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As soon as they entered Zhenjiang, Lin Haifeng and his entourage did not stop, and crossed the river directly to Yangzhou.

Accompanied by Zeng Lichang, prime minister of Xia Guan Youzheng, and Chen Shibao, deputy prime minister of Xia Guan, Lin Haifeng inspected Yangzhou's city defense. Along the way, he also saw the streets that seemed deserted due to the continuous fighting. There is no longer the lively scene of 10,000 boats racing and merchants gathering in the past, and the style of the salt industry has been lost.

After getting off the Meihualing with the Ming Dynasty's anti-Qing hero Shi Kefa's well-dressed mound, Lin Haifeng came to the Yangzhou Town Guard Yamen, which was rebuilt from the original Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy Yamen.

"Count the tears of the plum blossoms and the death of the country, and divide the hearts of the ministers in the bright moon. Even the Manchu Qing Dynasty could give them this sworn enemy shrine, which is enough to prove the importance of a loyal minister like Shi Gong in history. Lin Haifeng looked at the generals present in the hall, "Who can say what the real purpose of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is to establish this shrine?" ”

"Buy people's hearts."

"Just like their so-called protection of the Ming Tombs, they are afraid that the Han people will oppose them again."

Most of the generals are rough people, and they know the general things, but when they talk about it in detail, they know very little.

Li Xiucheng thought for a while, "The first person who thought of giving Shi Gong Xiu Shrine was the demon head of Kangxi, and at the same time, he also exempted Yangzhou from forced labor for several years. At that time, it was in the turbulent era of the southwest, and Wu Sangui in Yunnan was about to rebel, and the Kangxi demon head was afraid that the Han people in the world would follow Wu Sangui, so he did such a set. The first is to make everyone forget the "Ten Days in Yangzhou", and the second is to use the name of Shi Gong to encourage everyone to be loyal ministers of the Qing demon generals at that time. It's completely the intention of the drunkard, otherwise, why didn't he give Yue Wu Mu the ancestral hall. ”

"That's right, it's actually just a play for my use." Lin Haifeng nodded, and said with a smile, "Kangxi's hand did play a certain role back then." In fact, many times, good and bad can be transformed into each other. Today, the king picked a show talent on the road, and when he asked, it turned out that he wanted to come to Zhenjiang to join the army, but I don't know which of your generals confiscated him, and he was cut off by his head. ”

His gaze casually swept towards the generals sitting on either side, "Actually, why bother. Qing demons can pretend to be generous to erect monuments to their mortal enemies to buy people's hearts, and our Celestial Empire can't even take in a scholar? Hehe, it seems that we are too stingy when people listen to it. In order to achieve the goal of overthrowing the Manchus, we also have to win the hearts and minds of the people, as long as he opposes the Manchus, even if he just wants to watch the fire from the other side, we can make friends with him. Multiple friends, multiple paths. Speaking of this, he raised his hand and looked at everyone seriously, "Listen clearly, this king didn't tell you to find a way back for yourself, otherwise, we wouldn't have to pay homage to Shi Gong." ”

The generals looked at each other and laughed.

Lin Haifeng also smiled, "This king knows that you are all good. Okay, now this king will talk about the military arrangements of the military command of the Celestial Empire to Yangzhou. In order to meet the needs of future development, the current 10,000 garrisons in Yangzhou plus a battalion of men and horses who came with the king are collectively referred to as the Yangzhou City Defense Army. I'm here to read out the order of the High Command. He stood up and stretched out his hand to take the letter of appointment handed by Liu Xianghe, "Appoint Zeng Lichang as the envoy of Yangzhou Town; Li Shixian was appointed as the deputy envoy of Yangzhou Town Guard and the commander of the city defense army."

After the order was read out, he motioned for the generals to sit down, "The original structure of the six divisions in Yangzhou remains unchanged for the time being, the official titles remain unchanged, and the positions of the three army commanders are abolished. Chen Shibao is still the pacification envoy of Yangzhou. ”

He looked at Chen Shibao, who was smiling, "There is a way, the ten-mile long street is connected, and the fairy is seen on the Yueming Bridge." Life is only in Yangzhou and death, and Zen Zhishan is a good cemetery. My parents, do you know who said this? ”

Chen Shibao was stunned for a moment, thought hard, and scratched his head, "Your Highness, it seems that the King of Heaven and the King of the East haven't said this, right?" ”

"Oh?" Lin Haifeng looked at Li Xiucheng and the others who were secretly laughing, and couldn't help laughing.

"This is Zhang Hu's "Traveling in Huainan" in the Tang Dynasty." Liu Xianghe interjected.

Chen Shibao smiled embarrassedly, "I'm a rough person, I only remember the words of the King of Heaven and the King of the East, and I can't remember anything that is not vague." ”

His words made everyone present laugh at once. Lin Haifeng pointed at him, and finally stopped laughing, "My parents, this king is saying that your Yangzhou is not as good as people have long said, where is there still a momentum of salt merchants?" I heard that the salt merchant laughed, so he rented it for half a year. ”

Chen Shibao smiled, "Yes, Your Highness, those salt merchants are said to have a hundred thousand taels of silver in their own family, and they are not considered rich, and when Your Highness has time to look at their mansions, you will know." At this he frowned again, "But if you want to ask him to get some money out, it will be too much." A few days ago, I received an official letter from the Beiwang Mansion, urging me to pay the silver. Alas, now that there is a camp in the north of the Jiangbei region with a clear demon outside, the salt transportation has basically come to a standstill, and he went there to get so much silver for a while. ”

Lin Haifeng looked at him strangely, his fingers tapped on the armrest of the chair, "So many rich businessmen, and then knock on their bamboo poles?" ”

"Spare me, Your Highness," Chen Shibao smiled bitterly, "Your Highness has seen it, the people in the city had already fled a lot before the Heavenly Army came. If you want the silver once, if you want to go down again, Yangzhou is afraid that it will really become an empty city, so what's the use of us occupying it? ”

"Well said, well said!" Lin Haifeng clapped his hands again and again, he stood up and looked at the generals, "Whoever said that the big old man and the mud legs must be short-sighted, look at our General Chen, he can see very far." What is our heavenly army attacking and plundering the land for? We are not here to destroy, but to build a paradise on earth. Wherever we go, we must not make the people afraid of us. Take the salt merchants who can stay in Yangzhou at the moment as an example, they did not leave when the Heavenly Army came, no matter what their own motives were, at least it can show that they still have a sense of trust in the Heavenly Army, knowing that we will not kill indiscriminately. Then we should do better. For the Qing Demon, it is impossible to hope for the end of the salt transport. Therefore, it is possible to sue the salt merchants that the Celestial Empire only temporarily levies a small operating tax, so that they can do business with confidence, which will also play a stabilizing role in the salt price of the two lakes and benefit the people. ”

He looked down at his watch, and then the general smiled, "Okay, it's not early, this king has to go back to Zhenjiang first, and he can contact him at any time if he has anything." In a word, it is necessary to guard the gate, ensure the safety of Tianjing, and ensure the next move of the Heavenly Army. ”

He then took Chen Shibao's hand again, "We must settle the lives of the people in the city." Also, you have not given the land to the peasants outside the city. Seeing that Chen Shibao seemed to want to explain something, he shook his hand to stop him, "This king knows that you also have difficulties due to the war, but no matter how difficult it is, you have to do it, and you must mobilize the surrounding villages." You organize some people to go back to Zhenjiang, where the king is going to set up a temporary training class to solve this problem. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" Chen Shibao happily agreed.

"Do you have a writer by your side?" Lin Haifeng asked casually as he walked.

"Yes." Chen Shibao looked at An Wang in puzzlement.

"When you have time, learn more words from others, ask others to teach you to read more books, and don't be weird anymore." Lin Haifeng glanced at him.

"Humble me" Chen Shibao grinned, and immediately scratched his head and smiled, "Obey, Your Highness." When His Royal Highness comes to Yangzhou a year later, the humble position must make Yangzhou exactly the same as the one written by someone who is not familiar with it. ”

"Exactly the same?" Lin Haifeng laughed, "You, go back and ask your writer for advice, can you do it?" ”

"Of course you can!" Looking at King An who got on the horse and left, Chen Shibao was a little unconvinced. However, according to King An, after he really consulted his writer, he realized that he had a strange appearance again

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