In the Southern Dynasty from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the mountains, forests, rivers and rivers belonged to the state, and 'private' people were not allowed to occupy them without authorization, but since ancient times, the law has not been able to control high-ranking officials and magnates.

Most of them are used to develop and plant cash crops and food crops such as mulberry hemp, tea trees, fruits and vegetables, but there are also some nobles and scholars who simply appreciate the beauty of the mountains and forests, so they have built villas and houses in the mountains and forests.

Not far from Jiankang City, in a 'fine' and elegant manor, there was a clear voice, "Today is really good, the sky is clear and the wind is smooth and ······" A middle-aged scribe in a wide robe stood in a watershed by the pool, following his gaze at the mountains in the distance, the most famous Zhongshan outside Jiankang City.

From here, you can faintly see the tower group of the Great Jingai Temple in Zhongshan, the golden 'color' glazed pagoda in the sunlight of the sun 'spring', reflecting the 'shooting' of golden light, just like the Bodhi Elysium illuminated by the Buddha's light is generally fascinating.

The man turned around and said to a scribe behind him: "Brother Zhongye, when the great ancestor, the sage of the book, and the king of the left army, met with the sages in Huiji Mountain in the ninth year of Yonghe, and left the preface of the Lanting collection that has been passed down through the ages. ”

The middle-aged scribe who spoke first was Gu Fei, the patriarch of the Gu clan surnamed Wu in Jiangdong, and the scribe he called Zhongye Brother was Wang Hao, the descendant of the Langya Wang clan to which Wang Xizhi belonged, and the younger brother of Wang Jun, the patriarch of the Langya Wang clan.

Hearing Gu Fei's obvious sycophancy, Wang Hao just smiled indifferently, his great-grandfather Wang Xizhi's old things in Huiji Mountain, he didn't know how many times he had heard it since he was a child, and besides, the idea that Gu Fei had in his heart was nothing more than wanting to make himself the leader of the Langya Wang family, how could he be fooled.

Wang Hao is already a middle-aged man in his fifties this year, his hair is already gray, and he looks gentle and elegant against the backdrop of a plain 'color' black clothes, and he exudes the temperament of a well-educated person.

Without answering Gu Fei's words, Wang Hao raised his head slightly and looked at a Taihu Lake mountain stone with a leaky hole in the garden and said with a smile: "Brother Gu invited me to meet with the Jiangdong surnames in Brother Xu's small garden today, and why is it so mysterious?" ”

It turned out that in addition to Gu Fei and Wang Hao in this garden, there were also Lu, Zhu, Kong, Shen, Zhang, Xu, Pei and other patriarchs of many scholars in Jiangdong.

Although the Southern Dynasty is said to be the scholar clan to show the 'door' to rule, but because the early control of the government is mainly the northern scholar clan of Nandu, the local Wu surname of the scholar clan has always been suppressed, so the two sides rarely interact on weekdays, Langya Wang clan is the earliest prominent Nandu Shi clan, 'the king and the horse share the world' spread all over the world.

Without waiting for Gu Fei to speak, Yu Qing, the head of the Yu family on the side, took over with a smile: "Brother Zhongye, don't you know that Wang Ze, the son of Wang Yong, who destroyed the Buddha in the north, has now assisted Han Zigao to pacify Dongyang Liuyi, and now he has arrived in Wu County and will come to Jiankang in the near future?" ”

As soon as he heard Yu Qing's words, Wang Hao was shocked, he really didn't know about it, the glory period of the Langya Wang clan was in the early days of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and now after the suppression of the Song, Qi, and Liang dynasties, the power of the Langya Wang clan has long been much worse than before.

Not only the power of the Langya Wang clan has been greatly reduced, but the power of the other scholars present has also been greatly inferior, every time the Southern Dynasty changes dynasties, every emperor tries to get rid of the influence of the scholars, although it will fail every time, but it is superimposed, and now the court can be regarded as a scholar clan and a cold 'gate'.

Especially in the 'rebellion' of Hou Jingzhi ten years ago, the children of the Sanwu Shi clan suffered heavy casualties, and even many people were removed from the list.

Wang Hao was surprised when he heard Yu Qing's words: "I have heard of Wang Ze, the son of Wang Yong, although he has created a foundation at a young age, but tens of thousands of Buddhas in this Jiankang City, and millions of believers in the Futu monks of the Southern Dynasty, doesn't Wang Ze know?" ”

To tell the truth, Wang Ze really didn't know about this before he came to Jiankang, although he experienced the siege of Qizhou monks and soldiers in Jinan City, but after all, Wang Ze was reborn from the later generation that had lost faith, and he really couldn't understand the fanatical religious beliefs of the ancients.

It seems that the Langya Wang family, who was the first surname in the southeast back then, can't even compare with his own family now, thinking about Yu Qing and smiling: "At the beginning of last month, Wang Ze came across the sea from the East China Sea, landed from Jian'an County in Fujian, and as soon as he arrived in Jian'an, he teamed up with the Han barbarian who was a 'woman' to destroy Hou Baoying, and then the barbarians (slang) from Lingnan sent troops to help the war, and swept away the counties of Fujian and Zhejiang in just one month!" ”

Also as a top scholar family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the power of the Yu family is really greater than the power of the surnames present, hearing Yu Qing's words, this time not only Wang Hao, but even the heads of other surnames were also surprised.

Those heroes who seized the counties of Fujian and Zhejiang, everyone present is very clear, although the strength of most of the heroes is not very good, but the strength of Hou Baoying, who seized Jian'an County, and the strength of the two of them who stayed in Dongyang County are still very objective.

At that time, Han Zigao only had a few thousand infantry troops when he set out on the expedition, and Han Zigao was the first time to lead the troops.

But the world is unpredictable, who would have thought that in just over a month, Han Zigao, who has always been famous for his appearance, swept the southeast with the help of that Wang Ze.

In this way, Nan Chen originally mastered the thousands of miles of rich land around Jiankang; Last year, through the Northern Expedition, the land of Huainan was recovered; The vast land of Lingnan had already been in the hands of Ouyang Wei, the general of Nanchen, with the help of Mrs. Xian the year before last; Now the counties of Fujian and Zhejiang, which have always been precipitous, were quickly pacified by Han Zigao and annexed to Nanchen.

In this way, the actual control area of Southern Chen was already connected from Huainan to Lingnan, while Wang Lin's clique that resisted the Chen Dynasty now only controlled a small area of Hunan, Jiangxi, southern Hubei, and southern Anhui.

The offensive and defensive situation is changing, and now the strength of the Nanchen Imperial Court can be said to have increased dramatically, but the heads of the families present did not smile at all.

Although all the scholars present had high-ranking officials in the Nanchen court, the increase in the strength of the court was not necessarily a good thing for the scholars.

So Wang Hao sighed for a moment before asking, "Brother Yu, you invited us to meet here today, is it just for this Wang Ze?" ”

Yu Qing laughed and said: "Brother Zhongye is not in a hurry, when I was young, there were many senior monks inside and outside the city such as Master Huihui of the Great Jingai Temple who came here together, and Brother Xie had already personally invited the masters, and I thought it was about to arrive." ”

As he spoke, he saw that Xu Mian, the owner of Xiaoyuan, who was also a high-ranking official in the Xiaoliang period of the previous dynasty, walked in with Xie Chen, the patriarch of the Xie clan, and more than a dozen senior monks such as Hui Xuan.

While admiring the beautiful scenery of the small garden, Xie Xi said to Xu Mian beside him: "Brother Xu, although your small garden is only a dozen acres in square area, but through the pond to plant trees, gather stones and move fruits, peach and plum are dense, paulownia and bamboo are shady, and Hualou is round, which makes people only feel the beauty of mountains and rivers in the bottom of their eyes!" ”

Xu Mian, who is nearly sixty years old, was praised by Xie Chen, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of pride in his heart, Xie Chen's words can be said to be in his own heart, since he resigned a few years ago, he began to operate this garden, and it took a lot of effort for him.

This small garden covers an area of less than twenty acres at most, not to mention that it can't compare to the garden villas of top scholars such as the Xiao family and the Xie family, and even Shen Qingzhi's heroic ones can't compare, but because there is such a good environment near Jiankang City, it is really a good place to go.

Yesterday, Yu Qing came to him in person, saying that he used this garden to use the Jiangdong Shi clan, which can be said to have given Xu Mian enough face, Xu Mian ignored the opposition of his younger brother Xu Qian, and insisted on lending this garden to the Yu family.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the old monk is very polite!" As the descendant disciple of the most famous monk of Emperor Wu of Liang, Hui Hui is now also the highest-ranking monk in Jiankang City, sitting on the top of the first salute, and the other family heads and monks are seated under the hospitality of Yu Qing.

Seeing that everyone in the hall was looking at him, Hui Xuan said solemnly: "Last year, the Heavenly Demon came to destroy my Futu Sect' 'Gate' and Sanqi, and tens of thousands of Buddhas suffered. ”

Wang Hao said in his heart, "Before the heroes of Fujian and Zhejiang attacked each other, and when they tortured and killed the people, I didn't see you say the first half of the sentence, but fooled those heroes and strong people to build more Buddhist temples, and now those heroes in Fujian and Zhejiang have been assisted by Wang Ze Han Zigao to pacify, but you can't see it." ’

Before Hui Hui's words fell, Zhu Pei, the head of the Zhu family in Wu County, got up and said: "What Master Hui Hui said is extremely true, the thief was assassinated in Jian'an City last month, and he actually involved me and other children of the family for no reason, and the poor nephew of my family died at the hands of the villain. ”

Hui Hui was very satisfied with Zhu Pei's cooperation, nodded and continued: "This thief is so hateful, not only did he harm your virtuous nephew, but even our Futu Sect 'sect' suffered innocently. Most of the monks in the monasteries in the prefectures and counties of Fujian and Zhejiang have now disappeared, and according to some of the disciples who have fled, they are afraid that they have been poisoned by thieves. ”

This is even more nonsense, the information of the family owners in the field is not much worse than others, although it may be delayed a little, and I don't know the latest battle report, but some things that happened earlier are still clear to everyone.

Obviously, it was your Futu Sect that instructed the monks of the Jinxian Academy in Jian'an County to buy murder to assassinate Wang Ze, and there was also the cooperation of the Zhu family and other scholars, but the people did not kill but annoyed Wang Ze, otherwise where would there be these disasters in the future.

However, the scholars of the Southern Dynasties have always been in harmony with each other, and many families, including Wang Hao, Xie Chen, and Yu Qing, believe in Futu Sect, and the relationship between the two is very close.

Not to mention anything else, when Xu Mian, the owner of this small garden, resigned a few years ago, he gave his house near the Qingming 'gate' in Jiankang City to Xuanwu Temple.

Wang Hao and his elder brother Wang Jun gave the Huqiu Annex, which was handed down by their fathers and ancestors, to the Futu Sect 'Gate', which later became the East and West Temples of Tiger Hill.

As for the other noble clans in the south of the Yangtze River, the wealthy 'gates' also have a lot of offerings to the 'gates' of the Futu Sect, and the money, cloth, and rice and grain that are given to them every year are innumerable, and the 'gates' of the Futu Sect have always maintained the interests of the major families.

Since Master Huixuan, a famous virtuous monk in Jiankang City, said so, coupled with Wang Ze and Wang Yong's cleansing of Haoqiang and the family in Qizhou, Qingzhou and other places, the Southern Dynasty scholars really did not like Wang Ze, and the matter was decided.

Therefore, under the first position of the Wu family surnamed Wu such as the Gu family and the Zhu family of Wu County, the scholars of the Southern Dynasty who were present participated in this 'yin' conspiracy against Wang Ze no matter what they thought in their hearts.

A few days later, as soon as Wang Ze's fleet landed, many powerful families in the city knew about it, so the undercurrent in the city immediately surged.

Because there are many monks in Jiankang City, and a few more monks on the street will not attract the attention of others, so the monks from several major monasteries are all passing on the news back and forth this time, and many monasteries inside and outside the city quickly got in touch.

The first 'wave' came to the 'gate' of the imperial city was led by the monks of hundreds of monasteries closest to the imperial city, and the monks of other major monasteries came to persuade the believers in the city to come to the imperial city to petition.

The major scholars in the city even sent a large number of people to spread everywhere, and in less than a day, the front of the 'gate' of the Kung Fu Imperial City was already crowded with people, and it was roughly estimated that there were as many as seventy or eighty thousand.

What's even worse is that the people in the surrounding villages outside Jiankang City also heard that many high-ranking monks in the city asked for their lives to kill the son of the Heavenly Demon, and they also poured into Jiankang City.

Jiankang's order immediately became 'chaotic' and 'chaotic', and many scoundrels in the city took advantage of the crowd to 'mess' to rob people of money and make a lot of trouble.

At this moment, Chen Qian sent the only 6,000 soldiers and horses in his hand to the outer city to inspect the order, although it was impossible to cover everything, but it still restored the order in the city a lot.

As for the safety in the imperial city, it all depends on the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Han Zigao, and after this batch of soldiers and horses was reorganized in Jian'an, a large number of new soldiers were added, although it is not completely reliable, but it is also more reliable than the previous thousands of people and horses full of a large number of scholars.

Wang Ze could sit still, when the monks first began to besiege the city, Wang Ze only sent Liu Wancheng to the ship outside the city to bring back a lot of goods and bring over more than 100 craftsmen.

Later, there were more and more people surrounding the imperial city, not only the main 'gate' but also the other city 'gates', although Chen Qian did not show it on his face at that time, but Han Zigao, who had always been familiar with Chen Qian, knew in his heart that Chen Qian's heart was a little panicked.

In the imperial city, Wang Ze was still unhurriedly directing his craftsmen to make all kinds of gadgets, and Cheng Xueying, Zhu Qingqing, and Feng Fu watched the excitement on the side.

Feng Fu has been following Wang Ze for more than a month, and he admires this sworn eldest brother very much, and he is not afraid of the movement outside the imperial city at all, and he has no intention of leaving.

As evening approached, there were more than 100,000 monks and believers outside the imperial city, and it was impossible to say that all of them were devout believers.

However, because of the Chinese tradition of watching the excitement, in addition to the monks, most of the believers came to see the excitement, but even if they came to see the excitement, it added a lot of pressure to Chen Qian.

Seeing that it was night, the voices of many monks in the city begging to kill Wang Ze became louder and louder, and the soldiers in the city had never seen such a big scene, and some of the newly recruited soldiers were already a little trembling.

Chen Qian took Han Zi down the city wall and came to Wang Ze and said, "Xiahou, it's already approaching night at this time, when it's dark, you can go down from the north city wall, hurry out of the city and go back to the East China Sea!" ”

If you want to say that Chen Qian also has good intentions, if someone among these people outside the city has bad intentions and instigates a civil uprising, it will not be easy to deal with it at that time, and it is also for the sake of Wang Ze's safety.

Who would have thought that Wang Ze replied in surprise: "Go?" Why do you want to leave? The innocent expression made Chen Qian want to spit on it.