A major event occurred in the fourth year of Hongwu, that is, the Yangtze River Water Battle that shocked the north and south of the Yangtze River, which directly drove the Jiangdong forces back to the south of the Yangtze River.

When Sima Rui first heard the news of the defeat, his mind was blank, and he was really stunned for a while before he reacted. He never thought that in just a few months, the Jiangdong Navy Division would experience two major defeats. Thinking of this, Sima Rui couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't change the fact that the distance between the north and the south was getting bigger and bigger.

If you don't think of other countermeasures, you will definitely end up in the future. With the constant harassment from the north, Sima Rui finally decided to move the administrative office to the inland of Jiangdong, preferably Wu County or Wuxing County. However, he also knew that this was not something he could decide alone, so Sima Rui immediately convened his staff to discuss.

"Chu Zhong, how should Maohong deal with the widow now?"

Sima Rui looked anxiously at his right-hand men, the Wang brothers, who lived in fear almost every day as Sima Shu in the north became stronger and stronger over the years, as one of the two most outstanding talents in the Sima family. Especially after the Jiangdong Navy Division was defeated again, Sima Rui even had the idea of escaping from Jiankang for a while.

"The only way to do this is to stick to Jiankang, strengthen the military strength of Quarry Rock, and prevent the north from moving south." Wang Dun spoke first, at this time he could be said to be very proud in his heart, every time he thought of the local scholars of Jiangdong with a sad face, he couldn't help but want to laugh for three days and three nights.

"Great King, it's not enough to just strengthen the defense line, the minister thinks that we should move all the administrative institutions under the Jin Wangfu from Jiankang as soon as possible, and choose another place to prevent accidents." Diao is Sima Rui's henchman, and he is actually his microphone.

"Move town? No way. Absolutely not, once the town is moved, it may cause panic among ordinary people, in case the north takes the opportunity to go south, if it loses Jiankang, who should bear the responsibility? Wang Dun immediately expressed his opposition, and of course he did not want Sima Rui to move to another place.

“…… For the way of the king, the people must be saved first, and if the people are harmed to serve their bodies, they will still cut off the shares to eat the belly, and the stomach will be full and the body will die. If you are at peace in the world, you must first be right. There is no body and shadow. Those who rule from above and chaos from below. Now the king abandoned Jiankang and the people, coveted his own comfort, abandoned the town and went south, and his actions were like a blind king......"

Why is Wang Dun weighted? It's not because he leads the military of Jingxiang and Hunan states. It is located just upstream of Jiankang. threatens Sima Rui, who sits in Jiankang, all the time. If once Sima Rui moved out of Jiankang. Out of Wang Dun's control, how can his power be guaranteed?

"Lord Wang, what are you talking about? Don't you know that Tu Zhong has been sent south from the north? The army under Sima Shu was planning to cross the Yangtze River to the south, and it was no longer safe for the king to stay in Jiankang under such circumstances. What are your thoughts when you oppose the king's evacuation of Jiankang so much? What's wrong with the king going south to avoid his edge? The trend of the world, avoiding the real and hitting the false, but this is the case. "Gu Rong, as the leader of the Jiangdong Shi clan, very much hopes that Sima Rui will move inland Jiangdong to get him out of the control of the northern Shi clan.

"Move the town to another place, the counties along the Yangtze River are equivalent to abandonment, when the northern army goes south and attacks the south bank of the Yangtze River, we will definitely be out of reach, and the Yangtze River defense line is in danger! The king's hegemony is in danger! ”

"For the country and the people, the great one. The technique is the Tao, and the party is the great technique. The first of the great arts, Taoguang is obscure. Ten years of sharpening a sword, out of the sword, a sword to seal the throat. The king temporarily allowed the north to be rampant for a while, and after we rested, we will definitely wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop and raise the prestige of our Jiangdong. ”

"The way to be a king begins with determination. If you don't have a will, you can't do it. Abandon Jiankang today, fear the enemy, how can you come from? ”

"Alright! Don't quarrel between the two, you can talk slowly if you have something to say. However, in the eyes of the widows, Jiankang City is no longer suitable as the location of the Jin Palace, and it will face the threat of the Northern Sailor at any time, so it is imperative to move the town! Let's think about it, where should we move the town? "For the sake of his own safety, Sima Rui is arbitrary.

Sure enough, as soon as Sima Rui's words fell, Wang Dun's face darkened, he didn't expect Sima Rui to give him so faceless, and directly refuted his opinion mercilessly, it seems that Sima Rui is a little dissatisfied with him, and wants to use the Jiangdong people to get rid of the Wang family's control over him. Thinking of this, an imperceptible cold color flashed in Wang Dun's eyes.

Although Director Wang was reluctant to move Sima Rui, considering the practical factors, he also believed that it was imperative to move the town. But where to move? The Jiangdong locals wanted Sima Rui to move his administrative office to Wu County or Wuxing County, two places where the local Jiangdong scholars were stronger, so that they could compete for leadership from the northern expatriate scholars.

As the leader of the Northern Shi Clan, Wang Dao had already discussed with the Xie family, the Cai family, the Chen family and other family heads, and was ready to let Sima Rui move to Huiji, and now all the forces of the northern Shi clan who moved south were concentrated in Huiji County.

"I wonder what the king has planned? Where are you going to move? ”

"The widow doesn't have a specific idea yet, do you have any thoughts for the minister? Maohong, where do you think it would be appropriate for us to relocate? Although Sima Rui has a goal in mind, he can't reveal his true thoughts too early.

"Well, from the perspective of the minister, it is best to move to Huiji County, which is located in the interior of Jiangdong and faces the sea in the east. On land, since the Yangtze River is relatively far away, we have enough room for maneuver and can establish several lines of defense along the way. In the event of an emergency in the future, we will be able to escape from the sea. ”

"Wang Sima, you are too ambitious for others, so you can destroy your own prestige! It is true that our sailors have just lost to the north, but this does not mean that we are not capable of fighting. Jiangdong inland is full of mountains, forests and rivers, and the northerners will definitely not adapt to the water and soil when they come to the south, and we have the advantage of the home field, and we may not lose to the north again if we go up and down. ”

Gu Rong expressed some dissatisfaction with what Director Wang said, but this was just a cover, his real purpose was to persuade Sima Rui to move to Wu County or Wuxing County.

"The great prince thinks that it is good for us to move to Wuxing County, where the economy is relatively developed, and the king will not suffer too much when he goes there. Just now, Wang Sima proposed to move to Huiji, hehe, it's not the minister who poured cold water on you, it is a real wild place, and it is harassed by the Shanyue people from time to time. ”

Jiangdong up and down about the Jin king to move the town has been in full swing, one said that the Jin king moved the town is to the north to show weakness, has been declining, one said that the move to the south is to protect the country, the future generations, and said that the south of the purple gas lingering, the blessing of the resort, the king of Jin lives in the south is shown by the heavens, should be followed, even more absurd is said that the king of Jin saw many beautiful women in the south of the Yangtze River, and moved the town to the south to facilitate him to collect beauty.

Wang Dun was the most opposed to moving the town, and on this point he not only fell out with the Jiangdong Shi clan, but also had a very unpleasant quarrel with the northern Shi clan. In Wang Dun's view, where is this to move the town, it is clear that it is to abandon the city and flee, the superior is afraid that the disaster in the north will spread to Jiankang, and it will be too late to leave, so he simply finds a reason to leave before the war comes, anyway, across the Yangtze River, even if the north comes over for a while and a half, it will not be able to hit Wu County or Huiji.

Wang Dun sat there angrily at first, but then he watched the two sides arguing on the sidelines, and thought it was very interesting, others knew that he was against moving the town, and they didn't pay much attention to him, and everyone knew that he was domineering, and many Jiangdong people didn't like to talk to Wang Dun.

"Big brother, you've been sitting here and pondering, but what do you think?" Just as Wang Dun was watching the play, his cousin Wang Dao came to sit down next to him, tilting his head slightly and looking ready to listen.

"What do I think! You can move wherever you like, what's the matter with me? Wang Dun said in his heart, seeing his brothers staring at him with bright eyes, he was embarrassed to say that he had been watching the play just now, and treated a group of them as if they were singing on the stage! I had to put on a warm smile and sarcastically said: "What do you think about my brother, I just listened to the words of everyone here and was convinced!" ”

Helplessly, Director Wang knows Wang Dun's ability, if it is said that Wang Dao thinks that he will not lose to Wang Dun in terms of governance, but Wang Dun is indeed better than him in terms of military strategy, this is a fact, so he plans not to let go of the other party, and asked: "If you let my brother choose, what will my brother think?" Just talk about it casually, don't take it too seriously. ”

Wang Dun thought about it, and suddenly the words of the current emperor Sima Shu when he was in the siege of the Western Capital popped up in his mind: no land, no compensation, no harmony, no tribute, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies! Great, Dajin!

"Well, well said!" Wang Dun suddenly slapped a palm on Director Wang's shoulder, and Director Wang was caught off guard and was stumbled by this palm. But seeing Wang Dun's face full of red light, he stood up excitedly, and clenched his hands into fists, "The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies, what a courage this is!" ”

Everyone was confused by Wang Dun's voice, especially the embarrassment on Sima Rui's face after hearing it, thinking that he wanted to move the town to avoid the threat from the north, and it was indeed not as good as the nephew Sima Shu who lived in the Luoyang Palace in the north. Director Wang knew that his brother was still angry at a glance, so he didn't say much, and in this way, at Sima Rui's insistence, everyone had to agree to move to Wuxing County.

When Sima Rui was busy moving the town, the Privy Council sent Zu Ti to Huainan on behalf of the emperor to inspect Huainan military affairs. Liu Kun, the governor of Huainan, led the generals to kneel on the ground with great interest and listened to Zu Ti read out the holy decree: "Fengtian carriers, the emperor's edict said: Liu Kun, the governor of Huainan, has been promoted to Zhonglang general with merit, and the rest of the soldiers at all levels have been promoted to one level, Qin this!" ”

"Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Governor Liu quickly invited, when he came, His Majesty told me to give me a good reward for the Huainan soldiers. This time, the imperial court was able to successfully take the important town of Tuzhong, thanks to the brave fighting of the Huainan soldiers. Zu Ti helped Liu Kun up, and then motioned for the others to stand up.

"Brother wants to hurt the younger brother! The younger brother never thought that it would be the elder brother who would come to read the will, go, go, let's go to the Governor's Mansion and have a good drink. (To be continued......)