On the tenth day of the first month, Zheng Xunrui took Wen Manshan and Bian Yujing and others to leave Huguang and return to Nanjing, he still decided to spend the fifteenth day of the first month with his family, although the time was a little rushed, but it was still too late to hurry.

Zheng Jiajun absorbed 20,000 white pole soldiers in Sichuan, and more than 20,000 soldiers under Xiong Wencan in Huguang, the total number has reached more than 190,000 people, plus the women's barracks and other departments such as the Investigation Bureau, the number can be said to have reached 200,000, when Zheng Xunrui left Huguang, he left 10,000 Zheng Jiajun soldiers, and at the same time left Zheng Jiajun's general Su Congjin, and appointed Su Congjin as the general of Huguang.

The total number of Zheng Jiajun stationed in Huguang and Sichuan reached 15,000, which was enough to deal with the situation in the two provinces, and Zheng Xunrui had completely disbanded the armies of Huguang and Sichuan before leaving Huguang, and the follow-up arrangements and pacification were completed by Xu Jikuang, the governor of Huguang, and Li Yan, the governor of Sichuan.

The affairs of the two provinces are slowly getting on the right track, and officials at all levels are undergoing large-scale examinations and adjustments, which will take a certain amount of time, and perhaps in the process, there will be some twists and turns, but as long as the overall stability is maintained, there is not much of a problem.

Zheng Xunrui knew the holy decree of the imperial court at the first time.

Zheng Xunrui didn't care at all, he knew very well that the emperor Zhu Youzhen, who was in the waning mountains, was grasping all the life-saving straws that could be grasped, trying to save the defeat, but this could not save the Ming court, could not save the royal family of the Zhu family, the Ming court collapsed, it was just a matter of time, the only difference is that Huang Taiji should not think about occupying the Central Plains, the Qing Kingdom will be completely wiped out, Li Zicheng may be able to claim the emperor, but it will also be exterminated in a short time.

Zheng Xunrui will not care about the situation in the north for the time being. Let Zhu Youzhen and Yang Sichang toss, his important energy is still to be placed in the south, and at this time he needs to take action to stabilize the situation in the entire south.

Speaking of real stability, only Nanzhili and Shaanxi are stable, and there are certain problems in Shandong and Zhejiang. Not to mention Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan and other places, there are still a lot of opponents in front of him, Zhejiang General Soldier Huang Degong, known as 200,000 troops under his command, several times showed an attitude of not caring about Zhejiang Governor Zhao Danyu, Fujian General Soldier Zheng Zhilong, this is a big celebrity in the late Ming Dynasty, and his son Zheng Chenggong is even more famous at home and abroad, Mu Tianbo of Yunnan. This Mu family even gave three points to the emperor.

These problems need to be solved one by one, and the speed must be fast, according to the development of history, the great change is coming, incomparably on the eve of the arrival of the great change, to solve all the problems in the south, only by completely stabilizing the south, Zheng Jiajun can start the conquest of the north without worries. Eliminate Li Zicheng and Huang Taiji.

On the night of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Zheng Xunrui and his party arrived in Nanjing.

Enter the city of Nanjing. Although it was late, Zheng Xunrui had a familiar feeling, after all, he had been in Nanzhili for many years, and Nanjing was also his hometown.

The family has been waiting for a long time, father Zheng Fugui, mother Ma, Erniang Sun, and younger brother Zheng Kaihua. Zheng Lingli on the street, second sister Zheng Yuhua, third sister Zheng Xiaoling, eldest brother-in-law Sun Jinru and others are all waiting. Dongmei took all her family members to the gate of the mansion to welcome the return of Zheng Xunrui, Wen Manshan, Bian Yujing and others.

When Zheng Xunrui entered the courtyard, he smelled the fragrance of the Lantern Festival, although there was still one day before the Lantern Festival.

After greeting many family members, Zheng Xunrui didn't have time to rest, Xu Wanghua and Zhou Yanru came to the mansion.

After entering the study, Xu Wanghua carefully reported on the many matters he had dealt with in the past few months, especially mentioning Huang Degong, the general soldier of Zhejiang, for the overall stability of Zhejiang, and in order not to trigger a large-scale backlash from the imperial court, Zheng Xunrui did not send Zheng Jiajun into Zhejiang, but only recommended Zhao Danyu to serve as the governor of Zhejiang to control matters related to people's livelihood.

However, this also left hidden dangers, Huang Degong was afraid of the strength of the Zheng family's army, and did not dare to make any big moves, but small actions continued, such as obstructing the officials and gentry from paying grain and collecting trade taxes, such as extorting many businessmen in order to obtain more money, for example, in the treatment of military households and the collection of grain and grass taxes with the government, Zhejiang Governor Zhao Danyu took a lot of methods, from the perspective of stability, tried to appease Huang Degong, and did not think that Huang Degong would gain an inch. thought that Zhao Danyu was afraid of him.

Huang Degong is stationed in the area of Jiaxing Mansion in Zhejiang, which is a relatively wealthy place, and Jiaxing Mansion is not very far from Hangzhou Mansion, but the rich Jiaxing Mansion has been tossed by Huang Degong and is not good, the businessmen here originally thought that they could get many benefits by following Huang Degong, at least they did not have to pay trade taxes, but unfortunately they suffered from Huang Degong's endless exploitation, and they were unbearable, and they were willing to leave Jiaxing Mansion to do business in Hangzhou and other places, and bear business taxes.

It is precisely because of this incident that Huang Degong's opinion is very large, saying that a large number of businessmen have left Jiaxing Mansion, so that the local garrison cannot receive much money and food, and it is impossible to maintain it.

Zhao Danyu took this issue to Nanjing, suggesting that Huang Degong's problem must be resolved, otherwise Zhejiang would likely cause great turmoil and even threaten the stability of Songjiang, Suzhou, and Changzhou in Nanzhili.

Xu Wanghua's suggestion was to persuade Huang Degong to resign from the post of Zhejiang's general army according to the model of Huguang and Sichuan, and at the same time to properly integrate the sergeants under Huang Degong's command.

Zhou Yanru also agreed with this suggestion.

Zheng Xunrui vetoed this suggestion, and he proposed that Zheng Jiajun immediately attack and completely exterminate Huang Degong and his sergeants.

Zheng Xunrui's opinion surprised Xu Wanghua and Zhou Yanru greatly, Zhejiang did not have much fluctuation, Huang Degong did not mean to mess around, there is no need to make a big move, you must know that maintaining the stability of Nanzhili and Zhejiang is the most important.

The general army of Sichuan and Huguang, Zheng Xunrui, can suggest adjustments, and at the same time integrate the armies of the two places, why would they do something to Huang Degong, who seems harmless to humans and animals, and he risked causing chaos in Jiaxing Mansion.

Looking at Xu Wanghua and Zhou Yanru with surprised faces, Zheng Xunrui felt that he had to make the stakes clear, so that Xu Wanghua and Zhou Yanru could see the overall situation in the south.

"Lord Zhou, Mr. Xu, you may not understand why I made such a decision, but to say that I made such a decision, on the one hand, because of Huang Degong's bad luck, and on the other hand, it was to completely stabilize the situation in the south."

"The chaos in the north is a foregone conclusion, and it cannot be reversed, and according to my predictions, at most more than a year, the north will fall into complete chaos, leaving us not much time, we must completely stabilize the situation in the south in a year or so, so that we can extend our strength to the north, what awaits us in the north is not a good situation, Huang Taiji and Li Zicheng are not simple roles."

"Is the south very stable, I don't think necessarily, Huang Degong of Zhejiang, Zheng Zhilong of Fujian, Mu Tianbo of Yunnan, these are all generals who hold the army, they are not simple, Mu Tianbo of this is the hereditary Duke of Qianguo, and was named the general of Zhengnan by the imperial court, the times are operating in Yunnan, its power is not ordinary, and Yunnan is remote, a large number of Tusi are concentrated, each has a certain number of troops, these Tusi support Mu Tianbo, so that its strength is more stable."

"Can we guarantee that all these people will surrender, I'm afraid we can't, even if they don't plan to be completely loyal to the emperor, don't they want to divide one side and be their own emperor, we conquer all places in the south, we can't completely adopt the method of surrender, we must have both civil and military."

"Why did I decide to do something to Huang Degong, one is to make Huang Degong an example of Zheng Zhilong and Mu Tianbo and others, once Zheng Zhilong and Mu Tianbo and others want to sway at both ends, or even go their own way, then Zheng Jiajun will not be polite at all, and will definitely do it to them, and it is to kill them all, leaving no room for anything, the second is that Huang Degong is rough and uneducated, he has a loyal nature, admires the strong, such a person You can only completely defeat him, he will be convinced, and want to use the way of surrender, I am afraid that it will immediately invite a rebellion. ”

"My style of doing things in Huguang and Sichuan can be copied to other places in the south, including Zhejiang, Fujian and Yunnan, Nanzhili is our base camp, we must maintain stability, this is also the main source of our money and food, as long as Nanzhili maintains stability, we have the courage and courage to pacify all the places in the south."

"In addition, there is one more thing that needs to be handled immediately, I suggest that Cao Chi, the prefect of Suzhou, be the governor of Caoyun, Gu Menglin, the governor of Huai'an Prefecture, should be the prefect of Suzhou, and Gan Xuekuo, the former governor of Caoyun, should return to Nanjing."

"From now on, stop the transportation, we will no longer send a grain to the north, let the north become a mess, and then we will clean up the mess."

"The candidates for the six Shangshu in Nanjing also need to be adjusted on a large scale, and after the beginning of the year, Nanjing Jinyiwei and Nanjing Jingying will be completely abolished, and there is no need for them to exist." ……

Zheng Xunrui's decision made Xu Wanghua and Zhou Yanru breathe a long sigh of relief, they had already seen that Zheng Xunrui let go of his hands and feet, and no longer cared about anything, they were very clear about the situation in the north, according to their judgment, it may not be able to last for about a year, Zheng Xunrui decided to completely stabilize the situation in the south within a year, it seems that time is a little tight, in fact, according to the strength of Zheng Jiajun, it can be done, as for construction, you can take your time, don't be in a hurry, The key is to completely stabilize the south, so that Zheng Jiajun can devote most of his energy to the conquest in the north.

At this time, the curtain was really opened, and Zheng Xunrui began to make the last effort for his goal. (To be continued.) )