The New Year is approaching, and the Songhe Tower area becomes even more lively after dark. It is a great enjoyment to choose a good place to drink tea on a snowy night.
Qin Wen couldn't stay too long, and the whole thing was so shocking and exciting that it was difficult for him to calm down his inner excitement in a short period of time and discuss the matter with Feng Liao and Han Daoming.
With excitement and shock in his heart, he first left Songhe Tower and returned to the mansion with his two old family members waiting downstairs.
In the whole matter, the early stage of the Han government's drama is the best, as long as they spare no effort to support all the decisions made by Tang Yi, and even all the people and resources they can directly control are tilted in the direction of "attacking Guanzhong"
, but how can the hidden personnel of the Secret Service in Jinling spread some true and three false news without leaving a trace, and even create some less eye-catching illusions to mislead the court officials?
There are too many considerations.
The whole thing is divided into two stages: the first stage is to conceal the true intention of Tangyi elites to enter Henan Prefecture, so that the court officials cannot be alerted in advance; the second stage is when the whole thing becomes a fact and is announced to the public.
At this time, they also wanted to try their best to ease the stimulation of the princes in the court and prevent the relationship between Jinling and Tangyi from completely breaking down and suddenly entering the stage of a sword fight.
Otherwise, not only the Han Mansion and the Chishan Club, whose main base is in the Jianghuai states, may be the first to take the blame, but the Empress Dowager Changxin may also directly reveal his identity, not to mention a series of subsequent troubles.
Already.
Of course, Qin Wen did not inquire in detail about the progress of Tangyi's secret mobilization of troops, but it is speculated that if preparations are made according to the worst plan of breaking up the relationship, the scale of Tangyi's mobilization of troops this time will be unprecedented.
Back at the house, Qin Wen ate in a hurry, sat in the study and watched the heavy snow falling. He thought about it in the middle of the night and thought about many things, only to realize that it was really complicated. If he was not careful, the situation might be completely out of control.
In fact, there was too little time to figure out what to do, and Tangyi had not fully thought it through, so he asked Feng Liao to sneak back to Jinling in person to formulate a more complete implementation plan.
In the early hours of the morning, Qin Wen just fell asleep and got up again in broad daylight. Although he had not slept for two hours, he was extremely excited and did not feel tired at all. Thinking about it carefully, he could only learn from Deng Jun
There was a fuss over the ownership of the jurisdiction of the two states and the return of Queen Xu, Zhang Xinchun and others to Jinling for trial.
This matter is currently the focus of attention of the court officials. Only by mixing information that is difficult to distinguish between true and false between these two matters to hide Tangyi's true intentions can the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort be achieved.
After writing some Spring Festival couplets and preparing some items for ancestor worship, Qin Wen put on his casual robes, went out for a stroll, found a remote teahouse, and met Feng Liao secretly - Han Daoming, a member of the Han family.
Lord, in these few days before the New Year's Day, there is actually no way to get away casually.
"Prime Minister Shen still thinks that King Xin will agree to Zhao Zhen's sending troops to Wuguan so that he can have an excuse to ask Kong Xirong to lead his troops to withdraw from the two states of Deng and Jun." Qin Wen and Feng Liao sat in a dimly lit corner and said in a low voice, "If
This is indeed possible, and Tangyi, in order to compete for the control of Deng and Jun states, would be the first to send troops to Guanzhong at this time, is it logical? Prince Xin Yang Cong and Wang Wenqian are temporarily staying in Jinling. I may encourage Zhang Xian and Zhou Qinian
Let's go to see Yang Cong together, and if Mrs. Jun's father is present and Yang Cong shows signs of movement, the first chess piece of Jinling City can be considered to have fallen into the game - Your Excellency sends the Queen of Thieves and Zhang Xinchun and other rebellious eunuchs to return
Once the news spreads, there will be a lot of discussion in Jinling City. In order to do something important, we can only do something about this matter..."
Zhang Xian had previously used the incident of returning to the court to stand trial against the rebellion to create controversy in order to highlight Han Qian's ambitions for Deng Jun and the two states. Qin Wen had previously thought of secretly discussing countermeasures with Feng Liao, but now the situation has changed.
If the rumor spread at this time, it would actually be more conducive for them to create the illusion that Han Qian sent troops to unite Liang Jun to attack Yongzhou.
Even if the whole thing will be detrimental to Tangyi's reputation, there have to be trade-offs. Even if something is temporarily detrimental to Tangyi's reputation, we still have to take advantage of it - Qin Wen often said "bad things" about Tangyi behind his back.
Feng Liao nodded. If he wanted to hide the truth, he must first convince the princes in the court that Tangyi did have the motive and reason to hastily send troops to Guanzhong at this time. In this way, Jinling would not interfere with Tangyi's subsequent deployment of troops.
What an extreme reaction.
Qin Wen invited Zhang Xian, and Zhou Qinian went to lobby Yang Cong, but if he wanted Yang Cong to show signs of intention, or at least call Zhang Xian, Zhou Qinian believed that Yang Cong was interested and might affect the decision-making of Xin Wang Yang Yuanyan.
Qin asked them to do some extra homework before going directly to the door.
The two discussed secretly in the corner of the tea shop for a long time before they worked out some details. Afterwards, Feng Liao asked again: "Sometimes it is necessary to be prepared to break up and fight, so that it is finally possible to reach an end."
war, but in the process, those who stay in Jinling may be persecuted - before the news finally reaches Jinling, we will rush to arrange for some people to cross the river to the north bank. Who are the people in your house who are really necessary?
I will withdraw with you, and you will draw up a list for me."
"Sir, Lord Shangshu, can Lord Yun Guan cross the river?" Qin Wen asked.
"Boss, Lord Shangshu, and Master Yun will not leave. After all, it is ultimately to avoid fighting, but Han Daochang, Han Duan and others will go to the North Bank in advance in the name of helping to prepare military supplies..." Feng Liao said.
"Then there's no need to consider me." Qin Wen said resolutely.
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"Your Majesty's complexion is not good, and it looks like the first sign of rubella, but the condition is not serious. I saw His Royal Highness Prince Fu before noon, and the condition is a little more serious..."
The new emperor Yang Bin still lived with Princess Qingyang in Changxin Palace. On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, a palace attendant serving the new emperor in Changxin Palace casually said that the new emperor coughed a lot in the morning.
After two calls, Princess Qingyang summoned Hu Yifeng from the Imperial Medical Bureau. After Hu Yifeng's diagnosis and treatment, he prescribed a prescription to be taken and suffered.
Qingyang's protection of the new emperor Yang Bin is somewhat controversial. All the purchasing and cooking of medicinal soups and meals must be monitored by someone, and someone must taste the food in front of her eyes and nose; and if there are any signs of illness, it is also required
The imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau can be summoned to serve you at any time.
However, in the current turbulent palace confinement, no matter how cautious you are, it is necessary.
This diagnosis and treatment was originally a very inconspicuous and ordinary matter in Changxin Palace, but when someone spread the news to Prince Xin's Palace, the news turned out that the new emperor Yang Bin and Prince Fu Yang Lin were infected with the epidemic at the same time, which caused the Imperial Medical Bureau to celebrate the New Year.
Like facing a formidable enemy.
The news from the Imperial Medical Bureau was indeed that all the imperial doctors had canceled their rest, and specially sent people to Liyang Medical Hospital to ask for the latest epidemic medicine and come back to try it out for epidemic diseases in the city.
Although no one has discussed the appointment of the crown prince for the time being, Yang Bin was only eight years old after the new emperor's New Year. Before Yang Bin had an heir, the third prince Yang Lin, who had just been appointed King Fu, was naturally the first heir to the throne; and if
If King Fu Yang Lin is ill again, Prince Xin's Crown Prince Yang Cong, who is twenty years old, will actually be more easily accepted by the court than King Xin Yang Yuanyan himself.
Yang Cong took his wife and concubines to live in King Xin's Mansion in Jinling City, which had been vacant for many years. This was a symbol or a proton for King Xin Yang Yuanyan to express his surrender to the court. All the princes in the court deliberately kept a distance from him, but Yang Cong still
Ask the few ministers and subordinates in the palace to make friends with the middle and lower-level generals as much as possible. New Year's Day is the time when people move most frequently.
After Deng Jun's two prefectures were occupied by Tangyi's army, Emperor Tianyou moved into the two prefectures to serve as military households for Shibian. At this time, there were 12,000 strong and well-trained remaining soldiers, and Tangyi's army hurriedly marched westward.
In addition to the two states of Deng and Jun, the information about the more than 10,000 capable people was also passed to the ears of the staff of Prince Xin's palace from a certain official at the right time.
Another piece of news that accidentally reached Prince Xin's palace was that Li Xiuzeng had been instructed by Han Qian to send his family to Huayang to meet Li Qi, but Li Qi was arrogant and disrespectful to Han Qian in his words.
Of course, the fact that the traitors such as the Xu family and the grandsons of Emperor Tianyou, Yang Fen and Zhang Xinchun, were sent back to Jinling via Tangyi to be tried, was also widely spread in Jinling City at this time.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Qin Wen invited Zhang Xian and Zhou Qinian visited Prince Xin's Mansion, mainly to lobby Yang Cong, the crown prince of Prince Xin.
Because of mutual avoidance, Yang Cong could not see the ministers at the political level at this time. However, although Qin Wen, Zhang Xian, and Zhou Qinian were not among the ministers, their status in Beijing was definitely very important.
Yang Cong was extremely enthusiastic and courteous to the arrival of these three people.
Since he was lobbying the Xinwang Palace to allow Zhao Zhen to lead his troops to send troops from Wuguan in order to have an excuse to drive the Tangyi army out of Deng and Jun states, Qin Wen naturally wanted to talk about the benefits that Zhao Zhen's sending troops would bring to the Xinwang Palace.
Qin Wen talked about how Emperor Tianyou moved people to Shibian in his early years, and he did not hesitate to point out that the imperial court had directly controlled the two states of Deng and Jun. The first important thing was to imitate the policy of Emperor Tianyou at that time and move the exiled and disaster-stricken people from the interior.
Filling in the two states of Dengjun and Dengjun, it is even possible to accept refugees who moved south from Liang.
This will also make it easier to recruit troops locally to supplement the lack of troops sent from Wuguan to Guanzhong.
At this time, Wang Wenqian and Yin Peng have not yet left the Xinwang Mansion directly. However, they are currently living with Yang Cong in Xinwang Mansion as ministers and guests. They usually spend their free time studying and wandering around, not doing any errands.
This time Qin Wen, Zhang Xian, and Zhou Qinian came to visit. As a courtesy, Yang Cong specially invited Xianyun Yehe, two heavyweights, Wang Wenqian and Yin Peng, whose reputation could be said to be on par with the ministers and generals of the DPRK, to accompany them.
Listening to Qin Wen's boastful talk, a lot of news has been introduced into the palace in the past two days, which has stirred people's hearts. Wang Wenqian feels somewhat strange in his heart, but who could have imagined that there would be such twists and turns behind it?
Wang Wenqian's corpse was "eating plain food", and Yang Cong had no advisers who could really judge the situation. He never imagined that there was such a net covering him behind him. He was full of calculations about the pros and cons of Zhao Zhen sending troops from Wuguan.
At this time, Zhao Zhen was asked to lead his troops out of Wuguan to assume the important task of containing the enemy forces in the pass and easing the pressure on the Heluoliang Army. Chuzhou's direct troops were very likely to suffer heavy casualties.
However, if we take into account that Dengjun and Dengzhou currently have more than 12,000 elite soldiers that can be recruited and supplemented, and more households will move to the border in the future, even if they have to bear huge casualties, it does not seem to be unbearable.
At this time, Li Qi led two thousand remnants to stay in Shangluo (Huayang). Even though they did not expect to win over Li Qi, most of Li Qi's generals and his family were stationed in Taowu, Gyeonggi Province.
If Zhao Zhen really wants to lead his troops into Shangluo, then with the imperial edict, he can directly remove Li Qi's military power and integrate these elite soldiers into Zhao Zhen's command.
And Huaidong asked to cut down the vassal, and the subsequent focus was no longer on fighting for one city and one pool, but on raising hopes. If Zhao Zhen could gain a foothold in Shangluo, how high would the momentum of Prince Xin's Palace rise?
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However, the new emperor and King Fu are young and seem to be very susceptible to contracting the epidemic and dying prematurely. How can people not be tempted?
Furthermore, Yang Cong is not willing to live in the palace of Prince Xin purely as a proton. He also longs for a moment of shining performance in his heart.
He thought he was calm and reserved in front of Qin Wen, Zhang Xian and Zhou Qinian, but after Qin Wen and the others left, he couldn't wait to invite Wang Wenqian and Yin Peng into the secret room, offered tea to each other and said: "Sir, you are loyal to your father.
I feel deeply sorry that my father cannot fully believe what you say - I wonder if there is any way, sir, that can help me persuade my father to send troops to Shangluo with Commander Zhao in mind?"
Wang Wenqian said noncommittally: "Your Majesty is wise and decisive. Sending troops from Wuguan really has all the benefits that Qin Wen said. Your Majesty, he can't see it. He doesn't need your son's painstaking persuasion..."
Wang Wenqian's answer was naturally not satisfactory to Yang Cong, but there was nothing he could do to Wang Wenqian.
Wang Wenqian and Yin Peng said goodbye and returned to Xikuoyuan where they lived.
Except for his concubine Xu, more than a dozen maids and maids, and Xu's twelve-year-old son Wang Liuyun, Wang Wenqian never asked other Wang family nephews to move to Jinling with him; but Yin Peng dragged his family with ten
Several people moved into Jinling, and together with their slaves and maids, the more than thirty houses in the West Cross Courtyard were filled to the brim and very crowded.
Mrs. Xu was sitting under the eaves of the backyard with her two maids, making lanterns for the Lantern Festival with her own hands.
Wang Wenqian had nothing to do, so he sat under the eaves and picked up bamboo poles to make rabbit lanterns.
"Have you found a suitable house in the city? I've been talking about it for half a year, but why haven't I seen anything?" The West Crossing of Prince Xin's Mansion is narrow, and Mrs. Xu was thinking of moving out, but Wang Wenqian didn't want to think about it.
, when he got the chance, he would chatter a few words and said, "Wang Yuan has gone to East Lake years ago, why do you want to avoid suspicion? Some suspicions can be avoided if you want to. According to me, you might as well just move to East Lake."
Is it okay to live there?”
Wang Wenqian put on the rabbit lantern in his mind in a leisurely manner, seemingly not listening to Xu's words; Yin Peng sat aside and said nothing, and it was not easy to answer casually.
Although the Lord has long made up his mind not to become an official in this life, he knows in his heart that Mrs. Xu has to think about the future of the young master.
Except for Wang Jun, Tangyi had no restrictions on his children becoming officials, and Yin Peng also knew that this should be a key reason why Mrs. Xu wanted to go to Tangyi.
Outside of Tangyi, Mrs. Xu was unable to formally renew her marriage and become a step-wife because of her background. Although this was not an exception in Da Chu, there were several cases where women born as concubines were given imperial concubines. For example, Su Hongyu was a lowly concubine before.
Although he was born in the late Honglou, he still had to be granted the title of Hao before the palace change. However, since he had no intention of re-entering the officialdom, he no longer had the ability. This also resulted in the young master, who was only twelve years old, always being a concubine.
Not to mention Xi Enyin, there will not even be a chance to be promoted to an official position in the future.
Seeing Wang Wenqian pretending to be deaf and mute again, Mrs. Xu angrily threw down her work and went into the house with her maid.
Yin Peng squatted in front of the stone steps, looking at the thin ice in the shallow pool, which seemed to be melting under the sun. He turned to see where Wang Wenqian's hands were still, and his mind seemed to be elsewhere, and asked: "My lord, are you there?"
Thinking about Deng Jun and the two states?"
"It's not my turn to worry about this," Wang Wenqian said.
"The envoy from Tangyi rebelled and Zhang Xinchun returned to the court to be tried. It was quite surprising. When the news spread, there was a lot of discussion in Jinling City..." Yin Peng said.
Wang Wenqian sighed softly and said: "Whether Han Qian wants to rectify his father's name, or whether he wants to kill the evil eunuch to vent his personal hatred. Although there will be entanglements, it is not surprising in the end - what I was thinking just now,
Is it the prince’s mind that seems to have become much more active after the new year?”
"Your Excellency, what are you thinking about? The Crown Prince came to the capital as a hostage, and there is always resentment in his heart. Now the princes of the political affairs hall are asking for help from Chuzhou. The Crown Prince does not want to be trapped in the palace, but wants to make a difference. It is natural for him to be alert...
..." Yin Peng said.
"In the five or six days before and after the New Year's Day, the news coming into the palace is too dense, isn't it?" Wang Wenqian asked with a frown.
"Is there anything wrong?" Yin Peng thought for a while and said, "No matter what is wrong, the prince's words in front of King Xin don't have much weight. If someone really spreads the news here deliberately, I'm afraid it won't have any effect.
Come……"
"Whether the prince's words in front of King Xin will work or not is just a matter of speculation in everyone's mind, or this is the intention of the people behind the scenes - of course, this has nothing to do with us, regardless of what is wrong,
We really have to go out to look for a house tomorrow, and it's really too crowded here, and if we delay it any longer, my ears are almost going to be numb from the woman's nagging." There is so much news about Li Xiu sending people to see Li Qi.
What made Wang Wenqian suspicious the most was Wang Wenqian, but at this time he just smiled and asked Yin Peng to hand him a piece of red-dyed rice paper, cut out a piece, and glued it to a bamboo cage shaped like a rabbit...
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Under deliberate guidance, most of the officials were still sleeping at home. On the occasion of the New Year's Eve, King Xin Yang Yuanyan wanted Zhao Zhen to send troops to Wuguan to force Tangyi's army to withdraw from Dengjun and Dengzhou.
The news spread among the various mansions in Jinling Mansion, as if it was true.
At this time, the news that the Marquis of Qianyang, in order to plot against Deng and Jun in the two states so that he could be caught by the court, would temporarily give up his father's hatred and send Zhang Xinchun and others to Jinling for trial was also spread secretly.
These two kinds of news also caused turmoil in Jinling City during the Spring Festival, and people were panicked. They were worried that the relationship between the court and Tangyi would become tense, and they would no longer be able to live peacefully.
On the tenth day of the first month of the second year of Taihe, Han Qian officially issued a mobilization order in Tangyi. He ordered Kong Xirong to recruit all the soldiers from the two states who had surrendered years ago in the two states of Deng and Jun, and increase the northwest marching army from the current 20,000 soldiers.
, directly expanded to 32,000 troops; and Su Lie was appointed as the vanguard general. On the day he received the order, he led the vanguard army out of Wuguan and entered the Shangluo area to fight with Li Qi's troops and Liang Luo King Zhu Zhen's troops.
Join forces to attack the enemy's defenses on the northern flank of Shangzhou, opening the way for Shangluo's army to invade Weinan and attack Yongzhou.
In addition, the elite three brigades originally stationed in Huaiyang, Donghu, and Tangyi will have to accommodate the expansion of the field troops to 8,000 troops each on the basis of the original ones; except for Zhao Qi, Lin Zongjing's water infantry will continue to
Stationed in Donghu, Tangyi and other places, Feng Zhang and He Liufeng expanded their troops and moved north to Shiliang and Huoqiu to strengthen the defense along the Huaihe River.
With Zhou Pang as the leader and Feng Xuan, Wen Bo, and Han Donghu as lieutenants, they formed an advance marching army of 18,000 elite soldiers and 2,000 craftsman battalions. They went north through Cai and Ru states and entered Heluo to prepare for assistance.
Liang Jun left Huazhou and attacked Yongzhou from the east flank.
At the same time, Han Qian went to Jinling to report the expansion and mobilization of troops and horses to attack Yongzhou, and urged the imperial court to allocate 800,000 stones of grain and grass this year in advance to make up for the lack of military resources for this time.
At the same time, the memorial also reported that Donghu had ordered the Chishan Association to distribute merchant ships in various places to purchase strategic materials that were in short supply in Huaixi as soon as possible, and then concentrate them on Donghu, Tangyi, and the mouth of the Xichuan River to support the subsequent war consumption.
Therefore, during the next period of time in Chishan, ships will be highly concentrated in Donghu, Tangyi, Xichuan and other places, and Zhuzhou and counties will be asked to provide convenience.
The Lantern Festival has not yet passed, and the end of the Hehuai War has not yet been completely eliminated. The generals in Tangyi have just experienced a two-month break from the Hehuai War, and they have once again expanded their troops to more than 100,000, and 50,000 elite soldiers and horses have joined the force.
Guandao and Hangu Dao cooperated with Liang Jun to attack Yongzhou, like a huge stone smashing into a calm lake.
Tangyi, which is just around the corner, is carrying out such a large-scale expansion and mobilization of troops and horses. In particular, the merchant ships of the Chishan Society are concentrating on Xichuan, Donghu and Tangyi. Secret reports from all parties have reached Jinling City two days ago.
Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Yang En, Zheng Yu, Zhang Chao and others were hesitating whether to send people to East Lake urgently to question the matter or to order Zhuzhou counties to strengthen the inspection of merchant ships passing through Chishanhui and detain them.
At this time, Qin Wen received the memorial handed over by Tang Yi's messenger, walked into the political hall, waved the memorial in his hand vigorously "angry", and said to everyone in the hall:
"In order to seize the two states of Deng and Jun, Han Qian squeezed his troops like this. He can really be called a desperate soldier!"
On duty at the Political Affairs Hall today were Zheng Yu, Huang Huixiang, and Zhang Chao, who were involved in political affairs. However, Zhang Xian and Zhou Qinian, as members of the Zhongshu Sheshe, were in the Political Affairs Hall on weekdays. They took Tangyi from Qin Wen with heavy expressions.
Memorial reading.
As Zhongshushe people, according to the rules, they have to go through the memorials sent directly to the Shangshu Province first. Unimportant matters are sent to the ministries and departments for proposals. Memorials that cannot be decided by the ministries and departments are handed over to the Political Affairs Hall.
The on-duty counselors reviewed the political affairs and gave a preliminary handling opinion, which was finally summarized to Shen Yang and the Queen Mothers of the two palaces. When the military and state affairs were important, a privy council meeting was convened in the political hall to make a decision.
Zhang Xian believed Qin Wen's words, because last night he was at Yang Zhitang's residence in Prince Xin's Mansion and had just received news from the insider that Liang Jun had invited Tangyi to assist Yongzhou this time, on the condition that Tangyi helped the Western Liang Army recapture Yongzhou.
Waiting for the hinterland of Guanzhong, the Western Liang Army ceded Caizhou and the western area of Yingzhou to Tangyi.
At other times, the value of Tangyi and Caizhou and Yingzhou would not be great, but the inclusion of Cai and Ying into Tangyi would make the two states of Dengjun and Dengjun more closely connected with Tangyi.
With all the news gathered together, they couldn't help but not believe it.
Once they believed it, and saw hundreds of thousands of merchant ships and thousands of shipwrights and sailors from the Chishan Association gathering in Xichuan, Donghu, and Tangyi, their reaction became hesitant. Shen Yang and Yang Zhitang only ordered various places to keep an eye on them. Follow the trends of the Chishan Society.
In just ten days, Chishan gathered more than 40,000 boatmen in Xichuan, Donghu, and Tangyi, and more than 2,000 large and small boats.
When the news reached Jinling, Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang and others were suddenly shocked to realize that the Chishan Society had grown to such a scale in just six or seven years. They did not expect that the information held by the Salt and Iron Transfer Envoy was out of date long ago. They had always thought that the Chishan Society had grown to such a scale. The number of boatmen and sailors in the Chishan Society is only seven to eight thousand.
Since the Chishan Society's merchant ships, boatmen, and sailors are usually scattered across the rivers, lakes, and many large and small docks in Dachu counties to transport merchant goods, no one noticed this anomaly...