In the first month of the spring of the fifth year of Ping, the amnesty was granted to the widows and widows who could not survive on their own, the general of Beizhong Lang, the governor Xu Yanqing, the military of the five states of Jiyou, and the assassination of Xu Yan and the two states. In February, Fan Wang, the general of the Zhenjun army, was the governor of Jianghuai Zhujun, the general of Anbei, and the assassin of Xuzhou. General Zhennan, Guangzhou Assassin History, Governor Guang, Jiao Zhu Military, Yangxia Hou Zhou Fu Pawn. Summer and April, big water. Da Sima Huan Wen made his younger brother and champion general rush to Zhenwan and returned to Xiangyang. The Phoenix Emperor is seen in the north.

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"Beifu is still exempt from the table?" Huan Wen said slowly after reading the information in his hand.

"Yes, Beifu is exempted from the third time. But this time the reason used is too far-fetched. What is said that the name of Qin is ominous, so he does not want to receive the edict to the country. Huan Yun said mockingly.

Huan Huo couldn't help frowning his eyebrows, but he didn't still sit there and didn't make a sound.

Huan Wen saw it in his eyes, but his heart was like a mirror. He knew that Huan Huo, like Huan Chong, was quite close and friendly to Beifu, but Huan Yun was different, he seemed to be a little jealous of Zeng Hua, and his attitude towards Beifu had always been meritorious, so he didn't take it seriously, sneered, and looked at jokes and gloated. This time, Beifu pacified Yanguo, and Huan Yun strongly advocated Jingxiang to send troops to directly occupy Heluo and Beiyuzhou, and if feasible, Yanzhou could also be included in Jingxiang's bag.

However, after thinking about it several times, Huan Wen finally accepted the advice of Huan Chong and others, and did not directly confront Beifu, but sent Huan Huo to lead the army north, and took the opportunity to recover Xiangcheng, Yanxian and other places that had retreated in order to avoid the sharp edge of Xuchang Yao Chang years ago.

But Gu Dong couldn't take care of Xi, and he didn't wait for Jing Xiang and Huan Wen to react. The Beifu soldiers rushed east from Shangluo and Hongnong, joined forces with Wang Mengdi's Henan Provincial Crusade Army, quickly occupied Zhai Bin's Yangcheng, and easily occupied Liangxian and other important towns connecting Luoyang to Nanyang. At that time, Luoyang was left behind, and General Yangwu Shen Jin did not know the intentions of the Northern Mansion, so he had to close Luoyang City.

By the time all sides reacted, Luoyang had become a lonely city surrounded by Beifu. However, the Beifu soldiers did not embarrass Shen Jin and the defenders of Luoyang, and they couldn't help but go in and out. Just watch from afar. After all, the thousands of troops in Luoyang City who are specially responsible for guarding the tomb and protecting the tomb are not in the eyes of the Beifu soldiers. And Shen Jin didn't dare to act rashly. Restrain the soldiers and horses, and ask Jing Xiang for help.

After several correspondence, Huan Wen finally figured out the attitude and opinions of Wang Mengdi, the "person in charge" of Beifu in the Heluo area. The defense of Luoyang is still in the hands of Jing Xiang and Huan Wen, and Jing Xiang can also continue to transport grain and grass supplies to the north, but the task of escorting the land must be taken care of by the local garrison in Beifu. Wang Meng solemnly told Huan Wen that Jiangzuo Jingxiang officials could return to Luoyang unimpeded, but Jingxiang's army was not allowed to cross Rushui. Otherwise, it would be a declaration of war on the Beifu soldiers.

Wang Meng has no friendship with Huan Wen, and he will not give him face like Zeng Hua and Che Yin and others. No matter what Huan Wen thinks, now Zeng Hua has handed over the matter of Henan Economic Strategy to Wang Meng, and his attitude also represents the attitude of Beifu. For this matter, Zeng Hua also specially repaired a letter to apologize to Huan Wen, but the apology is an apology, Jing Xiangjun still can't go north, and Luoyang continues to be an isolated city.

Huan Wen finally sent Huan Chong to guard Wancheng. This is because this younger brother of his has a gentle personality. Knowing the soldiers has the bearing, so Huan Wen can rest assured that he will be placed in Wancheng, the front line bordering Beifu. Huan Wen knew that only this younger brother could not only reassure him to lead the heavy army, but also know the situation. There will be no conflict with the Northern Mansion, and it will be able to restrain its power and prevent it from going south.

"The former Qin II died, and the Northern Mansion intended to usurp the world, of course, I hope to pass it on forever, how can I be willing to use the name of Qin." Huan Yun continued to sneer there.

"Yunzi, don't say any more." Huan Wen knew that he couldn't let Huan Yun say it anymore, so he hurriedly interrupted.

"Brother, it's really incomprehensible that Zeng Zhenbei behaved like this." Huan Huo frowned and said worriedly.

"The last time Beifu sent troops to the east, I speculated that Beifu and Zeng Zhenbei would be separated from Jiangzuo, after all, most of the world had already entered Beifu's bag. But I couldn't figure out why he just asked for the partition of the country. If he gradually goes south and persecuts Jianye, who in this world can stop him? Huan Wen also said solemnly.

"The Jiangzuo Imperial Court still occupies the righteousness and fame of the world, how dare Zeng Zhenbei go against the trend?" Without waiting for Huan Huo to speak, Huan Yun hurriedly replied.

"Righteous name?" Huan Wen couldn't help but feel a little contemptuous and dissatisfied with his younger brother, jealousy made him get carried away, and he didn't seriously consider the causes and consequences under impulse. Over the past decade or so, it has been proven that anyone who despises and ignores Zeng Huadi has to swallow the bitter fruit.

Zhenchang (Liu Yi) is right, Zeng Hua is a national player who takes the world as a chessboard, and no one knows what his next move is? I don't know who will be the pawn and what role it will play. Maybe Managa is the only one who knows his student.

"Zeng Zhenbei has decided to do it again, since he is unwilling to persecute Jiang Zuo, he has his own intentions, and before the result is clear, none of us knows what his idea is." Huan Wen finally sighed and said.

"Since we can't guess, we don't have to think about it. Zeng Zhenbei wolf's ambition will show his tail sooner or later. Huan Yun then said angrily.

"Brother, what I'm worried about is our Jing Xiang." Huan Huo did not answer the topic of whether Zeng Hua was a wolf or not, but turned to another aspect.

"Langzi, what do you mean?" Huan Wen also had a lot of worries in his heart, so he really wanted to hear Huan Huodi's opinion.

Beiping settled the Yan Kingdom and occupied the Central Plains. And under this general trend, the northern government should respect Zeng Zhenbei to stand on its own, and the public opinion was turbulent for a while, and it was irreversible. Jiang Zuo, including us Jingxiang, thought that Beifu would really take advantage of the tide and break away from the Great Jin Dynasty and establish itself as a country. But no one thought that Zeng Hua, who had been silent, finally compiled an article in the "Minbao", making it clear that he and Beifu were still under the name of the Great Jin. ”

Huan Huo slowly recalled: "As soon as these words came out, the world was shocked, but the Jiangzuo court was ecstatic. ”

Speaking of which, Huan Wen understood what it meant. At that time, Zeng Hua said that he and Beifu were still the courtiers of the Great Jin, which once surprised Huan Wen. Just ask. If there is such a strong world in the world, who will bend to the weak and incompetent Jiangzuo court. At least Huan Wen thinks that if he is in that position, he will do something more "vigorous".

But for the Jiangzuo court, it is tantamount to a big pie in the world, the Jin family has gone through hundreds of years of ups and downs after crossing to the south, and the authority and power have weakened even more. Originally, I thought that after Jiangyou Central Plains fell into the hands of Beifu, it would be like a sheep entering the mouth of a wolf, and he would never come back. And Guanlongbei Mansion was already semi-autonomous. Now it has the Central Plains again. The power has increased dramatically. Will you still take yourself into account?

Suddenly heard that Zeng Hua was willing to lead the Beifu to continue to stay in the arms of the Jin family, why was the Jiangzuo court overjoyed? Nominal unification was the only thing the decaying Jin family could do. So relatively speaking, no matter how excessive Zeng Hua and Beifu's requirements are, it is not a problem.

Of course, Huan Wen understands Jiang Zuo's self-conscious mood of locking himself in the house, which is the only thing they can do. If it weren't for the fact that the Jin family was so weak, Huan Wen would not have been so ambitious, and he would not be so amazed at Zeng Hua's actions.

Is Zeng Hua really as loyal to the Jin family as the Jiangzuo Imperial Court explicitly praised?

Huan Wen didn't think so. In his mind, Zeng Hua's ambition is even greater than him. It's just that you have more means, so you can have more power than yourself. But what exactly does Zeng Hua want to do?

Just thinking about it, Huan Huo continued: "Regardless of Zeng Zhenbei's intentions for the time being, in the future, the Beifu will focus on Jiangyou, and the Jiangzuo Imperial Court will pay more attention to me Jingxiang." ”

Hearing this, Huan Wen sighed in his heart. The northern government is autonomous in Jiangyou, and the Jiangzuo court has no choice but to give up. Because the territory of Beifu was lost in the past. It was Zeng Hua who led people to shoot him down with a knife and a shot, and he protected the food carefully, so Jiang Zuo had no chance at all. Now that people are stronger, they don't dare to provoke him easily. But Jingxiang is different, although it is far away from the Jiangzuo court, but after all, it is the "old land" and foundation of the Jiangzuo court. In order to avoid the emergence of a second Beifu and Zeng Zhenbei, the Jiangzuo Imperial Court would definitely "learn from the lessons" and attack Jingxiang. If Jing Xiang learns the autonomy of Beifu again, the Jiangzuo court will really have to drink cold water.

Jingxiang is different from Beifu, the autonomous bar does not have this force, and Huan Wen is unwilling to submit to it, so he can only take another path. Thinking of this, Huan Wen suddenly thought of what Zeng Hua said in his letter, "Duke Huan is the pillar of the country, and the internal affairs of the court are to be taken care of by Da Sima; Zeng is not talented, knows a little about martial arts, and is willing to sort out miscellaneous affairs far away. ”

It seems that Zeng Hua is really unwilling to ride south, and hinted to himself in a letter that no matter how he tries to compete with Jiang Zuo, he will support him. Does he want to borrow my knife to deal with Jiang Zuo?

Huan Wen couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, it must be like this! He secretly shouted in his heart, didn't this Zeng Zhenbei have far-reaching intentions that time, and didn't he take advantage of the situation to act that time? But what do you do? At the mercy of Zeng Hua? Or do you disobey his wishes and swear to defend Jiang Zuo to the death?

Huan Wen kept pondering in his heart, and finally the words that Zeng Hua said to himself a long time ago suddenly rose from the depths of his heart: "You can't live for a hundred years, and you have to leave a stench for ten thousand years." ”

Huan Wen secretly gritted his teeth, couldn't help clenching his fists, and made up his mind in his heart. If I could have Jiangzuo Dihua, would I still be so trapped?

Huan Huo's words interrupted Huan Wen's train of thought: "The Jiangzuo Imperial Court wants my brother to go to Jianye with Zeng Zhenbei to be sealed, brother, do you have any plans in your heart?" ”

Huan Wen smiled and said: "The Jiangzuo court has weakened to this point, and it still wants to fight for face. When I go to Jianye to be sealed, I can go, Zeng Zhenbei will not go to the ground. ”

"Brother, what do you mean by that?" Huan Yun was taken aback and hurriedly asked.

"I am the uncle of the imperial court, and Zeng Zhenbei is already a prince of the world, it is one thing whether I go or not. But as soon as Zeng Zhenbei went to Jianye, he was sealed on the spot in the high temple of the court, then he is a real vassal state of the Great Jin Dynasty, if he wants to have different intentions in the future, he must also take care of the words of the world. Huan Wen said with a sneer.

"Brother, what do you mean?" Huan Yun asked in surprise.

"The three kingdoms of Yan, Zhou, and Wei in the Central Plains have all been vassals to my Great Jin and have been vassal states of my Great Jin. But who of them has ever been to Jianye to be canonized? Huan Wen asked with a sneer.

"I understand, it seems that this Zeng Zhenbei really has different intentions!" Huan Yun said loudly, seemingly a little excited.

"Hmph, what if you have a different heart? Zeng Zhenbei sits on the right side of the river more than a dozen states, and hundreds of thousands of iron riders. By his means. As long as you work hard for another 20 years, who will still remember the Jin family in the world. As long as he raises his arms and points far away, the million-strong army will arrive in the morning and evening, and he can step on the left side of the river in the turn of breath. At that time, it would be abnormal to have no dissenting thoughts. ”

Huan Wen said this, the more his voice became

Cold: "Zeng Zhenbei was born in the third year of Taining (325 AD), and he is now six years old, and he is healthy and does not worry about his life. He has more time than others. He could afford to wait. ”

Speaking of which, it's up. Huan Huo and Huan Yun all understood. Huan Wen is fifty years old this year, fifteen years older than Zeng Hua, most of the other important ministers in the court are also older than Zeng Hua, and even the talented Xie An Xie Anshi is five years older than Zeng Hua. And Zeng Hua has always been healthy, and he has no hobbies such as eating Wuxing San, it is estimated that if he survives the years, no one can survive him. Once the important ministers of this era died one after another. Who else can compete with Zeng Zhenbei?

Thinking of this, the three brothers of the Huan family were in no mood, and couldn't help but sit there and sigh secretly.

And Zeng Hua at this time was also worried about this matter. Going to Jianye? Even if he agrees, his subordinates will not agree, even Mao Muzhi and Che Yin, who are closest to Jiangzuo, will not agree. Since it is a feud, then it is not possible to bring a large group of soldiers and horses into Jiangzuo. This tens of thousands of miles of road, whether it is a bandit who cuts the path or an uncle who has ideas. can make Zeng Hua's trip to Jianye full of variables.

Zeng Hua was also reluctant to go to Jianye. Just being enshrined in the high temple of the court can make himself condemned by public opinion when he overthrows the Jin dynasty in the future. Although this is nothing, because Zeng Hua originally started as a Fang Bo in the Jin family, Zeng Hua was unwilling to leave too many excuses for others and history.

And once he went to Jianye. Although the Jiangzuo court did not dare to do anything to himself, he enthusiastically retained himself, the "Jin family concubine", and left himself in Jianye for a year and a half, and no one had anything to say. At that time, the Jiangzuo Imperial Court will send envoys to Chang'an or Jiangyou to carry out their lives in Chang'an or Jiangyou, it is difficult to ensure that there are not a few of their subordinates who are determined to be the iron rods of the Jin family, if they do not sit in the suppression themselves, who dares to guarantee that nothing will happen?

But how do you excuse yourself? Zeng Hua tried hard to find a way, first "thinking horizontally", and then "thinking vertically", which made him think of Yuan Datou in the early years of the Republic of China in order not to go to Nanjing to take office, not a few hands, it would be good to use it for reference. It's just that this Yuan Datou is a traitor to the country, he is dedicated to the country and the people, and he is also a hero for a while, how can he compare with him?

Zeng Hua quickly took action, and just after the Shangyuan Festival of the fifth year of Shengping, Zeng Hua left Chang'an to the east. But this time Zeng Hua did not stay in the city, but went directly to Donglai County, Qingzhou. Since last year, Zeng Hua has set up Weihai County in Donglai County and built Weihai Port. Zeng Hua gathered all the shipwrights from Hebei and Qingzhou here, and secretly mobilized thousands of craftsmen and technicians from Xianyang and Nanzheng to gather here.

Zeng Hua took out a few drawings drawn by himself, which were all drawn by Zeng Hua based on the knowledge he learned when he was a military enthusiast in the past. Two of them are coastal warships modeled after Venetian gunboats, a double-decked, 23-mast sail-powered boat. The ship has the first floor and the last floor, using a spinnaker, equipped with a row of oarsmen, which can be used in both windy and windless environments, with a displacement of 200,300 and a maximum of 500 tons, ~ for inland sea warships.

There is also one that is specifically designed for ocean voyages and operations. Its hull tends to be elongated and narrow, with a low ramming angle above the waterline, which it can use to ram enemy ships. Such a warship had three masts with sails on them. There was a shipbuilding in the bow and stern, and dozens of medium-torsion ballistas were installed in the portholes on both sides of the hull above the waterline. It was based on the "famous" Spanish galleon, and in addition to conforming to the current production process, it was also necessary to adapt to the only "shipborne" long-range weapon of the time - the torsion ballista. It was named Weihai Battleship by Zeng Hua.

Zeng Hua "invented" the important technologies such as chain rudder and sail rigging in the navigation ships of later generations, and then combined with the original ancient technology of China to improve the technology of sealing cabins and star-pulling charts, which was enough to equip the Beifu Navy at this time with advanced seafaring ships. However, due to technical limitations, the Weihai Shipyard can only build inland sea warships on a large scale at present, and the Weihai warships can only be perfected in continuous exploration and improvement, and it is estimated that it will take ten years before they can equip the Beifu Naval Army.

However, Zeng Hua's heart is also quite satisfied, in addition to sailing along the coast, the inland sea warship can also pass through the Qingzhou Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula, and even cross to the Korean Peninsula, which is enough for the current situation.

Zeng Hua was busy supervising the construction of ships and training sailors in Weihai, and rebellions broke out in Henan County, Rongyang County, Taishan County, and Yingchuan County one after another. Just when the world was shocked, Fengjun in Yongzhou suddenly mutinied, saying that he wanted to support Zeng Hua as emperor. Anyway, under the rule of Beifu, there was a sudden chaos, which made the Jiangzuo court panic. And at this sensitive moment, Zeng Hua, the lord of Beifu, didn't know where to hide, neither in Chang'an nor in the city, and only some people knew that Zeng Hua was in Weihai.

There was a "panic" in Beifu, sending troops everywhere to suppress rebellions and mutinies, Zeng Hua would be in the "city" for a while, "supervising the war" in Qingzhou, and then going to Yanzhou, one word: "Busy!" ”。 Under such circumstances, the Jiangzuo court was also embarrassed to invite Zeng Huanan to come down.

After several tosses, the Jiangzuo court finally understood that there was no way to change some things, so it had to send the secretary and supervisor Du Wei to Chang'an to pass on the edict and the edict to the world, and the northern government was officially divided into the country.

As a result, the situation of the division of the north and south of the Great Jin Dynasty began silently in the summer of the fifth year of Shengping.