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Stepping into Jinling City, which is known as the first capital in the southeast, Liang Chongxin even feels that every brick, every green tile, and every pillar in this city are infiltrated with the civilization charm of the Tanghe people bit by bit. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoPurple Mountain, Qingliang Mountain, Mochou Lake, Xuanwu Lake, Jiming Temple, Qixia Temple, Confucius Temple, Wuyi Lane, Jiangxinzhou, Yanziji, Longpan Tiger, each place name has its unique and far-reaching charm and historical origin, if you want to talk about the long history, this Jinling City is even longer than the time of Yanjing Zhongzhou to build the capital, but at that time, it was difficult to say who was orthodox.

As a soldier, Liang Chongxin attaches the most importance to the city defense facilities known as the first water and land fortress in the southeast, it should be said that the defense system of Jinling City can be called the first-class of the empire, the Fan River has entered the tail section of the wide water depth here, the mighty Fan River passes around the city in front of Jinling City, and the south gate of Jinling City is firmly sealed, and this piece outside the south gate of Jinling City has naturally become the first busy and important river port wharf on the Fan River. A tributary also enters the city from the northwest corner, and finally flows into the main stream of the Fan River in the southwest corner, and this river is also the famous Qinhuai River, the first river of the empire.

The Qinhuai River flows into the Fan River in the southwest corner, and also forms an angle of about 45 degrees with the Fan River, and the two sluices at the end of the angle firmly lock the river, which also becomes the station of the Jinling Water Battalion, a fleet directly under the Imperial Navy. The stone city under the Qingliang Mountain in the west of the city is a fortress since ancient times, firmly choking the water and land roads from the west, the giant catapult on the stone city can not only firmly block the throat road to Jinling City, but also wrap the water surface along the Fan River into the strike range, which is not only a horn with the Jinling city wall, but also dominates the water and land routes, which can be described as the backbone of defense.

The good waterway conditions provided a natural defense system for Jinling City, and Jinling City did not ignore the defense on land, the high and thick city walls surrounded Jinling City from three sides, its specifications are completely in accordance with the Yanjing standard, from a certain point of view, Jinling City's city defense system is even better than Yanjing.

However, a good defense system does not mean that the city can be impregnable, when the news of the fall of Luyang and Pengcheng reached Jinling, anyone knew that Jinling had no defensive value, the entire Donghai County had fallen into the control of the Western Xinjiang Army, and the northern army trapped in Yanyun was difficult to even protect itself, not to mention the lonely Jinling, it was meaningless to resist again, and it should be the wisest choice to choose Kaicheng to surrender, after all, it was a civil war, whether it was the King of Qin or the King of Yan, it was the internal affairs of the Tanghe people, there was no need to fight to the death, this view seems to be becoming more and more popular now。

The submission of Jinling marked the return of the entire interior of the empire, except for Situ Tai's own fiefdom of Yanyun County and Yanjing, the rest of the empire had been brought under the rule of Li Wufeng, the king of Qin. A crippled Yanyun County and a Yanjing who doesn't know where to go have nothing to do with the overall situation, and the rest of the matter seems to need to be resolved more through negotiations at the political level than by force, many people think so, but this does not mean that everyone has this intention.

Liang Chongxin and Cheng Dayou were not prepared to stop there before receiving the order of the Qin Palace, compared to Cheng Dayou's belligerent surname, Liang Chongxin felt that it should be reassuring to hand over the First Army and the Eighth Army to Cheng Dayou, Liang Chongxin always felt that maybe he needed to give Situ Tailai a heavy blow to make him completely sober understand the situation, this is the consensus of Liang Chongxin and Cheng Dayou, but Cheng Dayou prefers to be able to plant the Jinpeng flag all the way to the Okhotsk region (Note 1), it is impossible for the Dotun people not to pay the price for their stupidity and greed, Cheng Dayou has always thought that since he has done something wrong, he should be punished, and there are no special exceptions to speak of。

Only one directly subordinate wing of the First Army Corps remained in Jinling City, and the First Division was stationed in Luyang to maintain the momentum of coercion against Yanjing, while the remaining four divisions plus the four divisions of the Eighth Army had already set off overnight to join up with Cheng Daeyou, who was waiting impatiently in Jeju. Liang Chongxin does not think that Jinling City has anything worth sitting in, in his opinion, the war situation in the East China Sea can be described in two words, and now the situation in the East China Sea can be expressed in the four words of Heqing Haiyan, for the end of Situ Tai's rule, whether it is the gentry and aristocracy or the industrial and commercial class, the East China Sea region is no less happy than the people of Jiangnan, and the poison suffered by the East China Sea is no less than that of Jiangnan, especially the industrial and commercial comparison of Jinling, Pengcheng and Dengzhou, except for some families with special interests with Situ Tai.

Liang Chongxin of course knew what his purpose was for being left in Jinling by His Royal Highness the King of Qin, before the appointed governor of the East China Sea in Western Xinjiang took office, Liang Chongxin knew that he had to play a role that Cui Wenxiu had played many times, cleaning up those forces that needed to be cleared or eradicated, and digging up the huge amount of money needed after the establishment of the empire for the already stretched finances of Western Xinjiang。 Originally, Liang Chongxin hoped that Cheng Dayou would take on this glorious and great task, but His Royal Highness the King of Qin clearly specified in the order that he must be specifically responsible for it, perhaps he still had lingering feelings about Cui Wenxiu's evil deeds in the past, and Cheng Dayou's style was more similar to Cui Wenxiu in the mind of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, which was probably the consciousness of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin did not want to see the recurrence of the Western Regions or the Northern Luzon incident in the hinterland of the empire, and the negative impact could not be eliminated in a moment.

Speaking of the head of the garrison, Liang Chongxin found that he only had a direct wing of the First Army in his hands of 4,000 people, which seemed a bit thin for Jinling, a large mansion of more than 3 million, even in this Jinling City, the population of more than 300,000, such a huge city, and it was just taken over the management, leaving only more than 4,000 troops, and even Long Zi, as a deputy, felt that it was really a bit risky to recommend retaining a division to be stationed。

However, Liang Chongxin is not worried, the people of the East China Sea are not similar to other regions in the north, especially the land of Jinling and the south of the Yangtze River is connected in every way, the strength of the industrial and commercial forces is far better than that of other provinces, no less than the provinces of the south of the Yangtze River, if it were not for Situ Tai's army to suppress, I am afraid that the land of Jinling would have broken out of civil unrest, and now the south of the Yangtze River has long been peaceful, and the western frontier has finally set foot in the East China Sea, the local industrial and commercial gentry are all happy, and the people's hearts are attached, even if anyone wants to have any intentions, they can not make a momentum at all.

The county guard is located at the entrance of Gongyuan Street opposite the famous Wuyi Lane, although these two streets are not the most prosperous and lively places in Jinling City, but they are the political core of the entire Jinling and even the East China Sea, the Donghai County Shoufu and the capital of Jinling City occupy one end and one end of Gongyuan Street, and the entire Gongyuan Street in addition to these two administrative institutions, the rest are all including the Imperial Southeast Salt and Wine Monopoly Division, the Imperial Southeast Academy, Jinling Police Station and a series of official institutions. Nowadays, in addition to the county guard's mansion, which is still a little popular because of the garrison's stay, institutions such as the city guard's mansion and the salt and wine monopoly department have long been empty, and the doors are crowded. However, the Jinling Police Station was unexpectedly lively, even more than any other place.

The stationing of the garrison in Western Xinjiang has not completely replaced the function of the Jinling Police Department, Liang Chongxin clearly knows that in such a huge city, the sentence that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake is a true portrayal, not that the West Xinjiang can not control the situation here, in the face of the pressure of the strong military strength of the West Xinjiang, no one will be mentally retarded to challenge the dominance of the West Xinjiang, this sentence actually means that if you want to completely control the entire Jinling City, you have to rely on some of the original local institutions and forces, and in Jinling City, the Jinling Police Station is the first to play this role。

The middle-aged man sitting opposite Liang Chongxin now is the current director of the Jinling Police Department, Wei Yipeng, a veteran who has been immersed in silver in the Jinling officialdom for decades.

Liang Chongxin knows that the situation in Jinling Mansion is not quite the same as that of other places, not only connecting the north and south, but also located in the Fan River, from here through the canal you can go south to the south of the Yangtze River, north to Dengzhou, east to the East, west to Yanjing, the forces of all parties here are also intertwined, the land nobles in the north have a very deep foundation here, and the industrial and commercial class is influenced by the south of the Yangtze River, and here was the ancient capital of many dynasties, the royal nobles of the various dynasties left behind do not know how many, almost casually pull a tea guest in Jinling City, you will find that the eight generations of his ancestors are likely to be the descendants of the elders of a certain dynasty, or even princely relatives。

Over the years, the prosperity of Jinling's cultural history has also made Jinling people look down on Yanjing people with pride and tone, and the gentry group with a rich family background and a long history has fed a large number of idlers, which has also made Jinling culture a bright spot in the empire, and the rise of industrial and commercial forces has gradually added a bit of commercial atmosphere to Jinling City, and it is this complex environment that has created Jinling's special and extraordinary.

(To be continued)