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Zhao Yan is studying the plan for copying the house with Zhao Quan.

"Childe, in the opinion of the old slave, let the cabinet come forward, after all, there are still defenders in the Jiangnan area, and the armed police force is not very active." Zhao Quan suggested that although Chongzhen had withdrawn the guards and barracks in various places, the Jiangnan region had not removed too much, and there were still hundreds to thousands of defenders in each prefecture and county.

Most of the armed police forces in the Jiangnan region are stationed in the wilderness, responsible for setting up checkpoints, collecting taxes, and cracking down on bandits.

"There is no need for the cabinet to come forward, let the armed police forces of the provinces enter the city and arrest them." Zhao Quan vetoed Zhao Quan's proposal and said, "We have plenty of troops in the Jiangnan region, so there is no need for this. ”

"But if this is the case, it is very easy to cause unrest, and according to the investigation of the Ministry of Intelligence, the upper classes in the Jiangnan area have formed an alliance." Zhao Quan said.

"If it is not broken, it will not stand." Zhao Yan said.

Zhao Quanluo paused, nodded half-loudly and said, "The old slave knows." ”

…… On 18 July, Zhao Jiabao sent a telegram to the armed headquarters of Jianghuai, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces to enter the city to arrest economic criminals and to close down all grain stores that disrupted the market.

The telegram was sent to the Jiangpu Railway Station, and the Jiangpu Post Station quickly dispatched personnel to send the order out.

On 19 July, the Jianghuai Armed Police Force entered various prefectures and counties in teams of 1,000 people to enforce the law. During the entry into the city, armed confrontations broke out in individual states and counties.

The armed confrontation in Nanjing was undoubtedly the most eye-catching, as officials in Nanjing kept the armed police force out of the city and did not allow them to enter the city.

As a result, that night, a group of unknown people rushed out of the city, suddenly occupied the south gate, and then opened the city gate to put the armed police force into the city.

Three teams of armed policemen burst into the city from the south gate, and the officers and soldiers could not help but be frightened, and in the panic, the Nanjing officers and soldiers were disarmed one after another by the armed police.

At dawn, when the people poked their heads out and looked into the streets, there were no shadows of officials and soldiers on the streets, but instead they were armed police sent to the provinces by the Shandong political axe. Seeing the armed police patrolling the streets, the people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and walked out of their homes with peace of mind.

The people did not reject the armed police sent by Shandong to the provinces, but welcomed them very much.

These armed policemen not only suppress bandits, but also often help the common people, and if the people have trouble finding them, they will certainly come to their aid.

If they are in financial difficulty, the armed police will arrange for them to emigrate to Shandong, where they can find a job, or train in Shandong for a period of time before emigrating overseas. The old, weak, sick and disabled were sent to the shelter, and Shandong political axes could still afford it.

These armed policemen will also be enthusiastic in providing medicine, and the armed forces are equipped with military doctors, and these military doctors usually treat the people when they have nothing to do.

Rescue and rescue or something, these armed policemen can be on it.

The people of all provinces welcomed and supported these armed policemen very much, and they were not afraid when they saw that the armed policemen had entered the city of Nanjing.

The armed policemen entered the city and immediately pounced on the target of the operation.

Overnight, they seized the grain stores and granaries on the list in Nanjing, and smashed open the door of the grain store owner who lived in Nanjing.

At the same time, a notice of peace and security was posted.

That night in Nanjing, the eunuchs were so frightened that they peed their pants directly, and the Nanjing officials were also nervous when they hid at home.

However, the armed police who entered the city did not enter their homes.

The next day, the people and officials read the notice of the people, and the city of Nanjing was still operating normally. However, some of the suspects were not caught, and soon the armed police who entered the city posted arrest warrants and offered rewards.

Within half a day, some grain store owners who had escaped arrest were arrested in the Qinhuai River, and these people all spent the night in the Qinhuai River yesterday, and were reported and arrested by the people under the reward.

The situation in the prefectures and counties of Jianghuai, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces varies, with some prefectures and counties being directly entered by armed police units, while others are entering the city with the cooperation of intelligence personnel.

But after entering the city, there was not much resistance in the city.

Under the soldiers, the upper classes of the three provinces have not yet reacted. The officers and soldiers in the city were either controlled or did not dare to resist the armed police force.

Those officials didn't have the courage to resist, and everyone understood the truth of hitting the first bird with a stick.

…… Within three days, 23 grain stores were closed, a large amount of grain was seized, and the owners and shopkeepers of 23 grain stores were arrested by armed police.

The Gangnam region was shaken.

The upper and lower echelons of Zhaojiabao were also shocked by this matter, and for nothing else, the grain seized from these 23 grain stores has risen to more than 20 million stones.

At present, the purchase price of grain is generally maintained at around 6 dimes, and the price of commercial grain is generally around 1 yuan.

The Ministry of Agriculture found that they had misjudged Daming's grain production this year. Although agricultural production has been hampered by various reasons, these phenomena are far from commensurate with the speed of recovery.

In the context of the pacification of thieves, prisoners, bandits, and overhaul of water conservancy, the agricultural recovery of the Ming Dynasty was very rapid and extremely tenacious.

If it weren't for the fact that these grain banks had hoarded nearly 20 million stone of grain, the price of grain might have even fallen.

"It's a good opportunity." After reading the report, Zhao Yan quickly realized the opportunity given by the current situation, "Let the major newspapers quickly move forward, mobilize public opinion, and take over the entire southern territory before the end of the year, and all departments need to cooperate closely." ”

Zhao Yan's order was quickly conveyed, and the various departments received the order, realizing that in the near future, Shandong Zhengaxe was about to occupy the entire Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Chongzhen's sphere of influence was mainly concentrated in the North Zhili and Jiangnan areas, and the main forces of the North Zhili were mainly the emperor's relatives and the princess Guiwei, and the landlords in the north were basically cleaned up.

Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Huguang, and Hebei provinces have been brought into the administrative scope of Shandong, and the influence of the landlord class has been greatly reduced when administrative personnel enter the localities.

Now only the south remains, and the old powerful provinces in the south are mainly led by the Jianghuai, and the Jianghuai region includes the two provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui in later generations. Then Zhejiang, followed by Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces, and Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces are not to be worried.

Among them, the situation of Fujian is special, although Fujian is under the administration of the cabinet, but Fujian has essentially been controlled by Shandong political axe, of which the shipyard and customs are controlled by Shandong political axe, and Fujian basically has no arable land, 60% of the arable land is concentrated in northern Fujian, the landlord power is not large, but the power of the seafarers is larger, some of the crew members who are well mixed in the Shandong Navy have returned to their hometowns, expanding the influence of Shandong political axe in Fujian.

At the same time, it is worth noting that Zhao Yan's clan power is entrenched in Zhangzhou, although Zhao Yan's contact with the Zhao family clan in Fujian is not close, but Zhao Quan often contacts Zhangzhou to find a clan, which is basically handled by Zhao Quan, and Zhao Yan basically only asks about this aspect.

The influence of Zhaojiabao in Zhangzhou increased rapidly after the fall of Zheng Zhilong, and the name of the Song Dynasty royal family was basically known to everyone.

Therefore, no one in the Zhao family in Zhangzhou dared to provoke, and Zhaojiabao in Zhangzhou saw that Zhao Yan was not close to them, and he acted relatively low-key, and did not cause trouble everywhere.

…… In July, the crackdown spread to Fujian and Guangdong, and the 23 grain stores on the list were closed down in the southern provinces.

After receiving the seized grain and no one making trouble, the Jimin Grain Bank quickly lowered the price of grain and lowered the retail price of commercial grain to 1 yuan per stone.

The food panic in the Jiangnan area quickly subsided, if it were not for this, there would inevitably be a storm of panic buying of grain in the Jiangnan area, and then the people would also start to hoard grain, and then the trouble would be big.

However, the old forces in the Jiangnan area obviously began to be agitated, and at this time, the royalist associations in the Jiangnan area decided to counterattack the Shandong political axe with color.

Soon, there was a violent smashing of the grain store in Nanzhili.

More than a dozen grain stores of Jimin Grain Bank were smashed and burned, and 13 grain store guards were killed, and no one was injured. The incidents took place far from the armed police station, and although there were guards at the grain store, there were so many rioters that the guards were either brought down or defeated without any defense.

After the riots, the people of Shandong were shocked, and then turned into indignation.

Zhao Yan immediately ordered a strict investigation, this kind of riot is the most disgusting, but it is easy to find out the riot planner.

First of all, most of the riots were carried out by dozens of people, and with such a large number of people, it was much easier to investigate.

At the same time, the Shandong Administration Department is stepping up the training of civil servants, and urging those who have not reported the results of the first half of the 12 years to report as soon as possible.

At the end of July, Zhao Yan studied with the high-level officials of various departments in Zhaojiapu, and selected thousands of officials with outstanding performance and honest political performance, as well as tens of thousands of officials who strictly enforced the law, from the results of the evaluation of officials in the first half of the year.

These officials will be transferred to the Jiangnan area, and these officials are experienced administrators, while those who have just graduated from the training course will be supplemented by the grassroots level in the transfer area for training.

At this time, Zhao Yan's administrative training plan had been determined, that is, to transfer experienced administrative personnel from areas that were already under full control, transfer them to administrative areas that were not under control, and then supplement them with newly trained civil servants.

So constantly pumping, constantly replenishing.

It is added that civil servants in the administrative areas that have been in control are the most supervised in their work, and in the well-established administrative areas, the chances of [***] appearing are very small, because these areas are supervised, and they are supervised by the surname.

It's like planting a tree, so that the sapling grows straight during the growth process, and does not let the sapling grow crookedly, and when it grows straight, it is transferred to an area with less supervision.

Regarding the takeover of Jiangnan, there are two opinions within the General Staff, one is that it is difficult first and then easy, and the other is that it is easy first and then difficult.

Zhao Yan still chose the takeover policy of easy first and then difficult, so these officials will first take over the second- and third-tier cities in the Jiangnan region, and then take over the first-tier cities.

This choice continues the strategy of boiling frogs in warm water, and if you start with the first-tier cities, then even if you only control a little bit of territory, it will cause a violent reaction.

Public opinion in Shandong began to follow up and strongly condemned the behavior of grain merchants in Jiangnan for hoarding grain.

Then there was a riot, and public opinion once again set off a storm and waves. Shandong political axe also found an excuse at this time, and the cabinet held meetings to dismiss Jiangnan officials one after another......

(To be continued)