Wu Zongda was not all stupid, and he also sent several of his confidants' families to go north with the fleet, for fear that they would make trouble on the way. His family members were loyal and would never join these people in conspiracy with the interests of the court.

So after he sent off this huge fleet, he calmed down and continued to recite poems and write poems and enjoy his life as a famous scholar. Recently, Wu Zongda was very happy. The main thing was that Qian Qianyi, a famous scholar of the world, also came to visit. The other party was a famous scholar all over the world, but he was very respectful to himself, which made him very proud and happy. Both parties wrote poems and wrote poems together every day, which was a great pleasure.

Qian Qianyi is a famous celebrity in the world, the leader of the Donglin Party, Qingliu in the Qingliu. When the cabinet chief was missing in the second year of Chongzhen, the court recommended him, but he was steadily suppressed Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren and ranked first. He was kicked out of the court after being suppressed by two important officials. However, he was the first in the court! Everyone hoped that Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren could not compare with each other later. It can be seen that he was so famous that even if he no longer became an official now, his reputation was still very great. Wu Zongda has always admired him and can be regarded as a mutual appreciation.

Although Qian Qianyi is famous, since he failed to be kicked out of the court, he has become unfamous in the court and no longer sought after him in the officialdom, but his fame has become even greater and his talent has become greater. His fame in the Jiangnan area can basically be said to be unmatched, and no one can suppress him. Everyone is proud of making friends with Qian Qianyi.

Wu Zongda knew that the emperor did not like the Donglin Party and Qian Qianyi. If he was in the court, he would probably not dare to interact with this person. But now he is in Jiangnan, with high mountains and far away emperors. He is the local emperor in this area, so he can naturally do whatever he wants.

Of course, he made friends with people like Qian Qianyi to consolidate his rule and status in Jiangnan. This is because he has very poor control over the local area, and the local powerful and gentry were very dissatisfied with him and very dissatisfied with him.

That's why he pulled a famous scholar into the group and waved his flag and shouted for himself.

After taking over the military affairs of Jiangnan, Wu Zongda realized that if he wanted to manage this place well, it was not possible for the imperial court to do so. His Jiangnan governor's orders would not leave Fengyang Prefecture.

It is difficult to completely subdue the powerful here. There are too many powerful here, and it is easy to attract trouble if you offend them. As the emperor said, it is a bit difficult to gather material resources from Jiangnan to suppress the needs of thieves.

If the court was defeated, he would obey the orders of the court, but after the court was defeated, he would also write a letter to scold the great princes in the court, the mediocre ministers were in power, and trap loyal ministers and good generals in the world.

He was naturally worried that he would become the next Lu Xiangsheng and the next Tianxiong Army, so he firmly disagreed. In the cold winter, he wrote a letter to the court to ask for an order, and only after the spring flowers bloomed would he use troops to Shandong. Before that, he would gather troops, prepare food and grass, appease the local area, and do everything in the local area, and then send troops decisively.

Of course, this also shows that he was very taboo and afraid of the Liu army. Before the destruction of the Tianxiong Army, he was not so afraid of the Liu family army. He did not send troops because the troops had not yet been assembled. But now he was really scared. He thought he was extraordinary, but he was not stronger and more powerful than Lu Xiangsheng. Even such a powerful person was destroyed by the Liu family army in one fell swoop. What can he get by himself? It's really hard to say?

Of course, Wu Zongda's loyalty to the court was undoubtedly. As a scholar from the imperial examination, he was a scholar in the morning and ascended to the emperor's hall in the evening. The reason why he could achieve his current status was entirely due to the kindness of His Majesty the Emperor, so his loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor was undoubtedly.

But he has reservations now, mainly because the treacherous ministers in the court are in power and mediocre and incompetent people hold important positions, so he is afraid that he will be deceived by these people who don’t know anything.

Just like Lu Xiangsheng, there was basically a consensus among the court and the country about Lu Xiangsheng's death, that is, he was gloriously dying for his country, but the people were talking about this matter. Many people believed that Lu Xiangsheng would not be wiped out in the entire army, mainly because he was against the ministers who did not understand the army and did not know the army, and he was commanded randomly, which eventually made him fall into the dead of the throne, wiped out the entire army, and died for his country.

In this way, Wu Zongda never wanted to be the second Lu Xiangsheng. He was still firm in this matter, but he couldn't do it even if he was not firm. None of his generals could fight or had any elite troops. His 100,000 canal soldiers were nominally more than 100,000, but if he really brought them to the battlefield, he would be afraid that he would not be able to distinguish himself from more than 100,000 people. He would have to transport food and bully the common people and bandits. It would be barely possible. If he really fought with a strong army like the Liu family, it would be a dead end.

With this idea, this made him reserved, so he chose to push the date of the decisive battle to next year. This is also because the imperial court in the north is now severely damaged and now he has no power to organize another large-scale encirclement.

If the Northern Army had not been dispatched, he would be unable to deal with the Liu family army by relying on these shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the south.

Therefore, they had to organize a large-scale confrontation to destroy the Liu family army. Now, relying solely on the power of the south, they want to take down the Liu family's army, which is to destroy themselves.

Therefore, he recited poems here with peace of mind and lived a leisurely life.

At this time, his aides suggested to him that Liu Bu, the Liu family army, had been the general of Fengyang. After his transfer, he also left some left-behind troops in Fengyang. Although there were not many, many were gathered in various places. He was scattered in Fengyang Prefecture, with hundreds of people, as many as dozens of people, and tens of people gathered together. His friends suggested that these people should be eradicated first to avoid causing trouble.

Wu Zongda directly agreed to such a mature suggestion. After all, the other party was kind-hearted and was relatively safe. In his territory, there were people from the Liu family army still staying here and living a leisurely and contentment. This was not easy. He ordered his number one general Wu Feifan to lead his personal troops to go to various places to wipe out these left-behind troops of the Liu family army one by one.

This is a trivial matter. Wu Zongda also believed that killing chickens would not require a slaughter, so he asked Wu Feifan to do it. He didn't even ask questions. He believed that in a few days, good news would come. He did not dare to take the initiative to attack the territory of the Liu family in Shandong, but it did not mean that he did not dare to deal with the Liu family soldiers in his territory. He did not want to work hard to expedition and wasted money and food, which did not mean that he was just afraid.

Wu Zhong ordered his generals to be responsible for this matter, eliminate the existence of the Liu family's forces in Jiangnan, and confiscate all the Liu family's shops and fields in Jiangnan. After confiscating these things, they just filled his pockets to make up for his lack of expenses.

Wu Zongda thought that he had become the Jiangnan Army, and the local government would not lose any number of people. With his status, even if he did not ask for it, these people should take the initiative to contribute a large amount of money and food to him. Who knew that he was completely wrong?

After passing through the money in Jiangnan, it was extremely poor. Local officials were all so poor that many people still owed debts. Although Zhu Dadian proposed that debts were the slogan of the old man, not everyone could be the old man after all, and everyone could do this. Many people owed a lot of money, so they all cut their expenses.

For example, the money for filial piety to him, the Jiangnan governor, is undoubtedly less, because everyone has no money and there is no money to respect their superiors. If he is unhappy, he will let everyone stop doing it. Anyway, basically everyone is like the prefect of Yangzhou Gaowang, and he has a big hole during his tenure, and the hole cannot be filled at all. If he can get out of here, it will be a good thing for her.

This situation was unexpected by Wu Zongda. With his nobleness, he was embarrassed to ask his subordinates for money or plunder the people's money, so he could only live a hard life. So he also hoped that the Liu family's land would be confiscated this time to make up for his lack of expenses.

But what he thought was too naive. The good news he imagined did not come, but a very amazing news came.

This is because of the amazing news from the sea. This is because their fleet met the Liu family army's team, was captured by the other party, and all the food was robbed. No ship fled back, and only people came back on a small sampan.

When Wu Zongda heard the news, he was practicing calligraphy in the garden with Qian Qianyi. This incident was too scary and shocked. He was so scared that the paper was covered with ink, and it was not easy to write a piece of calligraphy, but it was ruined.

If it were normal, Wu Zongda would definitely feel a pity. Today, he performed extraordinaryly and was very satisfied with it. However, because of carelessness, he actually sprinkled a few drops of ink into it, which ruined this masterpiece and wasted natural resources.

But when he heard such shocking and scary news, he would never dare to have these leisurely intentions. In fact, he was frightened directly. The 500,000 stone of grain was finally raised. It can be said that he had used all his strength. It can be said that in the short term, he would never have raised so much grain.

Now it's gone, and it's still in the hands of the Liu family army, which means that the other party is stronger and he is weaker.

He, Wu Zongda, was really frightened now.
Chapter completed!