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  Chapter 2101 The rebellious army entered the Jin Dynasty, and the world was in chaos

  The courier goes eastward along Chengxia Street, then enters Dongjiangmi Lane, and enters the Ministry of War Office.

   Soon the office of the Ministry of War became busy, and half an hour later, Zhang Huaichang hurried out of the office of the Ministry of War and went straight to Wenyuan Pavilion.

"I didn't expect that Ziying would be so daring and dare to single-handedly put herself in a desperate situation. This is really a life after death." Li Sancai walked around the hall, stroking her beard with a smile, "Father Tiger No dog, Ziying can afford it. Feng Zitang just drove Niu Jizong out of Dongping Prefecture. Ziying here dares to stir up the situation in Wubao, but I still don't know much about the situation in Yan'an Mansion. It seems that they are also divided into factions, and there is still some discord between them?"

"I'm afraid that only the staff of the Ministry of War or the Shaanxi Officials Division of the Ministry of Punishment can clarify the specific situation. I'm afraid that even the people of Long Jinwei may not be able to figure it out. The relationship between Yan'an Mansion and Yulin Town is complicated. The relationship between the two is good and bad, the border village should be a buffer zone between the two, right?"

  In the letter Qi Yongtai received, Feng Ziying briefly introduced the situation, but it was too complicated, and he didn't have much time to understand it.

  He only needs to know that Feng Ziying has initially gained a firm foothold in the northern part of Yan'an Prefecture. The situation in Jiazhou, Mizhi, Suide and Wubao has been brought under control, but the overall situation is still very dangerous.

  The seventeen prefectures and counties in Yan'an Prefecture, Fugu and Shenmu in the northwest are between the Yulin Army and Shanxi Town. The rebel army did not harass this area, but it was the hardest hit area for lump plague.

  In the six prefectures and counties of Jiazhou, Mizhi, Suide, Wubao, Anding, and Qingjian in the north-central part of the country, almost every prefecture and county has an active rebellion army, but overall, the scale of the rebellion army is not too large.

Especially those border villages like Suide, Mizhi, and the northern part of Jiazhou near the border wall, to be precise, they can’t be completely regarded as rebels. If they can give them a way to survive, they will not hesitate to vote for the government.

In Fushi, Ansai, Yanchang, Yanchuan, and Ganquan counties in the central part, the rebel army was also very active. However, since the guards were stationed in Fuzhi City, the situation in Ganquan and Ansai, which are close to each other, was slightly better. The situation in Yanchang and Yanchuan is very bad. Yanchuan County has fallen, and the places outside Yanchang County are also rampant.

  The security guards in the northwest were isolated and were greatly affected by the turbulent situation in Qingyang, so they were also in danger.

  The situation in several counties in the south is completely out of control. Except for the prefecture city of Qizhou, which is still under the control of the government, four counties like Yichuan, Luochuan, Zhongbu, and Yijun have all been captured by the rebel army.

  The loss of control in several counties in the south of Yan'an Prefecture directly affected the northwest area of ​​Xi'an Prefecture. Hancheng, Heyang, Baishui, and Chengcheng were also in turmoil, especially Hancheng near the Yellow River.

When Feng Ziying set out, the court had actually lost confidence in Yan'an Mansion. Except for Fugu Shenmu and Fuzhi Fushi, the news came back that the flames of war were raging and completely out of control. After the fall of the government, Yulin Town had to send troops to the south to clean up the situation, but I didn't expect Feng Ziying to cross the river from Qikou, and even came to Wubao to disrupt the situation, and it was successful.

"Anyway, if Ziying can use these forces in the frontier stronghold, it will undoubtedly greatly alleviate his embarrassing situation of having no soldiers in his hands. Where is He Shixian..." Li Sancai hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "It would be best not to use it." No, I'm very worried about Shanxi Town. Chai Guozhu has reported twice that the Tumot people outside the border wall have changed. It seems that because of Bu Shitu, Su Nang has a grudge against the court and accepted Lindan Batuer's win over. Buying, if you want to cause us some trouble, and if Fengzhou Bailian really has tricks, then Yulin Town must be used as a backup force for the second town of Datong in Shanxi, so..."

Qi Yongtai nodded, "Daofu, I know the seriousness. The Northwest Army's evacuation has evacuated the three sides and four towns. It depends on Yulin Town can still have some mobility. Ziying should also understand the court's difficulties." Yes, but Daofu, you have to urge Chai Guozhu to speed up rebuilding Shanxi Town."

Li Sancai smiled wryly, "Brother Chengfeng, Ye Xiang and Fang Xiang have to say hello to Ming Qi. How can there be any money in the Ministry of War? The Ministry of Households has to compare pennies and bahts. Huai Changdu has come to me to complain several times. And regardless of whether the Shanxi capital is concerned, the actual number of soldiers in each guard is less than 60%, and in many places it is only 40%, so it is no wonder that he complains a lot."

   This means that all kinds of problems have emerged, and Qi Yongtai is also helpless.

  Jiangnan cut off the court's wealth, and I didn't feel it in a short period of time, but after more than half a year, the impact gradually became apparent.

  All ministries are asking for money, but where does the household department have money?

  70% of the imperial court’s income comes from the south of the Yangtze River, which was suddenly cut off. In the early stage, there were many famines, which needed to be filled one by one, but now there is no source, and it is suddenly stretched.

  In the early stage, there were some investigations of various major cases, and it seemed that there were not many, but for such a large imperial court, it was a drop in the bucket.

  Now the Ministry of Commerce has focused on the tariffs on Yuguan, Dagu, and Dengzhou, and is discussing the establishment of a shipping department, especially the skyrocketing sea trade in Yuguan and Dagu, which is even more exciting.

Although most of the goods between these two places come from the south of the Yangtze River, more and more maritime merchants from Nanyang, Japan, and North Korea have also begun to take a fancy to the radiation effect of the two ports of Yuguan and Dagu, and one has monopolized the entire Liaodong. The grasslands of Western Liaoning and even Eastern Mongolia and the Eastern Jingdong area, one is to replace the status of Tongzhou after the water transport was cut off, and become the unique business hub of the capital.

"Persevere, it's okay to retake Jining before July, and completely recover Shandong?" Qi Yongtai gritted his teeth, "And Xuzhou, Niu Jizong really thinks he can hold it? It's this time, I don't believe that Chen Jixian is really serious Do you want to occupy the south of the Yangtze River?"

  When this topic was brought up, both Qi Yongtai and Li Sancai felt headaches.

   The relationship between them is complicated and confusing. The relationship between Jiangnan and Chen Jixian, and the intentions of Niu Jizong and Sun Shaozu are intertwined, which makes the court feel embarrassed.

  If Chen Jixian were to be forced to join forces with Niu Jizong and Sun Shaozu, then Jiangnan would be taken down, but a broken Jiangnan would be an unbearable burden for the imperial court.

  It has only been half a year, and the imperial court feels that it can't bear it anymore. It is eager to get back to Jiangnan as soon as possible, open up water transportation, and collect taxes from Jiangnan again, otherwise there will be big troubles this winter.

  Shanshan and other border towns are still waiting for money and food, especially Ji Town in Liaodong, which cannot be short for even a moment.

  Why did Feng Ziying only give 300,000 taels of silver to take charge of Shaanxi? He knew that Shaanxi had become so rotten, so the imperial court really had no choice.

  The imperial court's thoughts were all on Feng Ziying. Knowing that he had a close relationship with the Shanxi merchants, they let him rely on his personal relationship to fight against the Shanshan merchants, and figured out a way to tide over the difficulties.

The two were talking, but they heard a rush of footsteps from outside the hall. Zhang Huaichang, with a livid face, appeared outside the door holding a roll of documents. When Qi Yongtai and Li Sancai saw this situation, their hearts also trembled One sound, it must be all right.

   "Aren't Ye Xiang and Fang Xiang here?" Zhang Huaichang swept his eyes across the hall, and then stared at the two of them, "You two are here, something happened."

   "What's the matter?" Qi Yongtai stabilized his mind, "Don't lose your composure, Huaichang, didn't Ziying just send good news back two days ago?"

   "Now is the bad news." Zhang Huaichang said coldly: "Hancheng has fallen, and the Shaanxi rebels have crossed the Yellow River and captured Hejin!"

  Li Sancai was taken aback, and quickly asked, "When did it happen?!"

"Han City was captured ten days ago. The rebel army crossed the river from Longmen and occupied Hejin." Zhang Huaichang couldn't help waving the letter paper in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Pingyang Mansion didn't know it, until The rebel army invaded Jishan, Jishan was in a hurry, and Pingyang Mansion knew that the Shaanxi rebel army was coming, and the whole Pingyang Mansion was in chaos."

   "Anyi and Jiezhou are in danger." Li Sancai clenched his fists and paced back and forth, "Shanxi Town must be moved south immediately, otherwise the Central Plains will be in danger if there is chaos in southern Shanxi."

"It takes at least 20 days to go south from Taiyuan, and the main force of Shanxi Township is on the front line of Ningwu and Pianguan, so there are not many soldiers in Taiyuan." Zhang Huaichang said angrily: "I have already talked to Mingqi, and we will allocate Shanxi Township compensation as soon as possible." He has been refusing to pay for what is needed for construction, Chai Guozhu complains every day, and now Su Shengdu has lost more than 50,000 talents, and there is no shortage of less than 10,000 people, how can this be done?"

"Okay, Huaichang, now is not the time for lip service. Now we have to come up with a solution to the problem. Jinqing and Zhonghan will come over later. Let's come up with our opinions first." Qi Yongtai waved his hand. , "Hey, when the two of them hear it, I'm afraid they will jump again."

"How many soldiers and horses the Shaanxi rebellious army has entered Jin, what is the specific situation, and in what direction is it spreading now? If we don't know these situations, it is difficult to come up with countermeasures." Li Sancai hesitated: "Shanxi Town must send troops. , but they dare not transfer too much, Datong Town is also difficult, Yang Yuan should transfer a battalion first, and arrange it as soon as possible,..."

"In fact, there were not many rebel troops who captured Hejin. According to reports, there were only three or four thousand people. However, the drought in Hejin, Jishan, and Jiangzhou was also very serious, and there were many hungry people. I guess at this time, the rebel army is afraid that they will die in Shanxi." It is the most obvious sign that they dare to attack Jishan.” Zhang Huaichang was also thinking, “Of course, it is not ruled out that they go for food.”

   "What I am most worried about is that if the rebel army from Shaanxi continues to enter Jin, then Jinnan will be quite dangerous." Li Sancai added: "I have to remind Ziying."

  (end of this chapter)