Chapter 868 It’s hard to prosper the Liang industry
Although more than three years have passed since Hou Jing's Rebellion, Jiankang City is still in a dilapidated state. Broken walls and ruins can be seen everywhere, and there is rarely smoke from cooking in the market houses.
Nowadays, only a few places in the city that have been cleaned up and repaired are relatively intact, such as Taicheng and Fucheng. Most of the other places have neither the energy nor material resources to repair, nor the need to repair them.
The traces of the war may be erased, but the memories deep in the minds of those who have experienced the chaos can accompany them throughout their lives, lingering like a nightmare. Although Wang Sengbian also promulgated many policies to appease the refugees and those originally from Jiankang.
The government decrees of the scholars and the people still had little effect when they were actually implemented. Many people would rather go into exile and beg for food among the three Wu states than return to Jiankang to settle down and make a living.
The massive loss of population and the hopelessness of return are also important reasons for the delay in the recovery of Jiankang City's vitality. Moreover, although Wang Sengbian now holds military and political power, he himself does not have much ability to deal with chaos.
The implementation was not thorough.
Occasionally, some old people in the Kinei returned home because of homesickness, or moved residents from other prefectures and counties to enrich the Kinei, but they often lost a lot because they were not resettled in a timely and effective manner. There were also many soldiers who committed violence against the village, and vicious incidents such as robbery and robbery occurred one after another.
However, at the moment, Wang Sengbian can't care about many matters concerning people's livelihood. The most important thing before him now is to re-establish the legal system and court of their Southern Liang.
"Are the cultural relics needed for the ceremony ready?"
Due to the large loss of scholars and people in Jiankang City in the past, many court officials were recruited to Jiangling. Today, there are very few people who are still in Jiankang and are proficient in etiquette.
He has not returned yet, so Wang Sengbian can only do everything personally, and personally handle all matters, no matter how big or small.
"To inform the Lieutenant, the cultural relics and gifts have just been decided, Yu Bao's materials are still being searched for, and there are many missing items from the imperial craftsmen and slaves..."
Although Wang Sengbian is extremely diligent, there are still objective problems that cannot be avoided. There are problems everywhere.
After Wang Sengbian heard the report from the relevant personnel, he couldn't help but feel a headache. He secretly regretted that he had not strictly enforced military discipline when he regained Jiankang. When he regained Jiankang, due to the chaos in military discipline, a fire broke out in Taicheng, and many people
All the cultural relics and gifts were burned. Fortunately, some of the remaining cultural relics and gifts were packed and sent to Jiangling one after another.
Compared with the two northern countries, Southern Liang has always been famous for its solemn etiquette and music. However, after being hit by repeated riots, it is now unable to even purchase cultural relics and gifts for the king to ascend the throne. This is really sad.
Can't let go.
"No matter what, you must try your best to prepare the cultural relics as comprehensively as possible, so as not to make my king ashamed to see the world! You all need to do your best. If you know and can't do it, you have to hide your strength and never give mercy!"
Although he knew that these difficulties existed objectively, Wang Sengbian still glared and ordered sternly.
This time the new king ascended the throne was the first national ceremony after the national crisis. It was not only to tell the world that Liang Zuo was still alive, but also to create and strengthen his personal authority, Wang Sengbian. Especially the latter, even more
This is the biggest reason why Wang Sengbian attaches so much importance to the new king's ascension to the throne.
After Hou Jing's Rebellion ended, local powerful forces sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Even Liang Emperor Xiao Yi was helpless when he was still there. When Wang Sengbian took over the military and political power, these local forces became increasingly arrogant and became more and more arrogant.
hard to control.
Wang Sengbian also needs to use this enthronement ceremony to declare to the increasingly arrogant and powerful military leaders that he, Wang Sengbian, has the ability to establish a new king and continue to rise and fall!
But the vision is good, but it is also very difficult to achieve it. All kinds of visible and invisible constraints from all sides are like hooks that tightly hold him, making him unable to move.
"Have the materials from Wuzhong arrived?"
After inspecting the preparations for the manufacture of cultural relics and ritual vessels, Wang Sengbian summoned an envoy from Wuxing to inquire about the preparations for the materials.
On the day of the enthronement ceremony, not only the generals guarding the various parties should try their best to rush to Jiankang to watch the ceremony and greet the new king, but also the armies from all parties should gather their elite troops to Jiankang to prepare for the next step of military deployment. At present, Jiankang
People's livelihood was in decline and the treasury was in ruins, so supplies could only be replenished from the land of Sanwu.
"The Wu people value profit over righteousness, and most of them have powerful people who defend themselves and resist the government's orders. Although there are calls for recruitment, there are only a few who respond..."
When the messenger heard Wang Sengbian's inquiry, he opened his mouth to complain.
Wang Sengbian frowned immediately after hearing this. Before the messenger finished speaking, he slapped the case and shouted angrily: "Is there a natural barrier between Jiankangzhi and Wuxing? I didn't hear anything about Du's actions in the state?
I would like to report to you, Lord, the national destiny is very difficult, so you don’t have to be greedy. If food and supplies are not available in Wuxing a few months ago, I will personally go to Wuxing to supervise its administration!"
Du Gong, the prefect of Wuxing, was Wang Sengbian's son-in-law, but he committed many acts of corruption and violence after entering the country. However, the current trend was such that as long as it was not too outrageous, Wang Sengbian did not bother to interfere. But at such a critical moment, even
Du Gong, a confidant, was somewhat obedient, which naturally made Wang Sengbian very angry, and he hated this kind of short-sighted behavior that ignored the overall situation.
After being scolded by Wang Sengbian, the envoy from Wu Xing, Wei Wei, who was sweating profusely, responded, and finally resigned as if he had been granted amnesty.
In addition to cultural relics, gifts and materials, the most important thing about the enthronement ceremony is naturally the people attending the ceremony.
Shortly after the news of the murder of Emperor Liang Xiao Yi reached Jiankang, Wang Sengbian notified the generals and ordered them to rush to Jiankang as soon as possible to support the new emperor. If all these people are absent, then this day
The enthronement ceremony has undoubtedly become a one-man show for Wang Sengbian. Whether it is held or not is of little significance, at least it cannot achieve the effect of unifying all parties.
Those generals who originally obeyed Wang Sengbian arrived in Jiankang one after another, such as Cheng Lingxi, the governor of Qiaozhou, Xu Sihui, the governor of Qinzhou, Wei Zai, the prefect of Yiyang, etc. But some others had no clear affiliation.
The attitude of generals is more ambiguous, such as Wang Lin who recently occupied Huancheng and Chen Baxian who occupied Jingkou.
Seeing that the enthronement ceremony was approaching, Wang Lin was still reluctant to leave, but sent an envoy here. The reason was that the emperor's father had not avenged his great revenge, and there was no reason to look back. The new emperor and the captain were within the capital, so he only needed to give them
With the Jie Zhi and several men and horses, he went up the river and fought back to Jiangling.
This impassioned speech is indeed very majestic, but aside from the high-sounding superficial meaning, the inner meaning is nothing more than asking for soldiers and power. If he was really so determined, how could he lead the battle line from Xiangzhou to Jiangzhou?
His current refusal to enter the capital was simply because he was worried that the imperial court would take the opportunity to accuse him of attacking Huancheng, and at the same time, he wanted to get the imperial court to admit that he occupied Jiangzhou.
Wang Sengbian also expected Wang Lin's unwillingness to obey. He had already learned that this disciple was tough and difficult to control, otherwise he would not have been arrested and sent back last year just after the Hou Jing rebellion was settled.
Jiang Ling inquired about the crime. Although Wang Lin's troops are now stationed in Huancheng, although it was not his order, it has actually played a certain role in preventing the enemy, so there is no need to rush to deal with it for the time being.
Compared to Wang Lin, who has never been very submissive, Chen Baxian's uncooperative attitude at this time made Wang Sengbian deeply worried. Whether in terms of his position, qualifications, or power, Chen Baxian is now the only one in the country.
Second to Wang Sengbian, there has always been a certain tacit understanding between them.
However, for such a big matter as establishing a new king, Chen Baxian rarely fully communicated with Wang Sengbian. He always used the tight war situation in Guangling as an excuse to express his inconvenience in leaving and returning to Jiankang.
After Wang Sengbian refused the Qi envoy's request to return Guangling, the Northern Qi Dynasty sent his king Gao Yue of Qinghe to lead an army of 50,000 to the south to attack Guangling. Chen Baxian left General Hou Andu to guard Guangling, while he led his troops to continue to garrison at Jingkou.
Interval river echoes.
Guangling is being besieged by the Qi army. Although it is objectively true that the war is tight, it is not necessarily true that Chen Baxian can be completely immobilized. It was very difficult for Chen Baxian to capture Guangling before, but now it is not easy for the Northern Qi Dynasty to recapture it, especially in the south.
Jingkou can send reinforcements to Guangling from the river at any time, which also prevents the Qi army from fully launching its offensive, which is far from enough to make Chen Baxian, who is stationed at Jingkou, unable to leave even for a moment.
Whether Chen Baxian used this as an excuse or he really couldn't get away, it undoubtedly showed that he was not active enough in this matter.
The reason that Wang Sengbian can think of is that Chen Baxian had a relatively in-depth military cooperation with Li Boshan of the Western Wei Dynasty, and Guangling City was obtained from this.
Now that there is a great feud between the Western Wei Dynasty and the Southern Liang Dynasty to destroy the country and kill the emperor, Chen Baxian will undoubtedly become embarrassed, so he hesitates. As a result, Wang Sengbian will have to re-evaluate the relationship between him and
Does the relationship between Chen Baxian and the way they get along need to be adjusted to some extent?
But aside from these remarks, as the time for the new king to ascend the throne became closer and closer, Wang Sengbian became more and more anxious. The good personnel news he was looking forward to did not come, but instead an unexpected team came.
The person who came to Jiankang again was the envoy of the Northern Qi Dynasty.