Zhao Kaishan did "leave" some legacy to Su Yonglin.
But these legacies are still not enough compared to the dozen or so state capitals that were seriously harmed by Zhao Kaishan and the Zhao Group.
This area suffered serious population losses, serious land devastation, severe decline in grain production, and spring plowing was also affected by a series of previous chaos.
It is expected that even if the weather is good this year, food production will not be very impressive.
What's even more terrible is that the previous Battle of Kaifeng and the Jin soldiers' attack caused serious damage to the original local grain warehouse, making disaster relief difficult.
In other words, Su Yonglin got a lot of fertile land and food by liquidating the Zhao family and a group of powerful people around them, otherwise this winter would be difficult.
Needless to say, these people don’t care about public production, but they care a lot about their own private production. They also reserve more grain than each other. This big mouthful of meat is indeed very satisfying, not only for the army, but also for the people. Disaster relief is not difficult.
However, the situation of people's fatigue and lack of production is also real. These dozen states should not think about mobilizing any mobilization power in the short term. They should implement the policy of recuperation, reduce taxes, resume production, and do good things.
Su Yonglin will eventually have to clean up the mess left by the Zhao Group.
Seeing that they left such a large "legacy", Su Yonglin didn't care about them.
Generally speaking, Su Yonglin did not make any changes to the local political ecology. Apart from creating a new countryside, he also liquidated one group of people and replaced them with another group. It was a change like changing the king's flag at the top of the city. It was no different.
Although there was no difference, it was more stable and did not cause social unrest. These dozen states quickly adapted to Su Yonglin's decree and fell into Su Yonglin's arms.
This saves Su Yonglin from having to mobilize troops or send a large number of people south to directly manage the situation, which saves him a lot of things and allows him to better concentrate on dealing with the enemies in the north.
Zhao Zuoliang is indeed not good at military affairs, but he does not need to be good at military affairs. He only needs to follow the established strategy set by Su Yonglin and faithfully carry out the orders to recuperate.
This is his greatest significance as the nominal leader of the Liberation Army.
But now, the existence of the name Liberation Army has been blurred by Su Yonglin.
The Liberation Army only has one armed force, Su Yonglin's Corps, and under the Corps are the various armies. As the leader, Zhao Zuoliang's only subordinate is Su Yonglin.
It means that his orders can only be issued to Su Yonglin, and he does not actually have any direct military power.
Su Yonglin handed over administrative and financial power to Zhao Zuoliang, and dispatched several experts from the Food and Rating Department to assist Zhao Zuoliang, while the military power was firmly in his own hands.
Li Xiao, Chen Qiaoshan, Zhou Zhi, Li Rui and Zhang Deguang directly obeyed Su Yonglin's orders, and Zhao Zuoliang had no power to recruit them or the army.
Zhao Zuoliang himself also has a very correct understanding of this.
In mid-June, when Su Yonglin was about to return to Hejian Mansion, Zhao Zuoliang had a conversation with him.
"In short, I will help you stay here. If there are envoys from the Southern Kingdom, I will also help you deal with it. As for the rest, Yuting, it is all up to you."
"I know."
Su Yonglin nodded: "My father-in-law will take care of the matters in the south, rest with the people, and resume production. I will do my best to deal with the matters in the north."
"If you can't fight well, it will be useless no matter how well I recover. It would be better to just kill myself."
Zhao Zuoliang smiled, patted Su Yonglin on the shoulder, and put away the smile on his face.
"Now, you are everyone's only hope, Yuting, don't let us down."
Su Yonglin was silent for a while, nodded, then got on his horse and set off north to return to his fighting post.
He integrated all the forces of the Liberation Army as quickly as possible, and then went all out to fight against the Jin Kingdom's upcoming southern expedition.
Before returning to Hejian Mansion, Su Yonglin made a special trip to the seaside to see how far the naval force built by Sun Tzu Yi had reached.
The progress was very good, and Su Yonglin was very satisfied. In a short period of time, the navy had more than fifty medium-sized ships and a dozen large ships. It was already an impressive force among the private salt dealers in the Southern Song Dynasty. Maritime armed forces.
However, as a navy, this scale is still a bit small. The size of the Jin Kingdom's navy has reached the point of three hundred warships. This is the conclusion given by the latest intelligence.
Su Yonglin and Sun Ziyi talked about this while walking and talking on the beach.
"Although we have people who are good at water warfare, if the number of warships is too small, even a surprise attack on the Jin Kingdom's navy will be a little difficult, so the speed must be accelerated. At least there must be a hundred large, medium and small warships. Can."
Sun Ziyi nodded.
"I know this. I will supervise the craftsmen to speed up. The sailors are now in place a lot, and the ships are feeling a little insufficient. The built ships have gone to sea many times to practice tactics at sea. I think they are in good shape. Yes, it shouldn’t be a problem for those landlubbers who possess gold thieves.”
"Golden thieves are indeed landlubbers."
Su Yonglin smiled and said: "But our navy has to deal with more than just gold thieves. We will also have to deal with more capable enemies in the future. We must become stronger. Brother Ziyi, I will leave the navy to you." You, please don’t let me down.”
"Don't worry, Yuting, I won't let you down."
Sun Ziyi patted his chest and made a promise.
Then, the two chatted about Zhao Kaishan.
"Although I hate him very much, I feel a little sad that he died like this, not to mention that he died in such a painful way. I think he must have been very unwilling before he died."
Sun Ziyi sighed and said: "The three of us initiated the uprising together at the beginning. If we could have cooperated sincerely, Zhao Kaishan would not have died so aggrieved."
Why doesn't Su Yonglin sigh for this?
"He was stunned and couldn't resist the temptation of power. He pursued greater power and the pleasure of life and death. But he didn't know that the greater the power, the more restrained it is to use it and to use it unscrupulously. It must be a sign of defeat.”
Sun Ziyi looked at Su Yonglin.
"What Yu Ting said is good, but it's a pity that most people don't understand this truth. This is the case with Zhao Kaishan, and the same is true with the dim-witted tyrants throughout the ages."
"Power is intoxicating. Once you have power, you will not be able to recognize the north, south, east, and west. You will feel like you are in a state of ecstasy, and you will want to do whatever you want."
Su Yonglin shook his head and sighed.
Sun Ziyi smiled.
"When it comes to power, the most powerful person in Hebei and Shandong is of course Yuting. Yuting holds the military and political power in Hebei and Shandong. He is the real leader of the Liberation Army. I have never seen him hold such power. The rain pavilion is in a state of ecstasy, acting wantonly."
"I?"
Su Yonglin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Maybe I'm different from other people. They get more excited when they get more powerful, but I get more worried when I get more powerful. Power is a burden, a heavy pressure, and it weighs heavily on me. , it weighs heavily on my heart and makes me unhappy..."
"How could it be so?"
Sun Tzu Yi asked: "Isn't it said that power is intoxicating?"
"So I hardly drink."
Su Yonglin looked at Sun Ziyi and laughed.
Sun Ziyi then laughed.
"It is a blessing for the Liberation Army to have Yuting in charge."
Su Yonglin shook his head slightly.
"It's a blessing for me that the Liberation Army can trust me and listen to my orders. Without the Liberation Army, how could I accomplish anything?"
"There are still too few people like Yuting."
Sun Tzu Yi sighed slightly: "The matter has come to this, and we can only say goodbye to Zhao Kaishan forever."
"Farewell forever. We will never see each other again in this life. I don't know if we will be able to see him on the other side after we die."
Su Yonglin smiled and said: "At that time, maybe we can leave everything behind and have a good drink and talk. We can talk about what happened after his death and talk about the past. It might be interesting."
"Maybe."
Sun Tzu Yi looked up at the sky sadly, and saw that there was not a single cloud in the blue sky, and the sky was clear.
Su Yonglin also followed his line of sight and saw only the clear sky and nothing else.
Well, today is a nice sunny day.
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Yesterday I took the college entrance examination, but because I was too forgetful about typing words the day before yesterday, I actually forgot about the college entrance examination. When I woke up, the exam was over. It was over. My life was over. The hard work of studying hard for so many years was in vain. I What's the point of living? What will my parents think of me? What will my relatives think of me? What will teachers and classmates think of me?
What? Five years since I graduated?
Oh, that's okay.
