In March of the eighth year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, was a prosperous and lively time.

It is different from the situation in Beijing where the prosperity has faded away but the solemnity and solemnity are getting stronger day by day at the feet of the emperor in Beijing. In recent years, the city of Nanjing has become more and more prosperous.

The streets are full of thriving shops or vendors selling goods along the street. The aroma of various Jiangnan delicacies permeates the busiest streets and alleys along the Qinhuai River. On the Qinhuai River, people come and go.

Among the painted boats and yachts, the melodious sound of silk and bamboo could be heard from time to time. River boats carrying rice, silk, cloth, tea, porcelain, and other miscellaneous commodities came in and out of the Longjiang Estuary where the Qinhuai River merged into the Yangtze River.

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In addition to the local people in Jinling, there are also merchants who come from along the Yangtze River and canals on the street. Many of them are wearing extremely gorgeous and gorgeous clothes. Wearing gold and silver is nothing. Even the private use of red woven fabrics is prohibited.

Clothes made of gold grosgrain were also worn openly by businessmen with full purses, and they walked struttingly on the streets.

There are far more scholars here than in Beijing today. There are not only local scholars in Yingtian Prefecture, but also scholars from other prefectures in southern Zhili. They wear the same gorgeous Confucian clothes and shake exquisitely crafted folding fans.

Walking through the bustling streets of Jinling, enjoying the envy and admiration of passers-by.

In this capital of the Ming Empire, the most respected ones are not the left-behind nobles who know nothing but eating, drinking and having fun, but the current prince Zigong who is both a businessman and a Confucian scholar - even after Zhu Youjian visited Jiangnan,

Jiangnan's taxes jumped from more than 6 million yuan a year to more than 20 million yuan, but it did not make the lives of these current princes even a little bit harder.

This is because the 20 million pieces that the Ming Dynasty collected from Jiangnan were not rice or silver, but silk and cloth produced in Jiangnan. As long as there were enough cotton and silk, 20 to 30 million pieces of cotton cloth and silk were of no use to Jiangnan.

What the hell...this is the crushing of agriculture by handicraft industry!

While "exploiting the south of the Yangtze River", Zhu Youjian also abolished the canal system and changed it to the sea, and abandoned the canal system to protect the Huaihe River. These two policies can be said to have greatly promoted production in the southeast.

After the canal was abolished and converted to sea, the originally suppressed river and sea transportation suddenly flourished, and sand ships on the Yangtze River could sail directly offshore! From Liaodong and Korea in the north to Annan, Guangdong and Guangxi, they are all connected by coastal transportation.

One body!

The abandonment of the canal system and the protection of the Huaihe River added tens of millions of acres of fertile farmland to the southeast, which greatly alleviated the situation of "people competing for food and cotton competing for land". Therefore, the supply of cotton and mulberry silkworms in the south of the Yangtze River continued to increase.

A huge increase.

Therefore, after Zhu You inspected Jiangnan, the financial strength of Jiangnan gentry and merchants was not only not weakened, but also slightly enhanced.

In addition, because Zhu Youjian retained the Nanjing household department and did not implement the "big government system" in southern Zhili, the privileges of the southeastern scholar-bureaucrats were not greatly weakened.

In today's Jinling City, as long as there is a scholar with a reputation, even if he has entered the circle, he is qualified to make friends with the so-called Donglin successors and Jiangnan talents through traveling to Shilin, and become a party. With their

Asylum, even if you can't enter the officialdom or pass the exam, you can still be a gentleman and a businessman, and be rich!

But with the news of the Ming army's great victories in Mobei, Yanshan, and Liaoxi, can the good days of Jinling's talents last long?

The continuous victories of the Ming Dynasty soldiers outside the Great Wall will not only increase the authority of the imperial court, but also empty out the warehouses that are slightly better off due to the "exploitation of Jiangnan"...

Would the Ming Emperor, who had authority but no money left, think about going to Jiangnan again?

When the talented people walking on the streets of Jinling think of this, they feel so happy!

Several strong horses passed by the market like the wind. The knights on the horses were dressed as if they were riding in a six-hundred-mile hurry. They did not slow down their horses much after entering Nanjing City. They were shouting on the horses as they ran.

: "Urgent military report! Everyone, stay away!"

Urgent military report! There must be another thief somewhere, right?

In recent years, there have been many disasters everywhere in the world. Compared with Zhongzhou and the northwest, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River is much better. But there are also frequent floods and droughts... When the troubles are serious, there are still heroes.

Rise up and cause a scene! In the early years of Chongzhen, there was a big commotion in Fujian, and the scene was no smaller than that of the intruder in Shaanxi!

Isn't there a big thief somewhere this time?

How could the pedestrians on the street dare to stop him? They stumbled away one after another, and then watched Jianma galloping away in the direction of the Nanjing garrison yamen.

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The Nanjing garrison office is located outside the Forbidden City in Nanjing. It was originally part of the government office of the Chinese Army. Nanjing garrison noble Zhang Zhiji, Nanjing fellow garrison eunuch Pang Tianshou, and Nanjing military minister Zhu Xieyuan were all set up here.

Court.

Now these three people are gathered in the middle hall behind Zhang Zhiji's garrison hall, drinking tea and reading the newspaper they just received from the Huaixi General Soldier's Yamen.

The news in the Tang newspaper was just one - the rebels who invaded King Gao Yingxiang have fled into the Dabie Mountains!

"What does Duke Dingguo do for a living? There are so many soldiers in Huaixi Town, why can't they stop the few intruders?"

The British garrison of Nanjing Zhang Zhiji was the first to get angry after reading the Tang newspaper. How important is Huaixi Town? It guards Fengyang Mansion in the central capital, and also guards the ancestral mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty!

"No, I have to ask the Holy One to supervise the division!" Zhu Xieyuan, the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, is also a ruthless man. He has a hot temper even at his age. He has already shouted to supervise the division.

"Young Master, Duke of the State," Pang Tianshou also looked frightened, and said to Zhu Xieyuan and Zhang Zhiji, "This intruder Gao Yingxiang is not an ordinary thief. I heard that he has superb martial arts, is skilled in bow and horse, and has many men under his command.

All of the 36 generals were brave enough to fight. Even Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the generals under Long Live Lord, failed to stop him. They made him break out from Liupan Mountain and charge in from Hanzhong Mansion.

They broke into Yunyang Mansion, then broke into Nanyang Mansion from Yunyang Mansion, then broke into Xinyang Mansion from Nanyang Mansion, and finally entered the Dabie Mountains..."

"How is this possible?" Zhu Xieyuan shook his head repeatedly, "That's it for Li Zicheng. He has not been in charge of the Guyuan Army for a long time, and he was too angry to rectify it. The people below were unconvinced and refused to fight, so it was normal for Gao Yingxiang to run away. But Zhang Xianzhong led

The cavalry of the Youth Army in front of the tent! How could they not stop these bandits?"

Gao Yingxiang was really making a fuss now. Li Zicheng chased him from behind and Zhang Xianzhong blocked him in front, but he didn't succeed and even let him sneak into the Dabie Mountains.

"Isn't it because there is no supervisor?" Zhang Zhiji shook his head and said, "Li Zicheng is the commander-in-chief, and Zhang Xianzhong is just a general... They can't command the local officials at all. Without the cooperation of the local officials, they

It is difficult for our troops and horses to even supply supplies, let alone rely on local regiments and civilians."

"That's true," Zhu Xieyuan nodded, "It's really impossible without a supervisor..." He stroked his beard, "But there is an old man here in Nanzhili. I'm not afraid of not being able to control this if I send a supervisor.

The thief named Gao!"

Zhu Xieyuan's confidence is not unreasonable. He is a commander who made a name for himself during the She'an Rebellion! Moreover, as the Minister of War in Nanjing, he is not the master of the corpse position. During these years in office, he has tried his best to rectify military affairs.

With his efforts, the four general soldiers in Nanzhili (Nanjing Jingying General Soldier, Huaixi General Soldier, Huaidong General Soldier, and Jiangnan General Soldier) did not dare to slack off too much. Thirty to forty thousand soldiers could still be used

Pulled out.

In addition, Zhu Youjian's establishment of the "Taizu Phalanx Army" in recent years also reminded Zhu Xieyuan, and he also reformed the army of the four generals of South Zhili and introduced phalanx tactics. Therefore, the current armaments of South Zhili are
Chapter completed!