Yun Puzi came out of Changxin Palace and walked through the passage between the courtyard wall and the towering palace city wall. The starry night was squeezed into a long and narrow dark river by the high walls on both sides, which seemed to reflect the lights of the heaven.
Today is the ceremony for the appointment of the queen. The situation is quite special. The palace gate has not yet been closed. Walking out of Chongyang Gate is a long stone-paved street.
Chongfu Temple is located at the west end of the long street, just past the Chongli Gate of the Imperial City.
This is within the scope of the Imperial City.
The imperial city is also divided into northern and southern parts. The southern part mainly contains three provinces, six departments and nine temples, representing the government offices of the court.
In addition to most of the eunuchs and palace maids, who live mainly in the streets and alleys in the north between the palace city and the imperial city, Takeshi, who leads the bodyguards and is responsible for guarding the imperial city, is responsible for the daily life of the palace concubines.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the newly established Jinyun Division are also mainly located in the northern part.
Therefore, this is the origin of the titles "Nan Ya" and "Bei Ya" in Da Chu.
At this time, there was no longer any sound of silk and bamboo in the palace, indicating that the registration ceremony had come to an end.
Yun Puzi passed by a group of guardsmen patrolling the street. He was still more than a hundred steps away from Chongfu Palace. Suddenly, a man walked out from the shadows under the trees on the street, startling him.
With the help of the angry wind lantern in the distance, he could clearly see the face of the visitor. Yun Puzi covered his frightened heart and said, "Miss Yao comes and goes without a trace. If this continues, Old Taoist Yun will come back sooner or later."
One day I will be scared to death by you."
"Did the person from Changxin Palace promise to hand over the supplement to the Book of Heavenly Craftsmen to His Majesty?" Yao Xishui showed her figure for a moment, but then she retracted into the shadows and spoke.
"As the saying goes, haste makes waste," Yun Puzi said in a spirited voice, "The engagement has already made the princess suspicious of the old man. How can I directly suggest that the princess hand the book to your majesty this time? I
I just handed the book to the princess. I also mentioned whether to hand the book to His Majesty, but I could only mention it lightly. However, His Majesty is now different from what he used to be, and he is not so easy to bully. Yao
The girl must not think that a book can play a big role. If you really want your Majesty to appoint General Li as the commander-in-chief and lead the army to cross the Yangtze River and attack Shouzhou with Du Chongtao, you can't be too hasty, and you can't pin all your hopes on the princess.
It took some hard work in every aspect to achieve it.”
"Of course we know this, and we are doing our best to do it. Please rest assured, Taoist Master Yun." Yao Xishui bowed slightly, bowed to Yun Puzi, and then walked to the other end of the alley, as if he had never met Yun Puzi before.
generally.
Coming out of the alley, turn two alleys to the west to reach Yao Xishui's residence in the imperial city. On the way, you will pass the newly established government office of Jinyun Division.
Yao Xishui liked to hide in the shadows. Even when passing by Jinyun Division, he would try his best to stay in the shade of the trees and secretly look at the main gate of Jinyun Division, which was guarded by dozens of soldiers in scarlet armor.
In addition to using Chen Ruyi and Anji Xiang to command the left and right, and using Jiang Huo and the personnel trained by Yuan Guowei in recent years, the Jinyun Division also transferred a group of people from the bodyguards to Yang Yuanpu who were selected when they were in Xiangzhou City.
The young military attachés who serve as personal guards around him are in charge of cases and clerks.
Yang Yuanpu used Wang Lin's "suicide note" to bring Shen Yang back to the Central Committee and the establishment of the Jinyun Division to take over the power to investigate and handle counter-cases. These two things really caught Yao Xishui somewhat off guard. After thinking about it carefully, he felt a headache even more, which is unimaginable.
That young man who was pale and frail back then actually had such a "ferocious" side.
Or maybe they have focused too much on other people in the past two years, forgetting that the young man who has been struggling in the shadow of Ning Ning Palace since childhood is also growing up silently.
Yao Xishui recalled what Han Qian had said when he explained to Yang Yuanpu the article "Tang Sui Fulfills His Mission" after he enlisted his eldest brother to help Yang Yuanpu replace his guards in Xiangzhou City, saying that the throne of the emperor is five steps away and a thousand miles away.
Inside.
I don’t know if Yang Yuanpu had truly understood Han Qian’s words at that time, or if the death of Emperor Tianyou at the hands of Anning Palace made his feelings go deeper into his bones, but judging from his many recent actions, he should be at this time
Only when you truly understand these principles can you think of using a secret espionage agency like Jinyunsi to control matters within five steps.
Of course, Yao Xishui could also guess that the method of establishing Jinyun Division was most likely taught by Han Qian.
After all, Jinyun Division and Jinyun Tower are still different.
Jinyun Tower is mainly responsible for the collection of military intelligence, but Jinyun Division has to carry out such a strict and precise decentralization of power with Dali Temple, Yushitai, and the Ministry of Punishments within the framework of the imperial court system, which must be consistent with the court system.
, can’t afford to conflict.
Only in this way, in addition to making the princes and ministers speechless, more importantly, can Da Chu form a complete system to operate, instead of becoming an obstacle.
But at the same time, Yang Yuanpu also wanted to ensure that Jinyunsi could become the eyes, ears and minions under his direct control and effective.
The twists and turns here are complicated and not just anyone can think them through.
That's why Han Qian couldn't wait to hide in Xuzhou, a thousand miles away, before Jinling City was captured?
"Within five steps, a thousand miles away?"
Yao Xishui secretly thought about these two words she had heard Han Qian mention, and couldn't help but wonder that when Han Qian taught Yang Yuanpu these things, could it be possible that he wanted to use Yang Yuanpu's hand to restrict and deal with them?
After all, what they are best at is within five steps.
From this point of view, this time we must ask the eldest brother to win the opportunity to lead his troops across the river to suppress Shouzhou.
But, how easy is this?
It is true that the eldest brother is currently trusted by Yang Yuanpu, but because of his trust, Yang Yuanpu is more likely to ask the eldest brother to lead the Zuo Longque Army to cooperate with the bodyguards to stay in Jinling, and to dispatch other soldiers and horses from Jinling to be controlled by Du Chongtao.
President Du Chongtao led the final attack on the remnants of Anning Palace.
In this case, Yang Yuanpu did not have to worry that Du Chongtao would seize military power and hold on to it, which also reflected his trust in Du Chongtao.
After wiping out the remnants of Anning Palace, he transferred Du Chongtao to the central government and entrusted him with the important task of Deputy Privy Envoy or Minister of War. I believe Du Chongtao would not refuse.
If this is the case, the road ahead of them will become bleak.
After all, the eldest brother stayed in Jinling and had no way to fully control and penetrate the Zuo Longque Army.
Most of the generals, military attaches and most of the soldiers of the Zuo Longque Army were still loyal to Da Chu; not to mention that Yang Yuanpu established the Jinyun Division to further strengthen his direct control over the imperial army, the bodyguards and the court officials.
But one day, Yang Yuanpu felt that his eldest brother had been sitting in the position of commander of the Zuo Longque Army for too long, so he was assigned to other positions with a transfer order, and they did not even have room to refuse.
It's just that Princess Qingyang can't put too much hope in this line. In addition, is there any way to quietly influence Yang Yuanpu and make him decide to appoint his eldest brother to lead his troops across the river to suppress the remnants of Anning Palace?
Walking to the living courtyard, I saw the lady, accompanied by Chun Shisanniang, sitting in the courtyard and asking two palace maids to pat her back. It seemed that she had accompanied the queen mother to participate in the ceremony and persisted until then to rest. She was really tired.
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Yao Xishui asked the palace maid to retreat, and she personally helped his wife beat her back and told her the causes and consequences of her thoughts along the way: "Even if Yang Yuanpu is convinced through Princess Qingyang that the eldest brother has the determination to completely break away from the Xinchang Hou Mansion, it may not be the eldest brother who leads the way.
The army crossed the river and marched into Shouzhou..."
"If in Yang Yuanpu's heart, Du Chongtao is not suitable to be the presidential commander who invades Anning Palace, the chance of finding out will be much greater." Lu Qingxia said lightly.
"..." Yao Xishui's troubled mind suddenly became clear.
Du Chongtao was leading his troops to move to Shuzhou, which was just across the river from Chizhou and only three to four hundred miles away from Jinling.
In the eyes of many ministers in the court, if they are really worried about Du Chongtao, then they should directly transfer Du Chongtao to Jinling as Minister of the Ministry of War, instead of advocating direct intervention and coordinating the scope of the war in Jinling within such a short distance.
Inside, another person should be used to check and balance Du Chongtao.
Many people do not even recommend sending troops in two directions. Instead, they advocate sending additional reinforcements directly to Shuzhou and attacking Chaozhou from the west. As long as they occupy Chaozhou and Chuzhou to the east of Chaozhou and across the river from Jinling, they will not be able to defeat Chaozhou.
Fight and go down.
If they want their eldest brother to gain the opportunity to lead the army, they should really change their thinking and make a fuss about Du Chongtao.
Or we might first sort through the list of captured rebel generals and officials captured during the capture of Jinling to see if any of them were deeply involved with Du Chongtao, or we could make a fuss about Du Tao, the son of Du Chongtao who was sent to Jinling to meet with Yang Yuanpu, or
Check whether Du Chongtao is involved with Chuzhou or Xuzhou.
Yao Xishui's thoughts suddenly opened up and he felt that there were too many articles and tricks that could be done on Du Chongtao. Besides, Yang Yuanpu didn't have much trust in Du Chongtao to begin with. They could even release some news to scare Du Chongtao...
