Chapter 20: The Undercurrent of the Court

The boat went south along the canal from Chuzhou, the road was quite smooth, and when it arrived in Guangling, Yang Lian was still walking on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

This made Yang Lian a little vigilant, Li Hongji has never had much wisdom, and he couldn't imagine that he was actually paying attention to people's livelihood now, thinking that there were masters behind him to point out, what kind of person is this person? Maybe in the future, he will become Yang Lian's enemy.

The boat bypassed Runzhou, did not stop, it was just dark, the boat entered the Qinhuai River, and finally arrived outside the city at the end of the time, the Jinling Water Gate had been closed, Chen Tie shouted loudly outside the city, half a sound, a soldier with a long appearance appeared in the city.

"Who?" The fire captain shouted.

Chen Tie shouted loudly: "The envoy of the Shuntian Festival rushed back to the capital to report on his work, and he hoped that it would be convenient." Chen Tie spoke politely, after all, at this time, it was already curfew, and the city gate was not easily opened.

The fire chief hesitated a little when he heard this, he naturally knew who the Shuntian Festival envoy was. As the envoy of the Shuntian Festival, not to mention that he still has something to do with the King of Qi, he doesn't dare to offend a fire chief at all. But after the curfew, it was strictly forbidden to open the city gates, and he did not dare to make the decision. While he was hesitating, someone approached.

"What happened?" Someone asked, with a thick Changzhou accent.

"General, it's the Shuntian Festival envoy who returned to Beijing to report on his work." The fire chief replied.

"He's back?" The person who came was stunned for a moment, and quickly ordered, "Open the water gate and let them in!" ā€

The fire chief hesitated a little and said, "General Chen, it's so late, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate." ā€

"Hmph, he is His Majesty's favorite minister, if you anger him, how many heads do you have?" The visitor snorted coldly.

The fire chief's body couldn't help shaking, General Chen was right, he was just a fire chief, if the Shuntian Festival envoy said a word or two in front of His Majesty, I am afraid that this little life will not be guaranteed. Busy with the soldiers, twisted the reins, and opened the water gate.

At this time, General Chen walked down the city wall and arrived at the pier by the water gate. The ship moved slowly and entered the city gate, and General Chen shouted loudly: "Yang Jiedu, Chen Keyan asks to see." ā€

Chen Tie knew Chen Keyan and knew that the relationship between the two was good, so he immediately went back to tell him. This is Yang Lian talking to Fu Jinzhan about things, and when he received the news, he walked out. The boat stopped, and without waiting for Yang Lian to get off the boat, Chen Keyan had already asked people to set up the sampan and walked up quickly.

Chen Keyan saw Yang Lian from a distance, so he gave a salute and said, "Chen Keyan has seen Yang Jiedu. ā€

When Yang Lian saw Chen Keyan, he laughed, walked up, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "General Chen, I didn't expect you and me to meet again." ā€

Chen Keyan glanced left and right, and said, "Yang Jiedu, don't hide it, I've been here for a few days, just to wait for Yang Jiedu." ā€

Yang Lian was stunned for a while, and got along with Chen Keyan for a while, Yang Lian naturally knew Chen Keyan's character, this person is calm, and he was born in a family, although he is young, but he is sophisticated, and now he is waiting here, there must be something. And it's a very big thing at the time.

Thinking of this, Yang Lian waved his hand and motioned for Chen Keyan to follow him, and when he arrived at Yang Lian's temporary study in the cabin, Chen Tie was guarding the door. Chen Keyan talked to Yang Lian about the matter.

Chen Keyan looked a little worried, the matter is actually very simple, but it is related to the change of the power of the imperial court, especially the change of military power, which has a greater impact on King Qi.

Just when Yang Lian was governing Haichu and Chu Prefectures, great changes took place in the south. Cha Wenhui runs the state, governs the government and repairs the army, which is quite meteorological. At this time, Li Renda, the lord of Fuzhou, had changed his name to Li Hongyi, and he sent people to deceive him, pretending to defect to Cha Wenhui, saying that Li Hongyi had died, and it was the best time to seize Fuzhou. Cha Wenhui made meritorious contributions, did not distinguish between truth and falsehood, led troops to attack, and Li Hongyi's plan was captured.

When the news came, the Tang Dynasty was shocked, Li Hongyi was a grass on the wall, one would be attached to the Tang Dynasty, and the other would be attached to Wu Yue, nothing more than wanting to be his overlord in Fuzhou and other places. But Cha Wenhui's capture was a loss of face for Datang.

When the news reached Jinling, a party headed by King Qi said that they wanted to redeem Cha Wenhui; And the Prime Minister Sun Sheng, headed by Prime Minister Sun Sheng, advocated sending troops to attack Fuzhou to deter Li Hongyi, and the Tang Dynasty was mighty, how could a mere Li Hongyi destroy his prestige?

Both of them are important ministers of the imperial court, and when they stomp their feet, Jinling will tremble, and Li Jing, the son of heaven, naturally does not dare to make a decision easily. And there are many courtiers behind the two of them, which makes Li Jing hesitate. As the New Year approached, courtiers from all over the country rushed back to Beijing to report on their work, and Li Hongji, who was in Runzhou, also returned to Jinling.

Li Hongji and Prime Minister Sun Sheng are one party, so they will naturally support each other. Although King Qi is deeply trusted by the Son of Heaven, he is also a little unsupportable. In the face of the attack of Li Hongji, the king of Yan, and Sun Sheng, the prime minister, the party of the king of Qi was a little breathless. The Son of Heaven is a person with a good face, and the capture of Cha Wenhui made him lose face, and he was a little angry in his heart, so he tended to send troops.

Sun Sheng recommended Li Hongji, the king of Yan, to lead his troops at the imperial court, and took advantage of Li Hongyi's victory and got carried away to attack Fuzhou and save the face of the Tang Dynasty. Li Hongji also wrote a letter, expressing his willingness to lead the troops and serve the country.

Cha Wenhui had an irreversible relationship with Feng Yansi, Feng Yanlu and others, in other words, he was the enemy of Li Hongji, the king of Yan. If King Yan is allowed to lead the troops, then Cha Wenhui's life will definitely be lost. Therefore, King Qi and others were very opposed.

In the past few days, the imperial court has been arguing endlessly about these things, and even spread from the court to the people, and the peddlers and pawns in the streets and alleys are all talking, the Tang Dynasty has finally settled down, and the war in the south has risen again, which is really bitter for the people.

After Chen Keyan finished speaking, Yang Lian roughly understood the situation in the imperial court, Chen Keyan intercepted him here to let Yang Lian know about this matter for the first time, and more importantly, tomorrow is the time of the court meeting. According to the usual practice, such a major event will inevitably be brought to the court meeting tomorrow.

This matter has been troubled for half a month, and it is time for the dust to settle. Yang Lian, as the second-grade festival envoy, has the qualifications to discuss in front of the palace, if Yang Lian does not know about this, the king of Qi will have less support tomorrow. If the king of Qi is defeated, the party of the king of Yan will gain power, if Li Hongji is allowed to lead the army, he will be able to control the power of the army, if Li Hongji wins, the party of the king of Yan will be even more arrogant, and it will be impossible to live.

The pros and cons of this, Yang Lian quickly figured it out, pondered for a while, and asked Chen Tie to escort Fu Jinzhan and Zhang Qili and others back to the house, he wanted to go to see King Qi first. There are two flowers, one on each branch. On Yang Lian's mansion, Zeng Yiling was also pacing. Since that incident, she has been forced to live in Yang Lian's mansion under pressure. Although it is a bit unruly, it is the only way, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of those who have a heart. In fact, Zeng Yiling found that someone was following her more than once, but she was very vigilant, and the people who followed her could not find any clues about her.

As the New Year approached, Zeng Yiling knew that Yang Lian would come back, but there were too many and complicated things that had happened in the imperial court recently, and there were too many interests of all parties involved, which made her feel bad. Yang Lian and her rely on each other and move towards the same goal, Yang Lian must not have an accident.

Zeng Yiling was a little hesitant, maybe there were things that should not be hidden, which would make Yang Lian's judgment wrong. But Zeng Yiling couldn't find a suitable excuse to tell Yang Lian about the matter, so the matter dragged on. When Zeng Yiling was hesitating, Yang Lian had already rushed to the Qi Palace.

At this time, Li Jingsui was pacing in the study worriedly, Prime Minister Sun Sheng and Yan King Li Hongji took advantage of Cha Wenhui's defeat and impeached him, saying that Cha Wenhui moved troops without authorization, causing discord between the Tang Dynasty and Fujian, and the more hateful Wu Yue people were involved.

Who are Wu Yue people? They have defeated the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses several times, and they are the fierce opponents of the Tang Dynasty, and it is almost impossible to take advantage of the Wu Yue people. Cha Wenhui's actions are obviously not good for Datang. Sun Sheng opposed Cha Wenhui's use of troops, but it did not mean that he did not move troops, he supported King Yan to lead his troops, attack Suzhou, and pull out the nails of the Tang Dynasty's invasion of Hangzhou.

Judging from the current situation, the Son of Heaven has been moved, Li Jingsui knows very well the personality of the imperial brother, although he is a literati, but he is so happy, what he hopes most is to restore the world of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, since the imperial brother succeeded to the throne, he changed the strategy of the first emperor Liezu, actively enterprising, and destroying Fujian is the first step, but it is a pity that although Fujian was destroyed, Fuzhou and other places are still not owned by the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, the mobilization of troops in the Tang Dynasty attracted the attention of the Wu Yue people, who contacted the Southern Han, Chu, and Nanping Kingdoms, and wanted to implement a strategic encirclement of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Jingsui didn't want the imperial brother to send troops, but after all, the imperial brother was the real lord of the Tang Dynasty, and if the imperial brother wanted to send troops, he had no choice at all.

When he was thinking hard, someone came to tell him, "His Royal Highness the King of Qi, the envoy of the Shuntian Festival asks to see you." ā€

"He's coming?" Li Jingsui was stunned for a moment, then stood up and said, "Please, please!" As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for the man to answer, Li Jingsui walked out quickly and went to greet Yang Lian in person.

Yang Lian was pacing outside the mansion when he heard footsteps and raised his head, King Qi had already walked out. Yang Lian hurriedly walked a few steps, flashed into the room, and said, "Yang Lian has seen King Qi. ā€

King Qi nodded and said in a low voice, "When did you arrive?" ā€

Yang Lian closed the door and said, "I just arrived, and I received the news from Chen Keyan, so I rushed here." Now only a few people know that I am back. ā€

King Qi was silent, and took Yang Lian back to the study, knowing that Yang Lian had not yet eaten, so he asked people to bring tea and pastries. Yang Lian was also a little hungry, so he grabbed the pastry and ate it. King Qi stroked his beard and smiled faintly, Yang Lian came, and he was relieved. At least he knew that when Yang Lian was there, Yang Lian almost didn't make a mistake, even if he beat King Yan, he was only locked up for a few days in the end.

After Yang Lian finished eating, King Qi told the matter at 1510. King Qi said in more detail than Chen Keyan, after all, King Qi was in the court and personally participated. Chen Keyan just listened to others, and it was inevitable that there would be some omissions, or in the process of speaking, everyone would have different understandings, and there would be disagreements.

King Qi told the matter as it was, and Yang Lian suddenly found that what Chen Keyan said was just the tip of the iceberg, and the current situation is obviously worse, and tomorrow's court meeting will decide how to deal with this matter, whether it is peace or war, and it will be revealed in five or six hours.

PS: I'm so sorry, I've been running around lately, and I'm going to take a car tomorrow. I'll stabilize as soon as possible and resume the update. (To be continued.) )