The matter of levying and sharing salaries was discussed in an uproar for several days before a conclusion was reached.

Lin Jian put his mind on raising money for Huaidong Qianzhuang, and sat coldly during the discussion, bent on being a stuffy gourd, that is, to give a name, and also to use excuses such as "shallow age" to perfunctory sentences. In the last two days, he simply hid in the grass hall of the estuary, and secretly met with Ye Kai, Xiao Mi and other representatives of the Dongyang Township Party to discuss the matter of Huaidong Qianzhuang.

After discussing the levy and distribution of salaries, when Chen Zhihu sent an envoy over, it was necessary to discuss how to organize the war on both sides of Henan and eastern Zhejiang.

Ning Wang, Yue Lengqiu, Dong Yuan, and others can ignore Huaidong's opinions, but no one can ignore Huaidong's role in the Eastern Front's involvement in the extravagant family, let alone the Huaidong Army, which laid the cornerstone for last year's Huaisi victory.

Without the cooperation of Huaidong, whether it is a girl in a red jacket in the north or a luxury family in the south, it will become extremely difficult.

Lin Liantuo couldn't get sick, and even sent someone to ask to go back to Huaidong to recuperate first, but King Ning, Yue Lengqiu, Dong Yuan and others felt that it was tricky, so they could only send people out of the city again and again to greet their illness.

dragged on for three or four days, Lin Lian also accepted it when he saw it, took ginger juice to dye his face yellow, and was sick, dragging a "sick body" to Ning Wangfu to participate in the proceedings.

At this time, the local officials who participated in the discussion of "levying and sharing salaries" all left Jiangning one after another, and still stayed in Jiangning, including Dong Yuan, Deng Yu, Liu Tingzhou, Zhang Yubo, and a few others.

At this time, Ma Zhen, who came to Jiangning instead of Chen Hansan, was also invited to participate in the deliberations; After nearly a year of separation, Lin Jian saw Tao Chun again in Jiangning.

During the Huaisi War, Tao Chun was born and died for Yue Lengqiu, and naturally he was rewarded, and at this time he served as the general of the Changhuai Army, replacing Yue Lengqiu in Haozhou to directly control the Changhuai Army.

Lin Lian saw that Yue Lengqiu also summoned Tao Chun to Jiangning to participate in this discussion this time, and thought that Yue Lengqiu would go all out to cultivate this former Li Zhuo general who had won him over and was loyal to him.

Chen Zhihu has led his troops to Xuchang, and it is his deputy Gao Yi who came to Jiangning to discuss matters on his behalf. When Ao Canghai served as the deputy commander of the forward battalion of Chen Zhihu's headquarters, Gao Yi served as the commander, and he was also one of the generals who stood out in the war in Eastern Fujian in the past ten years.

During the period when Chen Zhihu led his troops to the north, Cang Aohai led his troops to escape, which was a serious crime at that time. However, with the help of Li Zhuo, Gao Zongting and others, the matter of Ao Canghai can no longer be regarded as a mustard on both sides.

Gao Yi saw Lin Jian dragging his "sick body" into the inner hall to discuss matters, and in addition to saluting and greeting, he also asked about Ao Canghai's recent situation.

Gao Yi sat at the bottom of the forest, and it was convenient for them to talk to each other; Although Lin Jian saw Gao Yi for the first time, he also felt cordial.

Gao Yi and Tao Chun are also old acquaintances, although they also sat next to each other this time, the two were strangers, not to mention greetings, Gao Yi didn't even look at Tao Chun.

At the beginning in Jinan, if it weren't for Tao Chun, Yue Lengqiu would not have been able to pull away so many soldiers and horses from Lu Jingyan's command, and the Battle of Jinan might have been a different ending.

Lin Jian thought in his heart: Yue Lengqiu can use Tao Chun so reassuringly, probably because he saw Tao Chun betraying his relatives and leaving, and he had no other choice but to follow him all the way to the dark.

Gao Yi's attitude towards Dong Yuan is also cold, probably because Dong Yuan is so close to the officials of Zhang and Yue's family, and he is dissatisfied.

Lin Jian sighed with emotion:

Whether it is Lu Jingyan who died in Jinan, or Yu Wangao, who struggled to support in the south, or Dong Yuan, who presided over the war in northern Zhejiang, or Chen Zhihu, who held Datong, resisted the Dongyu Iron Cavalry, and led his troops south at this time, or Tao Chun, Gao Yi, Ao Canghai and others, these generals from Li Zhuo's family may have various defects, but it cannot be denied that they are all first-class generals in the world.

The biggest "contribution" made by Zhang Xie, Yue Lengqiu and others over the years is probably to dismantle these generals from Li Zhuo's command. Although it eliminated the possibility of Li Zhuo learning from the luxury Wenzhuang to be a hero, it also completely broke up the last elite division loyal to the Yuan clan.

Chen Zhihu led his troops this time mainly to attack the red-jacketed girl with the cooperation of the Changhuai army. Although Tao Chun is brave and strategic, he is very scheming, selfish, and Gao Yi is not compatible with Tao Chun, which really can't be regarded as a good thing.

With such hidden dangers, Lin Jian was even more worried that the war in Henan would not be as optimistic as everyone in the hall expected.

Of course, everyone in the hall did not want to bear the pressure of fighting on two fronts. At the same time, it is also obvious that it is impossible for the luxury family to allow Jiangdong to calmly gather troops to clean up the situation in Huaibei and Henan, and honestly do not make any moves on the southern front.

The imperial court's control over Quang Nam has always been weak, and Quang Nam County is still nominally under the control of the imperial court, but the mind of standing on its own and riding on the wall is more serious. Yu Wangao retreated into the Jieyang area, and received very limited support from Guangnan County, so that the use of the luxury family in the south was limited.

After nearly a year of integration, the luxury family has the ability to organize large-scale battles in western and eastern Zhejiang.

Everyone in the hall hoped that while cleaning up the situation in Huaibei and Henan, Dong Yuan would be able to establish a more stable defense line in northern Zhejiang and Deng Yu in southern Huinan. Of course, at this time, we cannot but consider the role of the Huaidong Military Division in the Shengsi Islands in eastern Zhejiang.

"Is it possible for Huaidong to use troops against Daishan and Changguo after the autumn?" Lin Lian missed the first three days of the military discussion, and many problems were left in Huaidong, and at the beginning of the military discussion, Yue Lengshan directly pointed the finger at Huaidong and kicked the problem to Lin Jian straight to the point.

"Cough, cough ......" Lin Lian covered his mouth with a silk handkerchief embroidered with exquisite patterns and coughed for a while, feeling that it was a bit fake to spread out the bloody silk handkerchief at this time, so he pinched the silk handkerchief in his hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "The luxury family has more than 20,000 elites on the east line of Changguo and Mingzhou Mansion, and Huaidong is barely able to gain a foothold in the Shengsi Islands. Even if the troops guarding Shanyang, Shukou, and Siyang are withdrawn, they will not be able to catch it......"

After coughing for a while, Lin Jian continued: "Of course, the court treats me very seriously, and I should bow to the court and die for myself. I was lying on the sickbed, and I was always planning to recover Daishan and Changguo for the imperial court, and I drafted a Chen, which was supposed to be presented to His Royal Highness King Ning and Governor Yue......"

"Oh!" Yue Lengqiu was also slightly surprised, and glanced at King Ning and Zhang Xitong, who was standing beside King Ning. They only hoped that Huaidong would harass the Daishan and Changguo areas and contain some of the troops of the luxury family in eastern Zhejiang, but they didn't expect that Lin Jian still had a plan to recover Daishan and Changguo.

Harassing use of troops is completely different from the use of troops for the purpose of occupation, and the number of troops and resources invested is not the same.

Everyone in the hall knew about the military, and after the luxury family borrowed the strategy of abandoning the land and going to the sea, they also had a new understanding of the significance of the sea frontier.

As long as Huaidong can capture Daishan and Changguo, the Huaidong Naval Division can directly threaten Mingzhou Mansion, Jin'an Mansion and the southern Zhejiang coast between Mingzhou and Jin'an Mansion, and force the luxury family to drag the elite along the east coast of Mingzhou Mansion and Jin'an Mansion. In this way, the deployment of troops on the Western Front will be greatly weakened, and the war situation in the southeast will be completely changed.

"Xia Guan drafted a note, and asked someone to copy a few copies, please see if it is feasible for King Ning and the princes...... Lin Jian took out a stack of battle plans from his arms, and asked the eunuch standing aside to present it to King Ning and everyone present.

Lin Bin's plan was to delay it until next spring or even after next autumn, and then use the Shengsi defense line as a base to wantonly use troops on the front line of Daishan and Changguo. At that time, the seawall will be largely built, Huaidong will have a greater guarantee of materials, and the labor battalion will be freed from the heavy construction affairs, which will provide Huaidong with sufficient troops.

By that time, Huaidong's roots had deepened, and even if there were occasional defeats in wars, they could not shake the fundamentals.

It's just that at this time, it is necessary to protect the Haiyu Chen family, make Haiyu County a buffer zone between Huaidong and Dong Yuan, and even more so to divide the relationship between the Wu party and the Ning Wang and Yue Lengqiu families.

The area occupied by Pingjiang Mansion is almost twice that of Hailing Mansion, and the number of acres of land in the register has reached more than 12 million mu, mainly located in the east of Taihu Lake, and the degree of development is much higher than that of the Hudang Plain in Huaidong. Over the years, the taxes paid by Pingjiang Prefecture have been far higher than those of the Jianghuai Prefecture on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and even one-third higher than that of Jiangning Prefecture.

In the past 100 years, there have been voices in the government and the opposition to set aside the eastern counties of Pingjiang Prefecture and build a new one, but the resistance is too great and it has not succeeded.

In such a plastered place, Lin Jian naturally refused to let Dong Yuan occupy it comfortably; The Chen family all begged to come to the door, how could Lin Tie not push the boat along the water? Otherwise, it's really easy to bully Huaidong!

Seeing that Lin was tied to the use of soldiers, and mentioned that he wanted the Haiyu Township Battalion Association to send troops to attack Daishan, Dong Yuan's face suddenly sank.

Among the counties of Pingjiang Prefecture, Haiyu County has the largest area. When Yudong set up a palace, the Chen family and other local gentry secretly encroached on thousands of hectares of fertile land on the east bank of the Dongjiang River.

If there are 20,000 or 30,000 households in the central and western regions, it can be regarded as a first-class large county; Only the Jianghuai Plain, where the land is fertile, can raise twice as much land as Dingkou, so it will become the core area of the imperial court's wealth.

The number of acres of registered land in Haiyu County is as high as 1.6 million mu, and if we really make up our minds to check the acres of land, it is possible to double the tax land in Haiyu County.

Lin Lian's new policy in Chongzhou increased the tax land by more than 50 percent, and after the exemption of miscellaneous donations and Dingkou apportionment, the income of the county treasury could more than double. The effect of the new deal is so obvious, Zhang Yubo can see it, how can Yue Lengqiu, Dong Yuan and others be indifferent?

Of course, it is too difficult to fully implement the New Deal, but it is not without other means.

Lin Jian used the smuggling salt case to uproot the Ma family's power in Shanyang, and by the way, swept away other forces in Shanyang. Liang Wenzhan's resistance to checking the acres of land in Shanyang was greatly reduced; In the past year, the number of public land under the jurisdiction of Shanyang County has increased from almost zero to more than 100,000 mu, and the tax land has also increased by nearly 20%. For the Huaidong Army to build two military fortresses on the north bank of Huaishui, Shukou and Siyang, to provide great material support.

Don't talk about Dong Yuan and Yue Lengqiu, Liu Tingzhou can guess that the Haiyu Chen family has had contact with Lin Lian when he sees the soldier Chen Chen who Lin Jian took out.

To agree with Huaidong's plan to send troops to Daishan and Changguo, it is necessary to agree that the Haiyu Township Battalion should accept the dual control of the two military divisions of northern Zhejiang and Huaidong. In a short period of time, Dong Yuan naturally will not be able to incorporate the Haiyu Township Battalion, and the Haiyu Township Battalion will maintain a relatively independent status.

Liu Tingzhou didn't even need to look at Yu Xinyuan's face, this matter was not just a transaction between Haiyu and Huaidong, this matter would be of great benefit to strengthening the position of the Wu Party, and Yu Xinyuan would not support it if he took the wrong medicine.

Whether it is the Dongyang system or the Ning Wang system, they all directly control the elite combat power, but the Wu Party does not have a relatively independent combat power, and it will only be in an increasingly disadvantageous position in the future.

Originally, this time, Pingjiang Mansion was placed under the jurisdiction of the Northern Zhejiang Envoy Department, and the Wu Party suffered an unspeakable loss. At this time, there is a chance to fight back, can we get back some disadvantages, and the Wu Party still has enough strength to keep up?

Not to mention Yu Xinyuan, Wang Tian and Wang Xueshan's attitudes may have subtle changes.

Liu Tingzhou lamented in his heart: When will the party struggle be possible? Lin Jian threw out this dispatch at this time, which only made the rift between the factions more distinct and dazzling.

Lin Jian was a soft and easy bully before, King Ning, Yue Lengqiu, Zhang Xi and others, probably didn't expect him to throw out this killer feature that directly divided the relationship between King Ning and the Wu Party at this time, right?