Tian Cheng, the personal eunuch, was as careful as a hair, and saw Zhu Youhua's thoughts, and said in his heart that his master's son and weak crown were finally a little "enlightened", and he couldn't help covering his mouth and chuckling: "That girl is so beautiful!" Do you want the slave to send someone to inquire about the emperor? ”

When Zhu Youhua heard this, his old face turned red, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, it's just a passerby, don't force it." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"That's fine." Tian Cheng nodded: "Eunuch Si Li Han was already preparing for the draft for the emperor a month ago, and that beauty is of the right age, maybe she is among the shows!" ”

Zhu Youhua shook his head and smiled undeniably.

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In the months from May to July.

The situation in Jiangbei can be summed up in one word, chaos; In two words, it's very messy; In three words, it's very messy.

At the beginning of May, after Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie and others returned to the town, they all vied for the garrison of the prosperous Yangzhou.

Gao Jie led his troops to the border of Yangzhou first, and plundered them all the way, and the corpses were everywhere in the wilderness. The city began to be afraid, and climbed the female wall to garrison, but Gao Jie attacked Yueyu but did not take it. Liu Zeqing's troops also plundered Huaishang. Linhuai did not accept Liu Liangzuo's army and was also attacked.

Shi Kefa supervised Jiangbei and went to persuade him, but Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing all obeyed the order, so they went to Gao Jie. Gao Jie had always been afraid of Shi Kefa, and when he heard that Shi Kefa was coming, he dug up nearly 100 earth pits overnight to bury the corpses on the ground. The next morning, when he came to the barracks to meet Shi Kefa, his face and words changed, and he was sweating.

Shi Kefa received him frankly, and spoke to his partial general in a gentle tone, Gao Jie was overjoyed, and at the same time felt that Shi Kefa was weak and could be bullied, so he began to forcibly put Shi Kefa under house arrest by force, and Wen Wei must have passed it on before he passed it, which caused Shi Kefa's authority to be seriously weakened, and the authority of the superintendent was weakened.

In the end, under the strong intervention of Gao Jie's wife Xing, Gao Jie apologized and let him go.

Shi Kefa was also very surprised when he was released, and later heard that it was the credit of Gao Jie's wife Xing, and he was extremely grateful in his heart.

Immediately, with the efforts of Xing and Shi Kefa, Yangzhou and Gao Jiejun returned to the negotiating table again and reached an understanding.

Soon Shi Kefa went to the court and reported the situation to Zhu Youhua, who carefully considered it again and again, and arranged Gao Jie's department to be stationed in the relatively rich Guazhou, and Gao Jie was also very satisfied with this. After he left, Yangzhou was able to settle down, and Shi Kefa opened a government office in Yangzhou.

In June, the Shun army was defeated by the Qing army, Li Zicheng abandoned Beijing and fled back to his hometown in Shaanxi with his troops, and Qingzhou and other counties in Shandong began to scramble to kill the officials set up by the Shun dynasty and occupy the castle for self-defense.

The courtiers who had surrendered to Dashun in Beijing also went south to return to the court at this time, and Shi Kefa suggested in his book: "Those who are originally from the north should be ordered to be hired by the second department of officials and soldiers, otherwise they may not be able to return to the south." ”

He also said: "The change in the northern capital, all the courtiers are guilty. He who is in the north should die, but is he who is not a minister in the south? That is, the ministers can be the south of the law, and the ministers are the governor of Feng, but they fail to know that the southeast is moving towards the north, and the townsmen Zeqing and Jie are not supported by the troops, so they turn south and go south. It is the first person who should be represented, and the subordinate is also guilty.

It is because of the succession of the Holy Ming, the axe is not added, and the grace is stacked. And only in the northern ministers Mao Ju and generalized the rope, how can he scatter the rank and idle Cao, and the blame is heavy on the south hub and Feng Duzai. It is advisable to remove those who have committed significant crimes, and give a heavy punishment as an example. If the false life is not defiled, and the body is tortured, you can ignore it. Those who fled from the north and wandered to the north came later, and promised to be guilty of thieves, and went to the courtiers to use them at their discretion. ”

At the same time, Shi Kefa also asked Zhu Youhua to issue an edict to appease the military and civilian gentry in Shandong and Hebei. and set up the Lixian Hall to recruit talented people from all over the world, and let Ying Tingji, the supervisor and discipline officer, be in charge of this matter. At the same time, he asked the imperial court for food and salary as the cost of advancing into the north.

These suggestions are conducive to uniting people's hearts, and Zhu Youhua has adopted all of them.

In July, Shi Kefa lamented the days when he had been under house arrest and controlled by Gao Jie, worried that he would be uncontrollable, and ordered Huang Degong to be stationed in Yizhen to guard against him.

Gao Jie and Huang Degong had a personal grudge, and had always been afraid of Huang Degong, after getting the news that Huang wanted to be stationed in Yizhen, he was ruthless, personally commanded the main force and soldiers, set up an ambush halfway, and ambushed Huang Degong.

It's just that he didn't expect Huang Degong to be so fierce, one person killed dozens of his own soldiers in a row, and he was unprepared, and he actually dodged his must-kill blow. However, Huang still suffered serious losses, most of the 300 personal horsemen who accompanied him died in battle, and Huang Degong himself almost died.

After Huang Degong finally escaped back to his station, he began to prepare his army, wanting to fight Gao Jie to the death. At the same time, he gave a note and presented the ins and outs of the matter to the court in order to resolve grievances.

After Gao Jie didn't kill Huang Degong with one blow, he regretted it a little, he was very clear about the combat power of Huang Degong's department, and he had fought a few bloody battles with the thieves, and he won more and lost less, and the four towns in Jiangbei were among the best, he didn't have the confidence to win the battle, otherwise he wouldn't use the despicable means of sneak attack.

This time, he didn't kill him, and he also provoked a strong enemy, which made him very difficult to ride a tiger at once, and he was panicked and remorseful.

Zhu Youhua was originally worried that the towns would be at odds with each other because of interests, and after ascending the throne, he deliberately transferred the towns to garrison.

Liu Zeqing, the chief military officer, has jurisdiction over Huai and Hai, is stationed in Huaibei, and is the manager of Shandong 1st Road;

Gao Jie, the chief military officer, has jurisdiction over Xu and Si, and is stationed in Surabaya, and the manager is open and returned;

Liu Liangzuo, the chief military officer, has jurisdiction over Feng and Shou, stationed in Linhuai, and the manager Chen and Qi all the way;

Jingnan Hou Huang Degong governed Chu and He, stationed in Luzhou, and the manager was Guang and Gu Yiyi;

The four towns are divided into the upper and lower reaches of the Huai River in the north of the Yangtze River, and the Gongwei Jinling.

Unexpectedly, Shi Kefa changed his decision privately, temporarily dispatched Huang Degong's troops to the south, and suddenly stabbed out a big man.

Zhu Youhua secretly scolded Shi Kefa for being incompetent, so he had to find a way to reconcile the enmity between the two towns and try his best to remedy it.

The top priority is not to take Gao Jie out and atone for his own actions, because no matter how much Gao Jie is punished and condemned, it will be useless at this time, but will force Gao Jie to take risks, defect to the Tartar rebellion, and then merge with the four towns, making Jiangbei even more chaotic.

Therefore, the key is to stabilize Huang Degong first and prevent the situation from further expanding.

To stabilize Huang Degong, Zhu Youhua must do one thing to find Huang Degong's weakness.

Huang Degong, who joined the army at the age of sixteen, is brave and good at fighting, and has both wisdom and bravery, and it is not easy to find out the weakness of this person.

The hard work paid off, and after checking his information and resume, Zhu Youhua finally found Huang Degong's weakness - his still living mother.

After knowing that Huang Degong was a very filial son, Zhu Youhua finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the big thing could be done!

A few days later, Huang Degong's mother, who was about to pass her birthday, suddenly received an unexpected rich gift, the giver said that it was brought by the order of General Gao Jie, especially for the old lady's birthday, and at the same time put forward a small wish, hoping that the old lady could persuade General Huang to take state affairs first, temporarily calm his anger, and be cautious of sword soldiers.

Under the dual offensive of truth and congratulatory gifts, Mrs. Huang readily agreed to this request.

Soon the imperial court also expressed its position, and the emperor was very angry about this matter and severely condemned Gao Jie. For Huang Degong, the emperor comforted him earnestly, and at the same time ordered Shaoqing Wanqing, the servant of Jiangbei who was also in charge of grain and grass, to give Huang Degong's hundreds of relatives who died a generous pension, and the food and salary of the department were increased by two percent, but he did not agree to send troops to take revenge;

Finally, under Zhu Youhua's strong mediation and Shi Kefa's remedy, Huang Degong finally gave up his revenge on Gao Jie's department and honestly returned to the town guard.

It's not easy to put together this handful of mud!

Zhu Youhua sighed with emotion, and became more and more aware that the four towns in Jiangbei are unreliable, and Shi Kefa is also unreliable, and the problem of feudal towns needs to be solved as soon as possible, otherwise as soon as the Tartars go south, it will definitely destroy the ancient and decaying trend!

July 16.

The squire of the military department, patrolling the Jiangfang Ruan Dacheng, proposed to the emperor to recruit and train sailors. Ruan Dacheng believes that the revenge of the monarch and father must be avenged, and the Central Plains must be restored, and to recover the homeland, we should first ensure the stability of Jianghuai as the foundation of Zhongxing.

If the southeast corner wants to be impregnable, the sailor is undoubtedly an indispensable force.

He said in his recital: Chen Heng, the prefect of Songjiang, has already begun to prepare ships and sailors. Qian Shigui and others in Shanyin Prefecture have purchased 35 sand boats and recruited more than 1,000 sailors. If the imperial court comes forward to recruit, it will inevitably be able to get a response from all parties and quickly form an army.

Ruan Dacheng finally suggested to the emperor that the imperial court should quickly appoint a special person and allocate special funds to recruit sailors in case of emergency.

Zhu Youhua was very happy when he saw Song Shu, and secretly said that this Ruan Dacheng still has some strategic vision and enterprising heart, and he is not just a poisonous villain who engages in conspiracy and trickery.

The Ming Dynasty still had a unique advantage over the Manchu Qing in terms of shipbuilding, and once the naval division was built, the deterrence of the Qing army must be extraordinary.

The Qing army fought outside the border for a long time, and was good at cavalry archery and land warfare, but it was not accustomed to water warfare, let alone any sailors. On the contrary, the south, especially the southeast, is known for its water warfare.

If the imperial court can form a naval division with good combat effectiveness, it can not only assist the four towns to defend the Huai River and the Yangtze River, but also raid the enemy's rear from the sea, so that the Qing army is always worried about the fire in the backyard, and it is difficult to let go of their hands and feet and move south.

Mao Wenlong's resistance to the Qing Dynasty and Zheng Chenggong fought against the Qing court for decades with their own fleet of sailors, which fully proved the importance of the imperial court in training sailors.