Chapter 803: The Fallen King
Han Jian saw Fa Yi, first warmed up, after Fa Yi left, Han Jian did not have any female dependents, only Song Suqing had stayed in Han Jian's sleeping tent when transporting grain and grass, and Han Jian could only keep the empty tent alone at other times, at this time it was the time when the army was about to return to Luoyang, and Han Jian did not need to pay attention to the dispatch of soldiers and horses and the enemy situation at all times.
After everything calmed down, Han Jian had no intention of returning to the Chinese army's big tent, but directly asked Fa Yi about the details of the past two months. Fa also roughly told the matter of Luoyang, the reason why Han Song's family was able to monopolize power before, in addition to Han Song's being the original head of Luoyang's military and political system, but also because of the compromise of the imperial court's forces, including Ning Yuan, the first auxiliary minister appointed by Han Jian.
Ning Yuan deliberately delegated power and did not interfere with Han Song's suppression of the imperial court's forces, which was tantamount to defeating his political enemies by the hands of Han Song's family, and Han Song's purge of the imperial court forces and Yang Rui in this time made the imperial court's original loyal forces almost uprooted, and many families were raided, and these were all done without Han Jian's knowledge before.
"It's no wonder that Rui'er needs to tell the matter through someone else's notebook, it turns out that what Erniang did was indeed too extreme, and it was able to make Luoyang suffer such a big purge after I left." Han Jian sighed a little after hearing this, then looked at Fa Yi and asked, "Then Yi'er, you return to Jingshi, Rui'er, has she ever seen you?" ”
Fa Yi shook his head, his face a little helpless. Han Jian probably understood what was going on, even if what Han Song did was not instructed by him, but in Yang Rui's heart, he was also blamed on him, who let Han Song do this nominally so that Han Jian's throne could be more stable? Even after the law also quelled the Luoyang incident in accordance with Han Jian's will, Han Song's clan was only grounded in the Dongwang Mansion, and there was no more excessive punishment.
Han Jian felt that this should be because Han Song felt that he was too "benevolent" and wanted to help him calm the rear through extraordinary means. At present, Jiangbei and even Yuzhou have returned to the imperial court, and the Four Princes' Mansion has become a thing of the past, and now even the Xianbei people have fled in defeat. The war in the Northern Dynasties has basically subsided. Once a son of heaven and a courtier, Han Song didn't want Han Jian to be entangled by feelings, knowing that Han Jian couldn't be ruthless against Yang Rui, so he simply helped Han Jian do what Han Jian couldn't do ruthlessly.
At this point, Han Jian really didn't know how to blame Han Song.
Fa also returned, and Han Jian also felt that he was no longer alone. What can be discussed with a confidant, although Fa Yi is silent on weekdays, she still knows everything in front of Han Jian. When the three armies were rewarded in the evening, Fa Ye was presented in front of the soldiers in women's clothes for the first time, and many middle- and upper-class generals knew that the famous French general, who had made great contributions to quelling local rebellions, was actually the imperial concubine.
Fa Yi didn't stay long at the celebration banquet, he was not allowed to drink alcohol in the army, Fa Yi still went back to rest earlier, and Han Qi'er kept replacing wine with tea to salute those generals. In this great battle with the Xianbei people. Han Qi'er basically didn't make any contributions, and she wouldn't be too reused after she went back, she thought that since she was a nominal county lord, it would be better to have a good relationship with these generals, maybe it would bring convenience to the future.
Two days later, the army retreated in the direction of Beichuan Castle. At this time, the war in the north had not completely ended, Su Tingxia's department was still in the grassland, and Lin Zhan's department was cleaning up the battlefield and was responsible for rehousing the tribes in the border pass and Xianbei. In this battle, in addition to Lin Zhan's department and Su Tingxia's department, it shone brightly. Han Jian's personal expedition of the Chinese army also only did some things in the guarantee of grain routes, the first battle of Beichuan and the burning of Kangzhou. It was also done by Han Jian, although Han Jian's Chinese army did not clash with Xianbei's main force of soldiers and horses, but it was the key to turning the situation around this war.
Four days later, the army withdrew to Sangju. As the base camp of grain and grass, this fashion state is still responsible for the transportation of grain and grass materials for the northern soldiers, and Song Suqing, as the person in charge of grain and grass dispatch, has also been staying in Shangzhou City. The army was temporarily stationed in the city of Sangju. The state capitals in various parts of the north have already sent people to the "labor army", not only to send some food and materials, but also to congratulate Han Jian and sing praises for Han Jian, the new emperor.
When Han Jian first ascended the throne, everyone felt that his throne would not last long, there was Xianbei pressure in the north, and the trouble of Yuzhou in the south was not eliminated. Jiangnan and the Southern Qi Dynasty were eyeing each other. It's only been half a year, and the hidden dangers of the imperial court have been cut off one by one, and even some old ministers of the old school in Luoyang have been cleaned up under the purge of Han Song's family, and Han Jian's throne has been very stable. The magistrates and generals of the counties and prefectures north of the Yellow River, who had originally supported Lin Kelai and the enemy of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, were busy at this time to convince Han Jian so as not to be liquidated afterwards.
Within a few days of the soldiers and horses being stationed in Shangzhou, there were still sporadic battles breaking out in the north, and the Bohai people saw that even the Xianbei people had been defeated by the Wei Dynasty army, and they were no longer able to return to their homeland through the help of their allies, the Xianbei people. As for the Xianbei soldiers and horses north of Beiguan, they have gradually disappeared, and the Xianbei people have been unable to fight with the Central Plains Dynasty in a short period of time after this fiasco.
On the sixth day of November, Han Jian, who had been on the northern expedition for half a year, finally returned to Luoyang. At noon that day, when Han Jian entered the city, Ning Yuan had already summoned hundreds of officials to wait outside the north gate of Luoyang, Han Jian got down from the horse, and all the officials knelt down. Han Jian stepped forward and asked people to read out the edict and make arrangements for the meritorious personnel in the Xianbei Middle School of the Northern Expedition. Lin Zhan was promoted to the protector general and the Duke of Yasukuni as the commander. And Su Tingxia moved to Yuehou, General Longwei. Other meritorious generals were rewarded.
After the decree was read, Han Jian did not board the luan, but rode into the city himself. From the north gate of Luoyang to the palace, the people gathered, ten thousand empty alleys, the people learned that the Xianbei barbarians were defeated and fled, and the soldiers returned victoriously, and they all went out to greet each other. And Han Jian appeared in front of the people as a king.
Arriving at the palace, Han Jian did not convene hundreds of officials to discuss state affairs, but went directly to the direction of the palace's inner garden. After Han Jian ascended the throne, Han Jian allowed Yang Rui to live in the original dormitory to take care of his daughter, but after Han Song launched a purge of the old courtiers, Yang Rui was driven out of the inner palace and lived in the original cold palace side hall. The original crown prince Yang Xi was moved to a small official residence outside the palace, even if Fa Yi returned to Luoyang to suspend Han Song's purge, but Yang Rui still did not move back to the original dormitory after that, she insisted on doing so.
After Han Jian entered the palace, he went to the side hall, and when he arrived outside the deserted side hall, let alone the palace guards. Even the palace maids and eunuchs were nowhere to be seen. When it came to the side hall, the leaves were all over the ground and no one cleaned it, which looked very desolate, and Hui'er set up a stove in it to make a fire and cook medicine. Hui'er could only ask the little eunuch who was familiar with the palace to come back and cook it herself.
"Nonsense!" Han Jian was angry from the heart, even if Han Song's eyes were not on Yang Rui's, but how to say that Yang Rui's daughter was also his flesh and blood, Han Song's family clearly wanted the mother and daughter to be killed together. Even if Han Song's family still cares about the family relationship with Han Jian and does not hurt the killer, this is no different from the killer, because even the nurses in the original palace have been driven out of the palace, and the little princess is only one year old and still needs to be fed, and the nurses in the palace are all out of the palace. It was simply Yang Rui who came to feed the milk himself. Although Yang Rui had it before he abdicated, it was because Yang Rui wanted to give his daughter a little mother's love, but now Yang Rui was completely neglected like a concubine who had lost power. Han Jian also understood why Yang Rui ignored him and didn't even want to write a letter to him.
Han Jian hurriedly entered inside, even when he arrived in the house, it was still very cold, only then did he realize that the side hall of the palace did not even have a brazier, the windows were old and even the window paper was broken, and this was simply a cold palace where no one came all year round. Han Jian entered the back room, but saw Yang Rui sitting on the bed with his back to the door. Haosheng played with the little princess who was wrapped in the futon, even if she could easily detect Han Jian's arrival with her martial arts. She still didn't want to turn around.
"Rui'er......" Han Jian spoke, but he was a little choked, he went on the expedition for half a year, Yang Rui also suffered in the palace for half a year, in the past, she was the emperor and no one dared to be rude to her, but after she abdicated, she no longer even had the last barrier. Han Song's clan wanted to bully her, and there was no one in the court who could make decisions for her. She can only take care of her daughter in the palace like a woman.
Yang Rui said in a very indifferent tone: "Your Majesty, why do you want to come again?" ”
In a word, it is very raw. Han Jian knew that Yang Rui was blaming him in his heart, but in fact, Yang Rui was also hating himself, if it weren't for Yang Rui's choice of Zen position. will not fall to today's field, not only was he bullied and unable to resist, but even the foundation of his ancestors was handed over to Han Jian. She hated all this for being self-inflicted, of course, she blamed Han Jian even more, and felt that Han Jian was a little "ungrateful", but she knew that it was a prejudice, but she still stubbornly refused to let go.
Han Jian was not so rigid in etiquette, he only brought Fa Yi and a few guards when he entered the palace, he always regarded Yang Rui as his other half, and did not regard her as an emperor who had lost power, and his marriage to Yang Rui was not the foundation of the Wei Dynasty. Han Jian couldn't help but say, stepped forward and picked up Yang Rui directly, Yang Rui suddenly felt light, and was about to fight back, but thinking that the man in front of her was her daughter's father, she couldn't do it, she could only let Han Jian carry her out of the door.
"Where to go?" Yang Rui's face looked very haggard, obviously she was not only sick these days, but even life was very difficult. No one in the palace dares to take care of her and the little princess, so she can only rely on Hui'er to take care of her, and Hui'er is just a little palace maid, where can she take care of Yang Rui's mother and daughter?
Han Jian didn't answer, and waved his hand at Fa Yi at the door, and Fa Yi immediately understood what was going on, and went in to take the little princess out.
Han Jian hugged Yang Rui and went directly back to the original Yang Rui's dormitory, but saw that the condition of the dormitory was not much better, it seemed to have been smashed inside, and even the bed was already a pile of rotten wood, and the entire harem was like this, as if it had been ransacked by the rebels. Han Jian really couldn't imagine what the Han Song clan had done in the past half a year since he left, the entire palace should not be his own home, so he had to demolish it and build a new palace?
"Humph!" Yang Rui snorted coldly in Han Jian's arms, as if he was very disdainful.
Han Jian said: "Clean up the palace immediately, and within half an hour, restore all the furnishings inside to their original state!" ”
"Whoa!" A large group of small eunuchs in the back had long been frightened of the six souls, and when they heard Han Jian's words, they hurriedly began to run, even if the furnishings inside had been damaged, they could still move some from other palaces, and the bedding or something was more complicated, because of Han Song's cleaning of the palace, there were not many palace people left in Yang Rui's dynasty, and the official yamen in the palace were all removed, and even the imperial dining room was not set up, and the remaining palace maids and eunuchs had to take care of themselves if they wanted to eat and drink, and the clothes and bedding that were originally prepared for the king and concubines in the inner library were also cleaned, It is not easy to make temporary preparations.
"Still won't let me down?" Yang Rui said with some annoyance.
Only then did Han Jian let go of his hand and let go of Yang Rui, Yang Rui barely stood firm, but he was a little shivering from the cold. Even her original palace clothes were taken away, only a dress that was not too thick, Han Jian felt guilty in his heart, but he was helpless, and he probably understood why Yang Rui hated him. Fortunately, the little eunuch was also reliable, and after a while, the house had been roughly cleaned up, even the windows had been replaced, the bed had been moved, and the bedding was made of the ones that Yang Rui had built in the side hall. Han Jian helped Yang Rui into the room first, and put the little princess into the original cradle, and the little princess's crying for half a day finally stopped.
Han Jian immediately asked people to call the person in charge of the original Inner Treasury Department, and at the same time let Ning Yuan and the people from the household department enter the palace, and everything in the palace must be restored to the way it was before he set out on the expedition. Not long after, the imperial doctor was invited into the palace again to check the pulse of Yang Rui and the little princess, and even some of the little eunuchs and palace maids who were resident in the palace, Han Jian also asked people to find them back.
Yang Rui sat on the chair by the cradle and kept taking care of his daughter, ignoring Han Jian. Han Jian stood aside as if he was angry, and every time someone came on order, he would be reprimanded by Han Jian. Han Jian is now the king, and he has just pacified the north by force to drive out the barbarians, it is the time when the momentum is at its peak, and everyone who comes in and sees Han Jian is trembling for fear of losing his head. And Han Jian was really not polite this time, Han Jian couldn't do anything to Han Song's family, but the person who acted for Han Song's family was either dismissed by Han Jian and questioned, or he was simply pulled out and cut off his head.
Han Jian still felt puzzled, he was not even the people around him who dared to bully, this was clearly ignoring him. When Han Jian was about to kill a few more to make himself feel at ease, and at the same time let Yang Rui dissipate his anger, a guard came in to report that Han Zhao was asking to see him outside the inner courtyard of the palace.
Han Zhao as the deputy marshal has been in Guanzhong with Han Cui to lead the troops, in the counterattack with the Xianbei people, Han Cui and Han Zhao did not lead the troops to the old land of Xiliang, but stayed in the Western Capital, after the war subsided, Han Cui still stayed in the Western Capital, and Han Zhao returned to Luoyang to report on his work. (To be continued......)