Chongwen Hall is still the center of the empire, at this time the night is dark, and dozens of bright corner lights above the main hall are as bright as day.

After the imperial case, Qingyang and Mingcheng Empress Dowager Huang E sat side by side, and the new emperor Yang Bin sat in the middle of the two of them like a puppeteer, and the two small hands were held by Qingyang and Mingcheng Empress Dowager Huang E.

The new emperor Yang Bin wanted to withdraw his right hand from the hands of Huang E, the Empress Dowager of Mingcheng, but he was a little afraid, afraid that he would be counted out and did not understand the rules.

According to the rules, the Queen Mother is his mother, but his mother is the Queen Mother, and he can't tell the difference at a young age. And it was this "queen mother" who pretended to accidentally push him down the high steps and fell to the point that his head was bleeding, but his mother asked him to panic and say that the palace attendants around him were not taking good care of him, and he had no intention of falling.

Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Du Chongtao, Yang En, Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Zhang Chao and others were all given seats, and Han Daoming and Yun Puzi, who had white hair, were edicted to enter the palace and stood in the main hall at this time.

Han Daoming looked around, he didn't mean to give him a seat, and asked without being salty:

"But for some reason, Shen Xiang and Lord Shou are acting like three sessions to me?"

"Your two brothers conspired to privately intercept the grain and transport it to Tangyi, and the Chishan Society has also been quietly growing under the conspiracy of your two brothers to deceive the court in every possible way over the years," Zhang Chao didn't want to become the target of public criticism because of his dereliction of duty, so at this time, he naturally had to be the first to stand up and put all the responsibility on the conspiracy of Han Daoming and Han Daochang, and sneered, "Lord Han won't pretend to know nothing at this time, right?" ”

"Some things are indeed not disclosed in advance, but they are by no means intentionally deceitful, but they are really worried that there are still secret spies lurking in the Zhushi, causing the news to leak and the situation in the world to collapse." Han Daoming was also over sixty years old at this time, his sideburns were frosty white, but he was very angry when he spoke.

"What is it that is not clear?" Qingyang asked.

"Empress Dowager, when Emperor Liang sent someone to escort the rebel queen and the first emperor Sun Yang Fennan to Jinling for trial, he also brought a secret letter," Han Daoming said, "Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang said in the secret letter that he was terminally ill, and his eldest son Zhu Zhen, the king of Liangluo, was poisoned by an arrow when he broke through from Yongzhou City, and he was also dying—these two pieces of news were verified by Tangyi's secret spies, and they were all conclusive, so it seems that at the end of last year, the Liang army recaptured Heluo from the rebels of Eastern Liang, but the situation in Heluo was actually dangerous. Emperor Liang blocked all the news, and this time, in the name of joining forces to fight Yong, he invited Tangyi to send troops into Heluo, which was actually the last possible way to avoid the collapse of the situation in Heluo! ”

Han Daoming's words were like a boulder thrown into the lake, and it suddenly set off a shocking wave in everyone's hearts.

After a long time, Zhang Chao stared at Han Daoming's thin face and asked relentlessly:

"The situation in Heluo is as dangerous as an egg, why did Tangyi wantonly gather the people of the Chishan Society in Xichuan, Donghu, and Tangyi? And the Chishan Society did not report to the salt and iron transshipment envoys, and the number of shipwrights and sailors increased several times, so the imperial court could be taken into account? ”

Not only does Zhang Chao want to shirk his responsibility, but he must grasp this point and chase and beat Han Daoming fiercely, and it is precisely this point that is the most shocking to the ministers present.

It is true that Xuzhou and Donghu almost monopolize the shipbuilding industry in the Jianghuai region, but the scale of the Tangyi naval army has always been not very large.

Even if Shou, Huo and other places were captured, the Tangyi Navy Defense Area was expanded and extended to the middle and upper reaches of the Huai River, and the soldiers and shipwrights and sailors of the Tangyi Navy Army remained about 10,000 for a long time.

The number of shipwrights and sailors reported to the Salt and Iron Transshipment Department of the Chishan Society was more than 4,000 at the earliest, which increased year after year, but the number of officially reported before the year was more than 7,900, and there were also 800 additional armed guards.

At the time of the Chenzhou crisis, the Chishan Society only gathered more than 4,000 people and horses to the upper reaches of the Yuan River, and it was at that time that officials from the Yushitai repeatedly wrote to impeach them, fearing that the Chishan Society would grow in power and be difficult to control.

After the destruction of the left and right Wuya Army Naval Divisions, the center was unable to rebuild the naval division's strength under the control of all parties, and after the palace change, part of the naval forces belonging to the Weaving Bureau's armament were also coerced away by Lu Qingxia.

However, in addition to the relatively large-scale water battalion of the Youlongwu Army, after Huaidong handed over the two prefectures of Yangtai, the total number of soldiers in these two states was 2,000 water battalions, which were also taken over by the Privy Council when the generals were appointed as the soldiers and horses of the two prefectures.

Coupled with the local state military and water battalions in Chi, Xuan, Run, and Su, the imperial court could mobilize a naval force of 14,500 people in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River when necessary.

In addition, Yang Yuanyan, the king of letters, also has an elite naval force in the lower reaches of the Huai River, and Huanghua also actively promoted the construction of the naval army in Hunan Prefectures in Yueyang.

At this time, the naval forces of the various forces within Great Chu could barely maintain a balance.

This is also the goal that Shen Yang can pursue in the current situation.

It's just that who would have imagined that Red Mountain would quietly grow in a few years, more than five times the number of reports?

Who can imagine that all this is an illusion deliberately created by Tangyi, and who can imagine that Tangyi actually hides the potential of the water army to mobilize in the Chishan Club lurking under the surface of the water?

Yang En, Yang Zhitang, Du Chongtao and others are also staring at Han Daoming, and these many things can not be explained by Emperor Liang's critical illness.

Han Daoming continued calmly: "Tangyi has clear evidence that before Lu Qingxia launched the palace mutiny, he secretly sent traitors Yao Xishui, Zhou Yuan and others to Huaidong many times to contact - Lu Qingxia launched the palace mutiny, and was immediately extinguished by Shen Xiang and Shou Wangye, so that the evil deeds of Huaidong were not revealed, but everyone here dared to pat their chests and say that he was fiercely loyal to the imperial court, and there was no possibility of collusion with the Mughutures? In the battle of Hehuai, Tangyi tried his best to resist the thieves and avenge his father, presumably you also saw King Xin sitting on the wall in Chuzhou and watching, everyone here can pat your chest and say that if the war in Hehuai drags on until now, King Xin will not have the possibility of colluding with the Mugultures to attack Tangyi? Han Qian gathered the people of the Chishan Society at this time, the situation was too critical, and he was really worried that the news of Emperor Liang's critical illness would spread, and some people's ambitions would be uncontrollable. Gyeonggi has tens of thousands of elite protectors, so there is nothing to worry about in a short period of time, but Tangyi can't help but worry about being attacked on his back-"

What is the reason for this?

King Xin has never been a good stubble, everyone knows it very well, but after the palace change, King Xin returned the power of Yang and Taizhou, and also made Zhao Zhen lead his troops to join the recruitment army and suppress the rebels in Xiangbei, which has shown enough sincerity. As for Tangyi sending troops to help the Bianjing Liang army retreat south, and fighting with the Eastern Liang army and Mengwu soldiers and horses in Xiacaidan County, Yang Yuanyan, the king of letters, chose to sit on the wall and watch in Chuzhou, but this was also their acquiescence, and even Jingzhong did not pretend to issue an edict to urge Chuzhou to send troops, and this responsibility naturally could not be relied on on the head of Yang Yuanyan, the king of letters.

And even then

Taking 10,000 steps back, Tangyi has enough reasons to guard against Chuzhou a hundred times, but what is it to privately intercept the grain, and what is it to hide such a huge naval force in the Chishan Society and deliberately conceal the scale of the Chishan Society?

At this time, they didn't ask any more questions, thinking about the authenticity of the news that Emperor Liang was critically ill, and they also knew that Han Daoming's posture was here, and they couldn't ask anything more practical.

After a while, Yang Zhitang looked at Yun Puzi and asked:

"Cloud Dao Chief, what do you have to say?"

"Lao Dao cultivates himself and cultivates his temperament in the meditation every day, reading the scriptures and rituals, what do these many things have to do with Lao Dao?" Yun Puzi spread his hands and asked rhetorically, "But Lord Shou must comment on one or two things from the old Dao, and the old Dao feels that what Han Shangshu said is very reasonable, so I don't know what Shen Xiang has to say......

"The Marquis of Qianyang is worried that Chuzhou has different aspirations, but this is by no means an excuse for him to act alone and ignore the imperial court," Qingyang had a cold face, and after standing on the imperial case, he intercepted the conversation and asked, "Where is the Marquis of Qianyang at this time?" ”

"Han Qian has already gone to Luoyang, no one is in East Lake, and Weichen doesn't know that Shen Xiang and Prince Shou look like they are facing a great enemy, who are they going to show to?" Han Daoming Shi Ran said.

"Han Qian went to Luoyang in person, Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang what does he want to do?" Yang En and Shen Yang couldn't hold back at this moment, leaned forward and asked in surprise.

"Emperor Liang is critically ill, King Liang Luo is poisoned and injured, and the other two sons are young and difficult to manage the military and politics, Emperor Liang believes that Han Qian has saved Chu in danger several times, and benevolence, faithfulness and righteousness are called the model of the world, so he has temporarily entrusted the military and political affairs of Heluo to wait for King Liang Luo to be sick or the two sons grow up." Han Daoming said.

Yang En looked at Shen Yang, Du Chongtao, Yang Zhitang and others in disbelief.

They didn't find out where Han Qian was in the past two days, but they didn't think that Han Qian would personally lead 20,000 elites to Heluo.

Qingyang was much calmer than everyone imagined, looked at Shen Yang, and asked, "Does Shen Xiang have anything else to ask Lord Han?" ”

Of course, Shen Yang had too much to ask, but he knew that unless Empress Dowager Changxin allowed Han Daoming and Yun Puzi to be arrested, and the torturers of Dali Temple or Yushitai intervened, he didn't expect to be able to ask for much more substance from Han Daoming's mouth.

They couldn't even tell how much of what Han Daoming had just said was true and how much was false.

Shen Yang thought about it for a while, and saw that the others had no better suggestions for the time being, so he said: "Or ask Lord Han and Yun Dao Chang to return to the mansion for the time being, but they must not leave casually, in case the Queen Mother can be summoned to ......inquire at any time."

"Lord Du, in addition to Lord Han and Cloud Dao Chief, you will escort Lord Qin back to his house with a team of guards, and you must not let others disturb him!" Qingyang ignored Huang E, who was sitting on the side, and directly issued an edict to put Han Daoming, Yun Puzi and Qin Wen under house arrest.

Empress Dowager Changxin issued an edict to put Han Daoming and Yun Puzi under house arrest, and Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Yang En and others naturally agreed, but when they heard her edict to put Qin Wen under house arrest at the same time, they were all stunned, and they all suspected that they had heard something wrong, and they all looked at Qin Wen who was standing behind Shen Yang.

Qin Wen sighed lightly, the Empress Dowager Changxin's move was not only determined to cut the relationship with Tangyi, but also to use him to attack Shen Yang, Yang En and others.

Of course, he had expected this scene to happen, and there was no panic, but Shen Yang sat stunned and looked at it, he felt more or less uncomfortable, and he was about to come out, bowing to Shen Yang:

"Qin Wen is ashamed to be taken care of by Shen Xiang all these years!"

"Are you ......" Shen Yang stood up and asked something, but he stumbled, almost sat on the ground, and stared at Qin in disbelief.

Qin Wen wanted to walk over and help him, but he also pushed Qin Wen away with all his might, and sat down with his hands and feet trembling a little in embarrassment.

Yang En, Yang Zhitang, Du Chongtao, Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Zhang Chao, Huang Huixiang, Zhang Xian, Zhou Qinian and others, one counts as one, and they all looked at everything in front of them dumbfounded.

Qin Wen, whom Shen Yang regarded as his nephew and wanted to ask about secrets, turned out to be the nail that Han Qian had buried beside Shen Yang over the years?

This is even more shocking than when Wang Lin was a dark pile in Huaidong and Wen Ruilin was a tiger in Liang Guo.

Is it any wonder that Akayama has been able to hide so well over the years?

In addition to the responsibility of Zhang Chao for negligence in the transfer of salt and iron, theoretically the state and county should also be able to detect some clues, and it is impossible for Tangyi to hide it without revealing a flaw.

However, if at the last node before many confidential notes were gathered in the political affairs hall, all the doubts that might cause alarm were quietly erased by Qin Wen, it was no wonder that they would all become blind.

"After the year, you invited us to the palace to meet the prince Yang Cong, also intentionally?"

Yang En had previously concluded that the wind discussion after the year must be Tang Yi's deliberate manipulation behind the scenes, and Zhou Qinian couldn't think of this anymore, so he could find a crack in the ground to get into, but he was still too shocked at this time.

If Qin Wen had been co-opted by Han Qian a long time ago, how many people in the court could be trusted by them?

Qingyang's cold eyes swept over everyone's shocked faces at this time, she couldn't ask Shen Yang and Yang Zhitang to notice that Qin Wen had a problem first, in that case, she would be too passive, not only could she not clear the suspicion of collusion with Tangyi before, but she would even be recognized by Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang and others as her existence, which would be a huge obstacle for the imperial court to restrict or suppress Tangyi in the future.

At that time, even if Huang E, the thief and maid, does not jump out, Shen Yang and Yang Zhitang will most likely not allow her to point fingers at the government and politics.

Qingyang thought of the words of the old palace attendant, and secretly thought in his heart, no matter what the idea of that person was, the only opportunity he could seize the initiative might be that Yang Zhitang, Du Chongtao and others in front of him did not dare to discuss the abolition of the establishment lightly.

Thinking of this, Qing Yang further pressed everyone and asked, "Isn't it true that the people from the Inner Servant Mansion will invite Lord Han, Lord Qin, and Yun Dao Chang to go down first?" ”

Since there was no way to ask anything from the mouths of Han Daoming and others, leaving Han Daoming, Yun Puzi, Qin Wen and others present would only make everyone even more embarrassed.

Of course, the Empress Dowager Changxin said before that the guards would send these three people back to Fuguan and put them under house arrest, but at this time, she said that the people of the Inner Servant Mansion were in charge, and everyone didn't think there was any big difference - the Inner Servant Mansion is currently under Yang En, mainly the old people in the clan and the women of the clan are in charge, and such a moment can give everyone more trust and dependence.

Of course, the Empress Dowager Changxin issued an edict to put these three people under house arrest and not take other measures, and everyone had nothing to say for the time being.

None of them knew Han Qian's true whereabouts at this time, nor did they know whether Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang was really terminally ill or had died, and it was undoubtedly rash and risky to characterize Tangyi and Hanfu's actions as rebellion now.

At this time, even if Qin Wen was to be punished, he could only be impeached by Yushitai for "privately forming friends".

Even if they finally decide to tear their faces, they have to wait until they have the confidence to protect themselves.

Watching the people of the Inner Chamberlain Mansion "gift" Han Daoming, Yun Puzi, and Qin Wen to leave, everyone spent a while in the main hall, and they didn't come to their senses.

The questions in front of them now are mainly focused on two aspects, one is how credible Han Daoming's words are, and what Han Qian wants to do, and the other is how far Han Qian has infiltrated the DPRK and China.

Is it that they have gone around in a big circle, and the problem has not been solved, but has become more complicated.

"Ahem......" Shen Yang coughed violently, which attracted everyone's attention.

Shen Yang took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and covered the corners of his mouth, coughed for a while before stopping, looking at a touch of red blood on the handkerchief, he didn't care about it, he went straight into his sleeve, walked to the front of the imperial case, and knelt down: "The old minister has been clumsy, and he doesn't know how to check people, so that the court is passive everywhere, and he has lost the trust of the first emperor and the queen mother, and he really has no face to stay in the court, please let the queen mother allow the old minister to return ......to his hometown."

Seeing that Shen Yang wanted to leave at this time, everyone was shocked.

Qingyang's eyes stared at Shen Yang's gray and thin old face, knowing that Qin Wen's matter hit him a lot, but it was not enough to tell him to pick a picker and leave at this time.

And she chose to expose Qin Wen's identity on such an occasion and at such an opportunity, which meant to hit Shen Yang, but she just wanted to hit his arrogance, not to force him away from the court.

Qingyang didn't give Huang E's cheap maid a chance to speak, and said to Shen Yang in a gentle tone:

"Qin asked what to do with Shen Xiang by ignoring the righteousness of the imperial court and making friends with the minister? At this time, the ministers and princes supported the army and respected themselves, and they were good at discussing military affairs, not to mention, or colluding with the courtiers and eunuchs in every possible way, and the court was shaky, how could Shen Xiang bear to abandon the mourning family and His Majesty? ”

In any case, as long as Han Qian is the minister of Chu for a day, Qin Wen, who is used by Han Qian, cannot be regarded as an enemy - Qin Wen's betrayal of Shen Yang, although Shen Yang is so unbearable, but when you study it carefully, you can't even openly say that you can't even say a crime of "investigating people who don't know people".

Yang En, Yang Zhitang, Du Chongtao, Zheng Yu, Zhang Chao and others would never want Shen Yang to leave at this time.

"Xuzhou is prosperous because of Han Daoxun, Han Qian's father and son, Han Qian has presided over Jinyun Tower by the side of the first emperor for many years, and then Xing Chishan Army, there are many Tangyi private Tang in the government and the opposition, and it is not strange to mourn the family, when the palace changed, Yun Puzi warned in advance, and led the mourning family to take His Majesty to hide in Shangshu Province when they met Qin Wen, the mourning family was helpless at the time, everything could only rely on Yun Puzi and Qin Wen, but in hindsight, all this was too coincidental,"

Qingyang saw that Shen Yang sat back a little depressed, and did not mention the matter of resignation again, and continued,

"It's just that the Marquis of Qianyang guards Huaixi to defend the enemy, and Han Daoming is a great Chu minister, and it is inconvenient for the mourning family to study the twists and turns in this. However, no matter how clever they are now, they should also isolate the old people of Xuzhou, Jinyunlou, and Chishan Army from the court, presumably the Zhuqing family has no opinion, right? ”

Shen Yang's mind had not yet recovered, and Yang En looked at Yang Zhitang and Du Chongtao.

Although they also knew that the Empress Dowager Changxin said these words, she had the intention of defending herself and cutting off Tangyi, but in any case, even if the Empress Dowager Changxin secretly colluded with Tangyi when the palace changed, her final mind was still thinking about the succession of the eldest prince.

This is not harmful to the interests of the Yang clan.

And at this time, the Empress Dowager Changxin also made her position, what else could they do, depose the new emperor at this time, and set up another king?

In any case, they all have to get through this festival first, and then talk about other things, and the first thing to do at the moment is not only to strengthen vigilance and find out Han Qian's whereabouts, but also to isolate the generals who may be involved in the DPRK and Tangyi.

"What the Queen Mother said is very true, maybe these officials can be ordered to rest at home, and they are no longer allowed to participate in the affairs of various ministries and departments, and then secretly follow the vine to conduct inspections." Yang Zhitang groaned.

Qingyang thought of what the old palace attendant said that she only had the words that the inner palace could use at this time.

Although a large number of eunuchs and palace maids are still retained in the palace, after the internal service province was changed to the inner service mansion, the main people in charge of the palace are the elders and women of the clan.

Among them are the sons of Yang Tai, the old emperor's uncle who died of illness, the two sisters-in-law of Emperor Tianyou, and the two daughters of Emperor Tianyou, namely the two sisters and family members of Emperor Yanyou; Like Du Chongtao's wife, the blood relationship in the clan is still far away, but the number is larger.

During the Jinling rebellion, most of the clans living in Gyeonggi were forced to rebel with Zong Zhengqing Yang Tai and appoint the then crown prince Yang Yuanwu as emperor, and then they were coerced and fled to Shouchun.

It wasn't until Liang Chu made peace that these people were released.

Even if Emperor Yanyou did not cure them of the crime of rebellion, he still regarded them as a clan, but he was undoubtedly inferior in Jinling City.

When Emperor Yanyou was alive, even if the Inner Government Bureau continued to provide support, it was greatly reduced compared to the prosperity before the Jinling Rebellion, and the confiscated fields and houses were never returned.

It was still after the palace change that the internal service province was changed to the internal service house, so that the elders of the clan and the head of the clan were in charge, and their situation improved slightly.

And in the past six months, these people have served in Changxin Palace, Chongwen Palace, and even Mingcheng Palace, and Qingyang can also feel their flattery and stammering - in addition to these people, Qingyang can't think of anyone else in Jinling City who can be used by her.

Qingyang still deeply felt at this moment, why did the previous dynasties use relatives.

In addition to her own brothers and sisters, who can a woman who lives in the palace be really trustworthy and dependable? It's a pity that she is alone in Jinling, and there are no brothers and sisters around her.

Of course, after these clans returned to the south, because they were all branded as "rebellious", they were incompatible with the courtiers and the self-proclaimed Qingliushi clan clans of the Jiangdong clan.

Qingyang thought to herself that she needed these people, and what she had to do now was to let them know that only in her place would they be reused, and they would be restored to their former glory, and they didn't need to worry about how many of them would throw themselves into Huang E's cheap maid.

Thinking of this, Qingyang said again:

"Whether it is the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, or Yushitai, there are private officials of Tangyi infiltrated, and the mourning family feels that when it is very time, the inquiry involving this matter is all in charge of Yang En's internal servants, can you have any objections?"

"Queen Mother, this matter ......"

Qingyang mentioned this proposal, in fact, he reopened the Jinyun Division under the Inner Servant Mansion to grasp the power of supervising the officials of the government and the opposition, although Yang Ennai was the minister in charge of the Inner Servant Mansion, but he did not want to make any more bad examples.

"Marquis Yang, as a minister of internal service, let's listen to the opinions of Shen Xiang and Shou Wang Ye on this matter for the time being." Qingyang intercepted Yang En's words and did not ask him to express his opinion, but looked at Yang Zhitang and Shen Yang......