The atmosphere in the capital was even more depressing than when the prince forced the palace four years ago. Yuan Ge was exhausted, and after the prince forced the palace, the cabinet changed blood, and the saint transferred him from the position of the secretary of the criminal department to the cabinet. Within a few years, the predecessors of Zhishi, the Zhishi of the elderly, died of illness, and finally it was his turn to become the first assistant. I don't know if it's because the country's fortunes are declining, the elders of the pavilion in the past few years have not been able to do it for a long time, and Yuan Gelao feels that he can't hold it anymore.

Gansu is a bitter cold land on the border, and it is extremely difficult to grow grain. Often resisted the small-scale harassment of the Mongols, the imperial court had no more resources, and the soldiers wanted to live, and it was inevitable to plunder the people. This year's drought has finally shattered the already precarious equilibrium, and angry civilians have clashed violently with the soldiers. But this is not the worst, the homeless people can't move the foundation, and they will be honest after a few fights. What shook Jingzhong was that a general rebelled, took a large number of soldiers with him, mixed with the local homeless, and attacked Ningxia at the same time. As a result, Ningxia dealt with the rebels on the one hand, and resisted the Mongols on the other, which was unspeakably miserable. The Holy Lord could only issue an order to call Ningxia and Gansu to attack, but he did not dare to go too far out of the city. Autumn is the season for Mongolia to go south to grass the valley. Even Mongolian bandits are not easy to deal with. The rebels in Gansu were even more nervous, and if they did not stock up on enough food, they would never survive the winter. Gansu is not as good as Datong, and Datong occasionally has a few warm winters, but Gansu has never had such a good thing. It's not easy to mix here, it's because the people are strong. The fight for rations is extremely fierce. Former comrades, today's mortal enemies, war is full of different kinds of tragedy. The whole west, in chaos.

In addition, the evil of Gyeonggi. The sect has never been clean, and it has arrogantly attacked the city gate from time to time, but fortunately, the city defense of the capital has already been replaced by Datong elite soldiers, otherwise it will be the waste wood of the five city soldiers and horses command division, but I am afraid that the imperial city will be occupied. Nowadays, the residents of the capital are like frightened birds, sneaking home before the curfew, and the shops are closed very early. The female dependents did not dare to go out alone, for fear of being taken away. Since ancient times, robbing gold, silver, jewelry, and women are equally important, and they will never be missed by thieves again!

When King Fu, who was anxious about being messed up by the government, received Fang Zhide's letter, his heart was cold. Jiangnan is unstable, and the treasury can be reduced by a small half. There are moths in the south of the Yangtze River connected by the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, but what about Huguang? What about the more distant Liangguang? If the world has become divided, and if you want to return to the great unification, even if King Fu is not good at history, he knows that it will be doubly difficult. Thinking about the fate of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, it is simply chrysanthemum. The flowers are tight. put down the Jiangxi trivial matters on Ting Fang's table, dragged Fang Zhide to write a letter into the palace, and handed it to the saint without saying a word.

The saint shook off the paper and looked at it, and saw that it was only a change and had not been made public, so he was relieved when he was nervous. After pondering for a moment, he looked at Yuan Ge Lao: "You are from Jiangnan, and you know all the complexity of Jiangnan." We can't manage it, and they may not be good at it. You bother with this matter. "The Yuan family's in-laws are all over the south of the Yangtze River, as long as they hold down a few families who can enter the cabinet and take turns to sit in the village, small chaos is inevitable, and the big chaos will not arise again. This is also why the imperial court is so tolerant of the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River. They don't have the dignity of the nobles who grow with the country, but they have the right to grow with the country, and they are much stronger than the honorable nobles on the surface. The center and Jiangnan have no choice but to constantly play games and compromises.

Yuan Ge was shocked into a cold sweat, he was the first assistant, and his family would not be chaotic as a person with vested interests, but the chaotic relatives may not. After thinking about it carefully, he said: "Jiangnan people are docile and unwilling to take risks. This time it is a surge of displaced people from several provinces. enter, the party shows chaos. In the minister's humble opinion, first lead the displaced people back to their hometowns, and the situation in the south of the Yangtze River can be broken. ”

The truth is this truth, the saint was uneasy in his heart, and looked at King Fu again: "Xu Jingchang went to Jiangxi?" ”

King Fu readily admitted: "The lord of Donghu County was originally going to Jiangxi to give birth, but he encountered a flood on the way, and he was afraid that something would happen to his grandfather, so he got a few boats of sweet potatoes and went to Nanchang. I just received a letter, the Yangtze River is very bad, and I asked my father to show it. ”

The saint rubbed his temples. said: "I just gave Anhui relief, and Jiangxi really can't take care of it." Since Xu Jingchang is in Jiangxi, you write a letter to him, stabilize Jiangxi with Chen Fengning, and pay attention to the situation in Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang at any time. ”

King Fu was dumbfounded, what do you mean?

Yuan Ge Lao sighed heavily in his heart, the prince is finished! The saint is to support Xu Jingchang to protect the peace of the south of the Yangtze River. Gansu and North China have involved the energy of the imperial court, and the whip in the south of the Yangtze River is beyond the reach of the commander, and there is no way to send troops to suppress the bandits no matter what. However, it was Jiangnan who supported the imperial court's expenditure, and there was no other way than to let Xu Jingchang arm himself to attack Jiangnan from the rear at any time. The dignified son of heaven has been reduced to the point of borrowing strength.

The saint was afraid that King Fu would not understand, so he simply said: "Xu Jingchang once made meritorious service in the frontier, and asked him to guard the south of the Yangtze River." ”

The crown prince looked at the saint in horror, do you want to read the military power to the blessed king? Today is given, even if he ascends the throne the next day, how can he deal with the strength of a province and increase the flanking attack of Tong? The prince's heart beat wildly, and it took a long time to find his voice back, and he resisted with difficulty: "Ye Boli was once disloyal to the Holy Lord, how can he entrust important matters to his grandson-in-law?" ”

King Fu immediately jumped up: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's words are inappropriate!" A woman marries her husband, Xu Jingchang grew up in the court since he was a child, how can he not take on important things? ”

The prince said: "The pillow wind should not be ignored!" ”

King Fu retorted: "Xu Jingchang is not stupid! ”

The two brothers quarreled, and the saint was half angry, and shouted angrily: "Shut up! ”

The two princes closed in unison. Shengshang took a deep breath: "What's so noisy, but Xu Jingchang is in Jiangxi, if you don't ask him to contain Jiangnan, who else should we send?" "Say that Bi angrily glared at the prince, are you stupid? Lifting Xu Jingchang to fight with others, can his twenties-year-old hairy young man get out of the way? After both sides are defeated, they are not left to the court. Do! If Xu Jingchang can really entrench himself in the south of the Yangtze River, he only needs to summon the lord of Donghu County to Beijing as a hostage, Xu Jingchang will dare to wave the flag and shout for King Fu, and it is impossible to usurp the Li family. I don't understand every step of my life, can my vision be stronger than my mouse's eyes? The saint's eyes swept coldly over the prince, the two sons, who went on. Bit is fine! At this stage, it is important to stabilize the south of the Yangtze River.

Yuan Ge Lao quietly glanced at King Fu, after getting the military power, did he become the nail of Jiangnan? Or take advantage of the fact that there is no chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, there are armies in the north and south, plus the city defense of the capital, and then force the palace to rebel first? Will Xu Jingchang be at the mercy of the saint?

The prince thought more, and his lips were a little pale. Caoyun passes through Jiangnan! The transportation was cut off, and the north-south traffic could only rely on sea transportation. And now that the sea is in the hands of Xu Jingchang, how difficult is it to completely take it back? Now that the military power is going to be given again, the grass on the wall is not enough to be afraid, what do the nine-sided generals think? Will the Holy Lord canonize Zhao Guifei? Will you kill him to pave the way for King Fu? The prince shuddered.

King Fu hasn't understood the dumb riddle yet, he only knows what the saint is calculating. He will definitely fight for Xu Jingchang's benefits, no matter what the price, he will talk about it after he gets it. If the Holy One asks him to do things with a pleasant face, he only needs to do the opposite. Nine is not far from ten.

The saint suppressed the prince, and was embarrassed to say to King Fu that he was going to use you as cannon fodder, and changed it to a euphemism: "Xu Jingchang is from a noble background, and he is expected to be optimistic about Jiangnan for the imperial court, and I will have my own reward in the future." "There are few people who don't want to get back the ancestral inheritance that they have lost. Dingguo Gong was deposed, as long as Xu Jingchang took the bait, he was rewarded back. Although the guest of honor is honorable, it cannot be hereditary. Use the ancestral foundation as bait, and I am not afraid that he will not take the bait.

King Fu immediately became suspicious, and he was either a traitor or a thief if he had nothing to do, and the saint must be fighting a bad idea. didn't show it on his face, but said proudly: "Father, you mean what you say!" Don't coax me anymore, don't bully me. ”

Yuan Ge was extremely embarrassed to listen to the sidelines, the dignified father and son of the heavenly family, willfully grabbed a motherless child and bullied him, how do you know that feng shui takes turns, and now if you want someone to be born and die for the imperial court, how can a prince of the country be bought? It was someone else's thing, and if you snatched it and spit it it out, you would not only be grateful, but also resentful. That Xu Jingchang is really good at catching up with the hot stove, so he went to Jiangxi without dying, near Hangzhou, Anhui, and Jiangsu. The saint didn't want to see him anymore, and for the sake of his own country, he could only be rewarded. The Holy One is forgivable for the sins of heaven, but it is impossible to live for the sins of oneself.

It's no wonder that Yuan Ge Lao didn't have the slightest respect for the saint, Yuan Ge Lao was a member of the prince's family back then, but he was not as old as Ye Ge, and he couldn't squeeze into the front. But look at the current prince, I can't understand such an obvious strategy of cranes and mussels competing for the benefit of fishermen, what do you want? Also jumped out against it! If you oppose King Fu, you won't take advantage of the chaos in Jiangnan to raise troops privately? You are the prince of the blessed king. Brother, right? Isn't it time to push it off?

Looking at King Fu again, he was still bargaining with the saint, as if he hadn't discovered the saint's thoughts. Yuan Ge has a splitting headache, it's good to be the first assistant, but it's not good at all to be the last first assistant, okay! The lesser of the two powers, Yuan Ge said decisively: "The saint, the minister thinks that Xu Yibin is still young, and I am afraid that he will not be able to suppress the old official, so he must have a higher official rank and help him with the power of the Son of Heaven." "King Fu is more reliable than the prince, a little more reliable than a meter! The point is that there are people under King Fu, and the prince's people don't mention it.

The saint nodded, finally someone knew what he was thinking! said briskly: "He is a guest of honor, and his official position is higher, and he is not afraid of being dissatisfied." Commanded envoys with him and ruled Jiangxi with Chen Fengning. The former commander of the capital was transferred to Beijing to serve as the governor of the capital. "The governor is the second grade, and he is at the same level as the commander of the capital. However, being transferred from the local level to the central government is equivalent to being promoted. Originally, the governor had no fixed number of people, and it was far less powerful than the commander of the capital. But the current appearance of Jiangxi, it is a great joy to be able to transfer to Beijing.

King Fu's mind was spinning quickly, and he appointed the commander, what could they do? Ting Fang did not have a safe transmission line, and the return in the letter was never vague, which was far less convenient than the original Xu Jingchang when he was in East Lake. Besides, no one was staring at him at that time, but now there is, and it really can't be too explicit. He should also be cautious about the letters he sent to Jiangxi. According to the original number of roads in East Lake, it is necessary to recruit troops. Now that the road has passed, it can be more open. King Fu lowered his head and pondered, always feeling that something was wrong, and he couldn't say it.

After the meeting ended, King Fu rushed home, and the first thing he did was to find Ting Yao and repeat the events in the court in 1510.

Unexpectedly, Ting Yao laughed: "I know what it means to lift a stone and shoot myself in the foot!" Your Highness doesn't have to worry, we'll give him a plan! 166 Reading Network