"Mingfu, this Governor Wang is really good at picking peaches. Why haven't I seen him so active before?"
In the morning, the sun was shining brightly, but the main door of Jiangzhou Hall was empty.
Only Ouyang Rong and Yan Liulang were sitting side by side.
On the front line, Cai Qin and Zhu Lingxu's troops are leading their troops to push into Jiangzhou. Wang Lengran and other officials in Jiangzhou's lobby are all busy guarding.
Well, except Ouyang Rong and Yan Liulang.
It wasn't that the two of them were lazy, but that a certain king and governor began to work hard and think hard. One person took over everything, and there was no extra work left to them.
The reason was justifiable, and Ouyang Changshi was even given a day off.
Anyone with a discerning eye in Jiangzhou officialdom can see that this is a form of exclusion.
It's just that in the face of a powerful enemy and in wartime, the governor of a state has great power. He can even kill and kill low-ranking officials, killing them first and then reporting them.
Therefore, a lieutenant in the People's Livelihood Democracy, such as Yizhou Governor Shi, will naturally be suppressed.
However, in the eyes of everyone, Chief Ouyang Lianghan, as the "whistleblower" of this crisis,
He was the person who had made preparations for the defense of Xunyang City in case of a rainy day, but now he was forcibly removed by Wang Lengran and took over many of his previous preparations for defending the city.
It's too unauthentic and looks ugly when eaten.
In Jiangzhou official circles, everyone understood this tacitly.
However, even if they don't like it, no one dares to stand up and criticize. In official circles, buttocks are sometimes more important than right and wrong.
Ouyang Rong sorted out the stack of frontline battle reports in his hand, arranged them in the upper left corner of the table, aligned them with the edge of the table, and said to the indignant Yan Liulang:
"Actually...it's all the same."
He whispered in relief:
"I have prepared everything that I should have prepared before, and I just need to continue in those directions.
"Xunyang City is the most critical. Other county towns in Jiangzhou can be lost, but Xunyang City cannot. The throat of the Yangtze River, the southeast gateway, and the safety of the Jianghuai water transport in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River all depend on the safety of this city.
"Hold tightly to the fortified city and wait for reinforcements. There is still room for recovery of the situation. When the imperial army arrives to suppress the rebellion, Xunyang City will also need to serve as an important transit point for grain and grass logistics.
"Wang Lengran is not a fool. He just has a different stance. What is a good strategy for defending the city? He talks down on it, but in fact he has a clear conscience in his heart. Unless he is really blind, haha."
Yanrokuro couldn't help but take a closer look at Wuguan Changshi, who was cleaning up the papers on the table like an obsessive-compulsive disorder, and smacked his tongue:
"The imperial army's logistics transfer... The Ming government has considered such a later matter, take one step at a time and wait for three steps?"
Ouyang Rong shook his head and said nothing.
Yan Liulang sighed: "The Ming government is too concerned about the overall situation and doesn't fight for anything."
"It's useless to argue."
Ouyang Rong shook his head.
Yan Liulang was dissatisfied:
"The Ming Dynasty can obviously write to the court to expose the unfair treatment. There are masters in the court. Are Master Shen and the others here? They will definitely speak for the Ming Dynasty..."
"Rokuro be careful what you say."
Ouyang Rong interrupted and said softly:
"Although the saint did not completely listen to Li Zhengyan's matter and the court did not respond, it is still difficult to completely eliminate the suspicion of the Xunyang Palace.
"And I am bound to Prince Xunyang's Mansion. In the eyes of many people above, we are one and the same...
"The top priority right now is to defend Xunyang City. Wang Lengran must be more trusted by the court than me.
"After all, Wang Lengran, like Lan Changhao, is the main culprit for Cai Qinjun's delayed rebellion, but it is unlikely that he will rebel."
Ouyang Rong laughed at himself: "It's quite ironic."
He looked at Yan Liulang, who was holding a knife and bulging his cheeks, still unhappy, and said with a smile:
"Liu Lang, at best, we are not completely ignored. The statues and canal digging are still in my hands. With the help of King Xunyang, Wang Lengran can't get involved.
"As for Jiangzhou Hall, after all, the governor is the official in name, so he can take power if he takes it.
"I have nothing to do. Let's continue to deal with the statue."
"Mingfu is really..."
Yan Liulang looked helpless and said to someone with an optimistic attitude:
"Obviously it is the Ming Dynasty that suffers the most injustice, but instead it comes to comfort those in humble positions."
Ouyang Rong smiled and said nothing.
Yan Liulang suddenly lowered his voice and said:
"Ming Mansion, the prince has sent another letter in the past few days. How do you think the Luoyang court will deal with it? Is there really a chance that the prince and Dalang can return to the capital on the pretext of being guilty?"
Ouyang Rong looked at his clever eyes and pondered:
"According to His Majesty's thoughts, there are only two types of reaction measures in Luoyang. There is a small chance that King Xunyang will return to the capital. After all, it is easier to control, just like the lineage of King Xiang.
"However, being 'confined' in the divine capital at the feet of the emperor is definitely better than Xunyang City, which is far away from the court, I hope."
Yan Liulang asked curiously: "Is it a small probability? What about a high probability?"
Ouyang Rong said softly:
"Given His Majesty's suspicious temperament, he naturally sent his most capable confidants to investigate and strengthen the surveillance of Prince Xunyang's Mansion. Maybe he sent a female Qi Practitioner from the palace, like the female officer Miaozhen who came to give gifts.
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Yan Liulang frowned: "Wouldn't this make you even less free?"
Ouyang Rong shook his head: "It's better than being sentenced to death without explanation."
Yan Liulang sighed: "It's true that accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger."
After thinking for a while, he relaxed his shoulders, put down his sword, rubbed his face and asked:
"Mingfu, do you think Li Zhengyan dragged us into the water on purpose?
"We have no grievances against him. His actions are too unethical. It's a pity that I, Yan Liu, respected him as a man before."
Yan Liulang snorted coldly:
"The Ming Palace received me so warmly at the beginning. It turned out that they were trying to implicate the Ming Palace. It was really a waste of their good looks."
Ouyang Rong remained silent.
He heard Yan Liulang next to him continue to feel sorry for him:
"Hmph, this plan was so loud that I heard it in Xunyang City.
"While the Ming Mansion and the Xunyang Prince's Mansion are being defended by the Chaotang and Jiangzhou Hall, Hongzhou is just now sending troops to attack Jiangzhou. They have been waiting for it before, right?
"You know that the Ming Dynasty is difficult to deal with, so why do you just wait to be suspected?
"The timing is really clever. Could it be that you want to force the Ming Palace and the Wang Palace to rebel together?"
Yan Liulang turned around unhappily:
"Mingfu, this Cai Qinjun doesn't seem to be responding to the flag halfway. In my opinion, it is Li Zhengyan and the others who are behind it, and there has been a series of connections.
"That Du Xiaowei, that suspicious person that Zhongshi Hu came back to talk about, is probably Du Shuqing?
"The Ming Dynasty gave him the key to Meiluxuan for nothing. He treated it as a donkey's liver and lungs out of kindness."
Ouyang Rong waved his hand:
"Okay, drink some water. Stop talking. The spittle is all on my face. Why are you talking so much today?"
Yan Liulang held the knife and tilted his head:
"I just don't want to complain, Mingfu, we came all the way from Longcheng, how have we ever suffered such a dumb loss, being made so passive, friends and enemies all making trouble together...
"It's impossible to control the situation in peace and order."
Ouyang Rong glanced at it: "Let's just talk about it today. You are not allowed to complain outside in the future."
"yes."
Yan Liulang nodded.
After a while, he cheered up again and looked around the main hall. Seeing that there was no one around him, he came over and whispered:
"Chen Shenjun asked you to apologize to the Ming Dynasty for entrusting his humble position. He said that the governor Wang had too much power and he did not dare to disobey. He could only follow the crowd a little, but he definitely did not mean that. I hope the Ming Dynasty will forgive you."
Ouyang Rong raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at Yan Liulang who was delivering the message.
He nodded gently: "Understand, let him put the overall situation first."
"Yes, Mingfu."
The two of them had just finished speaking.
At this moment, Wang Lengran led a group of soldiers and hurriedly broke into the main hall and asked: