4338 (AD 1641), March 9th.
Duke Su Hu of Wei came to Guangnan City, where he planned to set up a Chinese army tent and command the follow-up actions of the Third Army and the Tenth Army.
After the Royal Army of Great China eliminated the Zheng family and the Ruan family, there were no organized enemies nearby.
Duke Su Hu of Wei issued new orders to all armies to expand the results of this war.
The Third Army marched westward along Thang Long Prefecture and captured other prefectures and counties in Dai Viet.
Take down Xuanfu Division in Laos, a traditional Chinese vassal state.
Fighting directly to the west, they met up with the Royal Army of Great China led by Qihou Sushan in the direction of Burma.
The Tenth Army captured the southeastern region of Dai Viet, as well as Champa and other forces, and then moved westward along the Mekong River to attack Siam and other places, trying to join forces with the army commanded by Min Guogong Zhang Yuliang.
As soon as Wei Guogong Su Hu walked to the front of the official residence, he saw Zhang Wanfeng, the governor of the Third Navy Fleet, Jinghaihou Zhang Wanfeng waiting for him here.
Su Hu praised: "Jinghaihou, I have read the detailed military reports. You fought this battle very well.
Marquis Jinghai was responsible for the feint attack to attract Ruan's attention.
Ruan Fulan, the Duke of Renjun, sent a large number of troops north to occupy the enemy.
Your actions created an opportunity for Bai Yuangui to raid Ruan's capital.
Bai Yuangui was able to easily occupy Guangnan, capture Renjun Duke Ruan Fulan, and make Ruan's army surrender.
Your navy accounts for at least half of this military medal. "
Zhang Wanfeng asked with a smile: "Wei Guogong, I heard that while you are marching, wired telegraph lines will be set up closely following the army.
This time it is a war. What is the domestic response? "
When Su Hu looked at Zhang Wanfeng's attitude, he understood what Zhang Wanfeng was worried about?
"Marquis Jinghai, after I get the military report, I will send the situation on the battlefield to the capital.
The news of the great victory has been reported through Hualian News Agency.
Everyone in the country knew the news of this great victory.
They were full of praise for the heroic performance of the army and navy on the battlefield.
His Majesty the Emperor particularly praised the navy for not following rules and making rational use of the Vietnamese prisoners, laying the foundation for victory.
Marquis Jinghai broke through the rules and regulations and set an example for the war.
His Majesty the Emperor is extremely satisfied. When our teacher returns to the court, we will definitely be richly rewarded. "
When Zhang Wanfeng heard what Wei Guogong said, he was so happy that he almost laughed.
What he feared most was that His Majesty the Emperor would be furious because of his unauthorized assertion of letting the navy command the army.
He made the right bet this time. As long as he won, his performance this time would win the favor of His Majesty the Emperor.
Zhang Wanfeng saluted with a military salute and requested: "Wei Guogong, the general wants to temporarily use the telegraph line. We should establish contact with the governor's office and inquire about the next combat preparations."
Zhang Wanfeng must contact his relatives and friends to let them build momentum for him in the navy.
Now in the Great China Dynasty, the conflict between the army and the navy is deep.
His practice of abandoning the sea and turning to land will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the navy, which needs to be quelled as soon as possible.
Su Hu immediately handed over to the staff officer in charge of the telegraph and took Zhang Wanfeng to use the telegraph.
The group of them walked into the residence of Renjun Duke Ruan Fulan, which became the temporary residence of Wei Guogong Su Hu.
Su Hu approached the official residence. He leaned on the chair and looked at the current situation map.
This is a foreign war. They have destroyed Dai Viet and the purpose of this war has basically been achieved.
There are only some less strong local forces left, which need to be resolved step by step.
Su Hu can now consider where to build his own country.
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As the highest-ranking civil servant in the Jiaozhi area, Chen Zhenhui was not appointed by the court, and her actual power was equivalent to that of the Governor of Jiaozhi.
He followed Wei Guogong Su Hu to Guangnan, which will be the future location of the Yamen of the Governor of Jiaozhi.
His arrival in Guangnan also meant that the Dahua Dynasty began to rule the Jiaozhi area.
Chen Zhenhui plans to promote a group of old Yue officials to make up for the current shortage of officials in the Jiaozhi area.
These surrendered officials are also more suitable for dealing with some difficult problems.
We cannot allow officials from China to serve as officials in the Cochin area, with their hands covered in blood.
These officials had been demoted and had resentment in their hearts.
They attracted a group of domestic Qingliu Taoist priests who disgusted the Jiaozhi Governor's Mansion every day, which was also very troublesome.
Once the matter gets serious and some things that should not be exposed are exposed, Chen Zhenhui's career will be hindered in some undue way.
Chen Zhenhui did a good job as the prefect of Shuntian. The officials at the emperor's feet also had the opportunity to meet the emperor Su He and show their abilities.
He applied to go to the Cochin area to manage the area of Dai Viet, Laos, and Champa.
Colleagues reacted strongly to this decision, and most of them believed that he had lost his mind and gone crazy.
A promising official in the capital was misplaced and went to serve as an unnamed governor in a remote place.
Many people are talking about whether they would rather be the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture than the governor of Luzon.
His wife objected. The Cochin area was a war zone. If the war happened even slightly, lives would be lost.
Chen Zhenhui knew that the Shuntian prefect seemed to have a bright future, but he had actually reached the top of his official position.
In the next few years, people will be promoted slowly. When they enter old age, they will become the chief envoy of a province or participate in politics.
There is no chance to be a governor in charge of a province, let alone to be in the cabinet.
Chen Zhenhui was a Jinshi after the world was at peace.
He was also from the southeast region. In the current Dahua Dynasty, officials born in the southeast have been suppressed by various factions.
Without outstanding achievements, it is difficult to get ahead.
In addition to this reason, as long as you continue to climb up, there is another group that occupies a large number of official positions.
That was the Conglong minister who had been following His Majesty the Emperor in his later years.
In the absence of major turmoil in the country, any official would definitely not be able to compete with the Minister of Conglong under the same conditions.
Those officials who followed His Majesty the Emperor in the early days had their loyalty tested and were promoted very quickly.
The situation of good brother Maoxiang made Chen Zhenhui realize that the newly acquired territory of the imperial court was an opportunity for him to show off his abilities.
He only had this choice to break the glass ceiling blocking his head.
In the Jiaozhi area, 99% of them are demoted officials.
He, an outlier, signed up to go to the Cochin area and really stood out.
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Chen Zhenhui looked at the map of the Jiaozhi region. According to the cabinet's arrangements, the Jiaozhi Governor-General ruled three provinces.
North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and Laos.
From this detail, Chen Zhenhui saw that the court was becoming more and more confident.
When North Korea was annexed, place names had to be changed and a large number of immigrants were carried out.
Now the Great China Dynasty has become stronger and more culturally inclusive. Everyone from the common people to the emperor has become extremely confident.
Especially through these years of experience, a mature method of assimilating foreign races has been summarized.
The imperial court no longer uses this small trick of changing names.
Newly occupied territories generally use ancient names or simple and easy-to-remember names.
Chen Zhenhui divided the scope of each prefecture according to the topography and cultural customs, and appointed prefects to each prefecture.
Most of the prefects were domestic officials, and only a few prefects were given to Yue people who performed well in surrendering.
Nearly half of the county magistrates are employed by Yue people.
The prefectures and counties governed by Yue officials were all places where banditry was extremely serious or where conflicts were particularly prominent.
In order to maintain stability in Jiaozhi, Chen Zhenhui also prevented Vietnamese officials from colluding with local people.
After consulting His Majesty the Emperor, he implemented a special method.
The Northern Government governs South Vietnam, and the Southern Government governs North Vietnam.
The plan implemented by Chen Zhenhui used officials who surrendered from the Zheng family to govern the Ruan family's area. The officials who surrendered to the Ruan family were used to govern the Zheng family's area.
In this way, there will be no fear that officials with too strong background will collude with the local government and cause rebellion in Dahua.
Chen Zhenhui arranged the official positions of these officials according to their abilities.
The Cabinet and His Majesty the Emperor generally do not raise objections to the candidates he recommends.
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The original Guangnan Government Office and the future Governor's Government Office of Jiaozhi.
Chen Zhenhui met with the newly appointed old bureaucrats of Dai Viet.
Song Chengren, the prefect of Quang Ngai, and Nguyen Fuli, the prefect of Thanh Hoa, were secretly looking at each other with murderous intent.
The officials of Zheng family and Ruan family did not like each other.
The two forces were already in conflict, but now they were cleverly arranged by the Shangguan of the Celestial Dynasty, making them even more powerful.
These people also know that only by tit-for-tat can they reassure the Celestial Officials.
People who don't have any hatred in the first place will show some resentment.
Chen Zhenhui coughed lightly and ordered: "You are the most outstanding officials. I will formally appoint you after consulting the imperial court.
As officials who govern a party, your most important task after taking office is to cooperate with the local police force and patrol and suppress bandits.
In any place, large-scale banditry has not been eliminated within two years.
The official dismissed the local officials without asking the reason.
If you don’t have the skills, you don’t need to be an official anymore. "
These Yue officials who had taken refuge felt chills running down their spines when they heard these words.
When the Great China Dynasty came, all the previous local forces were shuffled.
If they lost their official status, they would not be able to keep their family alive in this turbulent era.
Song Chengren was the first to salute and said: "Sir, I will definitely do my job well in this humble position and will not insult your importance."
After he expressed his stance, these Vietnamese officials expressed their stance one after another.
Chen Zhenhui said with a smile: "Now that most of the bandits have been eliminated by the military, you should take office as soon as possible to maintain local stability.
I don’t want to hear sweet words, I just want to see how well you can achieve. "
These officials expressed their loyalty one after another. They listened to the orders issued by Chen Zhenhui and took office with their official seals and letters of appointment.
They either go alone or with their families to the area where they took office.
There are also some flexible officials who hire a person who can speak Chinese as a master.
While assisting them with government affairs, they can also teach them Chinese.
Smart people have already figured out that learning Chinese well is the most important skill for the future.
I can't understand the speech of the superior officer of the Celestial Dynasty, and I can't understand the documents sent by my superiors.
It is already very difficult to work without making mistakes, and it is almost impossible to get promoted.
Now that I don’t speak Chinese, I still need to find a master who understands Chinese to assist with daily government affairs.
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In Luoshan County, Ha Tinh Province, Magistrate Huang Minh came to the northern region for the first time as an official of the Nguyen family.
After he took office, his most important task was to eliminate banditry here within two years, and to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors.
Luoshan County is a small county. There are not many tasks assigned by superiors. The most important task is to stabilize the place.
Farmers must pay a quota of grain every year and return to normal life as soon as possible.
After he took office, he immediately visited the local powerful people to find out the forces in the county so that he could make corresponding arrangements.
Huang Ming is very clever. It only took him a few days to understand the situation in Luoshan County.
What he can understand so clearly is that he has promoted a group of local officials who were not reused before.
These people's information is very flexible, and they know all the local secret information.
The most important thing is that more than 300 people from his family followed him to Luoshan County.
With the support of him as the county magistrate, the family has taken control of some industries in Luoshan County and has also formed alliances with some powerful people.
No general news in the county could be hidden from his eyes and ears.
Huang Ming learned this information, and he was thinking about what to do next.
He wanted to stand out and let the superior officials of the Celestial Dynasty realize that he was a talent and promote him to important positions.
Stabilizing the place is what every official should do.
No matter how well you do it, you can't stand out.
The most powerful thing is to suppress bandits.
If the banditry in Luoshan County can be wiped out in a short period of time, Huang Ming will become famous.
The banditry problem in Ha Tinh Province is relatively serious, and this is where the Vietnamese army gathers heavily.
The Chinese army defeated the Vietnamese army, and many of the remaining soldiers hid.
The bandits considered by the Celestial Empire were the remnants of the Vietnamese army who wanted to continue to resist, and the common people who followed the remnants of the Vietnamese army.
One of the important points in identifying a gangster is whether they are hostile to the rule of the Celestial Dynasty.
Those who are hostile to the Celestial Empire are suspected to be regarded as bandits and need to be resolutely eliminated.
The Chinese army took Dai Viet, and most people had resigned themselves to their fate, but some people still wanted to resist desperately.
Huang Ming thought carefully, and suddenly he had an idea.
If the gangsters can escape the search of the Ha Tinh security forces, there will definitely be local forces to cover them.
The garrison was a local army composed of Chinese officers as its backbone and a large number of Vietnamese troops recruited.
Their main duty is to suppress bandits and will never collude with bandits.
Huang Ming quickly thought of a good way to learn about the gangsters.
He opened a warehouse to store grain, and he sent family members who worked in the county government to deliver the grain to the villages without giving it to the direct villagers.
If the villagers want to get food, they have to exchange information with the gangsters.
Provide information about a bandit and be rewarded with half a stone of food.
If you provide information about more than a hundred gangsters, you can be recruited into the government and become a minor official.
Being an official and being given a grain of rice are very attractive to villagers.
Especially during times of war and when every family is running out of food.
In the past, the Vietnamese army often robbed people of supplies and had a very bad reputation.
Now that supplies are cut off, and after becoming a gangster, they can only rely on robbing people to replenish military supplies.
Many people who were robbed originally hated these bandits.
In the past, it was just because of timidity and fear of retaliation, but now the government issues large amounts of rewards.
The villagers, who had been hungry for a long time, exchanged information about the bandits for food from the government.
After Huang Ming obtained the information, he immediately calculated the information.
He reported to the local police the situation of the gangsters in Luoshan County.
Ming led the security forces to Mangrove Village outside Luoshan County.
The powerful Lin family in Luoshan County are the backers of the gangsters.
The garrison surrounded the small village, not letting anyone go, and captured everyone in the village, including a large number of gangsters.
The legal system in Jiaozhi has not yet been established, and the county magistrate is responsible for hearing cases.
Huang Ming imprisoned all the captured gangsters, regardless of age or sex, for rebellion.
These Yue officials were more cruel and vicious than the Han officials sent from China.
The gangsters in the Jiaozhi area gradually disappeared under their full efforts to suppress them.
(End of chapter)
