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While Jin Yiwei was making intensive preparations, the Military Intelligence Department of the General Staff and the Staff Department of the Ministry of War also began to quietly search for businessmen in Tongliao, set up their eyes and ears, and strive to do a good job of intelligence work for the army to return to Liao.Compared with these emerging intelligence departments, Dongchang, as the former boss, is even more unwilling to show weakness. Under Liu Ruoyu's guidance, Ding Ao strives to expand the power of Dongchang southward.

At this time, Wang Zhixin was sitting on the cusp of the storm in the south of the Yangtze River. Every day, countless people stabbed him in the back. There were even scholars blocking the door of his house and smashing the door with mud, demanding the release of Qian Qianyi.When Dongchang set up a branch in the south of the Yangtze River, it was like nectar after a long drought. Finally, I was looking forward to my relatives. I built a big house with four entrances and three courtyards on the bank of Xuanwu Lake as the site of Dongchang Nanjing branch.

Not long after the Nanjing branch was established, Yang Fan, the eunuch of the admiral's branch, cracked a major case of a North Korean businessman carrying intelligence from the country and captured three North Korean spies.

As a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea was defeated by the Jin soldiers led by Amin as early as the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and signed a brotherly alliance with Jin.In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji personally conquered North Korea and forced him to sign a treaty between monarch and minister.From then on, North Korea will send protons to Shenyang as hostages.

Although North Korean dignitaries and citizens generally admire Daming and despise Manchuria, they can only succumb to reality before swords and guns.They collected information about Ming Dynasty scholars and brought them back to China. They were more in pursuit of fashion, saying that they were worthy of the name of "Little China", and they did not intend to be Manchurian spies.

However, the Qing court had troops stationed in North Korea, and its generals could also get some news about the Ming court from the North Korean dignitaries, which inspired them to explore this intelligence route.So under the instigation of North Korean dignitaries, three North Korean businessmen in Nanjing collected a lot of news about Ming Dynasty.Not only there are various newspapers and books, but even money is paid to invite scholars to get together.Get news from it.

Such behavior undoubtedly constituted the "crime of espionage" identified by Zhu Cihong.

The "Chu town news" that almost caused Song Hongye to fall short of success was also spread by these three people from Jiangnan to North Korea, and then passed into Dorgon's hands.

Yang Fan was originally doing errands under Wang Zhixin's seat, but was recommended to Ding Ao by Wang Zhixin.Unexpectedly, Ding Ao only saw Yang Fan once.He was entrusted with the important task of admiral Jiangnan Branch.However, Yang Fan had made great achievements only one month after taking office, and he entered the crown prince's vision in one fell swoop.As a result, even Wang Zhixin was not sure what the origin of Yang Fan was, and even suspected that he was a secret agent who sneaked into his side.

In fact, Yang Fan just likes to watch people.

Every eunuch has his own hobbies as spiritual pillars.Some are greedy for money, some are greedy for power.Some are greedy...Yang Fan likes to watch people.Not only did he collect all kinds of facebooks, but he also liked to practice. He observed other people's appearance and expression on any occasion, and finally practiced the kung fu of piercing eyes.

Zhu Cihong gave Yang Fan a certificate, encouraging him to promote this self-created kung fu.At the same time, in the name of Chongzhen, a decree was issued: Dongchang was responsible for eliminating domestic spies and collaborators, and set up factory prisons.

Amidst the turmoil of public opinion in Jiangnan, the news of the recruitment of Jiangnan's brave men into the army was not paid attention to.

Before the conscription policy was determined, among the officials in the Northwest Restoration Area.Southeast officials who speak Wu Nong's soft language have long been popular.

Now that the manpower in the north has been fully mobilized, it is still facing a difficult situation.Many unsatisfied literati from the south of the Yangtze River went to the north. Originally, they only hoped to seek a job as a friend and guest, but they were overjoyed to get the position of magistrate of a county, or even the magistrate of a prefecture.

The level of education in the south of the Ming Dynasty was far better than that in the north. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, because all the candidates in the imperial examination were from the south, Taizu even built a big prison.But the truth is so cruel.In Shaanxi, Xie Yuan's talent can be picked, but in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Susong, even Chinese style is difficult.These students, who have not been able to learn Chinese for a long time, arrived in Shandong and took a test that was simpler than the usual quiz, and they were eligible to enter the School of Administration.

In the School of Administration, revisit "propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame", and then memorize the various systems of grassroots work.These little intellectuals can embark on practical positions.Although some of them would defy the law by themselves, they provided the Metropolitan Procuratorate with the opportunity to train soldiers in vain, and more people still obediently followed the rules. ——Especially seeing those heads with wet blood, no one dared to be careless.

It is these low-level officials from the south who are under the situation of insufficient employment.It is natural to think of one point: since there are not enough northerners, why can't we use southerners?Even if the local government in the south of the Yangtze River does not support it, they can appoint imperial envoys to set up recruiting points in towns and villages in various counties and counties, and directly pull people away.

Zhu Cihong deeply felt that this was also a method, so he adopted it and began to recruit soldiers from the South.

In the original historical time and space, at this time, the "slave revolution" in Jiangnan provinces has reached the critical point of spewing. This recruiting just provided a way out for the young and strong who do not want to be slaves for generations, allowing them to enter the army and make their way through the future with their military exploits. .At the same time, because the crown prince himself valued soldiers, if a strong man in slavery joins the army, his parents and children will immediately leave the slavery, set up a household registration, and become civilians.

As for the powerful families affected by this, the crown prince also pointed out a clear path for them: litigation.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were laws and regulations. Laws are unchanging laws, but regulations are temporary rules for temporary situations. Some come from imperial decrees, and some come from the six regulations.The foundation of Zhu Cihong's previous life was law, who can fight with legal weapons?Regulations on enlisting in the army and registering citizenship have been issued to all Zhou prefectures and counties across the country. If those wealthy families want to win this lawsuit, they must pull the Zhu family from the throne.

Now that Li Zicheng is dead, Zhang Xianzhong is gone, and Dorgon is running away, if you want to start an uprising, you have to look at the general situation of the world.

In March of the 19th year of Chongzhen, the first batch of southern soldiers assembled in Hefei and began training.

In the same month, the first transport fleet departed from the mouth of the Dakou River at the junction of Beizhi and Shandong, carrying a total of more than [-] people from the first and second battalions of the second division, including [-] Type [-] artillery pieces, to Juehua island.After this fleet sailed for two days, they unexpectedly encountered another fleet sailing from Fuzhou.This fleet mainly carried building materials and labor, as well as a small amount of engineers.

It was originally planned that after the Second Division built a camp on the opposite bank of Juehua Island, the Liaodong Division Detachment Battalion would arrive at Juehua Island for fortification construction.However, after this encounter due to inconvenient communication, the Liaodong Division's detachment battalion will give priority to building camps on the mainland for the Second Division, and then return to Juehua Island for defense.

Xiao Donglou was very grateful for Chen De's cooperation, he stood alone at the bow of the ship, despite the sea wind blowing on the iron armor, he remained motionless.Cao Ning and Lu Qiaochu boarded the other two Dafu boats and followed behind the fleet.Although the special reconnaissance battalion sent back gratifying news, no one knew whether it would be Manchurian cavalry standing on the shore.

However, Xiao Donglou enjoyed this unknown excitement very much, and even had some expectations.The defensive battle in Tianjin was really not to his liking. Every day, he watched the beggars rushing up to die. As long as there were sufficient logistics, there was almost no danger of falling.And a strong army like the Second Division should have rushed hundreds of miles, bathed in blood, and killed the enemy with fear!

On March 19, the [-]th year of Chongzhen, a huge fleet appeared near Juehua Island on the west side of the Liaohai Sea.The small boats that had been waiting here for a long time moved closer, transported the soldiers and supplies on the big ship to the beach, built the simplest fortifications, and then began to build a temporary port.

Those who were waiting on the shore were indeed the men and horses sent by the Special Investigation Battalion, and there were only a dozen or so of them.The knight in the lead looked no different from a Manchurian, with the same sallow skin and a layer of short stubble growing on his blue-shaven scalp.A neat wisp of money rat tail hangs behind his head, pressed tightly against his scalp by the hat.

"I have an urgent military situation, and I want to report it to the general." The knight saw the flag of General Xiao Zi of the second division and shouted loudly.

Xiao Donglou happened to be passing by, walked straight to the man, and said: "I am Xiao Donglou, what do you want to tell me?"

The two teams had already confirmed the seals, and the man saw Xiao Donglou's armor, sword, and epaulettes, so he naturally believed that he was the commander of the second division.

"Report to the general, I am under the order of the left battalion officer of the special reconnaissance battalion, please go to Ningyuan City quickly." The knight took a breath, sprayed white mist and said: "The green battalion escorting the people mutinied, please go and preside over the defense thing!"

Xiao Donglou was greatly surprised: "Why did the mutiny happen? Is the news reliable?"

"Officer Zuo Ying is in the city at the moment, he has chopped off a dozen heads of Donghu and hung them at the door." The knight said: "The general sent someone to look at it, and it's only a dozen miles away."

"Can the captive soldiers attack the city?" Xiao Donglou asked, and said to the guards: "Pass my order, all ships are given priority to carry soldiers."

"There was a mutiny last night, and no captive soldiers have yet attacked the city." The knight of the special reconnaissance battalion replied.

"Can't we wait for us to arrive? It's so hasty." Xiao Donglou dissatisfied, and urged the guards around him: "Go quickly, go to someone else, don't say anything to them, it's enough to wear armor and hold soldiers! Let's go to Ningyuan for dinner !"

——There is nothing to eat in Ningyuan City.

The soldiers of the special reconnaissance battalion wanted to make it clear, but they felt that they had to answer the officer's question first, so they said, "This incident happened suddenly, and the mutiny was almost over when we arrived. As for the details, the general still asked us Battalion officer. Oh, General, Ningyuan city is short of food and clothing, and more than a dozen people died of cold and hunger this morning."

Xiao Donglou glared at him, but did not change the order.Soldiers did not bring their own dry food on board. If they waited until the dry food was prepared and then set off, it would be delayed for at least an hour.The Second Division is a mighty army in the world that wants to regain the banner of the Tianxiong Army. They would rather go hungry all night than miss the chance of fighting!

What's more, as long as Ningyuan City is stabilized and the things on the ship are unloaded, you can get what you want!

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