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Many officials began to work hard, preparing for the matter of establishing themselves as kings, and normal military and political work could not be delayed.

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

They beat Sun Kewang in one game, Luo Rucai in one game, and Bailian Sect in one game. 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.

The lands of 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.

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

The combined name of Jiangsu, 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.

However, after repeated discussions, the provincial government made a decision based on 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 setting will inevitably have far-reaching consequences.

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 lead the peasants and soldiers to suppress the bandits."

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

Even if these counties in Shandong were defeated, it would be an unplanned harvest.

Zhao Han is temporarily unable to divide the land, and he 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.

The rogues and the Manchus would definitely be able to 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 uprisings were everywhere in the occupied areas. 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 snatch it.

The process of the Manchus 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: "All 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 had scouts, but when fighting in the south, they generally marched along rivers and valleys, using sentry ships and mountain search teams.

The north is different, 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 the battlefield will be completely covered by the enemy's scouts.

Every time Zhu Di sent troops to the grassland, he was even more powerful, and the number of scouts was thousands of times!

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 drawn away, and another 2,000 will be drawn... 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 too many horses are 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 and Mawari horses, and the other is a purebred Mawari horse offspring.

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

Asking him to assist in training scouts on Jeju Island, Zhao Han sent 2,000 farmers and soldiers there, and they should be barely available for training 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 soldiers, 500 of whom 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 perspective, but his main task is to compile books.

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

"Never mind!"

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

The prince and princess actually went south, and the emperor wanted to canonize Zhao Han as the 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 this moment.

Moreover, they also sent a boat to inform Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai, hoping that these two Fushe leaders 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 state 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 take up an official position.

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

At the gate of the Governor's Mansion, Chen Danzhong shouted with all his might.

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

"Emperor Chongzhen's Zen throne continues the Ming Dynasty!"

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

In the nearly three hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, both the government and the people have feelings.

Many scholars, especially scholars, were 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.

Isn't it beautiful to cover every aspect?

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 jump out for the time being.

The crowd of onlookers became more and more numerous, and scholars continued to join in, and the gate of the Governor's Mansion was completely blocked.

Suddenly, a group of officials rushed over and persuaded them: "You should leave, you should leave. If you disturb the public order and block the streets again, you can be punished according to the law."

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

The official was also angry. If he didn’t 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 prison!" Chen Danzhong also stood up, glaring at the official with his head high and chest out.

"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!"

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.

After two days.

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 was already like this if he didn't accept it. If he accepted the canonization, I don't know how many scholars came out and suggested that Zhao Han should succeed the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

The county government prison.

On the third day of starvation, a scholar finally couldn't bear it, 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. The meal was very sumptuous, and it turned out to be authentic Jinling Roast Duck.

For a moment, the prison was filled with 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, "That Zhao man won't really starve us to death, will he? We are juren!"

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

The sound of chewing roast duck can be heard 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 like this," 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!"