More than 10,000 militia troops arrived at about the same time as Dong Shuheng. They will temporarily take over the security of Tianjing City.
There are also some civil affairs officials who are responsible for restoring the administrative work of Jiangning City.
In the Dongwang Mansion, which had been simply cleaned up, Dong Shuheng met Yang Ximei.
Why come here?
Because Yang Ximei set up a mourning hall for her brother Yang Xiuqing here. Originally, the Dongwang Mansion was to be taken back. After all, the mansion was too big.
But now that Dong Wang's family has packed up and defected to Dong Shuheng, he has to take into account the feelings of those Dong Wang's family.
Therefore, the East Prince's Mansion is now temporarily in the hands of Yang Ximei.
"Miss Yang, my condolences are with you." Dong Shuheng bowed in front of the funeral and then said to Yang Ximei who was kneeling beside her.
"Yang Xiuqing, Yang Xiuqing, don't blame me. If you fall into the hands of Wei Changhui, your death will be even worse. From now on, I will find a place overseas for your son, let him build the Eastern Kingdom, and be a legitimate Eastern King.
"Dong Shuheng looked at Yang Xiuqing's memorial platform and said silently in his heart.
It is said that if you want to be pretty and filial, Yang Ximei lost her loved ones and went through a fight.
She is now a little pale and haggard, and she is wrapped in mourning clothes, making her look even more slender and tall.
"Yes, thank you, Mr. Dong." Yang Ximei's face had no expression, and there was a hint of hoarseness in her voice.
Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang were both executed, and Hong Xiuquan was also dead.
Yang Ximei did not ask for their heads to be sacrificed to Yang Xiuqing. Instead, she drove her family members out and cried alone in front of Yang Xiuqing's soul for a long time.
"Guo'er, come to Auntie." Yang Ximei shouted to a baby hiding in the princess's arms next to her.
This little baby is only three or four years old and looks pretty. He really listens to Yang Ximei's words.
"Come and see Mr. Dong."
The little baby followed the example of an adult and made a bow.
"Guoer? Auntie?" Dong Shuheng sounded very familiar!
"This is the child left behind by my brother. His name is Yang Guo. I hope Mr. Dong will take more care of him in the future."
"It's natural. Please rest assured, Miss Yang. Uh... your nephew's name is really good!"
Because they were above the mourning hall, Dong Shuheng simply said a few words to Yang Ximei and left.
The original generals and subordinate officials of Dongfu were also temporarily released to express condolences to Yang Xiuqing. Some of them were still known to Dong Shuheng.
For example, Zhang Jihua, who worked under Yang Xiuqing, turned out to be Yang Xiuqing's secretary. The order for Yang Ximei to recover Yuan Dongfu's subordinates came from him.
After leaving Dongwangfu, Dong Shuheng went to Tianwangfu, where the temporary headquarters was located.
Although Tianjing has been captured, the Huai Navy's strategic goals are far from being achieved.
After the militiamen stationed in Jiangning City, the main force of the instructor division quickly moved towards Anqing with the cooperation of the Yangtze River Navy.
Peng Yulin and Liu Qingnan set off with the vanguard before they had a chance to meet Dong Shuheng.
The previous combat plan required all ministries to pay attention to the word "quick". By rushing in quickly, the Taiping Army could be caught off guard.
The Yangtze River Navy sent ships to completely blockade the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake. Shi Dakai, who had not had time to return from the Hubei front line, was blocked in Hubei and could not turn around.
The first division surrounded Luzhou from two sides, and Luo Gang was trapped in the north of the Yangtze River, completely losing contact with the south.
The Second Division from the Jiangxi direction attacked Nanchang via the waterway from Raozhou. There were many Dongfu men on the Jiangxi side.
Several subordinate officials of the former Dongwang Palace have been sent to Jiangxi by speedboat with secret orders, preparing to surrender the generals of the former Dongwang Palace.
The Tianwang Mansion also occupies a very large area, right at the location of the original Ming Palace, but the original buildings have long since been abandoned.
Most of the current Tianwang Mansion is newly built. It must be said that the financial resources and mobilization capabilities of the Taiping Army are not ordinary.
The Taiping Army's bloody model quickly concentrated the financial resources of the richest provinces in the south.
Just like when Dong Shuheng first started, just a few wealthy landlords copied millions of taels of silver.
The Taiping Army moved through several provinces and raided dozens or hundreds of gentry and landlords.
For example, the large Western clocks copied by Huaihai Company cost tens of thousands of taels of silver in the market, and the limited edition ones inlaid with pearls and jade cost hundreds of thousands of taels.
Just this thing has been copied to more than a dozen in Tianjing City.
Up to now, there are still a large number of mansions in Tianjing City that have not been inspected and are just sealed there. There is really no time now and there are too many other things.
The Dongwang's treasury alone has as much as 20 million taels of silver in cash. The Heavenly King's Palace has less, with tens of millions of taels in cash. This does not include gold, gems, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
Jiangning City was originally a gathering place for wealthy merchants from Jiangnan. When the Taiping Army invaded Tianjing City, they completely looted it.
According to the estimation of Hu Guangyong, the God of Wealth, all the mansions in Tianjing City were searched, and in the end, at least 100 million taels of silver could be converted.
Of course, this is only a theoretical valuation, and includes the results of discounts on other items. How could there actually be so much silver?
The tens of thousands of slaves and maids in the Tianwang Mansion who were abandoned by Hong Xiuquan are now being detained together. These people must be carefully screened.
Including people from other royal palaces and the official residences of important ministers, they were detained separately.
No matter what the screening results of these people are, Dong Shuheng cannot stay. Who knows if there are any die-hard loyalists to the Kingdom of Heaven among them?
So what is waiting for these people is to undergo labor reform or immigrate overseas. Maybe sending them to South America is a good choice.
Now Dong Shutong needs a lot of manpower to develop in Chile.
Most of these people are young men and women, and they can be sent to Chile to replenish the strength of the Chinese people. There are many foreign races around there, and no matter what festivals there are, when they get here, the Chinese people will stick together.
In Jiangning City, the total number of people from various prefectures accommodated exceeds 50,000.
Some of them are of great value. For example, the relatives of the generals on the front line have basically fallen into the hands of Huai Haijun this time, including the relatives of Shi Dakai.
The Huaihai Navy occupied Dongwangfu and Tianwangfu, and captured so many prisoners. Naturally, they already knew the Taiping Army's deployment on the front line.
These letters from relatives and family members are sent to the hands of the frontline soldiers, and we can predict what choices they will make.
In the conference room, except for the frontline generals, most of the other senior leaders of the Huai Navy were gathered here.
Everyone stood up when they saw Dong Shuheng coming in.
"Please sit down." Dong Shuheng said after sitting down.
"Premier Zeng, please first introduce the current situation in Jiangning."
"Yes, President, we currently have complete control of Jiangning City, but further screening work is only half done. The city is still under martial law, and the people in the city cannot go out to buy rice. This situation will last until tomorrow at most."
"In addition, we have sealed fifteen yamen and thirty-two mansions in the city this time. They all need further cleaning work."
"The biggest difficulty at the moment is our lack of manpower. Jiangning City is much bigger than we imagined."
"Well, let's see. The General Staff ordered some garrison troops to be transferred from Zhenjiang and Yangzhou to help. The military government will allocate two-thirds of the personnel from various departments in Yangzhou. The Police Academy and the Administrative Academy will temporarily second the students here, and it will be up to them
Led by their respective instructors.”
"This time we are not only taking over Jiangning, we are also going to take over Anqing, Chizhou, Luzhou, Nanchang..."
"Now that the manpower is so tight, what will we do next?"
"In addition, it turns out that some civil servants in the East Prince's Mansion can also use it."
"Prime Minister, what do you think?"
"If you say that the civil servants of the East Prince's Mansion can really use it, I don't think there will be any problem."
"I have studied Yang Xiuqing, and I find that he is very pragmatic in his employment. Although there are some flattering opportunists, generally speaking, most of these people are capable."
"Let's do this, Prime Minister, you go pick people, remember to check them, and use them with our people when the time comes. This will also prevent them from causing any trouble."
"Before using it, you have to tell them something ugly first, so that if something goes wrong in the end, they won't say it's us who are persecuting us."
"President, the land around Tianjing has basically been divided according to the Taiping Army system. What should we do now?" Agriculture Minister Chen Dongsheng asked.
Hong Xiuquan's Tianchao land-acquisition system was only implemented around Tianjing City, because all the gentry and landlords in Tianjing had been wiped out, and now all the people in Tianjing City were the new rich.
After the Huai Navy recaptured Jiangning, it turned out that some of the escaped gentry and landlords would definitely come back.
Because although there are many restrictions on the gentry and landlords in Huaihaijun's land boundary, they are not suppressed. Huaihaijun does not prohibit land annexation.
Not only that, Huai Haijun also encouraged large-scale planting and promoted farm-based planting among gentry landowners.
Originally, this would definitely harm the interests of ordinary people, but the Huaihai Navy controls a large amount of land, and at the same time, they immigrate overseas every year.
This gives landless farmers a stable way out.
In other words, ordinary people have the right to choose. If you feel that you cannot support your family by farming land for the landlord, you can work on Huai Haijun's farm. After entering the farm, Huai Haijun is guaranteed to have enough to eat, but he must obey the arrangement and will have you
You have to go wherever you are arranged.
"The land needs to be liquidated again, but it will still be distributed to these common people, and they will be given the land deeds of our Huaihai Navy. These lands were allocated by the Taiping Army. If we take them back now, wouldn't we be like those evil people?"
"When the original owner of the land comes back later, tell them the same thing and ask them to go find Hong Xiuquan." Dong Shuheng thought for a moment and said.
In fact, it turned out that the Taiping Army divided the land, but the harvest had to be handed over, and only a small part of the rations could be kept. These farmers were actually tenants of the Taiping Army.
"In addition, the military government must remember to adjust the land tax rate to be the same as that in our Huaihaijun jurisdiction." Dong Shuheng warned.
Dong Shuheng believes that as long as this tax rate is announced, the people around Jiangning will definitely be grateful to Huai Haijun.
The common people are the most realistic people, and they know how to settle their own small scores. They will support whoever treats them well.
"President, what should we do with the original troops of the East Palace? The men of Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang are all counted as prisoners. This is easy to handle. But most of the soldiers of the East Palace have surrendered, so it is difficult to handle." Chief of General Staff Yan Shikun asked.
road.
These armies are indeed difficult to manage, but they must be managed well, otherwise no one will be willing to surrender to the Huai Navy in the future.
The problem is that these people cannot be used directly by Huai Haijun, because Huai Haijun's training routine is completely different.
"Let's do this. Screen all personnel and respect their wishes. Those who are unwilling to continue to serve as soldiers, as well as the old and weak, will be arranged to work on the farm. It just so happens that this year the farm will transfer many people to the Far East, leaving a lot of space.
Location."
"Others who want to be soldiers of the Huai Navy will first be sent to the recruit training base for training, and officers will also be sent to military schools for further training. However, their treatment will be retained for the time being. In addition, their families will also enjoy the same treatment as military dependents of the Huai Navy.
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Dong Shuheng believed that people's hearts are made of flesh. There must be some people in these surrendering armies who have impure motives, but they also have talents.
Most of these Taiping soldiers are soldiers to support their families. As for some of them because of their faith, and some of them like the excitement of the battlefield, it can only be said that they are a minority. After all, most of them are just ordinary ordinary people.
After completely occupying Liangjiang this time, Dong Shuheng prepared to conduct a major rotation of local garrison troops. By then, these retrained Dongwangfu troops could be added to the garrison troops in various places.