Chapter 279: The Great Army Pressed the Realm
In fact, it did not take ten days, and the next day the city of Nanjing gradually returned to calm.
The common people are not the people.
After the initial anger was vented, they were originally known for their honesty and meekness, but after waking up the next day, they basically returned to their normal state, and then spontaneously went out to clean up the remnants in front of their respective doors, and the dead bodies were carried away and thrown into the Yangtze River, blood was sprinkled on the soil to bury, and the burned buildings were simply demolished. Even those holy cultists took the initiative to stand up and take the defective green camp to maintain order, because of the special relationship with the gods, their words were still very effective at this time, and finally by the afternoon of this day, the entire city of Nanjing had been roughly cleaned up, at least the dead bodies and blood on the streets were no longer visible, and even some shops were reopened.
But there's more to tackle next......
"Are you literate?"
Yang Feng asked the head of the Nanjing cultists.
It was this person who took the initiative to stand up and command the Green Battalion to maintain order.
"Hui Xianzun, the disciple is an old boy, and he has to become a hawker because of his livelihood, but he can also write articles with literacy, but he is a little worse in craftsmanship."
This middle-aged man named Yang An said.
"Then it's up to you to act as the agent of this Ying Tianfu Yin, and the immortal doesn't test your eight strands of literature, no matter what art you make or not, you first divide the city of Nanjing according to the streets, the square between the main streets is the district, and the alleys are divided into lanes, and the squares between the lanes are the li, and the district chief is elected by the head of each household, and the district head is elected by the people's representatives, and then the people in the district are self-government, you should Tianfu Yin first set up the police station, and those green battalions who defected directly changed to the police, and set up a police station in the district, It is up to them to keep the city safe, and from this day on everything is according to the holy law, and those who violate it will be punished according to the law! ”
Yang Feng handed him a copy of the Holy Religious Law.
This is what he wrote in the past two days, and it is actually his Great Ming Law in time and space at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
He has well-established laws at his disposal.
It has already worn two time and space, if there is not even a perfect law, it will be too embarrassing, this law is constantly improved in the late Ming Dynasty and time and space, and it can be applied directly.
"Immortal Venerable, what about finance and taxation?"
Yang An said cautiously.
Obviously, this merchant who has been tested for ten years and has not been admitted to Xiucai, and has to go through the streets and alleys to sell small commodities to make a living, is sober enough, he is certainly worthy of cheering as Ying Tianfu Yin, but the problem is that at this time, Ying Tian has nothing, all the money and food have been robbed, he wants to be the government Yin has to pay his salary, what is he going to do if he has nothing?
You have to establish a tax system first, and only when you have money can you form an official office.
Don't talk about anything if you don't have money, the merchant Fu Yin knows this very well.
"Levy business tax first, this is the tax system!"
Yang Feng then threw him a copy of the tax law.
"Disciple Honor!"
Yang An looked at the two big books in his hand and said somewhat shockedly.
Obviously, he didn't expect Immortal Venerable to be so well prepared.
In fact, under the current situation, the city of Nanjing will also be able to levy business taxes, after all, out of Nanjing is still the Qing army-controlled area, the new Ying Tianfu can control only within the city gate of Nanjing, even the Qing army's sailors in Guazhou, today have appeared on the Yangtze River outside the city, and a small number of Qing troops in Zhenjiang, also appeared on the periphery of Nanjing, it is estimated that soon all the Qing troops will gather around the city, although they cannot attack in a short time, but they can cut off the supply of materials in the city, now the only benefit, That is, there is enough food in the city......
Well, this problem is serious as well.
"Does the government still have grain in stock?"
Yang Feng asked.
"No more!"
Yang An honestly admitted.
At this time, the permanent population of Nanjing's urban area was about 780,000, and the vast majority of them were poor, plus the neighboring villages outside the city, more than one million poor people the day before yesterday......
Of course, it's not all poor.
The main goal of these people to loot the official offices in the city and the banner people and the rich is to a large extent to grab grain, food is the most important thing at any time, especially the vast majority of the hoarding in the city is rice, this is even more desired by the poor, most of them are handicraftsmen in the city, and they live without overnight food, such as those weavers who have no money to buy rice if they don't weave for a day, and now they want to grab a few bags of rice at home, and the final result is that all the government stocks are divided up.
Only in the garrison city, because it is where the immortal venerable is, no one dares to come in and rob it, but the banner people in the garrison city have been smashed into a mess by the meteor, and there is not a lot of food preserved.
"What about the grain merchants?"
Yang Feng asked.
"The grain merchants have not been robbed, and the people are still measured."
Yang An said.
In fact, it is because there is no way to grab so many places in one day, the official mansion alone is enough, and there are millions of stone grain stored in the official warehouses everywhere, so why do you need the common people to rob the grain merchants, if there is any more chaos, maybe even the grain store will be robbed.
"What's your name?"
Yang Feng said to a Green Battalion officer behind him.
This is a general who led the Green Battalion to defect.
"Hui Xianzun, disciple Xu Yong!"
That always said.
"You bring a battalion brother, Anu you follow them, just say that it is the order of the immortals, from today onwards the grain officials in the city will sell, take over all the grain stores, sell the grain at the price of the day before yesterday, and the grain sold will still go to the original shopkeeper, and the grain store will be closed after the sale of his stored grain, and then talk about it after these few days, and at the same time strictly guard the city gates, the grain is allowed to enter and not to leave, and those who carry grain out of the city are not official."
Yang Feng said.
That's pretty much it.
In fact, he is not worried about the siege of Nanjing or anything like that, how can this kind of thing happen with him, being besieged is not enough attack power, and he has to resist with the city wall, but who in the world can stop his attack power? And as long as there is no siege of Nanjing, there will be no shortage of materials here, even if the Qing army guards the periphery, there will always be people who come to make money, at this time the people of Nanjing have nothing else, but the silver is absolutely there, of course, the key is to form an army to expand outward, only by laying enough control areas can we really solve these problems.
Now it's time to recruit troops.
But first you have to preach.
He disdains to use the army without washing the nao first, for example, the green battalion can only be used as a policeman, these veteran ruffians will only do bad things in the army, he wants the most simple and honest and obedient, tell them to line up thirty meters and shoot them, they will not escape, so they must be re-recruited and trained.
As for the defense of Nanjing during this period......
Who would dare to attack him?
"Immortal Venerable, the royal leader of Chaotian Palace asks to see you!"
While he was talking, a little maid came in to report.
Yang Feng still lived in the garrison city at this time, his residence was actually the home of the deputy capital, this house was miraculously not damaged, of course, the deputy capital was smashed together in the general's mansion, and when Yang Feng moved in, the family members of the deputy capital were all fleeing, leaving only a few maids and women who were bought locally, just staying to serve Xianzun.
"Chaotian Palace?"
Yang Feng said unexpectedly.
"Immortal Venerable, Chaotian Palace is a Taoist temple in the city, and Wang Daochang is the master of the temple."
Yang An said hurriedly.
"Since he is a Taoist priest, let him in, right?"
Yang Feng said.
Immediately after that, an old Taoist priest was brought in, and the rest was of course how Yang Feng conquered it......
Uh, how to conquer him.
At this time, Mu Helin, the governor of Anhui, Wang Shan, the acting governor of Jiangnan Shouchun Town, Yuan Guohuang, the chief soldier of Langshan Town, and Wei Zhe, the chief soldier of Susong Town, have also led their troops to set off and kill Nanjing violently, except for a Xuzhou town commander who has just gotten the news at this time, Jiangxi Governor He Yucheng is too far away and may not get the news, and all the other green battalions belonging to the entire Liangjiang have all embarked on the journey. At this time, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces had a commander and five general soldiers, among which the governor of Shouchun Town was directly under the central government, and the governor of Anhui was not in charge of the governor of Anhui, and the governor of Jiangnan was in charge of the Langshan Town in Nantong, and the general army of Susong Town in Chongming, Huaiyang, Fushan, and southern Anhui in the original history were not at this time, and the remaining two rivers belonged to Xuzhou Town and Nanchang, Nanjiang, and Quzhou in Jiangxi, but the latter wanted to come over a little more.
The military system of the Manchu Qing was actually quite complicated.
The governor, the governor, and the admiral are actually mutually restrictive, and they are also mixed with the Eight Banners, all of which are fortified layer by layer, and it is worse to defend against their own people than against the enemy, and the system itself is very inefficient, and it was not possible to react so quickly, but the fall of Jiangning is still too exciting.
Everyone understands what that means!
The green battalion of Zhenjiang City and Yangzhou City Camp did not even get the order, and took the initiative to drive to the periphery of Nanjing, and then Anhui Governor Mu Helin led a battalion of Fubiao from Anqing to arrive downstream by boat, and then the Taizhou battalion arrived, and Yuan Guohuang, the general soldier of Langshan Town, led his subordinate cavalry to run more than 200 miles from Jiangyin, rushed to Nanjing in a day and a half, and quickly set up camp in Qixia Mountain to wait for backup. And Mu and Lin also set up a large camp in Niushou Mountain, surrounded Nanjing on the east and west sides, and then Wang Zhi led the cavalry of the Taihu Association to the East Battalion, and the Qing army that went south to Shouchun Town also crossed the river in Pukou to join Mu and Lin's West Battalion, less than half a month from Yang Feng's occupation of Nanjing, relying on the convenient water transportation network, at least 30,000 Qing Army's two battalions were quickly established.
It's an amazing efficiency.
At this time, Qianlong in Beijing had also received this bad news.
Poor Qianlong has been majestic all his life, he is almost eighty Yang Feng still tosses him like this, it took less than two years to burn his palace, kill his son, and capture his daughter, and now he even thinks about his country, the old man is about to vomit blood, and he doesn't know if he can still stand Yang Feng's toss with his current body.
Of course, Qianlong would not be afraid of him.
Immediately afterwards, Qianlong issued an order to take Fukangan, who had just pacified Taiwan for him, as the new governor of Liangjiang, and concurrently led General Jiangning, and added ministers to Qincha, and the general of the demon to command all the Eight Banners and Green Battalions in Liangjiang, and be sure to kill the demon in Jiangning. In addition, the Eight Banners of the Hangzhou General's Department and the Green Battalion of the Zhejiang Admiral's Department were reinforced, and at the same time, the Green Battalion of Huguang was also transferred down the Yangtze River to reinforce the two rivers.
However, he didn't know that Yang Feng was just a firestarter.
A fire that swept through the Qing Dynasty had just been ignited by him.