In the evening of the same day, Sun Yuan drove into Taizhou City. [.Lots of good]

Yu Xiang and Hao Xiaoren, the newly appointed governor of Taizhou, welcomed Sun Yuan into the Zhizhou Yamen.

The troops were still cleaning the battlefield outside, and there were too many captured Shandong soldiers. So many people are running around the world, to put it mildly, even if it is a herd of pigs, it will take a lot of trouble to gather them together and drive them into the circle.

Sun Yuan was an energetic man, and the first thing he did when he entered the city was to inquire about local civil affairs.

Hao Xiaoren's political talent really impressed Sun Yuan, and the first thing he did when he entered Taizhou was to gather the elders, squires and patriarchs of the big clans in the city who had not had time to leave, organize the people to restore order, and put up notices to pacify the people.

Therefore, by the time Sun Yuan returned to Taizhou, everything in the city seemed to be in order. The good little man even sent someone to clean the streets and cook hot meals for the army.

In contrast, Xiao Yu is a little constrained in local civil affairs, facing a myriad of local affairs, but he doesn't know how to start, so he can only let Hao Xiaoren do things freely.

More than a dozen local fathers and elders were already sitting in the state government hall, trembling to greet Sun Yuan, and sent a gift list that had already been drafted to Sun Yuan's hands

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Sun Yuan took it and took a look, it was nothing more than how much grain and grass a certain family should support, and how many taels of silver a certain village and a certain village were willing to contribute to Yangzhou Town...... It has the taste of eating pot pulp to welcome the king.

Seeing the frightened appearance of the people, Sun Yuan comforted them for a long time and clarified the policy of the Yangzhou town army. Saying that Yangzhou Town is not a robber, you can rest assured. Now Yangzhou Mansion has become a big battlefield, and it is Sun's unshirkable responsibility to protect the territory and the people. In any case, Sun is also a local, so he naturally can't tolerate other rebels coming over to harm the villagers. Rest assured, since my Ningxiang Army has entered Taizhou, it will not leave.

The Ningxiang army was in Taizhou for a day, and the troops of other families were never allowed to come and disturb the people.

Finally, Sun Yuan said the most critical point: from now on, Yangzhou Town will set up a yamen in Taizhou City, and Hao Zhizhou will be fully responsible for all civil affairs, and you will find him if you have anything in the future. Also, in the future, the summer and autumn gifts you handed over to the imperial court will be handed over to Hao Zhizhou, and he will escort them to Nanjing to complete their errands.

After saying this, Sun Yuan asked the dozen or so fathers and elders, and then he learned that after hearing that Gao Jie's forward troops were about to enter Taizhou, the gentry and big families in Taizhou had fled to Nanjing with their families. Today, the Ming Dynasty's grassroots ruling class in Taizhou is completely empty.

This is also good, it is convenient for the Ningxiang Army to fill this void.

After sending away the group of people, Sun Yuan began to listen to Hao Xiaoren's work report.

When I heard this, I was pleasantly surprised. Taizhou is worthy of being the main grain producing area of Yangzhou Prefecture. Even in May, when there was no harvest, the grain and silk in the treasury were still piled up, enough for the army to last a year.

The land in Taizhou is fertile, the land is rich in production, and the population that can be carried is also large.

Judging from the yellow book of household registration handed over by Hao Xiaoren, there are 80,000 household registrations in Taizhou, and if there are six people in each household, it will be forty. During the war, each household could easily get 80,000 manpower by drawing one ding.

Sitting in the lobby and looking out, the entire Taizhou houses are neat, the city is quite large, Sun Yuan really has a feeling of tearing the ground and sealing the marquis.

Today's Yangzhou Town finally has a piece of territory that can be effectively mastered in its own hands, not subject to the constraints of the imperial court, and all the resources in the territory are allocated by Sun Yuan, which is really good!

Listening to Hao Xiaoren's clear and coherent report on relevant matters, Sun Yuan, the obscene little fat man, was impressed

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Although Xiao Yu was trained by himself, he had been in the army before, and he dealt with personnel on a daily basis, and he didn't know anything about local civil affairs. The first thing you should have in terms of local civil affairs is to be familiar with the interests of various classes in urban and rural areas, and these will take time to accumulate.

Hao Xiaoren has been the master of Yongcheng for more than ten years, and he has long been refined into a human essence. The politics of the Ming Dynasty were characterized by the fact that the imperial power was not lower than the county, that is, the decrees of the imperial court were at most down to the county-level units. Further down, it is the autonomy of the local gentry, and when they encounter affairs that cannot be handled, they report to the county.

The magistrates of the Ming Dynasty were all Jinshi who were born in the imperial examination, and these people were not admitted to the Hanlin Academy, and studied politics in the six departments. Otherwise, they will generally be delegated to the local government as a magistrate for one term, directly managing the people. These people have been reading all their lives, they don't know about local affairs, and a lot of time is just a decoration. The work in the yamen is maintained by a group of small officials headed by the lord Bo.

Thus, in fact, the basis of the vast empire of the Ming Dynasty was the officials of the local gentry.

When Sun Yuan was reading the history of the Han Dynasty, he read that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, beheaded the White Snake Uprising, relying on his old buddies who were small officials in Pei County back then. After years of war, they won the world, and these small officials became important ministers of the Han Empire. He still wondered in his heart what a group of small officials could have to support a big empire.

Now that I think about it, in fact, if we are familiar with the local people's conditions and understand what politics is, these officials are much stronger than the princes of the court.

There is no problem in being able to govern a county and a country. Especially in ancient times with a simple organizational structure and a flattened social class.

"Well done." Sun Yuan couldn't help but nod at Hao Xiaoren: "I will write to the court in the future, and if there is still a court, I will recommend you to be the governor of Taizhou." ”

As he spoke, he sneered: "I know that there is a rule in the imperial court, and you can't be an official unless you are a jinshi." However, someone is now a meritocracy, and will not listen to other people's nonsense. ”

"Thank you, General, thank you, General." Hao Xiaoren cried with joy and was about to kneel.

Sun Yuan: "There is no need for this, what is important is your means and ability to govern civil affairs." The soldiers have been fighting for a day, and you will immediately go down and arrange wine and food to reward the meritorious soldiers. By the way, fresh vegetables need to be prepared. ”

When it gets dark, the city is filled with the smell of food and wine and the laughter of soldiers

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The battlefield has not yet been cleaned, and Liu Chun's defeat has left too many defeated troops, and it is said that Tang Wenxing's pursuit of the enemy army is about to penetrate into Yangzhou.

By this time, the Ningxiang army had captured nearly 30,000 Shandong soldiers, and that number would be even more tomorrow.

Today, the captives were concentrated in the camp outside the city, where they were being sent to receive freshly baked pancakes, green onions, and porridge.

These horses were all Liu Zeqing's population from Shandong to the south, and most of them were young and strong, and Sun Yuan planned to settle them all in Taizhou, Taixing, and Jingjiang as military households directly under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Town.

For them, Sun Yuan didn't have any worries. In the troubled times, they were all Shandong people who fled to survive, and they had no loyalty to Chief Officer Liu. Moreover, Sun Yuan had already ordered all armies after the war that this battle was only a contradiction among the people, and the Ningxiang Army and the Shandong Army were not enemies. As long as these captives put down their weapons, they are all my Ming people, and they must be treated well.

The captives traveled thousands of miles away from home to Jianghuai to survive, and they worked and ate under Liu Zongbing, and they also worked and ate under Sun Zongbing, and Sun Zongbing seemed to eat better here, so they were all happy to stay.

This time, Liu Zeqing went south to rob Jianghuaihai and gained a lot of gains, and now Sun Yuan is cheaper in a small way. The weapons and armours seized by the troops were piled up in a mountain that could not be counted.

Sun Yuan was confused in this battle, he originally wanted to completely annihilate Li Chengdong, the striker of Gao Jie's army, but it turned out that it was Liu Chun.

No matter how you look at this, it's a little puzzling, where did Li Chengdong go?

What is the purpose of Liu Chun's visit to Taizhou?

Soon, the intelligence from the detective factory was sent, and Sun Yuan suddenly realized.

It turned out that after Li Zicheng's army entered Shanxi, Gao Jie knew that he was invincible, and he also knew that Li Zicheng would not let him go. So, he led the troops to coerce the population from Shanxi and Henan all the way south. Along the way, Gao Jie's army had worse military discipline than any other army, "wantonly plundering", "killing and plundering", "killing people will accumulate corpses, and lewdness will humiliate young girls".

After suddenly coming from the barren northwest to the flowery world of Yangzhou, the prosperity here dazzled his eyes. So, Gao Jie set his sights on Yangzhou City, wanting to take advantage of the chaos of the new monarch and the imperial court to grab the richest city in the south first and come to a fait accompli. After the establishment of the imperial court, there is no possibility for others to let him spit out the meat he eats in his mouth

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Half of the world's wealth is concentrated in Jiangnan, and most of the wealth in Jiangnan comes from Yangzhou. Once he becomes the master of Yangzhou, no matter who becomes the emperor in the future, he must look at his face.

But Gao Jie's Shaanxi army had too much reputation for burning and killing after entering the Jianghuai region, and how could the soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou be willing to let this hungry wolf into the city.

So, Ma Minglu, the prefect of Yangzhou, and Tang Laihe, the governor of Yangzhou, opened the treasury, recruited warriors, closed the city gates, and went to the city to hold on.

Gao Jie was furious and sent troops to besiege the entire Yangzhou city, attacking day and night

Although a new monarch has not yet been elected in Nanjing, the ministers in the court are not stupid, and they naturally know the importance of Yangzhou. If Yangzhou falls into the hands of Gao Jie, no matter who ascends the throne in the future, there is no money in hand, and everyone's life will not last.

At this time, Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Ministry of War, immediately gave an order to Huang Degong, the chief military officer of Luzhou, and ordered him to lead his troops from Luzhou, garrison Yizhen, and monitor Gao Jie.

Now, Huang Degong's part is already halfway through.

At the same time, Tianchang and Liuhe also had Liu Zeqing eyeing him.

Facing two strong enemies at once, Gao Jie also felt the pressure. Originally, he sent Li Chengdong, a capable general, to attack Taizhou, the main grain-producing area. But after hearing the news of Huang Degong's troops, he changed his mind and urgently ordered Li Chengdong to return to Yangzhou with the main force of 3,000 cavalry and prepare to fight.

Li Chengdong retreated, but Liu Chun came.

This second-hand book stayed in Huai'an's hometown, and he had been strictly controlled by Liu Zeqing before. This time, he suddenly gained the power of independent leader, and he had the heart to do an earth-shattering event that impressed his father and everyone. After hearing that Gao Jie sent troops to capture Taizhou, Liu Chun used his brains.

The Shandong Army and the Shaanxi Army entered Jianghuai at the same time, and there were many frictions, and they already had a feud. This time not only can Gao Jie be taught a lesson, but also take Taizhou, killing two birds with one stone, why not?

But when he arrived at the ground, he was greeted by the main force of the Ningxiang Army. The defeat was defeated, and the troops left behind in Huai'an were lost.

I don't know how he will explain to his father when he sees Liu Zeqing in the future.

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