Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, finally agreed to surrender.

His hometown is in Dongyang, Zhejiang, so he will give a sentence: either surrender and do things, or strictly investigate the Zhang family!

The answer is obvious.

Zhao Han's official position was very interesting, and Zhang Guowei was appointed as the "Jiangnan Water Conservancy Envoy". There is no grade, the salary is equivalent to the county, and the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River must fully cooperate with their work.

This person once served as the governor of the ten prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty, dredging rivers, building bridges and paving roads, building cities and digging ponds, and digging canals, which is definitely worthy of outstanding political achievements.

He also wrote a book "The Complete Book of Water Conservancy in Wuzhong", which is well aware of the water conservancy situation in the south of the Yangtze River.

This kind of person is used to fight and defend the city?

What a waste!

Zhao Han is not good at doing it directly for the big officials, so let him be a non-grade water conservancy envoy, and he can be promoted in a few years, and he will preside over water conservancy in various places in the future.

In addition, there is Wu Yingji, who successfully recruited the Taihu Lake bandits.

In addition, Wu Yingji has a very deep understanding of the industry, agriculture and commerce in the south of the Yangtze River. The third person of the Fushe, who was appointed as a senator of the Jiangnan Political Division, also has no rank, and his work is similar to that of the county, which is equivalent to a special adviser to Jiangnan government affairs.

Jiangnan Province was formally established, and if it was divided according to the administrative region of later generations, its jurisdiction was temporarily as follows: the boundary south of the Yangtze River in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, plus the municipality directly under the central government Shanghai.

The provincial capital is Nanjing!

Jiangnan Province, like Hunan Province, has a temporary jurisdiction, and after reaching the north of the Yangtze River, it will be divided again.

Zhejiang Province: Li Rixuan, the political envoy of the left, and Fei Yuanjian, the political envoy of the right.

Jiangnan Province: Liu Anfeng, the political envoy of the left, and Chen Wenkui, the political envoy of the right.

Li Rixuan is Li Banghua's nephew, who fled back to Jiangxi three years ago and did it step by step. In another time and space, he should have served as the secretary of the Ming Military Department at this time.

Chen Wenkui is the one who punished Fei Chun's father and mother, and the means are extremely tough. Zhao Han transferred him to Jiangnan Province to suppress the big landlords and big businessmen.

Fei Yuanjian is similar, he is also tough, and he was transferred to Zhejiang to suppress the big clans.

"Head Town, letter from Nanjing." Li Yu came in with a stack of letters.

Zhao Han first opened the family letter, a total of three.

First, Fei Rulan wrote that everything was fine at home, so Zhao Han should not worry. He also said that when Zhao Zhenlan had been in Ji'an, she bought a house in the city and often came to the General Soldier's Mansion to chat.

The second is written by Zhao Zhenfang, saying that she is very happy, she finally met her eldest sister, and she also said a lot about the girls' school.

The third is written by Pan Qimei, the handwriting is crooked, and the content is very simple: "Husband Jun is fine, I will write a letter, the child is about to be born." Eat eggs every day, and the chickens raised at home can already lay eggs. ”

The three letters made Zhao Han smile all over his face, and he couldn't help but read it again.

Next, there are the letters of Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua.

The content is almost the same, so that Zhao Han can consider becoming the king and move the headquarters to Nanjing.

Li Banghua also wrote an additional paragraph, saying that since ancient times, guarding the river must guard the Huai, and it is necessary to hit the line of the Huai River as soon as possible, and the Luzhou Mansion must be taken.

Luzhou Mansion, there is a horse farm!

At first, Cao Cao raised horses here, and in the Yuan Dynasty, he was full of horse farms.

Zhu Yuanzhang set up 21 horse farms in Luzhou Prefecture, such as the famous Maotanchang Middle School, and "Maotanchang" is one of the horse farms.

The veterinary monograph "Yuanheng Healing Horse Collection" was also written by the Yu brothers in Lu'an Prefecture, the capital of Luzhou, during the Wanli period. Disease prevention and control of horses and cattle is recorded, as well as identification and rearing of horses.

Zhao Han put down the letter and began to think carefully.

There is no hurry to call the king and move the capital or something, but raising horses should be put on the agenda.

In the future, cavalry is an indispensable type of force in the north. The breeding of war horses and the training of riders take several years, and preparations must be made in advance.

"Call Zheng Eryang." Zhao Han said suddenly.

Zheng Eryang is the governor of Anlu who surrendered, divided into Sun Chuanting, Yuan Chonghuan, Chen Zizhuang, Kong Zhenyun, Ma Shiying, and Xue Guoguan.

In that session of Jinshi, celebrities Cheeduo, gods and demons danced.

"Meet the Town!" After Zheng Eryang surrendered, he temporarily served as Zhao Han's secretary, and he happened to be released some time ago.

Zhao Han asked: "You used to be the governor of Anlu, do you know anything about Luzhou Horse Farm?" ”

Zheng Eryang replied: "The horse administration of Luzhou used to be divided into official herdsmen and private herdsmen. The herdsmen have been abolished, only a few official pastors remain, and now there is not a single horse left. ”

"Why?" Zhao Han asked.

Zheng Eryang said: "For more than 200 years, eunuchs, officials and powerful people have constantly encroached on horse farms and turned pastures into farmland. To the Hongzhi, Zhengde, Jiajing years, Luzhou horse farms have existed in name only, Yangming Gong managed the horse farm to recover a little. In the early years of Chongzhen, there were more than 20 horse farms in Luzhou, and there may be hundreds of horses in total, and none of them can be used as war horses. When the thieves (Li Zicheng) and the eight thieves (Zhang Xianzhong) ravaged Luzhou, they snatched all these bad horses. ”

Zhao Han asked again: "Is there anyone in Luzhou who knows how to raise horses and horses?" ”

"Perhaps, but it's definitely old." Zheng Eryang replied.

Zhao Han was silent in thought.

Zheng Eryang said: "The horse farms in Luzhou have long been reclaimed as farmland, and they must be replanted with pasture grass first. And if you want to raise horses on a large scale, a horse farm can easily cover hundreds of hectares, and I am afraid that it is quite suspected of disturbing the people. ”

It's too cumbersome and very difficult to operate.

Zhao Han asked again: "Where did the war horse of Guan Ning Tieqi come from?" ”

Zheng Eryang said: "Trade with Mongolian herders. ”

Although the Mongol tribes had surrendered to the Manchus, they still had to do business, and often sold horses to the Ming border army behind the back of the Manchus.

There are even more unexpected circumstances!

After the Manchus strengthened the management of Mongolian war horses, the Transkhalkha Department became the largest smuggler. Huang Taiji was furious, repelled the Transkhalkha department, and then ...... personally did business with Daming, and monopolized the trade of selling war horses to Daming.

And Lu Xiangsheng, who was in Xuanda, was the person in charge of the war horse trade with the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Zheng Eryang had already guessed Zhao Han's plan, which was nothing more than raising horses in advance to train cavalry. He said: "In the general town, raising horses is nothing more than three points. First, horse breeds; second, the horse farm; Third, the horse breeder. Of these three priorities, the horse farm is the best to find, Luzhou can raise horses, Jiangxi can also raise horses, Huguang, Guizhou can also raise horses, and even Qiongzhou (Hainan Island) can raise horses. ”

This is true, Raozhou, Jiangxi, was also used as a horse farm in the Yuan Dynasty.

As long as you are ruthless, choose a place with a suitable climate, and forcibly plant the farmland with pasture.

The real difficulty is to get horse breeds, and there are people who are good at raising horses!

Suddenly, Zhao Han remembered a place: "Does Jeju Island in North Korea produce war horses?" ”

Zheng Eryang was stunned: "A few decades ago, Daming occasionally bought war horses from North Korea, and horses should still be raised there." However, the horse breed is not good, it is getting shorter and shorter, and after it is transported to Daming, the price is more expensive than that of Mongolian horses. ”

In other words, there are many people in Jeju Island who know how to raise war horses.

As for the horse breeds, let the Portuguese bring them.

Once you conquer Jeju Island, you will be able to obtain pastures and horse breeders, and you will be able to breed horses brought in by the Portuguese.

The restoration of the Luzhou Horse Farm has too much impact on people's livelihood, and it is more cost-effective to grab North Korea's territory and raise horses.

By the way, Jeju Island can also be used as a cavalry training base!

"Knock knock!"

"Come in!"

"General Town, Urgent Military Situation."

Zhao Han opened the letter sent by Xu Ying and immediately frowned.

The Caomin uprising in Shandong had just been suppressed by officers and soldiers, and now they are rebelling again.

Cao Bing, Cao Gong, Cao Min, from Huai'an to Beizhili, more than ten rebel armies appeared within half a month.

Zhao Han occupies the south of the Yangtze River, and Caoyun has no starting point in an instant, and those who rely on Caoyun to eat naturally have nothing to eat.

These rebel armies had conquered Xuzhou, many cities along the Grand Canal were surrounded, and Huai'an was almost defeated by the rebels.

"Da Ming is almost over." Zhao Han sighed.

Zheng Eryang took the military report and said anxiously: "Please send troops as soon as possible and hit the front line of the Huai River as soon as possible." ”

"There is not enough military rations, at least until the autumn harvest." Zhao Han expressed helplessness.

This time the troops consumed a lot of grain and grass, and the remaining grain and grass were also used to help the people in Jiangnan, and grain was also needed to control the price of rice in Nanjing.

In Zhao Han's hands, there is really no food now.

Once troops are dispatched to Jianghuai, there will be a food shortage in an instant. Moreover, the drought north of the Yangtze River is severe, and it is a bottomless pit when it goes, and a large number of hungry people are waiting for Zhao Han to save their lives.

If he didn't care about the life or death of the people in the provinces, and no matter the soaring price of rice in his jurisdiction, Zhao Han would be sure to fight all the way to Beijing.

Zheng Eryang said: "Grain from the south cannot go north, and there will be a grain shortage in Beijing this year, and I am afraid that thieves will swarm." Daming ...... Alas, just this one or two years will definitely not last for three years. ”

Neither Zhao Han nor Zheng Eryang knew that due to the frequent uprisings along the Grand Canal, the situation in Henan had changed dramatically.

Zuo Liangyu did not dare to fight with Li Zicheng, openly violated Yang Sichang's military order, and went to Shandong to suppress bandits without authorization. His intention was very simple, Henan had no food to grab, so he would go to Shandong to grab food, otherwise the soldiers would run out of food.

Moreover, the Caoyun rebel army is definitely easier to defeat than Li Zicheng, and it can be used to make many achievements.

Shandong, Liaocheng.

"Surrender and don't kill, surrender and don't kill!"

Zuo Liangyu galloped on his horse, slashing and killing the enemy's rout, while shouting the slogan of surrender.

Tens of thousands of rebel troops composed of Cao soldiers, Cao Gong, and Cao Min, dragged their families and mouths to be killed by Zuo Liangyu and ran all over the ground. These people were so hungry that they didn't even have the strength to run, so they lay on the ground and waited to die, perhaps dying early and suffering less.

In a big victory, Zuo Liangyu selected 5,000 "young and strong" and issued improvised weapons, so the number of troops exceeded 10,000 again.

He drove the remaining rebel army (hungry people) and plundered the countryside all the way, letting the hungry people who were barely enough to eat go to Shen County.

When the rebel army broke through the county seat, Zuo Liangyu then arrived, rushed into the city and looted the goods, and later blamed the robbery on the rebels.

After such repeated operations, Zuo Liangyu soon had 30,000 troops, and the grain and grass were still sufficient.

At the same time, he made countless military exploits, and Chongzhen rewarded him with a hard head, so that Zuo Liangyu, who was demoted to the third level, returned to his original position.

The situation changed too quickly, and Zuo Liangyu almost rebelled openly.