[Chapter 37: The Prince's Meeting, the Alliance of Xuchang]
PS: After watching the game, I really want to say a few words. WE's current state is indeed offensive, and I don't want to blindly seek stability before, but unfortunately I didn't seize the opportunity to completely collapse OMG in one wave. IG is careless, and the quiet blind monk is famous. As for the last game, haha, I watched it with a smile, and the more I watched it, the funnier it became, but I loved it because the match between Tenci and YG made me feel like I was seeing myself - don't you think their match is not like a battle between professional players, but like our usual passerby game? Although the game between IG, WE, AND OMG was exciting, the kind of teamwork and tactical intent was impossible to encounter in our passerby's bureau. But this one between Tianci and YG is a situation that we often encounter in passers-by, and they are all red-eyed and constantly pressing, as long as they can exchange one life for another, they feel that they don't lose anything, hahaha, so it feels funny!
Well, a lot of nonsense, but there is no charge anyway. Let's make do with it! Okay, let's go to the text part, and ask for a ticket by the way!
When the Holy Ancestor launched the National Unification War, he formed the Jiaolongwei, but there were less than 10,000 Jiaolongwei at that time. There were also very few warships, and the area under their jurisdiction was only a small section of the Yellow River at Sanmenxia.
It wasn't until Jiangdong was pacified and Jiangdong Zhoulang was subdued that Jiaolongwei was officially expanded. The Holy Ancestor built a variety of warships such as the most advanced Yuhuang, Sanyi, Tuqiu, Lou Boat, and Bridge Boat in Jiangnan County, which later played a major role in the battle to pacify the Qingxu Cao clan.
After the unification of the whole country, before the opening of the holy war, the Holy Ancestor went to Jiangdong several times to personally guide the formation of Jiaolongwei and the design of the warship, and upgraded the warship to a warship.
After 420 years of the Han Dynasty. The Holy War of Frontier was launched, and the center of gravity of the empire shifted to the northwest, but the land south of the Yangtze River did not calm down. Under the instruction of the Holy Ancestor, the Imperial Jiaolongwei began the battle of the "Great Voyage" that was not significant, but it was famous for future generations.
The lucky ships that would not appear until the Ming Dynasty were built in advance by the Holy Ancestor, making it possible to sail the ocean at this time, Jiaolongwei went all the way to the south and all the way to the east, and the soldiers also swept across the whole of Asia, occupying the entire southeast peninsula including Starfall City. In the later stage of the Frontier Holy War, Jiaolongwei even appeared in the Middle East. It had the effect of shocking the psychology of the Roman Empire and the Caliphate and containing their military power.
However, this move of the Holy Ancestor Emperor brought about a butterfly effect that was not small, and Jiaolongwei infested the Indian Ocean, which caused the Roman Empire and the Caliphate Empire to have a serious sense of crisis, and the desire for shipbuilding and navigation was high. In the following 100 years, shipbuilding technology and navigation technology have also developed unprecedentedly. At the same time, the technology, culture, and even life of the whole world have undergone earth-shaking changes. In the year 650 of the Han Dynasty. The Roman Empire was able to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Caliphate occupied the southern part of the Indian continent even earlier.
Jiaolongwei's fleet to the east also arrived in Australia, but the landing location was not right, and no suitable place for human habitation was found in the south, so it only circled around the edge of the desert and returned. However, this discovery is also recorded in the Empire's logbook, which is also archived in the Imperial Household Department.
Five hundred years have passed. Wherever Jiaolongwei could reach, the Han Empire occupied it, but it was limited to many factors such as technology, and it was not able to find too many items and mineral deposits that were beneficial to the empire. Plus the center of gravity of the empire has always been on the mainland. So after the Battle of the Great Voyage, the pace of developing the seas slowed down, and it was far less enthusiastic about navigation than the Romans and the Caliphate.
Twenty years ago, the Roman Bayes was caught in a storm while crossing the Cape of Good Hope, and after a month at sea, Bayes arrived on a continent he had never been to before, and this continent had incredible gold reserves! Bayes brought back a whole shipload of gold, and the Romans and Caliphs were in search of the Golden Country!
Ten years ago, Jiaolongwei of the Han Empire was the first to pay attention to the news of the "Golden Country", and Zhou Bo, the British Duke who was already the commander of Jiaolongwei, immediately decided to form a team for the battle of "Great Navigation" again.
However, because of the contradictions within the empire and the current emperor's jealousy of him, Zhou Bo could no longer use the army to carry out the battle of "Great Navigation" as he did during the Holy Ancestor period, and could only recruit sailors from the people and carry them out through the means of the formation of the imperial court, which was called the "Great Han Expeditionary Mercenaries". The profits obtained by the expeditionary force were taken by the imperial court and owned by individuals. This "expeditionary mercenary" model had existed in the Holy Ancestor period, otherwise with the empire's population of less than 100 million at that time, it would not have been possible to take the entire Southeast Peninsula and Starfall City.
In the context of the formation of the "Han Expeditionary Mercenary Army", the son of Gongsun Auntie, Yao Xing, who had reached the age of 22 and had just returned from serving in Jiaolongwei, volunteered to participate in the expeditionary force and set off with the fleet at the beginning of this year.
For the Han people living inland, the voyage is too far away after all, and the sea is ruthless, who knows when the ship will capsize and die, bury at the bottom of the sea, and cannot enter the earth after death?! Therefore, most of the inland residents are resistant to going to the sea.
Aunt Gongsun is thinking like this. Although Aunt Gongsun also recognized that the painting on the paper belonged to her son, her fixed thinking made her unacceptable. In addition, although the people of the Ying Mansion were respectful to her on the surface, they were full of sarcasm and disdain in their words. This also made this contemporary sword god, who had been in and out of the palace and had always been arrogant, angry and angry, and he taught the Ying Mansion a lesson several times. has come and gone, and it has become this incompatible situation.
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"Auntie, since Ling Lang has already gone to sea, even if Ying Gong speaks, I'm afraid it's useless, right?" After Shen Yun learned about these situations, he said to Aunt Gongsun with some embarrassment.
"How useless?! The expeditionary force only left at the beginning of the year, and now it is only March, and the monsoon has just begun, and they are sure that they will only arrive in Starfall City, so why not let people pass a word, call my son back? Aunt Gongsun said in a firm tone, and hummed, "He Zhou Bo Lao'er just looks down on my Gongsun family, so he repeatedly shirks it." Tonight I will go to visit him and see if he dares to bully me, an orphan and widow, again! ”
Only then did Shen Yun know that Aunt Gongsun's husband had died the year before last. At that time, Yao Xing was still serving in the army, and he didn't have time to rush back. This is already the biggest regret of her husband before his death, and now Yao Xing is not married, and he has embarked on an unknown voyage of life and death without leaving a little blood for the Yao family, how can this not make Aunt Gongsun worry?
There are three so-called unfilial pieties, and no queen is greater. Yao Xing's doing this is tantamount to putting Aunt Gongsun on the cusp, and all the people in the Yao family are openly and secretly saying that she is not, thinking that she let her son out, and the harmful Aunt Gongsun can't stay at home. It's no wonder she was ruthless. Ying Gong must call her son back.
Shen Yun sighed, this legendary character is also a human, and the history books of later generations depict Gongsun Auntie as a heavenly man, dancing with a sword in one hand and crying ghosts and gods, but now he is not forced by the neighbors to go out to find his son? Visible. The heroes and gods are the most unreadable from writing.
However, Aunt Gongsun said "visit". Shen Yun and Fang Cheng didn't think it was true. I'm afraid it's more likely to rush in with a sword to pay a visit. How can Ying Gong say that he is also the Duke of the Han Dynasty, and he has the identity of a relative of the emperor, he is a brave general, and now he has led Jiaolong Wei for ten years, who knows how many masters there are around him, even if Gongsun Auntie is a "sword saint". I'm afraid the result of rushing in like this is not optimistic.
Fang Cheng thought about it carefully and said, "Auntie, what do you think is like this, Yuan and I will visit Ying Gong tonight, and you will go with us." See if you can mediate what this will be? If you take the liberty of attacking the British princess, I am afraid that it will be bad. ”
It's not just bad, it's just like rebellion. Shen Yun didn't want such a woman who had left a strong mark in history to die tragically at the hands of Duke Ying, so he also agreed.
Aunt Gongsun frowned, and said a little embarrassed: "This, why is this so troublesome for the two of you?" ”
Shen Yun said directly: "The two of us and the Renxu brothers hit it off at first sight, not to mention that the eldest mother and my father have an old relationship, and they are considered to be the elders below. Don't worry, auntie, how can I say that I am also a marquis, no matter how strong he is, this face must be given to me, right?! ”
Fang Cheng glanced at Shen Yun, who was obviously a little lacking in confidence, and said to Aunt Gongsun with a smile: "Yes, Auntie don't be impatient, and sit here for a while, Yuan Rang and I will go to hand over the prayer note first." ”
Aunt Gongsun thought about it for a while, and then said: "In this way, there will be two laborers!" After that, he also glanced at Shen Yun and sighed: "Shen Qingquan really gave birth to a good son!" ”
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On the way to Xuchang Mansion, Fang Cheng said directly to Shen Yun: "Yuan Rang, have you thought about it?" ”
Shen Yun said indifferently: "I understand what you mean, you want to say that Yinggong is a faction of the back party, is it inappropriate for us to visit so rashly?" ”
"Not bad. Since Yuan has made you think of it, but there is a countermeasure? ”
"There's a fart countermeasure." Shen Yun smiled, "I just want to help Aunt Gongsun this way." However, before Ying Gong entered the imperial capital this time, he actually gave a speech in Xuchang, which is afraid that this matter is related to the court situation. ”
"So what?" Fang Qiqi said, "Anyone can see that this must be something happening in the court, so Ying Gong wants to show his face in Xuchang first, make a statement, and let those people in the imperial capital be prepared." It's just that I don't understand why he did it. ”
"I didn't understand it before, but when Aunt Gongsun told me those things, I suddenly figured it out!" Shen Yun smiled mysteriously and lowered his voice, "If my guess is correct, Ying Gong doesn't want to continue to be the commander of this Jiaolong Guard, he wants to go back to the northwest, he wants to go back to the Flying Eagle Guard, he wants to go to quell the rebellion!" ”
Fang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then thought about it, but suddenly realized: "Oh, no wonder he wants to organize the 'Great Han Expeditionary Mercenaries', he is going to retreat as advance!" ”
Shen Yun nodded: "Not bad." Ying Gongzhi is on the mainland, and he wants to lead the iron cavalry to conquer the world, rather than drifting on the sea with a fleet...... He doesn't like sailors, and even more so the navy! ”
If Shen Yun told others that the dignified commander of the Jiaolong Guard actually sneered at the sailors and the navy, then many people would sneer at him. But that's exactly what happened. Of course, Shen Yun's judgment was not just seen from the matter of Gongsun Auntie, and when he conquered Fusang Prefecture before, Ying Gong also tried his best to get involved, but in the end he was robbed by Shen Yun, the Marquis of Bohai. From these two things, it can be seen that what Ying Gong actually dreams of the most is to lead the army, not the navy, which may not have a large-scale operation in a hundred years!
As for why the navy is not needed once in a hundred years, it is necessary to look at the current surroundings of Dahan. Who else can compete with the Great Han? This is not the era of ironclad steam engine ships that roamed the seas! Nowadays, most of the world's naval operations are still dominated by ramming angles and broadside battles, just ask, apart from Rome and the Caliphate, which country's warships can withstand the collision of the Han warships? Not to mention the broadside battle!
"Having said that, after all, you have offended Ying Gong, are you sure you can solve it?" Fang Cheng said worriedly.
Shen Yun said confidently: "It is difficult for a person who has no desires and no desires to be impressed, but if he has seven emotions and six desires, it will be easy to do." Didn't he want to lead troops to quell the rebellion? You said that if I supported him to transfer Jiaolongwei. Go and lead the cavalry into battle, do you say he is still hostile to me? ”
Fang Cheng wondered, "Even if you support him, what? You have the title of Marquis of Bohai, you have no soldiers and no power, where can you help him? ”
Shen Yun smiled, put his arm around Fang Cheng's shoulders and said, "I just want to eliminate his hostility." As long as I show my support for his wishes. What's more, he wanted to lead the cavalry into battle. Would it have been possible without us aristocrats? My Bohai Hou family is not enough. With the addition of your Huainan Hou family, this amount is finally full of ten, right? ”
Fang Cheng smiled bitterly: "It turns out that you are dragging our Huainan Hou family into the water?!" But I'm just a son, and my father ......."
Shen Yun waved his hand: "Don't worry, I think Uncle Fang actually agreed, didn't he go to Jinling some time ago?" Then Ying Gong set off to Xuchang, presumably Uncle Fang had already agreed. ”
Fang Cheng was stunned and said, "Father went to Jinling." It's to explain Zhou Zhang and Fang Zhong's affairs......" Shen Yun looked at him, smiling and not saying a word.
After a while, Fang Qian smiled bitterly again: "Yuan Rang, I suddenly found that your kung fu of speculating on people's hearts is getting more and more powerful!" ”
Shen Yun laughed, and walked towards the Xuchang Mansion with Fang Cheng in his arms.
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In fact, Shen Yun and Fang Cheng didn't plan to wait until the evening to take Gongsun Auntie to see Ying Gonggong. After all, Gongsun Auntie now has a lot of opinions about Ying Gong, and even thinks about taking his head, although there are many angry words, but for the basic principle of harmonious coexistence, Shen Yun plans to go to see Ying Gong now, and it will be enough to implement the matter and tell Gongsun Auntie before night.
The crowd in front of the government had dispersed, but there were still many people who gathered here and refused to disperse, standing there in twos and threes discussing Fang Caiying's speech.
Shen Yun and Fang Cheng did not swagger in through the main entrance, but came to the side door and handed the door a greeting post.
Shen Yun is the younger generation of the Ying Gong, and the title is even less than Zhou Bo, so the worship sticker is very respectful, only saying, "Traveling through Xuchang, I suddenly heard that His Royal Highness is here, and I came to pay a visit. ”
Shen Yun and Fang Cheng waited at the door for only a quarter of an hour, and then they saw Ying Gong's group of people rushing out directly from inside, which frightened Shen Yun and Fang Transcript.
According to the etiquette of the Han Dynasty, Shen Yun is the marquis, and the Duke of Ying is the duke, Shen Yun came to the door to visit, and the Duke of Ying did not need to greet him in person, he only needed to send someone close to him to wait at the gate. Even if he is now in Xuchang Mansion and not in the Ying Mansion in Jinling, it is not rude for him to just let Xuchang County guard him. Unexpectedly, Ying Gong actually came to the door in person.
"Haha, it's the nephews of the Shen family and the Fang family in front?!" There is a gentle voice under the appearance of the heroic and martial arts, and before the person arrives, the voice comes first, which makes people feel more cordial.
Shen Yun and Fang Cheng hurriedly greeted him, stood three steps away from Ying Gong, and bowed at the same time: "Bohai Hou Shen Yun (Huainan Hou Shizi Fang Transcript), meet His Royal Highness Ying Gong!" ”
"No need to be polite, no need to be polite!" Ying Gong looked very happy, stretched out his hand to help him, and said with a smile: "Some time ago, the old man met Huainan Hou, and I heard him say that you two are still in Huainan County, why did you arrive in Xuchang today?" Fortunately, you know how to be polite, come to see the old man, otherwise I will let Huainan Hou beat your ass twice in the future. Come, go inside with the old man and talk. ”
At this time, there were two or three middle-aged men wearing the four-grade official uniforms of the imperial court next to him, and they all bowed to Shen Yun: "I've seen the Marquis of Bohai!" ”
As soon as Shen Yun saw it, he knew that they were the troika of Xuchang Mansion, the county guard Hou Guang, the county governor Chang Zhili, and the county lieutenant Deng Chong. didn't make a big deal, returned the salute one by one, and then followed the group into the inner hall of the mansion.
In the hall, the guests and hosts sat down, Ying Gong naturally sat at the top, Shen Yun sat in the deputy seat, and the others sat down in this way, but Fang Cheng sat at the end because he was only the son of the world.
Ying Gong was very friendly, and as soon as Fang sat down, he smiled and said, "Shen Jiaxian's nephew, why did you get to Xuchang this time?" ”
Shen Yun said respectfully: "Back to His Royal Highness, the little nephew has reached the year of travel, so except for traveling, expand his knowledge." Today, I happened to travel to Xuchang, and I heard that His Royal Highness gave a speech in Xuchang, and I came specially to listen to the teachings, but I didn't want too many people to squeeze in. ”
"Hahahaha, the virtuous nephew can really speak. The old man has nothing to teach people, but Zhang Xin's old thing can. Speaking of this, there seemed to be a glint in Ying Gong's eyes, but he still smiled on his face: "I don't know how the virtuous nephew feels after seeing it?" ”
Shen Yunzheng was worried that he didn't have a chance to express his thoughts, but Ying Gong asked this, but he gave him a chance.
His Royal Highness laughed, His Highness and Uncle Zhang are both elders of the little nephew, and the elders always have many things to teach the juniors. The little nephew watched His Royal Highness's speech today, but he agreed very much, especially the sentence 'If you want to imitate the heroic deeds, you should think about yesterday', which benefited the little nephew a lot. ”
"Oh? What do you think of this sentence? The essence in Yinggong's eyes flickered and asked.
Shen Yun said with a smile: "The little nephew thinks that this sentence is in line with the disadvantages of today's empire. Xinzhou rebellion, there are more and more fierce times, even a state governor is attached to the rebel thief, seeing the situation deteriorate rapidly, at this time, the Xinzhou garrison must want to urgently extinguish the rebellion, but Xinzhou rebellion, Zhang Sheng rebel thief for many years, and have military experience, want to quickly resolve obviously failed. If he wants to emulate the Marquis of Zhuang back then, and fly for three thousand miles to capture and destroy Zhi Zhishan Yu, hehe, with all due respect to the little nephew, I am afraid that he will only end up in a broken halberd and sinking into the sand. Because there were still strong marquis present back then, but now, where is the strong marquis of my big man? ”
The essence in Yinggong's eyes was even worse, and the smile on his face slowly faded, and he asked, "What does the virtuous nephew think, where is the strong marquis of my great man?" ”
Shen Yun immediately got up, bowed to the Ying Gong, and said solemnly: "The little nephew secretly thinks that in today's world, the person who can be like the Marquis of Zhuang back then, flying for 3,000 miles to destroy a country, is none other than His Royal Highness!" ”
Ying Gong's face was expressionless, and he stroked his beard and was silent. But Hou Guang, Chang Zhili, and Deng Chong suddenly changed color, and looked at Shen Yun with a solemn face in surprise. (To be continued.) )