The Jiangnan is in chaos, and Lu Zheng has received news in Shandong. For Lu Zheng, it is undoubtedly very important to open up the trade in Jiangnan!

Shandong has always been a part of the Dakang Dynasty history. That is because Dakang has not had maritime trade since its founding and is closed to the country. These small countries around cannot match the Dakang Dynasty's legal eyes.

However, in fact, the civil maritime trade has always existed, but because of the rampant pirates at sea in recent years, many merchants are discouraged from the sea transportation.

But now Lu Zheng has no choice. He must rely on the food from Jiangnan and Central Plains. Although the two sides of Cao Weiming in the Central Plains have agreed, Cao Weiming himself does not have enough control over the Central Plains. In addition, the more important reason is that Cao Weiming himself also wants to raise troops. Although the resources in the Two Rivers are rich, they are not enough to use the food and grass in the Two Rivers to feed Lu Zheng's Liaodong and his 100,000 cavalry.

Liaodong is too barren. Since the founding of Dakang, the Liaodong general has always had to rely on the Governor of the Two Rivers to survive. The court often considers the candidates for the Governor of the Liaodong general and Governor of the Two Rivers very carefully because these two people are mutually restrained. If there is no food for the Two Rivers in Liaodong, it is not a place to be used.

When Lu Zheng just occupied Liaodong, his family was still very rich at that time. Gu Zhilun controlled the trade between the north and the south. In addition, Lu Zheng also transported a large amount of food from the Central Plains to Liaodong. At that time, the living environment in Liaodong was far inferior to that of today.

In Jeju, Lu Zheng summoned all the strategists. He looked around and said, "The current situation is quite serious. Shandong is the key to whether we can accomplish great things. Haizhou has been taken down. Now we have to arrange one person as the governor of Haizhou. Who can do this person?"

The strategists looked at each other. After a long time, Zhang Pinghua stood up and said, "Prince, Zhang Pinghua is not talented. He is willing to go to Haizhou for the prince and govern the soldiers of a county in Haizhou!"

Lu Zheng was slightly surprised, and the other strategists looked at each other. The governor of Haizhou wanted to lead troops to fight. Can Zhang Pinghua's identity as a strategist?

There was a smile on the corner of Lu Zheng's mouth. He knew in his heart that Zhang Pinghua understood his intention. Zhang Pinghua was born on the river in his early years and worked as a navy army. However, later the Dakang navy was dismantled. Zhang Pinghua lost his job and then studied hard and finally went to the capital to become a scholar.

It is not new to scholars leading troops to fight in all dynasties. The key is that the current strategic position of Haizhou is very important. Lu Zheng must send his most confidant official to go there. From this perspective, Zhang Pinghua is undoubtedly very suitable to go to Haizhou.

However, although Lu Zheng thought so in his heart, he said to himself: "Mr. Zhang, you are my confidant adviser. How can you go to Haizhou to work as a service? If you go to Haizhou and I lose my arms, wouldn't that be very bad?"

Zhang Pinghua said seriously: "Prince, the land of Haizhou is very important. It is not only related to our Shandong, but also to the security and stability of our Liaodong. Such important places must be guarded by large troops. Another important thing is that Dakang has been neglecting sea defense for so many years. The sea defense is lax, which gives Dongyi and Goryeo those jumping clowns to take advantage of. Now if someone goes to Haizhou, the first thing he does is to clean up sea defense.

It just so happens that there are a large number of ships in the business income of the Pu family over the years. If these ships are not managed and utilized by experienced people, they will inevitably cause significant losses. When Zhang goes to Haizhou, he will definitely build a navy army that can roam on the sea. By that time, whether it is Jiangnan, Huaiyang, or even Lingnan, the goods and money can be entered into Shandong and Liaodong. Prince, this is the foundation of my great kang country, and it is definitely not a trivial matter!"

Lu Zheng laughed happily and said, "Okay, Mr. Zhang has you in Haizhou and I feel at ease. Let's do this. If you go to Haizhou, I will allocate 10,000 troops and horses to you. You will recruit 20,000 troops and horses yourself. If we build 20,000 naval troops, can we resist the Dongyi people?"

Zhang Pinghua clasped his fists and said, "Prince, there are 20,000 people and horses. The Dongyi country is a small land, and the people there are short of food and clothing, so they cannot support a few people at all! The Dongyi country's population is only a million, and only 10,000 people can be used as a navy. These people and horses dare not approach our Dakang border at all!

Those so-called pirates are usually one hundred people, with a total of only a few thousand people. We have tens of thousands of navy troops, and we can make our Dakang Haigong as solid as a rock within half a year!”

Zhang Pinghua talked freely, and it was obvious that he had planned for a long time. He was definitely not improvised. Lu Zheng was quite pleased with this. Lu Zheng knew that since he was named king, he had more responsibilities under his command. The six departments of soldiers, officials, etiquette, labor, households, and punishment in Liaodong were all equipped with 36 prefectures in the entire Liaodong, and the officials at all levels of these prefectures were also under Lu Zheng’s disciples!

Now that we are in Shandong, Lu Zheng has launched a purgation of Shandong. Undoubtedly, the situation in Shandong must be under Lu Zheng's control. Therefore, if we want to consolidate a regime, we must recruit talents from all over the world. Only in this way can we achieve something.

Lu Zheng's appointment and selection of talents was to use the background of the Lu family, Gu family and Chen family to widely use the children and disciples of wealthy families in Jiangnan.

On the other hand, Lu Zheng himself recruits talents through other people's recommendations. Liaodong will inevitably hold a scientific examination and imperial examination in the future to further attract useful talents from a wider range of aspects.

Lu Zheng has experienced too much in recent years. You should know that when he came to Beijing from Jiangnan, he was just a scholar. Over the years, he has been transforming from a weak scholar to a prince who holds heavy troops and guards a world, and has become a famous king in today's troubled times. He has experienced many things unintentionally today.

But the more he experienced, the more he found a white truth in his mind, that is, for those who command troops, the core focus is not how to expand their territory and how to defeat the enemy and opponents, but to use the power in his own hands to protect one's world and keep one's safety.

From ancient times to the present, there are always legends recorded in history that have achieved success in thousands of bones. However, in fact, there are not so many legends in the world, especially in troubled times.

Why can Song Naifeng send troops to the world? Because he occupied Longyou and had the foundation of Longyou, he had the confidence to send troops to the world. Why can Tan Lei become a hero? Because Tan Lei occupied Liaodong and had Liaodong as the foundation, he was able to do so |海|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|雷|�

Song Naifeng's growth from prosperity to decline began with the loss of Longyou, and Tan Lei's decline was due to the change of ownership in Liaodong. There are also people like Cao Weiming who are also considered heroes, but success or failure depends on whether the foundation is stable.

So for Lu Zheng, the most important thing at the moment is to consolidate Liaodong and Shandong, Liaodong returns to his heart, Shandong returns to his heart, so that Lu Zheng can again explore the Central Plains. Otherwise, the foundation will be unstable and everything will be empty in the end!
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