"What a clever means...." Mo Jingwei threw the latest copy of "Hangzhou Times" on the table and sighed. He saw that the front page of this [Hangzhou Times] was written with the title "Celebrating the official establishment of the Northeast Hubei Base Area of Merchants". There are five or six newspapers on the table that are published in recent times.
Zi Linglong sat aside, tuning the strings of a six-stringed zither in front of her, without raising her head, and said, "What are the clever methods?"
Mo Jingwei shook his head and said, "Who else is there except Shang Yi? I thought he would choose one among King Lu and King Lu, and invite him to Hangzhou to establish himself, so he would use the emperor to command the princes, so he pointed out people on both sides. No matter which one he chose, he could take the opportunity to enter Zhejiang and secretly seek things. Then he knew that he would please him on both sides, but he did not invite any of them. It also made our arrangements go blank."
Zi Linglong smiled and said, "Have you heard of it? In addition to King Lu and King Lu, at least three more vassal kings in the south were supported. The emperor is no longer worthwhile these days. Anyone with the surname Zhu can be counted as one. If such an emperor can command the throne, he will bear the infamy of usurping the throne in the future. Who would do this thankless thing?"
Mo Jingwei smiled bitterly and said, "That's it, it's not easy to truly recognize the fact of purity. To be honest, even if I change me, I'm afraid I will inevitably be confused by the small profits in front of me. So I said that Shang Yi's methods are so clever, right here."
Zi Linglong laughed and said, "Mo Jingwei, this is the first time I have seen you admit that others are better than Gao Zi. This is really rare! I remember very clearly that you didn't take anyone seriously in the past. I looked like I was the best in the world. It seems that this failure was missing one eye, and it was not all a bad thing!"
Mo Jingwei said lightly: "You are right. You lost one eye, but it taught me many things, so that I can see myself very clearly. The failure of the past is that I was too proud and never took others seriously. But now I will never look down on any opponent. It is definitely worth it to exchange my own sobriety."
Zi Linglong's eyes then showed a gleeful gaze and said, "This is great, so what are your plans for the next step?"
Mo Jingwei said: "No matter what, the Qing army has occupied Nanjing. Even if they don't want to attack Zhejiang, they can still block the development direction of Zhejiang. Now Shang Yi's northwest sides are blocked by the Qing court and cannot be expanded. The east is the sea, and the south is Zheng Zhilong's sphere of influence, so it cannot be easily taken. Therefore, as long as the Qing army defends Nanjing steadily, they can trap Shang Yi to death. After slowly calming down other places in the south, they will concentrate their efforts to deal with Zhejiang. No matter how powerful Shang Yi is, he can't compete with the whole country with just Zhejiang Province. He can also waste him to death."
Zi Linglong put down the strings in her hand and said, "What you said makes sense, but I think Shang Yi must also understand his situation. This time he marched to Hubei is just a move to break the current shackles."
Mo Jingwei nodded and said, "I also admit that Shang Yi's move is indeed very clever. It is not easy to instigate a piece of chess piece in the area of the weak Qing army's military strength. If you want to gain a foothold in Hubei, it will be difficult to open up a world. Now the merchant army only dares to hide in the county town, and even Huangzhou dares to occupy it. For fear of attracting the attention of the Qing army, it is driven by the Qing army before it has a stable foothold. But relying on only a few small counties, how many people can support, how much development power can it have? Once the merchant army occupy the prefecture, it will be immediately valued by the Qing army. Therefore, advancing to Hubei can only disrupt the situation at most, but it is difficult to become the winner of this game."
Zi Linglong also thought about it seriously, and finally nodded, saying, "It's really difficult."
Mo Jingwei continued: "So what we have to do is to first help the Qing court stabilize Nanjing. Only Nanjing can be in the hands of the Qing army, so Shang Yi will find it difficult to perform his great things. Secondly, it is to help the Qing court pacify other parts of the south as soon as possible. So Ziming Building will reopen tomorrow, and the more lively it will be, the better it will be, and Nanjing will be able to recover as soon as possible."
At this time, the Qing army completely occupied Nanjing for more than a month. Although the ruins and bodies in Nanjing had basically been cleaned up, the population was only 70,000 to 80,000 people left at this time, and all the shops were closed. It was almost impossible to see a person on the streets. The whole city was deserted, as if it was a dead city.
After the Beijing envoy arrived in Nanjing, he also ordered Dorgon's order to restore the order in Nanjing as soon as possible. Although Dorgon did not know the difficulties of the Nanjing battle, he also knew that the Qing army wanted to pacify the south, which was not something that could be accomplished in a short time. Nanjing would serve as the rear and commander-in-chief of the Qing army to use troops in the south, and it was also the center of ruling the south. Therefore, it was very necessary to restore the prosperity that Nanjing had said in the past.
Ajige did not dare to disobey Dorgon's order, so he recruited the Ming Dynasty's surrendered officials to discuss how to restore order and prosperity in Nanjing.
After finally getting the opportunity to show, the demoted officials of the Ming Dynasty also made suggestions. Hou Xun's suggestion was to recruit nearby residents and come to Nanjing to make a deposit and expand the urban population of Nanjing. Because population is the foundation, only if the population has increased can Nanjing slowly recover its vitality. Qian Qianyi's suggestion was to restore Nanjing's prosperity, and first of all, it was necessary to restore the prosperity of the Ten Miles of Qinhuai. Only when the Ten Miles of Qinhuai is restored can people have confidence in Nanjing and attract more people to settle in Nanjing.
Ajige also felt that these two people made sense, so he decided to take a two-pronged approach. While forcibly migrating the nearby population to settle down in Nanjing, he also prepared to open several brothels on the banks of the Qinhuai River. Therefore, with the support of the military, Ziming Building became the first brothel to be reopened on the banks of the Qinhuai River.
Although Ziming Building was seized by the Merchant Building, all the personnel were captured by the Merchant Army and later sent to Hangzhou to detain, Zi Linglong was a person in this circle, with many ways, hot relationships and wide connections. Therefore, a group of peers were found among the surviving people in Nanjing, among which seventeen prostitutes were gathered, and the madams, turtle slaves, chores, and servants were all available. Now that Nanjing's city is in a downturn, there is something to do and make a living, let alone her own business. Zi Linglong is also a well-known figure in the industry. With her, she is naturally willing to do it. So Zi Linglong used these people as her team and found a building with a slightly better damage by the Qinhuai River. After a simple meal, she opened Ziming Building again.
On the opening day, it was also very lively, with gongs and drums, firecrackers, Li Tian, Wang Duo, Cai Yichen, Qian Qianyi, Hou Xun, Hou Fangyu and others also attended the event. Among them, Qian Qianyi and Hou Fangyu also brought their former prostitutes, Liu Rushi and Li Xiangjun to support them. The new and old prostitutes Xiangjitang is indeed a grand event in the industry.
The prosperity of Nanjing is recovering day by day, and the Qing army's military operations have not stopped. Because of this, the merchant army has launched the Huai'an battle in Jiangbei and advanced into Hubei. In the Jiangnan region, Lu Wang Zhu Changyu and Lu Wang Zhu Yihai have successively established themselves as supervisors, and have great potential to attract the entire south and the momentum. Therefore, Ajige also knew that he could no longer sit idly by.
However, the situation in Jiangbei region can still be maintained. The Huai'an Battle launched by the Merchant Army did not occupy much convenience. It did not require Ajige's support. Although advancing into Hubei caused some trouble to the Qing army, Ajige didn't care much, because the Merchant Army did not occupy Huangzhou Prefecture, but advanced into the mountainous areas. This shows that the Merchant Army did not have much force in Hubei, and probably just wanted to harass it in the rear. Ajige also focused on Zhejiang, Lu Wang and Lu Wang in Jiangnan.
Therefore, Ajige ordered the Zhenglan Banner Manchuria Meleezhenzhumala to lead 15,000 troops to help Huangzhou and eliminate the merchant army in Hubei. He also ordered Juelubahana and Valkhazhumala and Imala to lead 30,000 troops to attack Huizhou and eliminate the Lu Wang Jianguo. Once Huizhou was captured, the horse attacked eastward and then destroyed the Lu Wang Jianguo.
On the front line of Zhejiang, Ajige ordered Shangkexi's troops to send troops from Zhenjiang Prefecture to attack Changzhou, Wu Xi, Jiangyin, and directly seize Suzhou. He ordered Wu Sangui's troops to send troops from Ningguo Prefecture to attack Guangdezhou, Huzhou, and directly directly seize Hangzhou, forming a two-way attack on the Zhejiang area.
If the Qing army does not move, it will be attacking from all directions, and the momentum will be very huge.
Although before the southern expedition, Dorgon ordered that after capturing Nanjing, he should not attack Zhejiang easily. However, Ajige did not intend to disobey Dorgon's pseudo order. He had other goals to divide his troops and send generals like this.
Since the Qing army entered the pass and headed south, the four Han generals, Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi, all had the opportunity to lead the army independently. They all took advantage of the opportunity to expand their strength, and each of them had a few more troops. Now Kong Youde and his son died in the Battle of Jianghuai, with only one daughter left, and Geng Zhongming was also severely injured by the merchant army, which is not worth worrying for the time being.
Only the two monks Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi have increased their strength day by day. Now Wu Sangui has already owned about 120,000 troops, and Shang Kexi has also owned nearly 80,000 troops. The total force of the two people actually accounts for about 60,000 of the troops conscripts this time, which is quite difficult to lose.
Although Ajige has a bad temper, he is not a stupid person. Of course, he can see the problem. Although the troops of the monk Shang Kexi tribe of Wu Sangui are not all transferred to Nanjing, the two divisions are currently about 150,000, and the troops are very strong.
Therefore, Ajige also planned to take advantage of this opportunity to advance and share the simple and easy things with himself, and let monk Wu Sangui fight hard with the merchant army, and use the power of the merchant army to consume the two of them. If they can fight for both sides, it would be fine.