The battle of Huiji Mountain lasted for two days and two nights, and the Zheng army was defeated.

The 40,000 Zheng troops who went north from Jinhua Mansion were slaughtered on the battlefield, and countless people trampled on each other in a hasty rout.

Chigutai led the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to chase all the way to the border of Shaoxing and Jinhuafu, and because the terrain was no longer conducive to the cavalry impact, he collected his troops and returned. Along the way, hundreds of miles, the corpses were killed everywhere, and Zheng Bing's corpses could be seen everywhere.

Zheng Sen only escaped with 300 horsemen, and his general Zhou Quanbin was seriously injured, and another tiger general, Feng Xin, was killed in battle, and he couldn't find a place to go even in the capital.

Zheng Sen, who thought that he would come north to get back the capital in a game, lost all the chips in his hand after a big gamble.

Zheng Zhilong withdrew his troops back to Xianxia Pass ahead of schedule, and there was not much left of Zheng's army in Zhejiang. Zheng Sen and Zheng Zhibao didn't dare to stay in Jinhua Mansion at all, so they could only flee south overnight. It wasn't until ten days later that he escaped into Xianxia Pass, which was considered to have saved a life.

The battle situation in Zhejiang was completely defeated, and Zheng Zhifeng, the general of the Zheng family naval division who retreated to Haimenwei, did not dare to continue to stay in Haimenwei in Taizhou Mansion, so he could only lead the fleet to continue to retreat south to Zhenhaiwei, the largest military port in Fujian and the base camp of Zhengjia naval division.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna, who was still fighting guerrillas with the Xuanjia Army in Wenzhou Mansion, heard that the Zheng army had been driven back to Xianxia Pass by the Xuanjia Army, and Matsudaira Nobutsuna, who had only 3,000 Japanese soldiers left, did not dare to hold on in Zhejiang any longer, so the whole army withdrew to Xianxia Pass.

Jing Jie completed the important task of going south to suppress the Japanese, and did not continue to attack Xianxia Pass, but collected his troops and returned, and after half a month, he entered the city of Hangzhou.

At this point, Fang Yuan's Xuanjia Army and Zheng Army surrounded the ownership of Zhejiang, which lasted for nearly a year, and finally ended with the defeat of Zheng Jun and Fang Yuan's complete victory.

Now not only are the five mansions in northern Zhejiang all in Fang Yuan's pocket, but the six mansions in southern Zhejiang have also opened their doors, as long as Fang Yuan stretches out his hand, he can take it for himself. The total area of Zhejiang is about the same as the area of the entire Nanzhili, which is equivalent to directly giving Fang Yuan a territory the size of Nanzhili.

But Fang Yuan took over such a piece of fat, but he didn't have a trace of happiness, because the five prefectures in northern Zhejiang were okay to say, and the six mansions in southern Zhejiang were really no different from chicken ribs to him.

The six prefectures in southern Zhejiang are hilly and mountainous, because they do not belong to the Grand Canal Economic Belt, except for a few coastal treaty ports, the inland commerce is extremely underdeveloped, and it is far away from the core ruling area of Fangyuan, and the Zheng family of Fujian is eyeing it. If you want to occupy such a territory, you must not only send heavy troops to guard it, but also always be on guard against the Zheng family's sneak attack to the north.

Therefore, the bigger the territory, the better, but the larger the territory that can be effectively governed, the better, otherwise it will be a long line and a waste of troops, but the gains will outweigh the losses, and over time the entire financial budget will inevitably be dragged down.

Fang Yuan called Zhang Bingzhen, the governor of Zhejiang, and the prefect of the eleven prefectures in Zhejiang, to conduct a thorough investigation of Zhejiang's economic situation, especially the tax situation of the six prefectures in southern Zhejiang.

According to the statistics of the Zhejiang Political Division, Zhejiang's population is about 10 million, and the annual land tax that could be paid before was 5 or 6 million stones, and the commercial tax was less than 1 million taels of silver. The population of the six prefectures in southern Zhejiang is less than 4 million, and the land tax that can be paid is only one or two million stones, and the commercial tax is less than 500,000 taels of silver, which is less than the land tax and commercial tax of the Suzhou government.

Fang Yuan secretly estimated that in order to guard the six prefectures in southern Zhejiang, at least 10,000 Xuanjia troops would be dispatched, and the annual military salary would be 600,000 taels of silver and 20,000 stone of grain. In addition, there are 50,000 guards in the six provinces of southern Zhejiang, and these guards all have military fields, although I don't know how much is left now, but they can save the military salaries paid, and only need to allocate another 100,000 stone of grain to feed tens of thousands of guards.

After discussing with Jing Jie, he thought that there would still be a surplus in the general ledger of the six prefectures in southern Zhejiang, and it would not be a loss, and this transaction could be done.

Since he decided to take over the six prefectures in southern Zhejiang, Fang Yuan carried out a series of military and political strategic deployments in Hangzhou.

First of all, the first important position was the governor of Zhejiang.

This position, Fang Yuan still decided to hand over this position to Zhang Bingzhen, the former governor of Zhejiang, who was familiar with Zhejiang's administrative affairs and was willing to surrender, and also besieged Gan Hui. As for the officials of the Zhejiang Political Division, even if they have no merit, they have no faults, and their official positions will continue as before.

The only personnel change Fang Yuan made was to transfer Lu Ziyue, the former governor of Ningbo Prefecture, to the governor of the six prefectures in southern Zhejiang. This prefect who loves the people, Fang Yuan originally wanted to promote him to the cabinet before, but after thinking about it, he is still more needed by the six prefectures in southern Zhejiang, which have just been devastated by the war and urgently need measures to reassure the people. After pacifying the Zheng clan in Fujian, Lu Ziyue made political achievements in southern Zhejiang, and it was not too late to promote him.

In terms of other government affairs, due to the particularity of southern Zhejiang, Fang Yuan has not changed much, but the petition system must be stationed in each state capital, and he has also arranged 100 Jinyi guards in each prefecture to implement the petition system.

In the whole of Zhejiang, there are 1,000 households in Jinyiwei, and 100 households in each state capital. All 1,000 households and 100 households are included in militarized management, and they must report to Qin Zhan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, every year, and they must also send the Jinyi Guard to the local area for verification every year. If it is found that there is collusion with local gentry and wealthy businessmen to oppress the people for the sake of tigers, they will be punished by military law, and their families will sit together.

Tian Fu, according to the standard of Suzhou Prefecture, must hand over an additional 2 million stone of grain, which is regarded as the military ration of the Zhejiang government to support the construction of the Xuanjia Army.

Commercial tax, which belongs to the Grand Canal Economic Belt, Hangzhou Prefecture and Huzhou Prefecture, a total of 600,000 taels of silver are added to the commercial tax, and the commercial tax in the rest of the area is not much, so everything is as usual.

In the whole province of Zhejiang, Fang Yuan only collected two million stone of grain, 600,000 taels of silver, and commercial taxes, which were indeed harsher than before. But in this troubled era, there are hundreds of thousands of big warlords with armor everywhere, and being able to take refuge in Fang Yuan can be regarded as a big backer, and this big backer is still a big shoulder and a round waist, not rape or robbery, and has nothing to do with Minqiu.

The land endowments and silver given by these gentry and wealthy merchants are regarded as spending money to buy peace.

Zhang Bingzhen and the prefects of Zhejiang Prefectures did not reject Fang Yuan's policy too much, and the petition system, which was very resistant before, could only be reluctantly accepted. This baptism of war gave them a profound lesson, no matter how strictly they were strictly monitored by the Jinyi guard, it was much better than being raped and plundered by Zheng Bing.

After two days and two nights of deliberation, everyone agreed to Fang Yuan's plan for the collection of land and commercial taxes, and also agreed to introduce the petition system.

The government affairs are done, and the next step is the military affairs.

The Zhejiang governments are willing to pay more land taxes and commercial taxes every year, which is actually a protection fee handed over to Fang Yuan. In other words, Fang Yuan's Xuanjia army had to protect the safety of the Zhejiang Prefectures.

Fang Yuan decided to divide Zhejiang's military system into two parts.

Some of them were the original guards. There are a total of 50,000 soldiers registered in the Zhejiang Prefectures, and among these 50,000 people, there are 20,000 real soldiers, which is already thankful. But to expect these guards to protect the peace of Zhejiang, it is really a ghost.

Therefore, the main force to protect Zhejiang can only be the Xuanjia Army assigned separately.

Fang Yuan decided to send an additional 20,000 Xuanjia troops to Zhejiang, and the commander of the Xuanjia Army guarding Zhejiang was appointed as the chief soldier of Zhejiang, and his seat was in Jinhua Mansion.

Among them, 10,000 were deployed in Shaoxing Mansion in northern Zhejiang, guarding the defense of the five prefectures in northern Zhejiang, part-time guarding the official fields of emergency grain reserves, and the private fields of Fang Yuan and Xuanjia Army; 10,000 were stationed in Jinhua Mansion in southern Zhejiang, responsible for the defense of the six southern provinces in Zhejiang, and resisting the offensive from Fujian.

After discussing with Jing Jie, Fang Yuan decided to appoint Ma Lin, the commander of the previous infantry battalion, as the commander of the Zhejiang General Army. Malin's loyalty is sufficient, coupled with his rich qualifications, he is indeed the most suitable candidate for this Zhejiang general soldier.

After Ma Lin became the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang, the vacant position of commander of the Xuanjia Army Infantry Battalion happened to be held by Gan Hui, who had recently surrendered.

Fang Yuan and Jing Jie found Ma Lin, informed him of the military appointment, and solicited his personal thoughts and opinions.

As soon as Ma Lin heard that although this Zhejiang general soldier had to face the Zheng family's offensive, he could take charge in Zhejiang, which was indeed an excellent opportunity for training, so he readily responded.

Because of the Zheng family's eyesight, the defense facing Malin was quite severe, and Fang Yuan reminded Malin of two key points of defense before leaving.

First, to defend southern Zhejiang with Zhejiang people, carry out a major rectification of all the guards in the six prefectures of southern Zhejiang, reduce the number of empty salaries, and enrich the real defense force; Second, if the Zheng army invades on a large scale, remember not to conduct a large-scale battle like a gambler, but to take advantage of the mountainous and hilly terrain in southern Zhejiang, which is conducive to defense, to fight if it can, to consume the morale of the Zheng army, and to hold on to the reinforcements if it can't. Fujian's supplies are not abundant, and if you can't find sufficient military food supplies in southern Zhejiang, you will definitely not be able to fight for a long time.

Ma Lin listened to it and was glad to be taught, and gave up his orders.

It took Fang Yuan a month to assign the military and political affairs of the entire Zhejiang, and then he and Jing Jie led the army back to Suzhou Mansion, the base camp after at least half a year's absence.