Chapter 565: The Woman in Linjiang Garden
Ezhou City, Linjiang Garden. This huge manor is located on the banks of the Nujiang River. It stands on the top of the artificially piled mountain in the park, allowing you to see the Nujiang scenery. Compared with the vast Nujiang atmosphere, the park has a different scenery, small bridges, flowing water, halls, towers, and a typical Jiangnan manor style.
Nujiang is the second largest river in Dayue. It runs across the east and west. A dozen tributaries along the way cut the land in the south of the Yangtze River into countless small pieces. The tributaries are injected into Nujiang, making it the second largest water system after the Cangjiang River. It is different from the mountains and steep mountains and dangerous shoals along the Cangjiang River. However, the Nujiang River is not very consistent with its name. The wide river surface makes the water flow relatively smooth. Moreover, because it is located in the hinterland of Dayue, over the past few hundred years, the Dayue Center has invested a lot of manpower and material resources, making this river that has been flooded continuously into a tame lamb.
The result of conquering Nujiang was that Jiangnan became the granary of Dayue, and it also became the richest place in Dayue, creating the incomparable prosperity of Ezhou, Binzhou and Huzhou along the Nujiang River. The annual financial resources here accounted for about 40% of the entire Dayue. It can be said that if you sneeze in these places, Dayue will catch a cold.
Now, for the Great Yue Central, Jiangnan not only caught a cold, but also suffered serious injuries. The consequence was that the Great Yue Central court fell into an extremely difficult situation, Jiangnan formed a de facto separatist, and because of their strong financial resources, it has now become a major concern for the current emperor.
At that time, Emperor Yongle Li Jia was determined to pass on the fourth prince Li Xiao, so he sent him to the south, allowing him to eliminate dissidents in the three southern states, and afraid of strengthening his forces. In fact, it was also for Li Xiao to ascend the throne to the throne. In order for the smooth transition of the entire Dayue, Li Jia took great pains. First, he let him control the Dayue's wealth and then sent him to the north to establish a harmonious army. But what he never wanted to rebel was that his eldest son Li Jian took the risk. He joined forces with the queen, feared the dark room, and launched a palace coup in one fell swoop, causing all his arrangements to fall into the ground.
What's even more serious about the empty space is that these arrangements for Li Xiao to ascend the throne successfully. Now they have become the root of civil strife in Dayue. If Li Xiao did not control these powers, under Li Jian's strength, Li Xiao would probably have to stay in the palace and be a serene prince. Now, the smoke of Dayue is everywhere, and the battle for the throne has not settled because Li Jian has already sat on the chair in Tai Chi Hall. Instead, it has dragged the entire Dayue into the vortex of civil war. If Li Jiaquan knew about it, he would definitely regret the original arrangement.
From the perspective of appearance, Li Jian has the upper hand. Binzhou, Ezhou and Huzhou are surrounded by centrally controlled areas. The tiger and wolf army returned from the north were blocked by Xue Chengyi and could not advance in Tongzhou. Behind them, the 200,000 soldiers of the general Cheng Qun, the auxiliary state, also attacked themselves. It seems that the Congliang Sucan Group will be destroyed at any time, but in fact, the Great Yue Central is already difficult to break. What is the battle? The battle is money and grain! Xue Chengyi Group. The western Yekai Wangxiang Group, Jingzhou Jiangzhou and Qun Group, combined with nearly one million troops, and the money and grain consumed every day is like flowing water. The evil consequences of losing Jiangnan are revealed at this moment.
The army cannot do without food, and the army cannot be good. The army will be in chaos without durability! Now, the center of the Great Yue has fallen into such a dilemma. What makes the center most frightened is that the attitude of Hequn in Jiangzhou in Jingzhou is extremely difficult to figure out. Xue Chengyi repeatedly sent personnel to join forces with Cheng Qun to launch a large-scale battle with Su Can Congliang, but no response was received. At this time, the army, who should have attacked Su Can Congliang, dispatched troops westward to attack the White Lotus Sect in Xiangzhou. What is the meaning of this? There are many visionaries in the court. The meaning of this is the lice on the bald head, which is obvious.
Cao Yi, the assistant of Dayue, was implicated because he strongly recommended Cheng Qun. In the face of the emperor's anger, Cao Yi chose to retire. He resigned and returned home. He lived in the courtyard of Cao's mansion. He did not leave the gate and did not step into the two gates. Xu Enmao, the assistant of Dayue, took over as the position of auxiliary.
In the fact that Cao Yi chose to retire but the emperor did not try to retain him, in the eyes of many ministers in Shangjing, this was a great failure. Although Cao Yi retreated, the connections accumulated by the Cao family over the past hundred years, the network woven by Cao Yi for decades, and the abilities that Cao Yi himself had prepared, how could Xu Enmao, a person who spread the glory of the sky because of assisting Li Jian? Xu Enmao has many abilities. If he was given time and a stable Great Yue, he might not have done worse than Cao Yi, but now he is out of reach, and he has grown three heads and six arms, and the situation is still deteriorating day by day.
The food for the two main legions of Xue Chengyi Group and Ye Kai Group is no longer sustainable.
At this time, Li Jian did another thing, which made the resentment of dissatisfaction in China heat up again, and he announced the increase of the tax! This was the third increase of the tax in two years since he ascended the throne.
Compared with the difficulties in other areas of Dayue, although the three prefectures of Jiangnan were under the siege of the court, they were still like paradise. The front-line army steadily blocked Ye Kai's fierce attack. As time goes by, Ye Kai's offensive became weaker and weaker day by day. With Jiangnan's rich warehouses and countless wealth, Li Xiao's army became stronger and stronger, and there were already signs of counterattack.
Li Xiao’s policy in Jiangnan is just one word, drag it out!
The longer the delay, the more beneficial it will be to him. Li Jian's series of actions in Shangjing, except for making Li Xiao laugh to the sky, he really couldn't find any other way to express his joy.
But Li Xiao was not without worries. His concern was Congliang and Su Can's group. Congliang Su Can's 200,000 troops are now led by Congliang, occupying half of Jiangzhou, occupying half of Jiangzhou, and the other half is led by Su Can, attacking Yuzhou, trying to go south, open up the Yuzhou, Xiangzhou, and Jinzhou channels, meet with Li Xiao, and complete the siege of Shangjing. Once they fail, Jiangnan will also be in danger.
If there is a problem with Congliang Sucan Group, Li Jian can gather the main forces of Qichengqun and Xue Chengyi to press towards Jiangnan, and Jiangnan will be in danger.
The situation between the two sides is in a delicate balance. If Li Xiao in Jiangnan takes the lead in defeating Ye Kai Group, he has many choices. One option is to attack Shangjing directly. This road seems flat, but it is extremely risky. Shangjing is the capital of Dayue and has always been the key protection target. Although almost all the twelve guards have left, the Yulin Army and the Imperial Army guarding the capital are enough to make Shangjing stable as Jin Tang. Once the attack is unfavorable, it is very likely to be backfired. The second is to attack Jinzhou and try to meet Su Can and join the good team.
Both sides are unable to make breakthroughs on both battlefields, forming a deadlock, and obviously, this deadlock is beneficial to Li Xiao. His only soft threat is how long Su Can Congliang can last.
Cheng Qun will become the biggest variable in this battle!
In midsummer, the sun is scorching and the earth is like being roasted by fire. However, in the Linjiang Garden, there is a breeze. Between the small bridge and flowing water, soft weeping willows dance with the wind, and the tips brush across the water surface, causing layers of ripples. Above the water surface, the octagonal exquisite pavilion is covered with a layer of green gauze. In the hazy, a pregnant woman with a big belly leans on the cold bed, singing an unknown slang song while doing needlework. Behind her, two little girls were holding fans and gently slapping her in the wind. On one side of the cold bed, another woman was sitting at the small table, but was gathering to look at the stacks of files.
He raised the embroidery in his hand and looked carefully several times. The woman seemed a little dissatisfied and shook her head and said, "I haven't touched the girl for many years. At this time, I want to pick it up, but I'm not very skilled."
"Empress, with your dignity, why bother embroidery yourself? If you continue to give me instructions, there will naturally be Meilun Meihuan embroidery for you to choose from. You must know that Jiangnan is the hometown of embroidery!" The woman who was looking at the file raised her head, her eyebrows were curved, and her smile was very beautiful.
"With someone else embroidered, there is the intention of embroidering yourself!" The pregnant woman shook her head, threw away the tension in her hand, and sighed: "I have to come again!"
The woman next to her stood up with a smile, "The Empress has a good foundation. Anyway, there is still two months before the little prince is born, so it is finally time!"
"Just you can talk, Zi Yan, is there anything special about today?"
The woman who asked Zi Yan came over and handed over a file: "Empress, this is a piece of information from a month ago. I just handed it in today, but it's a bit different!"
"A month ago?" The woman called the Empress said in surprise: "Is it the information from the north? from Cheng Qun?"
"Yeah!" Zi Yan nodded, "I'm a little puzzled. Why did Cheng Qun mobilize heavy troops to Xiangzhou at this time? He said that he wanted to wipe out the White Lotus Sect bandits entering Xiangzhou! Empress, don't you find it a little strange?"
The White Lotus Sect bandit! The woman's face changed slightly. She took the file, but did not open it immediately. She walked to the green veil and stared at the hazy scene outside. The cicadas that she had previously felt pleasant, but suddenly felt particularly annoying, "Why are there so many cicadas in the garden!" she frowned.
Zi Yan was slightly stunned and walked out of the pavilion. She reached out to call a guard and whispered a few words. The guard flew away. In a moment, a team of guards rushed over, each with a sticky rod, rushed to the tree and began to catch the cicadas that were chirping endlessly.
The White Lotus Sect bandit is the Red Lady! The woman held her forehead with her hands, and her head felt a little painful!
This woman is naturally Li Xiao’s concubine, Princess Nianyun! After returning to Ezhou with Li Xiao from Ganzhou, she has been living in Linjiang Garden. At this time, she is already pregnant and is about to give birth to her for two months!
Forced to calm down, she slowly opened up the information from a month ago.
Chapter completed!