Chapter 201 redefines Jiangnan

The credit naturally comes from the war.

Others may not have the courage, Xu Du is a bold person like Luo Dai.

Zhang Xuan thought of Luo Dai from Xu Du, and suddenly remembered that Luo Dai was no longer there, and his heart felt a little sad. said: "General Xu is a native of Zhejiang, and now Governor Zhang Jiayu Zhang is appeasing the people of Jiangnan, but if he has given grace, he must also be powerful." It is inevitable that there are some people on Governor Zhang's side who are short of manpower, so you can take the people of your headquarters to Hangzhou to help him. ”

Xu Du never thought that this matter would fall into his hands.

Zhang Jiayu's affairs, he also listened to it.

After all, Zhang Xuan's side is the place where the news of the Xia Dynasty gathers and disperses, and the news from all over the world gathers here. Even if Xu Du doesn't want to understand, he will know, not to mention, but anyone who can stand next to Zhang Xuan, behind each of them, there is a big faction.

Even though many things have nothing to do with him, they do have to do with people in his faction. Xu Du, as the backer of Jinhua's military generals, must be aware of all aspects of things. At least nothing will happen, he doesn't know yet, he was caught off guard.

Zhang Jiayu is in Hangzhou, and things are doing smoothly and smoothly, if it doesn't go well, it can't be said to be smooth.

Smoothly, in Jiangnan, these gentry are the easiest to accept reality. As soon as Zhang Jiayu arrived in Hangzhou, all parts of the country surrendered, and it seemed that in one day, the chaotic situation in the entire south of the Yangtze River became clear. So the flags have been replaced, with the big flag of "Xia" in black letters on a red background.

But it's hard to say what the root is.

In the past few months when the Qing army was raging, there were two or three large-scale wars, and the see-saw between the Zheng family and the Qing army in Jiangnan was like a sieve, screening the families in Jiangnan over and over again. I don't know how many old times Wang Xie has become a barren hill and a mound. I don't know how many upstarts have become rich, but in the blink of an eye, they are like dust.

The changes are drastic and tragicomedy.

Later generations don't know how many operas from such a time are drawn, which shows the great sorrows and joys, ups and downs in this year.

However, even now, for the Jiangnan gentry, the situation has not ended.

Because all the families that are now in charge of power in various prefectures and counties have one characteristic, that is, they have soldiers in their hands.

Ignore how this soldier came to be? It is part of the Qing army, or part of the Xia army, and then there are the clan soldiers of their own family. Anyway, the people who can control the place are such powerful people. Of course, there are no big warlords, but every town, every county, is in the hands of such people.

Zhang Jiayu's headquarters has only one or two thousand people, which can maintain the rule near Hangzhou, many places. It's out of reach.

Such a situation is Zhang Xuan

It must not be allowed, but if you want to defeat these people, naturally all kinds of means must be used, those who can be co-opted, those who can be disbanded, if they can't do it, they must use thunder means. This is the plan that Zhang Jiayu reported to Zhang Xuan, but this plan has come to Zhang Xuan. Zhang Xuan immediately made a modification.

Intensify the efforts of the clean-up, the clean-up first, the incorporation, and the dissolution are second.

The reason is very simple, Zhang Xuan is not pleasing to the Jiangnan gentry, but it is not a day or two. Now the Qing army has ravaged the south of the Yangtze River, if it is miserable. But in Zhang Xuan's view, it is also a great opportunity. If he didn't take this opportunity to suppress the local forces in Jiangnan, Zhang Xuan would waste a great opportunity.

It's just that to complete Zhang Xuan's plan, Zhang Jiayu's manpower is inevitably a little insufficient. Therefore, it was natural for Zhang Xuan to send some people to help.

Xu Du was only one of the candidates prepared by Zhang Xuan, and what made Zhang Xuan a little worried was that Xu Du was a Jinhua after all, and he had a close relationship with many gentry in Jiangnan. But seeing that Xu Du was mixed up like that at the beginning, it was just a face-saving relationship.

And Zhang Xuan may not have the idea of killing them all.

Because he knows that killing people as a solution to the problem is the stupidest way to do it. If you can't solve the problem itself, even if you solve the problem of manufacturing, the next group of people will emerge. Zhang Xuan's suppression of the Jiangnan gentry was not because he had any hatred with them. Purely to control the government.

If these Donglin Party members are not allowed to wake up from their sense of moral superiority and know who is the master of the world, they will definitely make trouble.

Zhang Xuan even regarded the suppression of the Jiangnan gentry as a national policy for a period of time in the future, just like Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed the Jiangnan gentry, because these people were Zhang Shicheng's team before. Politically, Jiangnan is trapped to be heavily endowed, and there are even Jiangnan people who are not allowed to enter the main household. And so on.

It's just that they slowly let go.

Zhang Xuan will not be so ruthless, but with Zhang Xuan's dynasty, Jiangnan people, don't want to occupy a seat in the cabinet.

Moreover, Zhang Xuan did this to distract the thoughts of the Nanjing soldiers.

Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in Nanjing, which seemed to be huge, but the burden on the local area was quite heavy. Moreover, the Qing army's intention to withdraw is so obvious, Zhang Xuan also has to give some signals. A signal of relaxation, if Zhang Xuan has been here all the time. Even if the Qing army has the intention of retreating, I am afraid that they will not dare to retreat.

Gradually disperse the Nanjing army and establish a defensive system along the river. It is Zhang Xuan who is ready to start now.

Xu didn't understand how this matter fell on his head, and who to send to the Jiangbei camp? But Zhang Xuan had already spoken, and he didn't dare to say, no. I had to say, "Yes." ”

Zhang Xuan looked at Gao Yigong and said, "General Gao, you are ready to garrison Jiangbei." ”

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Yigong didn't expect this to happen, but it actually fell into his own hands and said, "Yes." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "The matter of Jiangbei camp, first postpone, it's just the war in Luzhou, what do you think should be done?" ”

The Battle of Luzhou has long been over.

The result was unexpected by both sides, and it seemed that both sides were afraid of each other's strength, so that the two sides retreated at the slightest contact. Yuan Shizhong did not have many cavalry, and the army with a combination of infantry and cavalry originally wanted to escort Yang Shenzu to the south.

But he didn't want Yang Shenzu to want to go south with the people in Luzhou City.

In this way, it will bring great inconvenience to Yuan Shizhong. However, Yuan Shizhong still gritted his teeth and agreed, because Yuan Shizhong's army was the army with the largest number of northerners in the Xia army, most of which were composed of Henan people and two Huai soldiers, and in Luzhou City, there were many people who fled from the two places.

Taking these people south, Yuan Shizhong didn't think about anything else, and just brought people back to Shucheng and Lujiang wholeheartedly.

But they didn't know that the Qing army was here, and the Mongols didn't want to stay here for a long time, so they chased Yuan Shizhong and fought a battle, and found that they couldn't take advantage of it, and found that Luzhou City had become an empty city, so they stayed behind to garrison thousands of people, and the team retreated to Fengyang City.

In this way, Luzhou City has become a buffer zone for both sides.

Yuan Shizhong put forward a plan to restore Luzhou and threaten Fengyang. And Zhang Xuan asked now, this is the case.

"No." Wen Anzhi said: "Today's major policy is to recuperate, stop the urgent business, and improve the people's strength. Taking one place is not enough to win the east. However, if one thing is done, and everything is prosperous, it is vital to the lives of the people. The ministers asked to urge the king to settle the fields on the spot to ease the people's strength. and select soldiers for the future. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Just ask Mr. Wen to draft an edict to King Wei." That's what it means. ”

"Yes." Wen Anzhi said.

Zhang Xuan can also taste some of Yuan Shizhong's meanings in his heart, Yuan Shizhong's headquarters is the most active part of the Northern Expedition, because for them, going north is going home. This kind of person has a lot of plans in the Xia army. This was also the driving force behind a considerable part of the Northern Expedition.

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "The Northern Expedition will definitely end in my generation, otherwise I am afraid that it will really become a situation of separation between the two countries in the future." ”

No, Zhang Xuan is worried about the sky, but he understands people's inertia too well. Once his generation is gone, the successor may not be able to run such a major event as the Northern Expedition. It is inevitable that civil officials will be in power for a long time. And a large number of generals came from the north, and there was a simple idea of going home. When this group of people has passed away, the next generation may not regard the north as their hometown.

Although Zhang Xuan is ready to rest the army and truce at this moment, the words Northern Expedition have been hovering in Zhang Xuan's heart, and he has not forgotten it for a day.