Nanliang's current decline, even the Xia family can see clearly, since Gao Cheng said that he would not treat Xiao Fangzhi as a prisoner and allow him to be rich, the Xia family has never mentioned sending his son Nangui again.

Xiao Yi has six sons in the world, in addition to the fourth son Xiao Fangju, the ninth son Xiao Fangzhi, the tenth son Xiao Fangluo, and the eleventh son Xiao Fanggui who fell into the hands of Gao Cheng, there are also Xiao Fangzhu, the second son Xiao Fangzhu who has served Xiao Yan on behalf of his father in Jiankang for a long time, and Xiao Fang, the eldest son of the kings who recently ordered the kings to enter Beijing to pay respects, so he entered the court.

Xiao Fangzhi is a concubine, if it weren't for the second brother Xiao Fangzhu being killed by Hou Jing in Jiankang, the eldest brother Xiao Fang and others being defeated and drowning, and the fourth brother Xiao Fangju being killed together with his father Xiao Yi after the city was broken in the Western Wei Dynasty, how could it be his turn to be the last emperor of Southern Liang.

Knowing that his son had no chance to inherit the throne, the Xia family also had plans to leave Xiao Fangzhi in Jiangbei.

Maybe it's because of Aiwu and Wu, Xia's courtesy and flattery over the past few days have been rewarded, and Gao Cheng recognized Xiao Fangzhi, who was only six years old, as a fake son.

Of course, King Xiao Gao is strictly wary of his own son, not to mention that he is a fake son who is not related by blood, and is destined to only be rich and powerful.

But this identity is a layer of life-saving talisman after all, no matter which family dominates the world in the end of the battle between Qi and Liang, as the false son of the Northern Qi Emperor and the Southern Liang clan, Xiao Fangzhi can be rich and noble.

The beloved son of his parents has far-reaching plans, and the Xia family has taken great pains for this only son.

Unlike the six-year-old Xiao Fangzhi, who is ignorant, the fourth brother Xiao Fangju is much older than him, and knows more, and he has a grudge against his mother Yuan and Gao Cheng's adultery, but Gao Cheng also dislikes Xiao Fangju's temperament is quite similar to his father Xiao Yi, who is fierce and suspicious, and he has made up his mind to send him back to Jiangnan.

Yuan's face was washed with tears every day, begging Gao Cheng to recognize the fake son, but he was refused, which annoyed Gao Cheng even more, so he favored the younger Xia family, and after the freshness of the Yuan family, he never had a lucky move.

At the same time, when the Southern Liang fell to Jiangling, the core of Jiangbei, the frontline Northern Qi generals reported frequently.

To the east of the Han River, Murong Shaozong opened up a connection with the land of Huainan under the cover of Hu Lüguang, and to the west of the Han River, it was occupied by Peng Le's troops, and Gao Ao Cao also included the east of Yiling.

Gao Cheng fought a battle against Xiao Yi, and the offensive ended with the northern Qi swallowing the Jianghan Plain.

In the second year of Zhaode (549), on August 23, Gao Cheng ordered his relatives to drive down the river to Jiankang, and sent an envoy to Nanliang to negotiate with him about the ransom of prisoners.

Prior to this, it was Xiao Yi and his party who arrived in Jiangling with the envoys of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Xiao Yi lost the land of Jiangbei and returned to the court to ask for guilt, although there were really ignorant people who thought that he was plotting to assassinate Gao Cheng to have this military disaster, but Xiao Yan could see it clearly and knew that this was just Gao Cheng's move, and the crime of losing the land, Xiao Yan also felt that he had made a mistake in choosing the general, and chose Liu Zhongli, so that 30,000 elite soldiers were annihilated in Anlu.

So he didn't blame Xiao Yi, but transferred him to Jiangzhou Assassin Shi and guarded Xunyang.

Jiangzhou was placed in the first year of Yuankang in the Western Jin Dynasty (291), with Yuzhang, Poyang, Luling, Linchuan, Nankang, Jian'an, Jin'an of Yangzhou, Wuchang, Guiyang and Ancheng of Jingzhou as its jurisdiction.

In the past, Liu Jun of Liu Song Xiaowu Emperor Liu Jun was in Xunyang and entered Jiankang, and the Southern Dynasties wanted to take the division of Jingzhou and go down the river, and they must break through the obstacles of Jiangzhou.

Regarding the history of Jiangzhou Thorns, Xiao Yan originally had a more suitable candidate in his heart, that is, the former Yizhou Thorn History, Xiao Ji, King of Wuling.

However, when the Northern Qi invaded Jiangling, there was a rebellion in Lingnan.

In Xiao Yan's original plan, it was not only Liu Zhongli who went all the way, he ordered Chen Baxian to lead the army north to rescue, but Yuan Jingzhong, who was the assassin of Guangzhou at the time, had different ambitions.

Yuan Jingzhong 24 years ago, with his father Yuan monk defected to the Southern Liang, after the death of the Yuan monk, the Duke of Zhijiang County, after the death of Chen Ba Xian Lord Xiao Ying, that is, in 542 AD, he served as the post of Guangzhou Assassin History, has been 7 years.

With this arrangement, Xiao Yan also took a fancy to his identity as the Yuan Wei clan, and decided that it was impossible for him to cooperate with the Gao clan who was plotting to usurp Wei at that time, after all, so many examples of the Southern Dynasty slaughtering the clans of the previous dynasty were in front of him.

However, Gao Cheng founded the country, except for the reduction of the king of the Yuan Dynasty to the duke, there was no persecution, which made Yuan Jingzhong have other ideas, and the overall situation of Qi Qiang and Liang was weak Even the Xia family could recognize it, let alone him.

Yuan Jingzhong had secretly sent a letter expressing his willingness to join Gao Cheng in the land of Lingnan, but Gao Cheng's reply to him waiting for the right time was still on the way, and Yuan Jingzhong was already working on Chen Baxian, who held the military power of the Seven Counties.

Chen Ba first learned of his plan, and after consulting with Wang Huaiming, the assassin of Chengzhou, and the foreign minister of Xingtai Xuanlang Yin, he went to Nanhai County, where Panyu was located, to attack Yuan Jingzhong, Yuan Jingzhong raised troops in July, and was defeated and hanged.

Xiao Yannian and Lingnan rebellions occurred from time to time, so he sent his most valued son Xiao Ji out of the town, after all, throwing away the unwarranted disaster of the defeat in the switch, Xiao Ji's previous governance in Shu is obvious to all.

Xiao Ji has not yet taken office, Lingnan has changed again, and it is not only Yuan Jingzhong who responds to the Northern Qi Dynasty on his own, Lan Yu and Lan Jingli fan Shixing (Guangdong Shixing) and other ten counties together to raise troops to attack Hengzhou (Hengyang, Hunan), Ouyang Yi, who was the envoy of Linhe (Hezhou, Guangxi), was in the city of Hengzhou, and he hurriedly asked Xiao Ji for help.

Xiao Ji, who was on the way, hurriedly sent people to Guangzhou first, and it was reported that Chen Ba first led the army to Hengzhou to quell the rebellion.

Chen Ba first responded to the order to send troops, defeated the rebels, captured Lan Yu and Lan Jingli, and sent them to Jiankang to be executed.

Previously, Chen Baxian pacified Lu Zixiong's old department, Du Tianhe, Du Shengming and others mutinied, relieved the siege of Guangzhou, recovered Jiaozhou and other places, and destroyed Wanchun Kingdom, which had accumulated huge prestige, and now he has successively defeated Yuan Jingzhong, as well as Lan Yu, Lan Jingli and other rebels, and his reputation is even greater.

For example, Hou Andu, Zhang Si and others led more than 1,000 people to defect to Chen Baxian, and Mrs. Xian, the leader of the slang people, also sent people to express their attachment.

When Xiao Ji arrived in Lingnan, he found that he seemed to be just a puppet, and the military power in Lingnan was in the hands of Chen Baxian.

However, Chen Baxian behaved respectfully, as soon as Xiao Ji arrived in Guangzhou, after paying respects, he led the army back to the station, and did not see the intention of annexation for the Liang army in various places where he was concerned, which made Xiao Ji feel at ease, and relied on Chen Baxian as a confidant, with his loyalty and bravery, he did his best to govern the government.

Xiao Ji went to Lingnan, and Jiangzhou naturally fell on Xiao Yi's head.

Xiao Yi said goodbye to his father, and led Wang Shengbi, Du Liujun, Du Gong, and Wang Lin, the uncle of Xiao Fang, the son of the king of Xiangdong, to go out of Xunyang.

When the boat of the Qi envoy crossed the Xunyang River, he also had a relationship with Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi asked about his family in Jiangling City, and learned that Xu Zhaopei and his three lovers were all executed by Gao Cheng, and he was so excited that he wrote "Slut Qiu Sifu" on the spot to ridicule his wife.

Xu Zhaopei's lewd behavior, Xiao Yi was not unaware, and he hated Xu Zhaopei for killing his beloved concubine Wang, but because of his family background, he had to swallow his anger and never had a seizure.

asked him about his concubines and sons, but Qi only vaguely revealed that Xiao Fangzhi worshiped Gao Cheng as his father-in-law, and his mood reversed in an instant.

Of course, Gao Cheng is lustful, the world knows that the concubines fall into his hands, how can he keep his innocence, Xiao Yi has long been psychologically prepared, and the concubines and wives have different statuses, among the nobles, concubines are given from time to time, Xiao Yi comforted himself with this, and asked Gao Cheng if he could allow himself to redeem his son.

The envoy replied truthfully, and he could send someone to Jiangling to negotiate the ransom of Xiao Fangju, Xiao Fangluo, and Xiao Fanggui, and only Xiao Fangzhi could not be redeemed as Gao Cheng's fake son.

Xiao Yi was not angry at first, but then thought about it, if the Great Liang Sheji was overturned, Xiao Fangzhi would still continue the bloodline for himself in Jiangbei, and then turn his anger into joy and let the envoys go.

Qi envoys continued to go downstream, Xiao Yi was looking for beauties in Jiangzhou, and also sent his henchman Du An to Jiangling to negotiate with Gao Cheng to redeem his third son, collect books, and the sister of his concubine Wang, who died early, Xiao Yi has coveted his sister-in-law for a long time.

When Du An came to Jiangling, he proposed the name of Wang, but he was told that this person had been favored by Lord Qi, and learned that the collection of books had been transported to Luoyang, so he had to put the negotiation target on the three brothers Xiao Fangju, Xiao Fanglue, and Xiao Fanggui.

Gao Cheng considered that most of Xiao Yi's belongings were in Jiangling, and he couldn't take out too much money to redeem them, so he only offered 10,000 pieces of cloth for one person, and the sum of the three was equivalent to Xiao Yuanming, a total of 30,000 horses, and no bargaining was allowed.

Du An agreed, this price was fair enough, before he came to Jiangling, Xiao Yi was also worried that Gao Cheng would ask for the same price on the grounds that Xiao Yuanming sold 30,000 pieces of cloth.

Gao Cheng and Xiao Yi's private negotiations went quite smoothly, but the Qi envoys who arrived in Jiankang and the Southern Liang court were much more difficult.

The more than 20,000 captives in Anlu City were all elite in the army, and Xiao Yan naturally wanted to redeem them, but he was only willing to take the Liyang Peace Conference as an example and pay the price of one piece of cloth per person.

Gao Cheng asked for two pieces of cloth per capita on the grounds of his elite, and after some bargaining, he finally took a step back and sent back to Jiangnan this group of Liang army captives who were deeply affected by the Qi army in Anlu City to promote the northern land policy at the price of one and a half horses per capita, and obtained more than 30,000 pieces of cloth.

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As for the officers and men in the army, they ranged from 100 to 5,000 horses, such as Liu Zhongli and Liu Zili, two brothers, who each paid 5,000 horses for their father Liu Jin, and got 10,000 horses.

The rest of the generals and the guards from all over the country, a total of sporadic horses, also had nearly 50,000 horses, of course, this was all raised by their families.

A total of 120,000 pieces of cloth were transported to Jiangling as ransom, which made the economy of Jiangnan even worse.

And the Northern Qi Dynasty's previous actions of tearing up the peace talks, fabricating charges at will, and sending troops to crusade against Xiao Yi also made the Southern Liang court and the scholars recognize Gao Cheng's wolf ambitions, and no longer have any illusions about the harmonious coexistence of Qi and Liang, and the rule of the river.

The Jiangnan Shi clan contributed to support the imperial court in recruiting soldiers, hoping to resist the southward movement of the Qi army, so that they could continue to enjoy various privileges in Jiangnan.