Chapter 624: The Northern Question

Lin Ke did these things just to please Yang Rui, but he never expected that no matter how much he wanted to do, the king would be ruthless, and now he was not only dismissed, but also ordered to go to the gate of the East Palace.

Thinking that there was someone "meditating on himself" in front of his house all day long, Han Jian felt a little disgusted when he thought about it.

After Yang Rui finished speaking, he looked at Han Jian again and asked, "King Dong, what do you think of my decision?" ”

"The minister didn't dare to discuss His Majesty's decision, but he thought about it...... Are some of the penalties excessive? ”

Yang Rui glanced at Han Jian, which seemed to be saying, what do you still say that you dare not talk about it, so what else do you say?

"Does the East King think it's a punishment?" Yang Rui said, "I think it's a chance for Lin Shilang to meditate on himself and meditate on himself. If you think it's inappropriate, I think it's ...... You also need to think about it. ”

Han Jian knew that Yang Rui was making things difficult for him, so he saluted and said, "Your Majesty has decided wisely, and the minister seconded it." ”

Yang Rui nodded with satisfaction and said, "Lin Shilang is done, you can go to hand it over, and I will think about it tomorrow before going to the East Palace!" I'm a little tired, and I don't see the courtiers anymore, and I don't allow anyone to disturb me anymore. ”

After Yang Rui finished speaking, it seemed that he had given an order to evict customers. Han Jian and Lin Ke could only go out of the palace first.

On the way out of the palace, Lin Ke has been following Han Fitness, but he deliberately did not come closer. Lin Ke also knows his own situation, and now it is difficult for both sides to be a person, and this official is not interesting. If Yang Rui didn't quit him, he would want to resign himself. But now the official has lost a small matter, but he can't accept it before going to the East Palace, thinking about it in front of the palace gate, it can be regarded as "the emperor's grace", but thinking about it before going to the East Palace, it doesn't make sense at all.

Lin Ke didn't take the initiative to come forward, and Han Jian didn't bother to talk nonsense with him.

After leaving the palace, Han Jian didn't even look back. Directly got on the horse and left, and Lin Ke could still be heard sighing at some colleagues from afar.

Lin Ke originally had a huge influence in the court, but after so many tosses, his people were either transferred or dismissed, and few of them could still serve in the key departments of the imperial court. Han Jian thought about it, and it was only four or five months in between. The ruthlessness of the emperor is most evident in this.

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In the yamen of the military station, Han Jian received a battle report from the northern front, saying that Su Tingxia's headquarters had invaded the hinterland of the Bohai Kingdom.

As before, this time Su Tingxia still took the whole into parts, and divided the soldiers and horses into various divisions all the way to the northeast. At this time, the royal nobles of the Bohai Kingdom knew that they would die if they stayed after seeing the Xianbei reinforcements, and they had all fled north or east in a hurry. Some of them went north to the Great Xing'an Mountains, and some of them fled directly in the direction of Changbai Mountain.

Originally, the political power in the Bohai State was somewhat unstable. When it comes to encountering foreign enemies, the situation is more severe.

From the two directions where the imperial family fled for their lives, Han Jian learned that there were now two major forces in the territory of the Bohai Kingdom. One of them is naturally the king of the Bohai Kingdom, and the other is the brother of the King of Bohai, who is also very powerful in the territory of the Bohai Kingdom.

This time, the people on both sides sought refuge in their own way, and they could not count on the Xianbei people, so they had to deal with the Silla and Goryeo people.

In this way, it was easier for Su Tingxia to enter the army. Originally, the march was a little slow. But because the Bohai people didn't have the heart to fight, it was only a few days later. Su Tingxia had already occupied almost the entire Liaodong, and he had faintly become the new King of the Bohai Sea.

Then the information that Han Jian got was a little intriguing. The Xianbei people actually sent a secret envoy to Su Tingxia's army, it seemed that they wanted to plot something with Su Tingxia. As for whether Su Tingxia has seen the secret envoy of the Xianbei people, it has not yet been transmitted from the front-line intelligence.

Han Jian felt that this was the Xianbei people's intention to support Su Tingxia to be the new King of Bohai and to be the enemy of the Central Plains Imperial Court.

Originally, Han Jian thought. Su Tingxia didn't dare to rebel, because he knew that without the backing of the Central Plains, he would stay in the Bohai Sea and just wait for death. But in the current situation, Han Jian didn't dare to be sure of what he thought.

Su Tingxia was just an inconspicuous general in the Wei Dynasty. This battle also made him famous in one fell swoop. But after all, he did a lot of killing on the way to the north this time, and whether he would be held accountable when he returned to Luoyang, Su Tingxia probably didn't know the bottom in his heart. In this case, the Xianbei people's overtures, coupled with the rapid increase in power in their hands, may also blind them to the path of recklessness. If this is the case, Han Jian will not only lose some of his men, but also face a great enemy all the way.

Compared with the fierceness of the Xianbei people, Su Tingxia's biggest characteristic is cunning. It's hard to prevent.

A few days later, by the end of September, there was still no news from Su Tingxia's army in the north. It seems that Su Tingxia deliberately cut off contact with the imperial court, which made Luoyang very uneasy.

Although it is said that the prisoners of war on the front line and the people of the Bohai State are still in the process of internal relocation, because the news on Su Tingxia's front line is no longer transmitted, many people have lost confidence in this person who is not from the Eastern Wangfu and the imperial court. Originally, many scholars in Luoyang had complained about Su Tingxia's looting of the people as a killing, but now taking advantage of Su Tingxia's self-deprecation news, there were more hurtful words in Luoyang City.

As in the past, the Eastern Prince's Mansion, including Han Jian, almost never commented on Su Tingxia's affairs. Even Su Tingxia was deliberately not mentioned by the Eastern Prince's Mansion, several times Yang Rui met with courtiers and asked about the war in the north, Han Jian only mentioned about Lin Zhan's troops, and Su Tingxia's question was deliberately avoided by him.

The more this is the case, the more the outside world spreads the news of Su Tingxia's treason. Yang Rui even thought that Han Jian had something to hide, and he didn't have a good face for Han Jian for a few days. In this regard, it was not that Han Jian was hiding anything, because he did not make any military arrangements for Su Tingxia, but it was really Su Tingxia who intended to do so.

By the end of September, the Xianbei had withdrawn their troops from the southern line of Chang'an. However, they did not directly return the cities that occupied the Central Plains. However, Lin Zhan's soldiers and horses had already entered the hinterland of the Northern Palace, and some cities naturally returned to the imperial court from the hands of the Xianbei people.

Compared with being plundered by the Xianbei people, the few remaining cities in Beichuan that are still intact are all waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial court. After Lin Zhan's soldiers and horses arrived, they were still very welcome.

Because of the plundering of the Xianbei people, the north was full of devastation, many places were completely deserted, and the population and livestock of the entire region were plundered by the Xianbei people. The only people who have taken refuge in the mountains and wilderness are scattered.

With the completion of Lin Zhan's acceptance of the city in Beichuan, most of the soldiers and horses of Lin Zhan's department moved closer to Beichuan City, the capital of Beiwang Mansion, with the intention of besieging Beichuan City again.

At this time, Beichuan City once again sent representatives of the peace conference. At the beginning of this peace meeting, in order to show his sincerity, Yang Ke, the king of Xiaobei, sent the Yang Yu family he had taken in before, as well as some people who defected to the north with Yang Yu, to the Lin Zhan military camp.

Lin Zhan didn't dare to slack off, and sent people directly to Luoyang. For a while, the Luoyang court was also a little shocked.

At the beginning, Yang Rui's good brother also served as the emperor of the Wei Dynasty, and Yang Yu's reputation in Luoyang can only be regarded as mixed. Yang Yu is the orthodox heir of the Yang royal family, and there are not many problems with his succession. Many people would rather worship Yang Yu as the monarch than Yang Rui, who is a woman.

But the problem is that after Yang Yu became emperor, he launched several wars, which made the Central Plains unrestful. After the defeat in the Battle of Jiangdu, it was also the soldiers and horses that Yang Yu had sent out, and after returning to Luoyang, they were the one who caused trouble, making Luoyang City unpeaceful and the people displaced.

Yang Yu's emperor was very sloppy, and what was even more sloppy was that when the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Prince's Mansion were killed in Luoyang, he did not resist at all, dragged his family and fled north with those ministers who were loyal to him, but went to find Yang Ke, who had helped him ascend the throne, to take refuge. But when Yang Yu arrived in the north, he was nothing, not only did he not get Yang Ke's courtesy, but he was even put under house arrest. Because Yang Ke also knew that keeping Yang Yu by his side was always a scourge, but Yang Ke also knew that this person could not be killed, and it would be useful at a certain time.

Now to negotiate peace with the imperial court, Yang Ke sent Yang Yu's family and those traitors from the imperial court to the Lin Zhan military camp, also in exchange for the withdrawal of troops from the imperial court. Although the Beiwang Mansion itself knows that this is somewhat unlikely.

But Yang Ke still hoped that he could exchange for the "leniency" of the imperial court, so that he would continue to remain the prince and stay in Beichuan. This is the best-case scenario.

Even if Yang Ke can't stay in the Northern Palace, he hopes that his prince can continue, and the fief will continue, and the heir will not be broken. That is also equivalent to preserving the incense of the North Palace.

On the side of the imperial court, after learning that Yang Yu's family had come to Luoyang, they were all making preparations.

Although many people are not clear about what to prepare. But they also realized that this was a big deal, and the slightest neglect could lead to loss of office or even death. No one knows what Yang Rui will do with him, a former good brother.

On Han Jian's side, after informing Yang Rui of the news, seeing Yang Rui's complicated expression, he knew that Yang Rui was also very conflicted in his heart.

In Yang Rui's heart, she cares about family affection very much. At the beginning, he cultivated Yang Yu and Yang Xi's two younger brothers, and even left them in the palace to live, in order to let the two younger brothers adapt to the palace environment and prepare for the future succession.

Yang Rui himself didn't expect that Yang Yu would betray her. Now that Yang Yu's problem is in front of her, she can't be allowed to avoid it anymore. She had to make a decision about what to do with Yang Yu when she returned to Luoyang.

"I want to be alone. If you don't have anything else to do, can you go back first? In Ye'an Pavilion, Yang Rui's face was very bad.

Although the Northern Prince's Mansion had previously revealed that it would send Yang Yu and others to the imperial court for rebellion, it has never been implemented. Now that the person is already in Lin Zhan's army, she will be escorted back in a few days, but she hesitates.

"Don't think about it." Han Jian said, "Rui'er, what do you want to do, just take care of yourself." I will not interfere. (To be continued......)