The news that Xiao Zhan was exchanged for food soon spread throughout Jiangnan. The soldiers of the Southern Dynasty naturally thought that this was the humiliation of the Northern Dynasty to the Southern Dynasty court, while the soldiers of the Northern Dynasty were cheering and cheering, and the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty were short of food, and Sima Yi and King Hui actually "sold" the empress, which is a joke in the world, which shows that the time for the fall of the Southern Dynasty is not far away.

At this time, Han Jian, who was in Suzhou City, prepared a large amount of grain and grass, and prepared for Zhang Xing to personally escort him to Hangzhou City and hand it over to Sima Yi. On the other hand, the city of Suzhou is also preparing to hold a grand ceremony to welcome the "arrival" of the empress of the Southern Dynasty.

Before getting the news of Yang Rui's birth, Han Jian could do too little, for Jinling City, Han Jian had to delay until the end of the year as much as possible, because Han Jian had to wait for Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses and Sima Qi's soldiers and horses of King Qin's of the Southern Dynasty to contain each other, and at the same time, he also had to wait for Lin Zhan's troops to rectify in the south of the town and march east to Jinling. More importantly, Han Jian wants to start from the inside of Jinling City, through the way of bribery and co-optation, it is best to knock on the pass of Jinling City in the way of surrendering soldiers without a fight, Han Jian really does not want to consume too much manpower and material resources in the battle of Jinling City.

Han Jian was still more cautious about welcoming Xiao Zhan to Suzhou.

First of all, it is necessary to form a unified argument internally, that is, to exchange Xiao Zhan with grain, to strike at the forces of the soldiers and horses of King Qin of the Southern Dynasty, to hold a trump card in his hands, and at the same time to inspire the morale of the army. Han Jian couldn't tell the world that he snatched the grain from the Southern Dynasty and "lent" it to the Southern Dynasty in order to let the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty contain Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses, which would be unacceptable to the officers and men in the army.

At the welcoming ceremony, Han Jian did not greet Xiao Zhan with a courtesy of welcoming the emperor's inspection, but faced Xiao Zhan in the way that the Son of Heaven greeted the general, and regarded Xiao Zhan as the monarch of the defeated country, which was mainly due to Han Jian's consideration of the stability of the army's morale.

The seventeenth day of the lunar month. The greeting work has been prepared, as soon as Xiao Zhan arrives in Suzhou, after Han Jian "verifies his identity", Zhang Xing's team to transport grain will set off. After noon on that day, Xiao Zhan's chariot would be personally escorted by the cavalry of the Wei Dynasty, and Han Jian would go to the south gate of Suzhou City to greet him. Han Jian was accompanied by some of the Wei Dynasty's generals in Suzhou City, as well as Wenchen and strategists.

In fact, Han Jian believes that with Xiao Zhan's feelings and ambitions for her family and country, she must be willing to sacrifice herself, which is also the most basic original intention of Han Jian to propose exchanging people for food, Han Jian must at least let the soldiers loyal to him not find fault in this matter. For the arrival of Xiao Zhan, Han Jian is also equivalent to holding the orthodoxy of the last royal family of the Southern Dynasty in his hands, Han Jian knows very well that with Sima's current relationship with King Hui, he will never support King Hui as the emperor again. Even if Xiao Zhan is in the hands of the Northern Dynasty, Sima Yi will still serve Xiao Zhan as the right one, and the two armies will form a line for the time being, which is actually a good thing for the political situation of the Southern Dynasty.

Xiao Zhan sacrificed himself alone, which is actually equivalent to fulfilling Sima Yi and the soldiers of the three armies who supported her, which is a no-loss deal.

And Han Jian's side seems to be a little loss-making. not only lost Su Tingxia's 60,000 soldiers and horses, but also lent grain to the enemy's soldiers and horses to contain Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses. It is equivalent to a double loss, even if Xiao Zhan is in his hands? Xiao Zhan is just a vain empress, Sima Yi already has a certain degree of independent authority whether he is entering the army or practicing civil politics, and now it doesn't matter whether Sima Yi has Xiao Zhan by his side to wave the flag and shout for him, but it will make the people of the Southern Dynasty unified. Treat the Northern Dynasty as if it were an enemy.

No matter how you look at it, Han Jian's move of exchanging people for food is not good.

But ordinary soldiers don't think so, and even the common people of the Northern Dynasty will think that the Southern Dynasty sold the empress for a little food. What a humiliation is this? With the empress in hand, the Southern Dynasty is the Northern Dynasty, and it doesn't matter whether you enter the army in the future or not.

At noon on the seventeenth day of the lunar month, Han Jian stood on the head of the city south of Suzhou City, and there were still some people around him, who were discussing with him about the establishment of the heir of the Southern Dynasty. Just about an hour ago, the news came from Jiangdu that Yang Rui gave birth to his second child, which was almost a surprise to all the old forces of the Wei Dynasty, and Yang Rui's second child was still a daughter.

In order to ensure that Yang Rui's childbirth was not affected, Han Jian specially sent guards to protect him, and Han Jian was also afraid that his aunts in the East Wangfu would get in the way in this matter and do something similar to "the tanuki for the prince". But the final result was exactly what the people of the Eastern Wangfu faction wanted, Yang Rui did not give birth to a son, which means that the orthodox heir of the Southern Dynasty royal family will be selected from the two queens of the Eastern Wangfu system, Empress Wen Gu Xin'er and Empress Wu Yang Li'er.

And Han Jian's eldest son, who is also the son of him and Yang Li'er, Han Xi will most likely be canonized as the crown prince.

"Your Majesty, the matter of establishing an heir is related to the stability of the country, and now that Your Majesty is on an expedition, it is even more necessary to calm people's hearts......"

Most of the generals and officials brought by Han Jianbian are people from the Jiangdu system, and these people basically stand on the position of Han Jian's aunts. Or there is also the instruction of Han Jian's aunts, as long as Yang Rui gives birth to a daughter, he will immediately talk about the establishment of the prince in front of Han Jian, Han Jian has been on the throne for two years, if he continues to drag things on, it is likely that Yang Rui will have a third and fourth child, and he will still give birth to a son by Yang Rui. The people of the Dongwangfu system want to completely break the thoughts of Yang Rui and the forces behind her.

Han Jian looked up at the distance after the battlements, and in the distance, Xiao Zhan's car had already come to the south of Suzhou, and even the banner could be seen, which was the banner of the Wei Dynasty.

Han Jian had already sent soldiers and horses to meet him, and from the current point of view, Sima Yi did not seem to dare to play tricks in sending Xiao Zhan to Suzhou City, and even Sima Yi himself was not ready for a war with the Northern Dynasties.

"Then do you think that if I establish the crown prince, the rear will be stable?" Han Jian suddenly asked.

There were a few civil officials and advisers who came to make speeches, to say that these people were not malicious in making statements about the establishment of the prince, but it is difficult to say whether they were selfish or not, they were originally people from the Dongwangfu system, if they said that the prince of the Dongwangfu was made the prince, and the prince would ascend the throne in the future, how could they thank them. But these facts are too far away, because Han Jian himself is still very young, and when Han Jian was young, he had already established Wenzhi martial arts. It seems to be a very distant thing to want Han Jian to be ancient, and the benefit they can get at the moment is that there are more people in the Dongwangfu system and their "feedback", they are standing in for the thousands of gentry and eunuchs in Jiangdu to speak in front of Han Jian.

But Han Jian's problem, no one dared to come back.

It's very clear. Han Jian did not set up a prince before the expedition, he was waiting for Yang Rui to give birth, and now that Yang Rui gave birth to a daughter, Han Jian immediately appointed Han Xi as the crown prince, and the Jiangdu forces and the old forces of the imperial court will definitely form contradictions and disputes. The establishment of the crown prince will bring unstable factors to the political situation in Jiangdu and Luoyang, and will not make the country stable, as these people said.

Han Jian said: "Since I set out on the expedition, I still haven't made any progress. If I can't calm the world, I won't be able to withdraw my troops back to Jiangdu. It is too early to talk about the establishment of the reserve, so it is better to wait for the time when the world is unified, and then discuss it. ”

This is not the first time that Han Jian has blocked the mouths of the ministers.

Since Han Jian's accession to the throne, the issue of Lichu has been entangled, and the main problem is the contention between the old forces and the new forces in the DPRK.

Han Jian could indeed form a comprehensive rule over the Wei Dynasty from the standpoint of the army, but the main reason was that the scholars were not convinced.

Yang Rui's original Zen position. Although it seems to be active, it actually has the meaning of being coerced by Han Jian. After Yang Rui and the forces of the old dynasty were suppressed by Han Song and Ning Yuan, it has been proved that Han Jian's new court wants to purge the people of the old dynasty, like Gu Weipan, the absolute ministers of the Yang Rui dynasty chose Mingzhe to protect their lives, but in their hearts, they still support the inheritance of the Yang family. Even if Han Jian ascends the throne now, it should be the heirs of Han Jian and Yang Rui to inherit the national throne, so as to ensure the orthodoxy and orthodoxy of the royal family.

And the new forces hope that the heirs of Gu Xin'er and Yang Li'er can become the crown prince, so that the power of Jiangdu and the new forces can be fully guaranteed. These people will no longer be the rebellious ministers of the Wei Dynasty, but the founding heroes of the new dynasty. The contrast between this is actually very clear to the two forces of the imperial court.

Han Jian also knew very well, so he couldn't make judgments.

Han Jian used his absolute authority to draw a big pie for Yang Rui, as long as Yang Rui can give birth to a son, then Han Jian will make this son the crown prince. It's a pity that Yang Rui didn't fight and gave birth to a daughter for the second time, which also means that even Yang Rui himself is embarrassed to ask Han Jian for the crown prince. Yang Rui, as the empress, even lost the foundation of the Yang family, if Han Jian set up the little princess as the crown prince again, first of all, the people are unconvinced, even if this daughter really has the potential to be the emperor, but when she grows up, the daughter will marry after all, and when the time comes, Han Jian's hard-earned country may have to change her surname again.

"The emperor of the Southern Dynasty has arrived, go down with me to greet him personally."

Just when the city tower was a little quiet, Han Jian suddenly said a word, and after everyone responded, he followed Han Jian and prepared to walk down the city tower.

With the sound of drums and trumpets, the welcoming ceremony officially began.

Xiao Zhan, as the female emperor of the Southern Dynasty, will now be used as a hostage and goods, from today onwards, she will become a chess piece in the hands of the Northern Dynasty, life and death are uncertain, let alone when she will return to the Southern Dynasty.

In fact, for her, she is also homeless now, Jinling City was originally her home, but now Jinling City is still occupied by the thief Zhu Tongjing, what Han Jian wants to do now is to help her conquer the thief, although in her eyes, the people of the Northern Dynasty are even more wolf ambitions, and they may be more treacherous and cunning than Zhu Tongjing.

Xiao Zhan's car stopped by the moat more than two miles away from Suzhou City.

In the south of Suzhou, a huge greeting battle was specially prepared for this greeting, in addition to the more than 6,000 soldiers and horses waiting at the city gate, there were nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses patrolling around Suzhou. Han Jian just wants to tell the world with such a big battle, your empress of the Southern Dynasty has now become my subordinate prisoner, and her arrival is just to exchange for the food needed by the army of the Southern Dynasty, as for how much to give, it is my own decision, even if I don't give it, I will lose my trust in the Southern Dynasty, what can you do with me?

Han Jian's Luan driver also came out of the city, and the soldiers began to chant in bursts. But in Luan's driving, it was completely empty, Han Jian personally rode out of the horse, and on the side of Han Jianjian, he was one of the many guards in Suzhou City, which was also the pride of the soldiers.

These guards are the people who have followed Han Jian, Lin Zhan and others to conquer the south and the north in the past few years, and have made great contributions to Jiangdu and the Wei Dynasty. Now, when it was time to fight against the South, the Southern Dynasty sent their empress over as a hostage first, which means that the Southern Dynasty had already admitted defeat when it started the war.

In the minds of the soldiers, as long as they take Jinling City, it seems that this battle can be completely over, and they can wait for the marquis to pay homage to the generals, or they can not have so much military exploits, or they can also get fields and rewards with their current military exploits, and they will have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime.

Han Jian's horse stopped less than fifty paces away from Xiao Zhan's car.

Xiao Zhan was sitting in an open-top car, she was sitting on it, still wearing the crown of the empress of the Southern Dynasty, looking heroic, Han Jian saw her, and inevitably thought of the former empress Yang Rui, because the two were really similar. They all provoked the burden of the country when the country was in danger, and they were also exiled, but the difference is that Yang Rui finally recovered Luoyang City and drove away all the enemies of the Wei Dynasty under the efforts of Han Jian, but in the end, Yang Rui himself could not afford the rise of Han Jian and the Eastern Palace, and gave up the throne to Han Jian.

But Yang Rui is smart, she chose to commit herself to Han Jian, and she seems to be able to grasp Han Jian's weaknesses. Although Han Jian has martial arts, he also cares most about family affection, Yang Rui may also take advantage of Han Jian's feelings for her and get the opportunity for the Yang royal family to continue to pass it on, but unfortunately, it is she who is not angry and has given birth to a daughter twice.

The meeting of two emperors is a very rare event in history.

Han Jian looked at the car from afar, and Xiao Zhan inside would not give in even if he saw Han Jian. Because she was not the monarch of a defeated country, she did not come to surrender the city, she was just "coerced" by Han Jian as a commodity in exchange for food, and she was forced to come, she wanted to maintain the demeanor of a king of the Southern Dynasty.

Han Jian and Xiao Zhan have not met once or twice, but this time, he didn't know what to call Xiao Zhan.

In the past, Xiao Zhan was the eldest princess of the Southern Dynasty, and Han Jian was still the king of the East, who knew that it had only been more than two years, and when they said goodbye, Xiao Zhan and him ascended the throne one after another. When we meet again, we must not be called "princess" or "majesty", and it is not in line with etiquette.

"Son of Heaven, since I have come, please fulfill my promise and return the grain to the soldiers of our court."

Xiao Zhan's voice came out first, although she was very dignified, but she was in danger in the end, and her majesty could not be used as her talisman. (To be continued.) )