When Mu Yunhan returned to Shoushan Town, a letter from Gu Yilan also arrived.
The content of the letter was similar to Wu Yanzhuang's, which also asked her to stay in Shoushan Town temporarily and not go to the capital.
It's just that the content of his letter is more detailed than Wu Yanzhuang's, but the Empress Dowager has been ill since the end of summer, and the little emperor's condition is not very good either.
It is said that he worried too much, ate very little, slept restlessly, and suffered from phobias, which means he was easily frightened and would sleepwalk at night.
Not being able to eat, sleep well, and being very scared is already a fatal injury to a child. Therefore, he was sick every day for three days, and taking medicine was like eating.
Because of this, there were widespread rumors in Beijing that the young emperor would die soon, which caused people's hearts to wander and the situation to become even more chaotic.
Gu Yilan told Mu Yunhan at the end that in order to stabilize people's hearts, he had ordered people to go to Lingxiao Temple to bring Zhao Qing back as a backup.
Zhao Qing was named the Eternal King and was still brought up by his biological mother, Concubine Xi.
As for the national jade seal, Gu Yilan never mentioned it in the letter, and Mu Yunhan didn't know what he did with the jade seal.
Then there is the matter of the candidate for the successor guard of Xiangshan King's Tomb Dragon Vein. Gu Yilan means that the imperial court can no longer take care of it. It is very likely that after a while, Mu An will issue an official document to officially appoint him as the guard of Xiangshan.
After the three siblings, Mu Yunhan and his brother, finished reading the letter, Mu An asked, "I wonder if the situation in Lanjing will be better after King Yong takes him back?"
Mu Yunhan said: "It's probably not much better. After all, he is just a child."
Even though he has royal blood, he is still a child who is very likely to die young, and is not of much help to the overall situation.
What the State of Zhao needs most now is actually a leader who is young and powerful, has an iron will, a strong hand, a far-sighted vision, the ability to bend and stretch, and a just and righteous leader, instead of two little babies who don't understand anything.
The three siblings sighed, put the matter aside, and started discussing how to recruit and train troops.
Mu Yunhan believes that Xiangshan Dragon Veins has too big a target and too many people coveting it. They cannot hold it with their current strength alone. Unless the appointment documents from Lanjing are issued, something will happen in the next few days.
The imperial court is unreliable and the royal tomb is empty. In this case, why bother holding on?
If a thief wants to come, let him come. They just need to guard Liuxian County and Shoushan Town, and prevent the local residents from suffering harm.
Mu An's view was similar to hers: "Since the nearby states and counties are in chaos, we will only bring trouble to ourselves by sticking to Xiangshan. Let's just end it once and for all, so as not to ruin it and make it annoying."
After a discussion, the big plan was initially decided. Everyone went about their duties and followed the plan step by step. In less than half a month, two thousand soldiers and horses were recruited.
Training the troops is not difficult. With the help of veterans like Jin Fan, and the help of the thousand private soldiers left behind, they will soon become decent.
Upon seeing this, Peng Wanli also came forward to form a team of several hundred people, and asked Mu An to send people over for training, and let these people patrol the city at night.
Staying in the immortal, guarding the mountain, and Xiangshan rely on each other, and the branches are connected with each other, which makes people feel more at ease.
With them taking the lead, many powerful gentry who had been waiting and watching followed suit and recruited troops to prepare for the future.
According to the intelligence collected, the more than ten bands of bandits and bandits are becoming more and more rampant, and they are simply recruiting people openly.
Among them, one group from Jiaozhou, headed by the bandit Bai Xiaoshan, is the most powerful. It is said that there are tens of thousands of people and they are very ambitious.