In the first year of Jin Yanping, that is, the second year of Shi Zhao Jianping, in the first month of spring, the general of Jin Zhennan, Kaifu Yitong three divisions, the military of Jiang, Jing, Hunan, Jiao, and Guangzhou, Jiangzhou Thorn History, and Han'an Hou Wang Dun, raised troops in Wuchang, with General Yangwei and Yuzhang Taishou Ganzhuo as the vanguard, 200 warships and 30,000 soldiers, went down the river and went straight to Jiankang.

Wang Dun used Qian Feng's strategy, taking Diao Xie's suggestion to restore the status of the servants and belovers of the counties as an opportunity, planning to eradicate Diao Xie and Liu Kui and regain the government of Jiangnan.

However, at the beginning, he planned well, and ordered his staff officer Shen Chong to secretly return to Wuxing's hometown to incite the Zhou family to rebel, and when Wang Dunhao responded to Sima Rui's call, he led his troops into Jiankang City; But who would have thought that the development of things was not satisfactory, and there were many twists and turns.

First of all, although Diao Xie has repeatedly played, saying that the wealthy families in Jiangnan are too huge, and Jiankang has almost no size soldiers, only by releasing the servants can the finances be stabilized, and then the soldiers and horses will be trained, and the authority of Sima Rui, King Danyang, and the governor of Jiangnan will not be replaced; But this move was too shocking, not only Wang Dao, Ji Zhan and others clearly expressed their opposition, but even the alliance Liu Kui was a little undecided.

In the end, under the persuasion of Liu Kui, Sima Rui issued an edict to check the domestic household registration of Danyang before he sealed it, and released the servants. Diao Xienai discussed with Liu Kuma, saying that it is okay for us to gradually implement this good governance step by step, from the inside and outside, but Wu Xingguo should also be included.

Sima Chong, the king of Wuxing, is Sima Rui's third son, and his adoptive grandmother Pei is also the aunt of General Pei, Diao Xuanliang feels that this is also Sima Rui's basic plate, and he must also be the first to implement the good governance of the servants.

Liu Kui waved his hand again and again, expressing his objection, and said: "King Wuxing is still in Youchong, and has not returned to the country of the vassal domain, but is still raised in Jiankang City, so that An can control his country remotely and make good governance work?" Moreover, the so-called 'Jiangdong Hao, Mo Qiang Zhou and Shen', Zhou and Shen, both of them are in Wuxing, if they release the servants and force them to rebel, I am afraid that the situation will be difficult to clean ......up."

Diao Xie said: "The so-called 'pride of Jiangdong' is actually the carbuncle of Jiangdong, if you dare to rebel, you can take this opportunity to cut it off!" ”

Liu Kui said that I want to do this too, but the problem is that we don't have soldiers in our hands, what are we going to do to cut this carbuncle? Diao Xie said: "The soldiers are on the river, and they are coming, so why worry?" Liu Dalian was anxious on the spot, and said: "Diao Gong, the release of servants in Danyang and Wuxing is not related to the Wang family, but the Wang family is not shocked by the death of the rabbit and the fox?" If Wang Zhennan refuses to come to the rescue, can the prince and the palace guards and health guards of thousands of people be able to resist the strong soldiers of Zhou and Shen? ! ”

Diao Xuanliang smiled slightly, and said: "I'm not afraid that Wang Chuzhong will not respond to the call to send troops, but I am afraid that he will take the opportunity to echo Zhou and Shen and coerce the king to withdraw his ......order." Besides, Shen Shiju (Shen Chong) saw that in Wuchang, the Shen family had no owner, how could he dare to move lightly? And Zhou Xuanji (Zhou Za) is old, and in the past, he stopped his nephew Zhou Xian's rebellion, as long as I wait for the letter to him, Chen said that it is powerful, and there will be no rebellion. ”

Speaking of this, he raised his eyebrows: "A certain suggestion to govern Wuxing is a rare opportunity." If it is delayed, once Shen Shiju returns to Wuxing, or Zhou Xuanji does not shy away from it, and the successor acts rashly, I am afraid that they will echo Wang Chuzhong, and it will be difficult to do it! ”

After repeated persuasion, Liu Kui was unmoved, and still insisted on the important theory, and Sima Rui naturally did not have the courage and confidence of Diao Xie, so in the end, he only implemented the policy of releasing servants in Danyang.

Diao Xuanliang made a lot of calculations, but he missed a point, that is, Wang Dun had long wanted to make a big fuss about this matter, and Shen Chong had secretly sneaked back to Wu Xing's hometown. It's just that because the politics of the release of the servants did not officially affect Wu Xingguo, Shen Chong's efforts to lobby the patriarch of the Zhou clan and Wu Xingneishi Zhou Za were almost in vain. Besides, Zhou Za is not stupid, he said Shiju, if you are in Wuchang, it will be fine, since it belongs to Wuxing, then why don't you Shen family do it first, but put my Zhou family in front?

Wang Dun and Qian Feng wrote a letter almost every three days, urging Shen Chong - because the current timing could not be better, Wang Shifang and Qian Zhao confronted Hanoi, and there was no time to look south; And if this battle is over, and Wang Shi does not suffer a heavy setback, it is possible to free up his hands at that time. Once Jiankang faced the chaos and did not ask for help from other kings, but asked Xu and Yu for help, and the court also agreed, then wouldn't we just toss this in vain, but the bamboo basket was empty?

Shen Chong had no choice but to run to show his hole cards to Zhou Za, saying that I am willing to raise troops first, and I implore Zhou Gong to follow behind, don't make me alone. Zhou Za readily agreed.

So not long before Zhengdan, Shen Chong raised troops in Wuxing, played the banner of punishing traitors, and denounced Diao Xie and Liu Kui's twelve major crimes. Immediately, Zhou Za also responded, and the two families gathered nearly 10,000 troops and went north to take Jiankang.

Sima Rui was shocked when he heard the report, and urgently asked Diao Xie and Liu Kui how to deal with it, but Diao and Liu were helpless. After all, these two are civilians, and they have never set foot on the battlefield, let alone expect that under their actions, there will be chaos - we haven't started with Wu Xing, how dare the Zhou and Shen families brazenly raise troops?

Liu Kui suggested urgently summoning Wang Dun to lead troops to rescue Jiankang, but Diao Xie waved his hand again and again and said no: "Shen Shiju originally joined the army for Wang Chuzhong, so he returned to his hometown to make trouble, and then he was instigated by Wang Chuzhong?" If this is the case, summoning the troops on the river is tantamount to opening the door and stealing, absolutely not! ”

Diao Xie suggested that he send someone to Xuzhou to ask for help from Bian Yan, the assassin of Xuzhou - "Although Xu Fangbing is not many, he will finally be personally selected and trained by Pei Da Sima, who can not only break Hu Kou in the north, but also be afraid of the barbarian raccoon dog in the south of the Yangtze River?" Although it is not under the rule of the king, since it is next to each other, how can it be reasonable to sit idly by and not save it? ”

Sima Rui was noncommittal at the time, and after Diao and Liu withdrew, he was pondering the case, thinking repeatedly, and suddenly reported that Wang Dao, Ji Zhan, Dai Miao, Lu Wan and other ministers came to worship together.

After the visit, Zhou Boren opened his mouth and asked: "Wuxing is in turmoil, Jiankang is outnumbered, why doesn't the king urgently summon Wang Zhennan to send troops from Wuchang to help?" If you hesitate, you are afraid that the thief will come to the city! ”

Sima Rui said that I was studying this matter-"Qing and the others think, whether to summon Wang Chuzhong to come, or to ask Xu Fang to invite Bian Wangzhi to come, which is appropriate?" ”

Director Wang, Zhou Yi and the others glanced at each other, what did they say, went to Bian Yan to ask Xuzhou soldiers to save them? Such an absurd idea must have been offered by Diao and Liu Erthief! Ji Zhan relied on the fact that he had led soldiers and fought, so he waved his hand first and persuaded him: "The king is mistaken." The governor of the king, Jiangnan, Wang Zhennan is under the command of the king, and he wants to save him, and the piece of paper can also be used. Xu Fang is not under the jurisdiction of the king, Bian Wangzhi is willing to come to help, and he should ask the court first, for fear that between the exchanges, the thief has already overcome Jiankang!

"Moreover, Wang Zhennan saw that he was in Wuchang, and he was a boat master, going down the river, and he could reach Jiankang in a few days; Although Xuzhou is near, its pawns must come from the land, and the road is difficult to travel, but it is slow - the king must not calculate the mileage by the distance! ”

What he said made sense, and Sima Rui couldn't help but be speechless. Wang Dao lost no time in adding: "There are visitors from the north, and the Yun court will summon Bian Wangzhi to be the Shangshu, and replace him with Ruan Yaoji (Ruan Fu)." ”

This is equivalent to completely cutting off the road to Xuzhou for help - it coincides with the time of the change of shifts, Bian Yan may be busy packing his luggage to enter Beijing, and when Ruan Fu first arrives, the situation is not yet familiar, so who dares to use troops with foreign countries easily?

Sima Rui had no choice but to give an order and ordered Wang Dun to urgently lead troops to aid Jiankang and exterminate the Wuxing rebels. At the same time, he also asked Wang Dao, Zhou Yi and others to write their own letters, urging Wang Dun to go on the road as soon as possible.

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Besides, when Liu Kui returned to his mansion, the more he thought about it, the more worried and scared he became.

He also felt that it was not very reliable to ask Xu Fang for help, but if he ordered Wang Dundong to come, would Wang Dun secretly collude with the Zhou and Shen rebels, as Diao Xie feared, and instead force Sima Rui to retract his previous life and give up the refresh of Jiangnan politics?

At this time, the doorman He Xi asked to see him and asked him if he had agreed on any way to resist the Wuxing rebels when he visited the King of Danyang today.

He Yu is the son of He Xun, a young talent in Jiangdong, and also a creditor of Pei Gai - I think that before Pei Gai's Northern Expedition, he had borrowed a lot of money and grain from Gu, He, Ji and other children, and afterwards as if he had nothing to do, and never mentioned it again...... And these families, of course, don't have the courage to ask Pei Da Sima for it.

However, considering the problem from another angle, although Pei Gai has a larger territory and a larger cost, he really can't take out spare money to repay his debts for the time being; And the wealthy families in Jiangdong didn't care about this little bit of money and food, on the contrary, it was more advantageous to use the debt to make the great Sima always remember his favors.

It is precisely because of this that the various bulls bet on Ji You, He Yu and other young people who used to travel with Pei Dasima in Zhoushan, and who had such a little friendship, to join Diao Xie and Liu Kui - because it is obvious that Liu Dalian and Pei Dasima have contact and collusion. Just as soon as the order was released, Ji You and the others took the initiative to flash - your knives have moved to our heads, can we still help you do something? Only the He family, whose industry is in Huiji, is quite stable for the time being, so He Yu continues to stay in Liu Kui's mansion and wait and see.

When He Xi heard Liu Kui say that Diao Xie suggested to invite the Xuzhou army to help, he was in a hurry, and he paused again and again: "Diao Gong is mistaken!" Xu Fang is not under the rule of King Danyang, and although he is close to the neighbors, he will inevitably be slow to come on foot, how can he save the urgency of Jiankang? In this way, it seems that the second duke is helpless, then the king will listen to what Wang Maohong and others said, and summon Wuchang soldiers to come - I am afraid that when Wang Zhennan enters Jiankang, it will be the day of the second duke's death! ”

Liu Kui spread his hands and said that what can be done to think about it, Jiankang really has no soldiers!

He Yu said: "Recently, the servants were released in Danyang, and they have also obtained seven or eight thousand people, but they can immediately select young and strong soldiers among them, and they are afraid that they will enter the private door again, and they will be willing to fight to the death for the king and the second duke." At the same time, the soldiers and horses of various counties in Yangzhou were summoned to help, that is, they could not destroy the rebels and stick to Jiankang, so they should not be embarrassed. And if the king has these thousands of soldiers in hand, even if Wang Zhennan comes to help, he will not dare to act recklessly. ”

Liu Dalian stroked his palm and said: "Qingyan is also, I should rush to the mansion and make a statement to the king!" ”

So in the middle of the night, he went to the Danyang Mansion again and presented this plan to Sima Rui. Sima Rui said that you are a step late, and I have already summoned Wang Chuzhong to help at the request of Wang Maohong and others...... I can't help it, because Diao Xuanliang's idea is really unreliable.

Liu Kui said: "Even if he has no choice but to summon Wang Zhen to the south, the king should also select soldiers to form an army before the release of the servants to help defend Jiankang." ”

Sima Rui nodded: "This plan is feasible, but - who should be the general?" ”

You are not a military officer, and you have never been in charge of the military before, if you send Liu Dalian to select soldiers and train soldiers, I believe that even you yourself will not dare to take this job, right?

There really couldn't be any generals in the Danyang Palace, Liu Kui thought about it repeatedly, and finally proposed: "Yu Chenghei can also." ”

Yu Chenghei is Yu Yin, the younger brother of Sima Rui's deceased wife Yu, he has been a two-term Taishou outside, and he has some experience in leading troops. Of course, the most important thing is that Yu Yin is Sima Rui's in-law, so if he controls this army, he will definitely stand firmly on Sima Rui's side, and will not fall to the Wang family.

Sima Rui immediately summoned Yu Yin and gave him a heavy responsibility.

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When the Wuxing rebels entered between Moling and Jurong, they did not move, and did not immediately enter Jiankang City—they were waiting for Wang Dun.

Yu Yin selected more than 3,000 servants and tenants who had just been released, and after only five days of training, he was young and vigorous, and he actually led this army of soldiers and horses south to find the main force of the rebels for a decisive battle, and as a result, he happened to meet Zhou Zhen, the nephew of Zhou Za.

Zhou Xiao is known as a good fighter in the Zhou clan, and the five hundred of his department are also selected, who wants to fight for a short time, but he retreats without support - as He Yu said, those recruits selected from the tenants and slaves, although they lack training, they all hate these big clans, and they are even more afraid that once they are defeated, they will revert to the slaves of the big clans, and there will be no future, so everyone is brave and not afraid of death. Fortunately, Zhou Za, Shen Chong and others hurriedly led the army to help, so they saved Zhou Xiao and repelled Yu Yin.

Yu Yin also realized that the Wuxing rebels were indeed capable of fighting, and the number of our army was less than forty percent of the enemy's, and it was difficult to have a chance of winning in a head-to-head duel. Thus he retracted into the city of Jiankang and consolidated the defenses of the palace—because the walls were mostly fenced and could not be used as a barrier—in the event that Wang Dundong came.

A few days later, Wang Dun's army arrived outside Jiankang City and tied the boat with stones. He himself did not come forward, and only ordered Qian Feng to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses into the city of King Qin. After Qian Shiyi entered the city, he first took over part of Yu Yin's defense area under the pretext of protecting the king of Danyang, and then did not send troops and horses to surround Diao Xie and Liu Kui's mansions......

Director Wang took the opportunity to consult Sima Rui with Qian Feng and presented Wang Dun's recital, in which all the blame for the turmoil was put on Diao and Liu, saying that as long as the two were dismissed and the order of the servant was withdrawn, the rebels would disperse immediately, and it would not be enough to calm down. Sima Rui was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly asked Director Wang: "Maohong, Brother Ling is here, is it to save the orphan, or to blackmail the orphan?" ”

Wang Dao arched his hand and said: "The release of the servant's life has greatly hurt the hearts of the people in the country, and the minister has repeatedly spoken before, thinking that it is impossible, but unfortunately the king does not listen." Now Wu Xing is in turmoil, and if this order is not removed, I am afraid that there will be no peace in the south of the Yangtze River, although Zhennan has a heavy army, I am afraid that I will be tired of running for my life, and it is difficult to make a complete decision.

"King, now the country is using troops in the north, and I can only sit in the south of the Yangtze River to guard it, and I should also be calm in the town, so as not to be dragged down by the court. The king now listens to the ministers and others, dismisses Diao Xuanliang and Liu Dalian, and the lives of the two are still alive, but they just retire to their posts; The government of releasing the servants was withdrawn, and the slaves and servants and tenants that were released before could still be owned by the king. If it is delayed, the turmoil will be even worse, and I am afraid that it will eventually harm the lives of Diao and Liu, and the released servants will have to return to their private homes. Think twice! ”

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