The officialdom of Jiangdong Province was comprehensively purged by Li Zhongyi, from the Xuanfu envoy to the following magistrates, county officials, and chief secretaries, all of them were replaced by people selected by Li Zhongyi.

The core means of controlling the situation is to employ people. With the right people, the situation will be as stable as Mount Tai; If the wrong person is used, it will be a boiling situation of public resentment.

After Li Zhongyi took office, the Jiangdong upstarts selected by Li Zhongyi immediately vigorously and resolutely implemented Li Zhongyi's basic national policy of taking care of the people's livelihood and ensuring employment.

In the past, Wu Yueguo collected the entry tax for decades, which was completely abolished. For a time, the people of the entire Jiangdong region were thunderous.

With an astonishing speed, in just five days, more than 20 grain shops were opened in Hangzhou.

No business, no wealth, no food, no stability, is the true essence of governing the country, Li Zhongyi has never forgotten.

With the inauguration of the new officials, the trade route between the north and the south was immediately opened. Silk and grain from the south continued to flow north; Iron and salt from the north are constantly flowing south.

Li Zhongyi observed for a few more days, and then led 60,000 soldiers and 40,000 auxiliary soldiers to march westward.

To pacify the south of the Yangtze River, Wu Yueqian's family is just an appetizer, and the Southern Tang Dynasty, which has a lot of land and resources, and a more solid family background, is the main goal of Li Zhongyi's imperial expedition.

Although the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty had moved to Hongzhou (present-day Nanchang), its western capital, Jiangning Fu (Jinling), remained the wealthiest region.

Therefore, according to the general staff's advance plan, the army marched north from Hangzhou Bay and entered the Jinghai Settlement Courtyard (now Nantong) in the Southern Tang Dynasty by sea. Then, along the Yangtze River to the west, after defeating the enemy of Jiangyin and Zhenhai, the army came to the city of Jiangningfu.

Now, the main naval division led by Lin Renzhao is facing off against the elite soldiers and horses led by Yang Lie in Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang City).

Although there were more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the most elite soldiers and horses were all restrained on the front line of Jiangzhou and could not respond to Jiangning Mansion in time.

This is also one of the fundamental factors for Li Zhongyi to dare to stay in Hangzhou Mansion for so many days!

Although the Southern Tang Dynasty was backed by the Yangtze River moat, however, the sailors of the Li Jiajun had become astonishingly large after defeating and annexing the sailors of the Wu Yue Kingdom.

Not to mention anything else, just a large ship with thousands of materials, the sailors of the Qiang Han Dynasty already have nearly a thousand ships, not to mention small and medium-sized ships with hundreds of materials.

On the day of the dispatch, the entire Hangzhou Bay was boiling, and the towering sails covered the sky and the sun, and there was no end in sight.

"The ministers send the emperor to him."

After Li Zhongyi boarded the ship, he stood proudly on the bow of the ship, and the military generals of Hangzhou City, under the leadership of Zhang Bennian and Liao Shanhe, made a grand salute to pay homage.

"Flat." Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said very majestically, "Jiangdong Dao will be handed over to you, don't let me down." ”

"The minister will never dare to live up to the emperor's expectations." Liao Shanhe deliberately asked Zhang Bennian to speak first, and then he followed up and said, "The minister will never let the rebels succeed." ”

Zhang Bennian is a Wenchen after all, and his tone of voice always carries the atmosphere of a gentleman, Liao Shanhe is a typical military general, and he and Li Zhongyi have always had a word and a word, without turning around.

Li Zhongyi saw that Zhang Bennian and Liao Shanhe's words were slightly different, and couldn't help but smile slightly, the way to divide and rule between civil and military is easier said than done!

The golden drums sounded in unison, the horns were noisy, Li Zhongyi's handsome ship was the first to sail away from the dock, and the ministers, under the leadership of Zhang Bennian and Liao Shanhe, saluted His Majesty the Emperor together.

At the time of the crisp autumn weather, Li Zhongyi stood on the bow of the boat with his hands in his hands, looking at the entire Hangzhou Bay, full of sailors and big ships of the Han Dynasty, and couldn't help but chant with excitement: "The great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the romantic characters of the ages ......"

Han Xianglan, who had been standing silently behind Li Zhongyi, listened to the man's singing, and secretly sighed, the male protagonist with good poems, amazing!

Zhu Niang didn't quite understand what Li Zhongyi was chanting, but she knew in her heart that after the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed, her man would definitely accumulate national strength for the Northern Expedition to Jinyang, the Liu Han regime and the Khitan Kingdom.

Expelling the Tartars and restoring the prosperity of China has always been the goal that Li Zhongyi has been striving for, and Zhu Niang knows a lot about it!

"Zhu Niang, the dishes in Jiangning Mansion are still quite good. When you enter Jiangning City, I will take you to taste it! ”

In Li Zhongyi's dictionary, Jiangning City is already in the bag, and it can be taken overnight.

Li Zhongyi inadvertently showed his arrogance, and Han Xianglan was immediately stupid, such a male master is worthy of being her man!

Zhu Niang smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the slave family has heard you say that the fish head tofu in Jiangning City is a must." This time when I entered the city, this dish was what the slave family wanted to eat the most. ”

Li Zhongyi laughed and said, "What's the point of worrying about the dishes?" Don't save me money! ”

This time in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Liao Shanhe stayed in the city of Hangzhou, and Ma Guangda served as the commander of the camp, and the commander of the naval division was still Zhao Laoqi.

According to the rules of the Li family's army marching and fighting, the soldiers and horses on the ship, including Ma Guangda, must obey Zhao Laoqi's arrangement.

After the army landed, Zhao Laoqi had to obey Ma Guangda's command in turn, which also highlighted the correct logic of professionals doing professional things.

On the water, you must obey the arrangement of the sailor, which has long been clearly stipulated in the regulations.

After the army anchored from Hangzhou Bay, it turned around and headed north, passing through Xiuzhou and Chongming Island successively, and approaching the Jinghai Courtyard in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the Southern Tang Dynasty is in the upper echelons, and our army belongs to the boat against the current, the most noteworthy thing is to guard against fire attacks!" Zhao Laoqi was a general of the water master, and his views immediately attracted Li Zhongyi's attention.

"According to what you say, it's very likely that the Southern Tang side will attack with fire and water?" Li Zhongyi rested one hand on his chin, and his eyes kept staring at the huge military sand table.

"Your Majesty, please look here." Zhao Laoqi held a thin wooden stick in his hand, raised his wrist and pointed directly above the Jinghai Courtyard, and explained in detail, "This is near the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the water is turbulent, which is conducive to the attack of water and fire. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded and asked Zhao Laoyi: "Don't go around the corner, just say it directly, how should you deal with it?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can let the small and medium-sized ships of the captured Wu Yue Kingdom be the leader, and they will be divided into a group about ten miles away from our army, a total of four groups." Zhao Laoqi put down the thin wooden stick and arched his hand, "Our army has many large ships in the navy, and it is impossible to turn around or dodge smoothly in the Yangtze River, while the ships in Jiangdong Road are smaller, even if the enemy army in the Southern Tang Dynasty takes a fire attack, it can be dealt with calmly." ”

Li Zhongyi understood what Zhao Laoqi meant that the enemy army in the Southern Tang Dynasty would definitely take fire attacks. Rather than damaging the large ships of the headquarters, it is better to let the small and medium-sized ships that follow from Gangdong Province resist in front of them.

Moreover, according to Zhao Laoqi's four-point approach, even if there are occasional fireships that slip through the net, there will definitely not be many, but only a few sporadic ones, and they will not be in a hurry to deal with it.