Chapter 164: Earldom

Shaoxing Mansion, which is across the river, reacted very quickly this time.

The imperial court sent an envoy to send an edict.

Feng Wu Zheng was named Qian Lin Amber, awarded the commander of Hangzhou Wei, and added the rank of general Zhaoyong.

The rest of the meritorious soldiers were rewarded and were very generous.

It's just that 10,000 silver silver was sent with the ship to reward the soldiers, which is a little thin.

But at this time, no one blames Zhu Yihai.

Now almost all the soldiers understand in their hearts that the Hangzhou Mansion is only temporarily subservient to Zhu Yihai.

All the rewards don't mean much, they are more of a symbol.

Wu Zheng knew in his heart that defending Hangzhou City was the result of an all-round joint cooperation between the military and the people.

Among them, many people spared no effort to support, just like those women, who showed their heads to care for and clean the wounded soldiers.

Like those who are strong and strong, they carry supplies for the soldiers.

There are also those dead soldiers who are not afraid of life and death, and with their flesh and blood, they bravely rush to the enemy to detonate.

But these are not the most critical for this defensive battle with a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and us.

The key is the financial support of those squires, and the surrender of the surrendering army outside the city.

And the surrender of the army outside the city is inseparable from the inducement and persecution of Mo Zhinian and Lu Nancheng and other squires.

This is the key to victory in the battle, and there is no substitute.

But Wu Zheng couldn't go out of his way to publicize and praise them.

They share a common stigma - the Anyway.

It's a stain, a stain that will never be washed away for a lifetime.

Life is like this, one wrong step will leave you with hatred for life.

Wu Zheng not only could not publicize and praise them in a big way, but he also had to keep a certain distance from them.

These people can be used, but not approached.

If it is near, it will be criticized by the world.

However, Wu Zheng did not treat them badly.

The dozens of squires got their wish, and the financial power of Hangzhou Mansion fell into their hands from then on, which is not just the financial power of a government, but represents the financial power of the entire emerging forces, including taxation and Hangzhou government's foreign economic and trade exchanges.

As for the surrendered army outside the city, all the generals and officers were promoted on the basis of maintaining their original ranks.

Wu Zheng specially took Lu Zhiyu as a role model and promoted him to the chief soldier of Songjiang Prefecture.

That's right, the general army of Songjiang Prefecture.

Although Matsue Prefecture has not yet been recovered, no one will doubt that Matsue Prefecture cannot be recovered.

No one questioned that a Hangzhou guard commander could appoint the chief soldier of a government.

Strength represents absolute power.

Wu Zheng has enough strength in his hands, and if the righteous army in Jiaxing Mansion is counted, the army under Wu Zheng's control has swelled to as many as 60,000 or 70,000 people.

This number of people is enough to sit side by side with Zhu Yihai.

Of course, it's hard to say about the quality.

More than 30,000 people have just surrendered, and more than 20,000 are pieced together by more than a dozen rebel armies.

Even among the more than 10,000 people directly under Wu Zheng, seventy percent were also Ming troops who surrendered when they recovered Hangzhou.

This kind of complicated military-Chinese relationship really gave Wu Zheng a headache.

Early the next morning, Wang Yilin came to say goodbye.

He is under the command of the Duke of Xingguo, and now that the battle of Hangzhou Mansion is over, it is natural that the navy should be rebuilt.

Fortunately, there were not many casualties among Wang Yilin's troops this time, with 200 cunning killed and more than 300 wounded.

The total is less than 600, and for the 3,000 people brought, it is less than 20%.

Therefore, Wang Yilin is very relaxed and does not have the slightest pressure.

He was promoted to the commander of the fourth rank because of his military merits, and he was already very satisfied with General Xuanwu.

Wu Zheng did not treat him badly, and gave him five thousand taels of silver.

As a reward for Wang Zhiren, Wu Zheng prepared a whole boatload of silver, 100,000 taels.

Ask Wang Yilin to hand it over to Wang Zhiren as a reward for sending 3,000 people to help in this war.

At the same time, Wu Zheng asked Wang Yilin to convey his gratitude, if Wang Yilin had not led his troops to cooperate, the ambush in Hejiadai could not guarantee a quick resolution.

The most important thing is that Wu Zheng also has no confidence, and he single-handedly fights against Duoduo's 60,000 army.

Wang Zhiren was really interesting this time, not only sent Wang Yilin's department, but also really stranded the fleet at Wusongkou for three days.

It was not until the news of the victory came out that he led the sailors back to Dinghai.

Wu Zheng received his affection.

Therefore, the shot was very generous, 100,000 taels, enough for a year's salary for an army of 10,000 people.

However, Wu Zheng now has money, and he has squeezed this group of squires in the city, and this money is too easy to come by, so he will naturally be generous.

The fifty taels that were originally promised to the dead were doubled overnight, and those who died on the city wall doubled again.

The rewards of the soldiers also rose.

Ten taels per person for Pufa, and those who get the first level of tartar will be rewarded with five taels.

So much so that the corpses of more than 2,000 Tartars outside the city were all in different places.

Song An couldn't help but complain about Wu Zheng, a huge amount of money, just like that, was squandered by Wu Zheng.

Indeed, nearly a million huge fortunes are painful for everyone.

Ten taels per person, nearly 50,000 people.

However, Wu Zheng's move did win the hearts of the military.

Especially those Ming soldiers who surrendered to Cheng already had respect for Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng did what he said, and the important thing is that Wu Zheng treated them equally, and did not treat them differently from his descendants because they were defectors.

In this way, Wu Zheng easily achieved his goal.

Because next, the reorganization of the whole army will begin.

The military's morale and support are very important.

All armies were scattered, the superior officers were transferred to each other, the middle officers were reappointed, and the junior officers were not moved.

As a result, Wu Zheng truly controlled the tens of thousands of troops.

After that, after Wu Zheng consulted with the generals, he organized his men into four parts.

Marched to Wujiang and Huzhou, and stationed 10,000 people each after the occupation, so that Wujiang, Huzhou and Jiaxing formed a triangle, forming a barrier to Hangzhou and deterring Suzhou at the same time.

In addition, Pai Lu Zhiyu led 10,000 men to attack Songjiang Mansion, and now Songjiang Mansion has no support from Jiangning Mansion, and it is only a matter of time before it is recovered.

Sending Lu Zhiyu to lead the army to go is because Wu Zheng's mind has always been in Songjiang Mansion, first, the north of Songjiang is Jiading, the place where his uncle was martyred, has always been a tangle in Wu Zheng's heart, and he must personally lead the troops to recover, collect and sacrifice for his uncle.

In terms of the topography and current conditions, it is more in line with the needs of Wu Zheng to occupy Songjiang Prefecture, transform it, and operate it as a base area.

Songjiang Province, located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, can control water transportation, which is of great help to the finances.

It can be said that choking the lifeline of water transportation can not only stall the economy of the Qing court in the north, but also strengthen its own strength.

Maritime trade, wealth at your fingertips.

With its back to the sea, it is necessary to form a navy, which can be attacked and defended when it retreats.

This is the plan that Wu Zheng has been thinking about these days.

As for the remaining more than 10,000 people, they became Wu Zheng's direct army and were stationed in Hangzhou Mansion.