It was late June, it was the summer weather, and the city of Jiangning was steaming. Standing outside Donghua Gate, looking from a distance, it seemed that hot steam was steaming out from the top of the city, making the majestic Donghua Gate look beautiful.
The tower also looks distorted. If someone has some free time, he will crack an egg and rub it on the stone to dry it, and it will be cooked in a moment.
Except for the occasional pedestrian resting in the willow shade by the river, no carriage or horse could be seen passing by on the post road outside Donghua Gate for a long time...
At this time, smoke and dust were rising in the distance. Although the sound could not be heard from a distance, the experienced veterans of the city defense knew that there was a fast horse galloping from a distance. They thought: In such a hot weather, the horse is still galloping like this.
Okay, even if humans can eat it, horses can't.
Five fast horses galloped closer from afar, their hooves beating like thunder. All five of them were wearing brown armor, carrying knives and carrying large bows on their backs. They wore green and black belts on their backs, and wore earth-colored military uniforms under their armor. They came to Beijing from other places.
Chuanyi Kuaiqiu——Seeing the Yiqiu approaching so quickly, he thought it was another bad news. The primary school on duty did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly went down to the city gate tower to check in front of the city gate, and asked: "Dare you ask this?"
Where did the five military masters come from?"
After galloping to the city gate downstairs, the leader of the courier dismounted, took out the dark iron sign from his arms, handed it over, and said: "The Marquis of Huaidong, Zhejiang Province, and the Huaidong Zhizhi envoy came to Beijing to present a memorial to the Holy Lord.
, please make it convenient for me..."
"Could it be that the Marquis of Huaidong won another battle in eastern Zhejiang?"
"I passed the ball a few days ago, how can it be so easy to win these days?" the leader of the Huaidong Yiqi said with a smile.
"Everyone is saying that Huai Donghou is the reincarnation of Wu Quxing, the military god of our Dai Viet Dynasty, and all his generals are reincarnations of heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals - I think it is true. Others just use all their strength to win a battle.
I can't get it, but the Marquis of Huaidong leads the troops, it's just as easy as taking something from his own pocket," Chengmen Primary School calmed down after hearing that it was Huaidong's messenger. He grinned with yellow teeth, narrowed his eyes and smiled, and said fawningly.
, "Master, don't think I'm exaggerating. I've been guarding the Donghua Gate for some years. There are many depressing things coming from other places, but I'm looking forward to seeing you, Master Huaidong."
I can take two more trips to Jiangning..."
At this time, a carriage was leaving the city. The carriage was of extraordinary decor, with a sunshade canopy and gauze hanging down. Only two people could be vaguely seen sitting in the carriage. There were four sword-carrying swordsmen following behind the carriage. Listening to the conversation at the gate of the city.
, there was a gentle snort coming from the carriage. In the city gate cave, where the only sound was the chirping of cicadas, the snort seemed clear, as if it was in response to the flattering words of the Chengmen Primary School to compliment Huaidong Marquis.
Out of disdain - Chengmen Primary School looked at the extraordinary momentum of the carriage and accompanying retinue, and knew that Jiangning had now become the imperial capital and that there were as many dignitaries as crucian carp crossing the river. They were all people he could not afford to offend, so he humbly got out of the way of Huaidong Yiqi
, let the carriage leave the city first.
The carriage left the city gate and sped up on the hot hard dirt road. The wind blew the hanging curtains away. The two people sitting opposite each other in the carriage had just been relieved of their duties as governors of northern Zhejiang Province.
Dong Yuan, the right minister of the Ministry of War, who came to Beijing to report on his duties, and Yu Pijiang, who was newly appointed to know the affairs of Haozhou.
The most inexplicable and profound hatred these days is jealousy. Furthermore, in Huaidong, Lin Fu promoted officials who were not from the imperial examination. How could this approach be recognized by Yu Bijiang, who came from a serious imperial examination? - A scholar from a poor family studied hard
For ten years, I have been thinking of climbing over the dragon gate. How can I keep my balance when I see others find other ways and use tricks to gain a high position?
Listening to the Chengmen Primary School boasting that Lin Fu was a martial arts star who descended to earth, and that the military god was still alive, how could Yu Bijiang feel comfortable?
"It's just a success," Yu Xinjiang was sitting in the carriage. Seeing Dong Yuan's serious expression, she wondered if he was thinking about the war in eastern Zhejiang, and said, "Speaking of the victory in Kuaiji, Mr. Dong took the greatest credit. If Mr. Dong hadn't been there,
Hang Jia presided over the defense and dragged the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels to the point of collapse and low morale. How could they allow the Zhuzi to pick off the fruit so easily? Huaidong's request for credit did not mention Mr. Dong's contribution at all, which is irritating and unfair.
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"..." Dong Yuan let out a breath. Just after he resigned from northern Zhejiang, the Huaidong Army achieved a great victory in wiping out more than 10,000 enemies on the west bank of the Cao'e River and regaining the city of Kuaiji. How could he look good on his face?
Although Yu Xinjiang comforted him in this way, more people in Jiangning thought that Dong Yuan's role in northern Zhejiang was insignificant and not worth mentioning. The transfer of Dong Yuan from northern Zhejiang was a move made by the imperial court.
It couldn't be a more correct decision. Even at this time, some officials questioned whether it was appropriate to transfer him to Huaixi to take charge of defense...
This made Dong Yuan somewhat embarrassed when he arrived in Jiangning.
Yu Bijiang saw that his words made Dong Yuan's face soften a little, and then said: "Shu Zi was only proud for a while. The Zhejiang and Fujian rebels are gathering troops in Xiaoshan and Shanyin, and the Huaidong Army will inevitably fall into a big fall - when the time comes,
Look at their faces!”
Dong Yuan was in a complicated mood. Although he would not be like Yu Pijiang who had no city government, he would directly curse and hope that the Huaidong Army would be defeated by the Zhejiang and Fujian Army in Kuaiji. You must know that the Huaidong Army was really defeated by the Zhejiang and Fujian Army in Kuaiji.
Jiang Ning's life was definitely not easy, but the Huaidong Army was unstoppable on the eastern front, which always made him feel resentful and unable to vent it.
At this moment, a carriage was approaching, followed by several riders. There were several people sitting under the awning of the carriage, all of them with extraordinary bearings.
When Dong Yuan came to Jiangning for the first time, he didn't know many people. Seeing those people who were very popular but didn't recognize them, Yu Bijiang's expression suddenly tightened. The carriage came from the direction of the Jinchuan River mouth. Dong Yuan could more or less guess what Yu Bijiang wanted.
These people who were in unhappy mood were probably members of the Dongyang Township Party or people closely related to Huaidong.
The two cars passed each other in the blink of an eye, and Yu Pijiang said: "The clowns jumped onto the beams - the man sitting on the south side is Wen Bing, a descendant of the He Gang, and the others don't know him."
Dong Yuan turned around and glanced back. The carriage was getting further away, and several people in the car were also turning to look at them.
The biggest difference between Lin Fu and others is that he has gathered so many people of all kinds, regardless of their origins, under his command. There are several fathers, sons, uncles and nephews from the Sun family, who are from the Xihe Club of the He Gang. They are just low-level people who cannot make it to the stage.
Disrespected by scholars, all of them are now important figures in Huaidong.
Dong Yuan sighed inwardly but said nothing.
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"Dong Yuan has become very close to the Yu family and his son during the few days he has been in Jiangning." Sun Wenbing watched the carriage Dong Yuan was riding in go away. He turned around and followed Lin Mengde, who came from Chongzhou to Jiangning this time.
, Zhou Guangnan said, "They should be heading to Sanliu Village..."
Sanliu Village is located at the east end of Quyang Town and on the west bank of Moling Lake. Sanliu Village was originally the property of the Qu family. After the Qu family was killed by the Qu family, many properties including Sanliu Village, including Sanliu Village, were transferred to the government.
After Chen Xiyan became the chief minister, the power of Wu Party officials in the DPRK increased greatly.
In order to further strengthen the Wu Party's momentum in Xinjing, Chen Xiyan, Yu Xinyuan and other Wu Party bosses invested in the purchase of Sanliu Village on the bank of Moling Lake, and moved the Xixi Academy, which was far away from Jiangning City, to nearby, temporarily making the west bank of Moling Lake
Become a place where humanity gathers.
Lin Mengde said: "Before Dong Yuan defected to the Wu Party, your Excellency had already expected it, but I didn't expect that he would be so straightforward..."
Sun Wenbing thought the same thing. Dong Yuan's status was not comparable to that of Yu Pijiang. Even Yu Xinyuan, the father of Yu Pijiang, might not be as famous as Dong Yuan. In the past few days since he came to Jiangning, he had lowered his status and frequently talked to Yu Pijiang.
There are restaurants and tea shops in Xinjiang, and there is a deliberate intention to curry favor - someone else may not be able to lower his attitude this time.
But Dong Yuan's biggest disadvantage is that he does not have the support of factions. Although he made peace with Yue Lengqiu before, when Yue Lengqiu first came to Jiangning, there was no one to rely on. After that, Yue Lengqiu supported Deng Yu and Tao Chun. What happened?
The benefits were first given to the Chang Huai Army and the Hui Nan Army, and finally Dong Yuan was thought of.
Even this time, Yue Lengqiu was worried that the Changhuai Army stationed in Daliang would be too far away from the Hehuai defense line. He also hoped that there would be a general in charge of Huaixi to provide strong support to the Changhuai Army from behind. He was the first
Those who agreed with Chen Xiyan to transfer Dong Yuan to Huaixi.
If Yue Lengqiu firmly opposed it, and the situation in northern Zhejiang was closely related to that in southern Huizhou, how could it be so easy for Chen Xiyan to transfer Dong Yuan from northern Zhejiang?
It is not puzzling that Dong Yuan deliberately made friends with the Wu Party at this time. Sun Wenbing added: "Dong Yuan will control Huaixi. There are also rumors within the Wu Party that Dong Yuan wants to make great use of Wu Party officials - I'm afraid they won't be able to use them.
How long will it take for the Wu Party to regard Dong Yuan as one of their own..."
Sun Wenbing accompanied Lin Mengde into the city, and first went to Lin Xuwen's house, catching up with Lin Xuwen who had just returned from the political party and met in front of the house.
"Prime Minister Lin..." Lin Mengde got off the carriage and bowed to Lin Xuwen.
"Uncle Mengde, when did you become so different from me?" Lin Xuwen said with a smile, holding onto Lin Mengde's arm, they entered the house together. Zhou Guangnan and Sun Wenbing followed. Lin Xuwen asked as he walked, "Uncle Mengde and Guangnan are now Huai
Why does the God of Wealth in the East come to Jiangning in his spare time?"
"Return to the God of Wealth," Lin Mengde said with a wry smile, "Pinjie in eastern Zhejiang is very glamorous, but it's miserable over there!"
Lin Xuwen laughed and said: "You still have a sad face after winning the battle, how can you make those who lost the battle feel embarrassed?"
Zhou Guangnan said from behind: "Your Excellency intends to borrow hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from Huaidong Bank for military supplies. Huaidong Bank's money is also tight. Master Lin and I came to Jiangning this time. Firstly, we handed over the money and food accounts with the Ministry of Household Affairs. This has
The second is to come to Jiangning to raise money - there are always more big households in Jiangning than in Huaidong..."
"There are many big families in Jiangning," Lin Xuwen sighed when he heard this, "then he said that Xie Chaozhong had only been in charge of the imperial army for a year, and he had spent 200,000 taels of silver to buy a large house in Xicheng a few days ago.
, intending to demolish and build his new general's mansion..."
The new emperor ascended the throne in Jiangning, and a new capital was established in Jiangning. Emperor Yongxing and Chen Xiyan both had the ambition to reform the old dynasty, but the Jiangning regime inherited the old dynasty, and how could the corruption of the bureaucratic group be fundamentally eliminated in a short period of time?
Xie Chaozhong won the trust of Emperor Yongxing and rose from the command of a small guard camp to the commander of the imperial camp. Not only did he hold the military power of 80,000 imperial troops, he also had jurisdiction over the defense, public security, and security of Jiangning City and the counties in Gyeonggi.
Married to Yu Xinyuan, they leveraged each other's influence and became extremely powerful.
Lin Mengde and Zhou Guangnan looked at each other and smiled. If Jiang Ning was to be honest and upright from now on, how could there be any chance for Huaidong?
Putting aside all the corruption in Jiangning city, Lin Mengde mentioned his encounter with Dong Yuan when he entered the city just now, and asked: "Dong Yuan has been in Jiangning for almost ten days, so how come the matter in Huaixi is still there?"
Not decided yet?”
Lin Xuwen said: "Although Chen Xiyan had the intention to transfer Dong Yuan from northern Zhejiang and send him to Huaixi to take charge of defense, he did not expect that Huaidong would be so cooperative, and Dong Yuan agreed so simply - what happened to Dong Yuan when he was in Jiangning?
Regarding organizing the defense of Huaixi, the DPRK and China have not yet come up with a clue..."
"..." Zhou Guangnan smacked his lips but said nothing.
The main force of the Qingzhou Army has been besieged in Yangxin for a month. Emergency documents are delivered almost every day. Dong Yuan cooperates very well and is transferred from northern Zhejiang. As for the defense of Huaixi, Jiangning's side has been delayed to ten
Tiandu has not yet come up with a clue - Zhou Guangnan, who has become accustomed to Lin Fu's pace of doing things, feels incredible about Jiang Ning's slow decision-making efficiency.
Regarding Dong Yuan's close relationship with the Wu Party, Lin Xuwen thought of something else and added: "With the help of Yu Bijiang, Dong Yuan built a ready-made farmhouse on the bank of Moling Lake and moved his family members from Hangzhou.
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"Dong Yuan is determined to become an imperial party. He moved his family to Jiangning to make the emperor and the Wu party feel at ease." Lin Mengde sighed softly.