Lin Fu had already clearly realized in Jiangning that Huaidong would face a situation of joint confrontation among various families in the future. He could only adopt a posture of dividing and co-opting the officials who fled west to Luzhou with the emperor, insisting on a bloody purge, which would only lead to chaos.
The officials who fled to Luzhou struggled to their death, and the trapped beasts continued to fight, making the situation difficult to control.
Yu Xinyuan is willing to return to Luzhou to persuade the emperor to return the capital. Sun Jingxuan and Chen Huawen, on behalf of Huaidong, naturally welcome it. They even promise that Yu Xinyuan will not be demoted when he returns to Jiangning. Yu Xinyuan does not expect to continue to be in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. At present, these guarantees are beyond the limit.
It exceeded his expectations. As for the future path, it still depends on how the situation develops.
In the afternoon of the next day, Chu King Yuan Hancheng and Yu Xinyuan left the Xiashishan Camp and headed to Luzhou to persuade the emperor to return to Jiangning.
"The King of Chu also went to Luzhou, I'm afraid things are not that simple!" Chen Huawen and Sun Jingxuan sat across from each other and said with a frown.
"Your Majesty, as long as we don't establish two emperors, we can negotiate any conditions. Whatever we can get back, we will earn." Sun Jingxuan was in a much more relaxed mood than Chen Huawen. He had followed Lin Fu and looked at Huaidong over the years.
Step by step, it has developed from a palm-sized plot of land on Prison Island to today's scale. Knowing that what Huaidong needs most at this time is buffer time. Emperor Yongxing does not have the ability to cut down the vassal, and wait for Huaidong to digest East Mindong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places.
, some means are used to reduce the vassal state. At this time, allowing more conditions will not affect the overall situation in the future.
It was only after the defeat of Huizhou that Chen Huawen and the Chen family completely surrendered to Huaidong. Naturally, their understanding of Huaidong was not as deep as that of Chen Jingxuan, so it was inevitable to worry.
Sun Jingxuan and Chen Huawen returned to the hospital to take a rest. After a while, Dong Yuan sent someone over to invite them.
Dong Yuan, Liu Tingzhou, and Ding Zhiru were waiting for each other in the big tent. Sun Jingxuan and Chen Huawen came in, saluted and sat down. Next, they had to talk about the substantive distribution of benefits.
Liu Tingzhou was loyal to the clan, but the actual situation forced him to be tied to the interests of Huaixi. When Huaidong's control of the government was difficult to change, he had to fight for more independence for Huaixi to resist Huaidong's
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Huaidong wanted to establish a new Privy Council in Jiangning to take charge of military and political power, and set up various defense districts and camps to divide the local military and political power. In this way, Huaidong's original military and political affairs could be better integrated into the Privy Council system.
The basic conditions Lin Fu gave to Huaixi were: a camp should be set up in Huaixi, and Dong Yuan would be the deputy envoy to the Privy Council, the right minister of the Ministry of War and the general manager of the Huaixi camp, and be responsible for the Huaixi defense area. Other conditions included the scope of the defense area, the raising of food and wages, and the defense area.
The appointment of officials can be discussed within this framework.
The names of the official titles are all fictitious. The framework proposed by Sun Jingxuan and Chen Huawen on behalf of Lin Fu, if Dong Yuan and Liu Tingzhou are surprised, it is that Lin Fu did not combine the two positions of chief assistant and imperial camp envoy, that is,
It was lighter than they expected, but this did not change their intention to strive for more benefits for Huaixi.
Dong Yuan asked Huaixi to take charge of five prefectures and one town. The taxes should be levied and paid by themselves. The taxes of Weiyang Prefecture should also be allocated to Huaixi for exclusive use. Jiangning should allocate an additional two million taels of money and food every year. Huaixi officials,
All should be recommended by Huaixi people.
Sun Jingxuan insisted that Dongyang Prefecture and Luzhou Prefecture be separated from Huaixi and placed under the direct jurisdiction of Jiangning; Sizhou County and the east of Haozhou Prefecture were actually located in the hinterland of the Xusi Defense Zone, and he demanded that the area east of Sizhou County be included in the Xusi Defense Area.
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The tax collection and expenditure of Haozhou, Shouzhou, Xinyang and Woyang Military Town can be directly controlled by Huaixi; however, Jiangning's money and food expenditures for Huaixi only total two million taels of silver, which will be paid in three years. Unless
It is necessary to increase the number of troops in Huaixi, otherwise Huaixi's armaments will be spent from local taxes. Except for officials in Huaixi, they can be recommended by Huaixi, but the recommendation must meet the basic conditions for official appointment in the Ministry of Personnel, and each position needs to be recommended
Three people were provided for Jiangning to choose; the officials to supervise the road were directly appointed by Jiangning; the chief officer to supervise the road in Huaixi, Huaidong recommended Liu Tingzhou to take the title of deputy capital censor.
The conditions between the two parties were so different that it was difficult to reach an agreement for a while, but Sun Jingxuan and Chen Huawen were not impatient.
On the Huaixi side, because Woyang is located on the north bank of the Huaihe River, there is a risk of being besieged by Yanlu at any time. The grain reserves are the most abundant, but only Woyang has the most abundant grain reserves. The official reserves of Shouzhou, Haozhou, and Xinyang prefectures,
Military reserves are extremely limited.
Affected by the continuous wars after the autumn, the autumn taxes in Jiangnan and other counties have not yet been collected. The batch of money and grain that Jiangning should send to Huaixi before winter has been delayed until today.
Although Dong Yuan also purchased grain from the private sector during this period as a precaution, the purchase of 200,000 shi of grain from the three prefectures more than doubled the price of grain, which shows that Huaixi's dilapidated state is far from being fully restored.
At this time, there is no way to wait for Jiangning's grain to relieve the difficulties. First, the high grain prices will sharply consume the Huaixi Military Government's reserves. Second, continuing to purchase will aggravate the fear of the people and encourage local wealthy people to reserve grain to prepare for war and famine, which will have a negative impact on the civilian population.
It will harm Judah, and it will be detrimental to the foundation of Huaixi.
During the next three days of negotiations, the Huaixi people made more concessions, while Sun Jingxuan and Chen Huawen made less concessions.
The eastern area of Haozhou Prefecture was the earliest place for Huaixi to rest, and it was also the area where Liu Tingzhou first conducted field work. It was also located within Hongze Puxi Bay. Dong Yuan and Liu Tingzhou naturally refused to give it to Huaidong's direct control.
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In the division of defense areas, Haozhou, Shouzhou, Xinyang and Woyang Town were finally classified into Huaixi. Taxes were also collected by the Huaixi camp, but the tax collection ratio must not exceed the upper limit allowed by Jiangning. Luzhou Prefecture
It was placed under the direct jurisdiction of Jiangning, but the troops stationed in Luzhou were transferred north and placed under the direct jurisdiction of Huaixi. The number of troops in Huaixi was increased to 10,000, and the number of soldiers was increased to 110,000. It is up to Huaixi to decide whether to garrison or fight.
The total amount of money and food allocated by Jiangning to support the troops was increased from the original two million taels to three million taels, which were paid in two years; in addition, an additional 200,000 taels of silver must be allocated each year for the additional 10,000 troops.
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Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and fled to the west. He was accompanied by more than 20,000 imperial camp troops and imperial horse supervisors. Even more numerous were the harem concubines, eunuchs, palace maids, and hundreds of officials and family members who fled westward.
There are no less than 70,000 to 80,000 people in his retinue.
Lost their souls all the way, they fled westward in panic, and countless people fell into the water and died on the way. Emperor Yongxing also almost fell into the water on the way, but was managed by his followers. After being frightened, he fell ill and was bedridden, afraid of the wind and the light.
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Nearly 100,000 people rushed to Juchao in a chaotic manner. They were also worried that Xie Dan, the Luzhou guard who had been Yue Lengqiu and Deng Yu's confidant, had ulterior motives, so they stopped at Juchao and asked Xie Dan to come to Juchao to see him.
Emperor Yongxing needed to stay in a palace, accompanied by hundreds of officials and their families, as well as retinues and servants, and buildings. The escorting soldiers were all frightened and did not dare to camp outside the city. They had to enter the city to camp.
There were only a thousand households in Juchao County. When the emperor arrived in Juchao, everyone in the county, old and young, was expelled from the city. The entire county was requisitioned for the camp.
The people heading west were short of food and grass. When they fled west, they only wanted to take the gold and silver wealth with them, and almost emptied the reserves of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Works and the internal treasury, but no one thought about the food problem of nearly 100,000 people.
On the way to the west, nearly 100,000 people suffered from hunger. After arriving in Juchao County, the county's grain storage was only more than 200 dan, which could not even last a day. When the people were driven out of the city, the imperial soldiers and horses gave up their plunder.
The plundering was extremely vicious, as vicious as rogue bandits, but the plundered food could not last more than a few days.
Here, Luzhou Guard General Xie Dan and surrounding prefectures and counties were ordered to escort the grain to Juchao, and at the same time they sent troops out of the city to collect grain - the so-called raising grain is the same as looting.
During the eight days, their behavior was not much better than that of rogue bandits. The countryside was plundered and looted, and rape and adultery also occurred from time to time.
In order to welcome She Wenzhuang's return to the west, She Feixiong sent Yang Xiong to lead the navy eastward along the river to the outskirts of Chizhou, forcing the Jiangzhou army to take refuge in the city, and also detached a small group of troops to plunder the north bank - at this time the imperial camp army
Only then did he flee into Juchao City in panic, not daring to go out and plunder.
Immediately after the Huaidong water camp moved westward, Yang Xiong led the Dongting Lake bandits to withdraw, and the news of the recapture of Jiangning also spread to Juchao, and the chaotic situation calmed down a little.
Yue Lengqiu went to Jiangning to submit an apology letter, making it clear that he was giving up on Emperor Yongxing. Zhang Yan left Chizhou angrily and crossed the river to return to Juchao.
Not all local powerful figures could keep a clear head and wait and see the situation. Xie Dan, the Luzhou garrison who had been Deng Yu's old department, was the first to rush to Juchao to meet him, and he was granted the title of General of the Auxiliary State.
Jiang Bo, the deputy capital commander of the imperial camp, had nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in the original Luzhou, and all of them were incorporated into the imperial camp.
If Emperor Yongxing hadn't been bedridden after arriving at Juchao and was afraid of the wind and cold, Zhang Yan would have moved to Luzhou City when he rushed back to Juchao.
When he learned that Yue Lengqiu had gone to Jiangning to submit a confession, Emperor Yongxing was so angry that he yelled at Yue Lengqiu that he was ungrateful. He jumped up from the bed in anger, pulled out the saber hanging on the wall, and began to kill indiscriminately.
Zhang Yan's arm was cut, and Cheng Yuqian fell and broke his head. He, Zuo Chengmu and other ministers escaped with the help of their chamberlains, but a palace maid was too late to escape and was hacked to death on the spot.
After a long time, Emperor Yongxing regained his senses. He was sitting in a pool of blood. He was so weak that it was difficult to even stand. He just called Zhang Yan, Cheng Yuqian, Zuo Chengmu and other ministers to prepare decrees and orders to all the prefectures and counties, and to dispatch troops and generals, as if
The world is still under his control.
Zhang Yan, Cheng Yuqian, Zuo Chengmu, Wang Xueshan and other ministers accompanying them had no choice but to have all the metal objects that could hurt people removed from the room. Emperor Yongxing also followed his temper when he wanted to draft an edict, but no longer
To be honest, even if I had written it, I would not have sent anyone to deliver it; I would have sealed it to prevent Emperor Yongxing from hearing the news about Jiang Ning and being irritated again. I just hoped that when Yu Xinyuan could bring back good news from Shouzhou, the emperor could return to normal.
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Along the Feishui River from Shouzhou is Luzhou, which is much closer than Dongyang Mansion. Yu Xinyuan and Chu Wang Yuan Hancheng entered the nest on the 15th; Liu Zhi heard the news that Emperor Yongxing was going crazy and killing people, so he stayed there for the time being.