After more than half a month of efforts, the situation in Hangzhou has gradually stabilized, the people have returned to normal life, with the assistance of Qian Hongyu, Wu Yue Guo all over the country have chosen to surrender, Yang Lian still ordered them to hold the place, waiting for the Son of Heaven to send people to take over these places. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

When Yang Lian was ready, Li Jing also sent Ren to bring the will, he accepted Yang Lian's request, and used Cha Wenhui to guard Hangzhou, and the general Chen Cheng under Cha Wenhui's account was promoted to Fuzhou Assassin because of his merits, and was in charge of the military and political affairs of one party.

Lin Renzhao was also rewarded and was named the envoy of the Suzhou Festival, Zhu Qi was promoted to the Haizhou Assassin History, and Zhang Wenji, Zhang Wenyi and other Zhang brothers were also promoted and became the Assassin History. Many of the leaders have also been promoted to regimental training envoys and even commanders, and everyone in the Tang Army is jubilant, although this battle is hard, but there is finally something to gain.

Qian Hongyu was named the Marquis of Yue, Qian Wenfeng was the general of Yulin, and the remaining courtiers of Wu Yue Kingdom had their own rewards, and most of the Wu Yue courtiers were ordered to enter Beijing to serve, which was a means of Li Jing, whether it was Fujian or Chu, Li Jing would let them enter Beijing in order to control.

So many people were rewarded, but Yang Lian did not get the will of the Son of Heaven, and the soldiers of the Tang Army all thought that their own commander must have another reward. In private, Lin Renzhao, Zhu Qi and others discussed it, but they never thought of how the Son of Heaven would reward Yang Lian.

After this battle, Lin Renzhao was promoted to the envoy of Suzhou Festival, and he was on an equal footing with Yang Lian in terms of status, but in Lin Renzhao's view, he would always follow Yang Lian. It's just that he guessed a few things. After the eunuch read out the decree, Lin Renzhao immediately rushed to Suzhou with his troops.

Suzhou is under the control of Qian Chengli, in the face of the overall situation, he can only give up Suzhou City, although Lin Renzhao is mainly to lead the troops, but was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Yang Lian, in Haizhou, Dengzhou and other places for many years, handling government affairs is also a good hand, running Suzhou is not a problem.

Five or six days after Lin Renzhao rushed to Suzhou, Yang Lian also set off, Yang Lian ordered Zhu Qi to lead the sailor back to Haizhou, Zhang Wenji led the Dengzhou sailor to return to Dengzhou, Zhang Wenji's ship was full of money, pearls and other things, these money and property were used to compensate the soldiers who died in the war, and the rest were first returned to the treasury.

Yang Lian turned back to Jinling, Qian Hongyu, Qian Wenfeng, Wu Yanfu and other Wu Yue monarchs and ministers naturally accompanied him, Yang Lian chose to take the canal, which is undoubtedly much faster and extremely labor-saving.

More than 50 small warships sailed north, it was very vast, Yang Lian stood on the main ship, looking at the gradually distant Hangzhou City, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Qian Hongyu, Qian Wenfeng and others were also on the main ship, and the other Wu Yue people were scattered on other warships, and about half of the more than 50 warships were loaded with money and silk, which were all accumulated by the Qian family. At this time, Qian Hongyu had already thought very clearly, and he almost handed over the valuable things of the Qian family to Yang Lian, and only a very small part of the remainder was mostly commemorative objects of the family.

Yang Lian looked at the banks of the canal, since the construction of the Grand Canal, many large cities have been born on both sides of the canal, and the canal water has irrigated the farmland on both sides of the canal and improved the harvest. However, with this war, Wu Yue Kingdom was greatly damaged, most of the farmland was barren, and the people were displaced, and it would take at least two years to gradually recover.

Qian Wenfeng slowly paced over, their movements were quite free, Qian Wenfeng stood still behind Yang Lian, and said: "Yang Jiedu, now that the war is over, after returning to Beijing, Yang Jiedu should be going to marry the princess, right?" ”

"Why did General Qian say that?" Yang Lian asked.

Qian Wenfeng laughed and said, "Isn't this hard to guess?" The officers and men of the three armies have been rewarded, the promotion of the promoted, and the reward of the money, but this time the biggest hero, that is, Yang Jiedu, has not been rewarded, I am afraid that the Son of Heaven feels that Yang Jiedu is about to become a concubine, so he will not be rewarded for the time being. ”

Yang Lian shook his head, the Son of Heaven rewarded him, mostly money, and his official position may not be greatly improved, especially in the name of military power, Yang Lian is in charge of the mountains and eastern states and counties in the name of Liu Chengyou, which is enough to divide one side. Yang Lian didn't do this because the time was not right, and because of the wars in the north, the population was not large, and the comprehensive strength was not strong.

Yang Lian also knew that although the Son of Heaven's reward this time seemed to be extremely wide, Lin Renzhao became the envoy of the Suzhou Festival, and the Son of Heaven may not have the intention of weakening Yang Lian, one of the two was in the north and the other was in the south, separated by the turbulent Yangtze River, thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and communication was very difficult.

For this problem, Yang Lian has thought about it many times, and has also discussed it with his henchmen generals, Yang Lian doesn't have too many ideas, for him, the current state is the best. Qian Wenfeng's words are superficially concerned, but they may not have the intention of sowing discord, not to mention that the two have talked in Shimaling, Qian Wenfeng has always thought that he is the old prince of the Yang Wu court, and the meaning of this is naturally deeper.

Yang Lian felt the need to remind Qian Wenfeng, so he said: "General Qian's words, is he sowing discord?" As he spoke, a pair of tiger eyes looked directly at Qian Wenfeng.

Qian Wenfeng coughed a little embarrassed, stroked his beard with his hand, and said with a smile: "Yang Jiedu is too careful, Qian's words are from the bottom of his heart, and there is absolutely no other meaning." ”

"If so, that's for the best. Ben Jiang felt the need to remind Qian Jiedu that Jinling was the capital of the Tang Dynasty after all, and if a brick was thrown down, he didn't know how many big officials would be killed. If General Qian accidentally said the wrong thing, he would not have been able to protect him, and if he was killed on the street, wouldn't it be worth the loss. Yang Lian said.

Qian Wenfeng arched his hand seriously and said, "Thank you Yang Jiedu for reminding me, Qian must remember it." ”

Yang Lian nodded and said, "General Qian, the hostage of the Great Zhou is Guo Rong, the adopted son of Guo Wei, and I heard that Qian Chengli, the second son of General Qian, has a bad relationship with him. ”

Qian Wenfeng's expression was grim, he knew about this matter, but he didn't expect Yang Lian to know, which meant that Yang Lian was in Jinling City, not to mention his hands and eyes, at least he had his ears and eyes, and the news was also well-informed.

"That's true, back then, it was also forced by the situation, and the dog had to be vain." Qian Wenfeng distinguished.

"The two countries are fighting each other, each is its master, and the generals naturally don't care, but now the situation is different, the Qian family has taken refuge in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, if it is very close to the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid it is not a good thing. Taking a step back, even if the Son of Heaven doesn't care, but King Yan is the political enemy of the general, and where will he go, General Qian should have a choice. Yang Lian said.

Qian Wenfeng groaned, and the Tang Party fought fiercely, saying that if you don't know, it's really impossible. Now in front of him is a choice, one is to be close to Yang Lian, the other is to be close to King Yan, of course, you can also choose neutrality, but for Qian Wenfeng, he still wants to revive Wu Yue in his heart. This required him to actively run in Jinling, secretly cultivate forces, and take advantage of the dispute between the King of Qi and the King of Yan to win greater benefits.

But Yang Lian's words show that he is very concerned about this matter, how should he choose? Qian Wenfeng suddenly laughed and said: "Yang Jiedu still did not attack Hangzhou under the advantageous situation, thus preserving the Qian Clan's temple, Qian is naturally grateful." If Qian is asked to choose, Qian will choose Yang Jiedu. ”

Yang Lian stared at his eyes, half loud, and said with a smile: "General Qian is too worried, just now it was just a tentative remark of the general, if General Qian is willing to take refuge in King Yan, the general will not be reluctant, but in the future, if you see General Qian again, you will be the enemy of the general." ”

Qian Wenfeng hurriedly waved his hand, saying that he didn't dare.

The battleship went all the way north, and only arrived in Suzhou seven days later, and the canals in many places along the way were seriously damaged, and Yang Lian had to spend a certain amount of time to dredge the river.

Yang Lian arrived in Suzhou, Lin Renzhao went out of the city to greet everyone into the city, and Qian Chengli was also on the side.

Yang Lian looked at Qian Chengli, and saw that he was the same as Qian Wenfeng, and he was quite a bit of a young hero, so he said: "General Qian, you almost killed Yang back then." ”

Qian Chengli hurriedly said that he didn't dare.

Lin Renzhao said: "Yang Jiedu, the last general has prepared a banquet, and he will rest in Suzhou City tonight." ”

"It's fine." Yang Lian replied, and everyone entered the city of Suzhou, Suzhou under the management of the Qian family, the city is wide, covering an extremely wide area, a group of people passed by a pavilion, Yang Lian raised his eyes to see, the pavilion is called Canglang Pavilion.

Qian Wenfeng said with a smile: "This is the pavilion built by Qian last year. ”

Yang Lian nodded and rode away, after a meal, everyone entered the Suzhou Mansion, Lin Renzhao sent Suzhou special dishes one after another, and the group was also hungry, and ate while talking, Qian Wenfeng has been operating in Suzhou for many years, and the cooks in the house are excellent, and the meals are quite good.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Qian left and went back to the house to rest.

Yang Lian was about to leave, when Lin Renzhao came over and said, "Yang Jiedu, I always feel that there is something wrong with this matter. ”

"What?" Yang Lian asked.

"Alas, speaking of which, Wu Yue is a big country in the south, although the Qian family chose to surrender, but its strength is still not weak, isn't Yang Jiedu worried that they have ideas?" Lin Renzhao asked.

Yang Lian smiled and said, "The Qian family is a smart person and will not do stupid things. Yang Lian vaguely had some impressions, in history, Qian Hongyu took the initiative to take refuge in Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyin, and later Zhao Kuangyin ordered him to go to Kaifeng to report on his work, Qian Hongyu cried in front of the temple, saying that he was sorry for his ancestors and lost the foundation that his ancestors had worked so hard to do.

Although Qian Hongyu felt sorry for the foundation, his temperament was still weak, otherwise the Southern Tang Dynasty had sent people to ally with him to resist the Central Plains Imperial Court, but Qian Hongyu still devoted himself to Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyin, and he sent troops to respond, captured Changzhou, and helped the Song soldiers destroy the Tang Dynasty. But in the face of the powerful Great Song Dynasty, Qian Hongyu finally chose to surrender, and the territory of Wu Yue was incorporated into the Great Song Dynasty, and the period of five dynasties and ten kingdoms gradually ended.

Yang Lian thought, but he couldn't say it.

Lin Renzhao shook his head, seeing that Yang Lian firmly believed in it, and knew that it would not be easy to convince him, so he had to say: "No matter what, Yang Jiedu is more vigilant, it's still good." ”

Yang Lian agreed, and said: "Huzi, Suzhou is an important town, and it is also the land of fish and rice, if it is managed well, it will only take two years, and the grain will be able to fill the granary." ”

"Yang Jiedu rest assured, the end will be in Suzhou one day, will build water conservancy, restore grain production, if Yang Jiedu needs in the future, these grains are Yang Jiedu." Lin Renzhao said.

Yang Lian corrected with a smile and said, "These are all from Datang." ”

Jinling, Yanwangfu, Guo Rong pointed to the map and said: "The news has come, Yang Lian has already set off from Hangzhou a few days ago and turned back to Jinling. This time he took the canal, and the battleship was not large, which was conducive to our actions. ”

Li Hongji pursed his lips and said, "Brother Guo, can it be done this time?" ”

"Why can't it be? Yang Lian went all the way north, and we destroyed a lot of canals, if he continued to go north, and then encountered the damaged canal sections, he would inevitably be accustomed to it, and when his warship stopped, it was our opportunity. Guo Rong said.

Li Hongji frowned and said, "The plan looks good, but after all, there are only more than a hundred people, and Yang Lian's subordinates are tens of thousands, I am afraid it will still be very difficult to succeed." ”

"It's not about many, it's about dispatching." Guo Rong said, narrowed his eyes and laughed, this time, he asked Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin to personally lead the team, with the courage of the two, there should be something to do, plus his plan, things are fifty percent sure. Although the hope is only half, even if there is only one percent of the hope, Guo Rong will do it. The more dangerous it is, the easier it is to succeed and the greatest reward.

"Brother Guo, it's been a few days, I think they should have arrived in Suzhou." Li Hongji said again, in order to be successful, he sent elite subordinates, these people were hired by Li Hongji with a lot of money, everyone was a dead soldier, and there was the courage of ten thousand people.

"Well, it should be in Suzhou. King Yan, don't worry, before leaving, I told you a thousand times that Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin are both strong generals in the army, and they have a great chance of success. Guo Rong said.

Li Hongji nodded, and said with some concern: "What if it doesn't succeed?" ”

"Even if it doesn't work out, there's nothing to be frustrated about, and what could be worse than that?" Guo Rong laughed, he could see it.

"If Yang Lian enters Jinling smoothly this time, nine times out of ten, he will stay in Jinling, and he will not leave for at least half a year, and you and I will have more opportunities at that time." Guo Rong added.

"Will Yang Lian stay in Jinling?" Li Hongji was stunned.

"How did King Yan forget, it is rumored in the court that Yang Lian has made a great contribution this time, and the Son of Heaven has made a decision to officially marry Princess Huairou to Yang Lian. Marriage, the people take a lot of time, Princess Huairou is a daughter, naturally can't be sloppy, say half a year, it's all to be counted less. Guo Rong explained.

Li Hongji patted his head and said, "Ouch, how did I forget about this." ”

Guo Rong said: "This success is the best, even if it is not successful, there are still a lot of opportunities." However, I think there is one more important thing to do. ”

"What's the matter?" Li Hongji felt that he couldn't keep up with Guo Rong's thoughts.

"How did King Yan forget, Emperor Zhou E, the daughter of Zhou Zong." Guo Rong reminded.

Li Hongji said: "Brother Guo, do you mean her?" But she has nothing to do with this matter. ”

"King Yan, now that the situation is getting more and more tense, the strength of King Yan is stronger by winning over Zhou Zong a little earlier. In my opinion, King Yan still entered the palace and asked the queen to get married as soon as possible. Guo Rong said.

Li Hongji thought about it carefully and said, "Since this is the case, I will enter the palace tomorrow and ask the queen mother to facilitate this matter as soon as possible!" ”