Chapter 692: Cutting the Domain

Hearing Ye Feiying's words, Yao Xishui's heart seemed to be pierced with a poisonous stinger, and her intuition turned black for a while, where could she have thought that she had worked hard to cultivate over the years, but she couldn't withstand Han Qian's two broken cakes and a nonsense saying "The world is like a tiger, and human life is like an ant" more than ten years ago?

Where could she have thought she would lose so early?

"Is Miss Yao convinced?" Feng Yi asked.

The corners of Yao Xishui's mouth twitched, and she couldn't wait to pull her sword to chop Feng Yi, the mouth-breaking dog thief, and Ye Feiying, the cheap maid, into meat residue.

Seeing Yao Xishui's madness, Feng Yi didn't dare to stimulate her anymore, motioned to Ye Feiying to board the boat first, and urged her to say: "Your Wuji brother's big ship is waiting for you, let's delay it any longer, if he mistakenly thinks that Lu Gongenvoy and Miss Yao will not let go and order an attack, it will be bad......"

Feng Yi arched his hand towards Lu Qingxia again, and said, "There is a sentence that the Lu Gong envoy may not like to hear, but since Han Qian has ordered, I still have to say a word, how to toss the Lu Gong envoy to Xiangbei, Tangyi can earn one eye and close one eye, anyway, if you play your brains, Tangyi can sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman, but in collusion with foreign races, you have to persuade the Lu Gong envoy not to do it, and don't complain about Tangyi personally cleaning you ......up when the time comes."

"Lord Feng doesn't want to take the 'Second Prince' away? Lu Qingxia gritted his teeth and asked.

"Who cares if the milk smells undried children? Maybe only Lu Gong sees it as a bargaining chip! Please take it away, raise him for nothing, don't kill him casually, maybe you can exchange him and Tangyi for a life in the future. Feng Yi smiled, waved his hand, grabbed the rope ladder in a very chic manner, and jumped onto the dinghy, but the landing was a little unstable and he almost fell.

Watching the dinghy go towards the fleet of giant ships in the distance,

Looking at the cold light of the bed crossbow on the giant ship flickering in the scorching sun, Lu Qingxia seemed to be twenty or thirty years old at this moment, and said: "Go to Yingzhou ......"

"Will Han Qian really let us go over the Yuxi estuary?" Although Zhou Yuan did not stop Lu Qingxia from handing over Ye Feiying, at this moment he was still worried that Han Qian would really let them live.

After all, after the fleet intercepted by the Tangyi Navy downstream, the north bank is Yangzi County in Yangzhou, and the south bank is Dantu County in Runzhou, where the Youlongwu Army is stationed.

From Tangyi City to the west to the east of Shuzhou, nearly 400 miles of waterways on the Yangtze River are under the control of the Tangyi Navy.

If Han Qian just tricked them into turning around, they had more than a dozen warships and two or three thousand men and horses, no matter how confident Zhou Yuan was, he would not dare to hope that he would be able to break through the 400-mile waterway blockade of the Tangyi Naval Army.

Do you continue to break through the interception to the east, or do you turn around and hope that Han Qian will show mercy and let them live?

"He should be, right?" Lu Qingxia said abruptly, "If Han Qian insists on sending troops to Hehuai and regards Mengwu as a great enemy, then we will all be buried at the bottom of the river today, and it will not be good for him......"

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Back on the big ship, Feng Yicai pressed his chest and gasped and shouted: "Mom, I'm really scared to death, Lu Qingxia has never suffered such a big loss in her life, I'm really afraid that she won't be able to hold it back, and she will chop Lao Tzu into meat and feed it to the dog." ”

Han Qian retracted his gaze from the official ship of the Weaving Bureau that turned around and turned around, and scolded with a smile: "I leave a glimmer of life for Lu Qingxia everywhere, just to prevent her from jumping off the wall in a hurry and avoid making the situation difficult to manage, what else are you afraid of?" Besides, Lu Qingxia escaped so embarrassed, there may not be a dog on the boat, and you can only feed the shrimp and turtles if you chop it! ”

"You conscienceless! However, now that they are allowed to take the Queen Mother and the 'Second Prince' hostage and flee to Xiangbei, Huaidong should have no excuse to be restless......" Feng Yi said.

"Without Wang Wenqian's help, Huaidong didn't notice the abnormality in Jinling City until this time, right? Otherwise, this situation may not be able to settle down so smoothly, I don't know where it will be in the end! Guo Rong said with emotion.

Although the Military Intelligence Staff Department spent a lot of effort last night to block the land and water passage between Jinling and Yangzhou, Yangzhou was too close to Gyeonggi, and everyone was relieved until it was confirmed that Huaidong had not yet noticed the earth-shattering turmoil that had occurred in Jinling City.

To be honest, Han Qian was more worried about the Huaidong movement beforehand.

Yang Yuanyan, the king of letters, seems to be the last thing Shen Yang and others want to see, after all, the old ministers of Emperor Yanyou and his family may be kicked aside, but from a deeper level, Yang Yuanyan, the king of letters, is not an unacceptable choice for the clans of Jiangdong, Jiangxi, and Hunan.

At present, Huaidong only maintains more than 40,000 standing soldiers and horses, but as long as the Jiangdong, Jiangxi, and Hunan clans are reconciled, they can expand the number of 1120,000 elite soldiers and horses in a short period of time, and their military potential is not much worse than that of Tangyi.

Avoiding the chaos in Jinling, the corpses all over the city, and the failure to intercept Lu Qingxia's palace and flee to Huaidong to instigate the letter king Yang Yuanyan to start an incident were all key precautions for Han Qian in advance.

Now that Lu Qingxia is being crucified for the crime of "colluding with the Mengwu assassins to kill Emperor Yanyou, kidnapping the Queen Mother, and the second prince fleeing to Xiangbei", no matter how much resentment and restlessness Yang Yuanyan has in his heart, he can only accept the fact that Jinling has established a new emperor.

Yang Yuanyan still wanted to make a move at this time, not only did he not get any support from the outside, but there would be no one inside Huaidong to support him to take risks.

"You go to Jinling on my behalf to deal with the follow-up matters, and replace Feng Yi and Guo and them back to East Lake. As for someone asking why the Tangyi warship was able to intercept the rebel party at this time and force the rebel party to flee westward, you told Shen Yang that yesterday the imperial city was closed before dusk, the soldiers were mobilized, and the fire in the deep palace was endless in the middle of the night, I happened to be in Tangyi, and in the early morning, I saw that an official ship fled to the east, and hastily transferred the navy and warships to chase after it, but the thief fled against the west, and asked the court to forgive the sins......" Han Qian said to Feng Yi.

"What if they don't forgive?" Feng Yi said with a smile.

Han Qian ignored Feng Yi, and then said to Ye Feiying: "Miss Ye...... Do you want to call your real name Zhao Qingying in the future? ”

Although Han Qian sent Feng Yi and Guo Qi to Jinling to take charge, he was not sure in advance that he could convince Ye Feiying that the last move he really prepared to deal with the palace change, in addition to Yun Puzi, Qin Wen and others staring at every move of the inner court of the imperial city, it was mainly after the Jinling rebellion, after the Zuo Guang German army was dismantled and incorporated into the guards and pro-army, a considerable number of grassroots military attaches have secretly joined the Chishan Society in recent years.

Of course, if it weren't for Ye Feiying's failure to bear to kill Li Yao at the critical moment, the palace change might have been bloodier and more uncontrollable.

"There is no loss in the heart of the non-shadow, and in the future, I will show people in the name of the non-shadow." Ye Feiying said.

"That's okay, you can go to Tangyi with us first, right?" Han Qian asked with a smile.

"What about Zhao Wuji and the others?" Ye Feiying didn't see Zhao Wuji's figure after boarding the ship, and asked abruptly.

"Jinling must be done, Zhao Wuji will lead the main force of the Third Town Division to the north to attack Qiaozhou, he will stay in Chaozhou at this time to prepare for the war and can't get out, unlike us can take a break from wandering on the Yangtze River," Han Qian said, "If you are in a hurry to see Zhao Wuji, I will arrange for you to go ashore and ride a fast horse to Chaozhou." ”

No matter how fast the boat is, it is not as fast as riding a fast horse and galloping the road.

Ye Feiying bowed, and at this moment, he undoubtedly wanted to meet Zhao Wuji impatiently.

Han Qian smiled and motioned to Lin Zongjing to arrange a dinghy and escort her to go directly to the shore and ride a fast horse to Chaozhou, they still had to rush to Tangyi City.

Tangyi City and Jinling City face each other across the river, and Han Qian still has to sit in Tangyi City for a few days, until it is confirmed that the new emperor's accession to the throne is accepted by all parties, at least there will be no more waves south of the Yangtze River, and he can really get out of the north to supervise the war.

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Han Qian entered Tangyi City by boat, Feng Yi went to Jinling City to meet his brother Feng Yi and Guo Ke in Jinling City, and then officially entered the palace as the envoy of Tangyi Prefecture, and met the new emperor, the empress dowager of the two palaces, Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Yang En and others.

Lu Qingxia and other rebels hijacked the Queen Mother and the second prince to flee to Huaidong, and fled west after being intercepted by the Tangyi Navy in the waters near Aoshan Island - although the Right Longwu Army had a garrison on Aoshan Island, there was no order to pass the order, and they were unable to react - After that, hundreds of warships of the Tangyi Navy sailed out of Chaohu Lake and Chuhe Waterway, blocking the Yangtze River Waterway and a series of Han Qian's temporary stationing in Tangyi City, and making Tangyi Navy warships assemble on the surface of the Yangtze River near Jinling City and Tangyi, etc., also called the generals in the imperial city, The heart hung in my throat for a while.

Feng Yi brought Han Qian's recital and made it clear that Tangyi would follow the consultation opinions of the ministers and accept the result of supporting the eldest prince Yang Bin to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, and the whole matter was completely settled.

At this time, the edicts of passing on the throne, respecting the queen mother, treating funerals, and seeking rebellion were also issued in turn, and the four envoys were sent out of the imperial city to post the imperial edict to the world, and the edicts were issued to Gyeonggi and Zhuzhou counties.

The ordinary people in the entire Jinling City were in a panic for a day and a night - the gates of the imperial city were closed before dusk yesterday, and more than a dozen fires from Changyang Courtyard to the middle of the night once made the imperial city glow in the sky, and the sound of fighting between the Jingjiang and Jinghai gates in the north of the imperial palace spread for a long time, and the people in the city could not feel at ease, but it was only at this time that it was truly confirmed that Dachu had completely changed the sky again.

This time the accident started too quickly and ended too early, everything mainly happened in the imperial city, and even in the imperial city, only a few palaces and a few government offices were burned.

Although there were still thousands of generals and palace attendants who died in this chaos, compared with the Jinling rebellion eight or nine years ago, which lasted for more than a year and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians died unexpectedly, this turmoil was really as small as an inconspicuous wave on the river, and it was shattered without even making any waves.

At this time, the messenger sent to Chuzhou to report the funeral and deliver the message officially boarded the official ship and went down the river......

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Of course, before the imperial envoy of the Qin mission set off to Chuzhou with the decree, Zhang Xian, the personal messenger of Shouwang Yang Zhitang, arrived in Chuzhou before nightfall and reported in detail to the letter king Yang Yuan about the detailed process of the bloody palace change.

The reason why he did this was not that Yang Zhitang had a fateful friendship with Xinwang Yang Yuanyan, nor did it mean that Yang Zhitang wanted to collude with Xinwang Yang Yuanyan at this time.

This is still a unanimous decision made by the public in the government hall.

In the final analysis, it is to ask King Xinyang Yuanyan to have a psychological preparation in advance, so as not to wait for the imperial envoy to officially arrive in Chuzhou, and make a farce of King Xin's irritability, killing the imperial envoy of the imperial court, and tearing up the holy decree, so that everyone's face is not good-looking.

If that's the case, does the imperial court want to investigate Huaidong's disobedience to the decree and the crime of killing Qincha without permission, or let go of this breath and send someone to persuade Huaidong not to breed right and wrong at this juncture?

Sometimes it is necessary to ventilate in advance for the sake of both sides.

"Are you all blind dogs, are you useless guys eating?"

When Zhang Xian, the messenger of Shouwang Yang Zhitang, was sent out of the hall, Yang Yuanyan grabbed the tea cup on the Tan case in anger, and smashed it at Zhao Zhen, the assassin of Yangzhou who was standing on the main hall and accompanied Zhang Xian to Chuzhou urgently, roaring loudly, and his tiger eyes widened angrily, wanting to skin Zhao Zhen alive.

He never thought that Zhao Zhen was also a veteran, and he was in Yangzhou, and he didn't even notice such a big change in Jinling City!

They even waited until Yang Zhitang sent someone over, only to learn that Emperor Yanyou, who had been on the throne for eight years and was young and strong, had been assassinated by Lu Qingxia in collusion with the Mugwu assassins.

It was only at this time that they learned that the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er, Chen De and others were held hostage by Lu Qingxia and fled back to Jiangxi!

In fact, the official fleet of the Weaving Bureau that Lu Qingxia rode was less than fifteen or sixteen miles away from the mouth of the Hanjiang River, but in the end it was forced to flee westward by the warships of Tangyi.

It was only at this time that they learned that Shen Yang and other ministers had reached a consensus with Tangyi, and decided to support the eldest prince Yang Bin as the emperor, and respect the two empress dowagers of Changxin Palace and Mingcheng Palace to listen to the government!

It was only then that they realized that there was nothing to do in Huaidong from beginning to end.

If they could detect the possibility of a palace change in Jinling last night, even if he didn't have the intention of fighting for the throne at this time, Huaidong would never gain nothing!

Not to mention the rest, even if the military funds originally allocated by the court to the Xiangbei Army, which is equivalent to more than 2 million yuan of money and grain every year, are won over, Huaidong's future life will definitely be much better, and it will be able to maintain a standing army and horses between 60,000 and 80,000 people, so as to not be afraid of the strength of Tangyi.

It's good now, even if the imperial court redistributes the saved military resources among the armies and feudal towns, it will definitely not be Huaidong's turn to take the lion's share.

The imperial court may want to requisition Zhang Jiao's Jingzhou Army (Right Martial Guard) and Huang Xi's Left Wu Xiang Army to crusade against Xiangbei, and if there is more than enough national funds, these two departments will inevitably be strengthened as soon as possible.

Secondly, the bloody palace change, and the crucifixion was Lu Qingxia's collusion with the Mengwu assassins, so the imperial court would inevitably support the Tangyi army to go north to Hehuai to participate in the war.

In other words, unless Huaidong also sent troops to cross the river to the north to attack Xu Si, it would be possible to get a piece of the pie.

Otherwise, you won't even be able to eat a fart.

If Huaidong doesn't admit it, what can he do? Shen Yang and the others have reached a consensus, the Right Dragon Wu Army has raised its vigilance in Runzhou, opposite Yangzhou, and Tangyi has gathered dozens of warships on the eastern flank, even if they want to move, they don't even have an excuse to convince the Huaidong generals.

Yang Yuanyan's heart and lungs were about to explode, but he didn't think that Zhao Zhen didn't notice it at all in Yangzhou, which is only a stone's throw away from Jinling.

Zhao Zhen stood there stiffly, letting the teacup full of hot tea smash on his body and then roll to the ground and shatter into two petals.

Zhao Zhen has his troubles.

Ask him to govern the army or lead the soldiers and horses to charge, he will not frown, but he has a shoulder to shoulder in military politics, and this time has made him extremely tired.

Since the beginning of summer, Hongzepu has been flooded, and every county in Yangzhou has been seriously flooded, and hundreds of thousands of victims have poured into Yangzhou to wait to be fed, and the merchants controlled by the clan have hoarded Juqi, making the price of rice in Yangzhou several times more expensive than at the beginning of the year.

On the eve of the palace change, the Baisha River burst its embankment, and tens of thousands of people on the east bank of the Baisha River were trapped by the flood.

Yangzhou City can not get rice grain for disaster relief, the day before yesterday, thousands of displaced people in Gaoyou gathered to besiege the village that hoarded grain in the territory, and this is already the fourth civil unrest in Yangzhou after the summer.

In this case, how can he take into account the wind and grass in Jinling at any time.

Besides, after Wang Wenqian and Yin Peng left Yangzhou, the matter of espionage was also directly controlled by Chuzhou, why didn't the news come out in time, Zhao Zhen still wanted to ask Chuzhou.

Of course, King Xin was angry, and Wang Wenqian and Yin Peng were also standing in the hall, Zhao Zhen could only try his best to calm his mood and not argue anything.

After Yang Yuanyan vented his resentment, Ruan Yan glanced at Wang Wenqian, who was sitting behind the case like an old monk, and said in a deep voice: "Lu Qingxia colluded to launch a palace mutiny, and most of the people of Cishou Palace blocked the news before nightfall, so that our eyes could not leave Jinling City. However, since the appearance of the daughter of the Duke of Changguo, the situation in the imperial city is not under the control of Lu Qingxia, and at this time, our eyes cannot go out of the city to deliver the news, and most of them are the ghosts of Tangyi......"

Tangyi and Jinling across the river, east of Tangyi is the territory of Yangzhou, the new Yangzi County in the late period of the previous dynasty and their new Yingluan Plug in order to strengthen the defense along the river, close to the hills and mountains on the north bank of the Yangtze River, from the Changchun Palace outside the Donghua Gate of Jinling City, the direct distance is not even less than 30 miles.

Ruan Yan didn't want to be like King Xin, needlessly reprimanding Zhao Zhen's hindsight, and calmed down to think about it, it was really their current spy system that was too crude, and the channel was easily cut off, and the channel was cut off last night, so it seems that Tang Yi is more likely to have done something wrong at present.

And if this is the case, it means that Tangyi has a lot of people lurking in Gyeonggi over the years, and at the beginning of the palace change, he decided as soon as possible, and did everything possible to delay the time when Huaidong knew about the palace change, so that Tangyi could seek more benefits from the palace change - obviously, Huaidong was drummed in the dark, and Tangyi gathered the Shuibu army to the north bank of Gyeonggi for the first time, no matter who was the final victor of the palace change, he would choose to appease Tangyi first, or satisfy Tangyi's appetite as much as possible.

After Yang Yuanyan vented his unquenchable anger, he sat down angrily, listened to Ruan Yan's words, looked at Wang Wenqian, and asked, "Is it really as the minister said?" ”

"The minister of the state knows a little, and Tangyi is eager to attack the river, and it is indeed possible to block the channel and make Huaidong unable to hear. And in the imperial city, no matter who wins in the end, as long as Huaidong can't participate in it, Tangyi will be ...... big profit," Wang Wenqian said quietly.

"This is Han Qian's wishful thinking?" Yang Yuanyan gradually calmed down, and the deeper he thought about it, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and asked, "However, when Han Qian was engaged in the Chishan Army, I heard you say that this Yun Puzi was cultivating in Maoshan at that time, and now it happens that Yun Puzi fled to Shangshu Province in time with the Changxin Palace and the Great Prince, is it possible that he has already been bought by Han Qian, but it is really the secret stake of Tangyi that has been lurking in the imperial city?" ”

"Your Highness's insight, listening to what Your Highness said, there is really this possibility, Shen Yang made the two palaces respectful, maybe he has this worry!" Wang Wenqian said.

Yang Yuanyan asked Ruan Yan and Wang Wenqian, "How can Lone Dang break this situation?" ”

Ruan Yan glanced at Wang Wenqian and said, "Your Highness should reconcile with the imperial court......

"How to reconcile, it is impossible to call the prince alone, right?" Yang Yuanyan asked resentfully.

"Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang and others are in the game, but they finally insisted on the two empress dowagers of Changxin Palace and Mingcheng Palace, which shows that they are still on guard against the possibility that Changxin Palace may completely collude with the Han family and Tangyi, so that the imperial court will be out of the control of the ministers," Wang Wenqian stubbornly continued Ruan Yan's topic, and said deeply, "Emperor Yanyou was assassinated, the new emperor is just a child, and His Royal Highness does not need to worry that the new emperor will be unfavorable to His Royal Highness. The Marquis of Liyang also has the sincerity to protect the Yang clan, and he wants to believe Shen Yang and the others, and let down his guard against His Royal Highness......"

“…… Prime Minister, what do you want to do? You speak thoroughly, don't hide it anymore, Lone is not the kind of faint king who can't listen to good words. Yang Yuanyan said.

"Your Highness should ask for a cut of the domain." Ruan Yan didn't want Wang Wenqian to snatch the credit, so he hurriedly said at this time.

"......" Yang Yuanyan's forehead jumped, and finally suppressed the anger in his heart, looked at Wang Wenqian, and asked, "Is what the minister said reasonable?" ”

Wang Wenqian said: "When Your Majesty was alive, he was very wary of His Royal Highness, and he made the court wary of Huaidong in every way; At that time, His Royal Highness had to guard against Emperor Yanyou's thoughts of fratricide, and it was impossible for him to ask for a cut of the feudal domain and give up his vigilance against the imperial court - Huaidong and the imperial court were suspicious, so that Tangyi could reap the benefits of the fisherman. As the Minister of State said, His Majesty has been assassinated and newly died, if His Royal Highness can remove the suspicion between Huaidong and the imperial court, it will be difficult for Tangyi to reap the benefits of the fisherman......"

"That's what I said...... "Yang Yuanyan is in charge of Huaidong for many years, the reason makes sense, but how can the decision be so easy?"

Wang Wenqian stubbornly continued: "With this year's disaster, Huaidong is afraid that it will be difficult to be self-sufficient in money and food for a long time, and the power of Yangtai and Chu will be returned to the imperial court. And only in this way will Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Yang En and others truly eliminate their vigilance against His Royal Highness, and regard His Royal Highness as the screen of the imperial court and the screen of the Yang clan. At this time, His Royal Highness had the opportunity to send troops to fight the rebellion in Xiangbei, so as not to make Xiangbei fall into the hands of Tangyi. And after the rebirth of the palace ban, Shen Yang and the others may think of His Royal Highness, instead of isolating Huaidong, and being led by Tangyi by the nose in a hurry to decide everything. His Royal Highness can even ask the third prince Yang Ye to be the emperor's younger brother, in addition to this move can win over the Huang family and the Jiangdong family, when Shen Yang and others come back, they will definitely agree to His Royal Highness's request. The new emperor was young and childless, and the emperor's younger brother was appointed as the prince of Great Chu and moved to the East Palace - at this time, in the palace ban, the situation of Changxin Palace and Mingcheng Palace standing side by side can be truly formed. ”

"You guys step back first, let Gu think about it......" Yang Yuanyan said.

Ruan Yan, Wang Wenqian, Zhao Zhen, and Yin Peng stood up and retired......