Rise From the Humble

"Greetings to Mr. Zhang, I have met all of you."

After Zhu Ping'an entered the hall where the meeting was held, he bowed his hands to Zhang Jing, the Minister of War in Yingtian, and all the officials present. At the same time, he looked at the officials present without leaving any trace.

There were a total of eighteen officials present except Zhang Jing. Judging from their plain official uniforms, there were mostly civilian officials and relatively few military attachés. Among them, there were ten civilian officials and eight military attachés.

Among these eighteen officials, there were three acquaintances. Among the civil officials, Hu Zongxian, the censor of Zhejiang Province, and among the military attachés, Duke Wei and the Marquis of Linhuai. Among them, the Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Linhuai smiled and nodded to him.

Zhu Pingan didn't know the other officials present, but two people made a deep impression on Zhu Pingan. One is an official sitting above Hu Zongxian among the civil servants. He is dressed in the uniform of a fourth-grade civil servant. He has a standard Chinese character face that is full of uprightness. He sits upright, with a straight waist and a pair of bright eyes. Although he is a civil servant, he has a military spirit. The spirit of a general. Zhu Ping'an thought to himself that this must be Mr. Li Tianchong, the governor of Zhejiang, as the officer said. He was a civil servant with a martial spirit, and he was worthy of having led troops and fought against Japanese pirates.

In fact, the emergence of the post of governor, like the governor, is a historical necessity. At that time, Emperor Hongwu had served as the prime minister of a province in the Yuan Dynasty. He knew that the prime minister of a province was in charge of the military and political power of the province. He had too much power and could easily become powerful and lead to rebellion. In order to prevent local officials from having too much power, Emperor Hongwu split the power of the provincial prime ministers into three parallel agencies, namely the Metropolitan Commander's Division (Second Grade) in charge of military affairs and the Chief Envoy Division (Second Grade) in charge of civil affairs. and the Inspector-General (third grade) in charge of the prison. The separation of the three departments, commanding military, political and criminal affairs respectively and contradicting each other will prevent the local government from becoming stronger. However, the separation of the three powers is not conducive to handling major local emergencies.

For example, today’s Japanese plague!

In order to coordinate the three local departments, unify power, and handle major emergencies, the position of governor emerged. The governor is in charge of the military and government affairs of a province. He is located above the three departments and under the governor. He is a senior official stationed in the local area by the Central Metropolitan Procuratorate in order to better handle the relationship between the central and local governments and coordinate local affairs.

At present, governors and governors have non-permanent official positions. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to various civil unrest and other reasons, more and more positions were set up, and they almost became permanent institutions.

The reason why Li Tianchong sat at the head of Hu Zongxian is also very simple. Li Tianchong was the censor of Youqiandu and was the governor of Zhejiang. Hu Zongxian was the censor of Zhejiang and was only in the seventh rank. Li Tianchong was nominally Hu Zongxian's boss, so he sat at the head. . However, although the power of the governor is greater than that of the governor, in fact the governor has no direct jurisdiction over the governor. On the contrary, although the governor's official position is small, he has the power to impeach and correct the governor.

Among the military attaches, there was also one person who impressed Zhu Pingan deeply. He was a military general who sat below the Duke of Wei and above the Linhuai Marquis. He was about forty or fifty years old. He also had a standard Chinese character face, a long back and a strong body. Like a bear, the military attache's uniform is bulging. This is a military commander. He sits between the skinny Wei Guogong and the fat Marquis of Linhuai, dwarfing the two of them.

"Everyone, this is Mr. Zhu Ping'an, the chief minister of the Zhejiang Provincial Envoy, who also knows the military." Zhang Jing briefly introduced Zhu Ping'an to everyone, and also gave a brief introduction to Zhu Ping'an to everyone present.

Through Zhang Jing's introduction, Zhu Ping'an learned the identities of the two impressive officials. The civil official is Mr. Li Tianchong, and the military attache is Yu Dayou.

Hearing Yu Dayou's name, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but stand in awe. Yu Dayou is as famous as Qi Jiguang as a famous anti-Japanese general. He has been fighting against Japanese pirates almost all his life. He has made great achievements in battle and is known as "Yu Long Qi Hu" together with Qi Jiguang. However, Yu Dayou's fortune was not as good as that of Qi Jiguang. Although he had great military exploits, he had a shady physique. He was often impeached and dismissed from office, and he was even falsely claimed for military merit by others many times. However, Yu Dayou never cared about these and still fought against the Japanese pirates with all his strength. It’s also more awe-inspiring.

The remaining officials present included Shi Pengfei, the right minister of the Ministry of War, and Duan Cong, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, as well as several chief generals of the Beijing camp.

"Zhu Ping'an is the number one scholar in Enke this year, and he is also the nephew-in-law of our Marquis of Linhuai. Not only is he outstanding in literary talent, but as Mr. Zhang said, he is also an expert in military affairs. His literary talent is not inferior to his military strategy." Linhuai Marquis Xian and Rong Yan's opponent Several Beijing camp leaders nearby introduced in a low voice.

"Hehe, Mr. Zhu also calls me uncle. When it comes to Zi Hou's literary and military skills, it is true. Some time ago, our camp had a mutiny, and it was Zi Hou who helped us two brothers calm down." Wei Guogong also came to intervene. Gangzi, added to the several leaders of the capital camp, don't let Linhuai Hou Zhuanmei be ahead of him.

"It's unbelievable that such a young number one scholar actually knows the military skills. He is worthy of being the son-in-law of the Hou Mansion." The other leaders of the capital camp couldn't help but praise him, and then asked the two men about Zhu Ping'an in a low voice.

"Lord Zhu does know soldiers. Although I have never met Lord Zhu, I have heard of Lord Zhu for a long time. A few months ago, a group of tens of thousands of Japanese pirates from Jiangmen and Tiejingang invaded Taizhou Prefecture in more than 700 ships. At that time, the seven counties and cities under the jurisdiction of Taizhou Prefecture were all attacked by Japanese pirates. For a time, all five counties and counties were captured by Japanese pirates, and even the city was in danger. Mr. Zhu was the magistrate of Jingnan at the time, and he fought with less than 100 government officials and soldiers against more than 3,000 soldiers. Attacking the Japanese pirates, he not only successfully defended Jingnan County, but also captured 824 Japanese pirate heads. Not only that, Master Zhu even liberated the neighboring county of Taiping County, and his achievements shocked the entire Taizhou Prefecture. It was really admirable! At that time, Rushing to the aid of Taizhou Fucheng, I have fought against this group of Japanese pirates, and I know how difficult it is." Yu Dayou, who was sitting between Wei Guogong and Linhuai Hou, nodded and said with emotion.

"General Yu rarely praises others, so it can be seen that the quick son-in-law of the Houfu is indeed a man of great talent and military prowess!"

Hearing Yu Dayou's evaluation of Zhu Ping'an, several leaders of the Beijing camp couldn't help but nodded.

After Zhang Jing finished his introduction, he asked Zhu Pingan to take a seat opposite Hu Zongxian, who was under the right minister of the Ministry of War.

After Zhu Ping'an sat down, Zhang Jing asked, "Master Zhu, just now my disciples reported that you have an urgent military situation. What kind of urgent military situation is it?"

Everyone present also turned their eyes to Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Ping'an stood up and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, after research by the lower officials, it is concluded that the Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu will attack Yingtian."

A shocking statement.

"Ah?!" After hearing this, everyone present looked at Zhu Ping'an in shock, with wonderful expressions.

Pfft...

I don't know who couldn't help but take the lead in laughing, and then the laughter in the room continued.