A total of three magistrate counties fell into the hands of the New Army.
Apart from Zhang Tiaoding and You Zhengzhong, the last one is also the most comfortable.
That was Fang Wei, the magistrate of Jiading County.
During the Songjiang riots, after Lai Fang Wei learned the news, he immediately joined forces with the merchants and people of Jiading County, arrested other officials, took control of the county and stabilized the situation.
In other words, he is in the same group as Xu Ji, Pan Yunlong and others.
Just because he is Laisixing's son and Chen Hongshou's brother-in-law.
"My father has resigned from Fujian and is coming here at starry night. From now on, there will be no problems for me to come home."
Lai Fang Wei reported the situation of Lai Si Xing, which made everyone praise him for his kindness.
"Brother Lai, everything has been decided in Songjiang Mansion, and the most lacking thing is officials who can govern the place. Please cooperate with Minister Chen and Zuo Zhongji."
Zuo Mengeng expressed hope for Fang Wei.
Knowing that he could still be an official, Fang Wei did not hide it.
"Commander, it is said that all officials in Shandong need to undergo training at the Administrative Academy. I have never done this for lower-level officials, is it appropriate?"
In order to integrate into the Shandong camp, Lai Fang Wei had already done his homework.
Outsiders may think that it is unwise to give up an official position and become a student at the School of Administration.
Only Lai Fang Wei has a clear mind and knows whether an official can reach a higher position by passing through the Administrative College.
Compared with the great future ahead, temporary giving up is nothing.
Zuo Mengeng admired his intelligence very much.
"If the matter is urgent, we can make changes. Once Songjiang Prefecture is stabilized, you can report to the Administrative College."
After getting the exact arrangements, Lai Fang Wei felt relieved and began to follow Chen Zhi and Zuo Maodi to manage the place.
All the young officials brought by Chen Zhi and Zuo Maodi from Shandong have been sent out to various places in Songjiang Prefecture.
There is nothing troublesome about this process.
After Zhu Guobi and Fang Yuegong were defeated, everyone knew that Songjiang Mansion had completely fallen into Shandong's hands, so no one dared to resist.
Everyone who should have run ran away.
Those who stayed behind were all beneficiaries, and it was not too late to welcome the officials sent by Shandong.
Basically, one official and ten militiamen can control a town.
Along with the Second Marine Regiment, Chen Hongshou and staff from the court and procuratorate arrived.
These first-generation judicial workers will also work in Songjiang Prefecture.
Among them, the one whom Zuo Mengeng values the most is Chen Hongshou.
"Songjiang is a newly occupied territory. Although the local people have already longed for Shandong, the systems, laws and customs of the two places are completely different, and conflicts will inevitably arise in the future governance process. This requires you to carry out publicity well and let the people here
Become familiar with the corresponding laws and regulations faster.”
Although Chen Hongshou's lower body is unreliable, he is still very reliable in his work.
"When we arrived, we had already printed tens of thousands of notices, and we plan to post these notices everywhere. In addition, we also plan to build a new printing plant here to popularize our laws and regulations."
Zuo Mengeng couldn't be more satisfied with this attitude towards work.
"With Marquis Zhang here, there is no need to worry about publicity."
Shandong's administrative efficiency is very high, and Songjiang Prefecture is very cooperative, so it quickly got on the right track.
Without giving people much time to adapt, Songjiang Prefecture completed its transformation and became part of Shandong.
Zheng Sanjun and Qian Qianyi stayed in Songjiang Mansion and experienced all this personally.
In addition to being helpless, it is still helpless.
What makes them even more depressed is that there has been no reply from Nanjing to this day.
How to deal with the current situation, they both had a dark eye.
What can Nanjing do?
They are also waiting for the court's decision.
On the fifteenth day after the new army landed in Songjiang, the situation in Jiangnan was finally presented to Chongzhen.
When he learned that Shandong sent troops brazenly and captured Songjiang Prefecture, Chongzhen's eyes immediately darkened.
"How can I tolerate the traitorous traitor who breaks his word and repeatedly offends the power of God?"
The officials of the imperial court were shocked and felt the suffocation of the dark clouds over the city.
What Shandong did was more terrifying than threatening the capital.
After all, the capital is right next to Shandong, so it seems normal for Shandong to send troops early and late at night.
But Jiangnan was thousands of miles away, and the imperial court was suddenly captured by Shandong without even getting any news.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty seemed to have heard a book from heaven.
Chongzhen's roar was just a roar.
Not only the ministers, but also he himself understood that his anger could not change anything.
On the battlefield in Henan, although Chen Qiyu came up with methods and pressed forward step by step, it would still take a long time to deal with the peasant army.
Although Lin Dan Khan in the northwest retreated, the Mongolian cavalry was still roaming outside the border and could break through at any time.
This forced Hong Chengchou to be inseparable and had no time to pay attention to the battlefield in the Central Plains.
Whether the Jiangnan army alone could stop the Shandong new army did not make the emperor and his ministers confident.
Under extreme panic and crisis, Chongzhen began to instinctively look for scapegoats.
"What does Yang Yipeng do for a living? Why hasn't it been announced for such a big event?"
Even Wen Tiren couldn't stand it now.
"It is said that the Shandong thieves went directly to Songjiang Prefecture by sea and did not pass through the territory under the jurisdiction of Governor Yang."
Yang Yipeng is the governor of the river.
According to Chongzhen's understanding, if Shandong's army could reach Songjiang Prefecture, it must have connected with Nanzhili through the canal.
As a result, Yang Yipeng did nothing and did not report any situation. It was obviously an unpardonable crime.
As a result, Wen Tiren told him that the Shandong New Army did not go through the canal at all, but took the sea.
Chongzhen was a little dumbfounded.
"Is it also possible to reach Songjiang Prefecture by sea?"
The ministers looked at each other, and for the first time they discovered that the emperor's geographical knowledge seemed to be somewhat poor.
In fact, this is no wonder Chongzhen.
After all, he grew up in a deep palace since he was a child. He has never left the capital since becoming a feudal lord, and his eyes can only see such a small area of the world.
In addition, the education in feudal society paid more attention to land, so he really had no idea about the sea.
Seeing this, Wang Chengen quickly asked someone to get a map.
This time Chongzhen suddenly discovered what the Ming Dynasty's maritime territory was all about.
But his eyes suddenly focused on the Yangtze River.
"Nanjing reported that the Shandong Navy has crossed the Yangtze River. Doesn't that mean that transportation between the north and the south has been cut off?"
The officials were even more depressed about this.
"That's right. Yangzhou and other places have reported one after another, but there has been no news from Jiangnan for a long time. This time, the military information transmission from Nanjing also detoured to Huguang, and traveled thousands of miles in vain."
Wen Tiren felt weak all over.
Before he became the chief minister, he wanted to compete for the top position among the ministers.
But now that I have actually done it, I can truly feel what it means to do something with intention and be powerless to do it.
"Your Majesty, the north and the south are now cut off, and Jiangnan cannot transport finance, taxation, and food. If Nanjing is really captured by Shandong thieves, and Jiangnan changes color, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed..."
Wen Tiren did not dare to speak any more.
But everyone understands the meaning.
Shandong's move of crossing the river with an iron rope really cut it within seven inches of the Ming Dynasty.