After settling the grape trellis a little, Lin Feng turned his attention to the war on the southern front. Compared with the previous few months, the current war between the Han and Qing dynasties in Jiangsu and Anhui has gradually subsided, of course, this does not mean that the war is about to end, in fact, this war has been fought so far that there is obviously no room for compromise on both sides, let alone any possibility of peace, and the reason why such a relatively calm situation is now maintained is that both armies are a little 'fine' exhausted, and they have to temporarily stop some military operations, take a big breath, and prepare for the next large-scale war.

Because of the relationship between Geerdan, Lin Feng did not invest too much 'fine' strength in the southern front in the first half of this year, and this reason is not difficult to understand, compared with Geerdan's hundreds of thousands of 'fine' sharp iron cavalry, the hundreds of thousands of half-crippled troops of the puppet Qing Dynasty in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are indeed not enough, and from a military point of view, even if the Han army loses the war in Anhui, it still cannot cause a fundamental foundation to the foundation of the Han Dynasty On the contrary, even if the Qing army expelled the Han army from Anhui and occupied the land of Lianghuai, what role could it play? ! How can a dying and desperate counterattack save a dynasty that has long since fallen?!

At the beginning of this year, the puppet Qing Jian Prince Rabu rose up and gathered nearly 80,000 troops in Nanjing, and at the same time instigated the remnants of Yuele, the former Prince of Jiangxi Province, to attack Anhui by land and water. The mercenary army in Jiangxi followed the north of Poyang Lake from Du'an, Dechang and other places in Jiangxi, and within ten days, conquered Huangmei and Susong cities, intending to invade Anqing. The two armies acted together, with a total strength of nearly 130,000 troops, its momentum was menacing, the whole province of Anhui was shaken, the Han Anhui governor Yuan Gongmao, Jianwei Zhonglang general Liu Lusi and Zhou Qiu divided their troops to meet the attack, and on the other hand, they quickly reported to Beijing and asked for reinforcements.

Among them, the Fourth Infantry Army's Sun Sike Division set out from Zhili, entered Anhui through Henan, and went straight to the Taihu Lake front line to meet the Jiangxi Army, while the Second Infantry Army's Wang Dahai Division was ingenious, and actually took a boat from Ningjin Juehua Island and took the naval fleet to the south along the sea route, adopting the strategy of "encircling Wei and saving Zhao" in an attempt to land in the rear of Labu, weaken the war potential of the Jiangsu Army, mobilize and exhaust the enemy's main force to attack Anhui, and force it to return to the base camp, so as to achieve the goal of indirectly supporting the Anhui front.

At the beginning of March 1686, more than 14,000 people of the Second Infantry Army of the Headquarters of Wang Dahai, the general of Pingliao of the Han Dynasty and the governor of Anhui Province, marched from Liaodong to the east of Liao. Bo' Zhonglang General Shi Lang's Navy First Fleet escorted southward, after drifting on the vast sea for a month, suddenly appeared on the northern coast of Jiangsu, the local garrison troops were caught off guard, the Han army conquered Zhudao, Dongxilian Island in one day and night, and controlled the entire Haizhou Bay, the next day, the army launched an attack on Lianyungang, the capital of Haizhou, under the cover of naval guns, and landed successfully in less than two hours, and more than 600 officers and soldiers of the Lianyungang defenders surrendered.

Before that, the puppet Qing Prince Jian was in high spirits, conquered several towns in Anhui Province one after another, and attacked Liu Lusi of the Third Army of the Han Army Infantry with superior troops. The tide was wet, the power of the Han army's firearms was greatly reduced, and the strength was weak, so the Qing army won repeatedly, Liu Lusi's troops were forced to continue to retreat to the east, using the familiar terrain, in the area of the Xinyu River in Taiping Province and the Labu army was entangled, and at this time, I heard that the Han army came to the aid in a big way, the situation of the battle was reversed, Sun Sike and Zhou Qiu joined in Taihu Lake, immediately waved the army to attack the Jiangxi army, won several battles in five days, recaptured the important town of Susong in southern Huinan, and forced the Jiangxi army to retreat again and again; and Wang Dahai's heart-digging tactics made Rabu feel pain in the heart and lungs, when the Han army brigade landed in Jiangsu, the news of the fall of Haizhou Mansion reached the front line, and the whole army of tens of thousands of puppet Qing troops was in an uproarSeveral guerrillas and generals even led their headquarters overnight to say goodbye, and even the Eight Banners troops, which were Labu's closest confidants, also lost confidence in victory, and seeing that the morale of the army was completely lost, Labu had no choice but to send his cronies to stop Liu Lusi, and he led the army back to Nanjing to meet Wang Dahai's troops who swept the 'sweep' rear.

When Lin Feng defeated Geldan and returned to Beijing in triumph, the war situation in Anhui had basically stabilized, and with the cooperation of Sun Sike's troops in Zhou Qiu's Anhui local army, the offensive of the Jiangxi army had been gradually contained. Wang Hai's division, which was attacking the rear of Rabu, was adrift at sea for many days, and because of the continuous raids and battles, the supply of troops was difficult, and the soldiers were very tired.

Although the enemy army has not been destroyed, the war situation in Anhui has long since turned from danger to peace, and now there is a dispute within the General Staff of the Han Army over the next war plan. Some of these veteran and steady officers advocated maintaining the status quo in Anhui and that the Han army should concentrate its 'fine' efforts to thoroughly solve the Shandong problem, so as to open up the waterway of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and connect the north and the south; second, Shandong is rich and tranquil, has a good port, and is also a large province directly under Beijing, so it can be said that it is a huge hidden danger around the Han army, and it should be resolved as soon as possible. And those young people who were born in Mazhuang martial arts school 'radical' faction think that this time Rabu offended the "Han King Tiger Might" and brazenly invaded Anhui, which is tolerable or unbearable, for the prestige of the imperial court, it is necessary to immediately increase the military strength of Anhui and pour power into Jiangsu, so that the world will be deterred, and the princes will be terrified, not only Shandong will surrender to the Heavenly Dynasty without blood, but also the more than 100,000 remnants of the Han 'traitor' troops in Jiangxi and Hubei will also be surrendered under the military authority of the Han army. Looking at the world, who would dare to compete with my big man?!

After careful consideration, Lin Feng was a little undecided, to be honest, he really didn't want to use military means to solve the Shandong problem, you must know that Shandong is the only big province that has not fought a war now, and the life of the common people is not bad, if it really stiffens hundreds of thousands of troops to kill it, then even if it is taken down, it will definitely be a ruin, so whether from a moral point of view or from an economic point of view, this is not very appropriate; However, he also did not believe in the "shock and deterrence theory" of the 'radical' advance faction, you must know that the Qing army in Shandong and the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion are completely different, Shaanxi and Gansu are barren, and since the end of the Ming Dynasty, there have been decades of war, and the local people have long been struggling to make a living, and the army of the Gan-Shaanxi Green Battalion was previously supplied by Kangxi Zhengfǔ thousands of miles away from blood to survive, so when Lin Feng overthrew the Qing court in one fell swoop, this army could only take refuge in one side under severe survival pressure. However, the Shandong troops did not have this difficulty, and with the rich place, they could completely achieve military self-sufficiency, so if the Han army swept away the Jiangxi Labu army, they still insisted on holding their necks and not surrendering, it was not an impossible thing.

When he first returned to Beijing, he also received the envoy of Zhao Shenqiao, the governor of Shandong Province of the puppet Qing Dynasty, and also read his handwritten letter, to be honest, Lin Feng now does not know what Zhao Shenqiao's idea is, the envoy does not say anything except repeatedly congratulates the Han army on "stabilizing the northern Xinjiang and protecting the people", and he is talking nonsense and empty words, and Zhao Shenqiao's so-called handwritten letter is even more outrageous, and he does not mention the military and politics throughout, just a strong compliment to Lin Feng, and in addition, he has extracted a lot of famous sentences in the Four Books and Five Classics to express his personal opinions. And these personal opinions are only limited to the academic scope of Confucianism, and I really don't know what he is thinking.

If Zhao Shenqiao wants to put forward some surrender conditions, it is easy to do, of course Lin Feng is also mentally prepared, in fact, he also intends to compromise, whether he and his subordinates stay in their original positions or enter the central government, it is negotiable, but Zhao Shenqiao just closed the big 'door', and not a single gap was 'exposed', which is indeed a bit helpless.

The only consolation is that this matter is not a very urgent matter, now the Great Han Dynasty can be said to have won major victories on both the north and south fronts, the foundation of the regime has been completely consolidated, and it has also occupied the active position on various battlefields, whether it is Zhaoshenqiao in Shandong or Labu in Jiangsu, or even the miscellaneous army in Jiangxi, it is now not capable of attacking the Han army, and after this large-scale war in the first half of the year, except for the ' In addition to the heavy casualties of the elite troops, the food and ordnance that they had originally hoarded were seriously depleted, and it would take a while to 'lick' and 'lick' the wounds, so this matter can still be studied and discussed slowly to find the best solution.

After throwing this annoying matter to Zhou Peigong, Lin Feng began to review the government affairs accumulated in the previous time. Because the Han Dynasty has always adopted a liberal economic policy, although during the war, the industrial and commercial development in the imperial field was still very rapid, and many things that seemed absurd appeared one after another, such as the Jin Hui Consortium two months ago, in Tianjin, Baoding opened two embroidery factories in succession, of course, the opening of the embroidery workshop itself is not surprising, the strange thing is that this enterprise has posted notices in the city, announcing that it only recruits' Female 'worker', this thing in Lin Feng's view, of course, does not feel that there is any 'fault', but in the eyes of the local gentry is extremely rebellious, you must know that according to tradition, the scope of activity of 'women' can only be "kitchen and bedroom", serious "good family" women "women" and "women" will be despised even when they go out to buy things, so they are generally elderly women who 'show their faces' outside, and even these old women are also classified as "three aunts and six women" A class of social scum, In Chinese culture, he plays a glorious negative role in the 'color', whether it is Wu Song fighting the tiger or any other repertoire, he dies quite miserably.

It can be imagined that the Jin Hui consortium caused a lot of trouble this time, with their financial resources and power in the Han Dynasty, they couldn't suppress the anger of the masses, and they were stabbed on Lin Feng's desk by N many "highly respected" Confucians, which really made His Royal Highness the King of Han a little crying and laughing.

Of course, this behavior of the Jinhui Consortium must be progressive, and Lin Feng felt that he still had an obligation to settle this trouble for them. After full consideration, Lin Feng personally met with several great Confucians and consulted with them on this issue.

"His Royal Highness the King of Han, those 'traitors' of the Jinhui Chamber of Commerce are bad and bad morals, and they are really the biggest evil, and the people in Tianjin and Baoding are 'excited', if the court continues to deal with it, I am afraid that something will happen!!" As soon as these words came out, the old men behind him nodded in agreement, "So please make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

"Nice, nice! The old gentleman is really knowledgeable, and he is really a scholar!! Therefore, the widow can see from you that the people under the rule of our Han Dynasty are simple and simple, and the style of learning is getting better and better, which is really gratifying! Lin Feng nodded and smiled, and the great Confucians were complacent, but their mouths were unrelenting, "Originally, the widow was furious after seeing the complaints of several old gentlemen that day, and he was going to order troops to be sent on the spot to arrest those 'traitors' businessmen who corrupted my big * Han style * (please delete the banned books) customs, cut off the leaders, and behead the co-followers, and then raid their homes and destroy the 'door'......"

"Ahem...... Cough...... King Han really has an ancient style...... "The old gentleman gave a cold war and said dumbly, "But although this matter is bad, is it too severe to punish it like this?!" ”

"That's not right, they violated the instructions of the sage, logically speaking, it is a great crime, you know, the most respected by this king in this life is Master Confucius, whoever violates his instructions will not be able to get along with the widow, and the tens of millions of people in the Han Dynasty will not be able to get along!!" Lin Feng said solemnly, "So you can't let them go just because this is a trivial matter, you must punish them severely, kill the 'chicken' and set an example for the monkeys, and warn people's hearts!! ”

"That's ...... That's ......," the old man said profusely and nodding his head.

"But just when the widow was writing the edict, he suddenly remembered something again," Lin Feng suddenly turned his head and asked the old gentleman, "Did the sage say that we Han people should fulfill filial piety and put filial piety first in everything?!" ”

"That's nature!" The old man looked at Lin Feng in surprise, King Han took a 'sage instruction' one by one, didn't he even know this.

"Yes, at that time, I suddenly remembered a thing, saying that there was a filial 'woman' husband in your Baoding Mansion who died, and her mother-in-law depended on each other, and the family was very poor and could not live, others persuaded her to remarry, she insisted on following the sage's instructions and refused to defect, and finally the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law starved to death!" Lin Feng turned his eyes and said with a heavy expression, "At that time, the magistrate sent me a recital, asking her to repair the archway of chastity - do you say there is such a thing!" ”

"It's true, the old man and other squires have also signed a joint name on the recital to the king!!" The old man nodded proudly, stroked his beard and said, "Zhang Wang's chastity and filial piety are indeed rare, and they should be demonstrated!" ”

"Yes, so I suddenly thought, if this filial 'woman' goes to work in the workshop to earn money, will she be able to support her mother-in-law, and neither of them will starve to death?!"

The squires looked at each other, and the old man at the head was stunned and said, "This ...... This one...... I'm afraid the king has thought wrong?! How can this matter be compared?! ”

"Oh, it turns out that what this king thinks is wrong, and what you think is right?!" Lin Feng smiled.

"No, no, no...... How dare the grass people?! …… The King forgives his sins!! The old man was startled, and he was terrified at the moment, and his legs fell to the ground with a weak knee, "Cao Minjun lost his words in front of him, please forgive King Han!" ”

"Hey! Look at you, what kind of words is this, is this king like that tyrannical king?! Lin Feng smiled and helped him up, "People say, 'A wise man thinks a thousand times, there must be a mistake, and a fool thinks a thousand times, and there must be a gain,' even if this king thinks wrong, it's not a big deal!!" ”

"Yes, yes!! …… King Xie Han is forgiving!! The old man wiped his cold sweat and got up tremblingly.

"Oh, where did you just go? Yes, speaking of this filial 'woman' work! Lin Feng smiled, "So this king thought about it again and again, what do you say is the way to not only make everyone follow the teachings of the saints, but also make those filial 'women' have fulfilled filial piety?!" ”

"That'...... Did the king come up with it?! ”

"God is pitiful, this king racked his brains and finally came up with a compromise idea!!" Lin Feng coughed and cleared his throat, "It's not impossible for these workshops to recruit 'female' workers, but we have to strictly control them according to the teachings of the saints!" ”

The old Confucian was dazed in their minds, and stammered, "...... This one...... Please also make it clear to Your Highness! ”

"Actually, it's very simple, let's build the workshop like a prison! After the workshop is built, the local gentry will be asked to send respectable people to supervise them, of course, these inspectors must be old people in the clan, preferably seventy or eighty years old, such as ...... For example, ......" Lin Feng turned his head and said to the old men, "For example, the old gentlemen can do it!" ”

“……”

"Of course, a few people with high morality will naturally not let you guard the 'door', you just want to warn and deter those small people, the widow will ask those businessmen to recruit some healthy 'women', and guard them tightly, if anyone dares to go to the 'female' workshop to violate morals, you will go to the officials, and ask the officers and soldiers to arrest these 'bastards' and parade them on the streets! ! - What do you think?! Lin Feng looked at the old Confucians, smiled, and said seriously.

"Well...... "Although the gentry were surprised in their hearts, they still felt that this method was not something that could not be implemented, and everyone 'handed over' a few eyes, it seems that His Royal Highness the King of Han retreated openly and secretly, so painstakingly, it was ironclad to come out for those 'traitor' businessmen, and as a last resort, the old man at the head smiled bitterly, "So...... In this case, then obey the orders of King Han!! ”