"Master, what is the commander of the Southern Zhili Army?" Ma Shiao immediately became alert when he heard the sound.

Zhao Ming had a gloomy face and was silent for a moment, "Chen Yujie sent news that the court sent Fu Shangrui to supervise Nanzhili, and the people had already landed in Shanghai County."

"Wouldn't the imperial court sending a supervisor to arrest Su Songchang's military and political affairs?" Chen Mingyu also frowned.

Chen Mingyu is now in the process of tying the Duzhi of Donghai Town and has participated in the plan to revitalize Susong Chang's economy. He is preparing to show his ambitions, so he naturally does not want to hand over power.

Everyone frowned, but they didn't expect that the reward was not waiting, but they waited for a Nanzhi governor. This was not a good sign.

In fact, from an ideal perspective, all local officials obey the arrangements and dispatches of the court. Only when the court is strong and the country is strong, otherwise a situation of warlord separatism will be formed.

From a historical perspective, since the unification of the Qin Emperor, every era of warlords in China was the weakest and most tragic period for the people.

The heroes were divided at the end of the Han Dynasty. Although the stories of the heroes were wonderful, the people were killed and injured, causing the population to decrease, and the Hu people moved to the Central Plains, which eventually led to a major disaster.

The separatist rule of the vassal states at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, warlords were also chaotic wars, causing the rise of the Liao Kingdom and occupying the sixteen states of Yanyun, causing the Song Dynasty to lose the northern barrier. Since its inception, it has been in a passive state.

At present, the Ming Dynasty was also evolving towards warlord separatist rule. If the generals of each town acted independently, there would inevitably be a chaotic war in the future, and the chaos might last for many years.

If all the officials and local officials who are in power can obey the orders of the court, be dedicated to the court and the world, and let go of their own selfishness, they may not be able to defeat the Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop and restore the people to a prosperous era of peace.

But the problem is that even if Zhao Ming is dedicated to the world and obeys the court, the court may not be reliable. The court will not only guard against him, but may also drag him back. The people in the court are not dedicated to the public, so how could Zhao Ming put his hope on them?

Just now, everyone was still worried that the court would take Su Songchang back, and they didn't want it to come true so soon.

Ma Shiao immediately shook, "Master, you should stop immediately while the money has not been invested yet!"

The plan to revitalize Su Songchang was to invest a total of 6 million taels of silver, but these silvers were not all invested at once, but were divided into several steps.

Now we mainly focus on infrastructure construction and construction of docks, cabins and workshops. There is not much investment, so it is still time to stop.

Zhao Ming shook his head and snorted coldly, "What hand can one Fu Shangrui do? I hold 80,000 soldiers in my hand. If I add the troops stationed on Taiwan Island, I can say that I have more than 100,000 people. I raise all the weapons, food and wages by myself. What can one Fu Shangrui do?"

Previously, Zhao Ming and the entire Zhejiang clan had a certain tacit understanding with the court.

The prefectures and counties that were restored by the Zhejiang Group, the imperial court basically would not interfere. The Zhejiang Group recommended talents themselves, and the imperial court directly used seals to approve them.

In this way, the Zhejiang Clan gained benefits and the court also received nominal allegiance from the Zhejiang Clan, making the Longwu court the only court in the Ming Dynasty and avoiding division.

Now, the Longwu court suddenly sent a grand sect to supervise the army, which broke the previous tacit understanding and expressed its intention to intervene in the Zhejiang division, which really made Zhao Ming not expect.

In his opinion, the time was completely immature when the court intervened at this time, and I don’t know who gave Longwu such attention.

When Ma Shiao heard Zhao Ming say this, he pondered for a while. The arms, food, and salaries of officials in Donghai Town were raised by himself. Fu Shangrui had no soldiers or money, so he really couldn't do anything, but he was the supervisor sent by the court after all. With this status, he would inevitably not affect a group of officials, as well as Su Songchang's gentry.

"Although that's the case, he is the governor of the court after all. If he takes action to influence Su Songchang's military and political affairs, it will be a problem after all." Ma Shiao said in a deep voice.

Zhao Ming also had a calm face. He was not afraid of the imperial court sending a supervisor. What he was worried about was that the supervisor would insist on provoking trouble regardless of the overall situation.

Zhao Ming was afraid that he was determined to maintain the current situation of unity in the anti-Qing Dynasty, but the people who came did not cherish the current situation and did not realize that the Ming Dynasty had not completely overcome the crisis, so he was eager to seize power.

Zhao Ming was silent for a while, walked back and forth in the hall for a few steps, stood in the hall for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Since the court has sent a supervisor, I will meet him for a while, understand his background and see his intentions before talking. If you are just here to supervise the army and be responsible for contacting us so that we can cooperate with the court to counterattack the Qing army, I am welcomed by him. If you come to seize power and want to pick up my peaches, then I will say something else!"

Now I just know that Fu Shangrui has arrived in Shanghai, and as for what he is here to do, I still don’t know.

Zhao Ming thought about it and felt that he would wait until Fu Shangrui arrived in Suzhou before talking.

When Ma Shiao and others heard the words, they nodded slightly. At the moment, Donghai Town occupied Su Songchang, which relied on Prince Zhu Yihai, occupied Zhejiang from the south to threaten Nanjing. Sun Kewang, who was surrendered by the Longwu court, threatened Chengdu, and the Ming army in Huguang, threatened Wuchang, Xiangyang, and Jiangxi, and Nanchang. Only by relying on the entire Anti-Qing War, can we enter a stalemate stage before we can stand firm in the Su Songchang area.

This means that it was through the cooperation between the various units of the Ming army that the Anti-Qing War entered a stalemate stage that Su Songchang stood firm.

If the Qing Dynasty knew at this time that the Qing Dynasty had disagreement, the Qing army attacked Su Songchang or Huguang, and other towns would not attack and rescue, then it would be over. The Qing army would definitely regain the fertile land of Hudong.

Therefore, there are no cracks inside the Ming Dynasty now, and they must look monolithic. Just as the Qing army attacked Huguang several times and the Zhejiang army launched a counterattack, the Qing Dynasty felt that any place he fought would attract Ming troops from other battlefields to counterattack, so that Zhao Ming could stand firm in Su Songchang.

Zhao Ming was not afraid of anyone who sent the Longwu court, but was afraid of the sent people, regardless of the overall situation, giving the Qing Dynasty an opportunity to take advantage of it.

After hearing Zhao Ming's words, everyone talked for a while. Chen Mingyu asked, "Master, what should we do now?"

Zhao Ming pondered: "The construction of docks, workshops, and warehouses cannot be stopped, and the opening time of Shanghai's port cannot be delayed. The plan will proceed as usual."

As he said that, Zhao Ming paused, "In addition, the canal from Jiangyin to Taihu Lake must be widened as soon as possible, and the construction of the positions along the line must be stepped up."

At this time, the Qing army stationed more than 200,000 troops in Nanjing, Zhenjiang and other places, which put a lot of pressure on the Susongchang area.

In order to prevent the Qing army from raiding Su Songchang, Donghai Town not only rebuilds Wujincheng City and strengthens city defense, but also widens Jiangyin through Wuxi to connect to the Xicheng Canal of Taihu Lake, so that the Ming army gunships on the Yangtze River can directly enter Taihu Lake.

This is not only convenient for the connection between Taihu Lake and the Yangtze River, but also an insurmountable water Great Wall, which makes the Qing Dynasty unable to cross and ensures the safety of the land east of the lake.

Ma Shiao understood when he heard the words. Zhao Ming was planning for the worst. He pondered for a moment and said, "Master, if he focused on managing the Hudong defense line, then his expedition to Liaodong will have to be suspended!"

Zhao Ming frowned. Not long ago, he received news from the Tiandihui that it was the Dutch who transported guns and cannons to the Qing Dynasty and sold gunboats, helped the Qing Dynasty build a new army of more than 6,000 people, and at the same time formed a fleet.

Zhao Ming was originally planning to send troops to defeat the Qing army and kill the Qing army's new army and fleet in its infancy, but now something has happened inside, so he restrained the expedition plan.

"The battle will be postponed, but the fleet can be used to pretend to be pirates and intercept the Dutch merchant ship!" Zhao Ming said in a deep voice.

The Dutch secretly traded with the Qing Dynasty, and Zhao Ming did not want to fight with the Netherlands now, which affected the maritime trade and revitalized Susong's plan. So he pretended to be confused and did his business with the Dutch, but he sent ships to pretend to be pirates to intercept the Dutch and blocked the arms trade between the Dutch and the Qing Dynasty.

When Ma Shiao heard the words, he nodded and clasped his fists, and said in a deep voice, "I understand."
Chapter completed!