On the second day, Yang Yingqi only got up not long ago, and before he started working, he suddenly heard that Yan Hu was calling, Yang Yingqi hurriedly went to the General's Mansion to ask what happened.

Wan Yanhu has been a little depressed because he has not been rescued because he has not yet been rescued, but today he seems to be quite cheerful, and said with a slight smile: "There is no bad thing, no bad thing!" Well, that's a good thing. ”

Yang Yingqi said curiously: "A good thing? ”

Wan Yanhu said: "A few days ago, the third brother and sister and Zhang Xuanzheng's wife came, and during the chat, they occasionally talked about the Chen family - that is, the Chen Fengshan in Fujian, saying that his family has a daughter, who looks good and has good character, and wants to marry the fourth brother. I was going to tell me about it, but it happened that your eldest brother had an accident, so the matter was put on hold. I inquired, and it was true. The fourth brother said something because your eldest brother hadn't been rescued yet, 'The eldest brother hasn't been returned, and he has no home'. It can be seen that the fourth brother is a loving person, but to the daughter of the Chen family, it is a bastard. If something happens to your eldest brother, that's a state affair! He got married by himself, that's a family affair - could it be that if he becomes a parent, he will delay saving your eldest brother? So I'm going to send someone to tell the fourth brother, if he has the heart for the Miss Chen family, don't delay the youth of others! I'll preside over the marriage! ”

Yang Yingqi's heart turned eighty-one times early and asked, "...... did my sister-in-law call me?"

Wan Yanhu said: "Ask you if my decision is inappropriate!" If not, I did. ”

"There's nothing wrong, there's nothing wrong." Yang Yingqi smiled and said: "It's always good to have a marriage and give us Hanbu Chong Chong joy." ”

Wanyanhu was overjoyed and said, "Then I'll send someone to say it." He sighed and said, "Over the years, what I'm most worried about is the marriage of your boys." The third brother and the fifth brother are so good, I don't have to worry about it at all. A few others, but I am so annoyed that I have more than a dozen gray hairs, I don't know what kind of in-laws you want to marry! Now that the fourth brother's marriage has been settled, it is also a matter of my heart. ”

Yang Yingqi nodded and said: "Then I'll let Zhenghui say - he is a person who asked for it from Daliu, and he is an old subordinate of the fourth brother, and now he is an important minister of the Han Dynasty." It is up to him to say that he is both a relative and a noble. ”

After Yan Hu was overjoyed, he asked again: "Now that there are many things in the Han Department, I heard that the burden on Chen Zhenghui's shoulders is not lighter than yours, so don't delay your business." ”

Yang Yingqi said with a smile: "No matter how big the matter is, it can't suppress the fourth brother's marriage." ”

Wan Yanhu said: "Okay, you go back and let Chen Zhenghui come over, and I will tell him some trivial things." ”

After Yang Yingqi arrived at the Seventh General's Mansion, he told Chen Zhenghui about the matter, and Chen Zhenghui frowned when he heard it: "Seventh General, I'm afraid of this...... I'm afraid there are some things worth scrutinizing. ”

Yang Yingqi sneered: "What else is there to scrutinize!" The thing is already clear! He told Chen Zhenghui what he heard from Lin Ling yesterday about the secret alliance between the Chen family, the Ouyang family and the nine families in eastern Zhejiang.

Chen Zhenghui was shocked when he heard this: "In this way, the game of chess of the four generals is very big!" ”

Yang Yingqi said lightly: "The cause of our Han Department is big, and all kinds of forces will always have to join forces, which is not surprising." But the fourth brother did a very beautiful job this time! It wasn't until the eve of his clarification that we knew that he had laid down such a big situation! Hehe, Zhenghui, this time we have a big disadvantage! ”

Chen Zhenghui nodded and said, "Not bad." Since the four generals have already told the Tiger Princess about the matter through the two ladies, they are not afraid that we will know. ”

Yang Yingqi said: "Maybe it's because he knows that it is impossible to hide it from me for too long, so he simply picks it out himself and strikes first." Hum! They were able to hide it so tightly before, although they were careful, but it also has something to do with our focus on the north. Now that the situation in the north has eased up, and we have to get to work on the internal affairs, it will be difficult for them to hide it any longer. ”

Chen Zhenghui muttered: "I didn't receive the slightest rumor about this matter in advance, could it be ......"

"No need." Yang Yingqi said: "It's obvious that the fourth brother doesn't believe you anymore." ”

Chen Zhenghui sighed and said, "Seventh General, what should we do now?" ”

Yang Yingqi thought for a while and said: "Now that the matter has been clarified, we are not afraid." The deeper the Fourth Brother takes root in various parts of the Han Dynasty, the more he will run the Han Dynasty's business as his own, so for now, we and the Fourth Brother have the same goals - this is a good thing. ”

Chen Zhenghui said: "What about the long run? ”

Yang Yingqi said with a smile: "In the long run, it is natural that my fourth brother and I will grow and lose our power within the Han Department - but there is no need to worry about this matter now, because at present, it is much easier for our Han Department to expand outward than inward, so there is no need to worry about our internal strife in a few years." ”

Chen Zhenghui said: "What about a few years later? ”

"In a few years?" Yang Yingqi said lightly: "If the major events of the Han Ministry have been decided, the fourth brother will let him toss if he wants to toss, I will find a quiet place to fish and study, and I will be happy." ”

Chen Zhenghui smiled in his mouth, but he was quite unimpressed in his heart.

Yang Yingqi said again: "But this matter is not very like the fourth brother's handwriting, there must be another master behind him." Zhenghui, this time you go to Tanggu to walk around and see if you can find out the master behind the fourth brother. We have to know who we're playing chess with, so things can be done. ”

Chen Zhenghui said: "I will do my best. ”

Yang Yingqi shook his head and said, "No, it's not about doing your best, it's about getting it!" ”

Chen Zhenghui said: "Does the Seventh General have any ideas? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "When I first ran Tanggu, it was the second brother, the fourth brother and I who entered at the same time, so the forces there were also divided into three parts: the army generals were the second brother's old department, the sailors were all led by the fourth brother, and the civil official system was built by me." In the past few years, the fourth brother has been stationed in Tanggu, and the power contrast between us may have waxed and waned, but he has not reached the point of covering the sky in Tanggu with one hand. The second brother's old subordinates who took care of him before he left supported me, so as long as the second brother's old department can still listen to my command, and I have the name of the center, I can have an advantage over the fourth brother in Tanggu. ”

Chen Zhenghui asked, "Seventh General, do you want to cut the power of the Fourth General?" ”

"How can this be?" Yang Yingqi said: "That will force the fourth brother to turn his energy to infighting." Not yet. ”

Chen Zhenghui said: "The meaning of the Seven Generals is ......"

Yang Yingqi said: "The fourth brother will get married, and he will come to Jinmen." We took advantage of this gap to put pressure on him to shake out his chips! ”

Just when Chen Zhenghui set off, Zong Han had already besieged Taiyuan, and Zong Wang bypassed Zhongshan to attack Xinde Mansion. Xinde Mansion was originally Xingzhou, belonging to Hebei West Road, Xuanhe two years changed Longgang to Xingtai County, belonging to Xinde Mansion, the whole province led Yaoshan, Julu, Neiqiu, Ren County, Nanhe, Pingxiang, Shahe counties, north of Zhending, west of Taihang, south of Handan. Zong looked at Xinde Mansion, and there were only a few days left before Bianjing!

Chong Yansong was shocked when he heard the news, he weighed it slightly, and felt that there were many famous cities in Hedong Road, and Taiyuan was dangerous, although Zong Han was fierce for a while, he might not be able to overcome it; The Hebei Plain is a thousand miles of Pingchuan, and there is no barrier that can stop the Jurchen cavalry except for the Yellow River. So he took the risk of leading 3,000 light horsemen to attack, and was defeated by Zong Wang in Neiqiu. Chong Yansong had no choice but to retreat into Taihang again, and when Zong Wang came, he led his troops to transfer and fight in the mountains. Here he occupies a geographical advantage, and Zong Wang can defeat him but cannot destroy him, so he has to let him go.

At this time, although the soldiers and civilians of Zhongshan, Hejian, and Taiyuan were able to hold on, only the first brigade of the Zhongwu Army dared to take the initiative to attack. Therefore, although the loyal army has been defeated repeatedly, because it can fight again after defeat, the morale of the army is not low, and the people of Lianghe are also quite strong. After the homes of the people in the plains were destroyed, they often fled into the Taihang Mountains to rely on the loyal army, and the officials in charge of civil affairs incorporated most of the people into the workers, farmers, and animal husbandry, and those who were strong and flexible in their movements were included in the army. Even so, his strength was still at a great disadvantage compared to Zong Wang and Zong Han, and the Bianliang court was slow to have a comprehensive defense and counterattack strategy, resulting in the loyal army becoming a lone army with no strategic purpose and could only adapt to changes.

While Zong Wang and Zong Han succeeded one after another, Ouyang Shi was also itching, so he wanted to send troops to take Cangzhou in. Cangzhou is on the seashore, and the Song army is not enough to strangle the Jurchen's southward advance, and the Jin soldiers are not beneficial to the southward journey, so both the Great Song Dynasty court and Zongwang ignored this insignificant place. The people of Cangzhou have more contact with the Han Ministry, and they often get the Han Ministry's economy to be moistened, and they have little resistance to the Han Ministry; Li Yinggu is not a good general and a loyal minister - if Ouyang Shi makes a move at this time, Cangzhou can probably pass on the news. However, the Jinmen side had been strictly ordered not to allow a single soldier to invade the Great Song Dynasty, and Ouyang Shi's mastermind also advised him not to ruin the reputation that the Han Department had won so easily, which made Ouyang Shi endure it.

However, the official Han Ministry did not do it, but it did not prohibit the civil forces of the Han Ministry from doing it. The development of Tanggu has reached this day, and the place is no longer sufficient. Seeing that it was profitable, some merchants opened up some farms and pastures along the south bank of the river, and hired people who had fled here due to the war to plant and stockpile to supply Cangzhou with vegetables, milk and other things. As the population grew, so did the commerce of the place. In the turbulent times, the world is not chaotic everywhere and all the time, and there are always some places that are temporarily peaceful for various reasons -- Cangzhou at this time is such a place. When Zongwang attacked Baoding and Xiongzhou, the people in the western part of Cangzhou had already heard the sound of horses' hooves, but the Jurchen soldiers and horses did not come here, but went to the southwest.

However, the security problems caused by the war, especially the problem of the rogue people, still threaten the livelihood of Cangzhou. For this reason, some merchants joined forces with the local gentry and hired people to defend themselves, imitating the Tanggu security system. As the threat of rogues became more and more serious, the merchants and gentry, with Li Yinggu's tacit approval, established militia villages similar to those in Dengzhou, which were distributed according to the terrain in the northeastern corner of Cangzhou along the river and by the sea, and in the following years gradually formed a settlement of the same size as Tanggu City on the north bank. The settlement was initially called Tangnan by the Tanggu people, and gradually the locals accepted the name.

Tangnan still nominally belonged to the Great Song Dynasty, and still paid a certain amount of taxes to the Great Song court every year - but since the Great Song Dynasty's tax transfer system in Hebei was effectively abolished due to the war, this part of the money was withheld, and the gentry autonomous council in this area shared the civil construction, water conservancy projects, and resettlement of displaced people in Tangnan.

When the situation in the whole of Hebei was completely eroded, Li Yinggu felt that the Cangzhou Prefecture City was not safe in Tangnan, so he simply fled here with Xiao Soft, and ordered the construction of the city wall - at that time, the Great Song Dynasty was already in chaos, and no one had the time to accuse Li Yinggu of trespassing. On the contrary, because Li Yinggu was still able to hang the banner of the Great Song Dynasty to express his support for the Zhao family, he was really appreciated by many scholars.

As a result, Tangnan officially became the economic center and administrative center of Cangzhou, and its influence reached even the neighboring state capital, and even the entire Hebei East Road.

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