Ming Zuo

Chapter 722 Tie Suo Hengjiang [Ask for a monthly ticket! 】

A total of three magistrates fell into the hands of the new army.

Apart from Zhang Tiaoding and You Zhengzhong, the last one was also the most comfortable.

That is Fang Wei, the magistrate of Jiading County.

When Songjiang rioted, Lai Fangwei immediately joined forces with merchants and people in Jiading County to arrest other officials, control the county and stabilize the situation.

In other words, he was in the same group as Xu Ji, Pan Yunlong and others.

Just because he is Lai Sixing's son and Chen Hongshou's brother-in-law.

"My father has resigned from Fujian and is coming here in the starry night. From now on, I don't have any worries about coming home."

Lai Fangwei reported the situation of the trip to Sri Lanka, causing everyone to praise him.

"Come on, everything in Songjiang Mansion has been preliminarily determined. The most lacking thing is officials who can govern the place. Please cooperate with Minister Chen and Zuo Zhongji."

Zuo Menggeng raised his hopes for Lai Fangwei.

Knowing that he can still be an official, Lai Fangwei didn't hide it.

"Commander, it is said that to be an official in Shandong requires training from the School of Administration. I have never done this before, is it suitable?"

In order to integrate into the Shandong camp, Lai Fangwei had already done his homework.

Outsiders may think that it is unwise to give up the official position you have obtained and go to the School of Administration as a student.

Only Lai Fang Wei has a clear mind and knows whether passing the school of administration means whether an official can reach a higher position.

Compared with the great future in the future, giving up for a while is nothing at all.

For his cleverness, Zuo Menggeng admired him very much.

"If you are in a hurry, you can make changes. After the Songjiang Mansion is stabilized, you can report to the School of Administration."

After getting the exact arrangement, Fang Wei felt relieved and began to follow Chen Zhi and Zuo Maodi to manage the place.

All the young officials brought by Chen Zhi and Zuo Maodi from Shandong have been dispatched to various parts of Songjiang Prefecture.

There was nothing troublesome about the process.

After Zhu Guobi and Fang Yuegong retreated, everyone knew that the Songjiang Mansion had completely fallen into Shandong's hands, so no one dared to resist.

Those who should run have run away.

Those who stayed were all beneficiaries, and it was too late to welcome the officials sent by Shandong.

Basically, one official with ten militiamen can complete the control of a town.

Along with the Second Marine Regiment came Chen Hongshou and the staff of the court and the procuratorate.

These first-generation judicial workers will also work in Songjiang Prefecture.

Among them, the one Zuo Menggeng valued the most was Chen Hongshou.

"Songjiang is the land that was first occupied. Although the local people have long been interested in Shandong, the systems, laws and customs of the two places are completely different, and there will inevitably be conflicts in the future governance process. This requires you to do a good job of publicity, so that the people here Familiarize yourself with the corresponding laws and regulations faster."

Although Chen Hongshou is unreliable in his lower body, he is still very reliable in his work.

"We had already printed tens of thousands of notices when we came, and we plan to post these notices everywhere. In addition, we plan to build a new printing factory here to popularize our laws and regulations."

Zuo Menggeng couldn't be more satisfied with this attitude.

"With Marquis Zhang here, there is no need to worry about the promotion."

Shandong's administrative efficiency is very high, and the local people in Songjiang Prefecture are very cooperative, so they are quickly on the right track.

Without much time for people to adapt, Songjiang Mansion completed the transformation and became a part of Shandong.

Zheng Sanjun and Qian Qianyi stayed in Songjiang Mansion and experienced all this in person.

In addition to being helpless, it is still helpless.

What makes them even more depressed is that there has been no reply from Nanjing to this day.

How to deal with the current situation, both of them are blinded.

What can Nanjing do?

They are also waiting for the court's decision.

On the fifteenth day after the new army landed in Songjiang, the situation in Jiangnan was finally brought before Chongzhen.

Knowing that Shandong brazenly sent troops to capture Songjiang Mansion, Chongzhen's eyes immediately went dark.

"A rebellious minister, a traitor who keeps his word and repeatedly violates God's power, how can I tolerate it?"

The officials of the imperial court were all terrified, and they all felt the suffocation of the dark clouds pressing down on the city.

Shandong's approach is more terrifying than intimidating the capital.

After all, the capital is right next to Shandong, and it seems normal for Shandong to send troops day and night.

But Jiangnan was thousands of miles away, and the imperial court was suddenly captured by Shandong without any news.

The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty seemed to have listened to the scriptures from heaven.

Chongzhen's roar was just a roar.

Not only the ministers, but even he himself understood that his anger could not change anything.

On the battlefield in Henan, although Chen Qiyu came up with a way, he pressed hard at every step.But it will take a long time to solve the peasant army.

Although Lin Dan Khan in the northwest has retreated, the Mongolian cavalry are still cruising outside the border and may break through the border at any time.

This forced Hong Chengchou to be inseparable and had no time to take care of the Central Plains battlefield.

Only relying on whether the army in the south of the Yangtze River can stop the new army in Shandong, the monarchs and ministers have no idea.

Under extreme panic and crisis, Chongzhen began to instinctively look for a scapegoat.

"What does Yang Yipeng do for food? Why hasn't such a big event been played?"

This time, even Wen Tiren couldn't stand it.

"It is said that the Shandong thieves went directly to Songjiang Mansion by sea, and did not pass through the area under Governor Yang's jurisdiction."

Yang Yipeng is the governor of the river.

According to Chongzhen's understanding, Shandong's army must have been able to go to Songjiang Mansion through the canal and Nanzhili.

As a result, Yang Yipeng didn't do anything, and he didn't report anything, which is obviously an unforgivable crime.

In the end, Wen Tiren told him that the Shandong New Army did not go through the canal at all, but by sea.

Chongzhen was a little dumbfounded.

"Can you reach Songjiang Mansion by sea?"

The officials looked at each other in blank dismay, and for the first time found that the emperor's knowledge of geography seemed a bit clumsy.

In fact, this is no wonder Chongzhen.

After all, he grew up in a deep palace since he was a child, and he has never left the capital since he became a feudal clan, and he can only see such a small area of ​​the world.

In addition, the education in the feudal society paid more attention to the land, so he really had no concept of the sea.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen hurriedly asked someone to fetch the map.

Only this time did Chongzhen suddenly discover what was going on in Daming's coastal areas.

However, his eyes suddenly focused on the Yangtze River.

"Nanjing reported that the Shandong Navy has straddled the Yangtze River. Doesn't that mean that the communication between the north and the south has been cut off?"

The ministers were even more depressed about this.

"Exactly. Yangzhou and other places have reported, and there has been no news from Jiangnan for a long time. This time, Nanjing's military situation is conveyed, and it is also a detour to Huguang, which has traveled thousands of miles for nothing."

Wen Tiren felt powerless all over.

When he was not the first assistant, he wanted to fight for the head of the ministers wholeheartedly.

But now that I have really done it, I can truly feel what it means to do things with heart and powerlessness.

"Your Majesty. Now that the north and the south are cut off, Jiangnan's finances, taxes, food, and grass cannot be transported. If Nanjing is captured by Shandong thieves and Jiangnan changes color, this Ming Dynasty..."

Wen Tiren didn't dare to continue.

It's interesting that everyone understands.

Shandong's move of iron chain Hengjiang really hit the seven inches of the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)