South.

Huan Wen has been sitting in Xiangyang for the past two years, personally commanding the armies to resist the increasingly aggressive Liang army.

But now, he had to leave temporarily.

Because a major event happened in Jiankang, Emperor Sima Pi practiced the bait medicine of the broken grain in order to seek longevity, he was young, his health deteriorated, a month ago, because of taking the pill of the Fangshi, he did not seek immortality, and suddenly became ill, and then his condition deteriorated and he was dying.

Sima Pi has no children, and Sima Yu, Wang Biaozhi, Xie An and others are already discussing the matter of re-establishing a new monarch.

With Huan Wen's current power, whoever is the emperor is actually the same.

But if you choose a stunned young man who doesn't know the severity, it will not be good to destroy the tacit understanding between Jiangdong and Jingxiang.

Although the emperor is just a puppet, at least he is the face of the Jin family, and there is a lot to choose who to choose and how to choose.

"Whom should he appoint?" Huan Wen actually likes Sima Pi a lot, and he doesn't listen to things outside the window, and he is bent on seeking longevity.

It's a pity that the day is not a holiday, and the drug has broken my body.

"According to common sense, be the king of the East China Sea." Xi Chao arched his hand.

Sima Yi, the king of the East China Sea, is the same brother of Sima Pi, the second son of Emperor Sima Yan of Jincheng, born smart, young, and famous.

Choosing such a person can continue to maintain the power structure of the Jin family.

"What do you mean?" Huan Wen paced and thought about it.

Xi Chao followed behind. "The Queen Mother, King Langya, and Wang Xie all belong to the King of the East China Sea."

Huan Wen stopped, "It's all according to their wishes, where will they leave me?" ”

Fancheng was lost, Hefei was defeated twice, Huan Wen's prestige was not as good as before, if the Queen Mother and Wang Xie pushed Sima Yi up, there would be nothing to do with Huan Wen.

"Da Sima...... Want to use the establishment of the monarch to regain your prestige? Xi Chao heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning.

"The matter of abolishing the establishment is in me and not in them, Wang Biaozhi and Xie An use this matter to test me, if I take a step back, everything will be left behind."

Huan Wen's Northern Expedition is not good, but he is an expert in infighting, and he can see through Wang Xie's mind at a glance.

Reducing the impact of Huan Wen step by step.

It is conceivable that after Sima Yi ascended the throne, he must have become more intimate with Wang Xie.

As a powerful minister, you can't retreat a single step, you can only keep moving forward.

"The king of the East China Sea is very smart and can know the depths, if he is on the throne, he can ensure the peace of Jiangdong, and there will be no big fluctuations in the court situation."

"You forgot that there is another person who can also stabilize the situation." Huan Wen Chengzhu is in the chest.

"The subordinates are blunt, and please make it clear to the big Sima." Xi Chao is strategizing and full of wisdom, but in terms of internal fighting, he is not as sharp as Huan Wen.

"King Langya." Huan Wen spat out three words.

Xi Chao was stunned, he never expected Huan Wen to propose him.

Sima Yu, the king of Langya, was the youngest son of Sima Rui, the emperor of the Jin Yuan Dynasty, and the uncle of Sima Yi, who went through the Yuan, Ming, Cheng, Kang, and Mu dynasties.

In his early years, Huan Wen also mixed the Kang celebrity circle, and had a very personal relationship with Sima Yu and Yin Hao.

"Hahaha, Sima Dao Wanqing is vain and has few desires, you are good at Xuanyan, but he is cowardly by nature, if he is on top, he will be controlled by me, and Jiangdong will still be in the palm of my hand in the future!"

Instead of pushing the unfamiliar Sima Yi to the top, it is better to choose this old friend who knows the roots.

One is to control the government, and the other is to revive the prestige, the best of both worlds.

And Huan Wen still has a thought in his heart, now that he has given Sima Yu such a great favor, in the future, Sima Yu will repay the favor, and the emperor will be enough, maybe he will be able to take the initiative to concede.

"Brilliant Strategy!" Xi Chao gave up.

"Now that Xiangyang is solid, the Liang army has lost several cities in Jiangbei and is unable to attack Xiangyang, so I should go down the river and force the court to submit!"

Since we want to reinvigorate our prestige, it is definitely not enough to just play the table, and we must show our power.

Liang Guo is still in the stage of recuperation, and in the past two years, under the heavy pressure of Huan Wen, Liang Guo's fine work has suffered heavy losses, and the situation seems to be very good.

However, Xi Chao's left eye jumped up at an inopportune time, and he was inexplicably a little flustered, always feeling that things would not go so smoothly, Jingxiang was calm on the surface, but in fact, the undercurrent was surging, and after Liang Guo promulgated the tax of fifteen taxes and one tax, it had a great impact on Jiangnan.

Xi Chao reminded him a few times.

However, Jiangdong wants to support so many powerful and famous people, and it is impossible to learn from Liang to reduce taxes.

Seeing Huan Wen's excited face, Xi Chao knew that it was useless to persuade him.

This great Sima of the current dynasty has always been thinking about the Jiankang court, how could he give up such a good opportunity so easily?

Of course, Huan Wen did not relax his vigilance, strengthened the defense of Hanshui, and transferred more than 10,000 men and horses from Jiangling and the public security to help defend the periphery of Xiangyang, and in Xiangyang City, there was also Huan Huo.

Looks foolproof.

Subsequently, Huan Wenfa rode 20,000 steps on land and water, went down the river, the pomp and circumstance were very large, the flag stretched for several miles, thousands of sails competed, and hundreds of boats competed for the stream.

Not for anything else, just to scare and scare Jiankang.

Every time he did this, the Jiankang court also obediently complied, and it almost became a convention.

Under the persecution of local governments, the people of Jingxiang also came to wave their flags and shout to join the momentum.

In these years, as long as there is some movement in the government, the people are exhausted.

But as soon as the people from the government left, the people immediately complained.

"It's gone."

"With so many soldiers stationed in Xiangyang, the taxes and miscellaneous labor are getting heavier and heavier, and life is getting harder and harder......"

In the crowd, Yang looked at the colorful buildings and boats thoughtfully.

"The big fish has gone, and the brothers' nets have been laid, just waiting for the shopkeeper to give an order!" A thin man beside him said.

The school office laid out in advance, and Yang Luo personally went south to preside over it, and this pot of soup has been boiling for five years.

Even if it is a stone, Jing Xiang is almost simmering.

Huan Wen searched and worked carefully, and all that was removed were some small fish and shrimp on the periphery, and the core of the school office was under the care of Jing Xianghaoqiang, and it did not suffer much blow, and the storyteller also turned from the open to the secret, but attracted more people to listen.

"Shopkeeper, there is no such shop in this village, once the big fish returns to the nest, I don't know how many more years I have to wait." Another man dressed in ragged clothes as a fisherman whispered.

"The water in the south is facing the north, what doubts does the shopkeeper have?" The thin man took a step closer.

This year, the imperial court announced the fifteenth tax and one tax, which had a fatal temptation for the people of Jiangnan.

Especially the homeless people whose ancestral home is in the north, they have never forgotten their longing for their homeland.

Now that the north is no longer a Hu country, they all want to go home.

Had it not been for the school's secret admonition to be patient, an even greater wave of immigration would have erupted a few months ago.

As for the people of Jingxiang, they also have a good impression of Liang Guo, and many of the prisoners of war released that year have been reformed ideologically and know all kinds of dirty things in the Jin Dynasty.

The new monarch of Jiangdong ascended the throne, and he was just caught off guard.

"Either don't move, or turn Jing Xiang upside down, since the time is ripe, then close the net." Yang Luo's eyes gradually sharpened.

For five years, he was incognito, and he couldn't even see his family, and he didn't know how tall his two sons had grown.

And he worked so the one hand, to serve the court, and on the other hand, for them.

(End of chapter)