Overnight, Luoyang City has undergone almost earth-shaking changes. However, all of them happened in the outer city, and for the subjects of the inner city of Luoyang, last night was just an ordinary night, and the day of the wedding of the empress and the king of the east was a peaceful day for everyone. Who knew that the next morning only knew that Luoyang City was almost lost under the strong attack of Yuzhou soldiers and horses last night.

Luoyang was still under martial law, and from the morning, the soldiers and horses sent by the Dongwangfu outside the city to attack the rear camp in Yuzhou were withdrawn one after another. At this time, in addition to cleaning up the mess, it is also necessary to stabilize the defense line, and no one dares to guarantee that the soldiers and horses in Yuzhou will not be re-defeated. The removal of corpses is also underway, and there were many injuries and illnesses last night, and even some civilians were dispatched to help. Originally, the palaces of these ministers were all in the inner city, and the situation in the outer city was not understood, and the time to enter the palace did not allow them to go outside the city to find out, and many things they only heard some rumors.

Han Jian had not rested, and when he entered the palace, the cleaning work under the inner city gate had not yet been completed. Originally, the gates would not be opened in a day or two, and it would not be a big deal to clean up for a longer time. When Han Jian entered the palace, he met many ministers, but none of them dared to come up and salute and ask what was going on. In the eyes of these ministers, Han Jian is like a stray star. It was the night of the marriage with the emperor, but it could make Luoyang City restless, whether yesterday's marriage was really held, or under the guise of paralyzing the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou, these people can't tell.

Han Jian went to Ye'an Pavilion, but Yang Rui got up early. She just sat in Ye'an Pavilion in civilian clothes, although she was a little lazy, but she had the style and majesty of an emperor.

Seeing Han Jian, Yang Rui complained: "It's another thing that doesn't discuss with the concubine, and before that, Master Gu came to report the situation." The concubine listened there like a fool, but from time to time she said a few words for her husband, and she always felt like a fool. Alas! But it's okay, this battle is finally won, if it loses, will even the palace be handed over to people now? ”

Han Jian sat down. Listening to Yang Rui's tone, although it was complaining, it seemed to be much calmer. Before the change, the two of them probably had already quarreled when this kind of thing happened. After officially getting married, Yang Rui has also restrained in his personality, but he can't judge whether this is a good thing.

The situation of last night's battle, if Han Jian told Yu Yang Rui, Yang Rui listened very carefully. When he learned that there were only three or four thousand soldiers and horses defending the city, Han Jian first gave up the garrison of the outer city and let the enemy enter the inner city. She herself was sweating. You must know that last night even most of the guards stationed in the palace were transferred to guard the city gate, Yuzhou soldiers and horses said that there was no siege baggage, but they couldn't stand up to the crowd, such a battle to defend the city, the defenders in the city were also killed and wounded, if it weren't for Han Jian personally sitting at the head of the city, maybe now she has either been martyred, or has fled from Luoyang to be her queen of the dead country.

"Have you sent troops and horses in pursuit right now?" After Yang Rui heard it. After learning that the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou fled south under the leadership of the commander Xu Yan, he couldn't help asking.

Han Jian shook his head slightly and said, "What is important now is to stabilize the position." The soldiers and horses of Yuzhou retreated. If you send troops to chase after you, it is easy to change. ”

Yang Rui also nodded and said, "Su Tingxia's men and horses, but they still threaten Luoyang?" ”

Han Jian said: "It has gone west. ”

Yang Rui said angrily: "Since Su Tingxia returned to Luoyang, he didn't enter Luoyang to worship me, and he didn't even send a message. Now go straight west through Luoyang, if he wants to remove the obstacles led by Xi'er first. Come back to Luoyang again, how should this be good? ”

Han Jian knew that in Yang Rui's heart, although he also had expectations for Su Tingxia, hoping that he was a loyal minister of the imperial court and could use his men and horses to stabilize the northern form, but after all, Yang Rui had prejudices against Su Tingxia before. Now it is almost impossible for Yang Rui to change his prejudice against Su Tingxia for a while.

"Even if Su Tingxia's men want to annex the prince's men. I'm afraid it's going to be easy. The people of Xiwangfu have already annexed the front line of Guanzhong, and any rash move by Su Tingxia will only be a mistake before and after, after all, there are still General Lin's men and horses, right? Han Jian gave Yang Rui a reassuring pill.

Yang Rui nodded, it was almost the third pole of the day now, and it was time to meet the courtiers. Originally, after getting married, Yang Rui was going to go to the main hall of the palace to accept the worship of the military generals of Wenchen, but now Luoyang has just experienced a war, and many generals are still on the front line and have not yet returned, so some things should be simple. Yang Rui met the courtiers in Ye'an Pavilion, which was also the first time that Han Jian met the military generals of Wenchen as an imperial husband.

Han Jian's chair was moved to the side of Yang Rui's desk, so that although it seemed that Han Jian was the second, no one dared to underestimate it, everyone knew that it was Han Jian who was really in charge of Luoyang now and not Yang Rui as the emperor, and many things had to be played by the East King first.

The simple routine meeting lasted only half an hour. When the ministers came in to see him, Yang Rui asked some questions about the government as usual, and naturally brought the topic to the question of how to reward the three armies.

The new victory of the Dongwang army, not only the victory of Lin Zhan's department in Beichuan City in the north, but also the Su Tingxia department, as well as the men and horses in the city who had just resisted the invasion of Yuzhou, all needed a batch of money and food to reward. Since ancient times, soldiers have worked their lives the most practically, and whoever gives them food and rewards for their military exploits will be rewarded more, then they will work for whomever they want. But at present, the imperial court has long been dragged down in several fronts, and it is quite unrealistic to allocate a large amount of money to reward the three armies.

Ning Yuan, who was the secretary of the ministry, said: "...... It is better to send the criminals of the Bohai Kingdom as slaves, reward the soldiers of the three armies, and use the soldiers of the three armies as slaves, and then use the finance and taxes of Hedong and Zhen'an as rewards and distribute them to the army, so that the officers and soldiers of the three armies will be grateful for His Majesty's kindness. ”

Yang Rui frowned, originally when the people of the Bohai State moved inward, she was already preparing to send the people of the defeated country into slavery according to the old practice, which would also help restore agricultural and animal husbandry production around Luoyang. But this was opposed by Han Jian, and he quarreled with Han Jian about it at that time. After that, the two of them each took a step back, and the Bohai nationals who were moved into the interior in the early stage were all handed over to the local government, while those who moved inland later settled in the northern part of the Yellow River to supplement the local population losses due to the plundering of the Xianbei people. Now Ning Yuan suddenly said that the problem of the criminals of the Bohai State was tantamount to putting the contradiction on the surface again.

"It's not right." Yang Rui didn't say anything, but Han Jian on the side spoke first, "The criminals of the Bohai Kingdom have moved south to break the cost of Zhouzhang, and the soldiers of the three armies want a reward that can be seen and touched. If not, some of the land around Luoyang will be rewarded to the officers and soldiers of the three armies, and each will be rewarded according to his merits. In addition, a list of promoted soldiers was drawn up based on military merits, and the rewards of military rank were distributed to the army in the near future. What do you think? ”

Yang Rui listened to the opinions of both sides, and she didn't care too much about it. If you want to talk about the reward for the soldiers of the three armies, even if she speaks, the soldiers will not think of her kindness, and the soldiers and horses of the East King Mansion listen to the orders of the East King. The allegiance is also to the king of the east, and it is empty to say that he is working for the court. On the contrary, if there is an unfair reward, the soldiers of the three armies will think that she, the emperor, has not done a good job of rewarding. In the end, there was a thought in the hearts of the soldiers, that is, Yiqiē should be loyal to the Eastern Palace, but it was a matter for the imperial court to reward him after the battle.

"The East King is in charge of the reward, and I'm a little tired. That's all for today's business! Yang Rui suddenly wanted to go back to the dormitory earlier, she was a newlywed Yan'er, and she felt upset when she encountered so many things, and she could only suppress it when she suddenly had anger in her heart.

The ministers saluted and parted. And Han Jian was going to personally help Yang Rui back to the dormitory, but Yang Rui waved his hand and said: "Husband, it's better to go to appease the soldiers of the three armies earlier, don't cause any more trouble." ”

waited for Han Jian to leave the palace, but saw that the ministers had already gone back separately, but Ning Yuan was still waiting for him.

"Your Highness, this is a matter of rewarding the three armies...... Ning Yuan looked worried, as if he was worried about the world first, and he shouldn't have to worry about these things.

"Ning Shangshu is a secretary of the ministry. When do you have to worry about rewarding the three armies, and mention the sinful people of the Bohai State in front of Your Majesty? Han Jian asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Ning Yuan was speechless. If these things have nothing to do with him, it is not, although he is a secretary of the ministry, but how to say that he is also the second auxiliary minister of the imperial court, as the right and left hand of the first auxiliary minister Gu Weipan, he has reason to worry about the rewards of the imperial court, but the content he mentioned. It was contrary to Han Jian's attitude before, and his attitude was also different from the face he had always looked at both sides of the court and the Dongwang Mansion before, as if he was deliberately creating problems and contradictions for Han Jian and Yang Rui.

Han Jian patted Ning Yuan on the shoulder and said, "Ning Shangshu is still worried about his own affairs, there are a number of ministers in the imperial court, and Ning Shangshu has to worry a lot about the assessment!" ”

"Yes, yes." Ning Yuan responded. I was also guessing in my heart who those ministers of Han Jianshou were. This kind of thing is easy to guess, but some civil servants or supervisors who were transferred back from the army, these people are civilian officials in the army, and after returning to the imperial court after having military exploits, they can either start from the six departments of the three courts, or at least they can mix up an official position in the local area, which itself is also related to the matter of rewarding the three armies.

Originally, Han Jian was about to leave, but Ning Yuan suddenly approached Han Jian and said in a low voice: "Your Highness knows that the Southern Dynasty intends to appoint the eldest princess as the crown prince, and now the eldest princess of the Southern Dynasty can be in my Luoyang City, Your Highness has to guard against it!" ”

Han Jian was also stunned suddenly, although this was not a secret to him, but how could Ning Yuan know?

Han Jian learned that he learned from Sima Yi, and Sima Yi only based on his understanding of Xiao Ling, the king of Hui, and according to Sima Qi's meaning, he would propose this proposal to Xiao Ling after Xiao Ling quelled the Jinling Rebellion. But Ning Yuan actually knew the movements of the Southern Dynasty before the news reached the north, which was a bit not simple, Ning Yuan was not a roundworm in Xiao Ling's stomach no matter how he said it, and after thinking about it for a while, could it be that Ning Yuan had some contact with some people in the Southern Dynasty?

Although this idea is a bit absurd, after all, even Xiao Ling's cronies can't know that Xiao Ling will not ascend the throne in person and will let his little niece Xiao Zhan inherit the throne, but Ning Yuan is officially reminding him that according to Ning Yuan's meaning, this should be a "kind" reminder, and there should be no malicious intent. This made Han Jian puzzled, either Ning Yuan didn't say anything when he learned about it, or he didn't know anything, but if he knew that he still mentioned it in front of him, he should realize that he would think about it more, how could he feel as if he had made a meritorious service so easily? Ning Yuan is not a faint minister who only has the heart to invite merit and has no foresight, with Han Jian's understanding of Ning Yuan's old treacherous and cunning, this is a person who will do anything for the sake of the end, and I think that he gave his daughter and granddaughter to him as a concubine to illustrate this problem.

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Han Jian pretended not to know, but nodded slightly, "Then you should really be on guard." However, this king wants to be powerful, and he will not personally ascend the throne as the emperor, and Ning Shangshu is worried. ”

Ning Yuan nodded again, but his face showed disapproval, obviously he was very sure of Xiao Ling's intention to support Xiao Zhan to ascend the throne.

Waiting to separate from Ning Yuan, Han Jian was also thinking about this question, where did the person who gave Ning Yuan this news behind him know about it, could it be that there were masters around Ning Yuan who had already guessed this? But even he wouldn't have thought in advance that Xiao Ling would actually give up the throne to Xiao Zhan, who was taking refuge in the north, and only Sima Yi's people around Xiao Ling could analyze or admonish him, and the people around Ning Yuan wanted to guess in advance and said it so conclusively, it was too unbelievable.

The city was almost ready by sunset in the afternoon, and the bodies and wounded had been carried away. And Han Jian went directly to the inner city to secretly imprison the southern king Yang Luochuan to see the southern king himself, Yang Luochuan wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the city to escape from the city, but he didn't expect to be noticed by the secret agents of the Dongwang Mansion, and then took it down, which also happened to make the Zhennan Marquis jealous of the imperial court, so that he still only dared to garrison troops in the past two months and did not dare to advance lightly. It was only after Zhennanhou returned to Yuzhou that a Xu Yan would completely provoke the contradictions.

Yang Luochuan's state is very bad, when he lived in Luoyang before, he was comfortable and carefree as the prince's minister, and Han Jian also respected him as the lord of Yuzhou or Yang Li'er's father, and his son's maternal grandfather, and he respected him very much. But after he made a trick of the golden cicada to get out of his shell, it was already destined that the two had turned against each other, and Han Jian didn't need to keep a good face on Yang Luochuan anymore, after tracking down Yang Luochuan's whereabouts, he simply imprisoned him, so that he would not see the light of day in order to prevent Nanwangfu from finding it in the capital.

"Virtuous son-in-law, don't come unharmed?" Although Yang Luochuan's spirit was very sluggish, he still kept a smile on his face after seeing Han Jian. There is no inferiority complex and panic that a prisoner should have.

Han Jian smiled, but sat down on the chair prepared for him on the side, separated from the straw mat where Yang Luochuan was sitting. Yang Luochuan's hands and feet were bound by iron chains, and someone came to bring him food every day, but the dungeon was only lit by a dim oil lamp, if the oil lamp was accidentally blown out, he might have to be in the dark for several hours. Yang Luochuan is not afraid of this kind of life, Han Jianxin said that this is also a hero who can bend and stretch. (To be continued......)