Zhou Zheng is based in Tianjin, while carrying out his innovations, while constantly training soldiers, hoarding food and grass, and carrying out his plans in an orderly manner.
With the continuous implementation of his "reserve", although he nominally controls more than 10,000 troops, the actual number that can be deployed has exceeded 100,000!
There are no lack of discerning people in the court, and the impeachment of Zhou Zheng has been uninterrupted. However, this was regarded as a'partisan dispute' by Chongzhen and the top officials of the court.
Chongzhen three years, November 12th.
Tianjin Wei has received good news one after another. One is that Tianjin Weishe County was approved by the imperial court, and its jurisdiction was linked from Yongping Prefecture to Hejian Prefecture, and Zhou Zheng took charge of all the prefectures and counties east of Beizhili by the sea.
The second is that the imperial court officially appointed Zhou Zheng as the'Deputy Envoy of Tianjin Military Preparation Road'. This'Weapon Dao Deputy Envoy' is a very special official position. It has no rank, is not in the army or in politics. It is still the original official position, salary, but has the power of the military and supervision!
In other words, Zhou Zheng still supervises Yushi, but he has the power to lead soldiers, and he has the power to live and kill in the local area!
Zhou Zheng served as the'Deputy Envoy of Tianjin Military Preparation Dao', and at the same time rectified the armaments of the Yongping Mansion, Tianjin Wei, and Hejian Mansion. Except for one deputy envoy of the Ministry of Justice, Zhou Zheng and Lu Xiangsheng were basically the same.
Another potential disadvantage of appointing Zhou Zheng as deputy envoy to Tianjin’s military preparation route is that Zhou Zheng will get rid of government affairs and concentrate on arranging armaments.
This should be a response of the court to the pressure of the supervisors, and it is a disguised cut of power.
However, except for the prefects, all the three prefectures in Yongping Prefecture were from Zhou Zheng. The prefects and officials at all levels in Hejian Prefecture were all from Zhou Zheng. This kind of power reduction had little impact on Zhou Zheng.
Tianjin Guardian's Office.
Cao Bianjiao looked at Zhou Zheng and said with excitement: "My lord, if this is the case, the army that the adults can control is 45,000. We can further expand the army!"
As the leader of the army, the soldiers and horses under his control are one of the greatest sources of accomplishment, not to say that Cao Bianjiao has any other thoughts.
Naturally, the deputy envoy of the military preparation road was planned by Zhou Zheng. It is not safe to patrol this kind of temporary errands, and one day he may be recalled. In such a huge territory, the army will give others a bargain for nothing.
Now he is the deputy envoy of Tianjin Army Preparation Road, and he is in charge of the army as it should be. Without sufficient reason, no one can easily take it away.
Listening to Cao Bianjiao’s words, Zhou Zheng took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "Well, we are also settled in Tianjin Wei. Wait a minute, I will find a chance for you to do military merits, so I can play and please promote you. Participate, there is no need to stress."
The participating generals are second only to the generals and above the guerrilla generals.
Cao Bianjiao was overjoyed, and quickly raised his hand and said, "Thank you Lord."
Zhou Zheng waved his hand, and then said: "We must insist on asking for the military salary that should be requested from the Ministry of War, and we must not let the Ministry of War feel that we have money."
Cao Bianjiao, as a close person with Zhou Zheng, naturally knew some of the actual conditions of Yongping Mansion and Hejian Mansion, and nodded solemnly: "I will understand."
Zhou Zheng said, "Since the imperial court's order has arrived, let's expand the barracks. Forty-five thousand people can't stay together. It's too dazzling. They are divided into Hejian Mansion, Tianjin Wei, and Yongping Mansion. You will be in charge for the time being. "
"Yes!" Cao Bianjiao said solemnly.
After Zhou Zheng said this, he turned to Yao Tong and said, "I donated you a student of the Imperial College Supervisor. Appointing you as the magistrate of Tianjin County may be too conspicuous, but there is nothing wrong with acting as a magistrate. You have to take responsibility."
Yao Tongshun was originally just a small official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, with no future at all, but now that he can become the magistrate of a county, even if it is a'generation', it still makes him excited and sees a bright future that follows Zhou Zheng!
"Master Xie, Xiaguan!" Yao Tongshun raised his hand in excitement and bowed deeply.
Zhou Zheng smiled, turned his head to look at Ding Qi and Qi Lian, and said: "You two have done a good job. I also donated the students of the Imperial College to you, but the appointment of you as the county magistrate may not be passed by the imperial court. , Let’s go, you go to Hejian County to serve as the prefects of the county. If you don’t have a prefect, you will take charge of county affairs.
The two of them never expected that they would still be able to obtain the official position of the official. They were inexplicably excited and full of surprises. They raised their hands together and said, "Thank you Lord!"
Zhou Zheng took another sip of tea and said: "Be good at doing things in the future, don't slack off."
Several people immediately raised their hands and said, "It's an adult, and the subordinates will never disappoint the adult's support!"
Zhou Zheng was holding the teacup and smiling. He was also making arrangements for Hejian Mansion, lest he lost the title of patrolling the government, and some people were thinking wildly and ruining his innovation.
Now his people are flooded in every aspect, and Hu Qingzheng, the prefect, is here, and no one can turn over the government affairs of the Hejian Mansion!
Zhou Zheng arranged these people and began to talk about things in the three places.
The end of the year is approaching, and many things need to be summarized, especially the various problems in the ongoing innovation and the benefits that need to be resolved and further planning.
Everyone was talking about their opinions and some plans for next year.
As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door.
Zhou Zheng put down his teacup and said, "Go in."
A person came in. This was the Zhou family's family member, who had been in charge of food, clothing, housing and transportation by Zhou Zheng's side.
He glanced at the crowd and said to Zhou Zheng: "Second Young Master, Young Master is here."
Zhou Zheng was taken aback, and said quickly: "Please come in quickly."
Zhou Zheng stood up as he spoke. He was very puzzled. Zhou Fang was not staying in Changli County. Why did he come to Tianjin Guard at this time
Cao Bianjiao, Yao Tongshun naturally knew that the eldest brother of Zhou's family was Zhou Zheng's eldest brother. Zhou Fang looked at each other and said in unison: "Xiaguan (final general) retires."
Zhou Zheng said, waiting for Zhou Fang at the door.
As Zhou Fang came in, he took off his coat and slapped the snow: "This ghostly weather is really cold, even colder than Beijing."
Jia Ding took the drape, withdrew, and closed the door.
Zhou Zheng poured him a cup of tea, and said in confusion: "Why are you here? Shouldn't you prepare with your sister-in-law and return to Beijing for the New Year?"
Zhou Fang took a sip of tea, rubbed his stiff hands, glanced at the door, frowned and said to Zhou Zheng: "Father wrote to me and said, I am ready to resign."
Zhou Zheng's expression was slightly startled. He has been paying attention to the direction of the situation. He hasn't heard of the dangers of Father Zhou
Zhou Fang looked at Zhou Zheng's expression, knowing that he was also surprised, and said directly: "The Ministry of Household is under more and more pressure. Dad wants to resign and save Bi Shangshu."
Zhou Zheng understood, he pondered for a moment, and said, "How can Dad write to you instead of me?"
Zhou Fang suddenly dissatisfied: "What is this, I am the eldest son, of course write it to me."
Zhou Zheng's mouth moved imperceptibly, and said, "Well, that's true. What else did Dad say?"
Zhou Fang said: "Father plans to return to his hometown, not staying in the capital."
Zhou Zheng frowned. If Father Zhou wants to return to his hometown, it means that the situation is not optimistic and he needs to go back to his hometown to escape. Is the pressure on the household department so heavy
Or is there something he didn't know about
Zhou Zheng thought about the situation, it was like a mess, it was difficult to distinguish clearly. After thinking about it for a long time, he looked at Zhou Fang and said, "I have almost done cooking here. I will return to Beijing in early December. You will write to my father and wait for me."
Zhou Fangdao: "Well, I'll go back ahead of time. By the way, Dad also said that appointing soldiers to prepare roads often has tasks. You are likely to be sent to other places. You must be prepared." (End of this chapter)