Leaving the back garden, passing through the sandwich road formed by the two high walls, before stepping into the Lixiang Courtyard, Shao Ruyan paused slightly at the Yuemen, from this side you can see Fan Wenlong and Peng Muqiu standing sideways under the eaves and talking quietly, staying for a long time, only to see Shao Haitang, Shui Ruying, and Tu Wenyong retreat together, but did not leave, stood in front of the hall, silent, and even Fan Wenlong and Peng Muqiu were silent.

Shao Ruyan was slightly shocked in her heart: Father, Shui Ruying, Tu Wenyong and others no longer have something to do with each other, but they are standing in front of the hall? Shao Ruyan stepped into the atrium, gathered herself to greet everyone, looked at Shao Haitang, and said softly: "Father, why are you all standing outside the hall?" ”

Shao Haitang looked at everyone and smiled bitterly, and said, "Ru Yu has lost his temper and invited us all out. ”

Shao Ruyan said: "Mrs. Youli heard that there was a dispute here, so let me come over and ask." ”

Shui Ruying asked, "Where are Youli and Mrs. Jue'er?" ”

Shao Ruyan said: "Shicai is in the back garden, and now he is leading Xiao Mu'er to the Cloud Splash Pavilion." "Cloud Splash Pavilion is Jue'er's residence, and since Shao Ruyan entered the inner mansion, the number of times she has gone to Cloud Splash Pavilion is only a handful.

Shui Ruying saw Shao Ruyan's brows frowning slightly, and told the cause and effect of the dispute: "Liyang Zhou Mengfu refused to sacrifice the city, standing alone under the city gate, Ziyang Yalan led the troops to retreat for a few miles, Zhou Mengfu seized the commander's tent, and the horizontal knife killed himself, Liyang closed the city and trapped the city for three days under Ye Tian, and it was not until yesterday that he went out of the city to surrender. Ru Yu heard the news and intended to go to Liyang in person, but Mr. Shao and Master Tu came to dissuade him, and Ru Yu was angry and invited us all out. ”

Shao Ruyan left in a hurry, and hurried back after a while. Shao Haitang and the others were still standing in front of the hall to wait, knowing that Youli would not violate the meaning of Ruyu, seeing Shao Ruyan coming alone, he was still a little disappointed, beckoned to look at the sunset, shook his head unconsciously, and said: "Let's go back to our homes, and come over to listen to the news." ”

After Shui Ruying arrived in Jiangning, he served as the chief of Qingfeng Mansion, and assisted Xu Ruyu in acting military affairs and government affairs with Fang Su. Yue Feixue unexpectedly appeared in Quanzhou for the wedding ceremony of Liang Bao and Sleeve, the relationship between Le'an and Jiangning has exceeded the alliance in the general sense, but Jiangning still has a long way to go to convince Le'an, but the newly formed council hall cannot do without Yue's figure, so as to transfer Shui Ruying to Jiangning. Shui Ruying Ping said that she was acting in Lixiangyuan, and Jiang Ning managed a private house near Qingfeng Courtyard for her.

Shui Ruying saw Shao Haitang propose to leave separately, glanced back at the half-hidden hall door, sighed slightly, and didn't say anything.

Xu Ruyu summoned Fan Wenlong to prepare for his trip to Liyang. When Fan Wenlong arrived, Shao Haitang and Tu Wenyong were in the hall to dissuade Xu Ruyu from dispelling the idea of going to Liyang, and Fan Wenlong had not yet had the opportunity to meet Xu Ruyu. Seeing this situation, Xu Ruyu didn't see his heart for the time being, so he withdrew from Qingfeng Mansion with Shao Haitang and the others and returned to the Dongcheng military camp.

Tonight, it was Peng Muqiu's turn to be on duty, and when he saw everyone leaving, only Shao Ruyan stood alone in the atrium, told him, and went back to the ear room. The shadow of the high wall covered Shao Ruyan's body under her chest, and her delicate face was more delicate in the afterglow of the setting sun. Shao Ruyan stood stunned in the atrium for a while, pushed open the half-covered hall door, walked through the side hall, and went straight to the innermost room. Xu Ruyu folded his hands, hung his head, sat cross-legged on the brocade couch, covered his knees with a blue cloth shirt, stared intently at the empty space at the top of the long case, and saw Shao Ruyan come in, turned sideways slightly, and thought about things again.

Shao Ruyan knelt down in front of the long case, sorted out the scattered piles of documents on the case, and said casually: "Why didn't Mei Tierui and the others come over with Daddy and them to dissuade you?" ”

Xu Ruyu smiled slightly and said, "I asked Tu Wenyong to invite Fan Wenlong, and he invited your father over by the way." Mei Tierui and the others will not dissuade me, but they are different from what I feared. ”

Shao Ruyan said: "The Liyang War is about to end, only the 30,000 remnants of Zhu Tongshan are trapped in Tangyi Mountain, and the people who advocated surrender at the beginning will no longer pay too much attention to the final outcome of the Liyang War, Mei Tierui They probably think that you should not go to Liyang at this time." It's just that the Liyang War is a little meaningless. ”

Xu Ruyu sighed lightly and said, "The casualties of the Fengling camp have exceeded 10,000. ”

"Daddy, they are not considering casualties, the casualties of the Fengling battalion will be doubled, and they can quickly replenish the soldiers from Tunding, before the Liyang war, it was Mei Tierui, Shen Deqian and others who advocated surrendering, while Daddy, Tu Wenyong and others refused to surrender in the main battle, I think the Liyang war is not only related to the future political structure of Yuejun, but also related to the distribution of power in the upcoming council hall."

Xu Ruyu chuckled and said, "If you say these words to your father, he will definitely be unable to help but reprimand you." ”

Shao Ruyan sat down sideways, raised her eyes to look at Xu Ruyu, Yan smiled and said, "What do you think in your heart?" ”

Xu Ruyu was slightly stunned, and sat there deep in thought.

The council hall will be the foundation of the family's co-governance, and most of the power to restrain the Qingfeng Mansion from the Changshi Mansion, Sima Ya, and the Political Affairs Hall will be divided from the Changshi Mansion, Sima Ya, and the Political Affairs Hall. Mei Tierui ranks first in the political hall, and it stands to reason that she will not want to see the council hall share too much power from the political hall, but in addition to being in charge of the political hall, Mei Tierui's main identity is the representative of the Yongyang Mei family. Mei Tierui's position in the political hall can be replaced, but Mei's position in the political hall is irreplaceable, the greater the authority of the political hall, the greater the authority of the family, and the officials and generals with a strong family background are the main force that promoted the establishment of the political hall.

Comparatively speaking, the officials and generals who were not from the family wanted to limit the authority of the council as much as possible, even if Xu Ruyu allowed officials above the signing and prefect to choose a place to open a clan, such as the Xu clan in Lishui and the Jiang clan in Yongyang, but compared with the traditional family forces, they may not be insignificant, and the gradual increase in the power of the council hall is more in line with their interests. However, a wide range of lower-level officials only saw the guarantee of the power of the family in the council, but could not see the more far-reaching meaning, and in their hearts, it was more in their current interests to concentrate power in the hands of one person.

The council hall will adopt the system of selecting officials from the door, and the officials of the council hall will mainly come from the family, so as to protect the traditional political interests of the family, while the Changshi Mansion, the government affairs hall, and Sima Ya will adopt the system of inspecting and selecting officials, and the family will not be able to monopolize the political interests among them.

After Zhu Lianzhi's death, the Zhu clan was divided into three, recruited or annihilated, and Jiang Ning took the initiative. Recruiting the Zhu family, it is almost certain that the Fan family will not be stubborn, and the entry of the Zhu family and the Fan family into the Jiangning power structure will directly change the contrast between the Jiangning family and the Hanmen forces, and also change the original power structure of the council. Regardless of other factors, this alone is enough to affect the decision-making tendency of the princes of Jiangning and many generals and officials to the Zhu family.

Xu Ruyu took the document from Shao Ruyan's hand, put it high together, and pushed it with his hand, saying: "All the foundations are not strong enough, and although there are many unsatisfactory weakening [***], it looks slightly better." As you said, this battle is somewhat pointless. ”

Xu Ruyu's eyes were as clear as the spring water of the silver thread spring in the back garden, Shao Ruyan stood up with the desk and asked: "Tangyi Mountain has been besieged for ten days, and I asked people to summon water like a shadow to draft the text." ”

Xu Ruyu shook his head and said, "Your father is here." ”

Shao Ruyan turned her head and looked at it for a while, only to hear someone approaching the atrium, and then saw Shao Haitang walking across the threshold and walking inside, so she stood up, and Wan Ting stood on the side of the brocade couch.

Shao Haitang saw that Shao Ruyan was also indoors, he was slightly stunned, and when he saw Xu Ruyu raise his hand to let him sit down, he walked to the long case, sat down cross-legged, and said: "I thought about it again and again on the way back to the house, knowing that I couldn't change Ruyu's mind to go to Liyang, but I was worried that this variable would cause the family's power in Jiangning to be too large. In the past, after a hundred years, the power of the family was powerless. The world has experienced the catastrophe again. ”

Xu Ruyu raised his head, looked at Shao Haitang fixedly, lowered his head in an instant, and said softly while thinking: "Historically, Zhongzhou has been inherited for three thousand years, whether it is internal strife or external invasion, no one can change the tragedy of a hundred years of catastrophe, Ruyu is not far away, I hope to make a difference." If Mr. Shao asks me what I will do, I don't know in my heart, and the hegemony of the world is not a win-winning situation, and you are foolish and willing to plant a seed in people's hearts. ”

Shao Haitang sighed and said: "If the people's hearts remain unchanged for eternity, the system of political discussion is very likely to become harmful to the government again, and the grief carried by the land of Zhongzhou is too much, and there is no fear of more dangers." It may only take ten years to unify the world, but it is easier to understand the people's hearts, but it must be a hundred years, life is limited, and it is a pity that I can't see the prosperous era after a hundred years. ”

Shao Haitang got up and made a gesture, glanced at Shao Ruyan, and asked, "Are you staying in the Inner Mansion tonight?" ”

Shao Ruyan said softly: "I want to go to Liyang together." He lowered his head and peeked at Xu Ruyu, just afraid that he would not say a word.

On August 25, Xu Ruyu left Jiangning under the escort of a thousand Qingfengwei elites, accompanied by Fang Su, Tu Wenyong, Shui Ruying, Fan Wenlong, Shao Ruyan and others, and arrived in Liyang on the 27th. Xuanji was rushing to Jiangning, and met Fang Su who was also in the queue to the west, so he appeared and came to Liyang together.

On the top of Niangniang Mountain outside the north city of Liyang, Zhou Mengfu said that he killed himself with a horizontal knife here, and the blood stained the mountain rock. After the rainy season, every day is sunny, and the blood stains on the rocks on the top of the mountain do not disappear, and the heart feels a slight tingling in the present. Xu Ruyu slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Ziyang Yalan beside him softly, "What do you think of this battle in your heart?" ”

Ziyang Yalan said: "This is probably not what Yalan should consider. He raised his hand to the lonely tomb in Shanyang and said, "The people of Liyang wanted to set up a tomb for Zhou Mengfu on the top of the mountain, but Yalan blocked it, and the people of Liyang built the tomb on the slope of the mountain. ”

Xu Ruyu was silent for a long time, and said: "Zhou Mengfu has made great contributions to the people of Liyang, and it cannot be compared with the Zhu family, and it cannot be used by Jiangning. ”

Ziyang Yalan said: "Yalan will be out of sight. ”

Xu Ruyu chuckled, but the bitterness in his heart did not disappear, and said: "When I came to Liyang, Youli persuaded me to transfer you back to Jiangning after the end of this battle, and the defense of Liyang and Dangtu will be handed over to Luo Boyuan, what is your opinion?" ”

Ziyang Yalan was slightly stunned, after Xu Ruyu returned to Jiangning, he rarely heard that Youli would directly interfere in military affairs. Xu Ruyu proposed it at this time, naturally he had already made a decision in his heart. Ziyang Yalan pressed the surprise in her heart and replied, "Yalan has no opinion. ”

Xu Ruyu showed a bored expression, turned his face to look away, and said, "Then you should escort the army back to Jiangning first, but Youli wants to ask you how long you want Wei Yan to wait for you." Ziyang Yalan didn't expect Xu Ruyu to say this abruptly, and turned his face to look away, so that the half-faced winged helmet covered his blushing face.

Xu Ruyu stood on the top of the mountain for a long time before leading the generals down the mountain into Liyang City to accept Zhu Yuanqi, Ye Tian and other generals who had surrendered to meet him. Zhu Yuanqi was over fifty years old, kneeling under the hall paved with blue bricks, and only his thick and white neck fell in the eyes of everyone, which was very eye-catching. Ye Tian led the main generals of Liyang's army to stand on one side, his face depressed, looking at Zhu Yuanqi and the others who were kneeling on the ground, with disdain in their eyes. Ye Tian is a disciple of Zhou Mengfu, about thirty years old, with a mustache covering his face, his eye sockets are deep, and his eyes are bloodshot.

Xu Ruyu frowned, stood in front of the hall, looked at the full hall of Liyang surrendered generals and officials, wanted to say something, but didn't say anything, flicked his sleeves, and walked straight to the inner hall, ignoring the many generals in the abandoned hall. Everyone stood in front of the hall, and they didn't know what angered Xu Ruyu, Fang Su, Tu Wenyong, Shui Ruying, Shao Ruyan and others looked at each other and followed in.

On the way to Liyang, Si Wencao had already handed over the detailed information of the generals to Xu Ruyu's case, and also dealt with them accordingly according to the influence of the generals and officials of the various generals in Liyang. Of course, in order to reflect Xu Ruyu's authority, he needs to decide in public on the disposal of Zhu Yuanqi and Ye Tian.

Xu Ruyu saw Fang Su and the others coming in, and said: "Liyang, Dangtu and other seven counties adjacent to Jiangning to the west will form Liyang Mansion and be included in Jiangning Xingyuan. A few days ago, I wanted to ask Zhou Mengfu to serve as the prefect of Liyang, but I didn't know that he was going to become a fast man. Ye Tian is Zhou Mengfu's disciple, do you want me to hand over Liyang to Zhu Yuanqi? ”

Ye Tian is a disciple of Zhou Mengfu, Zhou Mengfu abandoned Jiangning and did not hesitate to kill himself, and most of Ye Tian could not stay in Jiangning; At this time, Ye Tian had already made it clear to Ziyang Yalan that when the Liyang affair was over, he hoped that Jiang Ning would give him freedom.

Shao Ruyan said with a smile: "Zhu Yuanqi's neck is white and tender, and it must be very interesting to cut a knife." ”

Xu Ruyu glanced at her, stopped her from continuing to talk nonsense, endured it for a long time, and said to himself: "I hope that he has a bit of backbone and will not fall after a day, so I asked Zhang Xu to cut his head and send it to Jiangning. ”

Fang Su said solemnly: "Zhu Yuanqi should be Tu Yougong, after the Zhu clan dissolves the clan, Zhu Yuanqi should participate in Jiangning political affairs as an elected official according to the system, Liyang Zhu clan in addition to Zhu Tongshan, he will be the head, the election official will also be the captain, the first rank of the house, if you don't like him, after a few years, everyone will gradually forget about Liyang, and find a reason to send him away." ”

Xu Ruyu smiled and said, "Jiang Ning's canonical system is what you said to be looking for a reason? However, with his bad deeds in the past, obeying the law is tantamount to a cage for him. He turned to Tu Wenyong and said, "You need to remember that if you send this person away for me, don't annoy me near Jiangning." ”

Tu Wenyong couldn't help but smile and nodded to show that he remembered this in his heart. But Zhu Yuanqi also knew that his past bad deeds were difficult to please the upper echelons of Jiangning, and he was cautious all the time, and he was conscientious and conscientious when he was the official Jiangning. Under the persuasion of everyone, Xu Ruyu put away his temper and had a luncheon with Zhu Yuanqi, Ye Tian and others before leaving Liyang City and going to Tangyi Mountain.

Tangyi Mountain is only thirty miles away from Liyang City, and Wei Yu used the terrain to trap the 30,000 Liyang of Zhutong Mountain in the low-lying land at the southwest foot of Tangyi Mountain.

Xu Ruyu, under the escort of a thousand Qingfeng guards, crossed the Tangyi Mountain Pass and galloped straight into the joint venture at the northeast foot of Tangyi Mountain. Among the people who came to Liyang with Xu Ruyu's trip, in addition to the 1,000 Qingfeng Wei Jianyong and the accompanying officials, there were still more than 20 people who were involved in the record. Xu Ruyu's side of the Si Xi record is mostly selected from the children of wealthy families, beautiful appearance, gorgeous clothes, stepping down and riding are all good horses, Xu Ruyu gave the ink horse to Wei Yan, gave the green horse to Fan Wenlong, only rode a brown-maned horse, wearing ordinary azure cloth, and everyone was in the middle of the crowd It looked a little shabby.

Qin Zhongshu was not among the greetings, so he had to stand outside the gate with Feng Ge'er and watch the people of Jiangning gallop down from Tangyi Mountain from a distance.

Among the gorgeous clothes, Shao Ruyan's clothes are fluttering, Peicui is fighting, his sleeves are exposed, and his brilliance is like the beauty of the world's reading power; Although Shui Ruying is glamorous, it looks a little gloomy on Shao Ruyan's side.

Qin Zhongshu saw Shao Ruyan for the first time at this time, and his intuition was like being struck by thunder, and after a while, he came back to his senses and said: "Jiang Ningfeng said that Shao Ruyan's beauty is the first in the southeast. Looking at Xu Ruyu, Shao Ruyan and others galloping into the barracks surrounded by young people in Chinese costumes, he whispered: "Xu Ruyu is a handsome man, he deserves to be accompanied by beautiful women, and I don't ask for anything else, but I hope that I can also accompany the young man in Chinese costumes." ”

Feng Ge'er pushed him and said: "In the past, you were the secretary of the Si Xi record, and the official was Cuishi County, and you left without a reason, and then went to Xu Ruyu and said that you were willing to accompany you, which would only make people know the opportunity to beat you up." ”

Feng Ge'er also knew that Xu Ruyu's side of Si Xilu were all children of the family, and the children of the family were accompanied by disciple etiquette, and Xu Ruyu's teaching of martial arts and the art of war was one of the means for Xu Ruyu to strengthen the relationship with the family. When Qin Zhongshu was first elected as Si Xilu, if Kou Zichan said that it was not difficult to walk beside Xu Ruyu, but it was not easy at this time.

Qin Zhongshu said: "Although I am not talented, but I am willing to whip things, Xu Ruyu may not be able to refuse." Saying that, he went to the tent of the Chinese military camp, and the beggar handed the name card in, and after waiting for a while, the man put the name in front of Qin Zhongshu and said: "You told me that it was an old acquaintance of an adult, and I was reprimanded." "Holding the halberd pole, he expelled Qin Zhongshu from the big tent.

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