The river is surging, and Jiangnan has temporarily fallen into calm after experiencing a turmoil. Several cities damaged by the war are about to be rebuilt, rich families and ordinary people will migrate, and Jiangnan will also usher in a new change.

If the army wants to return to the dynasty, it must first deal with some remaining problems, the most important of which is how to deal with the Huaidi family that supports King Huai as emperor.

Suppression is not enough, it is not enough to win the hearts of the people; It is also impossible to appease, once the local situation is revived, it will be quite unfavorable to the stability of Huaidi. It is necessary to be gentle and fierce, and it is necessary to make the Huaidi family feel the determination of the imperial court to pacify the place.

"The war in Huaidi, the people suffered, Jiankang City has six counties, free of money and grain taxes for one year, and local expenses are shared by the gentry!"

The new emperor's order dispelled the concerns of the ministers, in order to protect their own family, the local power paid a lot of bribes to the court officials, and even Liu Yu received a lot, I don't know who sent these silver coins, and it seems that someone will stuff money into the arms of the officials wherever they go, which also shows the heavy psychological burden of the local family. Once the imperial court opens a killing ring, the good days of the major families in Huaidi will come to an end.

Now the imperial court is just asking them to pay money, although the big family is strapped for money, but it is not even impossible to take out this money, and the actual use of maintaining the normal expenses of the local government is not huge, and it is still within the scope of their acceptance. It's just that the imperial court issued another decree later, which made the local gentry families, especially the students, very dissatisfied:

"Huaidi will not accept students within six years, and Huai people will not be allowed to enter the court!"

As soon as this decree was issued, local public opinion was in an uproar, although many scholars also understood that this was a normal revenge of the imperial court against the Huaidi gentry. But after all, the Huai people not only have gentry. There are also poor scholars. There is no place for these students. It will inevitably cause local unrest.

Then some people said that this decree came from a military general named Liu Yu. Since then, Huaidi Shizi has been criticizing Liu Yu for several years. In this regard, Liu Yue was very wronged, although he also thought of similar measures to limit the rise of the power of the local gentry, but this decree was really not issued by him, it was decided by Yuan Bolang and some ministers of the Ministry of Rites and Officials after discussing with the emperor. Although Liu Yu was present at that time, he also put forward some contradictory opinions, but they were all argued by Yuan Bolang on the basis of reason, and the new emperor finally agreed, and the matter was irreparable.

Su Yan no longer completely relied on Liu Yu, and he also learned to weigh the opinions of Yuan Bolang and some other ministers, and his attitude towards Liu Yu changed a little coldly. Although it is not yet to the point where the birds are hiding their bows, Liu Yu is also worried that he will eventually be rejected by the new emperor.

Those who hold authority will learn the art of power imperceptibly. Su Yan is not stupid, he is exactly this kind of person.

The army returned to Korea in mid-February. It was divided into three batches, the first batch was the garrison of Chang'an City, led by Liu Yu and his wife to return to Tongguan; The second group is the Chinese army, composed of Luan Jia and the Imperial Forest Army, and the local defenders, resting and pausing along the way, and going will not be too hurried. The third group is a number of scattered local troops, including the New Army, who will go to the rear.

In addition to the three batches of troops withdrawn, the local troops will also be left to garrison, all of which are requisitioned from various armies, mainly with the local troops around Xuzhou, supplemented by the new army, and Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu will also stay temporarily, waiting for the emperor's edict to return to the capital.

Liu Yu originally wanted to return to Chang'an with the Chinese army, so that he could take care of the new emperor on the way. But Su Yan insisted on letting Liu Yu go back to Chang'an City first to take care of everything.

Originally, Liu Yu could understand that this was a manifestation of the new emperor's distrust of the situation in the rear and his reliance on him, but looking at the group of people left by the new emperor, they all swore to stay by his side in the first battle of Xuzhou, Chai Jin, Qu Zhu and Yuan Bolang, needless to say, even Xuzhou Taishou Min Shaoqing and Xuzhou Thorn Shi Ma Feng were also among them, and Su Yan was ready to transfer them to the capital on a mission.

Liu Yu had to think that this was the time to reward meritorious deeds and evaluate the meritorious personnel in this counterinsurgency. When it comes to promotions and rewards, these things are very abstract and one-sided to a certain extent, and the opinions of the new emperor are easily swayed by the people around him, but Su Yan refuses to stay by his side, because he doesn't want to listen to him. Although Liu Yu had already made a list of meritorious personnel before, Su Yanxian did not attach great importance to it, but the credit of Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng was often talked about by Su Yan.

Even Xu Xuanzhu noticed this strangeness and reminded Liu Yudao: "The emperor seems to have alienated his husband. ”

Liu Yu couldn't realize that now the world is basically calm, and the new emperor has personally established his prestige in this counterinsurgency, and the whole court and the central government are solidified, so there is no need for a person who uses strong means and rough and unreasonable force to stabilize the overall situation.

The most important thing is that Liu Yu broke Su Yan's heart in the Battle of Xuzhou, and it is said that in the most difficult days of the Battle of Xuzhou, even Su Yan could only eat one meal a day, and he was not full.

But no matter what, Liu Yu didn't complain, after all, he used Su Yan once, it should be a kind of compensation for him, he was willing to reward whoever he liked once, as long as Yuan Bolang and others were by his side, he would not do anything out of the ordinary.

Liu Yu was also relieved to return to Chang'an City first.

The first batch of troops arrived in Tongguan on February 26, before that, the secret agents of the Imperial Forest Army led by Yang Lie had returned to Chang'an City first, and investigated the current situation in Chang'an City very clearly.

The sixth prince Su Jian took advantage of the fact that the fourth princess Su Bi was pregnant and could not move around, and he was gradually taking over the power, there were originally Li Mi and Sui Yi, Su Jian did not have such skills, but Liu Yue helped up Zuo Xianglan He was helping Su Jian, which made all the old ministers in Chang'an City who had opinions about Sui and Li all stand on Su Jian's side, or openly support them, or secretly ignore them, causing Su Jian to go on the road to rebellion, making him faintly become the uncrowned king of Chang'an City.

Su Jian was further contacting the border army, that is, Liu Zhao, the Marquis of Dingguo.

About Liu Zhao also felt an unprecedented crisis, once the new emperor was investigated, his disobedience to the emperor's orders was a big crime of the nine clans, although Liu Yu was there, but Liu Zhao chose to wait and see when the situation in the world was unclear, which was a kind of contempt for the new emperor, even Liu Yu could not tolerate the emergence of this situation. Liu Yu has always been very speechless about this stubborn father, involving his family and country, and he has no family affection at all.

When Liu Yu arrived at Tongguan, he also wrote a letter to the border pass as soon as possible, persuading Liu Zhao to let go of his obsession and come back early to explain everything to the new emperor, and maybe there will be a turnaround. Liu Yu guessed that Liu Zhao might not take this letter to heart, and coming back was similar to sending him to death, Liu Zhao now held great power, and rebellion was more effective than surrender, of course, Liu Yue considered this matter from the position of his own involvement.

Taking advantage of the fact that Liu Zhao had not further colluded with Su Jian, to the point where the overall situation was irreparable, Liu Yu was ready to return to Chang'an City to solve Su Jian's threat first. Although the first batch of evacuated Chang'an City garrison troops did not have many soldiers and horses, there were also 10,000 or 20,000 troops, and it should be easy to quickly pacify the chaos in Chang'an City under the cooperation of Li Mi and Sui Yi. But just when Liu Yu was about to set off, he received news from the border pass that Liu Zhao, the marquis of Dingguo, led his troops out of Shaowu Pass to Tongguan.

This father must be crazy!

Liu Yu really wants to question Liu Zhao face to face, in the end, the loyalty you have always adhered to to the Great Shun Dynasty is just empty words? Now that Su Jian is rebelling, he dares to openly support it, which has also reached the point of not being principled! Where else is the Marquis of Dingguo who convinced everyone in the army?

From Shaowu Pass to Tongguan, the cavalry can arrive in seven or eight days at most, and from Tongguan to Chang'an City, it only takes one or two days. Because the Chinese army where Luan Jia was located, it was absolutely impossible to rush back to Chang'an City to form support within seven days.

It is necessary to be bloodless.

Liu Yue got serious about doing things, and he would definitely not drag the mud and water at all, and led his troops from Tongguan overnight, and the vanguard had already arrived at the city of Chang'an overnight. Li Mi, who was in charge of the city defense, opened the city gate to welcome the army into the city as soon as possible, and Liu Yu directly led people to besiege the Six Princes' Mansion, and in the early morning, the Six Princes Su Jian was not in the mansion.

"I'm in the palace!" Yang Lie came to report.

Without the emperor's will, it is also a big crime to enter the palace without permission, this time Su Jian not only entered the palace without an edict, but also held a court meeting privately and ascended the throne in public. Originally, the palace gate was closed, but seeing the absolute minds of Liu Yu and Yang Lie and other Imperial Forest Army, even those soldiers of the Royal Forest Army knew the seriousness of the problem, and directly opened the palace door, Liu Yu directly entered Fengcui Palace, and took down Su Jian, who had not yet returned to his senses, in front of all the ministers.

"Liu Wenyan, are you going to rebel?" Su Jian held a letter in his hand, and his mouth was full of words.

Liu Yu snatched the letter, opened it, and looked shocked. This is not an ordinary letter at all, but a letter of allegiance written by Liu Zhao, the Marquis of Dingguo, to Su Jian, as if he wanted to help Su Jian ascend the throne as emperor. It's just literally, with "big things".

Su Jian thought that with Liu Zhao's support, Liu Yu, who was Liu Zhao's son, would definitely stand on his side, this time Liu Yu was in Tongguan, and he dared to ascend the throne as emperor without soldiers in his hands. He actually thought very clearly, as long as there was Liu Zhao's border army, coupled with Liu Yu's prestige in the army, it would not be a problem to take down the Yellow Mouth Kid of the Nine Emperor Princes, Su Yan. But he never expected that Liu Yue would rather kill his relatives in righteousness than stand on his side.

"Take the man down!"

With Su Jian imprisoned in the Six Princes' Mansion, Su Jian "committed suicide in fear of crime" that night! This is the first time that Liu Yu has killed in the face of the struggle for political power, and he has to do so, otherwise the Liu family will suffer a tragic disaster, and he doesn't know whether it is right or wrong for Lu Dao to do this. (To be continued......)