Li Pu, as the privy deputy envoy, supervised the suppression of the rebels in Anning Palace, but he was stationed in Chuzhou and did not rush directly to Chaozhou.

In addition to his self-knowledge of his ability to command operations on the front line, more importantly, Li Zhihe was appointed as the head of the former military camp to oversee the military and political affairs of the attack on Chaozhou City.

Instead of rushing to Chaozhou to find unhappiness, it is better to stay in Chuzhou to supervise the transportation of grain and grass.

The Youshenwu army stationed in the western part of Chuzhou has both soldiers and horses, with Li Xiu and Li Qi as generals respectively, although the two of them are very unhappy, but at present, Li Zhihe's offensive strategy against Chaozhou City is a little bit of squeezing and consuming the strength of the defenders, and there is no room for them to play.

However, this point is especially important to Lip.

That is the official eunuch of the court and the clan lord of the Jiangdong family, at this time hurriedly sent people to cross the river to occupy the fields near Chuzhou City and the forbidden army camp, and they had to worship his court first.

And as long as you worship his court, it will work.

The new Chuzhou assassin Wei Zhen is like a little transparent.

The officials below the state government may not dare to leave Chuzhou City easily, let alone think that they can get a piece of the pie from this matter.

At this time, Li Pu, in addition to continuing to consolidate the power and status of his department in the court, was probably the most attractive to him.

Chen Ruyi, with Yang Yuanpu's will, in the name of consolation, first crossed the river and rushed to Chuzhou City to see Li Pu, the Duke of Changguo.

With the resumption of the imperial court's rule over Chuzhou City, the situation in the left and right areas was stabilized, which made the nearby displaced people and refugees spontaneously gather here, making Chuzhou City, which was not attacked and the city wall basically remained intact, somewhat overcrowded.

The old clans in the local area, even if they were once forced to be loyal to the rebels of the Anning Palace, were also the targets of purge; And even if civilians return to their homes, the previous title deeds and land deeds are invalid.

If you don't merge at this time, when will you wait?

This means that all the displaced people who have gathered will either be attached to the clan and relatives of the emperor who crossed the river as slaves and maids, or they can only continue to endure famine and live in all directions.

At this time, in addition to enclosing the fields near Chuzhou City, a considerable number of family lords in Gyeonggi counties came to buy slaves and maids to make up for the loss of labor during the Jinling War.

Surrounded by Hu Ruyi, Chen Ruyi entered the city and saw the streets crowded with people begging and selling their heads, which made him imagine living on the streets of Yangzhou as a child.

Many of the houses along the street have left burn marks.

Although it was taken without attacking, when the rebels withdrew from Chuzhou City, they also set fire to it everywhere, and many houses in the state government and along the streets and alleys were burned down.

Therefore, the city walls of Chuzhou City are intact, but the inside is still full of devastation.

Although Chen Ruyi is young and has shallow qualifications, he came on behalf of the Great Chu Emperor, and rushed to the front of the supervisor of Changguo Gong Li Pu, the door of the mansion was opened, Wen Ruilin, Li Xiu and others stood in front of the steps on behalf of the Bingui son and nephew of the Li Mansion, and Changguo Gong Li Pu led the Ministry of Labor Zhou Yuan, Chuzhou Assassin Shi Wei Zhen and other officials to wait in the front courtyard.

After Chen Ruyi announced the holy decree of Yang Yuanpu Jiaqian officials, he entered the inner hall with Li Pu and others, and only after waiting for Wei Zhen and others to leave with knowledge and interest, he turned the topic to the matter of Xuzhou merchant ships entering Yangzhou.

At this time, in addition to Li Pu and Chen Ru in the hall, Zhou Yuan, Wen Ruilin and Li Xiu were also accompanying them.

Chen Ruyi was also born in the Late Red Mansion and the Marquis of Xinchang, and knew the relationship between Zhou Yuan, Wen Ruilin and Li Pu's cronies well.

Yang Yuanpu inherited the throne after recovering Jinling, Zhou Yuan had to be awarded the Ministry of Works, and Wen Ruilin was a subordinate from the Ma family, but after the war of cutting the domain, he made suggestions and made great contributions, and he was already qualified to be awarded an official position.

However, Wen Ruilin has never been out of office, and has always remained in Li Pu's identity as a guest.

After listening to Chen Ruyi's words, Li Pu realized that His Majesty's real intention in sending him here was not to encourage the generals, but to be full of worries about the collusion between Xuzhou and Huaidong.

It's just that whether it is the so-called holy decree or the secret decree, the palace needs to be archived, and some inconvenient words to say directly and questions to ask need someone to be able to pass them on in the middle.

This has Chen Ruyi crossing the river to run this trip.

Li Pu knew about the berthing of Xuzhou merchant ships in Yangzhou a few days ago, and he was sure that this undoubtedly represented that Xuzhou and Huaidong were cooperating to some extent, and that Xuzhou and Huaidong would join forces to resist the pressure exerted by the imperial court.

However, in Li Pu's mind, Han Qian has always been an ambitious person with scheming and means, so he didn't feel that Han Qian had much intention to collude with Huaidong.

At present, the recovery of Chaozhou is in the future, and after the recovery of Chaozhou, the situation faced by Huaidong and Xuzhou makes them have the motivation to abandon their previous suspicions and join hands to collude.

King Xin's Yang Yuanyan is a little stubborn and self-serving, but before Han Qian led the Chishan Army to rise unusually, who dared to say that he could block the stubborn Yang Yuanyan's soldiers?

Yang Yuanyan absolutely, definitely not a fool.

As for whether Han Qian and Huaidong would secretly collude with the rebels of Anning Palace and Liang Guo, they had also discussed, but Wen Ruilin felt that this possibility was extremely low.

Han Daoxun's death was full of many twists and turns, but in the eyes of the people and the middle and low-level generals and gentry, Empress Xu and Anning Palace were the real culprits in the torture and killing of Han Daoxun.

Han Qian fled back to Xuzhou from Shu, so he did not go to Yueyang in the name of filial piety, so he was able to succeed Xuzhou Assassin History, forming a fait accompli in Xuzhou's father and son's succession; Later, in the later stage of the Jinling Incident, he refused to discuss the marriage with Wang Jun in the name of filial piety, and left Fanchang without telling him.

In this process, Han Qian acted in the name of filial piety many times, and if he didn't want to be ruined, it would be impossible for him to collude directly with the rebels of Anning Palace.

At least before he reached the end of the mountain, Wen Ruilin concluded that Han Qian would not collude with the Anning Palace.

As for Han Daoxun's violent death, it was because of Wang Wenqian's scheme, but after all, it was indirect, and the public and the vast majority of middle and low-level officials did not know the inside story, so Han Qian and Huaidong secretly colluded, and there would be no criticism.

At this time, Dachu was constantly suffering from internal and external troubles, and if Xuzhou and Huaidong joined forces, they could call the imperial court to throw a rat into a trap, and there was no need to collude with the rebels of Anning Palace or the Liang army.

Besides, if you really want to collude with the Liang army, after the Liang army annexes the Chu State, will you tolerate the secession of Huaidong by Yang Yuanyan, the king of Xin, and the secession of Xuzhou by Han Qian?

Under Wen Ruilin's hint, Li Pu also told Chen Ruyi the views they had discussed before, hoping that Chen Ruyi could convey their views to Emperor Yanyou's ears in time.

At this point, Chen Ruyi's purpose of coming to see Li Pu was achieved, claiming that he wanted to see Li Zhihe as soon as possible, and refused Li Pu's night banquet.

After sending Chen Ruyi away, Li Pu, Wen Ruilin, Zhou Yuan, and his nephew Li Xiu walked back to the inner hall and asked in confusion: "Your Majesty ran this trip with Chen Ruyi, and after really asking our opinions, it will be over?" ”

"Naturally, it won't be so simple," Wen Ruilin said with a gorgeous hair scarf, dressed as a Confucian scholar and looking personable, "But Your Majesty should wait until we and General Zhihe's views are clear before making any other decisions, right?" ”

"Ruilin, what do you think Zhihe will think of this side, and what do you think Your Majesty will decide in the end?" Lip asked.

"General Zhihe is loyal to His Majesty, and he has the trust of His Majesty, even if he does not want to be evil to Xuzhou, he will tell His Majesty his views as they are, but they should be similar to what we just said," Wen Ruilin said, "As for Your Majesty's decision, it is not difficult to speculate......

"Oh, what do you think Your Majesty will think?" Li Pu leaned forward and looked at Wen Ruilin and asked.

"Your Majesty is worried that something will happen later," Wen Ruilin said, "In addition, even if we conclude that Han Qian will not directly collude with the rebels of Anning Palace, it cannot be ruled out that Xuzhou and Huaidong will borrow power from Anning Palace in the future to support themselves, and Your Majesty will also have such worries......"

"Late will change? Are you saying that Your Majesty will adjust the established strategy of defeating the rebellion? Li Pu asked hesitantly.

"If General Zhihe, Shen Xiangye, Yuzhang County King and others oppose it, Your Majesty may hesitate, but Your Majesty must have such thoughts," Wen Ruilin said, "Your Majesty sent Chen Ruyi over, it should not be to ask Guogong's opinion on the collusion between Xuzhou and Huaidong, but more importantly, he hopes that Guogong can share his worries for him......"

"How can I share your Majesty's worries?" Lip asked.

"If the Duke can say things that are inconvenient for His Majesty to say directly, he will share His Majesty's worries. In this case, even if General Zhihe, Shen Xiangye, and King Yuzhang are resolutely opposed, Your Majesty will not be unhappy with the ministers because of this matter. Even if the policy offered by the Guogong is not feasible in the end, as long as His Majesty knows the intention of the Guogong, it will be enough. Wen Ruilin said.

Li Pu pondered for a while, looked at Zhou Yuan and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"What Mr. Wen said is very true." In addition to Zhou Yuan's worries about changes later, on the other hand, he also strongly agreed with Wen Ruilin's view of sharing His Majesty's worries.

The Xinchang Marquis Mansion lineage, when it comes to the authority directly in its hands, was inferior to the Zheng family at the beginning, and then Chai Jian was pressed by the three envoys of Hunan Xingshangshu Province in Hunan.

In this situation, their power is destined to depend more on His Majesty's favor.

Since they have guessed His Majesty's thoughts at this time, how can they not share His Majesty's worries?