The quarrel in the land south of the Yangtze River was already noisy about a year ago when Wang Ye entered Beijing.

A year ago, Wang Shaoqing returned to Beijing from Jiangnan and brought a news that shocked the imperial court, the eldest princess Xiao Mingyue colluded with demons to rebel, and all 300,000 golden dragon guards were refined into demon living corpses.

At this time, the dynasty is about to begin, and the civil officials Jiuqing are now waiting outside the Suzaku Gate, waiting for the summons.

A group of top warlocks, civil officials and family masters did not look very good, and they discussed something from time to time.

In fact, since the news of Jiangnan came a year ago, this year. The faces of the ministers of civil and military affairs are not good-looking!

This year is really an extremely bad year for the Great Jin Imperial Court!

The Wei Guogong in the north was huge, and he didn't know what means he tried, but he let the four Guogong adults who guarded the important town in the north joined his camp, and in just three months, all the 300,000 bloodline disciples in the north were thieves, and they occupied the entire northern territory in less than half a year!

Because of the lack of troops, many of the princes sent by the imperial court could only rely on the way of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness to reluctantly defend Liaobei, and they have repeatedly asked the imperial court for reinforcements and additional troops in the past six months.

But where are the soldiers in the imperial court now?

In the matter of Jiangnan, there were many top ministers who recommended Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to lead the troops, but now when the issue of responsibility is mentioned, everyone is dumbfounded.

300,000 Golden Dragon Guards, almost the largest power that the capital can release, plus the sons and daughters of the Qin State, even if the Great Jin Dynasty is a strong and emerging dynasty, it is also very damaged at this time!

Jiangnan has been hit hard, and Yundu has deliberately caused a lot of turmoil in the past few months, resulting in the Duke of Chu guarding there and the Feilong Guard, who is the most capable of fighting in the Great Jin Dynasty, do not dare to move lightly, and the imperial court is now guarding the capital There are less than 100,000 soldiers, where is there still extra military strength to support the north?

"Lin Shangshu!" It was Yang Shilang of the Ministry of Rites who was talking on the side: "The matter in Jiangnan can't be delayed any longer!" ”

All Wenchen's faces became solemn because of these words.

A year ago, Wang Ye, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, came back to restore his life and brought back news that shocked the government and the opposition, but because the eldest princess has not made further moves, it is difficult for Jiangnan to obtain information because of the foggy relationship, coupled with the entanglement of interests between some big families and Jiangnan, which has caused the affairs of Jiangnan to drag on until today.

But now it's getting harder and harder to delay.

Half a year ago, maritime merchants began to appear in Jiangnan, and it is said that most of them were subordinates of Chen Qing in Liuzhou.

But as soon as this mouth is opened, it is a little unbearable!

It's just that the goods produced in Jiangnan are too popular!

First of all, the silk of the south of the Yangtze River, regardless of the quality, pattern, color and texture, far beyond the silk of all over the country, the silk produced in Yunzhou has been overwhelming the south of the Yangtze River for many years, but now, the silk of Yunzhou in the entire capital is almost suppressed and cannot be sold.

Not to mention the top tea, wine and other hard currency produced in Jiangnan!

That is what the major restaurants and teahouses are now grabbing, and now in the capital, if there is no fixed channel for Jiangnan wine and tea, which restaurant is facing the dilemma of not being able to open!

The fruit wine and soy sauce wine produced in Jiangnan are directly crushed on the market, but those who have drunk Jiangnan wine once are all extremely sought after by it, especially some rich families, there are many people who are willing to buy wine, and now in major restaurants, hold high-grade banquets, if you can't get some Jiangnan wine, you can't get it on the table at all!

Tea is even more so, Jiangnan tea from the beginning of Beijing, on the tea of any origin formed a crushing trend, now in the market, the price of one or two Jiangnan tea has been fried to 30 gold upwards, it is really expensive, has been the first choice for gifts on major occasions!

Not to mention some well-crafted pocket watches that can read the time and make exquisite ones, the lords of the rich family nowadays, if they don't have that thing, they are embarrassed to go out!

Who wouldn't be blushing at such a top-level business opportunity?

In order to seek a stable supply of goods, now all the merchants who come out of Jiangnan are sought-after sweets, and many shopkeepers of top families are making friends, inquiring about news, and preparing to enter the major industries in Jiangnan in a big way.

But the more I inquired, the more the news I inquired about made many rich families tremble!

The mountain god allocates the land?

Vigorously promote engineering?

Land not to be sold?

The official gentry pays the grain in one?

It's just outrageous!!

As a result, there were all kinds of voices in the court that crusaded against Chen Qing, and the momentum was even louder than the denunciation of the northern side!

You must know that the northern side is openly rebelling, and although Chen Qing is a private mercenary, at least on the surface, he is subservient to the imperial court, and is still defending the imperial court against the rebellion.

However, the crowd was indignant, and almost every time the court went to court, many officials denounced Chen Qing, especially after some originally concealed news was exposed, not only the court, but even the people set off a protest against Chen Qing, and the main condemnation was the scholars of the major academies, they represent the voice of the people!

Especially last time, including the largest Bailu Academy in the capital, they joined it, and tens of thousands of students in the entire capital gathered to strike, and the matter has been deduced to a situation where the imperial court can't ignore it.

Hearing Yang Shilang's words, several Shangshu frowned!

Yang Shilang is not young, although he is still a squire, but his reputation in Rulin is very high, otherwise His Majesty would not have included the Yang family in the list of crown princesses.

Yang Shilang's words almost represent the voice of Rulin.

The warlock family has a very special status in the Great Jin Dynasty, they compete with the family, but in the camp, they belong to the civilian camp.

Although in private, the status of warlock officials far exceeds that of ordinary officials, but this status is obtained by the literati after being attached, in addition to the former warlock dynasty, the warlock family also has the highest status in the Great Jin.

On weekdays, the Wenchen group is looking at Jiuqing, because the warlock family can hold up the façade for their literati in the competition with the generals, and now, Shilin almost collectively denounces Chen Qing, which also forces Jiuqing to pay attention to this voice!

Although they are very clear that the current situation in the imperial court is not at all easy to divide forces to crusade against Chen Qing.

"Lord Shilang doesn't need to worry, the court will not let Chen Qing mess around!" The Ministry of Rites Shangshu hurriedly comforted the other party's emotions.

"But what Chen Qing is doing now is digging the foundation of my Great Jin, the imperial court has not acted for a long time, I am waiting for Shilin, looking at it cold!" Yang Shilang said angrily: "Then Chen Qing has used business profits to attract many small families who are willing to contribute to it, and if this continues, Chen Qing's power will be further expanded, and the country will not be a country!" ”

These words were righteous and awe-inspiring, but Jiuqing was a little harsh when he heard it in his ears.

The value of those commodities in Jiangnan is too high, even if they are purchased with a lot of money, the second speculation is a huge profit, and such profits are naturally seized by the warlock family and the first family of the bloodline family.

The Xiao Xiao family in Yang Shilang's mouth, isn't it them?

If it weren't for the other party's special status, Shang Shu would have been ready to taunt him a few words.

"Squire-sama." The Ministry of Rites Shangshu sighed and said: "You all know the current situation, the imperial court is short of troops, the war in the north is tight, where can the imperial court still divide troops to crusade against Chen Qing?" ”

"Lord Shangshu's words are wrong!" Yang Shilang rarely refuted the other party's words directly, and said in a deep voice: "Chen Qing's wolf ambition, let it go, its harm will never be inferior to the north, we have found evidence, Chen Qing not only in the south of the Yangtze River to promote the way of evil demons, bewitching the people, now in the north of the enemy, if you don't take action, there will be endless trouble!" ”

"Rivals?" Shangshu of the Criminal Department next to him frowned: "Why did Lord Shilang say this?" ”

To be honest, the things that Chen Qing did did not conform to the rules, but now whether it is a rebellion or not, the imperial court has not yet determined, after all, many things are reasonable and compliant, when he went to Liuzhou to take office, the temporary recruitment right was given by the political envoy of Jiangnanbu, and it was reported to the imperial court at that time, and the imperial court also allowed the official seal.

And then the Jiangnan disaster, as the prefect of Liuzhou, Chen Qing has the responsibility of defending the territory, and it is reasonable to recruit militia to resist.

As for relying on the militia to fight against Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, everyone knows, but at least they are loyal to the court on the surface.

With this excuse, the above can at least suppress the voices of the lower ones who are asking for Chen Qing many times.

But the hat of the enemy is a bit big.

"That's my nonsense." Yang Shilang hurriedly took out the recital and said: "The officials in the north have been collecting evidence for many days, and those merchants under Chen Qing have collected a large number of Yin wood for shipbuilding and horses in the north in the north, these are all strategic resources, what does Chen Qing want to do?" ”

"This" Shangshu of the Criminal Department frowned: "It's not a senior enemy, right?" Chen Qing is facing the pressure of Xihai and the Eldest Princess's rebellion, and it is normal for him to need to arm his soldiers, as are the horses, and Chen Qing trains cavalry for the sake of the imperial court. ”

"But where did he get his horses?" Yang Shilang said quietly: "The two largest horse farms in the north are now occupied by Wei Guogong, according to the informant, Chen Qing has transported a large number of horses back to Liuzhou this time more than 10,000 horses, including dragon horses and elephant horses that can only be raised by bloodline families!" ”

Everyone: "."

"According to the official report from the north, the rebels were originally short of food, but a lot of grain merchants suddenly appeared in the south of the Yangtze River, selling a lot of grain to Wei Guogong, and it was precisely because of the need for food in Jiangnan to continue his life that Wei Guogong gave up the monopoly of horses, isn't this an enemy?"

"This"

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