Chapter 201 On the right track

Not long after the battle report from Zheng Wu arrived, Zhu Bingkun's battle report from the north also arrived.

Zhu Bingkun has four troops under his command, and Zheng Jiu's troops are stationed in the north of Kaifeng to guard against the Baoding troops led by Hou Xun on the other side of the river. However, although Hou Xun's troops have made some movements during this period, they are just a showpiece. They are only on the river. There was a lot of noise from the other side, but there was no actual sign of an invasion.

As for Xuzhou, Fengyang and other places to the east, except for the slight movement of Huang Degong's troops, Shi Kefa remained as stable as Mount Tai, unshakable.

As a result, Zheng Jiu's subordinates had nothing to do except daily training.

Zhu Bingkun's remaining three troops were also divided into two groups, one to attack Ruzhou Prefecture and the other to attack Henan Prefecture. The two prefectures of Ruzhou and Henan have been poisoned by bandits for a long time. The government agencies of the Ming Dynasty have long existed in name only, and the strategy is very smooth.

When Ying Yi received Zhu Bingkun's battle report, Zhu Bingkun's three troops and two groups of troops had already gathered outside Tongguan.

The Tongguan guards guard the gateway to Guanzhong, and this place must be captured. After defeating the Tongguan Guards, whether he sends troops to Guanzhong or resists the Ming army in Guanzhong in the future, the initiative will be in Ying Yi's hands. If the Tongguan guards cannot be defeated, the initiative will lie in the hands of Mingting.

The garrison of Tongguan Guards consisted of 5,000 people. They were the troops left behind by Sun Chuanting when he went to war. They were not elite. However, relying on the geographical advantages of Tongguan, it was not very easy to attack them.

However, Zhu Bingkun's confidence in his battle report was beyond words, so there was no need for Ying Yi to worry.

Overall, in the past ten days, Ying Yi had achieved great results. The whole of Henan, except for the three prefectures located on the other side of the Yellow River, has been destroyed. Only after the Zhoumu Yamen and the Royal Fasi Yamen followed up, they were essentially brought under Ying Yi's rule.

As for the Ming court, although Ying Yi received the news from Tian Hongyu more than ten days ago, the garrison in various places responded slowly or did not respond at all, allowing Ying Yi to easily achieve his goal of conquering Henan.

In any case, the rampage of bandits had a great impact on Ying Yi. If there were no intruders and thieves, it would not be so easy to conquer Henan.

The raging bandits not only brought disaster to the people, but also destroyed the Ming court's rule over Henan, and created potential resistance to Ying Yi. The nobles and powerful people rushed to Kaifeng. After Ying Yi captured Kaifeng, he The waves were cleaned.

This allowed the various troops to attack the city without encountering much resistance.

If there hadn't been rogue bandits, it would have been difficult to conquer Henan, given its traditional status as a land of powerful people and nobles from all walks of life.

There must be a massive purge and a massive killing.

In fact, if Henan is not in chaos, Ying Yi will not rise in the current way.

For Ying Yi now, the governments in Henan are like a blank piece of paper. The powerful and powerful are gone, and all industries are in ruins, waiting to be revitalized. This is the time to show off your talents.

Of course, before that, Ming Ting's counterattack must be resisted - probably the last wave. The Ming court has no remaining power.

Ying Yi knew this very well and believed that his troops could handle it easily.

The most important thing is to establish a gold-yuan alloy production line and kick off the large-scale manufacturing of components. Therefore, he put aside the battle report and devoted all his energy to the matter of inscribing the Yuan Fu.

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Kaifeng.

Due to the overwhelming strength of the troops and horses, the city and territory could only be captured in a matter of days, which made the newly constructed Zhou Mu Yamen and Yufa Si Yamen so busy that they almost caught fire.

Sun Xiucai even personally left Kaifeng to inspect public security in various places, and presided over the establishment of various levels of legal yamen.

Zheng Yunzhi, on the other hand, is as stable as a mountain and handles all government affairs with ease.

After all, Sun Xiucai became a monk halfway and was originally just a scholar. Although he has gradually gained experience and improved his abilities, he is still not as good as Zheng Yunzhi.

I can't let go of many things, for fear of omissions.

The order in Kaifeng has become increasingly stable with the last wave of purges. Wang Yisheng cooperated with the Yufa Si Yamen to suppress public security. The Zhou Mu Yamen followed up with the work-for-relief to repair the city, and organized the people to start large-scale land reclamation and farming.

At the same time, batches of grain seeds were transported to Crescent Valley, and Er Niu worked day and night to improve them into improved seeds and then transport them out.

Everything is in order.

According to the plan of Zhoumu Yamen, there are only one place in Kaifeng, with more than one million households and more than five million people. It is necessary to completely develop a vast area including Zhuxian Town with Kaifeng as the center, so that every person in the family can live in Kaifeng. Twenty acres of land is the benchmark, and 100 million acres of land is the first goal.

This number seems very large, but if it is spread over the heads of people, it is nothing. The key lies in management. Without that ability, things will be messed up, which will naturally be very troublesome. If you have the ability, you can be well organized and nothing will be a problem.

Of course, this plan is only a preliminary plan. Not all of the millions of households in Kaifeng are farmers. There are specialized craftsmen and specialized merchants. Excluding various businessmen, powerful people whose original nobility has fallen, craftsmen and other groups, there may only be 80% farmers.

As for those who are willing to leave Kaifeng and work on the land, except for the people who fled into Kaifeng when the bandits were raging, there are not many original people in Kaifeng who are willing to live out of the city.

The first priority is to count and relocate those who are willing to leave the city. As for the rest, do it step by step.

Early in the morning, when the red sun began to rise, Zheng Yunzhi had breakfast, changed clothes, and then went to the Zhou Mu Yamen for business. Mrs. Li sent him to the door and complained: "You have been busy for three days without touching the ground. Your son-in-law treats you like a bully."

Zheng Yunzhi laughed loudly: "Then when he comes back to see Zi Niang next time, you can arrange it for him."

After saying that, he got on his horse and said, "I have lived in poverty for ten years. I have seen how difficult people's livelihood is and how difficult it is for the officialdom to move forward. I am originally disheartened. Now that I have a place to use myself, wouldn't it suit my purpose?"

Mrs. Li saw him riding away with a smile in her eyes.

Although Ying Yi's rise is just the first step, it has already changed the fate of many people. In the original history, Zheng Yunzhi was unknown. Perhaps he was disheartened and abandoned his official position. It is more likely that he died amidst the ravages of bandits.

But now, he has become the future father-in-law of the 'anti-thief' Ying Yi, and controls most of the government affairs in Ying Yi's land, and his talents have been put to use.

It can be foreseen that in the future, if Ying Yi conquers Jiuzhou, he will definitely be positioned with high authority, one person is inferior to ten thousand people.

So Zheng Yunzhi no longer has any worries.

At noon, Zi Niang and her maid went out and took a sedan chair to Ying Mansion.

Ziniang and Ying Yi have not yet consummated their marriage, so according to etiquette, they are not allowed to meet. But since Ying Yi is not in Kaifeng, there is no need to worry.

These days, Zi Niang often goes to Ying Mansion, mostly to declare her status as mistress. But I also became more and more familiar with Chen Yuanyuan and Li Xiangjun.

Neither Chen Yuanyuan nor Li Xiangjun competed with Ziniang in the process of getting along with each other. They know their position very well - their origins determine that they must be inferior in front of ladies like Zi Niang.

So it's very welcome.

As far as Ziniang is concerned, the two concubines of her husband are versatile, good at singing and dancing, good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and are gentle and non-competitive in their behavior. She is also very satisfied.

So it's very harmonious.