Chapter 420 A nest of snakes and rats
Lin Ke was very familiar with the affairs of the Qi Dynasty. He didn't say that, in Han Jian's opinion, he was just "pretending to be confused". Although Lin Ke was so sophisticated and sophisticated, he was much better than Gu Weipan in his work, but he was just a minister of rituals and music after all. Even if he had the ability, he was rarely reused.
"It seems that Shangshu Lin doesn't know much about the Southern Dynasties." Han Jian said casually.
Lin Ke smiled and said that he would not talk about the topic of "The Prince of Linjiang" so as not to continue to be questioned by Han Jian.
He was very smart in his heart and knew that Han Jian would not say anything about Linjiang for no reason. The deepest allusion of Linjiang himself was the previous rebellion of King Min of the Southern Dynasty. King Min was close to King Linjiang. Three years ago, the case of Fu Siqi's rebellion in Qi Dynasty involved King Min, and then King Linjiang was implicated and sent to Jinling. It is precisely because of this that in the eyes of some people, the one who had the deepest enemy of the Southern Dynasty and Empress Dowager He was the one who was the Linjiang King Xiao Tong.
"Your Highness the Eastern King, what is going on about this prince..."
"Go back and tell Your Majesty that I am still working hard to rescue the prince. The plan depends on others and the success of the matter is heaven. The civil strife of Qi Dynasty ends, and it is difficult for Qi Dynasty to release people."
Han Jian originally thought that as long as Zhu Tongjing had somewhere to use Jiangdu, he could exchange it with the prince. But at this moment, the disputes within the Qi Dynasty ended in a strange and harmonious way, so Zhu Tongjing would not be so easy to submit. Even if Zhu Tongjing still wanted to use Jiangdu, he would have to leave Yang Xi as a hostage, or a threat.
In Zhu Tongjing's eyes, Han Jian would not easily rescue Yang Xi. Jiangdu is now two courts. When Yang Xi returns, he will definitely stabilize the Luoyang court. Han Jian will not tolerate such a thing happening. Zhu Tongjing's idea is that Yang Xi will be killed if he cannot return to Jiangdu. He keeps Yang Xi's biggest function, just to warn Han Jian that you have a big problem in my hands.
But obviously, those who are in the field of power struggle have misunderstood Han Jian's meaning.
Everyone regards Han Jian as a hungry tiger who eats people and does not spit bones, but Han Jian does not intend to be so disregarded by his relatives.
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Sima Yi, who was in Jinling, fell into the cage again.
However, it was not Zhu Tongjing, nor Xiao Ling, who imprisoned him this time. Feng was not Cao Gang, but himself.
It was him who decided to stay and help Xiao Ling "survive the difficulties".
Things will go back to the dawn of August 16th. When Zuogu and Ke Qu'er came to the secret stronghold of the Cao Gang and wanted to rescue Sima Yi, Daxiliu also arrived with the Cao Gang people.
At the same time, it was the time when something happened in the imperial city of Jinling.
At that time, Empress Dowager He had two guards in Jinling City, about four or five thousand soldiers, but was blocked from the outer city and could not enter the inner city. At this time, the three guards under Xie Rumo did not go south to the imperial city, but at the same time, the troops transferred from outside Zhu Tongjing also arrived outside Jinling City.
At this time, Xie Rumo felt that the situation was hopeless. He knew Zhu Tongjing's position very well. Although this man had courage and ambitions, he was still loyal to the Qi Dynasty royal family. Even if he could lead his troops to attack the imperial city and kill Empress Dowager He and the little emperor, Zhu Tongjing would support another royal family to be the emperor. This person is very likely to be the eldest princess Yongdan Princess Xiao Zhan, who is closely related to Zhu Tongjing.
Xie Rumo was not familiar with Xiao Zhan, but he knew that this Princess Yongdan was also his "confident". As the younger emperor's sister and Empress Dowager He's eldest daughter, Princess Yongdan has a considerable prestige in the Qi Dynasty, and also has the solid support of Zhu Tongjing. Xiao Zhan is obviously more dangerous than the young emperor. Once he succeeds in capturing the imperial city, he will no longer be able to control the entire Qi Dynasty. Even if he can trap Jinling, he will only defend the inner city of Jinling City, because there are two guards in the outer city sent by Zhu Tongjing, and he will no longer be able to control the area of his control.
Xie Rumo was considered a brave man. On the night of August 15, he made a decision and sent people out of the city to contact Zhu Tongjing and discuss "peace talks".
In this way, Xie Rumo thought a lot. He did not send anyone to contact Empress Dowager He in the palace because he wanted to make the gap between Zhu Tongjing and Empress Dowager He, and made Empress Dowager He begin to doubt his daughter and Zhu Tongjing. In this way, Empress Dowager He could not focus all his attention on how to deal with him. The consequences of his failure in this rebellion would be suppressed unlimitedly.
At this time, Zhu Tongjing, who was outside Jinling City, was also unable to transfer his troops into the inner city to rescue Empress Dowager He and the little emperor. He could only wait for the opportunity to wait for Xiao Zhan and some detailed works to give the news, hoping to make the people within Xie Rumo's party collapse through lobbying in the city. Only in this way can the transferred troops enter the city.
At the same time, Zhu Tongjing was also prepared. Once the palace was lost, the little emperor and Empress Dowager He fell into the hands of Xie Rumo, he was also prepared to support the new emperor. At this time, he was no longer a "little man" and was regarded as the "face leader" of Empress Dowager He. He was injured and had the power to fight. Once he supported the new emperor, he would become the second Xie Rumo. He was different from Xie Rumo, a civil servant. He had deeper courage and strategy, and no matter who he supported, he would be relied on. In just a few years or even more than ten years, his power would not be disintegrated.
Although Zhu Tongjing knew very well that not saving the palace would make him more famous than saving the palace. But he still didn't want to be so "adventurous".
After all, there was a joke in his mind, that is, Han Jian of Jiangdu. He was repeatedly used by Han Jian and he already felt that the time for the unification of the world was not far away. The chaos of the Northern Dynasties was the best opportunity for the Southern Dynasties to unify the north, and the biggest obstacle to unifying the Northern Dynasties came from Jiangdu. He did not dare to take risks and put the Qi Dynasty into chaos, which would only make the Northern Dynasties profit from it and could quickly quell the internal troubles. At that time, the Southern Dynasties could not unify the world, which was the time when the Northern Dynasties unified the world.
So Zhu Tongjing thought more about how to quickly resolve the disaster in front of him. It is not easy to kill Xie Rumo. Now Xie Rumo has controlled the inner city of Jinling and will enter the palace at any time. It is not easy to rescue the palace.
When he was most confused, Xie Rumo actually took him one step ahead and sent someone to "talk peace" with him. This surprised Zhu Tongjing, while also feeling that Xie Rumo was forced to "jump over the wall".
Indeed, whether Xie Rumo broke through the palace or not, he could not completely eliminate the Xiao royal family. The result was that Zhu Tongjing, who was respectful outside Jinling City, would be the next powerful minister and support the new emperor after Empress Dowager He and the little emperor were "inflicted". At this time, Xie Rumo could also choose to attack the palace without killing the little emperor and the little emperor. Instead, he used this as a threat to identify Zhu Tongjing as a rebel. But he obviously could not get more support.
Under Zhu Tongjing's control, Xiao Ling, the actual ruler of the Southern Army, was still "missed" at this time. Xie Rumo discovered that he, who was originally deeply ingrained in the army, could only completely control the three guards in Jinling City at this time. Even if there were "his own people" outside the city, because Zhu Tongjing quickly transferred troops back to Jinling, his contact with the outside world had been interrupted.
In this case, peace talks have become his best choice.
The two were scheming and scheming, and in this critical situation, they would hit it off. Zhu Tongjing immediately agreed to Xie Rumo's proposal and allowed him to continue to "submit" to the empress dowager. At the same time, he also blamed the four auxiliary ministers of Song, Huang, Li and Yue. This also eliminated the hidden dangers of some people with great power in Jinling City, divided the power of Jinling City, from fighting against each other to confrontation between the two sides.
After the discussion was made, Xie Rumo retreated and retreated to attack the palace in order to "express his sincerity", and took out some middle and lower-level generals to punish him. At the same time, he also tied up some of the city ministers he detained and handed over the "apologies".
It was just dawn on August 16th. Zhu Tongjing's vanguard had already entered the inner city of Jinling City.
After Daxiliu learned the news, although he did not know that it was the Qi people's internal negotiations, he felt that the "incitation" must be ended immediately and that the prince could not be rescued. He also had to bring Sima back first, plus Xiao Ling. This transaction was profitable.
But Daxiliu didn't expect that Zuo Gu and Ke Qu'er would come, and the purpose of their master and apprentice was not as simple as "save people". It was more like a "threat".
The Southern Dynasties were not "peaceful". Some places in the Southern Dynasties were famines and chaos, and the ones who dominated these were also recognized as the rebellion. Among them, the ones identified as the leader were also some people in the martial arts world represented by Zuo Gu Shangren.
Daxiliu brought the brothers of the Cao Gang to the secret stronghold of the Cao Gang. After discovering Zuogu Master and Ke Qu'er, he realized that this seemed to be a "kidnapping" action taken by Zuogu Master to ease the local suppression of the "rebel army". Yang Yi, the prince of the Southern Prince's Mansion of Yuzhou in the Northern Dynasty, was also in the hands of Zuogu Master.
When the Zuogu people discovered that a large number of people were coming, and they were from the Northern Dynasties, it was not difficult for her to escape with her martial arts.
But she knew it was impossible to take the person away.
In this case, the best way is to maintain a "retreat" relationship with Jiangdu. After all, Han Jian is still pursuing her apprentice and maintaining a very subtle "pride" to her and Ke Qu'er.
"Take it away!"
Master Zuo Gu just said something and then with Ke Qu'er.
They came quickly and went quickly. From beginning to end, it made people feel that their master and apprentice just came to save Sima Jie and Xiao Ling.
"Miss Xiliu, fortunately you came in time." In Sima Yi's opinion, he just thought that Zuo Gu's master saw the person coming and felt that the murder would not be possible, so he had to withdraw first.
But in fact, he didn't know the relationship between Ke Qu'er and Han Jian at all.
At this time, Daxiliu knew that Jinling City could not stay there, so she should take advantage of the chaos to escort these people out of the city. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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