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In Chen Shen's eyes, the Jinling City built by Nan Chen with countless financial resources and manpower was like a huge cage, imprisoning him in this city and making him lose all his freedom.

Jiankang, the original capital of Southern Chen, was ordered to demolish the city and destroy the palace by Yang Guang, the king of Jin at that time, when the Sui army crossed the Yangtze River to destroy the Chen Dynasty 26 years ago. After that, the Sui Dynasty rebuilt Kang into Danyang County, and the original Chen Dynasty's capital Jiankang was only turned into a pile of rocks and ruins on the side of the Yangtze River.

Now, with the full strength of the restored Chen Dynasty Situ, Shangshu Zuo Servant Shot, and Generalissimo Shen Faxing, the brand-new Jinling City stands proudly on the Yangtze River again. The new capital was more majestic, stronger, and even more ornate.

The Xiangjiang River is with the river, by the mountains and rivers, Zhongshan Longpan, the stone tiger is located, and the mountains and rivers are beautiful. The ancient capitals of the Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin Dynasty, Southern Song, Qi, Liang and Chen dynasties were built here. As the center of Shen Faxing's careful management of Nan Chen, which actually held great power, the newly built Jinling City was very large, with four cities: the outer city, the inner city, the palace city, and the imperial city. Counting from the inner city alone, the circumference of the new Jinling City is more than 60 li, second only to Luoyang, the eastern capital of more than 70 li, and Chang'an, the western capital, and is the third largest capital city in the world. But if even the outer Guotu city wall of Jinling City is counted, the circumference of Jinling City is one hundred and twenty miles, far exceeding Luoyang and Chang'an.

Different from the Chang'an and Luoyang cities built by Yu Wenkai, they are neat and uniform, and the squares are distinct. This brand-new Jinling City is a completely different style. There are mountains, lakes, rivers, dense settlements, and even farmland. The Yangtze River is connected to the east and west, there is a stone city arch guard near the river, there is Hushu City across the river to connect and pass the north and south, the land route leads to the Quartet, and the waterway reaches the ocean. It can be described as made in heaven, and it can be compared with ordinary cities.

Although the outer city is nominally an earthen city wall, near the city gate and in important areas, the walls are also covered with city bricks, adding up to 40 miles.

When this new capital was built, Shen Faxing once said to him very proudly, "This is the first capital in the world, the capital that will never be hidden, and it is impregnable!" But Chen Shen didn't have the slightest love for this majestic, solid, and even gorgeous new capital. In his eyes, the new capital, which had to run for a day on horseback, was just a larger, stronger cage.

The city is high and strong, and this is the best prison!

The bells are ringing and the time is coming for another day. Under the guidance of countless eunuchs and palace maids, Chen Shen was like a wooden puppet, and stepped into the Fengtian Hall with the queen with an expressionless face.

Sitting on the golden dragon chair made of gold and inlaid with jewels and gemstones, Chen Shen only felt stiff. On the left side of his dragon chair throne, Empress Shen sat on the smaller chair wearing an equally gorgeous phoenix crown. He saw Empress Shen push the phoenix crown back and place it on the thick green silk. It didn't take long for her to pull forward again, and then spin around, as if it would make her more comfortable to wear. It's not easy to wear a phoenix crown, Chen Shen thought as he watched it, especially for a woman who was only fifteen years old.

Looking at Empress Shen's somewhat cramped and uneasy appearance, Chen Shen couldn't help but think of his mother Zhang Guifei. He still remembered that at that time, his father Empress Chen abandoned the government and loved his mother Zhang Guifei alone, and even Empress Shen ignored it for a long time. 's mother was very fond of her father, and then gradually intervened in the government affairs, and later, even to the point where national affairs were decided together on the knees of Zhang Guifei. If the princes and ministers did not obey the internal order, they would only be reprimanded by Zhang Lihua with a word. Therefore, the court did not know that there was Chen Shubao, but they knew that there was Zhang Lihua. …,

Chen Shen has been the emperor since he was the emperor, everything is not as he should be, and everything inside and outside is decided by Shen Faxing, the brother of the first wife. Even after Shen Faxing and others originally intended to set up their son Pojun as the crown prince, but they were rejected by their son. Shen Faxing simply took it upon himself to marry his deceased wife, Crown Princess Shen, who was only fourteen years old, to him and become his new queen.

Chen Shen understood the thoughts of Shen Faxing and the others, and knew that they wanted him to have a son with the Shen family, so that he could replace his son and break the army, become the crown prince of the Chen Dynasty, and completely reduce the Chen family to their puppet, so that they could manipulate it.

For these, Chen Shen saw it in his eyes, but he smiled in his heart. Although he was controlled and manipulated by Shen Faxing and other Jiangnan clans, he didn't care. In this life, he went through the chaos of the country, and finally became a courtier of the Sui Dynasty, far away in the frontier outside the Saiwai for more than 20 years, most of his life has passed, and he has long lost those rights in his heart. And he has always seen what his son has done in the past few years, and he has long known his son's choice. All he had in his heart was relief, but nothing else.

Jiangnan Chen Dynasty is just a ridiculous drama in his eyes. Shen Faxing and other Jiangnan clans wanted to act, so he accompanied him. Anyway, he believes that one day his son Pojun will truly reign in Jiangnan and regain the glory that belongs to the Chen family. But that's his son's business, Pojun has already chosen that path, and he also believes in his choice.

A few whips sounded, and the two eunuchs whipped open, and under the arch guard of a group of palace maids and eunuchs, Chen Shen saw Shen Faxing enter the hall with a baby who was still swaddling. He glanced at the baby with a flat gaze, it was his son with the Shen family, and he was also the younger brother of Po Jun. For this second son, who was canonized as the crown prince shortly after he was born, Chen Shen's eyes did not have any love and liking, but only a sense of indifference, and even a feeling of pity.

As soon as this child was conceived, Chen Shen already knew the fate of this child, a poor child, from his origin to everything after he was born, would be manipulated by others. This is a really poor child, born down, not only can the father not have access to the child, but even the biological mother Shen Hou can't nurse the child, he has long been placed in the East Palace and arranged by Shen Faxing to take care of it.

It's just a tool.

Hundreds of officials arrived, the palace supervised singing and drinking, and the civil and military officers shouted long live to the official mountain. After the ministers of the hall paid their respects, Shen Faxing sat on the lower right of the nearest Danqi, and bowed his hand slightly, "Your Majesty, the county lord of Danyang has just returned from the Central Plains, and he has important news to bring back." ”

"Shen Luoyan, the lord of Danyang County, greets my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" Shen Luoyan was dressed in a county lord crown uniform, and came with big makeup according to the grade. As soon as he entered the hall, he immediately respectfully greeted Chen Shen.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Chen Shen carefully looked at this niece who Shen Faxing had always planned to marry his son Pojun. Unlike the new Empress Shen, Shen Luoyan looks very much like the mother of the broken army who died more than 20 years ago. She was as tall and tall as the crown princess back then, and her skin was snow-white. And she also inherited most of the genetics of the Shen family's women, with long green hair, very bright eyes, a goose long face, and thin willow eyebrows. Maybe it was because she had just rushed back from the Central Plains, and there was still a hint of tiredness between her eyebrows.

"It's Danyang who is back, hurry up, did you just come back yesterday?" Chen Shen didn't have much disgust with this niece who almost became a daughter-in-law. Moreover, Shen Luoyan has a temperament that the Shen family generally does not have, especially with Queen Shen who is sitting on the side, there are two different people. Shen Luoyan felt atmospheric, and he had some temperament of his son breaking the army. However, Empress Shen has the general subtlety and cultivation of Jiangnan women, although she is gentle, she is less positive and more dull.

When Shen Luoyan got up, he looked up at his uncle, the puppet emperor who was manipulated and controlled by his father and the clans in Jiangnan. The two looked at each other, Chen Shen smiled slightly, and Shen Luoyan hurriedly lowered his head and stepped aside. At that moment, she already had a lot of good feelings for Chen Shen. She was a little unable to connect the puppet emperor who had been manipulated by the Jiangnan clan with Chen Shen she had just seen. When she saw Chen Shen's smile, it always reminded her of Chen Kefu, who had met several times. …,

Chen Shen and Chen Kefu, father and son, one is the puppet emperor of Jiangnan, and the other is an immortal hero in the north. One heaven and one earth, but he always felt that these two completely different people were very similar, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

"Your Majesty, the county lord of Danyang has just returned from the Central Plains, and she has already reached an alliance with Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Wei Dao'er, Li Mi and others on behalf of my Chen Dynasty to fight against Hebei together. But it's a pity that Wang Shichong first died at the hands of Li Yuan, and now Li Yuan died in Li Mi's military camp. Li Yuan's father and son died, and now the Li family is no longer mentionable, and Wang Shichong's son Xuan Ying also fell to Hebei. Shen Faxing's voice is very loud, and the big ones are a little rude.

It seems that a vulgar man shouted in front of the two armies, but he has an elegant appearance and temperament, although he is over fifty years old, he is recuperating very well. The body is slender, the demeanor is plump, and the hair on the head is still black and shiny, and there is not a trace of white hair in sight. The purple official robe on his body is even more gorgeous and neat, and even the five beards under the chin are trimmed very elegantly, which makes people marvel.

"Your Majesty, now that Wang Xuanying has fallen to Hebei, the Hebei Army and the Jianghuai Army have joined forces to cross the Yellow River in the south, and have now captured the six counties of Henan east of the canal. The army is in full swing, and my Chen Dynasty has lost Huaibei Xuzhou, and Jiangdu and other important towns. If the Hebei army defeats Li Mi again and captures the land of Henan, then the lips and teeth are cold, and their next target will be us. At that time, the Hebei Army sent troops from Henan and Shandong to attack the Huai River in an all-round way. If the Huai River is lost, the Yangtze River will be difficult to protect, and if the Yangtze River is lost, we will have no place to retreat. Your Majesty, the minister has discussed with the ministers of Shangshu Province, and is ready to respond to Li Mi's invitation to send troops north to Henan to attack Hebei! ”

Chen Shen watched Shen Faxing shouting loudly in the hall, his posture was arrogant, and there was not much expression on his face. He knew that under the arrogant surface of Shen Faxing, he had nearly half of the soldiers and horses of the current Chen Dynasty, and the support of most of the Jiangnan clans and Jiangdong Haoqiang. Listening to Shen Faxing's left Hebei and right Hebei, it seemed that everyone had forgotten that Hebei was in the hands of Chen Pojun.

asked his father to send troops to attack his son, but what he said was still so grandiose, Chen Shen only felt an urge to laugh.

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