Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 264 Jiangnan New Strategy

Regarding Li Chuang, no matter what his purpose was, Lu Mou wanted to first solve the Manchu Qing Dynasty and restore Liaodong, and then turn around and solve Li Chuang's strategy.

But now Li Chuang's development direction is no longer under his control. He wants to fly solo and take a sane path. In this way, his strategy has to be adjusted.

From the original idea of ​​fighting outside first and then making peace with the inside, I changed to first making peace with the inside and then fighting the outside.

Zhu Cixi also felt the seriousness of the situation: "Are those scholars in the south of the Yangtze River who have been favored by the emperor willing to be driven by the bandits?"

Yang Songshan smiled: "It turns out that when the Ming Dynasty in the north was about to perish, the literati in the south thought that the way of heaven had changed and that it was time for a change of dynasty. So they all chose to join new masters, many of whom had a close relationship with Li Chuang."

Chongzhen smiled helplessly, he was deeply touched.

At that time, not only the scribes from the south and north of the Yangtze River, but also the group of ministers he had supported for decades, and even those Donglin who claimed to be loyal to the emperor and had a righteous character, began to prepare to open the city to capture the thieves. The feeling of betrayal and separation is really unforgettable. Thinking about it now, I still feel depressed.

Yes, both then and now, Chongzhen only felt frustration but no hatred. He didn't even bother to hate those ministers for their disloyalty.

Think about it, if San'er hadn't reversed the situation and the building was about to collapse, my family would have been in ruins by now.

"But after the Ming Dynasty was reborn and prospered in the hands of the prince, the literati in Jiangnan changed the direction of the trend and once again turned to the Ming Dynasty."

Lu Mou sneered disdainfully: "Literati are the weakest."

Chongzhen seemed to be trying to persuade San'er, but also seemed to be indignant: "It's a pity that after three hundred years of raising scholars in the Ming Dynasty, they finally raised such a group of things. And no matter what shameless things they do, they can still find high-sounding excuses. A group of people. A sanctimonious bastard full of male thieves and female prostitutes.”

Yang Songshan smiled, did not comment, and continued: "But first, Li Chuang's 600,000-strong army ravaged the south of the Yangtze River, and even moved the entire Shaanxi province to the south of the Yangtze River, giving him another million-strong army, making his capital Wuchang, and sealing the group. The ministers tended to divide the river and rule. So the literati took advantage of the situation and wanted to be the heroes of the founding of Jiangnan, so most of the shameless people joined Li Chuang. Partly, it’s because the family has a big business and I hope to use my status to keep the family business after joining Li Chuang.”

Zhu Cixiang knocked on the table bitterly: "In order to preserve the glory and wealth of their family, they have no regard for etiquette and integrity. It is really abominable."

From the few comments made by the father and son, it can be seen that the three of them have no good impression of today's literati.

Yang Songshan stuck to his duty and did not participate in it. He just continued the opinions summarized by himself and Zhang Huangyan: "In view of the current situation in Jiangnan, although our Ming Dynasty focuses on facing the Manchus, it is still impossible to unify Jiangnan and eliminate them in a short time. Li Chuang, but he must also take action to strengthen the people of Jiangnan in their confidence in our Ming Dynasty.

For this reason, Mr. Zhang and Wei Chen believed that they should keep the Northwestern Army in the south and take advantage of the opportunity to contain Li Chuang, preventing him from traveling and forming an alliance with the Qing Dynasty. With the cooperation of Gao Jie, they could regain southern Zhili and Zhejiang; With the cooperation of Zheng Zhilong, Fujian was recovered. Recovering half of the country in the south of the Yangtze River, Li Chuang was suppressed in Huguang, Yunnan and Guizhou and other places. It is inevitable that the people of Jiangnan will not continue to turn towards Li Chuang. "

Regarding such a plan, Lu Mou couldn't help but his eyes lit up. Zhang Huangyan really has a long-term vision.

If his plan is realized, it will not only restrain the people of Jiangnan from continuing to turn towards Li Chuang, but also restore the tax money and food in most of the areas south of the Ming Dynasty. When the sea routes are unblocked and the canals are restored, both the food problem and the gold and silver problem in the north will be completely solved.

"Is Mr. Zhang confident that he can realize his plan?"

Yang Songshan turned his attention to Li An, who was about to take up his new post: "This requires Nanjing to stay behind, open the warehouse, and distribute sufficient money and food to the remaining Ming troops in various places in the south of the Yangtze River.

What Master Zhang said was that although the original armies in Jiangnan were already extremely corrupt. But as long as he has money and food, he has the ability to re-establish military discipline and improve combat effectiveness after they no longer rely on looting to survive.

Although their combat effectiveness is still not as good as that of the rogue Li Chuang's army based in the northwest, they will still be more than capable of holding the city captured by Master Zhang. Li An glanced at Lu Mou, who was noncommittal, and replied with a smile: "How to arrange the national bank deposits of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing needs to be decided by the prince. We are just executing it." As long as the prince speaks, then our family will definitely have nothing to say. "

This is a slippery slope.

Lu Mou thought for a moment and glanced at his father.

Dad lowered his head to drink tea. He sucks and sniffs, and is very uncultured.

Looking at the ruling brother again, he looked up at the sky, where a fly was dancing.

I can't hide anymore. If I keep hiding like this, I'll die.

Nodding to Li An: "The current situation is like this. After Eunuch Li went to Nanjing to stay behind, he immediately allocated food, weapons and equipment according to Master Zhang's needs. And I will send a large number of Dongchang fans to follow you south and place them in various places. After the reorganization of the army, we will not only supervise the military discipline and style, but also ensure that our money and food are not wasted. "

"This slave respects the prince's order."

Lu Mou looked at Yang Songshan again: "I don't know, Mr. Zhang, when do you expect to achieve the goal set by the two of you?"

Yang Songshan said with confidence: "In April and May this year, we will recover southern Zhili and Zhejiang, and before the end of the year, we will recover Fujian."

"Okay, then this matter is settled."

"But Mr. Zhang said that in addition to our Jiangnan Group Army, there are other armies in Jiangnan, such as the Yangzhou Army commanded by the Ministry of History and War, the Jiangnan Navy commanded by Zheng Hongkui, and Gao Jie's Xuzhou Army. The above three people have high positions. His weight, status, and title are all higher than those of General Zhang, so it is really difficult to command, dispatch, and coordinate. I would also like to ask the imperial court to send a highly respected minister to Jiangnan to supervise the division and coordinate the overall situation. "

This is not Zhang Huangyan shirking responsibility, the facts are there. In order to realize the strategic plan this time, it is necessary to implement the unified deployment of Jiangnan's money and grain army.

Qian Tonghe and Li An, even though they are members of the regent family, will not be restrained.

But the army under the control of Jiangnan Wei Guogong will not accept Zhang Huangyan's reorganization and dispatch. Will Shi Kefa be able to command blindly because of his official position?
Especially in one of the original four towns in Xuzhou, Gao Jie is the unruly one. Whether he is willing to cooperate or not is the key.

However, Zhang Huangyan's reputation is not well known now. In the eyes of everyone, he just joined the regent's sect. It was the regent who dragged him up by his pigtails and put him in this position. If the position is unstable and the talent is not shown, the people above will definitely be dissatisfied.

Therefore, Zhang Huangyan had the self-knowledge to ask the old minister to supervise the division and serve as a pawn himself.

From this point of view, Zhang Huangyan is really a loyal minister who is dedicated to the country and does not seek fame or wealth.

However, Zhang Huangyan asked the imperial court to send someone to supervise the division, but this left Lu Mou in a dilemma.

Because, from the bottom of his heart, he was firmly opposed to the civil servant supervisor. At this time, should the supervisor be sent or not?

(End of this chapter)