"When Han Daoxun and his son first arrived in Xuzhou, they used a strategy to scare off the grass and scare the snake, inducing the four surnames to hurriedly condone the roaring in the state prison. Han Daoxun and his son suppressed the roaring overnight, scaring the four surnames to escape from Qianyang City in a hurry, causing Qianyang City to be completely destroyed.
It fell into the hands of Han Daoxun and his son, and the four surnames were forced to agree to establish trade at this time and maintain the status quo with Han Daoxun and his son. At present, the situation in Xuzhou is still complicated and abnormal, but this is also the case since the city of Qianyang was built and the state of Wushui was established for hundreds of years.
Since the year, the central government has been able to control the better situation in Xuzhou. At this time, the news that there are no more Fangsi scouts operating in Xuzhou has spread. They must have been expelled by Han Daoxun and his son or suffered heavy losses..."
In the Sima Mansion of Langzhou, Ma Xun, the eldest son of Tanzhou Jiedushi, was sitting behind the case; and Sima Rong of Langzhou, who was in charge of Caozhou camp and the state prison, was Ma Xun's uncle. According to the internal order of Tanzhou,
I could only sit next to the prince Ma Xun and watch the prince's guest Qing Wen Rui stand in front of the hall and speak impassionedly.
The various conditions that have occurred in Xuzhou in the past month were unexpected by everyone, almost making the mountains of southwestern Hunan, which had been quiet for many years, seem to be boiling day and night.
Many Tanzhou Jiedushi officials, headed by the crown prince Ma Xun, had to gather in Hanshou City, where the Yuan River flows into Dongting Lake, where the prefectural government of Langzhou is located, to inspect the situation of the refugees crossing the border and discuss countermeasures.
As soon as Ma Xun arrived in Hanshou City, the informants they installed in Qianyang City received news that Han Daoxun was collecting money on both sides of the Yuanshui River to release land restrictions.
Naturally, Wen Ruilin strongly recommended that the passage for refugees to go south through the Yuanshui River should be closed, and that people in Tanlangyue and other places should be prevented from being misled by rumors and flowing into Xuzhou, ignoring the news deliberately released by Han Daoxun and his son.
It is originally the responsibility of the states and counties to prohibit refugees from crossing the border. They may even strengthen the interrogation of merchant ships and caravans and detain all people who cross the border without verification. In this case, no matter what Han Daoxun and his son's plans are, they will all come to nothing.
In the big picture, in Wen Ruilin's opinion, Tanzhou should try its best to urge the southern Hunan states to maintain the status quo and wait for the situation in Jinling to develop.
As long as the situation in Jinling is disrupted, the influence of the indigenous people in the southern Hunan states is actually extremely dispersed. Even if the villages are easy to defend and difficult to attack, the officials sent to Jinling can still maintain the status quo with the original surnames of the indigenous people.
Quickly stabilize the situation in the southern Hunan states.
"In order to make money, Han Daoxun relaxed land restrictions and did not restrict the refugees from reclaimed land to live in villages. Isn't this a good opportunity for us to fully penetrate and control Xuzhou?" Although the prince Ma Xun attached great importance to Wen Ruilin's opinions, today Langzhou
In the hall of Sima Mansion, not all of the officials gathered secretly thought that Wen Rui's words were reasonable. Ma Yuanheng, who was sitting under Ma Rong, had served as the governor of Xuzhou thirteen years ago and was driven out of Xuzhou by the four surnames.
Queen Zhou led the remnants of his troops to defect to his compatriot Ma Yin. Although his beard and hair were all white at this time, he was still full of energy and took up the post of Changsha Order. He was one of the core members of the Tanzhou Group.
Ma Yuanheng still remembered the humiliating history of being driven out of Xuzhou like a dog by the four surnames. He thought that if Wen Ruilin's plan was followed, even if he could coexist peacefully with the native surnames in the future, it would only be in name only that the southern Hunan states would be brought under the rule of Tanzhou.
, but the goal of hoping that the southern Hunan states would become the stable rear area of Tanzhou could not be realized.
The balance of power among the native and foreign people in Xuzhou was broken by Han Daoxun and his son. In order to make money, Han Daoxun took advantage of the four surnames' forces to shrink into the mountains and forests to release the land ban on both sides of the Yuan River. If they didn't take the opportunity to intervene in a big way, when would they wait?
"How could I know that it was not Han Daoxun and his son's plan to lure Tanzhou into the mud?" Wen Ruilin asked.
"How do you know that this is not the intention of Han Daoxun and his son to show their goodwill to Tanzhou?" Ma Yuanheng asked back, "I think Mr. Wen sometimes thinks about Huang Lao's skills, and he goes too far. I always feel that everyone is just speculating with Mr. Wen.
They are all unpredictable. I think this matter is very simple. It is true that Han Daoxun and his son are loyal to the third prince, but as long as people are selfish, they may not consider whether the third prince will stay after he loses power in the fight for the heir!"
Everyone felt that Ma Yuanheng's words made sense. Jinling was now very guarded against Tanzhou. Officials from Jinling would not easily make good friends with Tanzhou, at least not publicly. However, Han Daoxun and his son secretly left such a big loophole for Tanzhou.
To be timid is a bit too timid.
When Wen Rui saw that the prince was already impressed by Ma Yuanheng's words, he still refused to give in and said: "Han Daoxun and his son really want to show their goodwill to Tanzhou, so they will not keep the Xi daughter by their side."
"You!" Ma Yuanheng saw that Wen Ruilin relied on the prince's favor and stabbed his scar without any scruples. He was so angry that his white beard trembled, and he patted the case and said, "Wen Ruilin, you defended yourself against the east and the west, but today you
I can’t tell what Han Daoxun and his son are plotting. Who do you want to support you in blocking the waterway? Even if the crown prince listens to your instigation, in the end the lord still has the decision. Do you want to implicate the crown prince and be reprimanded by the lord?"
In order to give his son Ma Xun experience, Ma Yin, the governor of Tanzhou, handed over all related affairs in the southwest to him. However, if Ma Yuanheng or Ma Rong really wanted to object strongly, they would eventually hand over the matter to him.
Jiedu made Ma Yin come forward to make a decision.
"The scheming of Han Daoxun and his son is so deep that it is difficult to detect. However, he is the Marquis of Linjiang and plans the Dragon Bird Army. He is able to hide his secrets from the eyes of Anning Palace. Based on this calculation alone, we cannot be too careful to guard against him and his son.
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Wen Ruilin lived in Qianyang secretly for more than half a month. Although Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son were clear about their intentions in every step they took in Xuzhou, and they seemed to be consistent with what they said when they met in Waijiang, Yuezhou.
But when Wen Ruilin wanted to see the overall situation, he found a sea of clouds, mountains and fog.
This made Wen Ruilin, who had a high self-esteem, feel shocked every step of the way.
Regardless of the attitude of Ma Yuanheng, Ma Rong and others, he always insisted on his own opinion and persuaded the prince Ma to follow the path.
"We need to be on guard against Han Daoxun. Will Han Qian and his son take advantage of the fire?"
"Taking chestnuts from the fire? Mr. Wen is saying that Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son have the intention to separate Xuzhou?"
Ma Yuanheng couldn't help laughing and said,
"Of all the heroes from ancient times, who could deliberately mess up the situation and then go to get chestnuts from the fire? To say the least, even if Han Daoxun and his son kept the Xi family's daughter by their side and had the intention of gathering the remnants of the Xi family,
And the four surnames have no intention of stopping them, but the two to three thousand remnants of the Xi clan are only three to five hundred brave, so why should they take advantage of the fire in front of Tanzhou, which has a population of two million?"
"How do we know that Han Daoxun and his son were not secretly ordered by Yang Mi to lure Tanzhou to show up?" Wen Ruilin said tit for tat.
When Wen Ruilin said this, Ma Yuanheng was speechless and found it difficult to refute.
"It is true that the Han family father and son may have ambitions, but they are really like the smart people Mr. Wen said. They should know that without corresponding strength, excessive ambition is only a way to self-destruction - as for whether Jinling deliberately made Han Daoxun
There is no need to worry too much if the father and son set a trap. The situation faced by Jinling is already chaotic enough, why bother creating extra problems in the west?" Ma Rong cleared his throat and said.
Ma Rong was not only a core member of the Ma family. As the Sima of Langzhou, he was in charge of Langzhou soldiers, state camps and prisons. If he really wanted to block the passage from Yuanshui to Xuzhou, he would implement it, but he also felt that
At this time, Wen Ruilin was a little frightened by the enemy.
Ma Rong couldn't say whether Han Daoxun and his son were ambitious, but he thought to himself that as long as you are human, it is normal to have ambitions. If anyone here doesn't have any ambitions and extravagant thoughts, is it possible that Chengdu still can't use it?
As for whether it was a deliberate design by Jinling, Ma Rong also felt that Wen Ruilin was overly worried. At this time, Jinling should be on guard against chaos here. How could he do everything possible to induce chaos here?
Is it possible that Jinling has the situation in other directions under control, and the internal disputes are all illusions, and can now free up its hands to solve the problem in Tanzhou?
If this is really the case, then no matter what, if Tanzhou does not want everyone to accept Jinling's arrangements obediently, and the military and political power is completely taken over by Jinling, it will have to struggle no matter what.
Ma Rong continued:
"There is no reason in the world to be afraid of a powerful enemy and to sever one's own limbs. Moreover, it is too early to tell whether the Han family and his son are friends or foes. More importantly, even if there is chaos in Aurous Hill, the timing of the continuation will probably not be the same.
It’s been too long, and we can’t stop making progress now.”
Except for the prince Ma Xun, Ma Rong and Ma Yuanheng were the two most important people present. They all said so. Wen Ruilin thought that the prince might not even bring this matter to Jiedushi and would make a decision.
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Wen Ruilin thought to himself, maybe his thinking was too complicated. If he couldn't understand it no matter how hard he looked at it, maybe the simplest and most direct thing would be the truth?
"What should we do based on what uncle sees?" Ma Xun looked at Ma Rong and asked.
"In the name of Qianjiang Inn, lend Han Qian 500 cakes of gold and see if he dares to issue a receipt and accept the money," Ma Rong and Ma Xun suggested, then looked at Wen Ruilin and asked
He said, "What do you think, Mr. Wen?"
Wen Ruilin knew that Ma Rong was a military commander and had an enterprising spirit. He didn't like to be timid and didn't dare to do anything, but he had to admit that it was safer to test the situation with gold cakes first.
Five hundred cakes of gold is equivalent to six million dollars.
If a restaurant and inn that accommodated traders and lackeys took out this huge sum of money and gave it to Han Qian in the name of a loan in exchange for the convenience of building embankments and reclamation outside Qianyang City, anyone would guess where the money came from.
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After Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son received this money, if there was no movement in Jinling and the Chu soldiers east of Yuezhou were not mobilized, Han Daoxun and his son actually acquiesced in their sending hundreds or even thousands of soldiers and some of their family members.
Go to Xuzhou, in the name of reclamation, choose two or three key passes on the bank of the Yuan River, and settle down first. Then at least you don't have to worry about this being a trap set by Jinling.
And in the future, they will be able to directly control the force of two to three thousand people in the heart of Xuzhou. They are really not afraid that Xuzhou can fly out of the palm of their hands. And how can Chenzhou, which is sandwiched between Langzhou and Xuzhou, be able to control it alone?
Ming, escape from Tanzhou's control?
In this way, a deep hinterland of six to seven hundred miles will be opened up for Tanzhou upstream along the Yuan River and to the southwest. It will also be able to extend its influence to the old county in central Guizhou through Xuzhou. It will definitely be better than waiting for something to happen in Jinling.
It would be better to solve the problem of the Chenxu states later.
Even then, the local forces will most likely choose to wait and see and will not threaten Tanzhou's flanks, but Tanzhou should not think about being able to mobilize manpower and material resources from these places in a hurry.
How long does the Jinling Incident last? Tanzhou can still calmly rectify the states in southern Hunan. If the Jinling Incident lasts for a very short time, even after the death of Emperor Tianyou, his son succeeds to the throne, and his maternal relative, the Xu family, remains contented, or in other words, the maternal relative, the Xu family, before changing dynasties.
Decide to deal with the threat in Tanzhou first. If Tanzhou doesn’t have a stable and deep rear, won’t you be a fool then?
However, what Wen Ruilin was worried about was that even if Han Daoxun and his son had selfish motives in arranging such a plan in Xuzhou, even if Han Daoxun and his son's plan could be hidden from Jinling, Anning Palace and their relatives, the Xu family, they could not hide it from their relatives.
Did they jointly support Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, who was competing for the throne among the three princes?
When the time comes, what will Han Daoxun and his son do to convince other people in the Linjiang Hou family to support them in doing this in Xuzhou?
Or is it possible that the third prince can sacrifice the interests west of Jinghu Lake in order to fight for the heir?
This is what Wen Ruilin doesn't understand the most, but he also knows that in the eyes of Ma Rong, Ma Yuanheng and others, Han Daoxun and his son may be very powerful, but at this time they are not qualified to become their key opponents.
What we are really looking at is Emperor Tianyou, Anning Palace and his relative Xu...
