Chapter 134 North-South Confrontation: One Gate and Three Queens
It was only a little more than a month since the meeting of the Zhaoyang Empress Mausoleum, Su Qing could not have imagined that Zhong Roulan would make such a move, marriage, thinking of this Su Qing rushed to grief for Chongqi, he is the next Tushan Jinyuan.
"Commander, are we still going to Yongzhou?"
"If you don't go, tell the brothers in Yongzhou, let them get ready, Luantai will definitely be hunted and arrested, let's go back to Chengdu, something big is going to happen in the Central Plains."
The battle in Xiangyang was over, Quartz desperately chased after receiving the order, and also caught the tail of the Xiangyang Army, and watched them retreat to Xinye, this time Quartz had no impulse, but symbolically harassed Xinye and returned.
Yeling's rectification also had obvious results, Huo Youjian did not expand the situation, but just reported it like this, and the head of Yeling was escorted back to Chengdu for trial, and most of the rest were demoted to be used.
And for Lu Ping, who did not obey the order, Meng Yan's punishment was decisive, and he was directly imprisoned without even going through the trial of Yousi, no matter who pleaded for mercy was turned away, Shang Shutai and the Dadu Governor's Mansion did not respond to this, and Jin Qian, who was far away in western Sichuan to suppress bandits, was also implicated, and was directly recalled to Chengdu to temporarily stay in the military affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Office.
The order was issued to Jin Qian and his family so vigorously that many people did not even know what punishment had occurred, and the Supervision Yuan, under the instruction of Meng Yan, crossed Shangshutai and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to fully cooperate with the conviction and arrest.
"Ye Shuai, you should say something, it is really inappropriate for the prince to be so unscrupulous and have a face, you should persuade him." Although Zhuo Bailing did not oppose Meng Yan's approach, he did not approve of it in his heart.
Ye Bohuai rarely didn't drink, and his expression was sluggish, "I, the metropolitan governor, can't even manage my subordinates, what can I say?" β
Looking at Ye Bohuai's decadent and depressed appearance, Zhuo Bailing felt the anger from Meng Yan, this matter was related to Zhong Roulan's marriage.
"Qingshuai is going back to Chengdu to recuperate in the next two days, most of the senior generals of the two prefectures will also come back with him, Su Qing is also coming back soon, and the prince also ordered the recall of Yu Laohu, do you think the prince will think about Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·it?"
Ye Bohuai's eyes suddenly became sharp and sharp, "Lao Zhuo, don't follow Jin Qian's old path, tell Quartz and your brother, don't have other ideas, you will die, you understand!" β
Zhuo Bailing was taken aback by the sudden reprimand and warning, and when he came back to his senses, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat all over his body.
Zhuo Bailing looked around and whispered: "Ye Shuai, Zhong Roulan and Chongqi are married, which means that this woman doesn't want to wait, and she has to go to that point completely, and according to Jinling's news, Xiao Yu has always had that meaning, and we in Chengdu must have some expressions, right?" β
Ye Bohuai shook his head, "The prince won't make any moves, he hasn't been out of the palace for half a month, if you really want to ask, it's better to ask An Cang." β
Asking An Cang is tantamount to asking in vain, even An Kui can't get anything from An Cang's mouth, the situation is changing too fast, Zhuo Bailing feels that his brain can't keep up at all.
"Ye Shuai, do you think I'm old?" Zhuo Bailing said self-deprecatingly.
"You are less than fifty this year, your hair is almost gray, if you are really tired, you can rest, I am planning to ask the prince to resign, I am tired."
In the middle of summer, it was very lively, and Emperor Quan Zheng of Houling braved the world to marry Zhong Rouxuan, who had recently lost her husband, so that Luo Chen's long-empty throne was implemented.
Luo Chen's grand ceremony was not over, and the king of Nanning of the Chen Dynasty suddenly announced that he was about to marry Zhong Roulan, the princess of Dongfu, and announced his departure from Nanchen on the same day.
This is shocking news for the people, but for the major forces, this is just a matter of time, at the moment when the news of the Chongzhong marriage was announced to the world, the Jinling Wu Wangfu announced the expulsion of the Chen Dynasty's general administration department, and left within half a month, and at the same time announced that it would no longer accept any instructions from the Chen Dynasty.
The order immediately caused an uproar, no matter what, Xiao Yu is the royal family of the Chen Dynasty, which is tantamount to a rebellion, but Xiao Yu naturally has his own statement, he denounced at length that the court is no longer the world of the Xiao family, it is the Zhong family that takes power, in order to preserve the orthodoxy of the Xiao family, he must not make such a choice, and Xiao Yu said that he was sick, and all the affairs of the palace were handled by the princess Xiahou Ying.
It's just that the return of the spy organization is that Jinling has built a lot of construction and expanded the scale of the palace, which is completely built according to the emperor's specifications, and at the same time, Yu Qingwu of Shenzhou and Teng Han of Xuzhou are not idle, under the blow of Qingwu, the southern half of Runan fell, and the soldiers and horses of Youdu who echoed Luo Chen and Teng Han carried out a two-month tug-of-war in Dongping, and there were mutual victories and defeats, until Beimu invaded the northern border, Quan Hanliang and Teng Han reached an agreement to withdraw their troops from each other.
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, Zhong Jue and Xiahou Ming evacuated safely from Chenjing with the help of Cang Shuliang, Zhong Rou Ning was angry with Cang Shu Liang, and sent Cang Shuliang to prison, and the momentary anger brought endless trouble to himself, after Chengdu knew about it, Gu Qingfeng, the princess who presided over daily affairs, immediately announced a crusade against Zhong Rou Ning, and Zhong Rou Ning promised to send Cang Shu Liang to Chengdu under the mediation of Zhong Roulan and Chongqi.
In mid-October, Cang Shuliang went out of Chenjing, and when he arrived in Baoqing, Cang Shuliang suddenly fell seriously ill, this illness came dangerously, but not without reason, Cang Shuliang was old, the pain of losing his daughter, and the disaster of prison, so that his body had already collapsed.
Meng Yan and Gu Qingfeng hurried to Baoqing after learning about it, and when they arrived in Baoqing, Cang Shuliang had been in the coffin for five days, and left a letter for Meng Yan and Gu Qingfeng respectively, and Meng Yan's letter wrote eight words, "Keep your original intention and be kind to the people." There were only four untimely words on Gu Qingfeng's letter, "Mother Yi World", Gu Qingfeng was secretly happy in his heart, and was recognized by Cang Shuliang, will the world's scholars be far away?
On November 6, Chongqi and Zhong Roulan got married in Yongzhou, and at the same time, Chongqi announced the establishment of the country as Chu, changed the Yuan Zhaoyuan, and set the capital Yuzhang.
The three sisters of the Zhong family became famous for a while, especially Zhong Jue, who was also the head of the three dynasties, was even more smiling, and under the promotion of Zhong Jue, Luo Chen, Chen Jing and Yu Zhang reached an alliance agreement, known as the "Zhong Alliance", and for a long time in the future, this alliance is unbreakable.
At the beginning of the new year, Xiao Yu's condition suddenly improved, with the strong support and threat of the ministers, Xiao Yu was forced to call himself the emperor in Jinling, establish the country as Ning, change the orthodoxy of the Yuan, and the first edict after succeeding to the throne was sent to Meng Yan of Chengdu, and he was awarded the title of Shangzhu State, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses.
After receiving the edict, Chengdu did not refuse or express its position, but asked Chen Zhiqing, who was recuperating in Chengdu, to return to Jiangxia to sit in Jiangxia, this intention is obvious, to put it bluntly, Chengdu's attitude towards Ning Dynasty is that you are you and I am me.
Then what was confusing was Xijing's attitude, and Quan Bo personally issued an edict hoping to reach an alliance with Chengdu, which was tantamount to changing direction to recognize Meng Yan's transcendent and independent status.
"Qilang, you are now a fragrant glutton, and everyone is fighting for you, it's not a matter to hang like this all the time, Quartz and Zhuo Baiqing are in a hurry, please see you for three days in a row, what do you think." Gu Qingfeng was sorting out the bookcase for him, and he spoke with a little whining.
"Duke Zhuo has resigned five times in the past six months, Ye Bohuai is even more straightforward, he directly picks his son, and he doesn't ask about the affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, what do you think these two people mean?" Meng Yan seems to answer the question, but it is actually meaningful.
"The world has been in turmoil for more than half a year, I don't know that you are recuperating because of the Battle of Xiangyang, who would have thought that His Royal Highness King Yong, who can control the overall situation of the world, hides in the harem every day to fish?" Gu Qingfeng sneered without scruples.
Meng Yan put down the fishing rod, walked behind Gu Qingfeng gently, and picked up Gu Qingfeng, Gu Qingfeng exclaimed, struggling to come down, where would Meng Yan let go, and directly hugged her to the bed for naked punishment.
It wasn't until the moment when the two of them got up, Meng Yan half-sitting, stroked Gu Qingfeng's smooth back and said dotingly: "We have been in the same room for so many years, why is there no movement at all?" β
Gu Qingfeng shyly buried his head in Meng Yan's arms, but his hand was restless, touching Meng Yan's strong chest, and said in a muttered voice: "You know that I am a martial artist, the family exercises are too domineering, I have not been in good health since I was a child, and it may be difficult for you to conceive after you have personally conditioned me over the years." β
"I said that, don't be burdened, by the way, my uncle is going back to Beichuan in a few days, don't stay with me to hide, go and see him off, just for me to see what those people are doing." Meng Yan comforted softly.
"I'm not going, you let me preside over Chengdu's affairs at every turn, making everyone think I have a lot of power." Gu Qingfeng decisively refused to jump into the pit that Meng Yan dug for her.
Meng Yan saw that it was exposed, he smiled and even passed, and then said: "Since Zhuo Gong insists on wanting to retire, then let him go, as for Ye Bohuai, he can't let him go, the position of the Metropolitan Governor is reserved for him, and the affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will be managed by Quartz for the time being, anyway, Su Qing is going to give birth recently, so we can't be unkind, right?" β
"You are doing this, Jin Qian is probably even more dissatisfied, Lu Ping is still squatting in prison?" Gu Qingfeng reminded.
Meng Yan thought for a while and said: "Lu Ping can still save it, let him come out, transfer Jingyi back to Chengdu to preside over the suppression of bandits in western Sichuan, this Zhuge Xingchen is really hateful, he has not been caught, how about letting Lu Ping be his deputy?" β
"The prince is wise, and the concubines are obedient." Gu Qingfeng said with a smile.
The next day, three edicts finally came out from the Yongwang Palace, the first was to promote Zhuo Bailing to the Taifu, the head of the hundred officials, and Shangshutai was temporarily represented by Gu Yanfeng, the middle hall of the two academies; the second is to appoint Quartz as the deputy governor, and praise the affairs of the governor's office during Ye Bohuai's recuperation; The third general Jing Yi was transferred to Zhaonan as the general of western Sichuan, responsible for the affairs of suppressing bandits in western Sichuan, and Lu Ping was the deputy general of the general of western Sichuan, and at the same time, An Kui, the general of southern Sichuan, was temporarily in charge of military affairs in southern Sichuan.
As soon as the new appointment came out, Chengdu instantly quieted down, and Su Qing, who had a big belly, appeared on the school field and watched Quartz vent his excess strength.
After a stick of incense, Quartz put down the stone mill in his hand and walked over with an unconvinced face.
"Still angry?" Su Qing said while eating the preserved fruit.
"What do you mean by this? If you don't let me take charge of the army, just because I pushed him to be emperor? Quartz's voice grew louder and louder.
"Yes, that's it, keep howling, pig brain, the prince is protecting you." Su Qing said lightly.
"Don't let me be in charge of the army, let me be in charge of the Dadu Governor's Mansion of this Laoshizi, this is to collect my military power." Quartz said indignantly.
"After the Three Zhong Alliance, Youdu and Jinling negotiated peace, don't you understand Xijing's true intentions? Quan Bo just wants to push the prince to the cusp, and Qingshuai is going to Jiangxia for you to take charge, so as not to let you fall into the trap of Jinling again. β
"Am I that unbearable?" Quartz pouted.
"Just your brain, Ye Shuai has been in the wrong state recently, if you are not in charge of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, do you still let Jin Qian take charge? And put away your and Zhuo Baiqing's careful thoughts, isn't it enough for Zhuo Gong to withdraw from Shangshutai? Su Qing was full of white eyes.