As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed around: "As far as I know, in the first battle of Changsha County, nearly half of the generals under the command of King Yueyang and King Changsha were killed and wounded, so if this battle starts, how many of these people who are now standing by King Yueyang's side will be left?!" ”

After a pause, Yao Silian pointed out the door again: "And the people of the city, how many can be left?" And how many of these huge cities will be destroyed by fire? ”

Uncle Chen closed his eyes in pain.

The scars of Hou Jing's rebellion have just been erased, and this town that has just stood up on the ruins really can't withstand another disaster of blood and fire.

This is simply a matter of choosing whether to be a loyal minister or a benevolent person.

I really read so many books in vain, and I didn't know how to choose when it came to the end.

And Yao Silian stared at Chen Shushen tightly, and when he saw that Chen Shushen was no longer willing to look at him, he knew that Chen Shushen had actually made a choice, but now he had no way to convince himself.

And no matter what Chen Shushen was still hesitating, Yao Silian decisively offered Li Xinchen's conditions: "His Royal Highness the King of Han guarantees that as long as the King of Yueyang can dedicate the city, His Royal Highness the King of Han will take the King of Yueyang as the Taishou of Yuzhang County, and everyone here will also remain unmoved." In addition, everyone is the descendants of Yan and Huang, the descendants of Qin and Han dynasties, and His Royal Highness the King of Han identifies himself as a southern Han in his bones, so he will definitely not embarrass everyone or the royal family. ”

The civil officials present were suddenly overwhelmed, the reason why they wanted to maintain their reputation of loyalty and righteousness was that they also thought that after Li Xinchen came, at least half of them would be replaced by Shu Han officials, and now with this guarantee, they are naturally relieved.

You must know that this is now the Southern Dynasty that has experienced the rotation of four dynasties, and many of these civil officials are former ministers of the former dynasty, so they don't have much loyalty and sense of belonging to Nan Chen.

Another day······ Everyone has long been used to it.

As long as you don't replace them, you'll be fine.

Uncle Chen let out a long sigh, stood up and arched his hand: "Please inform King Han that Xiao Wang is willing to lead Yuzhang County to surrender." ”

Yao Silian hurriedly returned the salute, in fact, why wasn't he nervous in his own heart?

Fortunately, Chen Shushen is not Chen Shujian who blindly seeks death······

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"Yuzhang County has fallen." Le Chang handed Yao Silian's recital to Li Xinchen, a little stunned.

Li Xinchen once again marched into the army, and almost all the officials under him were scattered to deal with local affairs, especially the civilian officials were very busy, and the pieces sent were becoming more and more chaotic, so in desperation, Li Xinchen could only arrest Lechang as a clerk.

Jiangzhou surrendered two days earlier than Yuzhang County, and Li Xinchen directly handed over the frontal battlefield of Yuzhang County to Chen Zhishen, who led the army south from Yingzhou, as the number one general under Li Xinchen except Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian, he had been blocked in Jiangling before and had almost no achievements, so the position of commander of this battle was what he deserved.

But now it seems that Chen Zhishen is going to be disappointed.

In fact, it was not only Chen Zhishen who was disappointed, but also Pei Zilie, who rushed all the way down from Yingzhou, he thought that he could win something in the battle of Jiangzhou, who knew that his father would come with Chen Huiji's handwritten letter of surrender, Pei Zilie could only bear it.

Therefore, Li Xinchen simply took a boat and re-turned into the river, went straight to Jiangzhou, and planned to drive down the river to Jiankang Mansion in this way.

The line from Xunyang County to Yuzhang County was broken, and the main force of Nanchen on land was only left in the area south of Southern Yuzhou, Li Xinchen had nothing to worry about, Xiao Shilian and Chen Zhishen could easily sweep them away.

"King Yueyang is only sixteen years old, he is not Chen Shujian," Li Xinchen smiled bitterly, "Do you really expect this younger brother to be able to hold Yuzhang County?" ”

Chen Shushen in history really defended Xiangzhou, but obviously the current Chen Shushen is far less mature than in that time and space, and it is impossible for him to have prestige to restrain his subordinates. Therefore, the surrender of Yuzhang County was also expected by Li Xinchen.

In the final analysis, I really have to thank Chen Shuling!

This guy tossed around in Yangzhou at the beginning, and let himself get the attention of the East Palace, so he got the opportunity to command the army; And now it's this guy's commotion, so that Nan Chen has no strength to resist at all.

"But he is the heir of the emperor······" Le Chang couldn't help but sigh.

From Xiangzhou to Yuzhang County, is there really no one who is loyal to this court?

Li Xinchen said lightly: "Loyalty and benevolence are originally a difficult question to choose. ”

Le Chang looked at it in surprise while sorting out the remaining few movements.

Li Xinchen stretched his waist, but he didn't mind explaining this problem: "For Chen Shushen, if he sticks to it, no one listens to him, it will only make Yuzhang County more and more chaotic, but in the end, he may be able to get a reputation for loyalty, but it is this Yuzhang County that may be destroyed by the fire, he can save the people but he doesn't do it, that is unkind." ”

After a pause, Li Xinchen was a little helpless: "What's more, Chen Shuling is making such a fuss in Jiankang Mansion, which is clearly telling everyone that even a few pillars of your royal family are no longer going to think about this dynasty, so everyone has to weigh it, how long can this dynasty last, and they are now dying for it, can it be regarded as loyal?" ”

Le Chang was stunned, and Li Xinchen said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid you haven't heard the nursery rhymes from Jiankang Mansion now······ Peach leaves and peach leaves, crossing the river does not need to be crossed, but there is no suffering, I greet you. ”

Lechang suddenly shuddered.

She knew poetry well, and of course she understood what the nursery rhyme meant.

People of Jiangzuo and Jiangbei, you don't have to worry about not having boats and oars when you cross the river, just cross the river, we will meet you!

And now Pei Zilie in Jiangzuo and Wu Huijue in Jiangbei are the two closest armies to Jiankang Mansion!

Of course, there is also Li Xinchen on the river.

"Why ······" Lechang's face was a little pale.

Twenty years after the founding of Nanchen, it can be regarded as bringing Jiangnan out of the ruins of the Hou Jing Rebellion, why is the people's heart not here in Nanchen?

"Because it's been 20 years, not to mention that the foreign war has not been extinguished," Li Xinchen stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, he knew that his words would definitely be a heavy blow to Lechang, but now this doubt must be solved, "Just internally, the administration is chaotic, the rewards and punishments are unknown, and the taxes are excessive······ The benevolence of the imperial court has not spread to the lowest layer, and it is only the families and the poor families who have struggled to stand up on the ruins, not the people······"

Le Chang was silent, these are indeed the places that the imperial court did not do, and even Chen Ji, who is known as a virtuous man, is also conniving at the family and the cold family to pounce on the people and suck blood.

After all, Nan Chen's political system has not changed much compared to the previous dynasty, and the only bright spot is probably the promotion of some cold families to make up for the vacated positions of the suppressed families in the Hou Jing Rebellion.