As for those who wanted to continue preaching, Kong Youde also did not make any difficulties, registered and booked, and was hit and escorted to the border, and the matters that followed would not be left to the Tiance Army.

Of course, without the permission of the Tiance Army, they could not come to the chassis in Shandong again.

According to the final statistics, there are only a few who are willing to continue to contribute to the missionary cause, with only about 800 people. Some are really brainwashed, while others have had certain power before, unwilling to become ordinary, and want to make another career.

Among them is Xu Shiming, the saint of the White Lotus Sect, who is the current ruler.

In fact, Cheng Xikong and Huang Guizhong were both worried about their arrangements. They would make a comeback, but Kong Youde didn't care. As long as they left Shandong, he would not give them a chance to come back.

Most of the remaining 9,000 people chose to join the Tiance Army.

The treatment of the Tiance Army is quite good. Most of the people who still stay in the White Lotus Sect are helpless people. It is difficult to survive on their own. They can only rely on organizations like the White Lotus Sect to have a taste of food.

Since the treatment of the Tiance Army is better, they will naturally choose the Tiance Army. Those who are unwilling to continue fighting have long obeyed the call and fled from Linqu to go home to farm.

In fact, Kong Youde was not willing to accept these soldiers from the bottom of his heart, but there was no way. If they were left alone, they would definitely cause trouble. It would be better to incorporate them into the army and learn from the Song Dynasty's practices, and give these unstable people who would definitely become the source of turmoil and let them not cause trouble.

The reorganization process lasted for two days. All the White Lotus Cultists in Linqu had left. More than 3,000 people were scattered and reorganized into various departments of the Tiance Army. More than 800 loyal believers went to Henan with Xu Shiming.

In the second half of last year, the Mengjin section of the Yellow River broke through, and millions of people were affected and the disaster victims were everywhere, which was just right for them to preach, so they planned to make a big move in Henan and make a new career.

With the resolution of the Bailian Sect problem in the district, the newly appointed governor of Qingzhou Zhu Shimu, the former magistrate of Andong, also brought the new magistrate of Linqu Li Guangen to Linqu to preside over the land reform work in the Linqu area.

Zhu Shimu's ability is unquestionable. When he was the magistrate of Andong, all work was in order, and the private fishing industry was developing extremely rapidly and managed very well. More than 200,000 kilograms of aquatic products entered the market every month, and it continued to increase.

Half a month after the Ming army withdrew, he arrived in Qingzhou City and presided over the land reform work near Linzi and Qingzhou City. The progress was quite smooth. After a series of battles, all the resistance was wiped out, and now it is basically at the end stage.

The situation in Linqu is also better. The gentry and wealthy families were either killed by the White Lotus Sect or fled to somewhere unknown. The work was very difficult. I believe that within half a month, the local people in Linqu could also be assigned to their own fields.

The temporarily surplus land will also be built in large farms according to the model of the two Denglai Prefectures, producing enough grain for use in other major projects.

In addition to Linqu, the land reform of the three eastern and western prefectures of Shandong is also in full swing.

More than half of the officials in the Western Three Prefectures were the original officials. After all, the Tiance Army did not have enough mature civil affairs talents. The newly established Tiance Army Academy did not have so much experience, and it was okay to beat the deputy and it was difficult to take on the big responsibilities.

As a result, those officials who were willing to serve the Tiance Army and who did have some abilities were kept, but only temporarily, they would make appropriate arrangements based on their performance.

Of course, they are still a little resistant to land reform. Many of them have land in the local area. Land reform treats them equally, which means that their interests are damaged.

But Mao Chengfu faithfully executed Kong Youde's order, killed two magistrates who were slanderous and concealed the land of the gentry without reporting them. After that, no one dared to do this again. After all, they were arranged by Kong Youde, but they were all very loyal to Kong Youde, staring at them like guarding against thieves at all times, and they didn't have the courage to do this.

Moreover, they also knew that if they wanted to stay in the Tiance Army system, they had to follow Kong Youde's ideas, and they were reluctant to let their children go to trap the wolf. Qin Zhiyuan's aides can become the governor of Shandong. Isn't it because they were loyal to Kong Youde?

After the initial chaos, the subsequent land reform work went much smoother.

But in Yanzhou Prefecture, some troubles arose.

At the end of February, Song Tongyin came to Qingzhou City in person to meet Kong Youde.

Kong Youde was discussing with Zhang Donghe about the expansion plan of the garrison army, which was divided into three plans. One was to directly expand into a garrison army with three garrison divisions under its jurisdiction, one garrison division was responsible for two prefectures. The garrison division was still organized with eight garrison battalions, and each garrison battalion continued to retain a 1,000-person organization.

The second is to continue to retain a garrison division, increase the number of garrison battalions, and make mobilizations and arrangements based on the actual situation in various places. If this plan is followed, only fourteen garrison battalions are needed to ensure the garrison force.

The third is to continue to retain the original garrison division, disperse the power of each garrison, and station the field troops in various places do not have any major combat tasks at this stage, and can assume part of the role of maintaining public order. When the war begins, they will be directly expanded on this basis.

These three solutions actually have their pros and cons, so you have to decide one for easy implementation.

When he learned that Song Tongyin had arrived in Qingzhou City, he put down his work and asked Zhang Donghe and the original garrison battalion commanders to analyze the pros and cons of these three plans, and then he would finalize a plan based on the analysis.

Afterwards, Kong Youde came to the gate of the Military Preparation Office and personally welcomed Song Tongyin.

Seeing Song Tongyin hesitating, Kong Youde greeted him, "Senior Song, what happened? Seeing you in such a hurry, you are exhausted and tired compared to the train and horses along the way. Let's go in and take a break first, and I will talk about it later if you have something to do."

"Sir, it's okay for me to be tired. But now I'm really in trouble. Although it's not serious, it's quite tricky. I can't make up my mind, so I'll discuss it with you."

"Since it's not a serious matter, let's take a break first. Trouble things cannot be solved in a short time. You need to make a long-term plan, go and go to the hall first."

When the two of them came to the back hall of Qingzhou Prefecture, Kong Youde said, "You are here this time, probably something happened to Yan Shenggong?"

"Your guessed right. It was indeed a problem with the Yansheng Gong Mansion. This matter is not urgent, but it needs to be handled with caution. My subordinates will not settle the constitution for a while."

When Kong Youde learned that Song Tongyin was coming in person, he probably guessed that this was the case.

The Ming army of Dongchang Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture retreated with the Ming army of Qingzhou City. Although they had not occupied much territory before, only a few cities along the canal, they had some influence. Kong Youdesi thought about it and sent Song Tongyin to take charge and handle the matters of the two prefectures in a unified manner.

Judging from his actions in Qingzhou Prefecture, civil affairs are definitely not a good player. Civil affairs problems rarely stump him. Moreover, Mao Chengfu's cavalry divisions were stationed in the two prefectures. If there was a resistance force, the cavalry would be crushed directly. The private armed forces wanted to compete with the cavalry of the Tiance Army without any need to think about it.

When he comes to find himself in person, he means that there is something difficult that he can't handle and can only turn to himself for help.

What he could not handle in Yanzhou Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture could only be Kong Yanzhi, the 20th generation Yanshenggong, who is the 64th generation descendant of Confucius.

Speaking of which, Kong Yanzhi is indeed a bit difficult to deal with, and Kong Youde has not completely figured out how to deal with them.

As for the reason, it is not because he is a duke. Even if he is a prince, Kong Youde still arrests him as soon as he wants. Now the three princes of De, Heng, Lu, and a large number of princes are all practicing on Liugong Island.

The difficulty in handling the Confucius Mansion lies in the identity of their saints. Their ancestor Confucius was the object of admiration and worship by scholars all over the world. He was respected as Confucius' Saint. In order to win over scholars, the court rewarded Confucius' descendants.

From the titles of Kong Qian in the eighth generation, the titles of Wenxinjun, the titles of Kong Teng in the ninth generation, the titles of Kong Ba in the thirteenth generation, and then by Feng Weigong of the Three Kingdoms, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Fengshengwei, Fengshenghou, Chongshenghou, Fengshengtinghou, etc., during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Confucius was named Wenxuangong, which continued to the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty. At that time, the doctor Zu Wuze of Taichang believed that Duke Wenxuangong and Confucius' posthumous titles conflicted with the posthumous title of King Wenxuan, and it was not appropriate to continue to adopt Duke Wenxuangong, so he changed his title to Duke Yan Shenggong, which has been around for almost six hundred years.

During this period, whether it was the Northern Song Dynasty, the pseudo-Qi, the Jin Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, or the Ming Dynasty, the status of Yanshenggong was not shaken at all, because he needed scholars to govern the country, and Confucius was the example of studying.

Kong Youde is still in the stage of developing strength and is not enough to sweep the world. He cannot directly deal with the Yan Shenggong, otherwise he will be attacked by the people of the world. Although there will be no survival crisis, there will be constant trouble at that time.

The appearance of Song Tongyin here also shows that Yan Shenggong has a great influence. It seems that Song Tongyin is also quite uneasy about this.

Although he devoted himself to the Tiance Army, he had read books of sages for the first half of his life, and he still regarded himself as a scholar and naturally respected sages Confucius. If Confucius Youde really ordered the elimination of Yanshenggong Mansion and the Confucian Temple to worship Confucius, it would be difficult for Song Tongyin to accept it if he wrote from the heart.

Seeing Song Tongyin's nervous look, Kong Youde slowly spoke, "Yansheng Gong Mansion does need to be treated with caution, but what are the specific problems, you might as well talk about them first."

Song Tongyin was also a little embarrassed, "Sir, you must know the weight of Yansheng Duke in the Ming Dynasty. Five days ago, the current Yansheng Duke invited me to a banquet. During this period, he vaguely proposed that the land of their Yansheng Duke's Mansion should not be included in this investigation of the land. For this reason, they can donate 30,000 taels of silver to be used for the civil affairs construction of Yanzhou Prefecture.

In addition, Yansheng Gongfu also sent some branches to Jiangnan to contact Yingshe, Fushe and other organizations in Jiangnan, lobbying the scholars in Jiangnan to unite to boycott us. Especially Fushe, they have a great influence in Jiangnan. If they really unite to boycott us, it may have a very bad impact on our reputation and their future expansion plans will also be hindered."

"FuShe? You really need to pay attention to this."

Kong Youde was not very fond of Fushe. The fourth son of Fushe, Hou Fangyu, Fang Yizhi, and Chen Zhenhui, were just a group of influential second-generation officials. In addition to Fang Yizhi, Kong Youde also had some favors. The three of them were Ming keyboard warriors. The Fushe organized by them was to be concentrated in the area, brag all day long, and criticize the government.

They recite poems and write counterfeit words, even though they talk about the past and present, the romance and romance, and are good at talking about the government affairs, but they should let them do something in a practical way.

They are very similar to later public intellectuals. When they built eight lanes, they criticized them as face-saving projects, wasting taxpayers' money. When their living standards improved, eight lanes seemed congested, and they began to criticize the government for not thinking long-term enough at the beginning. Anyway, no matter what the government did, they were wrong, and they were all right. If they really wanted them to do it, nothing could be done.

Among them, Fang Yizhi is a person who can do practical things, but there are also problems with others talking a lot.

Hou Fangyu is easy to deal with. I will send someone to inform Hou Xun later to let his son calm down. As the Minister of Revenue, the canal is one of his life gates. Judging from his previous performance, he is a visionary person and should know what to do.

Chen Zhenhui was a little troublesome. His old man was Chen Yuting, the Zuodu Censor, with a high position and a powerful position. It is said that he was a stubborn and strong leader. He was determined to destroy the Tiance Army, and even Chen Zhenhui was arrogant.

Mao Pijiang is easy to deal with. His old man's official position is obviously much smaller than the other three. He is just Huguang's political participation. Although he is far away from Shandong, Kong Youde can still introduce the tricks of murder. It is said that Zhang Xianzhong has entered Yunyang Prefecture.

There is basically no need to worry too much about the issue of resumption of the society, but the Yansheng Gong Mansion, which is the root cause, has to be dealt with.

"What are you going to do about Kong Yanzhi?"

Song Tongyin said cautiously, "Sir, Yan Shenggong is a model for scholars all over the world, so it is not appropriate to touch them for the time being. Although they have no power, their prestige is there. If you incite the scholars of the world, you may not have any obstacles to our major development plans. So I think, to investigate the land, skip Yan Shenggong's Mansion for the time being, and wait until the time is right before taking action."

Kong Youde asked curiously, "How much land does He Yansheng Gong's family have?"

"There has not been a check yet, but according to preliminary estimates, it should be more than 4 million acres."

"Four million acres? There are so many?"
Chapter completed!