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   Chapter 353 351 [Zen position? 】

  Many officials began to work hard, preparing for self-reliance as king, and normal military and political work could not be delayed.

  The Jianghuai area has been occupied, and only three battles have been fought.

   One game against Sun Kewang, one game against Luo Rucai, and one game against the White Lotus Sect. The rest of the prefectures and counties are all waiting for the wind to surrender, and the rest of the time is busy suppressing bandits, there are too many bandits and thieves in a mess.

  Jianghuai and Jiangnan were cut vertically by Zhao Han, and the administrative divisions were re-established.

   That is, cancel Jiangnan Province and divide it into Anhui and Jiangsu.

  Anhui, the combined name of Anqing and Huizhou, the provincial capital was set in Luzhou by Zhao Han.

  Jiangsu, the combined name of Jiangning and Suzhou, the provincial capital was set in Yangzhou by Zhao Han.

  Redefining provinces is necessary due to political, economic, military and other considerations.

  The names of the two provinces were purely capricious by Zhao Han, and he directly chose the ones he was familiar with.

  The provincial government made a decision after repeated discussions and comprehensive geographical location and transportation conditions. For example, Anhui, if the provincial capital is located in Anqing, it will be extremely unfriendly to northern Anhui. After thinking about it, Luzhou is more suitable.

  This kind of setting will inevitably bring about far-reaching effects.

  Chao County must become more prosperous. Money, food and taxes in southern Anhui are transported to Chaohu Lake via the Yangtze River, and then transported to Luzhou by fertile water. Chao County is a must.

  In addition to setting up these two provinces, Yingtianfu was renamed Jinlingfu, which is regarded as a municipality directly under the Central Government, and Nanjing is completely cut off from Jiangsu Province.

  The left and right political envoys of Jiangsu Province are: Liu Anfeng and Chen Wenkui.

  The left and right political envoys of Anhui Province are: Zhang Bingwen and Fang Shengchang.

  The land in Henan occupied by the army is temporarily under the jurisdiction of Anhui; the land in Shandong occupied by the army is temporarily under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu.

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"General Fei and General Zhang, you can continue to march. Anyway, you have already crossed the Huaihe River." Xu Nianzu pointed to the map and said, "Because of the need to resettle refugees and migrate immigrants, our army's food is a bit tight, so we can go all the way north by boat to minimize the number of civilians." The food consumption along the Grand Canal has already been occupied by Zuo Liangyu, so don’t conflict with him for the time being.”

Mao Yuanyi also pointed to the map and said: "General Fei can go to Yishui and occupy Yizhou, Fei County, and Yishui along the river. General Zhang can go to Shushui and occupy Tancheng and Juzhou along the river. Send another division to fight If you have five hundred, take down An Dongwei and Rizhao!"

  Xu Nianzu also said: "As for the suppression of bandits in the Jiangsu area, after the land is divided, the peasants and soldiers will be organized and trained, and the county magistrates will take the farmers and soldiers to suppress the bandits."

   "Okay, let's do it like this!" Zhao Han made a final decision.

  The counties in Shandong, even if they were defeated, would still be unplanned gains.

   Zhao Han is temporarily unable to divide the land, and is also unable to provide disaster relief, because there are not enough officials and food. But Zhao Han sent troops to occupy the city, which is better than bandits and the government. Although it cannot help the people, it will not harm the people.

  As for the farther area, I'm very sorry, I really don't have the energy to capture it, the battle line is too long.

  Rogue bandits and Manchus can definitely rush forward, they only need to rob all the way.

  Historically, the Manchu Qing went southward at an extremely fast speed, and they only attacked the big cities along the way, and almost ignored the small towns and villages. It can be said that there were uprisings everywhere in the occupied area. Therefore, the Han people were appointed as the governor, who specially recruited the rebels and bandits, and recognized the land occupied by the leaders of these troops. A large number of rebels and bandits became the accomplices of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and followed the Manchu Qing army all the way to the south to **** it.

  The process of the Manchu Qing going south is a history of a group of big bandits leading countless small bandits to harm the common people everywhere.

   Mao Yuanyi also said: "The armies in Jiangbei should add scout troops, otherwise it will be very dangerous to encounter strong enemies."

   "The officers of the various ministries also have this suggestion," Zhao Han said, "I have already decided that Hu Dinggui's 2,000 cavalry will be divided into several hundred people, and each division will temporarily add 100 sentry cavalry."

  Of course the Datong Army has scouts, but when fighting in the south, they generally march along rivers and valleys, using sentry boats and mountain search teams.

  The north is different, you must use scout cavalry.

   If there is a large-scale battle with the Manchu Qing, the scouts from all walks of life will have to ride thousands of horses, otherwise they will become blind and completely covered by the enemy's scouts.

  Zhu Di's previous troops sent to the grassland were even more powerful, and there were thousands of scouts once they were sent out!

Mao Yuanyi said: "Our army currently has five divisions, and it will be expanded to six divisions next year. Except for the two divisions in Hunan and Guangdong, which will continue to maintain a size of 7,500 people, the remaining four divisions should be expanded to 8,000 people. Each division will increase by 500 people. People, all belong to the cavalry, specially used for scouting and pursuit."

  Zhao Han said: "The number of horses in Jeju Island is about 15,000, and 2,000 have already been withdrawn, and another 2,000 will be withdrawn...Let's draw, these ponies are useless anyway."

  All the male horses in Jeju Island were taken away, and the mares were reserved for the Mawari horses to breed and give birth to cubs.

  As for the islanders, let them raise more cattle. In the future, immigrants will need a lot of cattle.

  At the same time, Zhao Han will not treat the islanders harshly. If there are too many horses taken away in a short period of time, he will transport more grain and cloth to compensate.

  In the future, there will only be two types of horses left in Jeju Island.

  One is a hybrid offspring of Jeju horse and Mawari horse, and the other is a purebred Mawari horse offspring.

   Didn’t that one-armed Wu Huapu want to fight?

  Let him assist in training scouts on Jeju Island, Zhao Han sent 2,000 farmers and soldiers there, and the training should be barely usable by next year. Even if they are still relatively unfamiliar, they have to be recruited into the army, and they can be trained in actual combat when fighting.

  In the future, the northern division will have 8,000 troops, of which 500 will be scouts and light cavalry.

   Those pony horses in Jeju Island are also transitional war horses. From now on, the thoroughbred horses will train the heavy cavalry, and the mixed-blood horses will train the light cavalry.

  As for Mao Yuanyi and Xu Nianzu, they are now equivalent to Zhao Han's combat staff.

  They are very familiar with the geography of mountains and rivers, and have a broad perspective of war. The disadvantage is that the actual command ability is not enough, you can just stay with Zhao Han to give ideas, and it is absolutely impossible to throw it out to fight.

   There is also Gu Yanwu, who also has a national vision, but his task is mainly to compile books.

   "Captain, there are a large number of scholars petitioning outside the gate!"

   "Don't bother!"

   Feng Zhou sent by the imperial court has already arrived in Nanjing, so the news naturally leaked out.

  The prince and princess actually went south, and the emperor wants to canonize Zhao Han as King of Wu, and marry Princess Kunxing?

  The scholars in Nanjing City were overjoyed, and then felt inexplicably angry because Zhao Han didn't accept the canonized personnel!

  These scholars, led by Chen Danzhong and Li Yiyuan, are kneeling outside the Governor's Mansion at the moment.

  In addition, they also sent a boat to inform Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai, hoping that these two leaders of the rehabilitation society could come to Nanjing to preside over the overall situation.

   Zhang Pu was ill for more than half a year and almost died, so he didn't have much time to jump up and down.

  Zhang Cai was a magistrate in Fujian, good at governing and caring for the people. After ideological training, he was able to become a county magistrate. Now he has gone to Anhui to serve as an official.

"The Governor of Zhao, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty married the princess, and secretly sent the prince to Nanjing, and also made the Governor the King of Wu. Why did the Governor refuse to accept this transmission? The governor can allow His Majesty to take the Zen throne, and thus continue the Great Ming Dynasty!"

  At the gate of the Dudu's Mansion, Chen Danzhi shouted with all his might.

  Li Yiyuan raised his arms and shouted: "Emperor Chongzhen's Zen throne, continue the Ming Dynasty!"

   "Emperor Chongzhen's Zen throne, continuing the Ming Dynasty!"

  About more than two hundred scholars shouted together, and finally they just knelt down and shouted in unison.

  The Ming Dynasty was founded nearly 300 years ago, and both the government and the people have feelings.

   Especially scholars, many are willing to die for Ming Dynasty. Now there is the best choice, that is, Zhao Han marries the princess, becomes the king of Wu, accepts the throne of Zen as emperor, and mobilizes troops to sweep the world.

   In this way, the Ming Dynasty can continue, Zhao Han can also ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and he can also wipe out the Tartars and rogue bandits.

  Everything is covered, isn’t it beautiful?

  The slogan of the Zen position was shouted, not to mention idle scholars, even many officials were moved.

   It's just that due to Zhao Han's prestige, those officials under Zhao Han's rule are afraid to come out for the time being.

  The crowd of onlookers is getting more and more, and scholars continue to join in, and the gate of the Governor's Mansion is blocked.

  Suddenly, a group of officials came rushing to persuade them: "You guys should leave, if you disturb the public order and block the streets again, you can be punished according to the law."

  Chen Danzhong yelled immediately: "We are waiting for the world, how can it be regarded as disturbing the law and order?"

The official was also angry. If he could not handle this matter well, he would definitely die. He reprimanded sharply: "You people are so ignorant that you don't want to drink a toast. Now I give you three choices; first, disperse immediately ;Secondly, spend half a month in jail, pay for food and pay a fine; thirdly, take turns cleaning the street for half a year!"

   Li Yiyuan stood up: "A gentleman seeks for the country, why should he be afraid of prison? Come and arrest me!"

   "How can Brother Siwen be imprisoned alone? I am the only one in jail!" Chen Danzhong also stood up, glaring at the official with his head held high.

"Count me in!"

   "Catch me catch me!"

   More than 30 people stood up one after another.

  The official said angrily: "Take me as dare not? Take them all away!"

   Just when the officials were arresting people, a large number of scholars scattered like birds and beasts, and in the end only 26 people were left waiting to be arrested.

   Two days later.

  Zhao Han asked: "Are you all on a hunger strike?"

  Zheng Sen replied: "According to the county government, they are all on hunger strike. They don't eat a sip of food or drink a sip of water."

   "Then let them starve." Zhao Han sneered.

  Li Banghua sighed: "It's because I didn't think carefully, the governor really shouldn't accept the title of King Wu."

   It’s already like this if you don’t accept it. If you accept the canonization, I don’t know how many scholars will come out and suggest that Zhao Han succeed the Ming emperor.

  The county government prison.

  Starving for the third day, finally a scholar couldn't bear it anymore and shouted weakly: "I want to eat, I want to eat!"

   Soon the jailer brought the food.

  Anyway, during the detention period, I had to pay for the food myself. This meal was very sumptuous, and it turned out to be authentic Jinling Roast Duck.

  For a while, the prison was full of aromas, and the rest of the scholars couldn't help swallowing.

   "I want to eat too!" Several scholars compromised.

   Li Yiyuan's stomach growled, and he said, "The Zhao man won't really starve us to death, will he? We are juren!"

  Chen Danzhong was quite frustrated: "He was born as a traitor, so he probably dared to starve to death."

   There is the sound of chewing roast duck next to it, which is mouth-watering with the aroma. Li Yiyuan swallowed his saliva and said: "Why don't you save your life first, and take the big plan of the country, and slowly figure it out, and wait for Mr. Ximing (Zhang Pu) to come?"

   "It should be so," Chen Danzhong was so hungry that he almost had no energy to speak, and he really didn't have the willpower to go on a hunger strike, so he shouted dizzily, "I want to eat roast duck!"

  (end of this chapter)