Wei and Jin cooks

After going to court, the emperor summoned Fu Zhi alone. He took Fu Zhi's hand and said, "The King of Donghai is now focused on fighting with Gou Xi, and he is becoming more and more domineering in the court. The government is controlled by him, and I am powerless even if I want to."

"In the final analysis, it is because I have no military power. If Yuzhou is lost, the Central Plains will fall, and Luoyang will not survive alone. This is the danger of our Jin Dynasty." The emperor stood up and saluted Fu Zhi solemnly, "I also ask Fu Aiqing to help me. , expel the King of East China Sea!"

Fu Zhi hurriedly bowed to support the emperor. He knew in his heart that the emperor wanted to push him to the front to fight with the King of East China Sea. If it were in the past, he would not offend him on the military power even if he did not like the King of East China Sea.

But this time, Yuzhou was in danger, and the Jin Dynasty was in danger, and there was no room for him to hesitate, even if he might die at the hands of the King of East China Sea when he walked out of this palace.

Fu Zhi squeezed the emperor's hand and knelt down with a solemn face, "I will live up to your majesty's trust."

Seeing that he really agreed, the emperor was relieved for a moment and hurriedly pulled him up and whispered: "I will send Fu Zhongshu out of the city right now."

Fu Zhi did not refuse.

The emperor immediately wrote a secret edict to him, and then asked people to send him out of the capital.

The emperor was surrounded by people from King Donghai. At that time, he mentioned the recruitment of troops in front of Wang Yan. If it had been before, King Donghai would have entered the palace with a knife and asked the emperor for his crime.

But this year, from the beginning of the civil war between King Donghai and Gou Xi to the later siege of Luoyang by the Xiongnu army, the emperor mentioned to his face more than once that he would ask people to go out to recruit troops. Most of the important officials were approached by him, including Zhao Zhongyu.

It's just that everyone is intimidated by the power of King Donghai, and no one dares to accept it. If it happens too many times, King Donghai will treat it as a joke.

At first, he would meet with the summoned ministers, and even come to visit the emperor with a sword in his hand. Later, the King of Donghai regarded him as a joke, and would only look at the summoned ministers with his eyes.

So this time, when the emperor brought up old things again, everyone looked shocked as usual and turned around to leave the court as before. However, some people still went to the King of Donghai to report that the emperor asked Fu Zhi to recruit troops.

King Donghai heard a lot, but he didn't take it seriously. He snorted coldly and said, "Fu Zhi doesn't dare."

The informant also felt that Fu Zhi didn't dare. He didn't have any troops. If he dared to go out of the capital to recruit troops for the emperor, the King of Donghai would send people to chase him and kill him.

Even if you die, you will die in vain. The princes have been hacked in series in recent years. Who would really care about the life and death of a courtier?

Therefore, even though some of the important officials in the court were admonishing the King of Donghai all day long, they actually did not dare to offend him severely. After all, Luoyang was in the hands of the King of Donghai. Not only their lives, but also the lives of their families were in the hands of the King of Donghai.

However, because of his actions over the past year, many ministers, including those who had always supported him, also had opinions.

Not everyone is as short-sighted and motivated as he is. King Donghai's behavior of disregarding the fate of the Jin Dynasty still made many people dissatisfied, although this dissatisfaction did not dare to be publicized due to his power.

But the mirror had cracks, and it was difficult for everyone to be in the same frame again. Some people noticed Fu Zhi leaving the capital, but they didn't know what to do after thinking about it.

They thought, since the King of East China Sea was so powerful, he would always know about it, so why should they be such evil people?

If you are not careful, you may leave a name for eternity. Of course, you will leave a bad reputation.

So everyone agreed to remain silent.

Wang Yan didn't say anything. As long as it didn't offend his interests, he would ignore anything.

When the King of Donghai learned about this, Fu Zhi had already walked for a day and night and was almost at Yongzhou.

After Chang'an was captured, it came under the control of King Donghai, but he actually did not have strong control over Chang'an.

Although the subordinates of the King of Hejian lost the battle and Chang'an had to be taken into the hands of the King of the East China Sea, everyone was not very convinced. The wealthy gentry in Chang'an were also not convinced by the King of the East China Sea, not to mention the people who had been in chaos and under the oppression of multiple taxes. The common people.

Therefore, Chang'an is still outside the power of the King of East China Sea. At least here, he can't just kill whomever he wants.

Fu Zhi arrived in Chang'an with a secret order, and the wealthy and nobles in Chang'an recognized him. In addition, Fu Zhi had a good reputation, so many people were convinced. What's more, his son and daughter-in-law were also here.

His daughter-in-law is still the princess of the Jin Dynasty.

The couple came forward and gathered a lot of money and food for Fu Zhi. With the money and food, Fu Zhi began to recruit soldiers.

At this time, Zhao Hanzhang and the others also rushed outside Chen County.

He Jishi's old injury relapsed, and the war was fierce during this period. Gou Xi stood aside while the reinforcements retreated, and the burden all over his body suddenly fell on him. Therefore, he was now sick and injured. When Zhao Hanzhang saw him, he almost recognized him. Don't let him out.

He looked more than ten years older, with black eyes, gray hair, a haggard face, and empty clothes. Zhao Hanzhang felt like he was going to drive westward in the next moment.

She was silent for a moment, then hurried forward to pay her respects. Seeing that she was indeed coming with troops and horses, Governor He quickly called all the generals to come and greet her personally.

When the two parties met, everyone had tears in their eyes. He Cishi said: "Hanzhang, you are finally here!"

Zhao Hanzhang: "The late arrival of the official has made you so haggard. Hanzhang is ashamed."

The generals on both sides stood quietly watching the performance of the two men. Fortunately, they were not very sticky. After three tears were shed, He Jashi invited Zhao Hanzhang inside to speak.

Zhao Hanzhang left the army behind and only brought Fu Tinghan, Zhao Ju and Sun Linghui in. Well, Ting He was with him.

Entering the front hall, Governor He asked Zhao Hanzhang to take a seat at the lower end, with the other generals under her.

Zhao Hanzhang glanced at the people in the room and found that there was no one who looked familiar. In other words, other county guards and county magistrates did not come.

Zhao Hanzhang asked: "I don't know what the situation is like on the front line. How many troops and horses are coming to help this time?"

Governor He was full of worries, thinking about his own health, and did not hide it, "We have repelled three attacks by the Xiongnu army, and the reinforcements... are currently only from Runan County."

Zhao Hanzhang frowned, "Are there people coming from other counties?"

He Jishi sighed: "Yes, I'm afraid they won't come."

Zhao Hanzhang pursed his lips, "If Chen County is destroyed, the Huns will enter Yuzhou and enter uninhabited territory. Will their counties be spared?"

He Jishi said nothing.

There is a crisis, but those who hold military power will at worst abandon their counties and lead their troops to leave Yuzhou.

Mainly because the benefits are not enough.

It's embarrassing to say that before Aoyang was besieged, the governor He couldn't command the counties, so he released the news that he was seriously injured and was about to die. Whoever rushed to Aoyang to save him first among the counties would be the next governor...

But after that, although He Jishi was injured, he was still alive and kicking, and he had no intention of giving up to others after his death.

So no one believed He Jishi this time.

But this time, he is really going to die!

See you tomorrow