One

Xu Wen's death means the official curtain call of the Yang Xingmi era, and the state of Wu also ushered in a new force, and the power of the state of Wu fell into the hands of Xu Zhihe, and many people who had followed Xu Wen in the court took refuge in Xu Zhihe, and in Jinling, Xu Zhixun temporarily took charge of Xu Wen's authority. Half a year later, Xu Zhihe proposed to Yang Pu at the suggestion of Song Qiqiu and others to become emperor, and Xu Zhihe said:

"My king, now that the country of Wu is renewed, the court situation is stable, the people are happy, the society is rich, and the Quartet praises, the so-called time, place, and people, at this time, it is a good time for my king to be called the emperor, and I hope that my king will respond to the will of heaven, obey the will of the people, and ascend the throne as soon as possible." When Yang Pu heard this, he thought to himself, isn't this what Xu Wen meant before? Xu Wen let his elder brother build the country and call it the emperor, and his brother used the founding of the country not to be called the emperor to delay, now that the state of Wu has been founded, he is the king of the state of Wu, there is nothing else to delay, what else can be done? If you don't agree that Xu Zhihe will have a next time, or next time, it will anger him, Yang Pu thought about it and said:

"Since the people are willing, and the court and the central government are very much in favor of it, then the king should also follow the will of the people, and there will be Lord Lao Xu."

"Congratulations to my king, my king rest assured, the ministers will definitely ascend the throne and the scenery of the ceremony, let the Quartet see, my Wu country is now prosperous, the monarch and the ministers are united, and the people are rich and healthy."

Soon Yang Pu officially assumed the throne of the emperor, posthumously honored Yang Xingmi as Emperor Wu, Yang Wu as Emperor Jing, and Yang Longyan as Emperor Xuan. And Xu Zhihe was named Tai Lieutenant, Xu Zhixun was named Auxiliary General, Jinling Yin, on behalf of Xu Wen to govern Jinling, Xu Wen's fourth son Xu Zhizhi was arranged by Xu Zhihe to be the envoy of the Zhennan Army. Among Xu Wen's sons, Xu Zhihe is the one who has the best relationship with Xu Zhihe, if it weren't for Xu Zhihe's protection, Xu Zhihe might have died in Xu Zhixun's hands.

After Xu Zhixun became Jinling Yin, the situation in Wu gradually formed three factions, one was the Guangling faction, with Xu Zhihe as the core, and the members were Song Qiqiu, Zhou Zong, Ma Renyu, Wang Lingmou, Sun Ji, etc.; The other party is the Jinling faction, with Xu Zhixun as the core, and the members include Yan Keqiu, Xu Jue, and staff member Zhou Tingwang. And the third faction is the old generals of the Yang family with Yang Pu as the core, but those old generals are also in their twilight years, and the Yang regime is on the side, they have no intention of fighting for power, and they are trying to remain neutral in their own stations and stay out of the Erxu struggle. Especially Yang Pu is not good at standing in line, once he chooses the wrong position, he will cause trouble. Of course, he wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and he hopes that Er Xu can lose both.

Xu Zhihe walked to the center of Wu State's power as a lieutenant, and at this time, Wang Ying died of illness. Seeing this woman he didn't love, but who had been with him for more than ten years, Xu Zhihe still couldn't help but feel sad in his heart. Wang Ying's health has always been poor, and it was for this reason that Wang Rong asked Song Fujin to marry together as a concubine. Speaking of which, I have to thank her, otherwise I and Song Fujin may not be able to be together, I have given her too little love for so many years, although I did not give birth to a son for myself, but looking at her daughters who are lively and cute, Xu Zhihe suddenly felt a little ashamed of her. After Wang Ying's death, Xu Zhihe set up Song Fujin as his stepfamily, and now she gave birth to four sons to Xu Zhihe, it seems that Song Fujin really has the life of a prosperous husband!

Two

Besides, Xu Zhixun has become full of confidence since he became Jinling Yin, because he has a heavy army and occupies favorable terrain, so he is bent on replacing Xu Zhihe in the power of the court. In addition, Xu Zhixun thinks that he is Xu Wen's own son, and when the eldest brother is gone, he is equivalent to the eldest son, and it is natural to inherit his father's power; And Xu Zhihe is just an adopted son, and he has only today with his father's support, so he should give way to himself. Xu Jue has been holding his breath because of his previous plan to go bankrupt, and he often said in front of Xu Zhixun: "Xu Zhihe is very ambitious and scheming, sooner or later he will deal with you, you have to make plans early!" However, Xu Zhixun disagreed with Xu Jue's words, he felt that Xu Jue was exaggerating Xu Zhihe's ability.

Xu Zhihe is very embarrassed now, Xu Zhixun can't be submissive to himself, and he can't be submissive to him, and there will inevitably be a fight between the two of them. grew up in Xu's Mansion when he was a child, Xu Zhihe knows Xu Zhixun very well, he is a high-minded and exaggerated person, except that his temper is not as irritable as Xu Zhixun, there is nothing outstanding, so he is very confident in dealing with Xu Zhixun. But Xu Zhihe is grateful to the Xu family, he doesn't want unpleasant things to happen, and he promised Mrs. Xu to take care of the sons of the Xu family, and the conversation between him and Mrs. Xu is still lingering in his ears as if it was yesterday. And Xu Zhihe is worried that once he fights with Xu Zhixun for power, outsiders will think that he does not know how to be grateful and ungrateful, which will affect his reputation. Just when he was confused, Wang Lingmou, the inner privy envoy, said to Xu Zhihe:

"It's not a short time for adults to assist the emperor, who dares to disobey the Son of Heaven to order the princes? Xu Zhixun is young, and his kindness and faith have not yet affected everyone, so he can't make a big deal. ”

"It's not difficult to deal with him, but the difficult thing is that you can't escape the crowd!" Xu Zhihe said embarrassedly.

"What do you think of?" Wang Lingmou asked.

"Hey......" Xu Zhihe sighed, "Let's take a look again, plan and then act, and see what Xu Zhixun does next!" ”

Three

When Xu Wen was alive, Wu had a good relationship with Wu Yueguo, and Xu Wen personally had a good relationship with Qian Miao, the emperor of Wu Yueguo, so after Xu Zhixun took charge of Jinling, Qian Miao gave Xu Zhixun some gifts, including horse harnesses, utensils, wine utensils, etc. made of gold and jade. The deputy general Zhou Tingwang saw it and felt that it was inappropriate for Xu Zhixun to use these things, so he persuaded Xu Zhixun and said:

"My lord, these things are used by the emperor, and the identity of an adult should not be used for these, beware of falling into the hands of others."

"Sent by King Wu Yue, these things are very delicate and valuable, don't be a pity." Xu Zhixun said disapprehantly.

"My lord, you are in an extraordinary period now, there are still emperors and Xu Zhihe in the court, your lord is not alone, you still need to look far!"

"Then tell me how to deal with it, I don't use these things, and I can't put them in front of me all day long, let me look weird and uncomfortable." Xu Zhixun asked rhetorically.

"My lord, if you can really give up these treasures, use them to make friends with the heroes and old generals in the court, and buy people's hearts, it will be beneficial and harmless to your lordship!" Xu Zhixun thought about it, felt that what Zhou Tingwang said was reasonable, and agreed with his opinion.

"Okay, according to your wishes, you go to Guangling for me to convey my meaning." Xu Zhixun said.

Zhou Tingwang came to Xu Zhihe's mansion with the treasures that Qian Miao gave to Xu Zhixun, and Xu Zhihe met him very politely.

"Lord Xu," Zhou Tingwang said to Xu Zhihe, "My lord asked me to send you some daily necessities." Xu Zhihe saw that the things brought by Zhou Tingwang were extremely exquisite, and they were by no means ordinary, and asked curiously:

"I wonder where all these good things come from?"

"Oh, it was given to my family by King Wu Yue."

"Why don't you keep it for yourself?" Without waiting for Xu Zhihe to ask, Zhou Zong asked first.

"Lord Zhou, my family was originally going to use it for myself, but after thinking about it, it's a pity that such a good thing is just for my own use, so I ordered me to send it over to the adults, and my family said that it is better to be happy with others than to be alone."

"In that case, then I'll take it, thank you for me, by the way, I miss him very much."

"Yes, sir." After speaking, Zhou Tingwang retreated.

After Zhou Tingwang left, Zhou Zong said to Xu Zhihe: "Xu Zhixun knows how to buy people's hearts, but how can he be willing to give such a good thing to an adult?" ”

"Obviously, it was Zhou Tingwang's idea, and my younger brother is not so generous." Xu Zhihe said.

After coming out of Xu Zhihe, Zhou Tingwang went to the homes of several ministers, such as Wang Lingmou, Luo Zhixiang and others. Zhou Tingwang is very smart, he knows that these people are the old men of Xu Wen at that time, even if they can't be used by Xu Zhixun and win them over, they won't be completely used by Xu Zhihe. Since it was sent by Xu Zhixun, and the things used by the emperor were very precious, they all happily accepted them, even if they didn't dare to use them publicly, they used them secretly at home, or as a family heirloom treasure.