Wuxing County Ya, the new county commander Sun Shunfu is making calculations and checking the account books very seriously. The few scribes retained by the county government were speechless when they saw this. This new official of the Tang Kingdom is completely different from the official of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Sun Shunfu was originally a village in Haidong. He hadn't read much, but he could read and settle accounts. But because of his meticulous and conscientious work and hard work, he was selected as a "collector", and came to Jiangsu and Zhejiang with the army, and easily fell on his head with a seven-grade county order.

This is not a three-level promotion, but a three-level promotion!

There are always seven or eight hundred "collectors," and the vast majority of them are rural officials who have served in Haidong for more than two years. Their common characteristic is that they do not read much, but they are familiar with the grassroots and are good at practical work.

The original Dalu Huachi and the county officials in Wuxing County were killed, and most of them were gone. Those who can be retained are a few scribes who have no bad deeds.

And the county order, the county officer, the chief bookkeeper, and the county lieutenant are all village officials from Haidong. With the suppression of the five hundred garrisons, they quickly mastered the county government.

"The county commanders, General Ye and General Wanyan sent back the account books of the Shen family." A Tang cavalry came in and reported, "The men of the Shen family have all been tried and punished, and all the women are slaves. ”

Sun Shunfeng opened it and looked at it, both surprised and delighted.

The Shen family has so much money, grain, and land, it's really innocent!

More than 150,000 acres of fertile land!

Is this still worth it?

Wu Xingtianmu is estimated to be five or six hundred thousand, which is equivalent to saying that one Shen family accounts for thirty percent of the county's land!

How many tenants, artisans, hunters, and fishermen are attached to the Shen family? There are 9,000 households with more than 30,000 men and women.

But in the entire Wuxing County, the real household registration will not exceed 30,000. One-third of the population is controlled by the Shen family!

There is no name of ten thousand households, but there are ten thousand households.

The Shen family also has more than 30,000 stone grains, more than 40,000 taels of gold, more than 760,000 taels of silver, more than 300,000 yuan of banknotes, more than 5,000 horses of various colors, a large amount of salt, iron tea, spices... As for antique calligraphy and paintings, it is difficult to estimate.

How many people have been extorted here!

"Let's go! Out of town! Sun Shunfu stood up a little excitedly, and didn't care about the fact that it was almost dusk, so he took a group of subordinates out of the county office.

The seizure of the Shen family's materials must be registered as soon as possible and reported to Yang Lushuai in Huzhou City.

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The Tang Army currently implements military management, so it has not appointed prefect-level officials for the time being. Yang Qingque is not only the highest general of the Tang Army stationed in Huzhou Road, but also the "pacification envoy" of Huzhou.

This is just an expedient measure for Li Luo to improve his efficiency during the special period.

It was getting late, and Yang Qingque in the pacification envoy was still dealing with important matters.

The so-called important things are, of course, the clearing of the countryside and the training of troops.

Now, all the 5,000 recruits have been recruited, and they are all concentrated in a temporary camp outside Huzhou, and they have begun training according to the methods of the Tang Army.

Qingxiang is almost done. The famous Shen family, the Ding family and other traitors on Huzhou Road were all uprooted.

Except for seven or eight gentry who took the initiative to serve, returned to the land and transported grain, and were finally preserved, most of the gentry were suppressed by the Tang army.

Dock forts and manors were breached, men were killed, women were enslaved, and property confiscated. The people in the countryside were very happy, and more and more people began to support the Tang Army.

It won't be long before the puffed villagers will know how important it is to support the Tang Army.

Next, it is necessary to select village officials and control the power of the village.

Yang Qingque spread out a piece of white paper under the lamp, and a beautiful handwriting was born at the end of the pen.

"Chenhuzhou Road Town Fu Envoy, Brigade Marshal Yang Qingque, I would like to play the gentleman to hear the ......"

“… As of 20 May, the six counties and one prefecture of Huzhou had completed the cleansing of townships, and a total of 21 traitors and gentry had been killed, three Huba families had been exterminated, two gangs of bandits in Tianmu Mountain, and 39 camps had been broken in Wuwu Fort...... More than 370,000 stones of grain, more than 180,000 taels of gold, more than 3.6 million taels of silver, and 1.05 million mu of land were seized......"

“…… The 5,000 new troops have been training for several days, and the ministers personally supervise the hard training every day, and they dare not slack off a little. The land of the new army has been distributed according to 20 acres per person, and the recruits are high-spirited... After January, it can be used to defend the city, and our Tang army will no longer be scattered everywhere..."

After Yang Qingque finished writing, he sent someone through the post station and sent him to Lin'an.

Although Meng Yuan is barbaric, if you want to say that this post station is convenient, it is really far away from the Tang and Song dynasties. After the Tang army restored Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it accepted a huge post station, and the communication march was very convenient.

At the same time that Yang Qingque played Li Luo, the pacification envoys of more than a dozen roads and prefectures in Jiangsu and Zhejiang also took up their posts one after another.

What happened on Huzhou Road and what happened in Wuxing County also happened in other states and counties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they were all similar.

With vigorous and resolute momentum and iron-blooded means, the Tang State quickly implemented the policy of clearing the countryside, so that the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces were cleansed by wind and thunder, and there were rapid changes and earth-shaking changes.

In the huge Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I don't know how many people have changed their fate overnight. They went from being nervous at the beginning, withdrawing and evading, to gradually becoming high-spirited and cheering.

From cowardice to bravery, but between the months and months. And the scholars are even more rejoicing, like a long drought and a rain.

A scholar wrote a poem:

"Gan Lin continued to descend to Jiangdong, Wu Yue Jinjin said Tang Gong. Mo Dao is hot in June and bitter in summer, and there is a spring breeze in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

There are also scholars and poems:

"The Forbidden City is open under the Phoenix Mountain, and the fish and dragons in the Qiantang River come. On the day of Wu Mu's manifestation, Fan Li was on standby to cross the king's platform. Outside the mountain, the Qingshan Building is still there, and I don't see the Xizi dance wandering. Tang Gong has the ambition of the world, and persuades the monarch not to pity Wang Zuocai. ”

Jiangsu and Zhejiang scholars, because of Wen Tianxiang's relationship and because they understand Huayi's debate, are the first group to support the Tang Army. Nowadays, not only Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but also scholars from Jiangxi, Fujian and other places, there are also many people who rushed to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to meet Wen Tianxiang and ask to see Tang Gong Li Luo.

For a while, scholars entered Jiangsu and Zhejiang, such as carp crossing the river, and it became a good story of Shilin.

In addition to restoring the Li Tang banner of the Han family and the policy of being the master of the people, the special investigation bureau also played a lot of role in the propaganda of the people.

Li Luo did not have time to meet with the visiting scholars for the time being, but he was happy and gladly ordered the resumption of the imperial examination and the examination to begin next spring. Of course, in order to stabilize people's hearts, he did not reform the content of the imperial examination.

Haidong's set, now it is implemented in the Central Plains, which is asking for trouble. Of course Li Luo wouldn't do such a stupid thing.

Li Luo has not yet hired scholars from Jiangsu and Zhejiang on a large scale, because it is not the Tang court that rules Jiangsu and Zhejiang at present, but the Shogunate. Tang Ting is still in Haidong. During the period of military management, there was no need for so many scholars for the time being.

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On 6 June, Li Luo had received all the reports on the completion of the township clearance, and all the village officials had been selected and appointed.

In the whole of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, more than 300 stubborn and powerful giants were suppressed, more than 4 million people were liberated, and more than 6 million stones of grain were confiscated, and more than 70 million taels of gold and silver were collected. and 12 million acres of land.

As for supplies, it's hard to calculate!

It is equivalent to saying that the accumulation of hundreds of wealthy families for many years has cheapened the Tang Kingdom.

However, Li Luo was not very happy when he saw the numbers.

"There is too much gold and silver, equivalent to more than 70 million taels of silver." Li Luo said to Cui Xiuning with a strange expression.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the richest places, the most densely populated, and the largest stock of gold and silver, which is more than 70 million taels, which is estimated to account for 30% of the world's gold and silver stock.

Seventy million taels, this number is the same as the number obtained by Li Zicheng by torturing the nobles and officials of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty.

But Li Zicheng got 70 million taels of silver, what was the result? The army was seriously short of food, and many times they were hungry and fought with the Qing soldiers.

In troubled times, the usefulness of gold and silver is often not as good as that of wild vegetables.

Cui Xiuning was also numb to these gold and silver.

"There are only more than six million grains, and it seems that the gentry have sold all the grain." Cui Xiuning said, "The rice in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one stone has risen to two taels, Fujian has risen to three and a half, and Jiangxi Province has risen to four taels... After only half a year of fighting in Nanfeng provinces, grain prices have increased several times. ”

"The first half of next year is expected to be the worst, with more than 30 million people estimated to be food shortages in the south. Also, don't count on the food in Jiaozhou and Xiangzhou (Annam and Cham), they are now too busy to take care of themselves. ”

Li Luo said: "With the addition of more than 6 million, we now have 16 million stone reserves, even if we take Jiangxi and Fujian this year, it will be enough for disaster relief." ”

Cui Xiuning said: "Our ranking of importance is, population resources, food resources, gold and silver. Population resources are the most valuable, because once a large amount is consumed, we will get the world, and it will take many years to recover. For the sake of the population, we must give up food. ”

Li Luo agreed with Cui Xiuning's words, and what he was most afraid of was that the war would not end in a few years, and as a result, like the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, 60 million people fought less than 10 million people.

The number of taxpayers in the Yuan Court household department is about 60 million. But according to estimates, the real population at this time should be 100 million.

For example, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, the official number of taxpayers is only more than 9 million. However, according to the latest statistics, the population of all colors is 14.6 million (including the displaced people receiving alms), which is more than 5 million more than the official tax payable figure.

Li Luo flipped through the latest report, estimated this data in his heart, and his eyebrows gradually furrowed, "The autumn grain will be reduced by at least more than half." And the real population is more than 2 million more than we expected, so this year's food gap in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is at least 6 million! ”

Previously, Lin Biju estimated that the gap was at least more than 4 million stones, which was an underestimate of the real population. Now that the real population figures have finally come out, then Li Luo's numbers are correct.

"Moreover, these six million stone grains are only this year's relief grain! Next year, the spring rice will not mature until the end of May, that is to say, we will provide half a year's grain tomorrow, which is another six million! ”

"Within a year, Jiangsu and Zhejiang alone will need more than 10 million stone of grain relief. But since Jiangsu and Zhejiang are now our territory, we can't let people starve to death. ”

Cui Xiuning groaned and said: "Can we take the initiative to attack, not to fight in Jiangnan, but to push the battlefield outside Jiangnan?" In that way, the autumn grain production will not be reduced too much. ”

Li Luo stood up and walked back and forth: "No, taking the initiative to attack will make our logistics line much farther away, and it will be easy to be harassed by the cavalry of the Yuan army." Second, our mobility is not as good as that of Kudu Timur and Wanzhedu's iron cavalry, and if we take the initiative to attack, we will be dragged to death. Thirdly, the new recruits have just begun to train, and we do not have enough troops. Being outnumbered, taking the initiative to attack, and not being as mobile as the enemy, this battle is too risky. ”

"The safest thing is to wait for work at ease and let the Yuan army take the initiative to attack us, so that we can make good use of the geographical advantages, shorten the logistics route, and reduce the impact of mobility on the war. Of course, in this way, the destruction of production in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is unavoidable. ”

"We are equivalent to taking millions of extra stone of grain in exchange for winning the war."

Of course, Cui Xiuning will not be ignorant of war, she said: "Then why can't they be broken individually? Now that we can still draw out tens of thousands of mobile troops, can't we send 50,000 soldiers and horses to suddenly enter Jiangxi and help Huang Hua attack Wanzhedu, and destroy Wanzhedu's tens of thousands of cavalry first? ”

Li Luo didn't make a sound, but his expression was a little embarrassed.

Cui Xiuning sighed and said, "Sure enough, you men...... Obviously, they are all anti-Yuan Han forces, but they have no intention of uniting, and they even wish that others would be finished. ”

Li Luo smiled: "I can't help it. Whether it's Huang Hua or Xiao Yin, they really can't be saved. You must know that the most dangerous thing about them is that in the past few months, if they survive it, they will achieve nirvana once, they will really become bigger and stronger, and their influence on the people will also double. ”

"At that time, they will occupy several provinces, and if we want to unify the south and expand our territory, we will have to fight with them. Hehe, that's too embarrassing, Meng Yuan is still eyeing each other, and several Han forces are merging and attacking each other, not to mention that it will consume strength, it is the people's heart, and it will be irretrievable. ”

"So, it's better to sit back and watch the Yuan army destroy them. They must not be given a chance to get past this threshold. What we can do is to secretly provide military intelligence to urge them to unite, so that they can hold out longer, consume more Yuan army strength, and buy us more time. ”

"I'd rather fight a big war with the Yuan army than a civil war with them. So I'm sorry, we can't send troops to the rescue. ”

Cui Xiuning shook her head speechlessly, she knew that Li Luo was right to do this, and it was also the most rational. A person can think and do this, but if everyone in a nation thinks and does this, it is very deadly.

"Okay. They may be finished this month, and since we are going to sit back and watch them be destroyed, let's be prepared to be outnumbered. ”

According to the intelligence analysis of the Special Investigation Bureau, Xiao Yin and the others can no longer hold on, and within this month, it should be over.

The Yuan army accelerated the attack on the cities they were holding, and the most dangerous were the two big cities of Huanghua, Ganzhou and Hongdu, which could not be held for half a month.

Jiangxi is very close to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and it is still too late to send troops to rescue each other.

Although Huang Hua still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but now the morale is low, the Yuan army deliberately surrounded three and missing one, and people secretly fled out of the city every day.

At this moment, suddenly Li Zhi asked to see her, her expression was a little ugly, and it seemed that something bad was happening.

"Your Majesty, madam, the latest Jiangxi military situation, Huang Hua plans to reduce the yuan!"

What the?

Li Luo was stunned, this kid surrendered and rebelled, rebelled and surrendered, and killed the high-ranking officials of the Yuan Dynasty Jiangxi Province, he still dared to surrender? Can surrender still be accepted?

Cui Xiuningning frowned, "Wanzhe will accept his surrender?" ”

Li Zhi said: "I agreed." The two sides have made preliminary contact, and the condition for completing Zhedu is that after surrendering, Huang Hua's 50,000 soldiers and horses will immediately take the lead and attack Jiangsu and Zhejiang! Huang Hua didn't want to surrender, but he was exhausted, and he couldn't do it if he didn't surrender. He had previously written a letter asking for help to the king, but was intercepted by the Yuan army. ”

Cui Xiuning frowned and said, "In other words, if he is still saved, he will not reduce the yuan?" ”

Li Zhidao: "From Chen Rang's intelligence analysis, it is true, he knows very well that even if the yuan is reduced, it will not end well." ”

Li Luo said suddenly, "The situation has changed, we can't let Huang Hua descend to the yuan, and immediately send troops to rescue Huang Hua!" ”

It's really better to change than to plan. Unexpectedly, Huang Hua was still planning to surrender, and Wan Zhedu would accept it.

Once Huang Hua surrenders, it will be a big trouble and a big variable. And sending troops to rescue can eliminate this trouble and variables to the greatest extent.

Huang Hua did not fall, less than 50,000 yuan army. Huang Hua fell, an extra 50,000 yuan army.

One comes and goes, the difference is 100,000! There are too many variables. Especially for the Tang Army, which had a small number of troops, it had a great impact.

"Come, let's sum up, how to send troops, in order to maximize benefits." After Li Zhi left, Li Luo hurriedly took out a map, and the two discussed urgently.

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