Dong Yuan had the support of Weiyang salt merchants, and the news soon spread to Xuzhou, which was mainly due to the expansion of Huaidong's forces, and Weiyang's local forces wanted to resist the infiltration of Huaidong, so they could only hug Dong Yuan's thick thighs in front of him.

The Huaiyang Army's complete integration into Huaidong seems to be calm on the surface, but there are definitely a lot of undercurrents behind the scenes.

Counting the Huaiyang Army, Huaidong has more than 100,000 elite soldiers on the surface, leaping above the armies, and being controlled by Lin Binding, it is difficult for outsiders to intervene, to say that Emperor Yongxing and Jiangning have no ideas in their hearts, and the ghosts can believe it?

The Weiyang Salt Business is a normal reaction.

"Shen Rong and Dong Yuan urinated in the same pot, it's really not strange!" Ye Junan and Gao Zongting came to Xingyuan to discuss the matter, and talked about Dong Yuan's support from Weiyang salt merchants, and they were quite emotional. After knowing that there are some inhumane secrets behind the rise of Huaidong, it is not difficult to understand why Shen Rong has always held a grudge against Huaidong - when Shen Rong was out of Dongyang Mansion, he jointly suppressed Gu Wuchen and Lin Tingli, and he couldn't grasp the military power of the Dongyang Army at all, but this is a small matter, officialdom dumping is the norm, and the feud is still the Hongzepu robbery, Shen Rong directly put a piece for Lin Lian, and almost lost his life, and this resentment became big.

"It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, and they will make trouble." Lin Jian said, he didn't expect Shen Rong to be able to pee with him.

"The matter of Weiyang Salt Merchants cannot but be taken seriously," Gao Zongting frowned and said, "This time the salt merchants raised money for Huaixi, on the one hand, it was Shen Rong who was making trouble behind his back, and it was not excluded that Zhang Yan was behind his back, but on the other hand, it can also be seen that Dong Yuan has a deep foundation in Weiyang." He recommended Ding Zhiru to go out of Zhishou Prefecture, and after this salt merchant fundraising, he said that he would vigorously use any Weiyang officials in Huaixi, and he should have thought of using the resources of Weiyang Mansion to consolidate the foundation of Huaixi from the beginning. The current situation is that Viyan has the financial resources; In the past few years, there have been too many displaced people and refugees in Weiyang Mansion who can be resettled in Huaixi, which provides Dong Yuan with the necessary Ding Zhuang ...... in Huaixi Tuntian."

"Yes, we can't let Huaixi's life be too easy!" Ye Junan said as he sipped tea.

"There are two moves available at the moment, the first is to get stuck in the neck of the smuggled salt, which will directly draw the salary from the bottom of the kettle and shake the confidence of the Weiyang salt merchants in supporting Huaixi, and the second is to strengthen the control of Hong Zepu......," Gao Zongting said.

With Hongzepu as the division, the Jianghuai area east of Huaishan is divided into two large areas: Huaidong and Huaixi. Huaixi includes Luzhou, Dongyang, Shouzhou, Haozhou four prefectures, Huaishan and Tongbai Mountain north foot of Xinyang Mansion originally belonged to Zhongzhou County, after Zhongzhou County was fragmented, after being subordinate to Henan, traditionally and Nanyang and other places belong to the southern Henan region, due to the needs of the war, Xinyang Mansion and the Huaihe River north of the Wuyang area, are included in the jurisdiction of Huaixi.

The traditional Huaidong region includes Huai'an, Hailing, Weiyang three mansions, Weiyang Mansion is also familiar with Yangzhou, which is not only in the key position of the north and south Cao Road, but also because of the location of the two Huai Salt Iron Division, it has become the world's salt merchants are gathered here, rich in the world.

The salt tax, the land tax, and the city gold of Weiyang Mansion were one of the most important sources of wealth for the imperial court, so no matter how hard Lin Jian tried, it was difficult to put Weiyang Mansion into Huaidong's sphere of influence.

Weiyang Mansion and Haozhou Mansion face each other diagonally across Hongzepu, which is interesting to say, Huai'an Mansion and Dongyang Mansion are also diagonally across Hongzepu - now Weiyang salt merchants choose to support Dong Yuan, and Dongyang Mansion is clearly under the jurisdiction of Huaixi, but it has always been out of the same nostril as Huaidong.

Huaidong strengthened its control over Hongzepu, first, it could strengthen the liaison with Dongyang Prefecture, and secondly, it could weaken the liaison between Weiyang Mansion and Huaixi Haozhou Prefecture.

Hongzepu is a vast land of thousands of miles, and the Huai River flows in and out of it, bordering Siyang, Sizhou, Haozhou, Shiliang, Jinhu and other counties, and is under the jurisdiction of Huai'an, Haozhou, Dongyang and Weiyang.

Previously, the prefectures under the jurisdiction of Hongzepu mainly set up checkpoints to govern the main waterways in and out of Hongzepu, and the Huai'an government has set up inspection divisions in both the lower Huaikou and the Baitang estuary to manage ships entering and leaving Hongzepu.

In addition to being the core waterway connecting the east, west, north and south, Hongzepu itself is also extremely rich in fishery resources, and there are hundreds of thousands of fishermen living in Hongzepu during the Huaisi Rebellion.

There are large and small sandbanks and lake islands in Hongzepu, there are more than 30 water villages and fishing villages of the original size, and there are more fishermen living along the coast.

Liu An'er's uprising initially relied on the forces of Hongzepu Water Village, and on those fishermen who were unable to survive by giving heavy fishing taxes and fishing taxes, and then developed into a catastrophe that swept the Central Plains.

After the Huaisi War, the water village power of Hongzepu was devastated, and the number of fishermen also decreased sharply, but after Lin Jian ruled Huaidong, he ordered to reduce the fishing tax in the lake area under the jurisdiction of Huai'an Prefecture, and only levy a city tax, so that the fishing in Shanyang, Siyang and other places has resumed.

The two points that Gao Zongting said, after the completion of the seawall, the outflow of illegal salt from the two Huai salt farms was basically under the control of Huaidong, and it was just that the pockets were not tightened for the time being, but the control of Hongzepu had just begun, and there was no time to go deeper.

Lin Jian frowned and thought about it, and then asked Liu Miaozhen sideways: "Speaking of Hong Zepu, probably no one is more familiar with it than the Huaiyang generals, can you recommend a few battalion generals and sentry generals to be put in the Baitang River Inspection Division!" Or can you directly let the third water battalion set up a sub-camp at the mouth of the Baitang River? ”

Song Jia said beside him: "Now the Shuizhai forces have a tendency to rise in Hongzepuli, whether to suppress or support, so that they are subject to the jurisdiction of the government, I heard that there are still some disputes in Huai'an Mansion, I think the Military Intelligence Department can put a person under the command of the army to take charge of its affairs......"

The power of the water village should not be underestimated, Liu An'er is using the power of Hongzepu water village to stir up a catastrophe, and the Taihu water village force, led by Cheng Yiqun to go to sea, once became an important supplementary force in the East China Sea Kou, and the other gathered as the Bai Nao army, laying the foundation of the Hanghu army and the water army of the current time - so Huai'an Mansion is extremely sensitive to the water village forces in Hongzepuli, but on the other hand, fishermen live in the village, which is a tradition that is difficult to change for thousands of years.

Song Jia said that there was a controversy, in fact, the Huai'an government resolutely demanded to suppress the rise of the Hongzepu Water Village forces, and the three prefectures of Weiyang, Dongyang, and Haozhou also had this opinion, but the matter was detained on Lin Lian's side and has not been dealt with. Speaking of which, the Shuizhai forces that are now rising in Hongzepu also have some connections with the Huaiyang Army, and many of the Shuizhai forces that have re-emerged are themselves gathered by the generals of the exiled army who have been scattered and defeated to return to their hometowns.

These people did not want to be involved in the war again, and they could only make a living in Hongzepuli when they fled back, and they were afraid that the government would investigate the serious crimes of the thieves back then, so they could only temporarily live in Hongzepuri.

Song Jia meant that instead of suppressing, it was better to control and use Huaidong.

Hongzepu is under the jurisdiction of the four prefectures, each with its own jurisdiction over the lake area, and Huaidong cannot directly extend its hand to the lake area under the jurisdiction of the other three provinces. In the final analysis, the jurisdiction of the four prefectures over Hongzepu is still superficial, and if they can control the water village forces in Puli, they actually control Hongzepu.

"For the time being, this can be done, the right person is still selected from the Huaiyang Army......" Lin Jian looked at Liu Miaozhen and said.

Liu Miaozhen nodded, she was not embarrassed in front of Lin Lian, but there was no embarrassment that the wedding date was approaching.

After being incorporated into Huaiyang Town, the generals who were originally scattered intended to return to the battalion, after all, it was too hard to make a living in Hongzepuli, but Huaiyang Town was only suspicious of many people at that time, and Liu Miaozhen and they never nodded and let the scattered generals be incorporated into Huaiyang Town. Now that this arrangement is made, it is not considered to be a matter of letting them go, it is better than letting these people become lake bandits and water bandits to suppress the officers and soldiers.

These days, on the one hand, Lin Jian selected generals from the armies under the jurisdiction of Huaidong to fill the Huaiyang Army, on the other hand, promoted generals from the Huaiyang Army to serve as ministers in all aspects of Huaidong's jurisdiction, and the generals who had meritorious service in the war in Xuzhou were also allowed to retire and become local officials - all aspects promoted Huaiyang to completely integrate into Huaidong, and also tried not to let the Huaiyang generals feel that they would be excluded and suppressed.

The Huaisi disaster has caused deep resentment between the prefectures and counties around Hongzepu and the Shuizhai forces, and they have also done their best to suppress Hongzepu fishermen over the years. At this time, considering the appointment of Huaiyang generals to govern Hongzepu is also a consideration of balance, after all, the fishery resources of Hongzepu should also be utilized.

Lin Jian and Gao Zongting said: "The fishermen are difficult to manage, the water village is not controlled by the government, and many people have not considered the fundamental reason - Pu, that is, the waterside. There is no embankment on the waterside, the water potential rises and falls in spring and autumn, the lake area is uncertain, Ge Siyu has measured the Pudi of the Baitang River estuary, the lake area changes more than 20 miles in spring and autumn, which has not counted the year of the great flood. Fishermen have no land on the shore, and if they do not live in a village, they will not be able to adapt to the ups and downs of the water, and they will have no fixed place to live. When the Shanyang embankment is completed and the fishermen settle down on the shore, they can be directly incorporated into the jurisdiction of the county, and the problem of the water village will not be a problem......"

Liu Miaozhen is also from Shuizhai, and has a deep affection for Hong Zepu, when she started with her father and uncle, she also wanted to fight for a peaceful life and contentment, and the more she fought, the more confused she became, and the more she fought, the more tired she became.

After discussing things here, Gao Zongting, Ye Junan and others said goodbye and left, Song Jia called Liu Miaozhen and said, "The little lady said that she had lunch and was going to swim in the lake, and Miss Liu should also go over together, so let's stay and eat together." ”

"Okay." Liu Miaozhen responded.

Although there are still more than a month to go before the marriage, after the name is decided, Song Jia and Su Mei often invite Liu Miaozhen to get together, which is much more intimate than in the past.

"The spring breeze is warm, it's really a good season to swim in the lake, and it sounds lazy." Lin Jian stretched his waist and said.

"My lord can promise to accompany Li Wei to Tongshan to inspect spring ploughing in the afternoon, how can I let the lake tour be wasted?" Song Jia said, "Li Wei has sent people over twice, maybe before going to Tongshan, there are still things to discuss with you, so you can go first." ”

"I can't swim in the lake, I can't even catch a meal?" Lin Lian shouted again and again, and he had no choice but to send someone to make an appointment with Li Wei, thinking that he would hurry to Tongshan County and come to Xuzhou overnight.

drove Lin Jian away, and Song Jia dragged Liu Miaozhen to the inner house.