Zhang Mingzhen and Huang An had no other opinions on Su Yan's deployment, after the two received the order, Huang An said goodbye and left, Zhang Mingzhen did not retreat together, he looked at Su Yan, his face was a little hesitant, as if he was struggling with something.

Seeing this, Su Yan took the initiative to ask, "Waiting, has something happened?"

Seeing that Su Yan took the initiative to ask, Zhang Mingzhen gritted his teeth and asked, "Supervisor, now that Nanjing has been restored, and the imperial court is far away in Yunnan and Guizhou and cannot take care of Jiangnan, why doesn't the Inspector welcome His Royal Highness King Lu to Nanjing and temporarily regify?" In the future, if the imperial court moves eastward, His Royal Highness King Lu will naturally resign from the prison and return to His Majesty."

Su Yan listened, the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, he looked at Zhang Mingzhen deeply, making the latter feel as if his gaze could swallow himself, Su Yan said: "Waiting, you shouldn't understand the truth that there are no two days, Your Majesty is undoubtedly orthodox for the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty can no longer afford an internal fight.

If you are truly for the country and the people, and loyal to the imperial court, please advise King Lu to let him go to the name of the country and return to the imperial system, instead of trying to fight for power and profit when the northern captives are temporarily defeated."

Su Yan's words were very polite, so that Zhang Mingzhen's face turned red and white for a while, and after a while, he said quietly: "What the superintendent said is very true, which is deafening and famous...... Mingzhen wrote it down."

"Waiting." Seeing Zhang Mingzhen like this, Su Yan's tone became much softer, and he continued: "Waiting, King Lu has the grace of appreciating and supporting you, and you have been promoted from the position of guerrilla to the current Marquis of Dingxi, I can understand your gratitude and loyalty to His Royal Highness King Lu, but when the survival of the country and the nation is in danger, personal emotions can only be put aside temporarily, I hope you can think about it."

Zhang Mingzhen lowered his head, listening to Su Yan's earnest teachings, his face was full of shame, he was silent for a long time before he raised his head, bowed his hand, and said, "Supervisor, Mingzhen has written it down, please allow Mingzhen to go back to Zhoushan, and persuade His Royal Highness King Lu to go to the position of superintendent in person."

Su Yan nodded and agreed to Zhang Mingzhen's request, but considering that King Lu's court was not of one mind, Su Yan still asked Zhang Mingzhen to return to Zhoushan with his troops, such a national hero who still remembered the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty before he died, Su Yan did not want him to die in the hands of his own people.

Although Zhang Mingzhen didn't understand Su Yan's purpose of asking him to bring the troops back, out of trust in Su Yan, he still agreed.

That night, Su Yan asked the Zhongshu Sheren Guan Heiqiu to write a report to the Yongli Emperor overnight, which counted the exploits of the generals who participated in the siege one by one, and the Qing generals who surrendered were not missed, Su Yan was ready to win people's hearts with this, so that those surrendered generals would be grateful to him, and then be more loyal to him.

After writing the fold, Su Yan asked Wang Yuanyong to select a few clever people from the Jinyi Guard, and asked them to bring the fold, good news, and a secret letter written by Su Yan himself, as well as the silver taels used to dot up and down, and take a boat from the sea to Yungui.

The reason why he had to prepare the silver taels that were dotted up and down was to ask the ministers around Yongli to help say some good things, and let the old boy of Yongli grant Su Yan the power to set up six officials and officials such as inspection, announcement, and trial, so as to facilitate governance, and at the same time allow him to appoint official positions.

Of course, painting a big cake is also essential, Su Yan wrote a secret letter to Yongli to draw a big cake, first sincerely expressed how loyal he was to the emperor, how much hatred he had for Sun Kewang, who did not respect the court, and then said that he would do his best to rescue the emperor and return to the old capital, but his strength and soldiers were still too weak compared to Sun Kewang, so he hoped that the emperor could grant him those powers above, so that Su Yan could quickly accumulate strength in the southeast, and then he would be able to move west to King Qin.

Oh yes, in order to make Yongli believe more, Su Yan didn't forget to ask Guan Heiqiu to write a letter to tell Yongli how good Su Yan and Sun Kewang are, and these sticks are waved down together, not afraid that Yongli will not agree.

After sending off the messenger, Su Yan sent a team of cavalry to Hangzhou to invite Zhang Huangyan to Nanjing, and he was ready to invite Zhang Huangyan to temporarily serve as the governor of Jiangning to assist him in handling government affairs.

On the 19th, Zhang Mingzhen led his army to leave Nanjing City, went south to Hangzhou to board the ship, and then from

Return by water to the Zhoushan Islands.

After Zhang Mingzhen left, the original candidate who had crossed the river to occupy Pukou Liuhe was empty, and after some choice, Su Yan appointed Su Ci as the chief general and led 6,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river.

Most of the Qing troops in Pukou and Liuhe had been transferred to Nanjing to assist in the defense, but after the fall of Nanjing, the local Qing troops fled in despair, leaving only two empty cities, so the Ming army occupied the two cities very smoothly.

Subsequently, Su Ci divided his troops and stationed in the two cities, mobilized the people to strengthen the city defenses, and made these two cities the last line of defense of Nanjing in Jiangbei - further on, Su Yan prepared to wait for the two cities in Jiangbei to be stabilized before sending troops to Luzhou and Yangzhou to build the first line of defense against the Qing army.

Luzhou is the Hefei of later generations, a place of 100,000 grievances, it and Yangzhou are the gateway to guard Nanjing, as long as the Ming army occupies the two cities and holds on, the Qing army's troops will not be able to threaten Nanjing at all.

Of course, before that, Su Yan still had to solve the problem of food shortage first, because the problem of food shortage was not too serious, so Su Yan could solve it by buying grain merchants from Jiangnan and looting the grain ships of the Qing court, which was not the end, he also had to do something to the gentry in Jiangnan and Zhejiang provinces.

Previously, he was at war with the Qing army, and he didn't have the energy to deal with the squires and clans, but now Su Yan is going to pull a few typical people out to raid his house, which can not only replenish the money and grain of the government treasury, but also kill chickens and monkeys.

After all, buying grain and plundering grain ships is not a long-term solution, but long-term and stable agricultural production is the last word.

This is where the two agricultural technologies obtained in the incentive package come into play, but it is worth mentioning that because of the gradual rise of industry and commerce in the late Ming Dynasty, the proportion of cash crops cultivated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has far exceeded the proportion of grain cultivation.

Therefore, the proverb of "Suhu is ripe and the world is ripe" has become "Huguang is ripe and the world is full", and even the grain of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations needs to be transported from Huguang, and Su Yan wants to restore the status of Jiangsu and Zhejiang as an important place for grain production, it is necessary to reduce the proportion of cash crops and vigorously promote double cropping rice.

It is the middle of May now, and the double cropping rice is planted in mid to late May, and the early rice is harvested in mid to late July, and then the paddy fields are ploughed and the late rice seedlings are planted, and the planting is completed before the beginning of autumn in the lunar calendar, and the late rice is harvested in November, and the harvest is completed before the frost.

If the rice seeds are harvested smoothly, Su Yan will not have to worry about the problem of running out of grain.

Su Yan was not worried about the problem of running out of grain, but the Qing court was in a hurry, because the main channel of the Grand Canal had been blocked by Su Yan, and the grain from Huguang could only be transported to the north by land, and the cost and consumption of land transportation were undoubtedly higher than those of waterways.

Not surprisingly, the Qing court had a hard time in the future.