Chen Yingliang's road to stay in the eastern capital started not badly, with the support of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and the two deputies left and right to stay in Yuan Wendu and Duan Da also cooperated more cooperatively, plus the support of Wenxi Pei's henchmen and Fan Zigai's old department, so Chen Yingliang quickly integrated into this important role, and was able to lead civil and military officials into the palace to meet Yang Tong in a decent manner, and he was also able to sit in the imperial city like a dog, acting in charge of the military, political and civil affairs of the eastern capital Luoyang and Henan County, as if he had really been in charge of the eastern capital Luoyang.

That's the end of it, age and seniority are always Chen Yingliang's fatal wounds, even if he maintains the due respect and obedience to Chen Yingliang on the surface, but the civil and military officials in the eastern capital are not convinced that Chen Yingliang, who is left behind at the age of twenty, still grabs a handful, plus Chen Yingliang has always shown his gentle and magnanimous hypocrisy, and his character is far less cruel and vicious than that of the old Bole Fan Zigai - killing officials and killing the people is like mowing grass, and the deterrent effect on officials at all levels in the eastern capital is insufficient, so it is very fast, All kinds of drawbacks began to emerge gradually.

The biggest drawback is that the decree is not smooth, Chen Yingliang issued various decrees and decrees in the honor of staying behind, it is almost difficult to get the implementation of the fingers, the situation of officials at all levels procrastination and slackness is very, passively confronting Chen Yingliang's command orders, plus Yuan Wendu and Duan Da also intentionally or unintentionally made trouble, deliberately issued orders contrary to Chen Yingliang's decree as a deputy left-behind, the government decree can not be unified, even if the officials who have the intention to do things are at a loss, in the end, no matter how good the decrees and regulations promulgated by Chen Yingliang are, they can't get out of the imperial city. I can't even get out of Miyagi, it's empty.

After all, he is already a human being in two lifetimes, and of course such a situation has long been expected by Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang did not rush to take action, and chose to temporarily make peace with these people, while secretly collecting all kinds of needed intelligence information, while making every effort to encircle the old Fan Zigai represented by Lu Chu, Wei Anshi and others, as well as the accomplice lackeys left by the Pei brothers, first consolidate their basic plates, and then try to forge ahead, and establish their own brutal and obscene authority in the eastern capital.

The opportunity came in waiting, in mid-August, an edict came from Jiangdu, saying that Emperor Yang of Sui had arrived at the palace in Jiangdu, Chen Yingliang took the opportunity to instigate Yang Tong to hold a celebration to celebrate Emperor Yang of Sui's safe arrival in Jiangdu, and also wished Emperor Yang of Sui a healthy body and a long life.

As Chen Yingliang expected, a celebration was also held for this big thing, and hundreds of officials were pulled to the door of the Great Cause Hall to bask in the sun. As a result, this also fell into Chen Yingliang's poisonous plan, while instigating Yang Tong to recite in public the blessings of Emperor Yang of He Sui and Emperor Yang for the health of the Holy Body written by Fang Xuanling himself, and at the same time instructed Pei Yun to leave his sword and pen imperial history to collect the faults of the officials, especially the faults of those civil and military officials who deliberately acted against him, even if he farted and sneezed, it was impeached as a crime.

Then naturally, on the second day, those civil and military officials who deliberately worked against Chen Fuliang were soon dumbfounded, and in the face of the impeachment of the conclusive imperial history, they could only obediently plead guilty - disrespecting Emperor Yang of Sui is not a small crime, Chen Yingliang also took the opportunity to kill, and directly dismissed the two officials who were the most strict against him, cut down his post for the people, and cleaned up more than a dozen officials who disobeyed him in one go, demoted those who were demoted, and those who were fined were punished, and took the opportunity to install obedient people in some key positions. Then he also wrote the situation into a concert and sent someone to send Jiangdu to report to Emperor Yang of Sui, so that these people didn't even have a chance to cry out for injustice.

After this hand, the hundred officials of the Eastern Capital finally saw Chen Yingliang's vicious side, and began to understand that Chen Yingliang, who hid a knife in his smile, may be more difficult than the original Emperor Fan Zigai of the Eastern Capital, and the situation of Chen Yingliang's disobedience to Yang has also been greatly reduced, and the promulgation and implementation of the decrees of the Eastern Capital have gradually become smoother. Chen Yingliang struck while the iron was hot, and took advantage of Duan Da's weak and timid personality, while secretly letting him know the mistakes of Duan Da he had collected, in order to show his threat, while desperately trying to win over Duan Da, and all kinds of interests were constantly being exchanged, and as a result, the weak Duan Da really began to be obedient quickly, and the other deputy left-behind Yuan Wen was lonely, and the threat to Chen Yingliang was even smaller.

While trying to consolidate power, Chen Yingliang certainly did not forget to attach importance to the army, often went to the army to command training, and also took the opportunity of training to let his cronies serve as temporary commanders to preside over the training, so as to override Yun Dingxing, Huangfu Wuyi and Baye Gang and other eastern generals in the future, but Chen Yingliang did not dare to be too presumptuous in this matter, basically only strengthened the control of the second-line army, and Chen Yingliang, the elite team under the command of Yun Dingxing and Baye Gang and others, did not move for the time being, so as to avoid irritating them too much, Therefore, the army that Chen Yingliang was able to really control in a short period of time was still his own old army and some of the elite of the right military guard, and his control over other armies was not strong.

In addition to letting Yuan Tiangang continue to preside over the development of weapons, Chen Yingliang also discovered a genius craftsman named Cui Hongdan under the discovery of Yuan Tiangang and the recommendation of Fang Xuanling, and because this Cui Hongdan can make a trebuchet operated by fourteen people and an eight-shot bed crossbow (historical facts), Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and immediately recommended him to a Shaofu official position, and received income to help Yuan Tiangang make weapons for future use.

Some friends must ask, isn't Yun Dingxing also a craft genius? Why didn't Chen Yingliang let him also participate in the development and manufacture of new weapons? There are two answers, one is that Yun Dingxing's current official position is too high, and it is not appropriate for him to be a craftsman, and the other is that Chen Yingliang is really a little uneasy about General Yun's character, and he doesn't dare to let him know his secret hole cards, so Chen Yingliang specially explained to Yuan Tiangang, and can only ask Yun Dingxing for help in details, and is not allowed to let Yun Dingxing know what Yuan Tiangang is making.

Busy, the time has unconsciously entered September, as Li Mi expected, the place where Emperor Yang of Sui's dragon boat fleet passed, sure enough, was immediately everywhere, the people who could not bear the heavy taxes of hard labor and did not even have food for the winter, they rose up one after another, raised the banner to rebel, even Chen Yingliang once ruled the territory of the county is also the people have become poor, the situation is a mess, the Wagang army holding high the anti-Sui Yi banner took the opportunity to expand the team, desperately recruit and absorb small groups of righteous army, expand the scale of the Wagang army, Li Mi also gained the trust and attention of Zhai Rang, the leader of Wagang, because of his good advice and the successive successes in lobbying friendly troops to join Wagang, and gradually became the second person in the Wagang army.

In order to further strengthen Wagang, and also to hinder the development and growth of Chen Yingliang, a terrible opponent, Li Mi found an opportunity to have a long talk with Zhai Rang, and pointed out to Zhai Rang: "Great King, now the four seas are restless, the people are boiling, our main activities in the Liang County, Dong County and Jiyin area, the population has been greatly reduced, and the land has almost been abandoned. The soldiers and civilians had to rely on the plundering of the Tongji Canal to replenish their food, and there would often be a shortage of grain and grass, and if this continued, our situation would inevitably be not good. ”

"yes, that's what worries me the most." Zhai Rang nodded in agreement, and said: "The grain in Wagangzhai is only available for more than half a month, and now there is nowhere to get food in the local area. ”

"Therefore, my lord, we must not sit and wait for death, nor can we only open up the idea of saving the canal and draining grain." Li Mi took the opportunity to say: "According to the student's opinion, we should march to Xingyang, first take the Jindi Pass, overlook the hinterland of Xingyang, Xingyang is too weak and incompetent, and will inevitably only defend the county to govern the city, so that not only the grain in the north of the Tongji Canal will inevitably be all obtained by our army, but the county warehouses in the hinterland of Xingyang will also become our palms, with these grain and grass materials as the backing, we can strengthen the team and establish more great causes." ”

"Pushan Gong's idea is a good idea, but can we defeat Jindi Pass?" Zhai Rang asked with some concern.

"Don't worry, the students have already planned." Li Mi smiled slightly, took out a stack of map books, and showed off to Zhai Rang: "The student has long had the intention of persuading the king to take the Jindi Pass in the west, so he has already started to collect all kinds of intelligence information about the Jindi Pass. ”

After seeing the information on Jindi Pass that Li Mi had spent a lot of effort to collect, and listening to Li Mi's plan to break the pass and the various benefits after breaking the pass, Zhai Rang finally made up his mind to personally lead five thousand elites to the west, with Li Mi as his staff officer, and quickly raided the Jindi Pass in the west of Wagangzhai, while Zhai Hong and Xu Shichang led the main force to follow. As a result, the war went so smoothly that even Li Mi couldn't believe it, the Wagang army had just climbed the wall with a simple flying ladder at night, and the greedy guard Zhang Jiuji had already opened the west gate and abandoned the pass, and the defenders of Guanzhong also fled, and some defenders who were dissatisfied with the imperial court directly opened the gate to welcome the Wagang army into the pass, and it took only three days from the dispatch of the troops, and the Wagang army took the steep Jindi Pass at a small price, and took the Guancheng of Jindi Pass as a foothold, looking down on the hinterland of Liang County, which was not dangerous to defend. It also completely controls the mouth of the Yellow River connected by the Tongji Canal.

The next situation continued to be Li Mi's material, as a relative of the emperor, Yang Qing, the king of Xingyang Taishou Xun, really did not have the courage to counterattack to recapture Jindi Pass, and chose to concentrate on defending the county to govern the city, and Shangshujiang asked Emperor Yang of Sui for help, and what made Li Mi smile even more was that Yang Qing didn't know whether it was water in his head or what the reason was, even Zhang Xutuo Yang Qing, who was far away in Qi County, sent a messenger for help, but he did not ask for help from the eastern capital and Chen Yingliang at the first time. Therefore, when Chen Yingliang received the news that the Wagang army had broken through the Jindi Pass, the main force of the Wagang army had already crossed the Jindi Pass and entered the interior of Xingyang County in an endless stream.

Li Mi's hand happened to be stuck in Chen Fuliang's most uncomfortable rhythm, just a few days after he became the Eastern Capital, the internal instability, the people's hearts were not attached, Chen Fuliang just wanted to immediately send troops to counterattack and had to weigh the consequences. At the same time, the news that made Chen Fuliang vomit blood suddenly came - the thief head Lishan Fei who raised troops in Zhuo County, sent his subordinate Zhen Zhai'er to cross the Taihang Mountain, and supported more than 100,000 people to enter Taiyuan County, Fan Zigai sent his troops to meet Pan Changwen, but Pan Changwen was killed by Zhen Zhai'er's army on the battlefield, Taiyuan Sui army was defeated, and the loss was not small, Zhen Zhai'er took the opportunity to take Shiai and Shouyang counties, too anxious, and the Fenshui area that was pacified by Chen Fuliang also reappeared in the thief chaos, but Fan Zigai was old and sick. Unable to personally lead the army to fight, he could only send his deputy Gao Junya to lead the army to meet the battle, but he still did not know the victory.

When the east and north were in an emergency at the same time, the time to test Chen Fuliang's stay in the eastern capital also came, and when he hurriedly convened the staff think tank to discuss countermeasures, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng and others gave Chen Yingliang a very dangerous proposal, saying: "Stay behind, we can concentrate on preventing changes in the north, don't worry about the east, Xingyang County is also in the hands of Zhang Xutuo, the ambassador of the twelve counties, where something happens Zhang Xutuo is responsible for cleaning up, and the strength in Zhang Xutuo's hands is enough to recover Jindi Pass and clean up the Wagang thieves, so we don't need to worry about it anymore." ”

"But we have to take care of it over there." Fang Xuanling said again: "Fan Liushou is your brother Bole, and he is as kind to you as a mountain, now he is old and sick, and Taiyuan County is vast, which is the ideal place for the thief army to wander around, if the thief army is allowed to sit there, the consequences will be unimaginable." Sending troops to Taiyuan County as soon as possible can not only prevent the thief army from getting bigger, but also repay Fan Liu's kindness to you, killing two birds with one stone. ”

As a traverser, seeing the name of the Dahai Temple in the southeast of Jindi Pass on the map, Chen Yingliang had a feeling of hesitation and indecision, and wanted to let history develop according to the original trajectory, but thinking of Zhang Xutuo's tired figure, as well as his earnest teaching and care for himself, Chen Yingliang had a feeling of unbearable feelings.

"Stay, what's wrong with you? Why don't you speak? ”

Wei Zheng's voice summoned Chen Yingliang back to reality, and after coming back to his senses, Chen Yingliang thought about it again, and then said: "Xingyang County is adjacent to Henan County, once the Wagang thieves sit in the hinterland of Xingyang, they will inevitably threaten the security of the eastern capital, I mean, you might as well go east and then west, first send troops to help King Xun and Ambassador Zhang Xutuo break the Wagang thieves, and then go back to help Fan Liushou not too late." Fortunately, Fan Liushou did not ask us for help directly, Gao Junya is also more competent, Taiyuan is not too dangerous for the time being, and we still have time to return to the army. ”

Although he knew that Chen Yingliang would make the army tired easily, but seeing that Chen Yingliang had the heart to save Xingyang, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others still nodded in agreement, and then Fang Xuanling said again: "Brother Xian, you don't have to go before now, now you are shouldering the heavy responsibility of staying in the Eastern Capital, and your every move involves the safety of the Eastern Capital, if you want to personally lead the troops to reinforce Xingyang, it is best to go to Jiangdu first and ask for His Majesty's consent." ”

"You can also ask His Royal Highness the King of Yue for permission to send an army to rescue Xingyang." Wei Zheng also said: "In this way, you don't have to bear the dangerous consequences of leaving the Eastern Capital without permission, but you can also reduce the pressure on Xingyang and buy time for Ambassador Zhang to come to the west." ”

Feeling that Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng's construction was reasonable, Chen Yingliang also adopted them all, and the next day he entered the palace to face Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and asked to send an army east out of the Tiger Prison Pass to reinforce Yang Qing. However, to Chen Yingliang's surprise, Yang Tong and the two deputy guards Yuan Wendu and Duan Da all felt that there was no need to rush to reinforce Xingyang, and Yuan Wendu also said: "Chen Xiongqu, His Royal Highness King Xun only informed us of the situation in Xingyang in an official document, and did not ask us for help, which is enough to prove that the situation in Xingyang is not very critical, and we don't need to send reinforcements to him immediately." ”

"Yes, Chen Xiongqu, it's better not to act rashly." Duan Da, who has gradually attached himself to Chen Yingliang recently, also said: "The armies of the Eastern Capital are added together, and there are more than 80,000 people in reputation, but there are not many real core elites among them, Chen Xiongqu, you are a person who knows the soldiers, you should know how dangerous it will be to send the second-line army to the field, if the elite is sent to reinforce Xingyang, the eastern capital is equivalent to the same as Yang Xuangan's rebellion, only some second-line troops are left to guard, if there is any accident in the hinterland of the eastern capital, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

As long as there is no war, the soldiers will be sent home every once in a while, and every once in a while they will be summoned to assemble in the army, and they will be tossed back and forth, the training time is simply insufficient, the battlefield experience is even less, and the combat effectiveness is far less than the standing soldiers under the command of Zhang Xutuo and Wang Shichong, who are semi-warlords. is still the elite of the old army he brought from Qian Peng-other troops, Chen Yingliang really doesn't dare to trust him with important tasks now.

"General, if you are really worried about the situation in Xingyang, we can ask my grandfather for his opinion." Yang Tongjian said: "If my grandfather agrees that you will personally lead the army to reinforce Xingyang, we will not stop you, but the eastern capital is too important here, as a left-behind guard, without your grandfather's holy decree, it is best not to act rashly." ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Yingliang finally accepted Yang Dong's construction, and decided to seek the opinion of Emperor Yang of Sui first, and then Chen Yingliang mentioned the Taiyuan war again, but Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu, Duan Da and others still mentioned that they would report to Emperor Yang of Sui first and ask for the opinion of Emperor Yang of Sui, and Chen Yingliang, who still had a lot of internal problems, had no choice but to nod his head and say good, fortunately, the situation in Taiyuan was not very critical, and Fan Zigai had not officially written for help, so Chen Yingliang didn't need to worry too much for a while.

In this way, under the condition that he did not dare to leave the Eastern Capital without authorization, Chen Fuliang could only solicit the opinions of Emperor Yang of Sui to act, and when Fang Xuanling wrote a chapter for Chen Yingliang to sign, Chen Fuliang couldn't help muttering sullenly, "It's really better to be in Qian Peng, at that time, at least I can recruit and train armed township soldiers by myself, and the five counties in charge can go there if I want to, which is much more free than staying in the Eastern Capital now." ”

"Of course." Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Brother Xian, when you were in Peng, you drew on a blank piece of paper, and you could draw as you wanted, of course, you could do whatever you wanted. Now that you are in the Eastern Capital, you are in the framework of the officialdom of the Eastern Imperial Court, of course, you are tied to everything and your feet are tied everywhere. ”

"I want to smash these frames!" Chen Yingliang muttered in a low voice, but after muttering, Chen Fuliang was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: "Yes, why didn't I think of smashing these frames and letting me build them from scratch and rebuild them as I want?" These frames, even if I can't smash them, I can borrow someone else's hand to smash them. ”

Thinking about this idea, Chen Yingliang sent someone to send the concert out on a fast horse, but because Tongji Canal was controlled by the Wagang army, he could only pass the edict of the concert through the Guò land post station, and Chen Yingliang waited for thirteen days before receiving a reply from Emperor Yang of Sui. The answer is also very simple, let Chen Yingliang stay in the eastern capital honestly, ensure the safety of the eastern capital Luoyang, and do not act rashly without a holy decree, the matter of the Wagang thieves attacking Xingyang County will naturally be solved by Zhang Xutuo! Personally lead the army to reinforce Xingyang, we will not stop it, but the eastern capital is too important here, as a left-behind guard, without your grandfather's holy decree edict, it is best not to act rashly. ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Yingliang finally accepted Yang Dong's construction, and decided to seek the opinion of Emperor Yang of Sui first, and then Chen Yingliang mentioned the Taiyuan war again, but Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu, Duan Da and others still mentioned that they would report to Emperor Yang of Sui first and ask for the opinion of Emperor Yang of Sui, and Chen Yingliang, who still had a lot of internal problems, had no choice but to nod his head and say good, fortunately, the situation in Taiyuan was not very critical, and Fan Zigai had not officially written for help, so Chen Yingliang didn't need to worry too much for a while.

In this way, under the condition that he did not dare to leave the Eastern Capital without authorization, Chen Fuliang could only solicit the opinions of Emperor Yang of Sui to act, and when Fang Xuanling wrote a chapter for Chen Yingliang to sign, Chen Fuliang couldn't help muttering sullenly, "It's really better to be in Qian Peng, at that time, at least I can recruit and train armed township soldiers by myself, and the five counties in charge can go there if I want to, which is much more free than staying in the Eastern Capital now." ”

"Of course." Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Brother Xian, when you were in Peng, you drew on a blank piece of paper, and you could draw as you wanted, of course, you could do whatever you wanted. Now that you are in the Eastern Capital, you are in the framework of the officialdom of the Eastern Imperial Court, of course, you are tied to everything and your feet are tied everywhere. ”

"I want to smash these frames!" Chen Yingliang muttered in a low voice, but after muttering, Chen Fuliang was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: "Yes, why didn't I think of smashing these frames and letting me build them from scratch and rebuild them as I want?" These frames, even if I can't smash them, I can borrow someone else's hand to smash them. ”

Thinking about this idea, Chen Yingliang sent someone to send the concert out on a fast horse, but because Tongji Canal was controlled by the Wagang army, he could only pass the edict of the concert through the Guò land post station, and Chen Yingliang waited for thirteen days before receiving a reply from Emperor Yang of Sui. The answer is also very simple, let Chen Yingliang stay in the eastern capital honestly, ensure the safety of the eastern capital Luoyang, and do not act rashly without a holy decree, the matter of the Wagang thieves attacking Xingyang County will naturally be solved by Zhang Xutuo!