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Since the moment the support situation became public, Gu Siyuan has always maintained hostility and vigilance in Qingzhou. He has mobilized almost all the elite combat forces loyal to the Gu family to Qingzhou City. He has always been on high alert to prevent Lin Fu from borrowing the Tianjin Navy.
Not good for him.
On September 8, Gu Wuchen officially went to Qingzhou to take up the post of Qingzhou's envoy. Lin Fu sent Sun Shangwang, who had withdrawn to the Xiashan Camp, to Qingzhou to congratulate him on his behalf, in order to test the attitude of the Gu family and his son.
Sun Shangwang was rushed back without even being able to enter Qingzhou City. Instead, Zhao Qinmin and Sun Shangwang went to the Xiashan camp and demanded that the principal be withdrawn from Huaidong Bank.
Even if Qingzhou didn't mention this matter, Lin Fu would be very angry if he mentioned it.
In order to set up a bank, Mr. Zeng took out all his private money from the bottom of the box. The Gu family only took out 40,000 taels of silver. Including the Chen/Yuanliang and Du Juefu families, the three families collected 160,000 taels of silver.
Give the principal to Huaidong Bank.
In order to support Gu Siyuan's reorganization of the Qingzhou Army, as early as mid-May, Lin Fu asked Huaidong Bank to first borrow one hundred thousand taels of silver for Qingzhou to use, and then used this time to transport Qingzhou soldiers, iron materials, mules and horses, etc.
Including supplies, the total price is far more than 160,000 taels.
"You really hate me to the core," Lin Fu said with a cold smile while sitting behind the long desk angrily, "It would be great if they want to settle the accounts clearly - Shang Wang, just stay here
Let’s settle the accounts with Qingzhou here before going to Chongzhou!”
Lin Fu had no intention of meeting Zhao Qinmin at all. He would argue with each other as if they had not seen each other. There was no need to add to his heart at this time.
Gao Zongting also laughed unnecessarily and made some calculations for his son-in-law. There was probably no way to get down from this step, right? But the current choice of the Gu family and his son is not good for Qingzhou. At least, Huaidong can temporarily survive.
Get rid of this baggage.
"What Zhao Qinmin wants is to spread out the principal invested by the Dongyang Township Party in Huaidong Bank..." Sun Shangwang reported back.
"Hmph," Lin Fu snorted coldly and said, "Who wants to get back the principal? He is not a talkative and needs Qingzhou to do it for him? Just use this to block Zhao Qinmin back..."
Excluding the Gu, Du, and Chen families, the Dongyang Township Party successively invested nearly one million taels of silver as principal in Huaidong Bank, accounting for approximately one-fifth of the share capital of Huaidong Bank.
It was expected that Lin Gu would break up and split up the family.
After years of painstaking efforts, the Dongyang Township Party forces gathered around the mouth of Jinchuan River include officials, businessmen, large landowners who operate fields in Jiangning, and factional forces. They have penetrated into almost every level of Jiangning. Of course, Huaidong will not give up its control.
The struggle and control of this power.
If we want to control Jiangning in the future and do not want to directly use military occupation, which is costly and can easily arouse fierce resistance, the Dongyang Township Party is a good alternative.
The Lin-Gu split also caused great uproar within the Dongyang Township Party - even Lin Tingli, Lin Xulu and his son had some criticisms of Huaidong's actions, but when it came to making the final choice, most people gave priority to their interests.
Gu Wuchen was forced to leave Qingzhou and had little chance of returning to Jiangning. Lin Xuwen, who came to Jiangning on behalf of Huaidong to serve as deputy prime minister, actually replaced Gu Wuchen and became the apparent party leader of the Dongyang Clique.
Sun Shangwang went out to deal with Zhao Qinmin first. Lin Fu said to Gao Zongting: "It seems that I don't need to stay in Qingzhou for a long time. I will go back to Chongzhou first. As for the Queen Mother and King Hailing... forget it, I don't want to take the same boat with them.
, wait for two days before arranging for them to go south."
Lin Fu wanted to leave his troubles behind, but Chen Enze came in with a letter and said: "Chen Zhihu surrendered in Sanhe..."
Lin Fu and Gao Zongting were both startled. Lin Fu took the letter and the letter was very brief. It only mentioned that Chen Zhihu asked Yan Hu at the top of the city to promise not to kill the surrendered soldiers, so he opened the city and abandoned the surrender.
Before the breakthrough at Yanjing, Sanhe was about to be abandoned because it was too close to Yanhu's Jizhou camp. The food reserves in the city were limited. Counting the time, Chen Zhihu had been kicked out to defend Sanhe for three months, and the food was exhausted.
Even if he surrenders, he can't blame him for being disloyal to the Yuan family.
But whether such a tiger general will work for the tiger after surrendering and whether he will sacrifice his life for the Donghu people is weighing on everyone's minds, and it is definitely not good news.
Xuanfu, Sanhe, and Jinhai were lost one after another. The Yuan family was in the north, and probably only the fingernail-sized area of Jinwei Island was left.
Just like when the Chu Party was at its peak, the teachers and students of Tang and Zhang broke up, and the Dongyang Party was derived from the Chu Party.
The establishment of a new emperor should have been the moment when the power of the Dongyang Party reached its peak. Even Yue Lengqiu knew in his heart that even if Gu Wuchen was slightly lacking in qualifications at this time, he would definitely have the opportunity to be the first assistant in the future. However, at this time, Lin Guweng
The two sons-in-law fell apart...
Before that, the Dongyang Party was so strong that people were worried. The Lin-Gu breakup was a heavy setback that the Dongyang Party suffered before it reached its peak. It was divided into Huaidong and Qingzhou factions, but it also re-adjusted the forces within the Jiangning regime.
Checks and balances.
Whether it is the new emperor Yuan Jianwu, Chen Xiyan, Yue Lengqiu and others, they are happy to see Lin Gu's split and the weakening of the Dongyang Party's power; they even feel that Lin Gu's split is not complete enough.
According to the old system, wives depended on their husbands' honors. Lin Fu would receive rewards and promotions, and Gu Junxun, as the head wife, would also receive rewards and corresponding rank titles.
This time Jiang Ning rewarded Lin Fu with the title of Right Minister of the Ministry of War and the title of Marquis of Huaidong. All the main officials of the Huaidong Military Division and their wives were rewarded by express decree, but Gu Junxun was left out.
Lin Fu returned to Chongzhou first on September 18th, when autumn was already deep.
The new emperor's accession to the throne and the fall of Yanji, Lin Fu's title of Marquis and Lin Gu's separation happened at the same time. This kind of thing was both happy and sad, but in the end, it was more sad than happy. Lin Fu landed in Hecheng in a low-key manner, and quietly returned to Chongzhou from Hecheng at night.
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When he returned to Chongcheng, it was already dawn. Lin Fu did not want to disturb others, so he chose to return to Chongzhou at this time, and did not let Qin Chengzu and Lin Mengde get up early in the morning to greet him.
Leaving Su Wei in the military camp outside Dongya, Lin Fu and Song Jia went back to the mountain first.
Lin Fu walked into the mansion. Although it was still early in the morning, he still felt that the mansion was deserted and not at all popular. Except for the guards on duty, there was no Xun Niang coming out to meet him, nor was there the crying sound of Zheng Jun after being woken up, and there was no Xun Niang.
Mother's personal maid Juan'er and Cai'er came to greet her shyly...
"What's going on?" Lin Fuhan asked Sun Wenwan, who was on duty on the mountain, with a face.
"Madam insisted on moving out of the big house and took Mr. Zheng to live down the mountain!" Sun Wenwan replied.
"Nonsense!" Lin Fu said angrily, flicking his sleeves, leaving Sun Wenwan, Song Jia and a group of retinues outside the Chuihua Hall, and walked straight inside.
Sun Wenwan didn't know whether Lin Fu was saying that his wife insisted on moving down the mountain and causing mischief or she was blaming them for not stopping her. She felt aggrieved when she heard Lin Fu lost his temper and treated her so harshly.
With the Lin and Gu families in such trouble, how could she be in charge of the affairs of the inner house?
"The people in this big house have moved down the mountain, what are the other people so angry about?" When Song Jia saw Liu Yue'er, Xiao Man hid himself away from anyone, and asked Sun Wenwan, "Does the Seventh Madam know that the Lord is coming back today?"
"I know, I know, but I don't have any orders, and it's inconvenient for the Seventh Lady to come over..." Sun Wenwan said, lowering her voice again, and asked Song Jia, "Wouldn't it look good to invite the Seventh Lady over at this time?"
Song Jia laughed, nodded and said, "Both Madam Ru are not the ones who can make decisions. Besides the Seventh Madam, who else can you think of? Wouldn't it be more embarrassing to call the Sixth Madam over?"
Could the scandal between Lin Fu and the Sixth and Seventh Madams be hidden from others, including Sun Wenwan? He usually turned a blind eye, but now Song Jia revealed it in an ambiguous tone, and Sun Wenwan took the lead.
I couldn't help but became shy, and my face turned red.
"Miss Sun looks really feminine right now!" Song Jia said to Sun Wenwan jokingly, "You should send someone to ask for the seventh lady. I've been traveling all night and I'm exhausted..." She yawned and asked Sun Wenwan to send someone.
I asked the seventh lady, Gu Yingxiu, to come over. She had been having a lot of fun with Lin Fu these days, and she was content. She did not compete with others for favor, nor did she get involved in the affairs of the inner house. She went back to her residence to rest first.
Lin Fu sat in the study for a while, listening to the creaking of the door. He turned around and saw Yingxiu walking in, complaining: "Look at me, I'm alone this time when I come back: one moved down the mountain, two
Hiding away from people..."
Gu Yingxiu hugged Lin Fu gently from behind, pressed her chin on his loose head, and said: "Jiang Ning, by ennobling a knight but not a wife, is not trying to force you to divorce your wife? Xun Niang, this silly girl
, I’m afraid that it will be difficult for you to be a good person in the middle. Furthermore, Xunniang is also worried that she will be suspicious of her subordinates and affect the unity within Huaidong... Xunniang has moved out of the big house.
There are those who discourage and those who don’t!”
"Alas!" Lin Fu sighed softly. Nothing in this world is absolutely satisfactory, so what if he becomes an emperor? Emperor Chongguan who drowned and died and the newly established Emperor Yongxing both lived quite well.
Frustrated.
If the Gu family declined completely and Gu Junxun continued to be the mistress, the people below would not have any objections. However, the Gu family retreated to Qingzhou and became a force with deep resentment and serious opposition to Huaidong. Many people did not say it in their mouths, but in their hearts they no longer wanted to respect
Gu Junxun was the mistress, and she was even more worried that Gu Junxun would affect Lin Fu's judgment on Qingzhou affairs.
Yingxiu's words also made it very clear that when Xun Niang moved out of the big house, some of the officials who stayed in Chongzhou tried to dissuade her, and some did not. Even those who tried to dissuade her might not all be sincerely dissuading. Lin Fu guessed that returning to Chongzhou would lead to
When encountering such a mess, you have to compromise and resolve it.
Lin Fu wouldn't have to shoulder the grievances between the Lin and Gu families on Xun Niang's thin shoulders. He might as well have held off the blame in advance. He would grab Ying Xiu's hand and ask angrily: "What about the other two people?"
Well, why are you looking down on me?"
"Yue'er and Xiaoman are probably fighting against Xunniang!" Yingxiu said with a smile, "Besides, if Madam doesn't come out to greet you, how can it be reasonable for Madam to rush to the front?"