Chapter 16 Jinling
Jinling, located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, is known as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. Ya_>> Wenbar>>w-w=w-.- Jinling City in the Southern Tang Dynasty, rich and prosperous, after the governance of several generations of monarchs of the Southern Wu and Southern Tang Dynasty, Jinling did not wither at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and became the economic and cultural center of the south, with shops on both sides of the Qinhuai River, and the economy was second to none among the southern countries.
Because the Southern Wu and its successor, the Southern Tang Dynasty, generally adopted a policy of rest and recuperation, especially after Li Yu accepted the Southern Tang Emperor Yang Pu's concession, he rarely mobilized troops, and the economy of the Southern Tang Dynasty was restored, and the Jiangdu, Jinling and other prefectures under his rule were the land of fish and rice, and the people lived a prosperous life.
Yang Lian and the masked woman traveled all the way north, and arrived at Jinling two days later, looking at the past from afar, Jinling City is tall, covers an extremely wide area, and is indeed the place of the emperor. The Qinhuai River is like a jade belt, passing through the city, and countless boats on the river are constantly staying, very busy.
The two rode yellow horses and walked slowly on the official road. Although it was only two short days, Yang Lian was already able to ride a horse skillfully, from the beginning he was ridiculed by the masked woman, and then the masked woman had to admire, Yang Lian's learning ability was not bad, but he had never ridden a horse in his previous life, so it would be normal for him to not. The masked woman briefly said the essentials, and Yang Lian quickly mastered it.
This made the masked woman even more curious about Yang Lian, because the Yang Lian she knew was too different from the current Yang Lian, especially when she knew how Yang Lian killed Wu Yueguo's assassin, and she had a new understanding of Yang Lian, this is a brave and witty man, and he is by no means as frivolous as he behaved in front of him. Unconsciously, the attitude of Yang Lian of the masked women's team has changed a little, but it is not enough for the masked woman to have a good impression of Yang Lian.
However, when she was resting in the inn or in the suburbs, the masked woman saw that Yang Lian was practicing, so she kindly reminded her. Even, after learning that Yang Lian was very determined to go to Jinling, the masked woman looked forward to it even more, an old prince of the previous dynasty, who has almost no power now, he entered Jinling single-handedly, what is his intention? Is it to overthrow the Southern Tang? This difficulty is inevitably too difficult.
His Majesty of the Southern Tang Dynasty is all proficient in qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and belongs to the versatile emperor, but the masked woman knows that in this era, what the country needs is a strong monarch who knows how to change, and it is obvious that the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty does not belong. 8w=w·w.Although since last year, the Southern Tang Dynasty took advantage of the civil strife in Fujian to enter the Fujian State, and once achieved results, but with the mixing of the Wu Yue people, the Southern Tang Dynasty has fallen into the quagmire of war and cannot extricate itself.
Yang Lian's comprehension is very high, after all, in his previous life, he was famous for fighting in the community, and the masked woman just pointed out, so he kept it in his heart, tried it, and actually looked good, which surprised the masked woman.
In two days, Yang Lian naturally couldn't succeed, but Yang Lian learned something more basic, he even grinded the masked woman to learn the art of acupoints, but the masked woman refused to teach him, and finally Yang Lian had to choose to give up.
Looking at Jinling City from a distance is already full of weather, I feel very magnificent, after approaching Jinling, Yang Lian felt the huge Jinling City more deeply, although it is smaller than later generations, but this feeling is fundamentally different.
The closer to Jinling, the more crowded the flow of people became, and several Tang soldiers at the gate of the city were checking, Yang Lian originally thought that there would be some twists and turns, after all, the appearance of the masked woman looked a little inappropriate, and she was holding a sword in her hand. But what made Yang Lian miraculous was that the masked woman entered the city smoothly, which frustrated the idea of wanting to watch a good show, to be precise, what the masked woman looked like, which made Yang Lian feel a deep sense of loss.
Entering Jinling, the precipitation in the depths of his memory was turned out, and he suddenly remembered that his wife in his previous life was sitting in this Jinling City. may have inherited the memory of the aborigines, which made Yang Lian feel a little guilty about her. Although she is the daughter of the enemy, she owes him nothing but kindness. It's just that the deceased is gone, and for Yang Lian, only by living well can he have the greatest respect for his wife.
"Where are you taking me?" Yang Lian asked.
"All I know is that the address is in the south of the city." The masked woman replied, it seems that she is not very familiar with Jinling, at least not very well with Chengnan. ﹎8﹏w·w·w`.-y=a·w-e=n·8`.-c-o·m
The masked woman didn't know what the special meaning of Chengnan was, but she sent Yang Lian to complete the task.
Yang Lian is quite calm, and if he comes, he will be safe, but Yang Lian still has something to do, it is noon at this time, and after running around all morning, Yang Lian is hungry. These days are in a hurry, they are all in a hurry to eat something, for foodies like Yang Lian, these days are really fading out of their mouths.
Therefore, as soon as Yang Lian entered the city, he looked around, looking for a wine shop to prepare for dinner, there was a wine shop in front of him, it seemed that the scale was not small, and there were quite a lot of people, and the food in the wine shop was still good. Yang Lian patted his stomach and said, "Woman, I'm hungry." ”
The masked woman was speechless, Yang Lian called her a big beauty at first, and now she called her a woman, which she didn't like very much. But she knew that the more she was entangled with Yang Lian, the more troubled she became, so she had to shut up, thinking that it would not be too late to take Yang Lian out of her anger after she had made a mistake.
However, as soon as Yang Lian said this, the masked woman also felt a little hungry, and immediately nodded and agreed.
The two walked towards the wine shop one after the other, at this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in front, and the group avoided one after another, the masked woman and Yang Lian flashed aside, and saw seven or eight horses galloping past, blowing a whirlwind, and anyone who could not avoid it was made disgraced, and even someone was whipped a few times by the horsewhip, the man was not angry, and was about to scold, but was pulled away: "Don't die, they are all children of the family, and their father is either rich or expensive, but you can't afford to provoke it." ”
Yang Lian smiled slightly, no matter what era it is, the rich second generation is a special group. After the group of people passed, calm gradually returned to the street, and Yang Lian and the masked woman went to the wine shop one after the other. The shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him and said, "What are the two guest officers eating?" ”
"A pot of rice wine, three dishes of special side dishes, and a pound of rice." Yang Lian said, commanding with a big grin, and did not ask the masked woman.
The masked woman flattened her mouth and did not speak.
The business of the wine shop is indeed good, it is basically full, and on the tables around it, the sound of chatting keeps coming, since Yang Lian has come to Jinling, his ears are naturally very sharp, and he keenly catches all kinds of information.
Some people are saying that this year's harvest, the rainy season is coming, although Jinling is not much affected, mainly concentrated in the Suchang area, but the loss of Changzhou is still not small, especially as a front line, and Wu Yueguo is closely adjacent, this harvest is at least 50% sharper.
It is reported that Li Hongji, the eldest son of the emperor, was young and vigorous, and advocated a big fight with Wu Yueguo to recapture the important town of Suzhou.
However, the ministers with the king of Qi, including Feng Yansi and Feng Yanlu, strongly opposed it, the reason is very simple, with the great talent of Yang Xingmi and Xu Wenzhi, they could not take the stormy Suzhou, and now Wu Yueguo has experienced the operation of Qian Yuanhui and Qian Wenfeng father and son, Suzhou can be described as impregnable, and once the Southern Tang Dynasty mobilizes troops, it is very likely to fail.
This is by no means alarmist, in fact, whether it is Southern Wu or Southern Tang, when fighting with Wu Yueguo in the Suchang area, there is a significant feature, that is, the attacking side basically ends in defeat, while the defending side wins.
Besides, the Southern Tang Dynasty was caught in a war with the Min State, and if there was a war on several fronts, the troops would be overstretched, and the Tang army guarding Huaibei could not retreat south, because it was necessary to guard against the soldiers and horses of the Later Jin. Therefore, they advocated focusing on the state of Min and not directly engaging with the state of Wu Yue.
Although it is actually said that it is still with Wu Yueguo, there are still some differences.
Since the rhetoric of both sides has its own reasoning, and the current emperor is uncertain, he has not yet decided whether to fight a battle in Suzhou.
At this time, the deployment of troops in the two states of Suzhou and Changzhou was mostly based on deterrence. Yang Lian listened and understood, at least for now, the Southern Tang Dynasty court was divided into two factions, one was Li Hongji's Shaozhuang faction, in fact, it stands to reason that Li Hongji, as the eldest son of the emperor, should be made the crown prince, but in fact, Li Hongji is currently just the Duke of Dongping, not even the king.
It is said that when today's son was in front of the Liezu Zi Palace, he passed on to his brothers, and according to this statement, the throne was to be passed to Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, so Li Hongji was only a prince and not a king.
Yang Lian listened to it for a while, understood some of the situation, and remembered the TV he watched, secretly thinking that this Li Jing did make Li Jingsui the emperor's younger brother, but Li Jingsui's personality was relatively weak, and Li Hongji had military merits due to his long-term leadership of the army, and in the end Li Jingsui still resigned as the emperor's younger brother, but when he turned back to the fief, he was poisoned by Li Hongji.
Although there are many interpretations on TV, Yang Lian guesses that this is at least reasonable. Yang Lian also knows that his coming to Jinling this time is not so much about recovering the country, but about realizing the dream in his heart and laying a foundation in this troubled world.
Although the Southern Tang Dynasty was dangerous, he did the opposite, and did what ordinary people did not do, and it might have miraculous effects, so he chose Jinling. From the words of the diner, Yang Lian knew that this Li Hongji has a tough personality and is an iron-blooded character, and for Yang Lian, he must not be effective. On the contrary, it was the king of Qi, who had a weak personality and was once made the emperor's younger brother, so Yang Lian had a chance.
As long as he helps Li Jingsui successfully keep the qualifications of the emperor's younger brother, if he ascends the throne as emperor in the future, Yang Lian will be a meritorious, but how to take refuge in Li Jingsui and not arouse the suspicion of others, you need to use your brains.
Yang Lian suddenly thought that the county lord of Huairou he had saved might be an opportunity, but Yang Lian couldn't show it too obviously. It seems that this needs to create opportunities to get closer to Li Jingsui step by step in order to succeed.
Just as Yang Lian was thinking, there was a commotion in the wine shop, and a man with a height of eight feet was drinking crazy in the wine shop, saying things that were incomprehensible to others. However, with Yang Lian's understanding, he still understood, and he couldn't help but be surprised, this person was actually from Fujian, and he had also served in the army of Fujian.
Yang Lian couldn't help but squint his eyes, this person used to be an officer in Fujian, but now he is serving in the Shenwu Army in Jinling, and he is also a capital leader. This gave Yang Lian a very good message.
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