Although the previous battle in Huai'an was fierce, the damage to Huai'an City was not serious, because the main battle occurred near the city tower. In the city, Xie Guang launched a timely launch and solved the Qing army in the city as soon as possible, so it did not have any impact on Huai'an.

More importantly, since Huai'an was the material hoarding point of the Qing army in Jiangbei, that is, Yue Zhongqi's Jiangbei camp, after taking Huai'an, the Ming army not only curbed the important road in Jiangbei and took the canal center. In addition, a large amount of materials fell into the hands of the Ming army, the logistics pressure on the Ming army in Jiangbei was lightened.

In addition, although He Shou and Wen Dong were greedy for life and fearing death, Huai'an quickly stabilized. After all, the two of them had been in Huai'an for many years and this time they took the lead, the Huai'an government basically retained them. Except for a few guys who were blind intent on Xiaozhong of the Qing Dynasty, who were dealt with by He Shou and Wen Dong, all local officials at all levels surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that after the war, Huai'an was restored to order immediately, and the terrified people in the city gradually returned to their former state under the comfort of the government. In fact, for these ordinary people, they didn't care who was the one who was in the world. Whether it was the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, the lives of the people were different? Besides, the lives of the people were not very good in the years under the Qing Dynasty, especially after the Ming Dynasty occupied Jiangnan, Jiangbei became a place of wealth and tuition in the Qing court. The so-called never-added tuition in the Qing Dynasty was simply empty-handed. Not only did the taxes become heavier, but even the tuitions that were as numerous as ox-haired were also unbearable. In a few years, let alone ordinary people, even the wealthy people could not bear it.

The first thing Zhu Yigui did when he arrived in Huai'an was not to inspect Huai'an's city defense, nor to hold a military meeting to discuss how to attack Shandong in the north. Instead, he brought Nanjing's will.

Taking over Jiangbei, Zhu Yi became the leader of Jiangbei as soon as possible, and at the same time won the hearts of local people. He issued a special order to exempt Jiangbei from taxes for two years, and also allocated 2 million silver dollars to restore local production in various prefectures and counties in Jiangbei, especially for the stagnant transport that has been stagnant for several years, which will be gradually restored.

When this order was officially announced, the entire Huai'an suddenly became excited, both ordinary people and local gentry were extremely excited. You should know that everyone in Jiangbei has not had a good life in recent years, especially after the canal was suspended, hundreds of thousands of people on both sides of the canal who relied on the canal to make a living suddenly.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has taken over Jiangbei, although the overall canal transportation cannot be restored because Shandong has not yet been restored, at least a section from Huai'an to the south has been restored. In this way, these people can naturally return to their old careers. Even if they cannot be like before, at least there should be no problem in living.

In fact, the people who are most excited are not these ordinary people, but the merchants in Jiangbei. The Ming Dynasty's emphasis on business is well known to everyone. In recent years, with the rise of maritime trade, the Ming Dynasty's merchants have floated across the sea and made their business far away. With the continuous advancement of the Ming Dynasty's technology, emerging industries have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. All businessmen with some abilities and courage can make money and fat through this east wind.

The merchants in Jiangbei had long seen these and envied them. Unfortunately, under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, they could not trade with the merchants of the Ming Dynasty. At most, they would use some channels to smuggle and make some money secretly.

If the path is wide, you can send your children from your family to the south to open a semicolon, and this method must not be known. Once the Qing court pursues it, the charge of a surrogate will not be escaped.

Now, the Ming army is most happy about Jiangbei. And there is something that outsiders don’t know. In fact, some of these people have been smuggled privately through Heshou and Wendong. The reason why Heshou and Wendong can control Huai'an in such a short time has also made a lot of efforts.

As a businessman, profit-seeking is the essence, and there is another saying that robbing people of money is like killing parents. Under the Qing Dynasty, not only can't do business and make money, but also has to be subject to endless extortion and exploitation by the Qing Dynasty. Also, under the Ming Dynasty, not only can we make profits with abilities openly, but the Ming Dynasty was also very high and the rules were strict, but the Ming Dynasty was different from the Qing Dynasty. Whether it was a business or a businessman, everything was on the surface. As long as you did not break this rule, the court would not only not cause trouble for you, but would support the merchants when necessary.

Compared with the two, it is conceivable which one is more beneficial to surrender to. These merchants have long wanted the Ming army to fight, and it is their dream to become the people of the Ming Dynasty.

"Emperor, the Ministry of Revenue has allocated the money given to Jiangbei by the imperial court, and now it has been included in a special account." Reported by the Minister of Military Affairs and Minister of Revenue Wang Fan.

Zhu Yicheng, who was sitting and flipping through the memorial, nodded, then pointed to the chair in front and asked him to sit. Wang Fan thanked him for his kindness and then fell into the trap.

After reading the note in his hand, Zhu Yicheng looked up at Wang Fan. When he saw Wang Fan frowning with a face, he couldn't help laughing.

"What? Are you still heartbroken about the money?"

"I dare not." Wang Fan immediately stood up and said, "I just feel that there are too many places to use money now. Jiangbei has returned to surrender and the emperor exempted him from taxes for the second year. It is a great kindness..."

Speaking of this, Wang Fan stopped. Although he didn't say the following words, Zhu Yicheng also knew what Wang Fan meant. He thought the amount of the money was a bit too much.

As the Minister of Revenue, Wang Fan can be said to have worked hard in recent years. Although he ranks the last among the Ministers of Military Affairs, everyone in the court knows that Wang Fan can be said to be one of the people Zhu Yicheng trusts the most.

Wang Fan not only held the Ming Dynasty's money bag for Zhu Yicheng, but also made his hair whiter for the sake of the Ming Dynasty's increase in revenue and reduction in expenditure over the years. With Wang Fan's status in the Ningbo business world, if he had not become an official, he would have long been rich and became a famous tycoon in the world.

But now, although the Wang family in Ningbo has a low status, it has the least family property compared to the other families. This is also what Wang Fan did after becoming an official, because he knew very well that as the Minister of Revenue and Zhu Yicheng's confidant, he must be low-key in this case. If the Wang family's wealth is rich enough to rival the country due to his own reasons, even if Zhu Yicheng doesn't care, just the attacks and impeachments of the court against him can make him feel anxious.

Wang Fan is a smart man and knows that fish and bear paws cannot be obtained at the same time. Now the Wang family has gradually taken off from the business world. In addition to running a royal business for Zhu Yicheng, his own industries have also begun to transform one after another. He did this to make the Wang family completely escape from the business world, so that the Wang family can be transferred from business to scholars, and at the same time, he also expressed his attitude towards Zhu Yicheng.
Chapter completed!