After Han Jian, Fa Yi and several aunts discussed how to deal with the disappearance of the empress, they came out of the hall and greeted Gu Xin'er in the side hall. Han Jian asked Han Zhao to accompany Gu Xin'er back, while he went to see the officials of Jiangdu City. This is also the first time that Han Jian has met with officials as the king of the east.

Han Song and Han Cui went to summon officials to meet with Dongwang Mansion first, while Han Jian went to Gu Weipan to discuss things first.

In the East Garden of the Mansion, Gu Weipan is still dealing with some government affairs, mainly some financial expenditures. Although Gu Weipan is now promoted to Taifu and ranks in the Xiangguo, Jiangdu is not Luoyang after all, and the military and political affairs of Jiangdu are basically controlled by the Dongwang Mansion, and Gu Weipan only takes over some money and account matters for the time being.

Seeing Han Jianlai, Gu Weipan went out of the hall door and talked directly to Han Jian alone in the courtyard.

"Mrs. Gu, I don't know if the official letter written by His Majesty Xià before is valid?" Han Jian came up and asked.

The official letter that Han Jian said was conveyed by the empress when she persuaded Han Jian to enter the city before, and asked Gu Weipan to go to the barracks, and the content of the official letter was that the empress was ready to let Han Jian come to be the supervisor of the country and coordinate the affairs of the court.

Gu Weipan was silent for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty has no new will, and it is valid as a matter of course. What is Dongwang going to do? ”

Han Jian said: "Then ask Taifu Gu to summon the six ministers of the three courts to the East Wangfu and announce this matter in public." ”

Gu Weipan obeyed the meaning of his words, Han Jian is preparing to take over the military and political power of Jiangdu, including the small court temporarily located in Jiangdu, and Han Jian will also be in charge. Gu Weipan was cautious about this matter, the empress made concessions before, but also in exchange for Han Jian to enter the city to resolve the immediate conflict, and now Han Jian has returned to the city. But the Empress said that she was ill, and he inevitably suspected that there was something strange in it.

"Mrs. Gu, but there's a problem?" Han Jian saw that Gu Weipan was silent and asked.

Gu Weipan shook his head, after all, he couldn't find a reason to refuse, he still hesitated and said: "Your Majesty doesn't come forward in this matter, it's not easy to deal with it." ”

Han Jian said: "Now that His Majesty is in poor health and is closed door, if His Majesty's illness is not good for a day, then the affairs of the government will be abandoned for a day?" Case. Why did His Majesty still place me to come forward? ”

Gu Weipan nodded slightly. Han Jian reasoned in his words, if the empress was in good health, she would not let the East King coordinate the overall situation. But Gu Weipan was just very worried about the empress's health, after all, he hadn't seen the empress in person in the past few days.

"The old man will arrange the matter." Gu Wei Pan said.

"There is labor." Han Jian thanked him first. There is Gu Weipan to help. It will be easier for him to take over the affairs of the government. The ministers in the small court who had prejudices against him would also be more restrained.

Han Jian asked Gu Weipan to go to the East Prince's Mansion with the summoned ministers, while he left the mansion and got on his horse to return to the East Prince's Mansion.

Return to the East Palace. Some officials from Jiangdu have arrived, these officials are the descendants of the Dongwang Mansion, and they also deal with the military and political affairs of Jiangdu on weekdays. Now that the Wei Dynasty court has moved from Luoyang to Jiangdu, they are also facing a lot of pressure, those officials who come with the empress, any official who comes out is several levels better than them, and the official is one level older than them, but now they are holding the real power, and those ministers of the court are also trying to seize power. In addition, the king of the east has been absent, and the princesses of Han Song and other counties have repeatedly tolerated this matter, so that this kind of power struggle has also become more and more intense. Now that the East King is back to Jiangdu, they will also hurry over to see the East King, and by the way, they will know the next move of the imperial court and the East Wangfu, whether it is to take a corner of peace or raise troops to recover Luoyang City.

Before Han Jian returned to the East Prince's Mansion, all the officials present were courteous, although Han Jian was not in charge of politics before, but these officials would always come to the East Prince's Mansion to visit during the New Year's holidays, and they had also seen Han Jian himself and therefore recognized him.

Han Jian returned the salute one by one, and at the same time asked these officials to enter the Dongwang Mansion to talk together.

When they arrived in the mansion, Han Song's had already returned, and Han Song's asked the people in the mansion to greet these officials, and by the way, Han Jian was called aside to speak.

"Jian'er, is Mrs. Gu willing to help?" Han Songshi asked.

"Hmm." Han Jian nodded, "Later, Taifu Gu should summon the ministers of the three courts to come over and announce His Majesty's will." ”

"That's fine." Han Songshi thought for a moment and said, "The officials of our Jiangdu all know the roots, even if there are a few moths among them, their hearts are towards the Dongwang Mansion. But the people in the court, no matter what their purpose is, since they come, they must be properly settled. Alas! Placement is a big problem. ”

Because the Dongwang Mansion is not a big place, it must be difficult to place so many officials at once. These officials came over, obviously not to be someone else's hand, they are all officials in charge of a department and a division in the court, and when they go to the local area, even if they have fewer people and places in charge, their authority is unchanged from the king of the west. In this case, Jiangdu really can't accommodate these ministers, even one of them.

Han Jian nodded and said, "Erniang, among these people, there should be spies sent by Luoyang, and we must also be careful." ”

"That's right. Jian'er, when you see these people today, you should try not to say anything, and let Erniang and Mrs. Gu talk about it, so as not to let them catch the handle and criticize you. ”

Han Jian nodded.

Subsequently, Han Songshi accompanied Han Jian to the main hall of the Dongwang Mansion to meet with the local officials of Jiangdu, and the officials convened by the Han Song clan this time were mainly the ministers of the Dongwang Mansion, with as many as forty or fifty people, which can be said to cover all aspects of Jiangdu.

It is rare for so many people to come to the Dongwang Mansion at once, and when they saw Han Jian and Han Song coming in, these officials saluted again.

Han Song accompanied Han Jian to the plaque in the main hall and faced everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Han Song raised his hand to signal, and at the same time spoke, and the audience was quiet, "Since the death of the East King, the concubine has governed Jiangdu on behalf of her husband, and she has not dared to abolish it for more than ten years. Today, the young lord has reached adulthood, and his majesty has given him the title of king of the east, and from today on, the young lord will also take over the concubine. and so do your best. ”

The officials of the East Prince's Mansion should be one after another.

Han Songshi said again: "Now that the traitor is plotting rebellion, His Majesty has left Luoyang, and now I am Jiangdu." In the future, we must obey the emperor's grace and the young master. Do you understand? ”

The officials of the Eastern Prince's Mansion are not stupid people. Even if the imperial court was temporarily located in Jiangdu, Han Song's words were to make them loyal to the Dongwang Mansion, not the empress. Now is the time for them to choose sides. If this is the wrong choice, the Eastern Prince's Mansion will not tolerate them, and the imperial court will naturally not accept them, so that the people who are swaying on both sides will completely lose their position.

Now the Han Song clan is forcing them to make a position of allegiance to the Eastern Palace.

Some of the officials below were smart, and they stepped forward to express their attitude, saying that they would assist the young master, and Wang Yunyun would just respond to Han Song's words of "obeying the emperor's grace".

If you talk about the scene, you will naturally have a scene to answer.

"In that case, let's all go back first. Government affairs should not be abandoned, but you should do well what is at hand, and you should repay the grace of heaven and assist the young master. Han Song's family did not delay, she knew that Gu Weipan would bring the people from the court over in a while, and when the two gangs met together, it was inevitable that there would be quarrels, and now that the empress was not in Luoyang City, peace was precious.

Han Jian didn't say a word from beginning to end, but when he sent the guests out, Han Jian still had to send them in person, which showed that he, the king of the east, was "close to the people".

Sending off these local officials in Jiangdu, there were already several officials from the imperial court at the gate of the Dongwang Mansion who had arrived early.

"A few ministers, please come in." Han Song stepped forward to greet these ministers.

The officials returned the salute one after another, and then entered the gate of the East Palace. Han Jian went to the side hall first and waited for these people to arrive.

After waiting for almost half an hour, the people of the imperial court faction were counted, although there were not many officials who followed the empress to Jiangdu, but in total, there were more than 100 people, which was twice as many as the people with official qualities in Jiangdu City.

Han Song first greeted the guests in front, and then went to the side hall to inform Han Jian to go out to meet the guests.

"Jian'er, these people are not good, you have to be careful." Han Songshi admonished.

Han Jian nodded and said that he understood, some of these ministers came from Luoyang purely because they were loyal ministers, and some were imprisoned by Yang Yu and felt that they couldn't get along in Luoyang, and some were opportunistic and wanted to follow the empress to seek a higher official position. Among them, there are also spies sent by Yang Yu, taking advantage of the fact that some officials in Luoyang fled eastward, Yang Yu found some people to mix in and came to inquire about the news.

Han Jian walked out of the side hall accompanied by Han Song, because there were too many officials in the imperial court, and these officials were not waiting in the main hall, but in the front yard.

In winter, the temperature is very low, and these people are dressed very thickly, but they are not as luxurious as when they were in Luoyang City. These people already had hatred in their hearts, and now when they came to Dongwangfu, they could only wait in the courtyard, and when they saw Han Jian coming, they almost came forward to question why Han Jian was so snub to them.

Han Jian and Han Song came over, and Gu Weipan, as the head of the hundred officials, was the first to welcome them, after all, this large-scale "court meeting" was also initiated by him.

"King of the East, princess of the county." Gu Weipan is in front of people, after all, he has to take care of the number of etiquette and come forward to salute.

"Mrs. Gu, be polite." Han Song bowed, "Mrs. Gu, since everyone is here, please ask Mrs. Gu to read out His Majesty's will." ”

"Hmm."

Gu Weipan took out the official letter from his sleeve that the empress gave him that day, and now it has become an announcement, which is to let Han Jian temporarily replace the empress to supervise the affairs of the court, and at the same time coordinate the affairs of King Qin's rebellion. Such an announcement is tantamount to letting Han Jian be the country. After Gu Weipan read it out in public, the people below were already talking about it, not caring at all that this was a formal occasion.

Seeing that the scene was a little chaotic, Han Songshi shouted angrily: "If there is something, mention it in person, what kind of business is it to chew the root of your tongue in private?" ”

Han Song's shout, the crowd was a little quieter, but someone immediately retorted in the crowd: "What does the East Wangfu say?" We want to see His Majesty, and His Majesty said it himself, so we can believe it! ”

"Yes, yes." The crowd echoed.

These people reacted violently, and the reason why they did this is because once Han Jian is in power, it means that they will be suppressed. In the final analysis, Han Jian is the person of the East Prince's Mansion, and his heart is naturally towards the people of the East Prince's Mansion, as if they are towards the empress. There are power contradictions on both sides themselves, and the empress pushes the matter to the East King, which is tantamount to sacrificing their power and interests, and they have to fight for it no matter what. (To be continued......)