Shen Yang didn't say much. He and Han Qian came to visit Yang Jian at the same time, which showed his change in attitude.
Of course, Han Qian's words were heart-wrenching words, but when he thought about it carefully, Yang Jian might not completely ignore Han Qian's words.
Of course there is no problem with Yang Jian remaining neutral and only following Emperor Tianyou, but the question is, does Emperor Tianyou necessarily think that Yang Jian really has no other plans in his heart?
Comparatively speaking, Emperor Tianyou may not be in a hurry to abolish the direct line and establish a new one, but as a minister, Yang Jian followed the wishes of Emperor Tianyou and fully helped the third prince to win Tanzhou. Only then can he truly be said to be in compliance with the emperor's heart. ?
Thinking of this, Shen Yang sighed softly in his heart, the emperor's heart is unpredictable!
Han Qian would not force Yang Jian to give them an answer today, so he said goodbye to Shen Yang and returned to the Xishan Camp.
Returning to the Xishan Camp, Han Qian first accompanied the third prince to inspect the camp, and then returned to his tent to take a rest in the afternoon.
After learning that Han Qian and Shen Yang had rushed to Shuiying camp to visit Yang Jian early in the morning, Xinchang Marquis Li Pu could no longer sit still. Taking advantage of the cold weather in the camp, he secretly came to see Han Qian.
"Send elite troops to Yunpanling to join the Wuling army. What are your chances of capturing Wuling City within three months?" Xinchang Hou Li Pu walked into the camp, sat down and went straight to the point.
"How can there be a sure-win situation in the world? If that were the case, why didn't Ma Yin and his son surrender the city early and stop struggling in vain?" Han Qian said with a smile.
"Who knows that all this is not because you and your son want to preserve the strength of the Wuling Army and don't want to suffer too much loss when they attack Wuling City?" Xinchang Hou Lipu asked.
"It is a great achievement that the Wuling Army did not attack the Wuling Army in Yunpanling at this time. Isn't it true that Mr. Li is judging the heart of a gentleman with a villain's heart?" Han Qian asked in return.
Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, was speechless and found it difficult to refute Han Qian's words.
Compared with the progress in other directions, the Han family and his son and Zheng Hui captured Chenxu Prefecture, severely defeated more than 4,000 Tan Prefecture elites, and contained nearly 10,000 Tan Prefecture soldiers and horses in the cities on the plain west of Dongting Lake. This has exceeded the quota assigned by Emperor Tianyou. Give Wuling Army the important task of containing Tanzhou.
The strong attack on Wuling City will make the achievements of the Han family and his son more prominent, but from now on, the Han family and his son will stand still and station the Wuling army in Yunpan Ridge, just peeking into the plain west of Dongting Lake. After the rebels are quelled in the future, the Han family and his son will His achievements will not be dimmed compared to others.
Han Qian sighed lightly at this time, took the teapot from Xi Yin's hand, made some more tea for Xinchang Hou Li Pu, and asked in a low voice: "Does Marquis Li really not feel that Jinling and Anning Palace are here at this time?" , Donggong, Shouzhou, and Chuzhou are all a little unusually quiet?"
In fact, Xinchang Hou Li Pu was the easiest to persuade.
The Wanhong Mansion and the Xinchang Hou Mansion have been like poisonous snakes hiding in the black shadows in recent years. While they are trying their best to create conspiracies, what they are most wary of is actually the conspiracies of others.
Han Qian could also say something more clearly in front of Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang.
He didn't even need to remind him deliberately. Han Qian believed that Wanhonglou and Xinchanghou Mansion were not too stupid, and they should also keep an eye on Anning Palace and Chuzhou for any changes.
Sometimes, the biggest change is the absence of any change, which makes people even more uneasy.
Seeing that Xinchang Hou Li Pu was silent, Han Qian handed him the hot tea cup and said: "No matter what conspiracy there is in Anning Palace, East Palace and Shouzhou, we will put down the chaos in Tanzhou as quickly as possible. Then we can seize the opportunity and respond to the ever-changing changes in Tanzhou. Otherwise, what happens in Jinling, and Tanzhou is not conquered at that time, but I want to ask Lord Marquis, what can we do by then? ?”
Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, pondered for a long time and said: "I can also support sending elites to Yuanjiang, but one of them needs to be several weeks old!"
"I'm afraid that the Marquis will conserve his strength and not be willing to contribute." Han Qian laughed and said that he would never mind if Li Pu transferred Zhou Shu's troops to Yunpanling to share the military merits. He added, "However, I still need to ask the Marquis to I sent someone to see Zhang Pei, hoping that the Jingzhou soldiers and horses could make a move to cross the river and attract some of the Tanzhou navy to cross."
Zhang Wei did not have a particularly close relationship with Xinchang Hou Li Pu, but after all, he was a general promoted by Li Yu, the king of eastern Zhejiang, and Xinchang Hou Lipu still had some influence on Zhang Wei.
"Of course, you don't need to worry too much about this." Since Xinchang Hou Li Pu agreed to support sending troops and asked Zhou Shu to lead his troops to Yunpanling with Han Qian and others, he naturally hoped that the trip would go smoothly and there would be no accidents.
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Shen Yang and Xinchang Hou Li Pu turned from opposition to support. Han Qian also promised to send Xuzhou Shuiying to forcefully break into Dongting Lake and join Yuedong Daying. Zhenyuan Hou Yang Jian no longer had an opinionated position. Everyone's opinions They quickly unified, and the next step was to formulate a specific battle plan and start preparations for the war.
"Master Han has only been here for two days. How do you convince Mr. Shen and Marquis Zhenyuan to change his attitude?" Yang Yuanpu left Han Qian in the tent and asked excitedly about the specific process of Han Qian's lobbying of Shen Yang, Yang Jian and the others.
"It is now the rainy season. It is not conducive to attack Yueyang City from the front. The war will drag on. In the end, no one knows how many soldiers and civilians in Tanxiang Prefecture will die before the rebels can be wiped out. And opening a new battlefield on the plain west of Dongting Lake will be beneficial to the war. Advance quickly. Mr. Shen Yang cares about the common people, and it is not difficult for the minister to convince him of the pros and cons of the war situation."
Han Qian talked about his private meeting with Shen Yang and Zhenyuan Marquis Yang Jian, and told the third prince to know,
"It is true that the Marquis of Zhenyuan has served His Majesty, but Your Majesty hopes that His Highness can achieve great success in Tanzhou. If the Marquis of Zhenyuan is slack, how can he not be regarded as complying with the emperor's will? With the Feng family's disaster ahead, no ministers need to say it clearly. The Marquis of Zhenyuan will be able to understand it."
"How did Master Han convince Marquis Xinchang?" Yang Yuanpu asked.
Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, was Yang Yuanpu's father-in-law, but Li Pu once wanted to strengthen his personal control through Zhang Ping. This resentment has not been diluted by time.
From then on, Yang Yuanpu treated Li Pu with titles. In comparison, he was closer to Li Zhigao, his elder brother-in-law.
Han Qian glanced at the third prince. He didn't know how much the third prince knew about the secrets of Xinchanghou and Wanhonglou. He just said: "There is no movement from the prince and prince Xin. In fact, the prince is also worried about Chi Ze's change. But it’s not difficult to convince.”
"Changes will happen later?" Yang Yuanpu pondered these four words and asked Han Qian, "What changes will Master Han be worried about?"
"It is necessary to be on guard against others, but excessive speculation is not necessary," Han Qian said, "No matter what conspiracy the prince and King Xin have, as long as His Highness can quell the Tanzhou rebels as soon as possible, he will have the upper hand."
Yang Yuanpu hesitated for a long time, and finally walked to the tent and saw that no one else was approaching outside the tent. Then he came back and lowered his voice and asked Han Qian: "What do Master Han think of Wanhonglou?"
Han Qian thought that the third prince finally asked this question. He sat behind the long desk calmly and said: "Back then, in order to arrange Li Chong to His Highness, Mr. Li wanted to create an accident for Wei Chen but failed. Wei Chen failed. In order to protect myself, I had to participate in their secret conspiracy, and I was fortunate to get acquainted with His Highness. However, in the past few years, the relationship between Wei Chen and Li Houye has not been harmonious. What kind of secret is hidden in Wanhong Mansion? There’s no way to spy.”
"After Zhaozong of the previous dynasty succeeded to the throne, he worked hard to govern, but he did not trust the ministers of foreign dynasties. He appointed eunuchs exclusively for everything. He not only made the eunuchs in charge of the Shence Forbidden Army, but also established the Shenling Division outside the Shence Forbidden Army. He appointed eunuchs to supervise the feudal towns and cultivate scout secretaries.
Detectives and even assassins hoped that one day the vassal towns could be abolished and the empire revitalized. However, Zhaozong and his sons died at the hands of Emperor Liang, and the Shenling Division fell into pieces with the collapse of the previous dynasty. It was only sixteen years since Dachu was founded, so it was inevitable that there would be problems in the court.
Some generals are inextricably linked to the past events of the previous dynasty," Yang Yuanpu said. "Maybe the mother and concubines hope to destroy the Liang Kingdom in their lifetime, right?"
"Shenling Division?" Han Qian thought about this secret service agency that he had never seen in any books or heard anyone mention it. He thought that the previous dynasty secretly set up such a secret service agency controlled by eunuchs, like Zhang Ping.
A person's origin can also be explained.
The biggest question now is whether Emperor Tianyou really knows nothing about the existence of the Shenling Division, or has he noticed it a long time ago, or even went further, and already knew that the concubine, the third prince, and the Shenling Division were involved?
Thinking of this, Han Qian broke into a cold sweat.
"What's wrong? Master Han, do you think there's anything unusual?" Seeing Han Qian's expression suddenly become serious, Yang Yuanpu couldn't help but become worried and asked in a low voice.
"Your Majesty now knows that the Xinchang Hou Mansion is secretly cultivating secret spies. If Your Majesty had known about the existence of the Shenling Division before, it would be difficult not to connect the Xinchang Hou Mansion with the remaining forces of the Shenling Division." Han Qian said with a frown.
"Ah," Yang Yuanpu also became a little panicked and asked, "Is it possible that my father also suspects that my mother and I are involved?"
"This should not have happened yet, otherwise His Majesty would not have given His Highness the opportunity to lead an army to conquer Tanzhou." Han Qian analyzed the existing intelligence and said, "There are inevitably many generals in the court, all of whom can be said to be former
I am an old official in the dynasty, but in the sixteen years since the founding of the Chu Kingdom, things have changed and people's minds have settled down. There are not many people who think about the old affairs of the previous dynasty. I guess your majesty does not pay special attention to the remaining forces of the Shenling Division."
Emperor Tianyou rose in Jianghuai, merged with the forces of the Guangling Jiedushi Mansion, and successively annexed the Shengzhou Jiedushi Mansion, the Xuanshe Jiedushi Mansion, and the Jiangxi Observer Mansion to create the Chu Kingdom, and then annihilated the forces of the Yue King Dong Chang.
The annexation of Jingxiang, Tanxiang, Jisu and Guizhou established the territory of Chu at this time.
In this process, Emperor Tianyou's hands were full of blood, but he also accommodated a large number of generals who were not direct descendants of Jianghuai.
In the early years, the Han family served as generals of the Xuanshe Jiedu Envoy. Li Yu, the prince of eastern Zhejiang, Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, and even Zhang Wei were the generals of the Jiangxi Observation Envoy;
The young master of Jiedushi, Empress Xu is the eldest daughter of the former Guangling Jiedushi and the sister of Xu Mingzhen.
The sources of the Chu generals are so complicated that even if the Shenling Division, which was controlled by the eunuchs in the previous dynasty, still had residual forces in the Chu region, they would not be valued more than others.
Of course, if the imperial concubine and the third prince were involved with the Shenling Division, especially if the Shenling Division still harbored fantasies of revenge or even restoration and had been within the confines of the palace for so many years, the nature would be completely different.
Han Qian couldn't help but think at this time, maybe the death of Emperor Tianyou is what many people are most looking forward to right now, right?
As for Emperor Tianyou's death, the land is in disgrace and the mountains and rivers are shattered, then we have to wait until Emperor Tianyou dies before considering it, right?