At dusk when dusk fell, the horse hooves galloping out from the Chongzhou military camp were as fast as a shower and headed northeast. The cavalry was soon obscured by the dim dusk.
Behind the dense forest, Liu Zhi vaguely heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the post road in the distance, and secretly thought that these dozens of horses running down like this would probably be destroyed by the time they reached Jimo. The scout Ge Yi dressed as a farmer wore
After passing through the forest, he showed his sign, walked closer, knelt down on one knee and said: "A group of sixty-two riders, headed by Lin Fu, the governor of Jinghai, left the camp and headed northeast, probably towards Jimo..."
"Are you sure it's him?" Zhang Yan asked sadly.
"I met him in Crane City with my lord, and I will never admit his mistake," the scout replied.
"I understand, please step back first." Zhang Yan waved his hand and ordered the scout to step back.
Although they both came from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zhang Yan has always been working abroad. Liu Zhi was not familiar with him. At this time, he couldn't help but ask: "Master, are you really not afraid that he will be won over by ten thousand masters?"
Ten thousand means ten thousand. When the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that he wanted ten thousand masters, he meant the Empress Dowager Liang of Wanshou Palace.
"We are all the minions, ears and eyes of the Holy Emperor. How can we make random guesses about the Holy Heart?" Zhang Yan clasped his hands and did not lecture Liu Zhi with a straight face. Although he also felt it was a pity, he had already made up his mind and wanted to continue.
He is here to be the murderous knife, what can he do?
Seeing Liu Zhi's obedience and seeming to be worried about the unmanageable consequences, Zhang Yan said: "As long as he doesn't decisively lead his troops back to Chongzhou, this matter will be settled... If I don't tell you, you will never guess who will replace Tang.
Haoxin’s position. Either he serves the imperial court honestly, and the Holy Emperor will not treat him badly. The one who wants to join the Longevity Palace is just a dream!"
Seeing Zhang Yan speaking so decisively, Liu Zhi thought that there must be insider information and transactions that he could not guess, but he was still a little uneasy and asked again: "I went to Chongzhou to see it, and I can't leave it at this time."
Is the defense of Jiangdong Zuojun too risky, Master?"
"If we don't kick Tang Haoxin away from Shandong at this time, what's the point of waiting for them to really become popular?" Zhang Yan asked back, and smiled sinisterly, saying disdainfully, "It's just that Tang Haoxin's tail was exposed too early, no?"
How could he have thought of appointing King Ning and establishing the governorship of the four southern counties? He is old and has nothing to do, so how do you know he is not paving the way for someone named Gu?"
When Liu Zhi thought about it, it was really possible. Gu Wuchen was already the left minister of the Jiangning Ministry of War. If he was appointed as the governor of the four southern counties, even if Gu Wuchen could not catch up with the first one, there would not be many people qualified to compete with him for the second one.
After Tang Haoxin and Zhang Xie broke up, no one called Tang and Gu officials the Tang Party. Instead, they called the Dongyang Party. Wasn’t the Dongyang Party headed by Gu Wuchen? It was no better than the Chang Huai Army to Yue Lengqiu, Jiangdong Zuo
The army and Dongyang Township Yongke are considered to be Gu Wuchen's disciples.
Today, he may not be willing to bear the humiliation of being the king who moves the capital. King Ning will most likely ascend the throne in Jiangning. At that time, Jiangning will naturally replace Yanjing as the imperial capital.
Tigers cannot be raised near the imperial capital, so it’s no wonder that the emperor had to harden his heart and kick Tang Haoxin away from Shandong in order to feel at ease. But Liu Zhi also couldn’t figure out who the emperor would send to Shandong to take over Tang Haoxin’s position. On the temple today,
How many people can have the prestige of Tang Haoxin?
Li Zhuodan couldn't leave. Besides, he was entangled with a lot of things. Yan Guan was making trouble for him all day long. If the Holy One hadn't protected him, he would have been kicked back to his hometown long ago.
Chen Xinbo? This is possible. After all, Zhang Xie is vacated in Beijing and does not have much power. It is better to go out to control the county. To replace Tang Haoxin, it does not mean that he has lost his identity. But Chen Xinbo goes out to control Shandong, and it seems that he cannot stop Gu and Lin.
Waiting for people to turn to Wanshou Palace with resentment.
Yue Lengqiu was responsible for the war with the refugee army, and he knew that he would not be able to escape for a long time.
Thinking of this, Liu Zhi suddenly thought of a person as if struck by lightning, and suddenly thought that King Ce Lining was not as simple as he seemed.
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From Yancheng to Jimo, there are zigzag post roads connecting it, and the whole journey is 600 miles. Lin Fu set out from Yancheng at dusk on the 23rd, under the stars and the moon. Apart from eating dry food and stopping for a while at the post station to change horses, he did not take a nap all night long.
We arrived at Jimo before noon.
Seeing the head of Jimo City approaching, Lin Fu reined in his horse slightly and slowed it down so that he would not look too tired when he saw Tang Haoxin.
Gu Siyuan was riding alone and waiting outside the west city gate, as if he had guessed that Lin Fu would come at this time.
Seeing Gu Siyuan dressed in filial linen clothes, Lin Fu was struck by lightning. He fell off the horse and fell hard onto the official road of Jimo West City Gate where the loess was rolling in loess.
Lin Fu got up and sat on the road. He felt sad and felt that the city gate was so far away...
"I bid farewell to Prince Ning and left Linzi. My grandfather refused to eat, saying that only if he died in office would the emperor know that he was loyal," Gu Siyuan said in despair what happened after he separated from Chen/Yuanliang, "
Grandpa asked me to wait here for you to come over. Apart from this letter, he also wants you to read this blood letter first..."
Lin Fu first spread out the blood-stained white paper, dipped his fingers in the blood and wrote. There was only a cross, each word of which was very close, pressed on Lin Fu's chest: I don't seek fame in history, but for the sake of people's livelihood!
Lin Fu twitched his lips, wanting to laugh, but he couldn't. Instead, he seemed to see Tang Gong hiding in the clouds and laughing like an old fox. He could see through himself that he would laugh at his stupidity and loyalty, but he could see through himself.
The resentment in my heart could not be eliminated, so I left this blood-crossed letter.
Lin Fu was not busy reading the letter, he folded the blood book respectfully, hid it in his arms, and said to Gu Siyuan: "I understand what you are thinking. I will not go to the city. I will go back to Yancheng to escort you."
When King Ning enters Jiangning, please arrange for funerals to be announced in Beijing and other places." He knelt down on the Loess Avenue outside the East City Gate, kowtowed three times respectfully, and couldn't help but shed two lines of clear tears. The tears also
Bu Mo got on his horse and galloped toward Yan City with Zhao Hu and a group of guards...
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After Lin Fu returned to Yancheng, he stayed in the military camp and did not urge King Ning to leave. When Chen Yuanliang and other Shandong officials learned about Tang Haoxin's death, they cried a lot and left Yancheng to return to Qingzhou.
Zhang Yan and others waited in Yancheng until they received the official funeral letter from Qingzhou on the 26th, and then learned the news of Tang Haoxin's death.
Zhang Yan was also shocked. He didn't want Tang Haoxin to die immediately. He just revealed that Jin Shang had wanted to kill him and forced him to resign and give up his position in Shandong. He didn't expect Tang Haoxin to be so stubborn.
Damn it, he actually died in office.
What would the officials of the entire Shandong County think? Not many people would directly point the finger at the Holy Master, but they would all know that he and Zhang Xitong teamed up to force Tang Haoxin to death.
What would Lin Fu think?
Zhang Yan was also panicked for a moment. Zhang Xitong refused to come forward. He took Liu Zhi to see Lin Fu at the military camp outside the city, but he was told by Lin Fu that he wanted to transfer to Yuanmen Primary School: "If you are a filial person, it will be unlucky to see guests."
, I’ll let you know when I’m going to Jiangning!”
Lin Fu was also willing to lead troops to escort King Ning to Jiangning to join the feudal vassal. Zhang Yan felt a little relieved, but he also knew that the relationship was deep and he was quite helpless. At the moment, he just wanted to stabilize Lin Fu, so he went to meet Zhang Xitong to arrange King Ning's departure.
Going south.
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The Yangtze River is a delta landform, and the entire Hailing Prefecture seems to be a big triangle branching out. From Chongzhou to the north to Yancheng, it actually runs diagonally from southeast to northwest, and is the hypotenuse of the Yangtze River Delta; geographically speaking, Yancheng is in Jiangning
of due north.
The straight line distance from Chongzhou to Yancheng is more than 800 miles, but the straight line distance from Jiangning to Yancheng is shortened by more than 200 miles.
From Yancheng to the south is Muyang, where you can take a boat and take the waterway. Further south is Suyu (now Suqian), and further south is Huai'an City. You can enter Hongzepu by boat. The west side was destroyed by the refugee army.
Sizhou City, Haozhou City, and further south is the territory of Dongyang Prefecture. Passing the Shiliang River is Chaotiandang in the north of Jiangning City.
After entering Muyang, Ao Canghai led the Changshan Infantry Battalion to return to Chongzhou by land. Lin Fu led the Jinghai No. 1 Water Battalion to escort more than 4,000 people from the Ningwang officials and the royal guard camp to Jiangning by water.
Along the way, Lin Fu was alone in a boat and could not get out of the cabin. Except for Zhao Qingshan and other generals under his command, no outsiders were seen, and Liu Zhi was not seen either. They arrived in Jiangning peacefully.
Yue Lengqiu led his troops to fight against the refugee army in central Henan. Almost all Jiangning ministers, headed by Cheng Yuqian, went to Chaotiandangbeiyi to meet King Ning.
Gu Wuchen also refused to welcome him in the name of keeping his filial piety.
After leaving everyone from Prince Ning's Mansion to the north bank, Lin Fu said goodbye and returned to Chongzhou. He took a small boat and parked at the entrance of the prison, where he met Gu Wuchen. He was so sad that he really didn't know what to say. Tang Haoxin also left a suicide note to Gu Wuchen. At present,
The situation and what they can do have been fully discussed before. Tang Haoxin left the blood letter in the hope that they would not harm the great cause with petty grudges.
After King Ning takes over Jiangning, Jiangning will become the real political center of the southeastern counties. However, before King Ning ascends the throne, Yuan Jianwu himself only represents a symbolic symbol, and the power is almost controlled by Zhang Xitong, Zhang Yan, and Liu
In the hands of Zhi and others, the forces of Dongyang group are still working hard to marginalize these people.
Whether it is the imperial party, the rear party, the Chu party, the Western Qin party or Liang, Cao and other military nobles, if King Ning ascends the throne in Jiangning in the future, there will be two major forces in the local forces that no party can ignore. One is
One is the Wu Party, and the other is the Dongyang Clan.
The Wu Party is okay. It is mainly composed of local officials, gentry and Qingliu scholars, and they are always willing to be used by officials. However, in the eyes of others, the Dongyang clique is much more dangerous. Whether it is the Jiangdong Left Army or the Dongyang Township Yong, they are all
In the midst of strong expansion, and the situation in the southeast had deteriorated to the current level, Gu Wuchen had to be appointed as the "Minister of Jiang Defense".
If Jiangning is used as the imperial capital, the power potential of the Dongyang Clan is actually much greater than the current Chu Party and West Qin Party. Emperor Chongguan was also bitten by a snake once and feared for ten years. The Cao family separated the northwest or the She family
The separatist rule of the southeast could not shake the rule of the Yuan family, but he was afraid that a She family or a Cao family would appear next to the imperial capital in the future. For this reason, he even did not hesitate to use Liang Xi to replace Tang Haoxin in Shandong.
Tang Haoxin also wrote in his suicide note to Lin Fu, "The emperor is good at power and uses his power to control his ministers. The only one who came out of Shandong to control Shandong is Zheng Guogong Liang Xi'er."