Chapter 239 Secret Decree
At most, the Feng family had hundreds of warehouses in Huainan and Jiangdong, and the Feng family's fleet also had hundreds of huge ships to transport goods to and from various places, which had to be disposed of at a discount before they could be turned into money and food for raising troops or rewarding military generals.
The distribution of official salaries or rewards, such as firewood, charcoal, rice noodles, silk and silk cloth, garden and mansions, and even slaves and maidservants, can be said to reward a sailing ship.
In the end, Han Qian did not follow the Feng family's fleet, in that case, the target was too big, the traces were too obvious, and finally took over twenty large sailing ships, so that the capacity of the fleet concentrated in Yandangji at the end of October was increased to 70,000 stones.
In order to ensure the control of these people, their dependents all live in Jinling, under the eyes and nose that the Feng family can control.
In other words, the capacity of the Xuzhou Boat Gang has expanded to more than double at once, and there is no need to transfer additional sailors from Xuzhou, just to hire them from the Feng family to the slaves and maids who don't know where to go.
The ship guards can be recruited from the Feng Mansion's family soldiers.
This seems to be a matter of course, after all, so many slaves and maids, from the moment they stepped out of the Feng family's mansion, they are theoretically all refugees with free status and no surplus wealth, but when it comes to people's hearts, many things will become complicated.
On the one hand, the Feng family will habitually continue to regard these slaves and tribes as the private property of the Feng family, and on the other hand, these slaves and tribes who feel helpless still have the inertia of psychological dependence on the Feng family.
Han Qian wanted to quietly trick everyone into going to Xuzhou, and to make the whole thing look like all the Feng family, slaves and maids and tribes were willing to go to Xuzhou, and in the end, most of the slaves and maids of the Feng family were finally handed over to him to take over, and many things needed Feng Yi, Feng Yi, and Kong Xirong to secretly cooperate.
The role of IOUs is mainly to deceive.
Han Qian wanted to tell the Feng family who were worried that they would be in trouble after arriving in Xuzhou through Feng Yu, and as a price for redeeming the IOU, the Han family would prepare a farm house for them in Xuzhou; Of course, no one should expect him to pay back the arrears truthfully.
It's like the Feng family still has the last batch of property that has been missed, but it can only be cashed out after arriving in Xuzhou.
For those Feng family members who really don't want to go to Xuzhou and want to take refuge with relatives and friends nearby, at this time, they will intimidate Li riding a donkey, implying that if the Feng family stays near Jinling, it is very likely that they will be persecuted.
After these kinds of things were done, Han Qian recruited guards and shipwrights from the Feng family's slaves and maids, so that he did not make a wave.
On the last day of the deadline for leaving Beijing, more than 5,400 people from the Feng Mansion dragged their children and daughters, weeping and crying, boarded the 36 ships specially prepared by the Xuzhou Boat Gang, and set sail from Yandangji with the 30,000 stone grain loaded in the bilge, left Jinling, and headed for Xuzhou.
Seeing the wretchedness of the people in the courtyard of the village, Han Qian took a black canopy boat and rushed to the Yongchun Palace Manor on the other side.
Han Qian walked into the manor and saw that the three princes, accompanied by Shen Yang and Zheng Hui, were climbing the rockery built by the lake stone to watch the fleet sail into the Yangtze River; More than a dozen guards stood far away.
Shen Yang and Zheng Hui saw Han Qian coming, and their faces were quite gloomy.
Han Qian smiled in his heart, Shen Yang and Zheng Hui didn't know about the Xi clan and the deal he reached with Tanzhou's local ban, but it was only so many people from Feng Mansion who moved to Xuzhou together, and it was natural that they were worried about him in their hearts.
Otherwise, Shen Yang and Zheng Hui would have been too slow to react.
"Master Han, I'm just about to send someone to invite you over!" Yang Yuanpu greeted Han Qian happily and said, "Master Han, when do you plan to leave Jinling?" ”
Hearing the words of the third prince, Shen Yang and Zheng Hui both chuckled in their hearts, and their eyes when they looked at Han Qian suddenly sharpened a little, thinking to themselves why the third prince trusted Han Qian so much, how could they let Han Qian leave Jinling at this time? ”
Han Qian smiled slightly and said, "Without His Majesty's secret decree, Lord Shen and Lord Zheng are afraid that they will not agree to let me take away the dependents of Tian Cheng and the others, let alone five hundred Zuo Si disciples!" ”
Shen Yang and Zheng Hui's mouths were wide open, it was hard to imagine that the slaves and maids of the Feng Mansion moved to Xuzhou, it turned out to be a conspiracy set by His Majesty, although there was no one else nearby, Zheng Hui still subconsciously lowered his voice and asked: "Your Majesty is going to do something to Tanzhou next?" ”
Zheng Hui and Shen Yang are not stupid people, Han Qian and the three princes have revealed such crucial information, they can't think of this, so don't expect to be able to sit in this position at this time.
In fact, the case of the assassin breaking into the county palace at night made them have a lot of puzzles in their hearts, and when they saw the true and false news for most of the month, and the people in the Feng Mansion went to Xuzhou this time, they already suspected that all this was Han Qian's conspiracy.
At this moment, the doubts they had been holding in their hearts for a long time were finally answered, but at the same time, they were worried that Han Qian, Han Daoxun, father and son only had this power in Xuzhou, and how much role the imperial court could play in Tanzhou.
Of course, they didn't know about Tanzhou's use of land to ban infiltration into Xuzhou and the Xi clan, but these two things counteracted each other's effects on Han Qian's integration of Xuzhou, and it did not affect their judgment.
Of course, Han Qian hopes that he can directly gather five or six thousand elite combat power in Xuzhou, but this is unrealistic, after all, all aspects must not be too slow, otherwise the flaw will be big.
Therefore, in addition to the slaves and maids of the Feng family who moved to Xuzhou this time, Han Qian could only bring the scouts of the Zuo Division, the soldiers of the Han family in Jinling, the slaves and maids and the five hundred children of the Zuo Division at one time, and at the same time, he also had to bring the dependents of Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, Lin Haizheng and other major military attaches of the Zuo Division.
In this way, Han Qian was able to integrate two to three thousand elite combat forces in Xuzhou, while at the same time making the whole thing look like a long-planned absconding.
At this time, the cooperation of Shen Yang and Zheng Hui is needed.
Under the control of the Protector's Mansion, once Tian Cheng and the others take their dependents out of Jinling without notification, they will report to Shen Yang as quickly as possible, and at this time, Shen Yang will be needed to help delay time.
And the five hundred Zuo Si disciples need to find a suitable excuse now, and directly transfer from Taowu to Yongchun Palace Manor, so that Han Qian can "cheat" away at one time when he absconds.
However, after the absconding incident, Emperor Tianyou will use the stability of the southwest border as an excuse to acquiesce in the fact that the Han family father and son "divided" Xuzhou, and even send more Zuo Si's dependents to Xuzhou to show his sincerity.
This is to help Han Qian stabilize the emotions of General Zuo Si and become the backbone of controlling Xuzhou, and at the same time, it is also to induce Tanzhou to misjudge the weakness of Emperor Tianyou and the imperial court, and relax their vigilance against the imperial court.
However, by next autumn at the latest, Han Qian must complete the integration in Xuzhou and cooperate with Jinling's use of troops against Tanzhou.
After Han Qian explained the ins and outs of the strategy to Shen Yang and Zheng Hui, Yang Yuanpu showed the secret decree drawn up by his father to Shen Yang and Zheng Hui in his arms at this time, and then handed it over to Han Qian for personal collection.
Han Qian needed this secret decree to convince his father, and at the same time, with this secret decree, he could not only nominally call on all the resources of Xuzhou, but also control Chenzhou and Qianzhong Prefecture in the upper reaches of Yuanzhou to cooperate.
Of course, this is just to give Han Qian the righteous name he deserves when necessary.
Chenzhou Assassin Shi is still a rogue appointed by the imperial court, and the prefectures in Qianzhong are all fetter states, where can he listen to Han Qian's greeting?
At most, Han Qian cleaned up the native forces in Xuzhou, and with this secret decree, it may have a deterrent effect on the wealthy clans who control these prefectures and counties.
"The matter of the Feng clan's westward migration has already been discussed in the house, and Lord Han should leave sooner rather than later." After Zheng Hui read the content of the secret decree, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and said again.
This time, the Feng family moved on such a large scale, and all of them were people who had a grudge against the imperial court to move to Xuzhou, and there was no insinuation, which is strange.
However, at present, it is only discussed in private, and no one has lifted the lid yet, so all the plans can naturally proceed as usual, but who can guarantee how long it will be delayed, and no one will directly go to the letter to impeach the Han family father and son for plotting rebellion?
If Emperor Tianyou continues to pretend to be blind at that time, will Tanzhou not come back to his senses?
Therefore, in Zheng Hui's view, Han Qian's "absconding" must be carried out before that.
"Now there are people on my side, there are people from the prince's side, and there are also people from King Xin's side, most of them hope that His Royal Highness can make some big trouble here, so there is still some time." Han Qian said with a smile.
Zheng Hui smiled, and Shen Yang sighed.
If the number one strategist under the command of the three princes "absconded", even for the sake of the face of the imperial court, Emperor Tianyou finally tacitly acquiesced in the posture of the Han family and his son separating Xuzhou, and covered up the "absconding" scandal externally, but the blow to the three princes internally can be said to be fatal and tragic.
Before the final truth is revealed, it is almost impossible for all the princes and ministers to support the three princes to ascend the throne.
Under such a premise, on the side of King Xin and the crown prince, even if they perceive the abnormality here, most of them will choose to sit back and watch the changes.
In this way, he completely helped Han Qian to complete a perfect "deception and concealment", and made Tanzhou fall into a trap and be difficult to detect!
Zheng Hui smiled because he instantly guessed Han Qian's intentions, and Shen Yang sighed that the factional dispute had made many people forget that it was Da Chu who was loyal to him.
Of course, Zheng Hui and Shen Yang didn't think that the Han family's father and son might take advantage of the situation to divide Xuzhou, but considering the overall situation, it is worth doing it to fight for the essence of the entire Dongting Lake with a Xuzhou that is not under the control of the imperial court.