Lord of the House

In late May, the temperature in Chongzhou was already hot. Yuan Yan was wearing a thin shirt, revealing half of her arms like lotus roots. She sat by the bamboo couch and read a letter from Nanyang to the Queen Mother Liang.

The Empress Dowager Liang suffered from an eye disease that could not be cured, so she could only see the shadow of confusion. When a letter came, it was impossible to read it. Fortunately, with Wuyan by her side, she was better than a few maids.

"Huaidong is buying medicinal materials in Xinyang. Nanyang lacks medicinal herbs. Although it occupies half of Tongbai Mountain and there is Funiu Mountain to the west, it is impossible to exchange medicinal materials with Huaidong for grain and salt. The tone of Hou Ye in the letter is still very good. It's a pity..." Yuan Yan said from the content of the letter.

"Yeah, if there is no output, no matter how much money there is, it will only be eaten by the mountains and the sky, and Nanyang can't support 20,000 soldiers and horses with such a small mouth. In the future, Dong Yuan will cut off the waterway. The last sentence of the Empress Dowager Liang was asked by Miao Shuo.

Miao Shuo has been in charge of the Yudong Palace for these years. Although he has no military ability, he has a lot of political knowledge. Especially after the recent improvement of the relationship between Liang's family and Huaidong, the life of the Hailing Palace has been much more comfortable. In addition to the uncontrolled correspondence between Jiangning and other places, he is no longer restricted from entering Chongzhou City at ordinary times, and he can also see Tangchao in Jiangning and the prefectures in time, and the news is no longer blocked. He said: "Huaidong is a good means. , I heard that Weiyang, Jiangning cloth and iron are almost all produced in Huaidong, and the price of grain in Jiangning, Weiyang and other places is almost double that of Huaidong. As long as Nanyang, Xinyang and other places cannot be self-sufficient in grain, iron and cloth , relying on Huaidong; Dong Yuan can't restrict Huaidong's tentacles, extending to Huaixi. If the local clans in the prefectures and counties all say good things about Huaidong, in the future, there will be nothing in the future..."

Empress Dowager Liang knew what Miao Shuo's "maybe" meant, sighed lightly, and asked, "Nowadays everyone is saying that Huaidong will fight Mindong after the autumn, and Huaidong handed over the secret book to Jiangning, It has also become a clear fold, and the emperor has also issued a decree, this post-autumn battle is really crucial..."

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The Zeyuan in front of the Zangjin Bridge in Jiangning is the residence of Yu Xinyuan's family in Jiangning City.

In the small pavilion in the East Garden of Yu Mansion, Yu Bijiang sat beside his father Yu Xinyuan and spoke with Xie Chaozhong, who came to Yu Mansion as a guest.

When Xie Chaozhong went south with Xinning, all his family members stayed in Yanjing and were not involved in the war. Only three children of the Xie family fled to Jiangning to join Xie Chaozhong when they followed Emperor Chongguan out of Yanjing to break through the encirclement.

Although Xie Chaozhong was trusted by the new emperor and was in charge of the Jiangning Imperial Army, his foundation in Jiangning was too shallow. In the Jiangning Imperial Army, there were not many direct descendants who could use it, and countless people were staring at the seat of the Imperial Army. , had to find a strong aid in Jiangning City.

Yu Xinyuan and Chen Xiyan were both the mainstays of the Wu Party. They were headed by the censors of the Zuodu capital, and they were the leaders of Jiangning officials. They were also from the Danyang clan. Xie Chaozhong continued to marry Yu Xinyuan's niece as his wife. Jiangning city has a foundation.

Yu Xie took advantage of each other and was considered tyrannical in Jiangning City, but not everything went well.

"It's not that I don't give face to my uncle, it's just that Chen Xiyan is an old man who really doesn't know how to praise. Years ago, the Yuying Army allocated 20,000 soldiers and horses to Dong Yuan. A lot, just enough to make up the previous debt. Now this old man wants to deduct the money and food of the imperial army, and he also says that he should improve his troops and simplify administration. "Yu Xinyuan was born in a military general, and he speaks rudely, and he has no scruples in accusing Chen Xiyan in front of Yu Xinyuan." The Royal Battalion defends the imperial capital. What is Chen Xiyan's motive for reducing the number of soldiers and horses of the Royal Battalion? Cheng Yuqian, the old man, also joined in the fun and said that he would clean up the Royal Battalion Army. Am I thanking Chaozhong?"

The imperial battalion was once expanded to a number of 100,000, taking away 20,000 to Dong Yuan, and another 80,000, which were divided into eight armies.

Xie Chaozhong had been in charge of the Imperial Army for nearly two years, but the Imperial Army, which inherited the Jiangning garrison, was far inferior to Li Zhuo's in combat strength and military appearance; he even brought 20,000 soldiers and horses to Huaixi to Dong Yuan. , and in the end, they were all set up as soldiers who were ruthlessly broken up by Dong Yuan.

Dong Yuan had other intentions when he wanted to expand the colony in Huaixi, but the main reason was that the troops and horses of the imperial battalion were unusable.

After the fall of last year, the 20,000 imperial battalion soldiers and horses accompanied Dong Yuan into Huaixi, not to mention the confrontation with the Yanlu iron cavalry. When they moved in, there were many deserters who could not bear the hard work, so that during the war in Xuzhou, Dong Yuan did not They did not dare to use the soldiers and horses of the Imperial Army, and could only rely on Xiao Kuian's troops.

The various performances of the Royal Camp troops in Huaixi, Dong Yuan reported, and Liu Tingzhou also gave a secret report, telling Chen Xiyan to worry about waiting for the enemy troops to approach Jiangning City. Although the Royal Camp troops are numerous, it is very likely that will collapse without a fight.

The other is that there are too many soldiers and horses in the imperial battalion, and the pressure on consumption of money and food is too great. For the soldiers, is the first step.

It's just that Xie Chaozhong will never think that he has no ability to manage the army, but will only think that Chen Xiyan is looking for him for trouble. Even when the Royal Camp Division is discussing the matter of the Royal Camp Army, Chen Xiyan will definitely not only invite Xie Chaozhong to come over. Instead, Xie Chaozhong and the eight commanding generals of the Imperial Army were present as nonvoting delegates.

The Royal Camp Army inherited the original Jiangning garrison army. There are six generals in the Eighth Army who were born in the Jiangning garrison army. They are closely related to their old boss Cheng Yuqian. Ignore Xie Chaozhong, the explosively rising boss - Xie Chaozhong takes this as Chen Xiyan and Cheng Yuqian are afraid of restraining him.

Even the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the imperial battalion who were dismantled for Dong Yuan who were made up as soldiers, most of their generals were the cronies who were promoted by Xie Chaozhong. They were eager to leave Huaixi, the place of the four battles, and there was no way to send them to Jiangning. But after arriving in Jiangning, he naturally wanted to complain that Dong Yuan and Liu Tingzhou made things difficult for them, and also asked Xie Chaozhong to rearrange his posts in the imperial army.

On the one hand, Xie Chaozhong wanted to arrange more generals in the Yuying Army, and at this time Chen Xiyan advocated to clean up the Yuying Army and streamline administration.

Xie Chaozhong has been full of resentment these days, how could he not complain in Yufu at this time?

Although Yu Xinyuan was the leader of the officials, he was not listed in the ranks, so he was excluded from the Imperial Army Division and the Army Leader Division who really held military and financial power. Therefore, he could not help Xie Chaozhong during the court battle.

Going deeper, after Chen Xiyan retired, the Wu Party was headed by Yu Xinyuan, but during the Ninglu battle, Huaidong pushed Chen Xiyan out and contacted Yue Lengqiu, Cheng Yuqian and others to jointly support King Ning. Chen Xiyan took advantage of the power of standing, and naturally became the head of the prime ministers, while Yu Xinyuan was only one of the censors of the Zuodu.

Passing by with the phase, Yu Xinyuan has an indescribable loss in his heart.

Listening to Xie Chaozhong's full of complaints, Yu Xinyuan just kept his face calm and didn't make a sound.

"Simplify the imperial army, save money and grain, where do you want to invest it," Yu Pijiang asked, "I thought when Chen Xiyan recommended Yue Lengqiu to go to Jiangzhou, he thought about this step now; Later, he used troops against Mindong, and Chen Xiyan also advised to strengthen Jiangzhou, and asked Yue Lengqiu to use troops against Yuzhang in Jiangzhou at the same time after the autumn. To support Yue Lengqiu..."

After King Ning succeeded to the throne, Yu Pijiang was dispatched from Haozhou, and Chen Mingzhe went to Jiaxing at that time.

Also a rookie of the Wu Party, Yu Pijiang is naturally compared to Chen Mingzhe in everything. Although they are both prefects, there is a world of difference between Haozhou and Jiaxing. Although he knew Haozhou, Yu Bijiang was full of complaints.

Last year, when the Yanlu army went south, Hehuai was in turmoil, and even Haozhou could not be protected. Yu Pijiang left Haozhou due to illness, and Liu Tingzhou served as the prefect of Haozhou.

Yu Pijiang had been in Jiangning for more than half a year after being "ill" and wanted to come back to work again, but Chen Xiyan asked him to take care of his "illness". Why didn't he have any resentment in his heart?

The matter of Liu Yefei's betrayal was revealed to Huaidong. Yu Xinyuan thought it was possible to make up for Yue Lengqiu's position. He organized the Supreme Court to impeach Yue Lengqiu the most forceful, and naturally also liquidated his old hatred with the Chu Party. At that time, Chen Xiyan But he tried his best to protect Yue Lengqiu.

Chen Xiyan wanted to protect Yue Lengqiu, not because he had forgotten the past party struggles, but on Jiangning's side, he couldn't find a prestigious official who knew more about military affairs than Yue Lengqiu.

Although Yue Lengqiu was a civil official, he used the Ministry of War to clean up the defense line of Yanshan, and then he served as the governor of Dongmin Zhenxhe, and then served as the governor of Jianghuai, all of which have a good performance. have a deep influence. With Yue Lengqiu in Jiangning, the new emperor only paid the most attention to Yue Lengqiu's opinion every time there was a military incident, and there was no stage for Xie Chaozhong to perform.

Yue Lengqiu worships the prime minister in the temple, controls the situation in the imperial court, and restrains local forces, which is beneficial but not harmful; Chen Xiyan protects him, but also to take care of the overall situation.

Yue Lengqiu finally resigned from his post, but Yu Xinyuan failed to make up for the phase vacated after Yue Lengqiu left. The main reason is that Lin Xuwen, who is backed by Huaidong, strongly opposed it. He contacted others to oppose the Wu Party and two people occupying the position. Emperor Yongxing also worried that the Wu Party was too powerful~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It is not in the way of checks and balances; He complained that Chen Xiyan didn't speak for him this time.

Chen Xiyan wanted to streamline the imperial army, save money and food to increase investment in Jiangzhou and Huaixi, but it evoked old and new grievances between Xie Chaozhong, Yu Xinyuan, and Yu Pijiang.

Xie Chaozhong and Yu Xinyuan were complaining, but Yu Xinyuan didn't say much, and his shrewdness wasn't as fast as he wanted to talk about it for a while, he thought about it more deeply.

Huaidong planned to fight Mindong after the autumn, and Chen Xiyan also asked Yue Lengqiu to use troops against Yuzhang in Jiangzhou.

The situation in Huaixi gradually stabilized. Jiangning, who was doing his best to protect Jiangzhou at this time, was able to support Yue Lengqiu and use troops against Yuzhang at the same time.

This strategy is to make the extravagant family difficult to care for each other, and at the same time, it can suppress the light of Huaidong.

As long as Yue Lengqiu can successfully recover Jiangxi, Dong Yuan can gain a firm foothold in Huaixi, and no matter how strong Lin Fu's ambition is, he can only temporarily stay in Huaidong. Chen Xiyan's intentions are not bad, but this situation is extremely unfavorable to Yu Xinyuan.

On the one hand, Xie Chaozhong's authority will be reduced, and it may even be overridden, becoming the prerogative of the imperial army in name; Asking him to return to the court to worship the minister again will completely eliminate the possibility of Yu Xinyuan worshipping the minister in a short period of time?

More importantly, at this time, Chen Xiyan regarded Dong Yuan as a member of the Wu Party, and he valued Dong Yuan more. Outside of Dong Yuan, he paid more attention to cultivating his own disciple, Chen Mingzhe. I feel that I am also afraid that Chen Xiyan will kick him away completely in order to consolidate his position within the Wu Party.

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