With the murder of Liang Shicheng by the mutiny, the river defense of the small court in the southeast immediately collapsed, and the garrisons along the river surrendered one after another.

Everyone knows that the Great Song Dynasty is completely finished!

The Daming River Defense Force, which was stationed in Huainan, took the opportunity to cross the river to receive the city.

It has only been seven months since the reorganization of these Huainan New Army was completed.

Wang Yuan took a thousand heavily armored guards, as the Qing army's envoy to the south to reorganize the army, and with the cooperation of Fang Mengqing, the political envoy of Huainan Province, he killed and exiled more than 2,000 people to complete the matter. In addition, he also took the opportunity of Zhu Guoxiang's ascension to the throne to pardon tens of thousands of soldiers who participated in the mutiny!

And because of the imminent attack on Zhongxiang and the need to guard against Song Huizong, the new army of Huainan retained 60,000 people.

Among these 60,000 people, nearly half are the old Song Xiang army, in addition to a large number of bandits, bandits, gangsters, and rangers.

And those old Song Xiang armies were mainly grain troops and gang troops, and to put it bluntly, they were the transport troops that escorted Cao grain and Huashi Gang.

During Wang Yuan's reorganization, those who did not obey the order were booby-trapped if they co-trapped, and those who could not be booby-trapped directly let the heavily armored guards rush into battle. Those who fled into the mountains were also used to suppress and appease, inducing their generals to kill the rebel leaders and accept Zhao'an.

The combat effectiveness of these 60,000 Huainan new troops is extremely weak, the armor rate is less than 30%, and the armor is mainly leather armor, cloth armor, and paper armor.

However, it was arranged on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and it was more than enough to defend against the small imperial court in the southeast, because there were also some opponents on the other side of the river.

Now, it is necessary to cross the river and go south in a big way, and easily occupy various states and counties.

Moreover, the discipline was relatively strict, and there was no chaos, at most individual sergeants were forced to buy and sell. Because they made trouble in Huainan last year, those who took the lead and did not listen to the order were either already graved, or exiled to southern Sichuan to deal with the barbarians.

"General, Zhejiang Zuo Buzheng has arrived!"

"Come out of the city with me to greet you."

No matter how crazy Li Bao is, he didn't dare to slack off, his side had just attacked Hangzhou, and the imperial court appointed the political envoy of Zhejiang Zuobu, and the person who came was Zhang Gen's younger brother Zhang Pu.

Coming to the outside of Jiangning City with his own soldiers, Li Bao saw a civil official and immediately stepped forward to salute: "I have seen Zhang Buzheng." ”

Zhang Pu took Li Bao's hand: "The general is really a peerless general, and it is really a blessing for my Ming court to take the southeast so easily." ”

Li Bao said: "It's still early to take the southeast, Jiangdong Road only accounts for half, and Liangzhejiang Road only accounts for one-third. Although the state capitals have been decided, the local officials are mixed, and many of them are people who take advantage of the chaos. ”

"As long as it can be passed on, it will be easy to govern next." Zhang Pu said with a smile.

"That's what Zhang Buzheng said." Li Bao smiled in agreement, but he was actually quite disdainful in his heart.

Because Zhang Pu belongs to the hardcore Cai Party, he is a charge general under Cai Jing.

Zheng Juzhong was worried about the funeral, he had left the court for half a year, and when he came back, he found that he was basically gone, and most of his henchmen were impeached and dismissed by Zhang Pu.

However, Zhang Pu also has a very good reputation, because all the people he impeached were greedy people, and he was under the banner of cleaning up redundant officials.

For example, Song Huizong was a military advisor to capture Quzhou, and the bastard Taishou was impeached and dismissed by Zhang Pu.

Li Bao looked down on Zhang Pu's Cai background, and felt that this person could take advantage of Zhang Gen's power to quickly ascend to the throne in the new Ming Dynasty.

In fact, under Cai Jing, there are a large number of capable ministers!

No matter what their personal virtues are, they can do things anyway, and they are much more useful than the gang under Wang Hao.

Cai Jing stepped down, Wang Hao came to power, and began to frantically remove the Cai Party, and many officials who could still do things were also removed, and the destruction of the Great Song Dynasty court stepped on the accelerator a few times.

Including Li Gang, strictly speaking, it is also Cai Dang.

Moreover, some of Zhang Gen's actions were also intentionally or unintentionally cooperating with Cai Jing at that time, but they were also actions for the benefit of the country and the people (such as requesting the abolition of Huashigang).

Although Zhu Ming did not ask Zhang Gen in person, he seriously suspected that there were a large number of officials who formed gangs under the banner of Cai Jing, and secretly supported the crown prince Zhao Huan.

The inducements for this situation are, first, that Zhao Kai won the top prize in the examination as a prince, and second, that Zhao Kai's son was canonized as a prince.

The two incidents are poking at the heart of the upright minister, and behind Zhao Kai is standing faintly Zheng Juzhong, and Wang Hao inherited Zheng Juzhong's political assets. The civil officials who pinned their hopes on the crown prince could only be forced to side with Cai Jing and fight Wang Hao and Zhao Kai in the ring.

Cai Jing's attitude has changed several times.

At first, Cai Jing supported the crown prince Zhao Huan and let his henchmen Liu Yu and Liu Huan be the prince's housekeepers, but the brothers were demoted one after another.

Cai Jing was so frightened that he didn't dare to get involved, but he had to fight with Zheng Juzhong and Wang Hao, so he acquiesced to some officials clinging to him to make trouble.

When the struggle was at its most intense, it was Song Huizong who personally ended up and executed the prince's family for treason.

Cai Jing was shocked and completely confessed.

After that, Cai Jing reverted, claiming that he was blind and let his son have full authority to act as government affairs, which was also intended to get rid of these princelings, which led to the collapse of the hidden princeling alliance.

By the way, almost all of the families in Yuwen Cuizhong and Yuwen Xuzhong belong to King Yun's henchmen.

In addition, Zhu Ming recruited Ge Shengzhong, whose brother Ge Cizhong was also a member of King Yun's party.

The two groups of people who played out the dog's brain because of the battle for the storage position are now officials in the new Ming Dynasty. They didn't make any moves on the surface, but in fact, they secretly stood in line, and the party of King Yun was suppressed very badly, because the person who said the party of the prince was now Zhang Gen!

Of course, it can no longer be called the princeling party and the Yunwang party, but it is just a continuation of the dispute over the throne of the previous dynasty.

"Where's the west?" Zhang Pu asked.

Li Bao said: "The entire territory of Chizhou has been occupied. Quan Bangyan garrisoned Jiangzhou, learned that the flank Jiangfang had collapsed, and moved at least 20,000 people in Pengze. ”

Zhang Pu said with a smile: "I can write more than ten letters in my hand, persuading Jiangxi officials to return to the imperial court, cutting off Quan Bangyan's retreat, and he is naturally willing to lead the army to surrender at that time." ”

This is Zhu Ming's original intention, he wants to pacify Jiangxi through the Zhang family, otherwise why throw Zhang Pu to Zhejiang?

The administrative divisions of the Great Song Dynasty are very interesting, Jiujiang, Hukou, Nankang, Duchang, Poyang, Fuliang, Shangrao, Guixi, Leadshan...... These places are not classified as Jiangxi Road, but belong to Jiangdong Road.

Strictly speaking, Zhang Gen is not a native of Jiangxi, but a native of Jiangdong.

"Then there is the political envoy of Lao Zhangbu." Li Bao pouted, the prince sent a civil official to recruit him, and his exploits in attacking the southeast would be greatly reduced.

But it doesn't matter, I still have a backup plan -

Knock Fujian down!

……

Jiangzhou (Jiujiang).

Jiangxi and the western part of Jiangdong Road, Quan Bangyan is no longer the number one.

Because Song Huizong didn't trust him very much, he sent a top boss - Song Huizong's cousin Xiang Zixu.

Fortunately, Xiang Zixu did not blindly command, and the two worked together quite happily.

"Hasn't you heard from your majesty yet?" Kwon asked.

Xiang Zixuan shook his head and sighed: "I sent many people to look for it, but there has been no news, but Cai You has been found." Tong Guan sent a secret letter in Fujian, wanting to set up another clan as the emperor, and he had already found a clan. ”

Quan Bangyan said: "Shinju and Raozhou have changed their flags, and the two states have also written letters to persuade me to return...... Thieves. ”

"Well, vote." Xiang Zixu sighed.

Quan Bangyan was quite surprised: "Jun is His Majesty's cousin, and he is willing to surrender to the new dynasty?" ”

Xiang Zixuan asked rhetorically: "Do you still have to resist stubbornly if you don't surrender?" Although Your Excellency has tens of thousands of soldiers in your hands, there are only a few thousand people who can really fight, and it is all up to Jiangzhou Jiancheng to block Zhong Xiang. Now that the prefectures and counties behind you have thrown in to the new dynasty, where will your tens of thousands of military rations come from? You don't dare to divide your troops and go back to suppress it, Li Bao's army may come at any time. Tong Guan has been suppressing bandits in Fujian for half a year, and even a few thieves in the mountains can't be exterminated, can he block Li Bao's tiger and wolf army? ”

When Quan Bangyan heard these words, he felt a sense of relief.

Xiang Zixu is the emperor's cousin, and Tong Guan is the emperor's confidant, and the two of them insist on not surrendering. But why don't you surrender? I can't do it for the old Song Dynasty funeral.

Moreover, those soldiers under his command are probably already plotting to return to the new dynasty.

Zhang Pu's letter belonged to the nuclear bomb level, and he personally wrote a letter to endorse it, Zhang Gen was still the prime minister of the new dynasty, and the gentry of Jiangxi instigated Taishou to surrender.

Even some local clans, especially the Xinzhou and Raozhou clans, are already preparing their children and grandchildren to participate in the imperial examination of the new dynasty!

There is no place to supply grain and grass, what do the soldiers in Quan Bangyan's hands eat?

Xiang Zixuan personally wrote the table of surrender, and then asked Quan Bangyan to sign it, and the two roads in Jiangnan were handed over peacefully.

Things can go so smoothly, mainly because Song Huizong is missing, and the "capital" Hangzhou is gone, what can local officials hold onto?

Soon they received a reply from Zhang Pu, accompanied by an edict of appointment from the new Ming Dynasty.

"Could it be that the Ming Emperor gave Zhang Pu two blank edicts, otherwise how could it be so fast?" Xiang Zixu was dumbfounded with the edict of appointment.

Quan Bangyan was also stunned, and guessed: "Maybe the Ming court has decided that I will lead the troops to return to the right after determining you." ”

Xiang Zixuan said with emotion: "With the Holy Son of Heaven in the court, no wonder the old Song Dynasty overturned so quickly." Even I, the cousin of the emperor of the old dynasty, can be a big party member in the new dynasty. ”

These two people all became political envoys in Jiangxi, Quan Bangyan was the left government, and Xiang Zixu was the right government.

Both are talents, so that they can complete a smooth transition by letting them govern in Jiangxi.

As for the future reform of the system, such as apportioning the land into the mu or something, then other officials will have to be transferred, and Zhang Pu will also be transferred from Zhejiang.

In addition, their military power will be stripped away, waiting for Li Bao to send someone to reorganize.

The administrative division has also changed, Jiangnan West Road has been changed to Jiangxi Province, and some prefectures and counties of Jiangnan East Road have been demarcated, which is roughly equivalent to the scope of Jiangxi Province in later generations.

Jiangdong Road was cut in half, merged into Liangzhejiang Road as a whole, and renamed Zhejiang Province.

This is very different from the provincial divisions of later generations!

It is equivalent to the area north of the Yangtze River in Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province, and will be counted as Huainan Province in the future, and the provincial capital will be located in Huai'an.

The area south of the Yangtze River in Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province is located in Hangzhou, together with the Liangzhejiang Road and Zhejiang, and the provincial capital is located in Hangzhou.

This form of administrative division is extremely beneficial to the economy, and it is also very convenient to collect money and grain.

But it is easy to produce secession, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty's demarcation method is to prevent secession!

Zhu Guoxiang, Zhu Ming and his son don't care, the two Huai and the two Zhejiang are all wealth-endowed places, and the waterways extend in all directions. Dare to rebel in these places, as long as the court is not corrupted, it is easy to crush the rebels.

As for what to do at the end of the dynasty, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren.

Li Bao sent his lieutenant general to Jiangxi to take over the troops, and he himself returned to Hangzhou to wait for the monsoon and ocean currents.

The troop transports were mixed in a pile of maritime ships and marched towards Fuzhou.

Repeat the old skills and reap the military merits.

Laying down Fujian is just a basic exercise, if there is still spare strength, Li Bao still wants to collect Guangdong!

And the mess in Zhejiang, let Zhang Pu clean it up slowly, if the civil officials want to pick up the cheap and grab the credit, they have to pay a little hard sweat.

(End of chapter)