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Shaanxi, Yan'an Prefecture.

In late May, when Lin Feng led the Guards Brigade back to Jiazhou from Luoyang, he received news that the Second Mobile Combat Division had occupied the entire Yan'an Prefecture.

Lin Feng immediately adjusted his marching route and went directly to Yan'an Fucheng. Fang Xiaoyu, Lin Jiakang and others had already arrived at the city gate to greet him.

A group of people arrived at Yan'an Mansion. Lin Feng sat down and asked, "Xiaoyu, did you have a good time occupying Yan'an Mansion?"

"It went very well. Only Yan'an Fucheng resisted slightly. I organized the division's artillery battalion and bombed several rounds. After a large piece of the city gate collapsed, Yan'an Guard Commander Yuan Qin opened the city gate and surrendered. "Fang Xiaoyu replied.

The newly established combat divisions of the Zhenming Army are all equipped with a division-affiliated artillery battalion with a staff of 500 and equipped with 50 steel cannons, which greatly enhances the firepower and attack capabilities of the combat division.

"What about other seizures?" Lin Feng then asked.

"Yan'an Prefecture is very poor. Since last year, Shaanxi Province has commanded Peng Qing to attack our Fugu and Sun Chuanting to attack our Suidezhou, and Yan'an Prefecture has to bear most of the military pay and food supply.

Their treasury has long been empty, and the repeated tax increases have caused complaints among the people. Therefore, our Zhenming Army occupied Yan'an Prefecture this time, and was welcomed by the people, and encountered very little resistance along the way.

Some county government offices still resisted, and the people secretly opened the city gates in the middle of the night to welcome our Zhenming Army into the city. "Fang Xiaoyu said with emotion, he has never fought such an easy battle.

"So he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. Our Zhenming Army must treat the people well, otherwise the people will rise up and overthrow us in the future." Lin Feng continued.

"Yes! I'll understand later!" Fang Xiaoyu and others replied.

"Where are the original Yan'an officials? How were these people dealt with?"

"Sir, Yan'an Magistrate Song Shilun, fellow magistrate Cui Zhixiao and other officials have been arrested and are still in the government prison. According to the preliminary interrogation, Magistrate Song Shilun is very greedy. He has embezzled a lot of money over the years, colluded with big families, took bribes, perverted the law, and took human lives lightly. , there was great public outrage.

Comrade Cui Zhixiao is relatively honest as an official, and his temper is more cowardly. So far, he doesn't seem to have done any serious evil deeds. "Fang Xiaoyuhui reported.

"Ieyasu Tongzhi, Jiang Yin and others from the Justice Department, came over to organize the trial of Song Shilun, the prefect of Yan'an, and the big family members who colluded with him. After the crime was initially determined, a public trial and execution was carried out to win the support of the people of Yan'an Prefecture." Lin Feng explained.

"Sir, considering the need to occupy Yan'an Mansion this time, after our discussions, we have asked Li Runan, deputy director of the Justice Department, Fang Yu from the Civil Affairs Department and other officials to come over this time." Lin Jiakang replied.

"Very good. You can now arrange things independently. This is what I want to see. Compared with occupying Yan'an City, governance is more important. Ieyasu, go and call them all." Lin Feng ordered. .

"Yes!" Lin Jiakang took the order and went out, and soon came back with Li Runan and others.

"I've seen the Governor!" Several people clasped their fists and saluted.

Lin Feng pointed to the seat in front, motioned for the few to sit down, and then said: "You guys are here. We must follow the established strategy of our Zhenming Army to quickly open up the situation of governing Yan'an. You have all participated in the official training class. Bar?"

"My lord, we have all participated." Li Runan stood up and replied.

"It will be better if you have participated. The first thing you have to do is to try the backlog of cases in Yan'an Prefecture, starting with the trial of Song Shilun, the former magistrate of Yan'an, to finalize the case as soon as possible and give justice to the people. You, Runan, will be specifically responsible for this matter , the relevant case results will be reported to me for approval." Lin Feng arranged.

"Understood!" Li Runan was very excited when he finally got the opportunity to preside over the trial alone.

“While strengthening the cleanup of backlogged cases, we must also quickly promote the implementation of economic strategies. You must obtain a batch of land and money by raiding corrupt officials and guilty large households.

Then, according to the usual economic policies of our Zhenming Army, one is to adhere to the land policy of combining public and private sectors, and lease the land controlled by the government to the landless people for farming at a rent of no more than 30%.

The other is to make good use of the confiscated money to organize military conscription, start the renovation of commercial streets and agricultural markets in the city, and provide the people with money to prosper the city's business by distributing settlement allowances and wages to the conscripts. In addition, Zhenming Bank was immediately notified to open a branch and issue low-interest loans to the people so that everyone could have money to resume production. "Lin Feng also clarified the governance policies in civil affairs.

"Understood, we will handle it as soon as possible." Fang Yu and other officials from the Civil Affairs Department replied.

After Li Runan, Fang Yu and others took the order and left, Lin Feng continued to ask: "Xiaoyu, how is the current strength of your Second Mobile Combat Division arranged?"

"Sir, our second division currently has three brigades under its jurisdiction. The first brigade and division are directly at Yan'an Prefecture, and the second brigade is located at the security guard in the west of Yan'an Prefecture to guard against possible attacks by the Ming Army's Xin'an border camp in Yansui Town.

The third brigade is located in Fuxian and Luochuan areas in southern Yan'an to resist possible counterattacks launched by Xi'an Prefecture. "Fang Xiaoyu pointed at the map and reported.

Lin Feng looked at the map carefully and said: "Yan'an Prefecture is a very large territory, and with only 8,000 of your divisions, the strength is still not enough.

You will first recruit 5,000 troops in Yan'an, and 2,000 of them will be added to your second division, adding one brigade, and the total strength will be expanded to 10,000. For the other three thousand, you will transfer some of the backbones to form a Yan'an garrison, under the control of the government office, to improve the city's own defense capabilities. "

"Understood!" Fang Xiaoyu replied happily, the army has expanded again so soon.

"Ieyasu, please inform Song Jilie's 1st Mobile Division to move a brigade south to the Yanchuan area to protect the safety of the east side of Yan'an City." Lin Feng continued to look at the map and explained.

"Yes!" Lin Jiakang replied simply.

Shaanxi, Xi'an City.

"What should we do? Why did the Zhenming Army rebel?" Ding Qirui, the new governor of Shaanxi, was in the governor's mansion anxiously.

Ding Qirui's own ability is relatively mediocre. In the past, he followed capable ministers like Sun Chuanting. He concentrated on running his own errands and executing the orders of Governor Sun Chuanting. He did not seek merit but sought no faults, so he was recognized by the court.

In the winter of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting was ordered to lead troops to Beijing to serve the king. Ding Qirui also ushered in a turning point in his life. He succeeded Sun Chuanting as governor of Shaanxi and stood on the cusp of independent work.

As a subordinate of a strong leader, Ding Qirui performed his duties conscientiously and was considered a qualified official. Once he was allowed to take charge alone and in a key position like Shaanxi, his true face of mediocrity and incompetence was completely exposed.

In addition, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting led troops to Beijing and took away basically all the elites in Shaanxi. What was left to Ding Qirui was a mess where "thieves rise like hedgehog hair". Peasant uprisings happened one after another like wildfire in a prairie fire. Ding Qirui faced this. In such a situation, I can only rub my hands and stare, not knowing how to deal with it.

"Sir, the Zhenming Army did not rebel. Their excuse for entering Yan'an Prefecture was that the court did not give them the silver reward for beheading the Tatars and the military pay for raising troops. As long as they do not go south again, I think they can still mediate." The governor's office. Huang Hongchang, a praise painting suggested.

"Is there any room for redemption in this matter?" Ding Qirui immediately became energetic upon hearing this.

"As long as the Zhenming Army raises its rebel flag without knowing it, we can just pretend not to know. If we can't beat them, we might as well hold our noses and admit it." Huang Hongchang continued to analyze.

"Won't they attack Xi'an?"

"The attack on Xi'an must be a rebellion. Currently, Lin Feng has not issued a statement or anything, so it should not be considered a rebellion. At most, it is internal friction."

"Internal friction? This word describes it well. Then Huang Zanhua will go to Lin Feng to mediate. As long as he gives the court some face, I will pretend not to know about his occupation of Yan'an." Ding Qirui said helplessly.

"Understood! I will make a trip for the governor right now." Huang Hongchang felt that Lin Feng did not look like a murderous person, so he agreed to go.

Wealth and wealth come from danger. He is a small fan and wants to make a name for himself in the governor's mansion. If he doesn't take some risks, there will be no chance.

(End of this chapter)