Jinling, that is, Nanjing in later generations, has become the center of politics and economy since the beginning of Eastern Wu, and in later generations, there is more smoke and willow fragrance on both sides of Qinhuai, and Qinhuai Bayan is the best in the world, and even in the Tang Dynasty, there is Li Mu's "businesswoman does not know the hatred of the country, and she still sings the flower of the backyard across the river". In the hundred years of the Great Xia Dynasty, Jinling has not been devastated by war since the Southern Tang Dynasty, and now it is also a place where merchants gather and poetry flourishes.

Something happened to Jinling? What can happen to Jinling?

"These are all reported by Jinling's eyeliner and officials, you can take a look first." Xia Kang pointed to the letter on the desk.

Jiang Ning began to check from the few letters that had been opened, Xia Kang continued: "The matter of the imperial business, I already know that you have played the Yang family in the palm of your own hand, such a conspiracy, it is a pity not to enter the WTO, the matter of Jinling is far more serious than expected, originally thought that Manichaeism was prevalent in the south and Shu, but it has not developed to an uncontrollable situation, who would have expected that something would happen in Jinling." ”

Jiang Ning listened to Xia Kang's explanation while reading the letters, and after half an hour, he finally connected the information into a complete story line.

Manichaeism, officially introduced into China in the first year of Wu Zetian's extension, was banned by Tang Xuanzong in the twentieth year of Kaiyuan, but it never disappeared, Manichaeism has many followers, so that it gradually developed into Mingjiao, White Lotus Sect, etc., many peasant uprisings known to Jiangning were started through Manichaeism, and now Manichaeism appeared in Jinling, so that Jiangning is more convinced of a truth, Fangla uprising is a matter of time, and the capital after the uprising is Hangzhou under his feet, that is to say, in the future, it is very likely that Hangzhou City will be ruined, but it is also possible that there will be deviations in history, just like it is now the Great Xia Dynasty instead of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is not Zhao Kuangyin who ended the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

Half a month ago, a large number of Manichaean congregations gathered outside Jinling City, launched a riot, although the defenders of Jinling City repelled Manichaeism, but Jinling City was also greatly impacted, the city wall was seriously damaged, Manichaeans in the case of blocked attack, turned to attack the towns near Jinling, ten days ago captured Zhenjiang, Zhenjiang was ransacked, now Tiance General's Mansion has sent 50,000 horses to encircle and suppress, it should be suppressed in the near future, but there is a person's name in the eyes of Jiang Ning: Deng Yuanjue.

And Xia Kang also mentioned Deng Yuanjue, this person is full of poetry and books, and proficient in martial arts, the people of the rivers and lakes call Baoguang Rulai, a diamond shovel in his hand, invincible, Zhenjiang Shou General Minzhong died in his hands, so he was able to enter Zhenjiang.

"Tiance General's Mansion 50,000 people suppressed 20,000 Manichaean people, it shouldn't be a big problem, I don't know why Xia Lao is so worried? Could it be that there is something else going on here? Jiang Ning put down the letter he had read and asked.

Xia Kang rubbed his eyes: "Yes, the Great Yuan Dynasty clashed with our defenders in Shenyang Mansion, this is to provoke an incident, and then attack from Shenyang Mansion, the Great Yuan Dynasty Yelu Halberd and the Turkic Emperor Li Yuanhao sent envoys to each other, Yelu Halberd asked Li Yuanhao to crown him as the Great Sage Emperor Dayuan, do you know what it means to do this?" ”

Jiang Ning chuckled in his heart, he naturally knew what this meant, and only after a long time did he speak: "The Turks will definitely not agree to the request of the Great Yuan Dynasty, and the canonization of the emperor is to fight against the court, although the two have been founded for more than ten years, they are both in the stage of recuperation, and now they want to be canonized, that is, you want to recognize that I am on an equal footing with you, and if you don't agree, I will do it, that is to say, the Turks and the Great Yuan will have a war sooner or later......"

"Yes, I really didn't misunderstand you......" Xia Kang suddenly got up, looked at Jiang Ning and smiled: "I don't hear anything outside the window, but I have a thousand years in my heart, Zichuan, you are really a talent." ”

Xia Kang walked up to Jiang Ning and continued: "In this way, the attitude of my Great Xia Dynasty is very likely to determine the outcome of this battle, and whether the land of the sixteen states of my Hexi can be lost or regained, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." ”

Jiang Ning nodded: "United with the Great Yuan Dynasty to attack the Turks, the belly and back of the enemy, the Great Yuan Dynasty is bound to compromise, and this object must be us, only in this way, the sixteen states can not move a single soldier to get back, the price we pay is just to recognize the status of the Great Yuan Dynasty and my Great Xia Dynasty on an equal footing." ”

"Hehe, those who know me, Zichuan also ......" Xia Kang said with a smile: "And the official family also knows this, in addition, the general and the captain want me to enter Beijing, if there is a war, the bait that the old man sowed back then should also be closed." ”

When Jiang Ning heard this, he hurriedly said, "Then Zichuan will congratulate Xia Lao in advance......

Xia Kang is the prince, if this operation can recover the sixteen states of Hexi without a single soldier, it is Xia Kang's work, it was rumored that the Great Yuan Dynasty and the Turks were not in harmony, and now it seems that it has a certain relationship with Xia Kang leaving the temple ten years ago, and the resurrection is the position of the right minister, and it is not impossible to fight against Li Linfu.

Xia Kang shook his head and said: "The old man is worried about the country and the people, but many things in the capital are not something I can control, the strong army has been promoted to the captain of the Wude Battalion, and it can also come in handy, Wei Yu is in the Tiance General's Mansion, and he can be regarded as making the best use of his talents, but the old man is thinking about Zichuan, what you said before......

"As long as you are not an official, Xia Lao will say that it doesn't matter." Jiang Ning still shook his head and directly named the attitude of not joining the WTO.

Xia Kang smiled: "Naturally not, it's just that the booklet you brought for disaster relief emphasized the speed and execution of information, and now it is not easy to recover the sixteen states, I want you to do me a favor." ”

Seeing that Jiang Ning didn't answer, Xia Kang continued: "I'm still thinking about how to do it, and when I have a clue, I hope Zichuan can help me, hehe." ”

Jiang Ning hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Old Xia is serious, if he can help a little bit to recover the lost land, Jiang Ning is duty-bound." ”

"Okay, with your words, I'll rest assured, you take this, and when you get to the capital in the future, you may be able to use it." Xia Kang stretched out his hand and took off a piece of jade pendant from his body, and the jade pendant was engraved with a picture of a tiger descending the mountain.

Jiang Ning took the jade pendant and said, "In this way, then Jiang Ning will be disrespectful." ”

"I called you here to talk to you, after all, there are some things I know, but others don't necessarily know, don't necessarily understand, but Zichuan you are an exception, you seem to know everything, but you don't seem to care about anything, so what I'm talking about may be only you understand, there is no intrigue above the court, there are not so many people in the world, as far as the development of things is concerned, it is the development of things, what causes and what results, maybe a month, maybe two months, maybe after the New Year, I don't know which day I will go back, So it's good to have some things before you say them, and to listen to your opinions. When Xia Kang said it, he suddenly didn't know why, and he talked about him left and right, but Jiang Ning also knew that if he said this, he would only talk to him today.

Jiang Ning walked out of the palace, his mood was a little heavy, there will be many big things happening in the future, he tried his best to make the things of this world run according to his original trajectory, but he found that what happened in this world is similar to what he knows, but it is not exactly the same, sooner or later, Spain and Portugal will establish colonies, Britain will become an empire on which the sun never sets, a hundred years of difficulties will still appear, and modern wars will not be avoided, he has thought about what it would be like if he did nothing, what would it be like to do something, Suddenly, Jiang Ning didn't know whether he was right or wrong like this.

This is the first time he began to doubt himself, above the court, there are a lot of dictatorial powers, there are many traitors seeking glory, there are also many gangs, democracy, freedom, centralization, equality These things have no mass foundation, and the feudal monarchy still has an advantage, he asked Wang Ruoyan, asked the crescent moon, and even asked Qi Yunmeng, just like Qi Yunmeng, a woman who is close to independence, and the final answer is still inseparable from the subset of the history and the Four Books and Five Classics, so some violence is not all wrong, use violence to open your mind, one generation, two generations, After three generations, these ideas will replace the original ideas and become the real basis of ideas.

Jiang Ning thought about it, looked up, and had already arrived at Liu Ji's door.