The power of Wu fell into the hands of Xu Wen shortly after Yang Xingmi's death.

Xu Wen was in charge of the state of Wu for 20 years, but he did not follow the example of other warlords in the late Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties, kill the descendants of the Yang family and replace them, but like Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period, he served as the prime minister of the state of Wu and the head of all provinces for a lifetime, and did not usurp the throne until his death. After Xu Wen's death, his adopted son Xu Zhihe succeeded him as the prime minister and generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and still held the power of Wu.

But Xu Zhihe was different from Xu Wen, and soon after taking over, he added an emperor's honorific title to Yang Pu, and then built the Generalissimo's Mansion in Jinling, proclaimed himself the king of Qi, and opened the posture of usurping the throne with great fanfare, and then waited for the opportunity to force Yang Pu to take the initiative to abdicate.

The problem is that after Li Qi pacified Luoyang and entered the Central Plains, the situation in the world has changed greatly. The Tang lord suppressed the Quartet, and the army pressed the border, first forcing Wu to give up the title of emperor and claim the title of minister, and this year forced Xu Zhihe to withdraw from Yuezhou, and ceded Haizhou in Huaibei and Guang, Huang, Qi, and Hubei in Huaixi. In addition, the Tang army easily pacified the state of Chu, which completely disrupted the plan of Xu Zhihe, who was preparing to change his name to Li Yu, to plot power and usurp the throne.

Hezhou, Liyang City.

A four-hall house in the west of the city.

The house covers an area of acres and is slightly old, and the mottled courtyard walls show that it has fallen into disrepair. The courtyard is also relatively spacious, there is a garden pool in the backyard, the houses on all sides are connected to each other, and there is a corridor in the garden to connect the main house from the second to the third, which is a typical Huizhou courtyard structure.

A group of soldiers escorted several carriages to the dilapidated mansion.

The leader raised his right hand, and the procession stopped.

The general rode on his horse and shouted to the carriage with a proud expression: "It's time to get there, Liyang Gong, please." ”

The brother of Yang Pu, the king of Wu, Yang Meng, who had just been demoted from the king of Linchuan to the prince of Liyang, got off the carriage.

He is in his forties, and because his talent is far better than that of his brother Yang Pu, he is jealous of Xu Zhihe. was charged with hiding criminals and making weapons privately by Xu Zhihe, demoted to Liyang Gong, and was escorted from Guangling Mansion to Hezhou, preparing to be placed under house arrest.

For this reason, Xu Zhihe also specially sent his own pro-army cronies Wang Hong to be in charge of monitoring.

When the family members got off the carriage, Wang Hong's eyes suddenly lit up.

It turned out that this Linchuan King Yang Meng was married to the daughter of Zhou Ben, the assassin of Luzhou, this Zhou family was born with a beautiful face and moon appearance, and the country was fragrant, this Wang Hong was stupid when he saw it, and his eyes were staring directly at the face of the Zhou family, which was very rude.

Seeing this, Yang Meng stood in front of his wife, glared at Wang Hong and shouted angrily: "Bold, what do you want to do?" ”

That Wang Hong laughed: "I suspect that the lady has a sharp weapon on her body, can she search her body?" ”

That Zhou is the daughter of Jiangmen, and after hearing this, her apricot eyes widened, and she reprimanded: "Although my husband has been robbed of the king's title, he is still the prince of the country." Besides, my father is a general of Wu Guo, and it is not something that you can be humiliated by waiting for the military academy, so be careful to sue you, you can't eat and go around! ”

Wang Hong was a little annoyed and angry when he heard this, and said to his subordinate generals: "Hmph, guard the door well, according to the order of the king of Qi, the people in the mansion and others are not allowed, and they are not allowed to go out!" ”

After that, he didn't even look back, and went away.

Yang Meng entered the mansion and found Yang Gui, a loyal old servant of the family, and said: "When I was in Guangling, I should have listened to the persuasion of the Gao family's rice store and followed his family's grain ship to the Tang Dynasty. He took out a small wooden sign in his hand, which was only a finger wide, "I can't get out of the house, when you go to the street to buy daily necessities, ask the merchants who do business with the north, and give this thing to the shopkeeper." ”

Yang Gui said: "The stakes are very high, the young master still has to tell the old servant what is this?" ”

"This is a token of the Tang Ting Secret Spy Division, and all merchants who trade in the north know it." Yang Meng said.

Yang Gui said: "Isn't that Xu Zhihe also aware of this?" ”

Yang Meng sneered: "What does he know?" Can you still ban this north-south deal?! In fact, most of these merchants were engaged in transactions between the north and the south, not only transmitting the information of Wu to the north, but also telling the information from the north to the south. This merchant is the most unrighteous in his pursuit of profit. ”

"If this thing is handed over to them, wouldn't it be dangerous if it is to tell the Jinling side?!" Yang Gui said with some trepidation.

"They don't dare!" Yang Meng said, "Do you remember the fire in Guangling City the year before last? ”

Yang Gui said with a surprised face: "Then they did the Zhu family's extermination case?!" ”

Yang Meng nodded: "Then the Zhu family told the Changshu Weng family to collude with the north, originally to attack the opponent who was doing business, but it annoyed the north, so he made an example of killing chickens and monkeys." It was also because of that case that I learned that Beimen had been laid out in Wu for many years, and I quietly got in touch with them in secret. In the summer, when their army was overwhelming, they arranged for me to escape from Wu, and when I hesitated, I missed the opportunity. ”

Yang Gui said: "Why did the Lord cast to the north? ”

Yang Meng said hatefully: "My father is a hero, but unexpectedly, he has become the world of the Xu family behind him, and I want to use the power of the Northern Dynasty to bring down the Xu family." Surrendering to the Northern Dynasty, my family still has a chance to survive, if the Xu family wins the country, the Yang family is afraid that it will be extinct! ”

"Why is the Northern Dynasty willing to help the master?"

"It's not that I want to contain the Xu family, in this regard, my family still has some role." Yang Meng said.

The two discussed again indoors, and Yang Gui came forward, wanting to get in touch with the north.

This Yang Meng was demoted to the Duke of Liyang, and was placed under residential surveillance by Xu Zhihe in this dilapidated mansion in Hezhou. All the miscellaneous items in the house are also fully prepared, but this grain, rice and vegetables need to be purchased in the city.

Wang Hong, who was in charge of surveillance, arranged for more than a dozen fierce and vicious soldiers to stand guard outside the palace gate every day, and they were also arrogant and had a bad attitude.

This dragon entered the shallows and was played by shrimp, the tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, Yang Xingmi was a hero in his life, according to the land of Jianghuai, the Liang lord Zhu Wen was at his most prosperous, and he was a figure who was juxtaposed with Li Keyong, the king of Jin, and Li Maozhen, the king of Qi. Unexpectedly, after his death, his son Yang Wu was unruly and finally died tragically, but the power was obtained by Xu Wen.

Since the death of Yang Wu, Yang Longyan and Yang Pu were both established by Xu Wen, after the death of Yang Longyan, Xu Wen did not establish Yang Meng and established Yang Pu as the lord of Wu, also because Yang Pu was young and reckless, and it was easier to control.

The power of this Wu State has been controlled by the Xu family for almost thirty years, and now it is already deep-rooted, and it is almost impossible to bring it down.

At the beginning, the secret spy department arranged for the king of Linchuan to escape, and the purpose was not to overthrow the Xu family, but to curb Xu Zhihe's ambition to become the emperor. After all, the Yang family nominally owns the land of Jianghuai, and still has a certain public opinion base, which occupies the name of righteousness.

Li Qi was not in a hurry to unify the south, not because he did not have the ability, but because of the rapid expansion of his territory, he wanted to make adjustments first. After all, if there is continuous war and there is no stability in the locality, the power in the hands of the front-line generals will expand rapidly, and it is easy to cause chaos if it is not done well. The last thing he wants to see is the rebellion of his generals......

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