After arranging some things, Zhao Yu became completely relaxed, took a break from complicated affairs, and stayed at home most of the time, practicing martial arts and calligraphy, and accompanying several daughters. It's not that Chuzhou's affairs have become less, on the contrary, with the destruction of the outer city of Jiqing, the entire city may be completely captured at any time, and Chuzhou has become more and more busy, so even the governor's office has moved to Jiangning City, which is adjacent to Jiqing. It's just that these transactional tasks don't have to be done by Zhao Yu himself, and he has his own staff to take care of them. And Zhao Yu only needs to sit in the rear, grasp the general direction and strategy, or meet the gentry and people from big families in Jiqing and all over the south of the Yangtze River who are already impatient to come to Chuzhou to surrender.

With the deliberate propaganda of the governor's office and the captive army, the identity of Zhao Yu's former Song Emperor has become known throughout Jiangnan. And Zhao Yu's eldest brother, who will only add to the chaos, has finally found some serious things to do, and has recruited a group of scholars who are well-known throughout the south of the Yangtze River, and compiled their genealogy from Zhao Defang, the founding king of the Eight Sages. Originally, Zhao Yu thought that Zhao Qi was adding to the chaos, but after getting the list of scholars, he gradually felt relieved. On this list, not only the famous Wuzhong genius Gao Qi and other young talents, but also the world-famous university scholar Song Lian is among them. With Song Lian's prestige in Jiangnan Shilin, he was decisive and unwilling to put down his body and mess around with Zhao Qi and others on impulse, and this must be true.

With the change of the direction of Jiangnan Shilin, Zhao Yu gradually found that he still underestimated the far-reaching influence and status of the late Song Dynasty in the hearts of these Jiangnan scholars. The Battle of Yashan was once severed by the Great Song Dynasty. Prime Minister Lu Cheng jumped into the sea and died, and the 100,000 floating corpses were the last tragic song of this calamitous and troubled dynasty! Since the fall of the Middle Earth of Later China to the barbaric alien race, it is difficult to continue the inheritance of the Han heirs, and it is difficult to move forward! Even if the 100 years have passed, this regret has not been forgotten, but has become more and more profound. For example, today you Zhao Song, Zhao Yu rises strongly on the river, how can it not make people's hearts surge!

The undercurrent of Shilin is surging, and Zhao Yu feels happy, but also has hidden worries. Previously, he told the staff of the Governor's Office not to pay too much attention to the former Song Dynasty when discussing the honorable title. What I am worried about is that Jiangnan Shilin will have some extravagant expectations for himself because of this. forced himself to inherit some of the dross of the former Song Dynasty that was bound to be eliminated. But after seeing the evolution of the situation, Zhao Yu had to signal everyone to take proper care of Jiangnan Shilin's emotions. After all, he is far from having the confidence to despise the world, and after taking Jiqing, he needs to stabilize and control the situation in Jiangnan in the shortest possible time. And in order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to rely on the power in the hands of the gentry.

But. Zhao Yu never intends to completely borrow from Jiangnan Shilin. Thus putting the authority back into their hands again. The gentry are not bad. They can quickly stabilize the situation in people's hearts, so that the world can get a chance to recuperate and rejuvenate. But when they reach a certain point, they become a strong resistance. Hinder the way of the world from moving forward.

In Zhao Yu's view, the Tartars ruled the world for nearly 100 years and had squeezed the influence of the local gentry to the minimum, and it was a good opportunity to get rid of their clamps in one fell swoop and no longer give them the opportunity to completely control the fate of the country! Therefore, while instructing the staff of the Governor's Office to properly tilt to the gentry to take care of their emotions, Zhao Yu also grasped the layout and made the lecture hall and the Jinxian Yuan a foregone conclusion while the resistance was still small.

Zhao Yu also understood that as long as the land, which was a factor related to the well-being of the people, remained in the hands of the gentry, then the changes he made would be in vain over time. Therefore, since gaining a foothold in Chuzhou, he has been trying to get the people free from the constraints of farming, and doing handicraft in Chuzhou is just one of the ways, although the results are very little and the hidden dangers are quite large, and it is difficult to meet Zhao Yu's expectations. But he was still young and had plenty of time to explore.

In fact, in today's Zhenhuai Governor's Mansion, the voice of the gentry is no longer a monopoly. Although Zhu Sheng, Ye Chen and other leaders of Jiangnan Shilin have been reused, there are also Shen Wansan and other strategists who are not gentry, and they have also done many great things. For example, when dealing with the food crisis in Chuzhou, businessmen did not hesitate to pay for their work and even subsidize them, so that Chuzhou could tide over this difficulty safely. Naturally, the rewards they get are also handsome. In this turbulent undercurrent, their workshops were not suppressed, but improved slightly.

The people are all profit-seeking, and the businessmen do not hesitate to suppress the grain price at a stable low price, relying on the weather to eat and work hard to harvest the land for a year, which is not as good as working in the factory for a year. Therefore, more and more people are doing things that are beneficial to themselves, and even if the Chuzhou government has been sparing no effort to support the farmers who have reclaimed the famine, the effect is still not satisfactory.

controlled the stability of the people's livelihood, and the status and treatment of these businessmen in Chuzhou naturally rose. However, they also made very harsh terms with the Governor's Office, which were very restrictive. Rao is so, there are still a large number of businessmen flocking to Chuzhou, in addition to the enlightened atmosphere, and Chuzhou's thriving situation also has a lot to do with it.

Chuzhou's reuse of businessmen has also attracted a lot of complaints, and there have always been people who have worked tirelessly to promote the country and not compete with the people, otherwise it will be convenient for the people. Zhao Yu has always scoffed at this kind of remarks. In today's situation, competing for benefits with the people is striving for benefits for the people. The people who really ascended to fight the small people, and their lives and clothing could not be maintained, so they put in front of them all the mountains of interests, how much can they get in their hands? The person who said such things probably thought that in this world, except for his own relatives and friends, the rest were not birds and beasts, but the immortals who ate and drank the dew.

The situation in the direction of Jiqing is becoming clearer and clearer, and Xu Da on the front line reports three times a day, in order to let Zhao Yu know the changes in the situation on the front line at the first time. And Wei Yixiao, who is used to doing these things, has been going back and forth between Jiqing and Chuzhou for a while now, and he is tired of running around.

The latest piece of information that Zhao Yu got in his hand was that the southwest auxiliary city of Jiqing had been broken, and Xu Da continued to exert pressure on Jiqing on the one hand, and tried to recruit Fushou, the chief official of Jiqing, and at the same time encouraged those who were sincere in the center of the city to hurry up and take action. After all, taking Jiqinglai is to be the capital of the new dynasty, and it is best to preserve it as well as possible, if only a dilapidated city is taken down, it will still take time and effort to renovate, and the credit will be greatly reduced. If it weren't for this reason, if the army let go of its hands and feet to attack, within a few days, it would be able to completely take Jiqing City!

Xu Da is confident in doing this. Now the power that the Tartar court can call on in Jiangnan is almost gone. First of all, the most powerful Miao army had completely betrayed the Yuan court after the death of Yang Wanzhi and fell to Chuzhou. Secondly, Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen, who surrendered nominally, only took on a position, and the Yuan court could not command at all. Moreover, the two sides have also been caught in the battle against each other.

Although there are still some armies in various prefectures and cities, the Dazhi Ti Muer, who can unify them, is still under house arrest by Zhang Shicheng, and even has been charged with conspiring with Zhang Shicheng to assassinate Yang Wan, so he has no way to exercise the power in his hands. And if they act alone, they will inevitably be defeated one by one.

As for outside the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention that everyone in the Han army is in danger because of what happened to the Miao army, there are already faint signs of self-reliance. Liu Futong made a comeback, and the momentum was even greater. And Huguang Xu Shouhui also suddenly became public, attacking the city everywhere, and the situation that the Miao army had opened before was gone.

Today's Jiqing can be said to be completely cut off from foreign aid, and it has become a lonely city, and most of it has fallen into Zhao Yu's pocket.

After Zhao Yu read the letter, he put it on the case, smiled and said to Wei Yixiao: "This time, the Bat King doesn't have to rush back to Jiqing, General Xu is old, I don't have to worry about his work, and I don't have to report it so often." Just wait for Jiqing to conquer it, and then pass on the good news. The Bat King traveled for days, so he stayed to rest. ”

Wei Yixiao took out another letter from his arms and handed it to Zhao Yu: "This is the information that the Miao people's Blue Sect Master brought back from Dadu, how to deal with it, the sect leader still needs to have an idea." ”

Zhao Yu took the letter and opened it, and his expression couldn't help but become solemn. The Blue Sect Master wrote in the letter that the Tartar court was not strong enough, and it was no longer possible to send heavy troops to rescue Jiqing from the frontal battlefield. The Blue Sect Master had already aroused the suspicion of the prince because of his poor performance on the previous errand, so he did not go south this time. In the letter, she carefully told Zhao Yu not to guard against it, those masters were the elite forces accumulated by the Tartar court to balance the rivers and lakes.

After learning the news, Zhao Yu's brows couldn't help frowning. This kind of assassination trail, it is not difficult to guard against, there are many masters in the Ming Sect, and it is possible to assign people to protect the leaders of Chuzhou, and the overall situation will not be affected. But if they were given one or two chances, even if it was just the assassination of some inconsequential little people, it would be enough to make the situation tense and panic.

Moreover, Zhao Yu has taught the assassination methods of the Tartars, which is really unguardable. If these masters who went south really had the ability to assassinate their own people last time, they would not have been able to succeed a few times.

Wei Yi smiled and watched from the side, and did not open his mouth to interrupt Zhao Yu's thoughts. He already knew the news, but he didn't have any good advice for a while. After all, the assassins of the Tartars are hiding in the shadows, and now the people of Chuzhou come and go, but it is inconvenient to close the city gate and search for Soona everywhere. However, he was not very anxious in his heart, he was used to Zhao Yu's methods of turning the clouds and rain, and he had already developed a strong confidence in this young sect leader.

After pondering for a long time, Zhao Yu's frowning brows gradually relaxed, and he said with a smile: "The Tartar dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, playing this kind of little trick, and really threw it into the face of their ancestors under the Nine Springs! They have some strange people, what about their strange skills? Our Central Plains martial arts have been inherited for so many years, can't we still deal with them! This matter has to sell the Eagle King a favor." Let Wudang send Zhang Zhenren to take a look, our Mingjiao is doing a good job of repaying grievances with virtue!" )