Chapter 456: Northern Envoy (Text)

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Yingtianfu is a peculiar place, because only here is it under the rule of the imperial court.

The land and commercial taxes, as well as many fields and mansions, belonged to the royal family. This is a tacit understanding, Zhai Zhe will not let Zhu Yujian live so badly.

Zhu Dadian left here with the silver looted from the "Qing Case", and other things had to be left behind, including the two thousand soldiers he brought out from Jinhua.

In the past six months, Jiangnan has changed too much, and there are dazzling power transfers everywhere.

Jinhua Mansion is now under the rule of the governor of Zhejiang, and when Zhu Dadian returns to his hometown, he will never have a chance to return to the past. The power struggle is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. Zhai Zhe didn't send him, some people are destined to be eliminated by this era. Zhu Dadian doesn't need mercy, at least he once stood up, and by virtue of this, he has been more than ten million times better than tens of millions of people. Therefore, Zhai Zhe did not embarrass him further, and if he could spend the rest of his years at home safely, it might be a blessing for him.

Now, Nanzhili and Zhejiang are under the rule of the Pinglu General's Mansion in name. Ma Shiying left a living voice, and when he wrote the edict, he said that this was a temporary measure in wartime.

The weather was still cold, and Zhai Zhe was not in a hurry to send troops immediately.

There are two things that must be done in advance.

First of all, the Pingyu General's Mansion opened the examination for scholars, and selected talents from the scholars who were eliminated in the imperial court, and Fang Yizhi served as the chief examiner. Regardless of whether they are talented or promoted, once they are hired, they will be immediately assigned to Zong Mao, and they will first be familiar with the operation of the Pingyu General's Mansion in Hangzhou.

Another thing, Zhai Zhe set up a martial arts hall in the suburbs of Hangzhou to hire literate young people who were willing to join the army, which was actually his expanded pro-military camp. After occupying Jiangnan, he obviously felt that there was a shortage of talents, and the rough men in the army who could only dance and wield guns grabbed a lot of them, and most of them did not know how to read.

This is not his ideal army, nor is it an army that has always been promising.

At the beginning of this year's martial arts hall, there were only 123 students, which was not large, but it was much larger than his own barracks. Zhai Zhe hopes that in a few years, there will be a few generals like Fengqin and Zuo Ruo here, so why not calm the world.

Zhai Zhe never openly shows his calligraphy in front of outsiders, because his calligraphy is really ordinary.

But this time, he was very bold and thick-skinned, and he wrote eight big characters in his own handwriting: "Open up the territory and expand the territory, seal the wolf Juxu." "Eight big words. From the point of view of calligraphy, this pair of characters is not worth mentioning, but between the lines contains the breath of his personal bloody battle experience on the battlefield over the years.

Zong Mao asked a craftsman to make these characters into a gilded plaque and hung it in the inner hall of the lecture hall, and the original handiwork was preserved.

The Pinglu General's Mansion selected people from the guards who were on duty to train these people in the marching army, familiarized themselves with the marching formations every day, and taught the art of war.

Those who do not seek a lifetime are not enough to seek a time. Now it is just sowing seeds, Zhai Zhe hopes that the lecture hall will one day grow into a towering tree, and even without him, he will not let the Han people be in this situation again.

He doesn't seem to be in a hurry, but the Pingyu General's Mansion is actually loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

The soldiers and horses of Jiangnan were concentrated on the line of the Yangtze River, Zuo Ruo and Li Zhi'an's troops and horses moved to Zhenjiang, and Wen Linzhu led the water division of Ning Shao to lead a division of the water division and stationed along the river at the boundary of Nanjing.

There are countless eyeliners on both sides who are secretly active, and the news of Jiangnan cannot be hidden from the Qing court, and the news of the Qing court cannot be hidden from Jiangnan. Duoduo was still locked up in a prison in Nanjing City, and the verdict had not been pronounced for a long time, and Zhu Yujian and Zhai Zhe both wanted to leave this slipknot.

For more than ten days in a row, the Ming army practiced the formation by the Yangtze River safely.

After the Qing court stabilized the Hubei front, Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi became its sharp knife inserted into the south of the Yangtze River. The Ming army marched from Jiangnan to the river, and had to deal with both sides at the border of Jiujiang and Wuchang at the same time, so Zhai Zhe had to wait for Zheng Zhilong to supervise the reinforcements of Jiangxi and Liangguang to start the Jiangxi campaign first.

The situation in the world affects the whole body, if the strength of Jiangnan alone is not enough to fight against the Qing captives, but after recovering Jiangnan, Nanming has already achieved its wings.

After losing the tax-paying land of Jiangnan, the situation of the Qing court was actually no better than that of Zhai Zhe. The elite of the Eight Banners all entered the customs, and Dolgon only relied on the Mongol tribes who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty to maintain balance in the steppe. Although Ezhe of the Chahar tribe surrendered, that person has not been able to reassure, so the city of Beijing must be heavily guarded.

As Zhai Zhe expected, Dolgon was considering opening up the situation from Huguang, and then going down the river to attack Jiangnan in two ways. He only has 130,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he has no strength to enter Jiangnan in the short term.

And Zhai Zhe's plan is......

Grassland, that's where he started, in fact, he likes naturalization more than West Lake.

Shanxi, where is his hometown, no matter where his soul comes from, he has the blood of the Zhai family in his veins.

A caravan crossed the Yellow River at the border of Henan and entered the border of Shanxi. The most dangerous road has passed, and they are actually safe here.

The power of the Yakuyo merchants has never been as great as it is today.

Fan Yongdou has been in Shanxi for many years, and he is not just a businessman.

This caravan was very special, it did not carry much goods, and it was immediately protected as soon as it entered the boundary of Shanxi. The Shang Alliance had business in the north, and after Zhai Zhe retook Jiangnan, this once famous business in the north was once again on the lips of Jin merchants.

Zhai Zhe's identity was not a secret, and the same was true for the Manchu court.

Zhai Tang has been well-dressed and well-fed for half a year, but he has not slept well since the beginning of the year, and he often dreams that his head has been cut off. I don't know if Dolgon didn't think about it, or if he didn't have time, anyway, Zhai Tang estimated that he wouldn't live long.

"This kid is really the nemesis of the Zhai family!" He often sighs and scolds when no one is around. If he had known this, why didn't he go to Jiangnan to enjoy the glory and wealth?

The caravan from the south arrived in Shanxi, and Fan Yongdou personally sent someone to receive him, Zhai Tang did not dare to come forward, but he believed that the Fan family would not pit him. With Zhai Zhe there, no one dares to pit him now.

The caravan's men and shopkeepers were genuine businessmen, except for the caravan's guards.

The leader of the guards, Jiao Jin Xiaoding, was born and raised in Shanxi, he was very thin, and he could see his wit from just a pair of eyes. This year is the tenth year he has followed Zhai Zhe, ten years ago he was seventeen.

Jin Xiaoding rarely shows up, but he has taken on a lot of heavy responsibilities. For example, when Fan Yi and Zhai Tianjian entered Nanjing City to serve as protons for Ma Shiying, he was the commander of the guards.

Now he is Zhai Zhe's envoy.

Along the way, Jin Xiaoding was like an inconspicuous guard, and the nominal leader of the guard was a man who was eight feet tall and had a big waist and a round waist.

Entering the Shanxi boundary, the caravan went smoothly all the way to Taiyuan City.

After six years in Jiangnan, Jin Xiaoding was particularly moved and cordial when he heard the Jiangxi dialect on the street, the only thing he was not used to was that the city was full of rattails. In Nanjing, the city is now full of bald heads, but he thinks that bald heads are better than rat tails.

The shopkeeper of the caravan honestly talked about business, and Jin Xiaoding waited honestly until the evening of the third day, when someone finally came to the door.

Fan Yongdou was very careful, Jin Xiaoding let him arrange it, wiped several bends, and finally met Da Shengkui's owner.

There are not many girls in Shanxi, Geng Chun, the governor of Xuanda, is Han, and the soldiers and horses stationed in various places are also Han. But at this time, the Han people were more terrible than the Manchus.

Fan Yongdou didn't know Jin Xiaoding, and he didn't think so when he saw that Zhai Zhe had sent such a person to the north. I thought that even if it wasn't for Liu Quan's own arrival, he should let Liu run with the wind. He didn't know that the status of those people was very different from that of a few years ago.

The Liu family's wealth will only be more than his Fan family, not less, and it is still expanding like a snowball. Liu Suifeng was Zhai Zhe's closest advisor, how could he go to the north alone to take risks.

Jin Xiaoding really doesn't look like a person who can take charge of things, but not everyone can see the inside in a hurry.

"Fan Dongjia!" Jin Xiaoding didn't say so much first, and took out Zhai Zhe's handwritten letter and presented it.

After Fan Yongdou finished reading it, he said respectfully: "The main purpose of my visit is to bring the general's family to Jiangnan and ask Fan Dong's family to help." ”

"Pick up the Zhai family?" Fan Yongdou put away the letter and fell into a very difficult situation, "Is the Zhai family willing to go to Jiangnan?" ”

Jin Xiaoding replied with a smile: "I think ......, then I must be willing!" This is just one of the main tasks of his trip.

"How do you send the Zhai family to Jiangnan?"

Jin Xiaoding was unceremoniously: "This requires the assistance of Fan Dongjia!" ”

Zhai Zhe's identity and the momentum of Jiangnan are the biggest capital of his trip, Fan Yongdou was willing to serve the Manchu Qing in the past, and now he will not refuse to cooperate with General Pinglu in Jiangnan. What's more, it's still his brother-in-law.

"I'm here just for this one thing, business matters, and I have my own Liu Dongjia to discuss with you."

Jin Xiaoding's tone was very relaxed, but Fan Yongdou was not relaxed.

He put away the letter and realized that he was in great trouble. If the Zhai family fled to Jiangnan, how could the Manchus still trust others.

"You wait for my letter, and I will relay the news to Zhai Dongjia."

"I'll wait for three days, and if there is no news after three days, I will go to visit the Zhai family!"

The Fan family and the Zhai family are tightly tied together, and the relationship between Da Shengkui and Shangmeng has not been broken over the years. Over the years, Fan Yongdou has helped Zhai Zhe through many difficulties, and Zhai Zhe has also helped him. But Fan Yongdou has never been so difficult as he is today.

In fact, he was faced with a choice, the Manchu or the Southern Ming.

Dolgon was not the former Ming Dynasty, and would never allow half-hearted people to survive, and the Jurchens would not be soft when they killed the Han people.

Jin Xiaoding left easily, leaving Fan Yongdou alone.

Da Shengkui's eyes were firmly fixed on everyone in this caravan, but Jin Xiaoding still secretly contacted an acquaintance, and Wang Yi had been here for several months.

It's still cold in the north, and the snow on the ground hasn't completely melted.