Dong Yuan had the support of Weiyang salt merchants, and the news soon spread to Xuzhou. This was mainly due to the expansion of Huaidong's power. If Weiyang's local forces wanted to resist Huaidong's infiltration, they could only embrace Dong Yuan's thick thigh.
The Huaiyang Army's complete integration into Huaidong may seem calm on the surface, but there are definitely many undercurrents behind the scenes.
Including the Huaiyang Army, Huaidong has more than 100,000 elite soldiers, which ranks higher than all other armies. Moreover, they are controlled by Lin Fu alone, making it difficult for outsiders to defeat them. In the hearts of Emperor Yongxing and everyone in Jiangning, If you don’t have any ideas, only a ghost can believe it?
Weiyang Salt Trading is a normal reaction.
"It's not surprising that Shen Rong and Dong Yuan peed in the same pot!" Ye Junan and Gao Zongting came to the court to discuss matters and talked about Dong Yuan's support from Weiyang salt merchants. They were quite emotional. They knew that there were some shortcomings behind the rise of Huaidong. After the secret incident of Humanity, it is not difficult to understand why Shen Rong has always had a grudge against Huaidong - when Shen Rong came out of Dongyang Mansion, he was jointly suppressed by Gu Wuchen and Lin Tingli, and could not control the Dongyang Army's military power at all, but this is Whether it was trivial matters, official strife was the norm, whether it was the Hongzepu robbery or the Hongzepu robbery, Shen Rong directly set things up for Lin Fu, almost losing his life, and the grudge became big.
"It's going to rain, and my mother wants to get married, let them make trouble," Lin Fu said. He didn't expect Shen Rong to urinate in the pot with him.
"We must take the Weiyang salt merchant's matter seriously," Gao Zongting said with a frown. "This time the salt merchant raised money for Huaixi. On the one hand, Shen Rong was behind it, and Zhang Yan was behind it. But on the other hand, it can also be seen that Dong Yuan has a deep foundation in Weiyang. He recommended Ding Zhiru to Shouzhou. After the salt merchants raised funds, he also expressed that he would vigorously recruit any Weiyang officials in Huaixi. He should be a From the beginning, I thought of using the resources of Weiyang Mansion to consolidate the foundation of Huaixi. The current situation is that Weiyang Mansion has financial resources; in the past few years, Weiyang Mansion has also gathered too many refugees and refugees, and they can move to Huaixi for resettlement. This will provide Dong Yuan with the necessary young men to farm in Huaixi..."
"Yeah, we can't let Huaixi's life be too easy!" Ye Junan said while sipping tea.
"There are two moves at hand. The first is to get stuck in the neck of the private salt, directly drain the firewood, and shake the Weiyang salt merchants' confidence in supporting Huaixi. The second is to strengthen the control of Hongzepu..." Gao Zongting said.
Taking Hongzepu as the dividing line, the Jianghuai area east of Huaishan Mountain is divided into two large areas, Huaidong and Huaixi. Huaixi includes the four prefectures of Luzhou, Dongyang, Shouzhou, Haozhou, Huaishan and Xinyang Prefecture at the northern foot of Tongbai Mountain It belongs to Zhongzhou County. After Zhongzhou County was fragmented, it was later subordinated to Henan Zhizhishi. Traditionally, it belonged to southern Henan along with Nanyang and other places. Due to the needs of the war, Xinyang Prefecture and the Woyang area in the north of Huaihe River were both included in the jurisdiction of Huaixi .
The traditional Huaidong area includes Huai'an, Hailing, and Weiyang Prefecture. Weiyang Prefecture is also known as Yangzhou in later generations. It is not only at the strategic location of the North and South Cao Road, but also because the Lianghuai Salt and Iron Division is located, it has become the place where salt merchants from all over the world gather. , richest in the world.
The Weiyang Mansion's salt tax, land tax, and municipal gold were one of the most important sources of wealth for the imperial court. Therefore, no matter how hard Lin Fu tried, it was difficult to place Weiyang Mansion within Huaidong's sphere of influence.
Weiyang Mansion and Haozhou Mansion face each other across Hongzepu. Interestingly, Huai'an Mansion and Dongyang Mansion also face each other across Hongzepu - now Weiyang Salt Merchant has chosen to support Dong Yuan, and Dongyang Mansion is clearly subordinate to Huaixi ruled, but always vented his anger on the same nostril as Huaidong.
Huaidong strengthens its control over Hongzepu, firstly, it can strengthen the connection with Dongyang Prefecture, and secondly, it can weaken the connection between Weiyang Prefecture and Huaixi Haozhou Prefecture.
Hongzepu covers a vast area of thousands of miles, with the Huaihe River flowing in and out of it. It borders Siyang, Sizhou, Haozhou, Shiliang, Jinhu and other counties, and is under the jurisdiction of Huai'an, Haozhou, Dongyang and Weiyang prefectures.
Previously, each prefecture under the jurisdiction of Hongzepu mainly set up checkpoints to manage the main waterways entering and leaving Hongzepu. Huai'an Prefecture had inspection departments at Xiahuaikou and Baitang River Estuary to manage ships entering and leaving Hongzepu.
In addition to being the core waterway connecting east, west, north and south, Hongzepu itself also has extremely rich fishery resources. During the Huaisi Rebellion, there were hundreds of thousands of fishermen living in Hongzepu.
Hongzepu is dotted with large and small sandbanks and lake islands. There were originally more than 30 large and small water villages and fishing villages. There were even more fishermen living along the coast. All prefectures have set up river stations to govern and collect fishing taxes.
Liu An'er's uprising initially relied on the power of the Hongzepu water village, relying on those fishermen who were given heavy fishing lessons and exploited by fishing taxes to survive, and then developed into a catastrophe that swept the Central Plains.
After the Huaisi War, Hongzepu's water village power suffered a devastating blow, and the number of fishermen also dropped sharply. However, after Lin Fu governed Huaidong, he ordered that the fishing classes in the lake areas under the jurisdiction of Huai'an Prefecture be reduced and only city taxes were levied.
This has led to the recovery of fishery fishing in Shanyang, Siyang and other places.
The two points mentioned by Gao Zongting are that after the construction of the sea dike, the outflow of private salt from the Lianghuai Salt Fields was basically under the control of Huaidong. It was just that the pockets were not tightened for the time being, but the control of Hongzepu had just begun.
I didn't have time to go deeper.
Lin Fu frowned and thought, then turned to ask Liu Miaozhen: "Speaking of Hongzepu, probably no one is more familiar with it than General Huaiyang. Can you recommend some camp generals and sentry generals to be sent to the Baitang River Inspection Department?
Or can we directly let the Third Water Camp set up a sub-camp at the mouth of Baitang River?"
Song Jia said from the side: "Nowadays, the Shuizhai forces are on the rise in Hongzepu. Should we suppress them or support them to make them comply with the jurisdiction of the government? I heard that there are still some disputes in Huai'an Prefecture. I think the Military Intelligence Department can put a person under the command.
Join the army and do your job..."
The power of the water village should not be underestimated. Liu An'er used the power of the Hongzepu water village to stir up a huge disaster. One part of the Taihu water village force was led by Cheng Yiqun to go to sea. It once became an important supplementary force for the East China Sea pirates, and the other part gathered into the Bai Nao Army.
, which laid the foundation for today's Hanghu Navy Navy - so Huai'an Prefecture is extremely sensitive to the power of the water villages in Hongzepuri. However, on the other hand, the fishermen living together in villages is a tradition that has been difficult to change for thousands of years.
Song Jia said there was a dispute. In fact, the Huai'an Prefecture insisted on suppressing the rise of the Hongzepu water village. Weiyang, Dongyang, and Haozhou Prefectures also had the same opinion, but the matter was detained by Lin Fu and has not been dealt with. Speaking of which,
, The water village forces that are now on the rise in Hongzepu also have some connections with the Huaiyang Army. Many of the water village forces that are on the rise again are themselves dispersed, and the defeated refugee army generals returned to their hometowns and gathered together.
These people did not want to be involved in the war anymore, so they had to make a living in Hongzepuri after they escaped. They were also afraid that the government would pursue them for their serious crimes of being thieves, so they could only live in Hongzepuri temporarily.
Song Jia's idea was that instead of suppressing him, it would be better to give Huaidong control and use.
Hongzepu is under the jurisdiction of the four prefectures, and each has its own lake area under its jurisdiction. Huaidong cannot directly extend its hands to the lake areas under the jurisdiction of the other three prefectures. In the final analysis, the jurisdiction of Hongzepu by the four prefectures is still superficial.
Being able to control the water village power in Po-ri actually controls Hongzepo.
"That's okay for the time being. Suitable candidates should be selected from the Huaiyang army..." Lin Fu looked at Liu Miaozhen and said.
Liu Miaozhen nodded. She was not embarrassed in front of Lin Fu because her wedding was approaching.
After being incorporated into Huaiyang Town, the generals who had been dispersed wanted to return to the camp. After all, it was too difficult to make a living in Hongzepuri. However, Huaiyang Town only thought there were too many people at that time, so Liu Miaozhen and the others never nodded.
, and let the scattered generals be integrated into Huaiyang Town. This arrangement does not count as leaving them alone. It is better than letting these people become lake bandits and water bandits to be suppressed by the officers and soldiers.
These days, on the one hand, Lin Fu selected generals from the armies under Huaidong's jurisdiction to join the Huaiyang Army, and on the other hand, he promoted generals from the Huaiyang Army to serve in all aspects of Huaidong's administration. The generals who have made meritorious service in the Xuzhou war,
Some people were also allowed to retire and serve as local officials - all aspects encouraged Huaiyang to be completely integrated into Huaidong, and tried to prevent Huaiyang generals from feeling excluded and suppressed.
The Huaisi Flood disaster caused deep resentment between the prefectures and counties around Hongzepu and the Shuizhai forces. Over the years, they have tried their best to suppress the Hongzepu fishermen. Some things are beyond Lin Fu's control. At this time, he considered appointing Huaiyang Army General
When administering Hongtaekpo, we also consider balance. After all, the fishery resources within a thousand miles of Hongtaekpo must also be utilized.
Lin Fu and Gao Zongting said: "Fishermen are difficult to control, and the power of water villages is not controlled by the government. Many people have not considered the fundamental reason - Pu is the waterfront. There are no embankments on the waterside, and the water rises and falls in spring and autumn.
The lake area is uncertain. Ge Siyu measured the Pu Di at the mouth of Baitang River and found that the lake area changes by more than 20 miles in spring and autumn. This does not include the years of floods. Fishermen have no land on the shore and cannot build villages.
If you live there, you will not be able to adapt to the ebb and flow of water conditions, and you will have no fixed place to live. Once the Shanyang Embankment is built and the fishermen settle on the shore, they can be directly incorporated into the county's jurisdiction, and the problem of water villages will not be a problem...
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Liu Miaozhen was also born in Shuizhai and had a deep affection for Hongzepu. When she started the uprising with her uncle, she also wanted to fight for a peaceful life. The more the war went on, the more confused she became and the more tired she became.
After discussing things here, Gao Zongting, Ye Junan and others said goodbye and left. Song Jia called to Liu Miaozhen and said: "The young lady said that she was going to go to the lake after lunch. Miss Liu, please come with us, and we will stay to eat together.
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"Okay." Liu Miaozhen responded.
Although the wedding was still more than a month away, once the names were decided, Song Jia and Su Mei often invited Liu Miaozhen to get together, and they were much closer than before.
"The spring breeze is warm, it's a good season to visit the lake. It makes people feel lazy in their bones." Lin Fu stretched his waist and said.
"Your Excellency, you can promise to accompany Li Wei to Tongshan to inspect spring plowing in the afternoon. How can we let the lake tour go to waste?" Song Jia said, "Li Wei has sent people over twice. Maybe before going to Tongshan, there will be more
I’ll discuss the matter with you, so you can go over first.”
"I can't swim in the lake, and I can't even catch a meal?" Lin Fu complained repeatedly and couldn't send someone to make an appointment with Li Wei. He thought of going to Tongshan County quickly, and he could come to Xuzhou overnight.
After driving Lin Fu away, Song Jia dragged Liu Miaozhen towards the inner house.