Qingzhou is located in Shandong, with Yishan to the south and the Bohai Sea to the north. The city of Jinan was destroyed, and the county offices were newly established in Qingzhou. The city of Qingzhou was not big, and four or five large government offices were crammed in at once. The garrison also increased several times, and it suddenly became crowded.
, making this thousand-year-old city somewhat unbearable.
In the early morning mist, the city walls that had not been repaired all year round showed signs of damage, and the stones on the stone street were smooth and slippery. The government officials drove the people to the side of the road. Lin Fu was wearing a green armor and scarlet robe, holding up the reins.
Surrounded by hundreds of fine knights, he slowly entered the city from the east city gate, not caring about the looks of people on the roadside looking up, in awe or envy.
Tang Haoxin inspected Shandong on behalf of the emperor and occupied a large house in the east of the city to serve as a palace.
Tang Haoxin stayed up all night doing business and just fell asleep in the early morning. Lin Fu rushed to Tang's house and did not let Ma Chao wake up Tang Haoxin. It was not easy for Tang Haoxin to shoulder heavy responsibilities at his age. He and Lin Mengde,
Sun Jingtang and others waited peacefully in the lobby for Tang Haoxin to wake up.
After waiting for a while, the serving maid brought tea and Lin Fu felt that the house was too deserted.
When Tang Haoxin went from Beijing to Jinhai, he was surrounded by Ma Chao and four or five family members. The same was true when he went from Jinhai to Shandong. Such a large house was empty except for more than a hundred guards allocated by Shandong.
Not to mention doing things, the manpower for guarding and delivering messages is insufficient.
Think about how when Uncle Qin Cheng left Jiangning, he had thousands of retinues, family members and luggage packed into twelve or three large ships. When he went north, tens of thousands of people gathered in the sky and watched on both sides of the Shiliang River.
, Tang Haoxin’s reputation in this regard is much better than that of most officials in the Dai Viet Dynasty.
Lin Mengde and Lin Fu exchanged glances. There were some things that were not convenient to talk about casually in Tang's house. The meaning conveyed in Lin Mengde's eyes was also obvious. Tang Haoxin had too few people at his disposal.
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When the Qingzhou Army mutinied, Shandong Admiral Chen Debiao stabbed Liu Yefei in the back without hesitation, and gave Lin Fu a credit talisman to use troops in Shandong. However, after suppressing the Qingzhou Army's mutiny, Chen Debiao did not show how affectionate he was to Tang Haoxin.
.Ge Zufang is a mediocre and incompetent official. He has no influence in Shandong. He is very flattering, but of no great use.
Tang Haoxin used his power as ambassador to know the affairs of the Qingzhou government and took charge of the military and political power in Shandong. Apart from promoting Zhang Jinxian and Du Juefu to strengthen their control over the Jiaolai River grain transportation, there were no more trustworthy people who could be promoted to the post.
Confidence and confidence.
This can not but be said to be Tang Haoxin's biggest shortcoming.
Chentangyi was defeated, and the emperor was furious. Officials from the Western Qin Party who were responsible for this were either demoted or punished in the court, but not even one out of ten was left. The Chu Party took advantage of the situation to rise. At that time, Tang Haoxin had the opportunity to join the cabinet and become the prime minister. 1
It was because of his age and health, and his two sons were both unable to support him. Gu Wuchen had just returned to the capital after ten years of wandering life, and he didn't look like he could rise quickly and inherit his political reputation.
, Tang Haoxin pushed student Zhang Xie onto the stage.
After all, Zhang Xie was a student he had cultivated for many years. It was a good story worth passing down in history that his protégé inherited political assets and carried them forward. Tang Haoxin only held the fictitious position of Prince Shaobao and did not directly control the power of the DPRK.
Even for the sake of his posthumous reputation, Tang Haoxin deliberately lived in seclusion and spoke in a simple and clumsy way. In his spare time, he enjoyed writing books and talking about things and neglected social interaction.
As a result, all kinds of people within the Chu Party naturally gathered around Zhang Xie. Zhang Xie himself was in his prime, ambitious, and deliberately supported private individuals. In just two or three years, Zhang Xie was not only promoted to the position of second minister, but also further It has stabilized the power in the DPRK and China, and has the potential to completely replace Tang Haoxin within the Chu Party.
The Qingzhou Army mutinied, and the conflict between Tang and Gu and Zhang and Yue was almost open. Although Liu Yefei was completely defeated, most of the officials within the Chu Party were surprisingly unanimous on Zhang and Yue's side, even if some people still Tang Haoxin did not dare to express his position publicly.
The split between Tang Gu and Zhang Yue came suddenly and violently. On the surface, Lin Fu led the Jiangdong Left Army to march north to King Qin, and the disagreement with Yue Lengqiu over the march route in Jinan was the most direct factor causing the conflict. Later, the Jiangdong Left Army Yannan's four victories in four battles, Juqin Wang's first contribution, was the catalyst for the intensification of conflicts, but there are deeper reasons behind all this.
Regarding the deeper reasons behind it, Lin Fu, Lin Mengde, and Cao Ziang have all conducted serious analysis and thinking.
After the disastrous defeat of Chen Tangyi, the emperor was furious. The Western Qin Party did not lose power in the court all of a sudden. At least Chen Xinbo still stole the position of prime minister and survived. None of this was the emperor's benevolence and righteousness. The most fundamental reason was that Li Zhuo, who was promoted by Chen Xinbo, had nearly 100,000 elite troops in Eastern Fujian and was Chen Xinbo's most important foreign aid to the Western Qin Party.
The She family seized the opportunity, ceased fighting and surrendered. Li Zhuo was transferred to the garrison of Jiangning, the elite troops of Eastern Fujian were divided, and Chen Zhihu's troops were transferred to Yanshan. Only then did the Chu Party officially replace the Western Qin Party in the DPRK. Chen Xinbo was still able to do so at this time. Not only did Li Zhuo still have a high reputation in the government and the public, but the main reason was that the emperor restricted the Chu party's imperial mentality.
In fact, Chen Xinbo has not accomplished much in the court.
It was impossible for Zhang Xie not to carefully examine the gains and losses of the Western Qin Party. After the Chu Party gained power, it was not just because Yue Lengqiu wanted to serve as the governor of Eastern Fujian that he could become the governor. Everything should have been deliberately arranged by Zhang Xie.
Zhang Xie hoped that Yue Lengqiu would take over the military power in a foreign county and form a power structure with him of "internal ministers and external commanders, supporting each other", so as to achieve the political goal of staying in power in the court for a long time and standing firm.
Zhang Xie may have been grateful to Tang Haoxin for cultivating him at first, but all the changes stemmed from Gu Wuchen's rise in Jiangning too quickly, too quickly, and too powerfully.
Gu Wuchen returned to the imperial capital after his ten-year career in the imperial capital. In just two or three years, he was promoted from the second rank of Guanglu doctor to the rank of bachelor. After Li Zhuo was transferred from Jiangning, if Yue Lengqiu hadn't filled in in time, he would have been promoted to the imperial capital in just two or three years. In Jiangdong and Jiangning, no one can compete with Gu Wuchen.
The military talent displayed by Lin Fu and the combat prowess displayed by Jiangdong Zuojun and Dongyang Xiangyong were even more intimidating. How could Zhang Xie not be afraid of the further rise of Gu Wuchen and the Lin clan in the process of suppressing Hongze bandits and Donghai bandits? ?
If we take a closer look at the relationship between Gu Wuchen and the Lin clan, it is precisely the pattern of "a handsome person on the inside and a handsome person on the outside, supporting each other".
At this time, the power of Gu Wuchen and the Lin clan was still far away in the outer counties of Jiangdong and seemed weak. However, once the Yanshan defense line completely collapsed and the imperial capital was forced to move to Jiangning, the power structure formed by Gu Wuchen and the Lin clan would quickly rise to He is so important that if Zhang Xie makes a slight mistake, it is not unimaginable that he will be replaced by Gu Wuchen.
Even if he could not blatantly suppress Gu Wuchen and the Lin Clan, even if he watched the Lin Clan extend its tentacles to Jinhai next to the capital, Zhang Xie would quickly push Yue Lengqiu to the position of governor of Jianghuai and restrict Gu Wuchen and Lin Clan.
The further development and growth of the clan in Jiangdong.
In fact, at this point, the conflict between Tang Gu and Zhang Yue could no longer be concealed, especially since Lin Fu had shown an attitude of not being cooperative with Yue Lengqiu from the beginning.
Even if the emperor transfers Li Zhuo to take charge of the military department and Chen Xinbo's position becomes more stable, Zhang Xie still regards Gu Wuchen as his most urgent threat.
In the face of the cruel and cold-blooded power struggle, any friendship between teachers and students is weak and weak.
This is also the fundamental reason why Tang Gu is eager to marry the Lin clan and marry Gu Junxun to Lin Fu. Tang Gu can no longer bear the loss of the Lin clan to win over other families.
Lin Fu marched into Shandong with his troops. Even if he was suspected of "supporting his troops with self-respect and being arrogant and indulgent", Tang Haoxin would definitely choose to support Lin Fu and the Jiangdong Left Army.
Lin Fu was holding the tea cup, thinking about how to persuade Tang Haoxin to take the initiative to get closer to Chen Xinbo and Li Zhuo later.
After Tang and Gu split from Zhang and Yue, they only had the trump card of Jinhai Cao. Their power in the government and the opposition was too weak to form a countervailing force. Only by joining forces with Chen and Li could they possibly counter Zhang and Yue.
Lin Fu still wanted to help Li Zhuo implement the strategic plan of pacifying the prisoners as much as possible; at this time, Yue Lengqiu enlisted Xiao Xuanchou to restrict Gu Wuchen within the Inspectorate. If Gu Wuchen could get Dong Yuan's support in Jiangdong, the situation would not be so bad.
Too passive.
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Lin Fu was sitting in the lobby, thinking wildly. Lin Mengde and Sun Jingtang chatted about common things. After waiting for an hour, Tang Haoxin woke up, gathered his clothes and walked out. While buttoning his lapel, he blamed Ma Chao: "Lin
When I entered the city, you should have woken me up. Why would you let them sit and wait for an hour? If I had known you were like this, I should have driven you back to Jiangning to avoid delaying the important event."
"Mr. Tang, I insisted on not letting Ma Chao wake you up. If you want to complain, just blame me." Lin Fu stood up and saluted Tang Haoxin who stepped in, and said, "At this moment, what else can you do?
Not as important as your body!"
His words are not flattering. Tang Haoxin is already in his seventies, with white beard and hair. He is the prince's younger brother, assists in political affairs in the palace, and can cultivate his moral character. However, at this time, Tang Haoxin has to be responsible for the mess in Shandong. The county magistrate of Shandong
After they were abolished and reorganized, everything was complicated and there was no stable system to rely on. It could be said that Tang Haoxin had to care about everything, and Lin Fu was most worried that Tang Haoxin's body would not be able to bear it first.
Did Zhang Xie really not have such sinister intentions behind this mess in Shandong?
Tang Haoxin sighed lightly. When he was in Jinhai, he only controlled the overall situation. Lin Xuwen, Lin Fu and others took care of everything for him. There was nothing to worry about. It was very different now. His body and energy were much different than
When Qi was in Jinhai, he was already in a very bad situation, and he knew his family affairs in his heart, but he had come to this point, and he could only grit his teeth and hold on no matter what.
Tang Haoxin comforted Sun Jingtang a few words about the Changyi mutiny, and then talked to Lin Fu about Xiao Xuanchou.
In fact, Gu Wuchen's situation in Jiangdong was no longer optimistic at this time. The rise of Dongyang Xiangyong also made Dongyang prefect Shen Rong and the Dongyang army inevitably turn to Yue Lengqiu. Tang Haoxin also hoped that Lin Fu and the Jiangdong left army could return as soon as possible. Going to Chongzhou, as long as the Jiangdong Left Army can gain a firm foothold in Chongzhou and continue the local reputation created by the bloody battle of Jiyang, at least more forces in Jiangdong County can remain neutral for the time being.
"There is something I want to tell you shamelessly." Tang Haoxin's face was full of wrinkles. He had a good sleep and was in good spirits. He held his hands and talked to Lin Fu.
"Tang Gong just takes charge of the matter." Lin Fu said.
"Are you taking away the more than 400 people detained in the prison this time?" Tang Haoxin said, "You can ask them for me. If there are any who are willing to stay in Shandong, there is a place for them in Shandong. I plan to go along the Jiaotong River Build a troop transport team in the Lai River to ensure the smooth flow of the Jiaolai River. One of the people can be added to the troop transport team. Once the period of exile is over, it is not impossible to expect to be promoted to an official position..."
There are various types of exile punishment, including being exiled to the border, being exiled to the army, and serving as a servitude. Being exiled to the sea island is a stream, and being drafted as a transport soldier can be counted as being exiled to the army.
Lin Fu nodded and agreed: "Okay, let me ask Mr. Tang. I think there are many people who are willing to stay in Shandong."
When Tang Haoxin saw that Lin Fu had agreed simply, he also promised to leave a group of people for him. Looking at Sun Jingtang on the side, who was only following Lin Fu's lead and obeying his orders, he felt filled with emotion: Today is a troubled time. , He who wins people will gain power, but how to win people?
Thinking about him before, he thought that no one in the world could not be sacrificed, and he would never go to war for the small Xihe Society and do such arrogant things as marching into Shandong with his troops. However, Lin Fuxiao was brave and fearless, and drew his sword in anger. The Sun family and Xihe Society Naturally, he was determined to be used by Lin Fu.
There is no other reason to say here. Only the Sun family and the Xihe Society believe that Lin Fu can protect their interests, so they naturally follow him to the death.
This is easy to say, but difficult to do.
Tang Haoxin single-handedly caused the mutiny of the Qingzhou Army. Although the overall situation of Shandong was settled in one fell swoop, the rebel troops caused trouble to the local area, which was very regrettable. Although all the blame was put on Liu Yefei, there were still discerning people in the local area, which also caused the local forces to compete with There has always been a gap between Tang Haoxin and Tang Haoxin. As soon as Xu Jianshen came to Shandong, many people took the initiative to hug his thigh. Mainly because local forces were worried that Tang Haoxin would sacrifice local interests in order to protect water transportation.
Tang Hao Only by dealing with it quickly can you sort out the clues.
"There is something I want to tell Mr. Tang," Lin Fu said. "When I was guarding Yangxin, some Shaowu remnants were incorporated into the Jiangdong Left Army for me, and some Shaowu generals stayed in Yangxin. This time, Zhang Jinxian brought me Among the five hundred rural soldiers, some officers were promoted from them. They have a deep connection with Li's military department. We need to tell Mr. Tang to know these things..."
"Oh, I know. If you have talents, I will use them." Tang Haoxin nodded and said. This kind of thing cannot be discussed in depth now. We don't know the attitudes of Chen Xinbo and Li Zhuo yet. We need to find an intermediary to get in touch. .
Lin Fu held a banquet in the city at noon to invite Xiao Xuanchou. Xiao Xuanchou felt guilty and hurriedly finished the banquet and left.
In the afternoon, Lin Fu officially took Sun Jingxuan, Sun Wenyao and others from prison. They were nominally imprisoned by the Jiangdong Zuo Army and taken to the islands outside the Jiangkou of Chongzhou for exile. Lin Fu had no scruples and stayed in Qingzhou at night.
The city held a banquet to appease him.
In addition to the Xihe Society, a total of more than 120 members of 21 other river gangs were captured. They were mainly river gang forces in Jiangning and nearby areas.
In order to ensure that the Jiangning River Clan was not defeated all at once, the responsibility for the Changyi mutiny was mainly borne by the Xihe Society. Liu Yefei mainly collected evidence of the Xihe Society and the Sun family in the first few days, which also provided conditions for protecting other River Clan forces.
Except for the two river gangs who committed murders in the Changyi mutiny, more than ten people were sentenced to exile and prison along with the Sun family and others. The other nineteen gangs were all found innocent and dragged to Lin Fu.
Coming to Qingzhou and releasing him is to fulfill this favor for Lin Fu.
Lin Fu told Tang Haoxin at the banquet that he would take some of his men to stay in Shandong.
The Sun family was determined to go to Chongzhou with Lin Fu; Lin Fu did not want the Sun family to stay, lest Tang Haoxin would suspect that he intended to reach out to the Jiao Lai River transporters. At this time, they needed to be more united.
Most of the people in the Xihe Society are from Xihe, Shandong. Although they are grateful to Lin Fu, after the dissolution of the Xihe Society, everyone has to consider the actual survival of themselves and their families, and they feel that staying in Shandong is a good choice.
In addition to the more than 100 people who were acquitted, among the more than 300 people who were exiled or imprisoned, there were eventually 40 to 50 people who were willing to stay in Shandong and serve as soldiers.
Lin Fu discussed with Sun Jingxuan and Sun Jingtang that as long as Tang Haoxin was willing to accept them, they could also allow some ordinary members of the Xihe Society to stay in Shandong.
While dealing with these trivial matters in Qingzhou, waiting for the court to make a final decision on the Changyi case, on the night of April 6th, Lin Fu suddenly received an urgent report from Fu Qinghe from Chongzhou: Donghai Kou Yu
On April night, they launched a large-scale invasion of Chongzhou!