Chapter Fifty-Eight: Plan Before You Act
Hangzhou, is the west of Wu Yueguo, the Qian father and son have been operating here for many years, the Qiantang River was governed, the West Lake was widened and the embankment was built, Hangzhou was smooth in wind and rain, grain production gradually increased, faintly surpassed Suzhou trend. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The rich areas in the south of the Yangtze River, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Xiuzhou, Yuezhou, Mingzhou and other places are controlled by Wu Yueguo, and Taizhou and Wenzhou, which are close to there, are not as good as the East Zhejiang Plain, but they are also gradually improving.
However, Wu Yue's geographical location is relatively bad compared to the Tang Dynasty, so Wu Yue will be friendly with the Central Plains Dynasty. The Central Plains Imperial Court has always hoped that someone would contain the powerful Tang Dynasty, so they were willing to form an alliance with Wu Yueguo. But this time, the stupid king of the Han Kingdom actually chose the Tang Dynasty and gave up Wu Yue, which made the monarchs and ministers of Wu Yue Kingdom feel a deep sense of crisis.
Fortunately, Li Jing, the son of the Tang Dynasty, does not know how to use military, let alone use people, every time he fights, he lets his henchmen lead the troops, and most of those henchmen are scholars, very pedantic, and not skilled in military affairs, so Wu Yueguo can defeat the strong with the weak.
This time, the Tang Dynasty mobilized troops with great momentum and wanted to take Suzhou, whether it was true or not, the monarchs and ministers of Wu Yue did not dare to slack off, and the grain and grass were sent to Suzhou one after another, ready to fight a war of attrition. Hu Jinsi, the secretary of the military department, made preparations and asked his young son to lead the troops south to Fuzhou. Although Hu Jinsi felt that the Tang people were very likely to attack Fuzhou, the possibility was relatively low, and he gave his young son 20,000 soldiers and horses, which was enough to protect himself.
Hu Jinsi is already old, his career has reached the peak, and it is impossible to go up, in troubled times, he hopes that his young son can grow up, and the glory of the Hu family depends on the young son.
In the past few days, Qian Wenfeng's second son Qian Chengli is also in Hangzhou to deal with government affairs, Hu Jinsi has chatted with him several times, and feels that this person has the style of a father, and he will be able to take charge of himself in the future.
When he arrived at Hu Jinsi, the squire of the military department took out an urgent report from his arms, handed it to him, and said, "Shangshu, this is an urgent report from Fu'an County." ”
Hu Jinsi took the emergency report with some surprise, thinking that something could not happen in Fu'an County? Hurriedly opened the letter and glanced at it a few times, Hu Jinsi's hand shook, the urgent report fell, and his eyes, which were already a little cloudy, became foggy.
Qian Chengli was a little surprised, he bent down to pick up the urgent report, hurriedly read it, and suddenly his eyes widened, a little incredulous. Many people know about Hu Jinsi letting his young son lead the troops south, and in the eyes of many people, this decision is a bit ridiculous. After all, Fuzhou is Li Hongyi's sphere of influence, and Wu Yueguo can't get involved several times. Even if the Tang people went south, it was impossible to take Fuzhou easily. What kind of person is Hu Qing, although he is talented and learned, but he can achieve this position in moderation, everyone knows the reason, and he understands it in his heart, it is impossible to expect him to take Fuzhou.
Now, not only is it impossible, Hu Qing was actually captured by the Tang Dynasty, tens of thousands of troops died, those who fled, and Wu Yueguo's face was lost. It doesn't matter if Hu Qing is captured, Fuzhou falls into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and this problem is a big problem.
Qian Chengli finished reading the emergency report, Hu Jinsi woke up faintly at this time, gritted his teeth, hated silently, he wanted to enter the palace to meet the king, and suddenly felt that it was dark in front of him and fainted. The people around were busy and sent Hu Jinsi back to the house.
Qian Chengli returned to his residence, quickly wrote a letter, and sent someone to his father, this major event will inevitably have an impact on the political situation of Wu Yueguo, don't look at Qian Chengli in front of people to Hu Jinsi Li Jinyou's family, but in fact, he can't wait to pull this powerful minister off the horse and let the Qian family regain power.
Hu Jinsi lay in the house for I don't know how long, and when he woke up, it was already night, and when he woke up, his stomach was growling. When the maid saw him wake up, she hurriedly brought hot rice porridge. Hu Jinsi took a few bites, felt that he had no appetite again, put down his chopsticks and sat on the side and sighed.
The capture of his young son made him feel that he had nothing to love. At this time, the housekeeper hurriedly came over and said, "Master, Hu Cheng is back." ”
"He, dare to come back?" Hu Jinsi's eyes widened, and the housekeeper didn't know why.
Hu Jin thought about it, waved his hand, and said, "Bring him in." "Whether it's escaping back or something else, listen to it first, and then think about it.
Hu Cheng was brought in after a while, and as soon as he entered the house, Hu Cheng knelt on the ground with a "poof" and cried: "Grandfather." ”
Hu Jinsi was upset and irritable, snorted coldly, and said, "Get up and speak, what's going on?" ”
Hu Cheng stood up and told him about the First World War in Fuzhou, Hu Jinsi was a little surprised after listening to it, and said, "Damn, the Tang people really entered Fuzhou." Slowly stood up and thought about it carefully, although Hu Qing lost this battle, he didn't complain about the loss, the conspiracy of the Tang people is not so easy to see through, I'm afraid it's him, and he has to think about it carefully.
"So, he's trying to make a deal with me?" After Hu Jin understood his thoughts, he asked in a deep voice.
Hu Cheng said: "Grandfather, what the Tang general means is that he can be sent back to his uncle, and the two families will make peace, and they will no longer use swords." ”
Hu Jinsi glanced at his grandson in some surprise, half sat on the soft couch, suddenly laughed, and said, "What else did he say?" ”
"He only said this, Hu Shangshu must understand." Hu Cheng said.
Hu Jinsi smiled bitterly, of course he understood that even if he knew that it was a pit, he would have to jump into it.
The ship went down the Yangtze River to the east, the water potential was very fast, it took only one day, it arrived in Chizhou, Yang Lian did not stay, continued to let the boatman sail, the advantage of taking the boat is here, the sun and the moon are both traveling, the speed is very fast, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, there are not many reefs, and the navigation is very fast.
At dusk, Yang Lian stood on the bow deck of the ship, staring into the distance. This time to take Fuzhou, it is of great significance, Yang Lian took more than 100 experienced shipwrights from Fuzhou, Yang Lian has made up his mind, on Yuzhou Island on the edge of Haizhou City, to build a dock, to build warships. Of course, these more than 100 people will inevitably not be able to hide from the eyes of the Son of Heaven, so Yang Lian did not hide it from the beginning, but was ready to tell the truth.
Chen Tie and Lin Renzhao both accepted people who were proficient in water warfare, and Yang Lian had already thought about it, so he let Lin Renzhao manage the water division, and whether he went north or south in the future, it would be very fast from Yuzhou Island.
When Yang Lian stared at the sky, Hu Qing walked over. For Hu Qing, Yang Lian managed it quite loosely, and Hu Qing also knew that he couldn't escape, so he ate and slept every day, slept and ate, and occasionally breathed on the deck, which was almost like a pig.
It was Li Hongyi, who was strictly guarded by Yang Lian, and someone fed him even when he ate.
Hearing Hu Qing's footsteps, Yang Lian smiled and said, "Hu Qing, this way is in a hurry, and you will arrive in Jinling tomorrow, don't you really plan to escape?" ”
Hu Qing shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Yang Jiedu, it's a pity that I can't swim, if I really jump into the river, I'm afraid I'll feed the fish belly." Maybe Yang Lian has been good to him in the past few days, but Hu Qing's fear of Yang Lian is a little less.
Yang Lian smiled and said, "Don't worry, when you arrive in Jinling, I will think of letting you return to Hangzhou." ”
Hu Qing was a little puzzled, and asked seriously: "Yang Jiedu, why is this?" "Why did you let the enemy go?
Yang Lian shook his head, did not explain, but said with a smile: "This matter, when you return to Hangzhou, you can ask Hu Shangshu." ”
Hu Qing smiled bitterly, this time he really lost face, returned to Hangzhou, I don't know how many people will impeach my father, this battle, Wu Yuebing who was captured and killed, about 10,000, is really a fiasco.
Then there was nothing to say all the way, the boatman sped up, and the next evening, he saw Jinling City from a distance, Yang Lian urged the boatman to go quickly, and when he arrived, when it was dark, Yang Lian went outside the city.
Chen Tie took out the token, called open the water gate, the boat stopped at the dock, Yang Lian asked people to guard the boat, and Chen Tie and others escorted Li Hongyi, Hu Qing and others towards the imperial city.
In the imperial city, Li Jing was talking to the queen about things, Fuzhou was taken, Li Jing was overjoyed, and found the minister of the Ministry of Rites, calculated the time, May 20, is a good day and auspicious day, and you can get married. Li Jing decided to set the date of marriage on this day, so he came to the queen to discuss.
Queen Zhong is naturally supportive, although Huairou is not biological, but it is better than her own, and she has given the title of princess, she decided to teach her well, so as not to make a fool of herself. While the two were talking, Gao Ze came to report with joy and said, "Your Majesty, Empress, Yang Jiedu is back." ”
"Yang Jiedu, that Yang Jiedu?" Li Jing didn't react for a while, after all, according to the schedule, Yang Lian would not arrive in Jinling until at least tomorrow, and it was impossible to be so fast.
Empress Zhong reacted and asked, "Isn't it Yang Lian Yang Jiedu?" ”
Gao Ze nodded and said, "Exactly." ”
"Ah, this is coming back?" When Li Jing heard this, he stood up excitedly, took two steps, and said, "Take him to the imperial study to see me." ”
Gao Ze was about to receive the order and leave, Li Jing waved his hand again and said, "That's it, I will personally go to meet him." ”
Li Jing said and walked out first. Gao Ze followed closely, and the two of them walked towards the gate of the imperial city one after the other.
Yang Lian was talking to Chen Tie, and when they returned to Jinling, the two of them were much more at ease, Li Hongyi was on the side, his hands were tied behind his back, and he looked at Yang Lian angrily, hating him to the bone. Hu Qing was also trapped in his hands, but it was quite easy, at least he knew that he would not die.
Li Jing came with the guards and saw Yang Lian, Li Jing squinted his eyes and took care of him, even if he was dusty, Yang Lian looked quite energetic.
Yang Lian had already eaten, and the Son of Heaven actually came out to greet him, which he didn't expect. Because of the armor on his body, Yang Lian had to bend down and said, "Weichen Yang Lian has seen Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for being in armor and not being able to salute." ”
Li Jing laughed, didn't care, and said, "Yang Aiqing has worked hard and worked hard all the way. ”
"It is the duty of a courtier to serve His Majesty." Yang Lian smiled, pointed to Li Hongyi behind him, and said, "Your Majesty, this person is Li Hongyi." ”
"Hmm!" Li Jing looked at Li Hongyi, and when he saw that his eyes were fierce, he couldn't help but sneer, and said, "Li Hongyi, you once said that you couldn't enter Jinling, and you didn't think of a mistake, but you still came." (To be continued.) )