On the way to detain the latest batch of grain and grass to Shuzhou, Han Chengmeng suddenly received a joint order letter from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Privy Council, saying that Shuzhou had enough grain, and that Runzhou was seriously flooded in the summer, and the people were seriously short of grain after the autumn, so Han Chengmeng was ordered to transfer this batch of grain and grass to Runzhou for disaster relief.

Han Chengmeng checked that the order letter was correct, so he complied with the order and rushed to Runzhou with the grain fleet, and at this time the Privy Council sent another order letter to put the grain fleet into the Jingkou Water Camp in Runzhou on the spot.

Han Chengmeng is a clerical official of the Hunan Xingshangshu Provincial Propaganda Envoy Division, this trip supervised the grain, the grain was handed over to Runzhou Yousi to take over, and the grain fleet was incorporated into the Jingkou Water Camp in Runzhou on the spot, and there was only one fellow scribe of the Xuanshu Envoy Department left beside him, just two domestic servants. He separated from his fellow scribes and returned directly to Jinling, thinking of reuniting with his family for two days and then returning to Hunan to resume his life.

The trip out of Yueyang, all the way by boat, Han Chengmeng was tired of taking the boat, the next day after arriving at the Jingkou, with two attendants, hired a carriage before dawn, in the autumn breeze, but hurried to hurry, to Jinling when the night was dark.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was a team of people in the palace who wanted to go out of the city overnight to deliver the decree, Han Chengmeng and the military attache on duty at Donghua Gate were old acquaintances, and they took this opportunity to sneak into the city, and they were not so desolate that they had to find a place to stay overnight outside the city.

When I arrived at the mansion, it was almost midnight.

Han Chengmeng knocked on the door of the house, originally thinking that he would not be alarmed, and went back to the small courtyard where he lived to rest, and waited until tomorrow to greet his father, mother, and old man, but he didn't want to walk in, and saw that there were several horses tied in the stable on the inside of the house gate, and there were a few horsemen and saber guards waiting in the small hall next to him.

"What other guests in the house haven't left at this late hour?" Han Chengmeng asked Han An, the steward guarding the gate of the front house, curiously.

"It's the Marquis of Liyang who came to visit the old man and the old lady at night, and he hasn't left yet." Han An replied.

"What's going on with Marquis Yang at our house so late?" Han Chengmeng asked to himself.

Yang En, the Marquis of Liyang, is straightforward and open-minded by nature, and because of this, Han Chengmeng also knows that Yang En and his father have never voted, even in the court, he doesn't talk to his father much, how could he come to his house and stay until late at night and not leave?

Is something big happening?

"Father, grandfather, where are they talking to Marquis Yang?" Han Chengmeng thought to himself that since his father and grandfather had not slept well, and Yang En was in the house again, he had to go to ask for peace first, and asked his family Han An.

"The old man, the old lady is in Mingjutang." Han An said.

Although Han Chengmeng is a concubine in the Han Mansion, his status is not as good as that of his eldest son Han Jun, but he and Han Jianji, Qiao Weiyan and others went to Emperor Yanyou as officials very early, and is currently in Hunan to the sixth grade, even if he was born in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Han Chengmeng, who is less than thirty years old, can be regarded as a young man.

And Han Chengmeng treats the people in the house as harshly as Han Jun, and he is more loved by the servants.

Han Chengmeng didn't want anyone to lead the way, so he walked straight through the hall and walked in the direction of Mingju Hall.

Walking to the front of the Ming Residence Hall, he saw two maids dozing off at the gate of the courtyard, and they had fallen asleep against the pillars of the corridor door, Han Chengmeng did not disturb them, and went directly

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Walk around the yard.

"The strategy offered by Chang Guogong is to rely on a surprise attack before the Huai River freezes to annihilate the remnants of the Lou Boat Army that retreated into Hongzepu, it is too hasty and there are too many risks, Han Xiangye has always been serious, Yang En took the liberty to come over today, I hope that Han Xiangye can figure it out, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, and you can no longer support this matter!" Yang En's voice came from the hall.

"Han also thinks that there are pros and cons to this matter." At this time, Han Daoming's ambiguous voice came out, but he did not continue to talk about the advantages and disadvantages.

When Han Chengmeng heard these words, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, he never expected that Yang En would come over to discuss with his father so late, it was a secret matter that the imperial court intended to rely on a surprise attack to annihilate the remnants of the Lou Boat Army in the near future, and it was no wonder that his father wanted to let two maids guard the gate of the courtyard to prevent idle people from approaching.

But he didn't expect the two maids to stay for too long, and they actually dozed off, telling him to inadvertently break in and hear these secrets that should not have been accessible to him at this time.

Han Chengmeng was in a dilemma, and in the hall, Han Daoming seemed to realize that someone had broken into the courtyard, and asked loudly in the hall, "Who is it?" ”

"Father, it's a child. This time, he was responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass to Runzhou, thinking that he would go home to live for two days before returning to Hunan to resume his life, and just arrived home, he heard that Yang Hou Ye was still in the house, so he came to Yang Hou Ye and his father to say goodbye. Han Chengmeng climbed the steps, pushed the door and walked in, and saw the huge hall, only his grandfather Han Wenhuan, his father Han Daoming, and Liyang Hou Yang En were present, and he stepped forward to greet the three of them.

"It's Cheng Meng, what you just heard, don't leak half of it." Han Daoming glanced at Han Chengmeng and said solemnly.

"The child understands." Han Chengmeng said.

Seeing that it was Han Chengmeng, Yang En was not afraid that he would leak the secrets of the military aircraft at will, he stood up at this time, and said bitterly to Han Daoming: "Since Han Xiangye knows the pros and cons of this matter, and has the opportunity to meet the Queen Mother, you may ask the Queen Mother to persuade Your Majesty, and the safe policy is to take Chaozhou City first according to the established plan, and other things can be slowly planned until next year." ”

Although Yang En and Shen Yang were resolutely opposed to the Queen Mother's interference in politics, and therefore they were extremely unpopular with the Queen Mother, at this time, the Queen Mother should come forward to dissuade His Majesty from acting rashly, so they could only go to the Han Mansion and ask Han Daoming to find an opportunity to go out of the city to Changchun Palace to meet the Queen Mother.

Han Daoming is such a slippery person, it is obvious that he will not come out to be this evil person, and excused himself and said: "The Queen Mother's Holy Communion is not safe, and she has not summoned foreign ministers for several days, and it is inconvenient for Daoming to go there by prevarication. ”

Yang En also understood Han Daoming's attitude at this time, and he stopped talking, and bowed his hand to Han Wenhuan and Han Daoming, and left.

Han Wenhuan was old, and Han Chengmeng accompanied his father to send Yang En out of the house before returning to the inner house.

"Is the imperial court planning to gather a naval army to borrow from Yangzhou and send troops to raid the rebel naval division in Hongzepu? I also said that the imperial court suddenly ordered that the grain and grass escorted from Hunan this time should be delivered to Runzhou, and in the end, it was even necessary to take over the grain fleet from Hunan with the Jingkou Water Camp. Han Chengmeng is not stupid, he overheard such a crucial information just now, combined with some abnormalities he received, it is not difficult to guess the whole thing, but he was still shocked by this in his heart, and he couldn't bear it when he crossed the mezzanine

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Zhu asked his father Han Daoming.

Although there is a difference between the concubines, Han Daoming still hopes that his three sons will have a future, seeing that since Cheng Meng has inadvertently known about this, he will not hide some details from him, and said:

"It was Chang Guogong who suddenly rushed back from Chuzhou a few days ago, and offered this strategy, planning to take advantage of the fact that all forces were attracted by the war in Chaozhou City, gather the main forces of the Wuya Army and the naval divisions of the left and right Ya Army, and raid the remnants of the Lou Boat Army from Yangzhou, so that they could annihilate the remnants of the Lou Boat Army before the year and recover Haozhou on the west bank of Hongzepu - Your Majesty is very interested, and has ordered the Privy Council to secretly prepare for this matter."

"Borrowing from Yangzhou, will King Xin's side agree?" Han Chengmeng asked suspiciously.

"Don't say hello to King Xin beforehand, wait until the left and right Wuya army water boats gather on the south bank of Guazhou Port, and directly issue an edict to go to Hangou through Shao Bo Lake and Fanliang Lake into Hongzepu - no matter what, Huaidong is the domain of Dachu, and the Wuya army water boats go to Hangou to suppress the rebel sailors, what excuse does King Xin have to stop and not let the waterway open? Of course, in addition to achieving the purpose of raiding and destroying the rebel sailors, this move may also have the intention of deterring Huaidong. Han Daoming said.

"Your Majesty's support for this policy, is it related to the news that Xuzhou merchant ships entered Yangzhou a few days ago?" Han Chengmeng asked in shock.

"Perhaps." Han Daoming said ambiguously.

"What is the opinion of the princes of the political hall?" Han Chengmeng asked.

"At present, only Shen Yang and Yang En strongly oppose it, thinking that this strategy is too hasty, and advocate recovering Chaozhou first according to the original plan, and then trying to Haoshou Huo Zhuzhou, but thinking about this strategy may not be worth trying." Han Daoming said.

"In another month and a half, it will be a big cold, not only the Huai River, but also Hongzepu may be frozen!" Han Chengmeng also felt that in such a short period of time, it was really a bit hasty to successfully prepare for a large water battle that the Great Chu had ever had, and he didn't know if the imperial court had considered all kinds of accidents in detail enough.

"In the past, although the Huai River would be frozen for five or six years in ten years, Hongze Lake rarely froze twice in ten years. And even if it freezes, the Wuya Army's naval division warships can be withdrawn in advance, or they can directly send a large army into Shiliang County and advance to the south bank of Hongzepu to form a water and land alliance with the Wuya Army - besides, if you miss the opportunity, you don't know if there is a chance to recover Haozhou. Han Daoming said.

Although Han Daoming did not elaborate on the attitude of the other princes in the political hall towards this matter, Han Chengmeng could also understand that his father advocated using this strategy, in the final analysis, after the news of the collusion between Xuzhou and Huaidong came out, they were more worried that after Xuzhou colluded with Huaidong, it was possible that Xuzhou might further collude with the rebels of Anning Palace.

Haozhou is located on the west bank of Hongzepu, and if Haozhou is recovered in advance, it will actually cut off the communication between Huaidong and Shouzhou.

Emperor Yanyou's decision to adopt the advice of Li Pu, the Duke of Changguo, actually wanted to achieve the goal of killing many birds with one stone.

"Since you have inadvertently known about this matter, you must remember not to leak the slightest rumor, otherwise my Han Mansion will not be able to afford it." Han Daoming solemnly commanded again.

"The child understands." Han Chengmeng smiled bitterly in his heart, could it be that what use can I report to Xuzhou at this time?

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