor Taizu."
"Then go to Fujian again, and meet Fujian governor Xiong Wencan and Haiphong guerrilla Zheng Zhilong. Oh, by the way, Yu Zigao, the son of Yu Dayou, seems to have been deprived of his military post now, right? You will also meet him when you go. Bring Yu Zigao to the capital together!" Zheng Zhilong has now been recruited by Xiong Wencan, while Yu Zigao was imprisoned and deprived of his official position because of his previous defeat to Zheng Zhilong.
"Go and tell them that I plan to set up a navy in the north and let them take care of it." Hey, there are really not many naval talents in Daming these days, and maybe there are only a few of them that can be counted on.
"Slave obeys the decree!" After Wang Chengen received the imperial decree, he took a new team of eunuchs to ward off evil, and quietly traveled from the capital to the south of the Yangtze River without disturbing the place. The guardian of evil spirits was sent back to Beijing, and then he went from Jinling to Fujian under the banner of passing on the decree.
From Jinling to the sea along the Yangtze River, all the way south along the coastline, up the Minjiang River, landed from Mawei to Hujiao City where the governor of Fujian is located.
Wang Chengen first issued a decree to encourage Xiong Wencan, and Shen Long praised him for recruiting Zheng Zhilong in the decree, which made Xiong Wencan very happy.
Then Wang Chengen wanted to call Zheng Zhilong and Yu Zigao to come. Zheng Zhilong and Yu Zigao were both in Quanzhou at this time, but the situation was very different. Is in the midst of the spring breeze.
The two of them suddenly received news from Xiong Wencan, telling them to go to Hujiao to receive the imperial decree. Now Zheng Zhilong and Yu Zigao wondered at the same time, why did His Majesty give us the imperial decree for us to do?