Although Shen Yang didn't mention the matter of resigning from the old man again, he sat there in a daze at this time, not knowing what he was thinking for a while, everyone was worried that he was too hit by Qin's question, and at this time they all looked at Yang Zhitang to see what his opinion on this matter was.

Du Chongtao's wife, the old county lord of Deqing, was in charge of the Inner Servant's Mansion, and it was inconvenient for him to say anything.

"This matter is in accordance with the Queen Mother's decree, and it is okay,"

At present, the Inner Servant Mansion is mainly composed of Yang En, the elders of the clan, and the deacon of the women of the clan, Yang Zhitang has been shocked enough today, and he can't think too carefully for a while, but between the minister and the clan, he is still naturally biased towards the clan, and naturally he will not oppose the strengthening of the authority of the clan.

And the Empress Dowager Changxin can cut off the relationship with Tangyi, even if she is a little stronger, he will not particularly care.

Besides, no matter how strong the Empress Dowager Changxin is, can she be stronger than the Huang family after King Fu succeeds to the throne?

Yang Zhitang didn't want others to be entangled in this matter, so he diverted the topic and said,

"At present, it is more important to find out whether Han Qian really went to Heluo, and find out what Emperor Liang's real intention was to invite Han Qian to lead his troops into Heluo?"

Today, everyone's hearts have been impacted enough, but the others have not had a greater impact than this indistinguishable news.

"Is it possible that Emperor Liang is really terminally ill, and his eldest son, King Luo, was poisoned again, and he had to be isolated in Tangyi when the strong enemy was serving Heluo?" Zhang Chao asked hesitantly.

"If he was only entrusted by Emperor Liang to protect Gu Xiao, why did Han Qian need to expose the hidden strength of the Chishan Society over the years, and gather all these horses to Tangyi and East Lake?" Zheng Yu shook his head, feeling that there were still too many doubts in the whole matter, and said, "I don't think Han Daoming's words are credible. ”

"It may be true that Emperor Liang is critically ill and lonely, but Han Qian may not be willing to do so, or maybe he has greater ambitions?" Du Chongtao frowned and said.

Of course, he will not believe that he is just a simple Tuogu, as a general of Great Chu who has commanded the army for many years, in his early years, and even on the same level as Li Yu and others, he believes in the judgment and analysis of the military situation and the basic situation.

At present, except for a part of the Tangyi Navy and the Chishan Hui men and horses assembled on the southern front, the main force of the real elite infantry in Tangyi is deployed on the northern line or the northwest flank.

In addition to the nearly 20,000 elites who directly entered Heluo, it is actually unknown how many soldiers Yu Ding can be recruited and transferred by Kong Xirong's troops from Deng Jun and the two prefectures, and there are not as many as 12,000 people in Tangyi, but Du Chongtao can definitely have at least 20,000 elites transferred from Huaixi.

Another point is mentioned by the Empress Dowager Changxin in the main hall of Changxin Palace.

Zhou Bingwu, Zhang Pan, and Zhao Zhen had more than 80,000 soldiers and horses in Xiangbei, and Yang Yuanyan, the king of letters, had more than 30,000 elite soldiers in Chuzhou, and they could gather 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers and horses near Gyeonggi at the earliest.

In this situation, it was really hard for him to believe that Han Qian really had any covetous intentions for Jinling at this time.

Even if Han Daoming's words must not be believed, but in addition to "Emperor Liang is critically ill", Du Chongtao does not see that there is any other suitable understanding that can explain the current situation, but it must be said that Han Daoming has something to hide, he feels that Han Qian personally led the troops into Heluo, and the motive should be impure.

In this way, we can explain why Tangyi did everything possible to conceal the truth, but did not hesitate to expose all the people of the Chishan Society, and also gathered in Tangyi, Donghu and Xichuan.

To put it bluntly, he was worried that Jinling and Chuzhou would drag him back.

Du Chongtao's words immediately caused everyone to fall into deep thought, and they couldn't help but think about the possibility of this speculation and the subsequent consequences and impact on Da Chu.

Yang En frowned at this time, and muttered hesitantly: "What if Emperor Liang's so-called Tuogu is to completely hand over Heluo to Han Qian, and even make the generals of Liang directly appoint Han Qian as the new master?" ”

"How is that possible?" Du Chongtao subconsciously shook his head to deny Yang En's speculation, and muttered, "Zhu Yu has three sons alive, how can Emperor Liang have a reason not to set up his son and set up an outsider?" And the famous ministers and generals of the Liang State are all there, how can there be a reason not to set up the son of Zhu Yu and welcome outsiders? ”

Zheng Yu, Zhang Chao, Zheng Chang and others also shook their heads, feeling that Yang En's conjecture was too incredible.

"Dare to ask Marquis Yang, why do you say this?"

Zhou Qinian, who was standing with Zhang Xian and other officials of Shangshu Province and the Inner Servant Mansion, couldn't help but stand up and ask at this time.

Du Chongtao and Yang En's speculation can explain the current situation, but the impact on the next situation will be very different.

If, as Du Chongtao thought, Emperor Liang was just a lonely person in the ordinary sense, but Han Qian tried in vain to have the ambition of rebellion, even if Han Qian could succeed by luck, but under the military oppression of the Mughal people and the Eastern Liang army, it was impossible to gain a firm foothold in the Heluo area, and in the end it could only be hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who withdrew to Huaixi in a hurry.

Such a situation is not too bad for Jinling, and even Tangyi needs to continue to stand on the northern front to resist the southern invasion of the Mughus.

If it is as Yang En thinks, it will be a little too bad for Jinling.

Even Zhou Qinian felt that what Yang En said was unlikely, but he couldn't help but ask more.

"If you want to compare Yang Houye's guess, Han Qian should not take the ambition of taking Heluo against him at this time." Shen Yang, who had been silent for a long time, said in a hoarse voice at this time.

Shen Yang was disheartened, but that didn't mean that basic judgment didn't exist.

The speculations of Yang En and Du Chongtao are quite incredible, but they must make a trade-off between these two guesses, and Shen Yang is more inclined to agree with Yang En's guess.

Hearing Shen Yang say this, Zhou Qinian was also taken aback, and couldn't help but think, they could all think of what the consequences of Han Qian's reversal of Heluo at this time were, how could Han Qian himself not think of it?

But is it really what Yang En says?

Yang En sighed lightly and said, "Lost Yongzhou and Bianjing, the Liang Kingdom has become a remnant. If Han Daoming said that Zhu Yu was terminally ill and that Zhu Zhen, the king of Liangluo, was poisoned, it was true, Zhu Yu was worried that after his death, Heluo would be difficult to defend alone, and there were not many options to make. And he just wanted to entrust Han Qian alone, and even wanted to temporarily entrust the military administration of Remnant Liang to Han Qian, he would inevitably be able to think of possible results: first, Han Qian failed to hold Heluo, and the remnant Liang forces fled south, and they would inevitably be merged into Heluo; second, Han Qian guarded Heluo and returned to his son after his young son grew up; Third, Han Qian replaced him. For Han Qian, even if he had the ambition to replace him, he would not choose to act hastily at this time, and after holding Heluo, he would have more time to win over and divide the former officials of the Liang State. As for Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang, if he really thought that Han Qian would be able to return to his son in the future, then when he sent an envoy to see Han Qian, he should send an envoy to Jinling to balance Han Qian's ambitions...... In my humble opinion, Emperor Liang is a generation of heroes, and luck is

There are some problems, but his work is very unpredictable, and we can't take it as ordinary people. He may have expected that even if Han Qian was temporarily in charge of the military and political affairs of Heluo, it would not be able to solve the discord between Tangyi and Heluo, and it would not be able to fundamentally resolve the crisis faced by the remnant Liang, so he had the idea of making the remnant Liang generals welcome Han Qian and join forces of the two families to resist Hulu, this should also be why Han Qian has done everything possible to conceal his intention to lead his troops to Heluo in the past month? ”

"How could the generals of the Liang State be willing to welcome Han Qian? You must know that the new system of Tangyi is too contrary to the old system of the remnant beam......" Zhang Chao still felt that it was impossible and questioned.

"In the previous battles of Hehuai, Gu Qian, Han Yuanqi, Chen Kun, Lei Jiuyuan and other remnant Liang generals were all favored by Tangyi, and these characters were not remnants," Yang En said, "If I am a general of the Liang State, Emperor Liang is critically ill, and King Luo is difficult to survive, it is a realistic choice to welcome Han Qianshi." As for the new system and the old rules, mediocrity may disturb them, but really, isn't it more important to survive? Could it be that Gu Qian, Han Yuanqi, Chen Kun, and Lei Jiuyuan thought that they could have a better result by joining the Mengwu people or the Eastern Liang Army? ”

"Yes or no, just send the three of them to see Han Daoming, Yun Puzi, and Qin Wen separately," Du Chongtao was somewhat persuaded by Yang En, and said categorically, "If it is really as Yang Hou guessed, we will test them with this guess, and it is impossible for the three of them not to show any clues......"

Shen Yang nodded solemnly, and said to the Empress Dowager Changxin: "Please send an edict to the Empress Dowager, and send someone to see Han Daoming, Yun Puzi, and Qin Wen......"

Qingyang sat behind the imperial case in a daze.

She had already believed Yang En's speculation at this time, because only in this way could she explain why Han Qian knew that she would choose to cut off Tangyi, and would do everything possible to teach her how to take the initiative through the Inner Chamberlain's Mansion.

Yang En's guess is true, which means that Huaixi will also be incorporated into the Western Liang Kingdom, making the territory of the Western Liang Kingdom directly opposite the Jinling Xiangjiang River, which is a situation that no one in Jinling wants to see.

And if the two sides do not hesitate to meet each other, how will the situation evolve?

Tangyi gathered tens of thousands of sailors and horses in Donghu and Tangyi, and the soldiers and horses directly controlled by the imperial court, such as the guards and the army, the right dragon army and the left Wu Xiang army, could only stick to the south bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Jinggi and the two wings of Xuanchisu, but due to the merger of the Western Liang army after Tangyi, the strategic focus must be on the northern line to defend against the Mengwu and the Eastern Liang army.

However, this situation is by no means what she wants to see.

In addition to the Chuzhou army is led by Yang Yuanyan, the king of Xin, at this time, if you want to order the recruiting army to attack Huaixi from the western flank, it must be dominated by the Youwu army stationed in Suiyang and Fancheng; And the right Wu Xiang army and the commander Zhao Zhen are the descendants of Yang Yuanyan, the king of letters.

If in the end, it was the descendants of King Yang Yuanyan who fought and occupied Huaixi, would this be the situation he was willing to see?

Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Du Chongtao and others did not dare to discuss the abolition of the establishment lightly before, mainly because they were worried that it would be taken advantage of by Han Qian, but if they saw that after the merger of Tangyi and Heluo, Han Qian had to focus on the northern front to defend against the Mughu, they would definitely not be so worried.

At this time, if they want to recapture Huai, whether it is for the sake of becoming famous, or for the sake of the Jiangdong clan clan's full support to send troops, they may directly oust Bin'er from the throne!

Thinking of this, a chill ran down Qingyang's back, she sat there in a daze, and at the moment she could only follow Yang En's and Shen Yang's tone, and they selected three old and capable clan elders from the Inner Servant Mansion to go to Han Daoming, Yun Puzi, and Qin Wen separately to find out.

To be honest, as long as the train of thought is not disturbed and turns back to the normal track, no matter how impossible and unbelievable the speculation is, more clues will be excavated.

The people sent out to test the tone soon rushed back to the Chongwen Palace, and Yang En and Du Chongtao asked them in detail one by one about the details of the test of the three people's tone, and the facts did not allow them to be optimistic.

Everyone sat in the hall with their faces in staring at each other, listening to the cold wind of early spring howling on the top of the hall.

Listening to Shen Yang, Yang En, Yang Zhitang, and Du Chongtao sitting in front of the main hall to discuss various countermeasures, Qingyang was also upset and said: "Many things are still speculation, but except for the commander of the Right Dragon Wu Army, and Yang Fan, the Marquis of Xin'an, who dispatched all troops and horses from Runzhou to the north to strengthen the defense of Yangzhou west of Tangyi, other things may not be rash for the time being-what do you think?" ”

"Although it is not advisable to act rashly, in addition to Gyeonggi, Suiyang, Fancheng, Chuzhou, Xinyang and other places must prepare for the worst." Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Yang En, Du Chongtao and others insisted.

They have all been teased by Tangyi for more than a month, even if they don't want to tear their faces, they must be ready to tear their faces at this time.

Otherwise, could it be that they would wait until the news of the Liang State general Ying's establishment of Han Qian as the new lord was distributed in the world, and watch Han Qian dig out the important town of Huaixi from the territory of Great Chu and merge it into the Western Liang State?

Seeing that everyone insisted, Qingyang saw that Huang Moth, a cheap maid, did not say anything, and she would not go against the will of so many people, and said: "Then Zhuqing quickly drafted a statement and handed it over to the mourning family and the Empress Dowager Mingcheng for ruling......"

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After driving back to Changxin Palace and taking care of Bin'er to sleep in the inner hall, Qingyang personally confirmed that the doors and windows were closed from the inside, and then walked back to the dormitory exhausted.

Suddenly, I saw a familiar figure standing at the door of the dormitory, Qingyang frowned angrily, stared at the old palace attendant with cold eyes, and signaled to retreat left and right first.

"According to the instructions of the Queen Mother, there are seven eye-catching minions in the palace, all of whom have gone to Lord Zhang and Lord Jiang to guard the mausoleum for the first emperor, and the old slave has come to talk to the Empress Dowager, and he will go out of the city to the imperial mausoleum tomorrow." The old palace attendant stepped into the dormitory and bowed back.

"Are there really only seven of you in the palace?" Qingyang asked coldly.

"The Queen Mother has issued an edict to the Inner Chamberlain to remove all those involved in Tangyi from the palace, is there anything difficult for the Queen Mother to feel at ease?" The old palace attendant asked rhetorically.

"What's your name, how come I didn't have an impression of you before? If you hadn't taken the initiative to come out this time, the Inner Chamberlain Mansion would have really wanted to investigate the attendants in the Inner and Outer Courts who were involved in Tangyi, and they might not have been able to detect your existence, right? Qingyang stared at the old palace attendant and asked.

To tell the truth, she has also secretly paid attention to the people in the palace who may be involved with Tangyi in the past six months, as one of the queen mothers of the two palaces, she can also access various confidential documents, but the old palace eunuch in front of her has never appeared in her field of vision, and it seems that he has nothing to do with Tangyi from the existing information.

"The old slave really couldn't be regarded as Han Houye's person before, but Heluo and Tangyi will all serve Han Hou Ye as their new masters from now on, and the old slave will become Han Hou

The master's person - if the inner servant mansion only investigates from the line of involvement with Tangyi, it may not be able to detect the existence of the old slave. The old palace attendant said with a smile.

"You're the Tiger of the Celestial Division?" Qingyang gasped, staring at the unattractive and trembling sixty-year-old eunuch in front of him, but he didn't expect that he was Liang Guo lurking in the secret room of Jinling City.

And Han Qian did not call the more exposed person to contact her this time, but stood up with this old eunuch, which undoubtedly proves that the merger of Heluo and Tangyi has long been advancing.

"The old slave won't disturb the Queen Mother's rest, and will go to the Imperial Mausoleum tomorrow, and will not bother the Queen Mother again." The old eunuch saluted and was about to leave.

"You said that Heluo and Tangyi will both serve Han Qian as their new lord from now on, do you mean that Han Qian has ascended the throne in Luoyang and succeeded to the throne?" Qingyang couldn't help but ask.

"In the early hours of this morning, there are flying pigeons from Luoyang to return to Jinling, Han Hou Ye arrived in Luoyang nine days ago, my Majesty four days ago in Luoyang to give Zen ceremony, Han Hou Ye has also officially become the lord of the Liang country - yesterday my Majesty died of illness in Longmen Mountain Qianxi Temple...... "The old palace eunuch wiped the two lines of tears that couldn't help shed, stood under the lamp and candle, and said, "Speaking of which, the old slave and the queen mother are also old people. The old slave and his brother Lei Jiuyuan was the eunuch of the Eastern Capital Shenling Division in his early years, and the prosperity of the Eastern Capital was destroyed in the war for hundreds of years, and more than one million people did not survive in ten, the old slave and his brother were disheartened, and they lived in the peach forest and mountains to cultivate and study for a living, and when His Majesty went out of the town of Luoyang, the old slave and his brother served in front of His Majesty's account. The elder brother takes care of the affairs of the Chengtian Division for His Majesty, and the old slave yearns for prosperity in the south of the Yangtze River, and has been living in the forbidden place of the Great Chu Palace for all these years to cultivate and cultivate his ......"

"What exactly does Han Qian want to do?" Qingyang asked.

"Instead of asking Han Houye what he wants to do, why don't you ask my majesty what he wants to do?" The old eunuch said, "What Han Shangshu said just now in Chongwen Hall is nine true and one false, Shen Xiang and Shou Wang have generally guessed the truth, but there is one thing that they never expected-maybe it will take five or six days to verify the news. ”

"What didn't you expect?" Qingyang asked hesitantly.

"His Royal Highness King Luo is in Shangluo at this time, not only was he not poisoned, but on the contrary, his body is fine, it is my majesty who expected the overall situation of Hehuai to be unable to turn the tide, so he made this amazing decision...... the old eunuch said.

"......" Qingyang was stunned, thinking to himself, probably even if the princes of the Manchu Dynasty knocked their heads, they wouldn't think that Zhu Zhen, the king of Liangluo, was safe and sound at this time, right? However, she couldn't confirm for a moment that what the old eunuch said was true.

"Your Majesty of my family does not set up His Royal Highness King Luo, but makes the generals welcome Han Hou Ye to Heluo, is the Queen Mother still worried that Han Hou Ye has any ambitions that cannot be told to outsiders?" The old eunuch continued to ask, "Don't you still understand that the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother have never been enemies. ”

Qingyang thought for a while, but the next moment, his voice turned cold again, and he said, "I'm afraid that when the situation gets to that point, Han Qian will also be involuntarily, right?" ”

"Isn't that the situation not yet there?" The old eunuch said with a smile, "The old slave dared to ask the Queen Mother, is it the Marquis of Han who lives in Heluo and Huaixi, can the Queen Mother be more at ease, or should the King of Letters Yang Yuan play Huaixi, so that the two Huai and Jingxiang are connected, and the Queen Mother can be more at ease in the Great Chu Palace?" ”

"The mourning family can allow you to stay in the palace ban, but how many of your people are still in the Great Chu Palace, the mourning family wants to see the list - if the inner chamberlain finds out that you have something to hide, then you don't blame the mourning family for being ruthless." Qingyang said coldly.

"Being a tiger is a very lonely thing, there are really few people in the world who can persist for these years, not to mention that the Great Chu Palace has undergone many great changes over the years, and the old people are even more withered, and at present, only the old slave Lei Cheng is the old man of Chengtiansi in the palace,"

The old eunuch looked at the candle flame in front of the desk and said faintly,

"However, outside the palace, the eldest princess of the Tianyou Emperor attached the horse Cai Chen, and in the early years, his father Cai Zhihuan was given the crime of exterminating the clan by the Tianyou Emperor, but Cai Chen was the eldest princess and the horse was spared from death - even if he was taken captive to Shouchun, he disdained to attach the rebellious queen and the Xu family, but he was willing to be used by His Majesty of my family......"

Cai Chennai is the sister-in-law of Emperor Tianyou, and when Liang Chu negotiated peace the year before last, he and the children of the Zhuzong family returned to Jinling directly from Shouchun South.

Jinling suspected that some of the children of this group of clan would inevitably be bought by Xu Mingzhen, but Qingyang did not expect that Cai Chen had already been bought by Liang Guo, and had been hiding in Shouchun to stare at Xu Mingzhen's every move; Later, because he returned south with the clan, he lurked in Jinling, and even served as an elder of the clan in the inner palace.

At that time, many princes and ministers in the court, including Xu, Xinwang Yang Yuanyan, Shouwang Yang Zhitang and others, all chose to fall into the well, Qingyang even thought of using Cai Chen to be mainly responsible for the investigation of the former officials of Tangyi, and then asked him to be responsible for supervising the officials of the government and the opposition.

Who would have thought he would have a problem?

"In addition to Cai Chen, how many hidden stakes are hidden in the Imperial City?" Qingyang suppressed the shock in his heart and asked.

Lei Cheng said: "This time, there are two eunuchs among the people who returned to the south with Emperor Yang Fen, the grandson of Emperor Tianyou, and they are also willing to be used by His Majesty of my family. In addition, since Tangyi and Heluo had just started merging, the old slave didn't know if Tangyi's secretary would leave some people with the queen mother at this time. However, after the cleaning up of the Inner Chamberlain's Mansion, even if there are still people from Tangyi's secret division, there will definitely not be a few, and after a while, when the situation stabilizes, the Queen Mother may write a secret letter and personally ask my new lord of Daliang about this matter......"

"Wait for the situation to stabilize? How can the situation be stabilized? Even if the mourning family is unwilling to raise a military war, but the mourning family is a woman's family, no one around them is credible, life and death are in jeopardy, what words can really work? Qingyang sighed quietly.

"My Majesty has made the generals welcome the Marquis of Han as the new master, and it is by no means to create a military disaster in Jianghuai, and many arrangements are also trying to avoid this situation, and the Queen Mother only needs to take advantage of the situation." Lei Cheng said.

"Can Liang learn from Shu and be a vassal to Great Chu?" Qingyang stared at Lei Cheng and asked.

"If the Queen Mother is determined to contribute to this, why not?" Lei Cheng said.

Qingyang pondered for a while, and then resolutely said: "The two eunuchs who returned to the south with Emperor Sun Yang Fen, you find an opportunity to place them all in Mingcheng Palace, and keep an eye on that cheap maid's every move for the mourning family!" You and Cai Chen will stay with the mourning family in the future, but if you have any contact with Han Qian's side, you need to let the mourning family know, and I will also arrange someone to serve you......"

"Obey the Empress Dowager's decree - the Empress Dowager needs the old slave and Cai Chen, and the old slave and Cai Chen are here; One day, the Queen Mother thought that the old slave and Cai Chen were in the way, and the old slave and Cai Chen also knew the proportions and would never become an obstacle to the Queen Mother. Lei Cheng saluted, then left the dormitory, hiding in the cold wind howling in the night......