Gao Shi planned to return south with Li Xiyan, so he rushed to Shanyang via Linhuai. After arriving in Shanyang, I got on a stable and comfortable boat, and I could finally take a breath and rest for a while, but there were unforeseen circumstances, and when the ship arrived at Gaoyou, it suddenly rained heavily, and the lock located here was damaged and could not be opened and closed. In desperation, the two had to go ashore with a retinue, and then rode horses and went straight down to Yangzhou along the left bank of the canal.

When he arrived in Yangzhou, it was already a few days later, and it happened that Li Xun, the observer of western Zhejiang, also arrived by boat along the Yangtze River. The trip to Jiangxia was very fruitful for him, and the results far exceeded expectations.

Gao Shi heard that Lai Yao was willing to start an incident with him, and Qing Jun was also very happy. Li Xun also brought a letter written by Lai Yao himself, which explained in detail his position, as well as the situation of the soldiers and horses in Huainan West Road, if you want to raise troops, you can go against the current to the west, and take Jiangling directly, once you control Jiangling, then the entire land south of the Yangtze River will be as stable as Mount Tai, and the Shenwu army will pay a terrible price if you want to reach out and come in.

Li Xiyan was also very excited after reading Lai Yao's letter, since the capture of Luoyang by An Lushan, Jiangling has hoarded a large amount of grain that is about to be sent to Chang'an, and this place is the key to control Chang'an, and it is a place where soldiers must fight.

"If Lai Yao can successfully capture Gangneung, this move will be half of the matter first!"

However, Li Xun brought not only good news, but also some bad news.

"Zhenhai Jiedu made Liu Zhan secretly communicate with Lai Yao, I am afraid that it is premeditated, if I can't understand the details of this person, I am afraid it will be a hidden danger......"

Li Xiyan waved his hand and said:

"Liu Zhanqi is just a little impatient, a certain has had a few deep conversations with him, if he is in a hurry to raise troops is in line with his consistent character, but that's all, it is better to return to Jiangnan, by the way, to find out, but also to calm everyone's hearts!"

Li Xiyan's words still carry a lot of weight, when Yongwang Li Lan rebelled, when the imperial court had not yet sent a jiedu envoy to quell the rebellion, it was this person who took the lead in bringing the local officials in Jiangnan to fight against it.

"In that case, there is Lao Li to observe!"

Gao Shi doesn't have a good impression of Liu Zhan, if this person has a suspicious heart, he doesn't mind killing the killer, but if it's just an impatient temperament as Li Xiyan said, he has enough patience to tolerate it.

If you want to raise troops and be the king, the first thing is not only to train the troops, but also to unite all the forces that can be united in the south of the Yangtze River.

Before Li Xiyan crossed the Jiangnan River and returned, he made a rather pertinent suggestion to Gao Shi, in order to paralyze the Shenwu army, he could transport a part of the rents from Jiangnan to Luoyang, so that they could further relax their vigilance. Gaoshi accepted this suggestion and immediately implemented it.

Just three days later, the first batch of grain was loaded onto the ship and began to travel north from Yangzhou along the Grand Canal.

The news soon reached Luoyang, and it was really exciting for Yang Xingben, who was facing the dilemma of an increasingly scarce military rations, and he also smelled the intention of the Jiangnan region to try to ease relations with the Shenwu army. This is definitely great news for the Shenwu Army.

A few days later, Qin Jin also learned the news that Jiangnan was transporting grain to the north.

The happiest people in the court were not Qin Jin, but Xia Yuanji and Fifth Qi, these two people racked their brains all day long to raise money, especially the latter, who was eager to scrape down the Chang'an land by three feet, and even then the treasury still couldn't make ends meet.

On this day, the three prime ministers in the political hall gathered together, and even Wei Jiansu, who had never spoken a word, sat in the hall and took a nap.

Xia Yuanji, as the head of the prime minister, was making a long summary, especially expressing dissatisfaction with the progress of the fifth Qi to collect money. Although the officials' salaries are not a problem for the time being, the repair of the Chang'an city wall will protect the salaries of the various armies in Chang'an...... All of this, when combined, would be a staggering number.

The atmosphere in the political hall was not tense, Fifth Qi was sitting precariously, his eyelids drooping slightly, and he didn't seem to care about Xia Yuanji's reproach, but Wei Jiansu felt a little like sitting on pins and needles, although he also drooped his eyelids, but his red and white face had betrayed him.

Just mentioned the Jiangnan place, Xia Yuanji thought that officials should be sent to Jiangnan, on the one hand, to comfort the place, and on the other hand, to find out the true intentions and reality of Gao Shi and others. They are all people who have been up and down for decades, and they will never make a turning point for someone in a certain place because of one or two events. The Fifth Qi echoed the proposal and sent Wei Wei to Jiangnan in the name of Xuanfu Envoy.

Wei Wei is the only surviving son of Wei Jiansu, and he was sent to the dangerous and changeable Jiangnan, which can be described as nine deaths and a life, how can this make him sit safely?

Of course, Xia Yuanji and Fifth Qi both saw Wei Jiansu's worry and anger, but they both pretended not to see it. The original intention of letting Wei Jiansu enter the political hall was just to let him make up the numbers, but no one expected that the former nodding minister now began to become assertive, and interfered in government affairs from time to time, which violated the interests of Xia Yuanji and Fifth Qi, and sent Wei Wei to Jiangnan, which was also regarded as a small punishment for him, so that he could make his position clear.

Now, Wei Jiansu finally couldn't bear it anymore, opened his eyes, and said loudly:

"The old man thinks that Wei Qi is not the right person!"

Fifth Qi's eyes showed a little surprise, and there was also a hint of mockery in them.

"Wei Wei is not suitable, which one does Wei Xianggong think is suitable?"

Wei Jiansu anti-channel:

"Wei Weiguan is just a subordinate in the matter, and his rank is low, and he is obviously not qualified to be used as a propaganda envoy. Xuanfu Jiangnan, you must have the prime minister level before you can ......"

Speaking of this, Wei Jiansu swallowed his saliva with some difficulty, but said resolutely:

"The old man is the prime minister of the two dynasties, and it is very suitable to proclaim Jiangnan!"

Hearing this, Fifth Qi laughed, he really didn't expect that Wei Jiansu, who usually looked extremely scumbag, would have such a tough side. Of course, licking the calf was deeply affectionate, and he couldn't bear to let his son go to Jiangnan to die, so he chose to die by himself.

Qin Jin stretched his waist and maintained a posture to deal with the official document for half a day, which already made his back ache. As soon as he straightened up, a military official came to report:

"There was a woman outside the gate who asked to see her, claiming to be ......"

The military official has always been clever, but today he stammered, and Qin Jin was surprised:

"Woman asking to see, whose woman is it?"

"Yes, it's the son-in-law of Wei Xiang's family......"

When he arrived, Qin Jin understood why the military officials stammered, it turned out that there were rumors among the magnates in Chang'an that Wei Jiansu, the son-in-law, was his mistress. It is precisely because of this that he supported the son-in-law, making his position in the family superior to anyone else.

In this regard, Qin Jin never took the initiative to clarify, because once clarified, it would mean that these rumors would be more difficult to clarify, not only causing more irreparable damage to Wei Wei's reputation, but also making himself always trapped in the whirlpool of rumors. The best way to deal with this kind of rumor is to ignore it, and when those rumors get tired of it, they will naturally look for new topics.

Qin Jin couldn't help but be a little angry, but after a while, he felt that Wei Wan was not such an ignorant person, and he was in a hurry to come to see him openly, perhaps because he had encountered a very urgent problem and had to do it.

As Qin Jin expected, Wei Jian did encounter an imminent big problem related to life and death.

"What? Xia Yuanji and Fifth Qi forced Wei Xianggong to go to Jiangnan?"

Of course, Qin Jin knew about the discord between the three prime ministers in the political hall, but this kind of thing was originally the norm in politics, as long as it did not affect official business, he also turned a blind eye to the open and secret battles between the three people. Wei Jiansu is really a politician who is old in officialdom, and he knows very well the reason why he can enter the political hall as the prime minister.

In the final analysis, Xia Yuanji's purpose was to make him the nodding prime minister, but the deeper reason why Qin Jin agreed to Xia Yuanji's recommendation of him was to let him contain Xia Yuanji and Fifth Qi accordingly.

Therefore, after Wei Jiansu entered the political affairs hall, he changed his previous style and interfered in government affairs from time to time, which made Xia Yuanji feel deceived. It's just that Wei Jiansu, an opponent, has worked very hard, walking on a wire all the time, and now he has finally been retaliated against.

Extrapolating in this way, Wei Jiansu ended up with today's experience, and Qin Jin also has a responsibility that cannot be shirked. There were no tears in Wei Yao's clear eyes, only anger and pleading. This made Qin Jin a little afraid to look into her eyes, so he looked at him left and right:

"You, how are you doing?"

Wei Qiao sighed:

"Am I okay, you, don't you know?"

One sentence choked Qin Jin back, and he didn't know what to say. Fortunately, Wei Wei didn't talk about this topic, but went straight to the theme of today's arrival.

"Father is already old, I beg Doctor Qin to let him go!"

"This ......"

The atmosphere was slightly embarrassing, although Qin Jin also felt disdainful of Xia Yuanji and Fifth Qi's despicable tricks, but in the final analysis, these two people were not very wrong, if they were blamed because of these private emotions, it would inevitably be a matter of not distinguishing between public and private, and it would make people's hearts chill. Besides, since Wei Jiansu agreed to enter the political affairs hall today, he should have expected that the road ahead would be difficult and dangerous, shouldn't he be responsible for his own choice? If he was afraid of this, he could have shirked it at the beginning, but the temptation of the prime minister, even such a long-lived person could not refuse!

However, how could Qin Jin bear to say these words to Wei Wan? In the final analysis, she is also a hard-working woman, since she got married, she has become a victim of the family's interests, and it is not easy to go through all kinds of hardships to get to the present.

Just as she was thinking about it, Wei Wan stood up with a sneer.

"I hate that I saw the wrong person, why did I ...... in the first place"

There was a little choking in the sneer.

"Wei Wan is leaving, don't embarrass the doctor, it's ......"