For this era, the distance and the quality of the road determined the speed of information transmission, so it was not until the end of July that Xie Shence, who was deep in the mountains, learned about the changes in Jiangnan County.

Dou Liang reversed.

Regarding this young man, Xie Shence has not met with him, but because of the promise he made when he went to Jiangnan, Xie Shence once asked his father Xie Sheng to take special care of him, and Xie Yi and Jiangwutang needless to say.

For a long time, Xie Shence didn't have much impression of this young man who he had "promoted" easily, only knowing that although Xie Yi praised his martial arts, he didn't appreciate this person's character very much.

To put it simply, Xie Yi thinks that Dou Liang is narrow-minded. Narrow-mindedness in character. In general, it is extreme, but in general, it is a special existence of stable and radical coexistence.

Xie Shence didn't know how stable Dou Liang was, but Xie Shence really understood his radicalness.

"How can he rebel?"

Xie Shence was alone in the study, thinking about it, but he couldn't give himself a satisfactory answer.

How can you rebel? There was also a rebellion for a few months.

Jiangnan County, not to mention the older generation of nobles who had long been frightened by Xie Yi's butcher's knife, was the head of the family in the Spring and Autumn Period, and they were all unable to move under the suppression of the Wang family and the Huai army. Coupled with more than 20 years of naturalization, the economy that was deeply involved in the Great Jin Dynasty, the imperceptible indoctrination of the Jin people's thoughts, the people's hearts and strength, did not have any necessary conditions for rebellion, but why did Dou Liang pull up a team of tens of thousands of people?

In fact, Dou Liang's rebellion did not have a recognized answer until a long time later.

Xie Shence looked at the letter from Chuzhou in his hand, his brows furrowed.

Dou Liang rebelled, since he couldn't figure it out, he simply didn't want to, what was more important to Huaiyang Dao at the moment was actually the situation faced by the Huai army.

Hu Yincheng, a sailor from Taihu Lake, was assassinated and sunk in a boat, leaving no bones. The entourage of self-generals and above was not spared.

Subsequently, the Southern Song Dynasty attacked Chuzhou from Jinling, and the Huai army was defeated, and taking advantage of the opportunity to start a war with the Song Dynasty, Dou Liang led 7,000 rebel troops, and captured Wuxi, which was claimed to be able to hold for half a year and defend for two years.

As a result, when Jingzhou's counteroffensive was impressive, the negotiations between the Jin State and the Southern Song Dynasty had entered a climax and came to an abrupt end. Subsequently, the situation in Huaiyang Province temporarily entered a stalemate, and it was a more difficult and tragic battle in Hubei Province.

The Great Jin Kingdom has entered a cold winter.

Whether it's east, west, north or south, there is always a war going on.

The years of war have greatly consumed the national strength of the Jin State, making this country, which has been dominant in the Central Plains for two hundred years, aging rapidly.

Xie Shence is powerless for such a situation. In the case that he is no longer the central minister of the Great Jin, all he can do now is to protect himself.

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The imperial court's suppression of the Xie family has also been put down at this time, and the energy of the entire court is completely focused on how to transfer troops and how to raise grain.

At this time, the war had entered a state of stalemate, and with the increasing pressure from the north and south, the palace court had begun to keep the lights out all night.

Emperor Jin has been very tired recently, and it can be said that no matter which battle report is filtered by the political affairs hall and the military department, it makes his heart tremble all the time.

It's money, it's people, and it's support

In the middle of the night after the heat subsided, Emperor Jin tied his hair and walked barefoot in the cold hall, looking at the rows of ancestral tablets, his body was straight, but there was a tiredness in his eyes that could not be hidden.

It was an extreme exhaustion that came from the depths of the body and mind.

"How did my Dajin country become like this overnight"

On both sides of the main hall, there are more than 20 huge portraits, and the characters on these portraits are all the emperors since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Underneath the portrait of each emperor is a map, as well as a short evaluation of merits and demerits.

The last one on the right is empty, which Emperor Jin kept for himself.

If there is no war, it will pass smoothly like this, and perhaps a hundred years later, the map under his own map, the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, will be the largest.

however

At this time, Emperor Jin saw the flames rising everywhere on his own map through time and space.

Emperor Jin's eyes were a little red, but no tears flowed out.

As a king, Emperor Jin is strong and will no longer shed tears for anything.

He is also self-confident, as a descendant of the Tian family, Emperor Jin has an unprecedented degree of self-confidence in leading the Great Jin to an unprecedented height.

This self-confidence is not an exaggeration to call it conceit.

But now, it seems like a joke.

Emperor Jin understands that the situation that he is struggling to maintain now is not the most difficult time that the Great Jin Dynasty has faced, and the most difficult time is far from coming.

Now that the world is attacking Jin, its momentum and offensive are far from reaching the top.

At least Emperor Jin will not forget that to the west of the Great Jin Dynasty, there is a powerful country comparable to the Great Jin Dynasty, Western Qin.

Yes, the state of Qin has not yet entered the war. However, Emperor Jin knew that the Qin State had actually entered the war, and Pan Mei, a young general of the Song State, studied in the Qin State for ten years and returned to China after completing his studies. Cao Bin, who is as famous as Pan Mei and has not yet participated in the war for the time being, and is known as the "Southern Song Dynasty Shuangbi", is the same, and he is a young talent that cannot be underestimated.

Since the Qin State has been able to cultivate such an excellent young man for the Song State, it is already conceivable how much energy it contains.

In addition, the armor and weapons, grain and grass of the Song State, and the Qin State may not be without support.

Emperor Jin understood that the Qin State had just not yet entered the war.

This night, Emperor Jin sat in the cold hall, spent a long time, thought about many things, and finally determined one thing.

Still too anxious.

The gate valve has restrained the imperial power too much, which has hindered the normal exercise of the imperial power, and even let the emperor's orders not go out of the central government, which is a very terrifying thing.

Historically, the central and local governments, the imperial power and the relative power, have been opposed. A strong central hub can keep the central hub running unhindered. However, strong localities and powerful relative powers will inevitably hinder the operation of the central government.

-- That's also a thing for sure.

Therefore, weakening the power of the gate valve has become something that must be done before the unification.

To weaken the gate valve family, Emperor Jin thought of many ways. However, more than ten years have been fruitless.

Emperor Jin had no way out, so he chose a son from a family who was born as a gate valve, and finally opened up the situation with his methods.

Open martial arts, set up a martial arts hall, select the children of the common people as officials, and enter the army as a protégé of the Son of Heaven and divide the power of the gatekeeper.

This is an extremely effective measure, although it was not directly reflected at the beginning, but Emperor Jin is sure that it has an effect.

-- The backlash from the gate valve families is too strong.

That's the effect.

Later, when the gate valve was suppressed, Emperor Jin acquiesced to the bloody means of the Ti Cavalry Division to wash many families, and it was only with heavy profits that the rebound was calmed down.

After that, Emperor Jin found that he still suffered a loss.

The martial arts hall has now become a gladiatorial arena for the distribution of power among the families, and the Jin Emperor found that since the first year, the talents cultivated every year have actually been distributed to the families of each family.

Of course, the role of the martial arts hall has always been obvious, and it will not disappear for at least a long time.

However, in the eyes of Emperor Jin, this is still not in place after all.

So Emperor Jin felt that he couldn't wait any longer.

His successor, whether it was the crown prince or the king of Qi, would be a good emperor, although it was difficult to enter, but more than enough to keep it.

However, Shoucheng builds on the foundation he has laid now. If he Tian Qi died, would the new emperor be able to suppress the three valves? Can the new emperor completely dominate the court and display his talents?

Emperor Jin was actually not sure in his heart.

So Emperor Jin had to do something.

Since the Three Valves cannot be controlled after his death, then just before he dies, be completely erased.

Without the three valves, the influence of the gate valve on the imperial power has been greatly reduced.

So Emperor Jin instigated the civil strife of the Wang family, and then slaughtered the Xie family with a blunt knife, and finally Sima Bi rebelled.

Emperor Jin thought that there was nothing wrong with the order of his methods, but when he was about to succeed, he fell short.

It doesn't matter if this is the case, the entire Great Jin Dynasty has fallen into a situation where the whole world is the enemy.

What's wrong with this?

Emperor Jin then thought of someone.

That person is the key.

Xie Yi.

Yes, it's Xie Yi.

Xie Yi died at the very beginning of the crisis in the Xie family. It was also at the second peak of his life that he died.

Guanshan fifty states, commanding the Northwest Army, this is the first peak of his life. Turning the tide and defeating the big white fish, this is the second peak of his life.

Subsequently, this famous general, who ranked among the top three in the history of the Great Jin Dynasty, died suddenly.

The timing of his death was too coincidental.

As soon as the Xie family began to be suppressed, Xie Yi died.

It was only a few years since the defeat of the Qin State, and it was just when he was working hard to govern Xie Yi died.

After the Duan Department perished, and the strength of the Xianbei Second Department soared, Xie Yi died.

When the Southern Song Dynasty was suppressed for twenty years, and the domestic grievances had reached their peak, Xie Yi died.

The Jin State was in war for many years, and it was just when the national strength was restored to breathe, and Xie Yi died.

As a result, all the factors that were suppressed before have become the most primitive sparks that now light up the Great Jin Dynasty in all directions.

Emperor Jin smiled in the uninhabited hall. The empty hall echoed with Emperor Jin's somewhat hoarse laughter, which was particularly infiltrating.

It's ironic.

The danger of a country is actually pinned on one person.

Especially when that person is not yet his own.

Emperor Jin could not accept it.

"My country, how can it be possible to reverse success or failure because you are alone, my country must be the world of me alone"

In the early hours of the morning, Emperor Jin walked out of the ancestral hall dedicated to the emperors of the past dynasties, and after washing, he was ready to go to court.

******

At the end of the summer of the eleventh year of Zhenglong, after more than two months of busyness, Xie Shence in Taihang Mountain has built a walled city that can accommodate thousands of people, and with the continuous improvement of planning, this capacity will continue to expand.

At the same time, through the efforts of Overlord Flower and others, the manpower under Xie Shence has risen to 3,000 people.

This growth rate is certainly encouraging, but it also brings a series of problems.