The river is surging, and Jiangnan temporarily fell into peace after experiencing a turmoil. Several cities damaged by the war are about to usher in reconstruction, and wealthy families and people migrate, Jiangnan will also usher in a new change.

When the army wants to return to the court, it must first deal with some remaining problems. The most important thing is how to deal with the large Huai family that supported the Huai King's proclaimed emperor.

Suppression is not enough to win the hearts of the people; comfort is not enough. Once local forces rekindle, it will be quite unfavorable to the stability of the Huai land. We must be gentle and fierce, and the families in the Huai land must feel the determination of the imperial court to pacify the place.

"The Huai area is in war and the people suffer. Jiankang City is within a radius of six counties, and there is no money, grain and tax revenue for one year, and local expenses are shared by the gentry!"

The order of the new emperor dispelled the concerns of the ministers. In order to protect their own family, local forces bribed the court officials a lot of money, and even Liu Yu received a lot of money. He didn't know who gave the money. He seemed to be stuffing money into the arms of officials wherever he went, which also showed the heavy psychological burden on the local family. Once the court started killing, the good days of the major families in Huai area would come to an end.

Now the court just asked them to pay for money. Although the big family was short of money, they didn't even have the money to pay. Maintaining the normal expenses of local governments was not huge, and they were still within their acceptance range. However, a decree issued by the court later made local gentry families, especially students, dissatisfied:

"If you don't accept students within six years, Huai people will not be allowed to enter the court to serve as officials!"

As soon as this decree was issued, local public opinion was in an uproar. Although many scholars also understood that this was a normal revenge by the court to the officials and gentry in Huai. But after all, the Huai people not only had gentry and poor scholars. These students did not have a place to stand out, which would inevitably cause local turmoil and uneasiness.

Then some people said that this decree was from a military general in the court, named Liu Yu. From then on, the scholars in Huai criticized Liu Yu and never stopped for several years. On this point, Liu Yu was very unfair. Although he had thought of similar measures to limit the rise of local gentry forces, this decree was not made by him. It was decided by Yuan Bolang and some ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the Minister of Personnel and the Emperor after the court was discussed by the emperor. Although Liu Yu was present and put forward some disagreements, they were all argued by Yuan Bolang. In the end, the new emperor agreed, and the matter was definitely irreversible.

Su Yan no longer relied entirely on Liu Yu. He also learned to consider the opinions of Yuan Bolang and some other ministers, and he changed his attitude towards Liu Yu. Although he was not as good as the birds and bows were hidden, Liu Yu was also worried that he would eventually be disliked by the new emperor.

People with authority will learn the power skills subtly. Su Yan is not stupid, it is such a person.

The army returned to the court in mid-February. The first batch was divided into three batches, with the first batch of garrisons in Chang'an City first, led by Liu Yu and his wife back to Tongguan; the second batch was the central army, composed of the imperial guards and the imperial guards, and the rest and rested and stopped along the way, and they would not go too fast. Among the people along the way, most of the civil and military ministers who had once tried to rebel and went with the army were in this column; the third batch was some scattered troops in the local area, including the new army, who would walk at the end.

In addition to the three withdrawn troops, the local troops will also be left behind, all of which will be recruited from the various armies. The local troops around Xuzhou are mainly local troops and the new army is assisted. Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu will also stay temporarily, waiting for the emperor's edict to return to the capital.

Liu Yu originally wanted to go back to Chang'an with the central army, so he could take care of the new emperor on the way. But Su Yan insisted on letting Liu Yu go back to Chang'an City first to manage everything.

Originally, Liu Yu could understand that this was a manifestation of the new emperor's reliance on the situation in the rear and his reliance on him. However, seeing the group of people left by the new emperor were all vowed to stay by his side in the battle of Xuzhou. Needless to say, Chai Jin, Qu Zhu and Yuan Bolang, even Xuzhou prefect Min Shaoqing and Xuzhou governor Ma Feng were among them, and Su Yan was preparing to transfer them to the capital to serve as a commission.

What Liu Yu had to think about is that this is the time to evaluate the meritorious persons in the fight against the rebellion. Involving promotion and reward, these things are abstract and one-sided to a certain extent. The New Emperor's opinions are easily influenced by people around him, but Su Yan refused to keep him by his side, but he just didn't want to listen to him. Although Liu Yu had already traded a list of meritorious persons before, Su Yanxian did not attach much importance to it. However, the contributions of Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng were often spoken by Su Yan.

Even Xu Xuanzhu finally noticed this strange thing and reminded Liu Yu: "The emperor seems to have alienated his husband."

Liu Yu couldn't realize that the world is basically pacified now, and the new emperor personally established his prestige in this rebellion. The court and the whole court were solidified, so there was no need for a person who stabilized the overall situation with strong means and rough and unreasonable force.

The most important thing is that Liu Yu slandered Su Yan's heart in the Battle of Xuzhou. It is said that during the most difficult days of the Battle of Xuzhou, even Su Yan could only eat one meal a day, and he was not full.

But no matter what, Liu Yu did not complain. After all, he used Su Yan once, just as a compensation for him. He was willing to reward anyone who could do whatever he liked. As long as Yuan Bolang and others were by his side, he would not do anything out of order.

Liu Yu was relieved to go back to Chang'an City first.

The first batch of troops arrived at Tongguan on February 26. Before that, the spies of the Imperial Guard led by Yang Lie had returned to Chang'an City first and investigated the current situation in Chang'an City very clearly. Liu Yu was in Tongguan and knew everything about what happened in Chang'an City.

The sixth prince Su Jian took advantage of the fourth princess Su Bi's pregnancy and could not walk around, and was gradually gaining power. Li Mi and Su Yi were there, and Su Jian did not have such skills, but Zuo Xianglan and Liu Yu helped Su Jian to do things. This made all the old ministers in Chang'an City who had an objection to the two young men of Sui and Li stood on Su Jian's side, either publicly supported or secretly indifferent, causing Su Jian to walk on the road to rebellion, making him faintly become the uncrowned king of Chang'an City.

Su Jian is further contacting the border army, namely Liu Zhao, the Marquis of Dingguo.

Perhaps Liu Zhao also felt an unprecedented crisis. Once the new emperor pursued it, he would not obey the emperor's orders, which would be a serious crime to kill the nine clans. Although Liu Yu was there, Liu Zhao chose to wait and see when the situation in the world was unclear. It was a kind of contempt for the new emperor. Even Liu Yu could not tolerate this situation. Liu Yu had always been speechless towards this stubborn father, involving family and country, and had no affection at all.

When Liu Yu arrived at Tongguan, he immediately wrote a letter to the border, persuading Liu Zhao to let go of his obsession and come back early to explain everything to the new emperor. There may be a turning point. Liu Yu guessed that Liu Zhao might not take this letter to heart, and it would be similar to death when he came back. Liu Zhao now holds great power, and rebellion is more effective than surrender. Of course, Liu Yu was considering this matter from his own perspective.

Taking advantage of the fact that Liu Zhao had not yet colluded with Su Jian and reached the point where the overall situation could not be recovered, Liu Yu was preparing to return to Chang'an City first to resolve Su Jian's threat. Although the first batch of garrison troops evacuated this time were not many, there were still 10,000 or 20,000. It should be easy to quickly calm the chaos in Chang'an City under the internal and external cooperation of Li Mi and Sui Yi. But just when Liu Yu was about to set off, he received news from the border that Liu Zhao, the Marquis of Dingguo, led his troops out of Shaowu Pass to Tongguan.

This father must be crazy!

Liu Yu really wanted to question Liu Zhao in person, after all, your loyalty to the Dashun Dynasty was just empty talk? Now that Su Jian rebelled, he dared to openly support him, which reached the point of being unprincipled! How could he be the Marquis of Dingguo who convinced the whole army?

From Shaowu Pass to Tongguan, the cavalry can reach it in only seven or eight days at most, and from Tongguan to Chang'an City, it only takes one or two days. If Liu Zhao is so crazy, Liu Yu must solve all the problems of Chang'an City within seven days. Because the central army where the imperial carriage is located will never be able to return to Chang'an City within seven days to form support.

It is necessary to ensure that the soldiers are not bloody.

Liu Yu became serious in his work and would never drag him down. He led his troops from Tongguan overnight and the vanguard troops arrived at the city of Chang'an in one night. Li Mi, who was in charge of the city defense, opened the city gate to welcome the army into the city. Liu Yu directly led his men to surround the Sixth Prince's Mansion. In the morning, the Sixth Prince Su Jian was not in the mansion.

"I've entered the palace!" Yang Lie came to report.

Without the emperor's will, it was a serious crime to enter the palace privately. This time, Su Jian not only entered the palace without an edict, but also held a private court meeting and ascended the throne in public. Originally, the palace was closed, but when he saw Liu Yu and Yang Lie, the soldiers of the Imperial Guards knew the seriousness of the problem and opened the palace gate directly. Liu Yu directly entered Fengcui Palace in military uniform and took down Su Jian, who had not yet come back to his senses in front of the ministers.

"Liu Wenyan, will you rebel?" Su Jian held a letter in his hand and said something loudly.

Liu Yu snatched the letter and opened it and looked shocked. This was not an ordinary letter at all, but a letter of loyalty written by Liu Zhao, the Marquis of Dingguo, to Su Jian, as if he wanted to cooperate with the inside and outside to help Su Jian ascend the throne. It was just literally brought by "achieve great things".

Su Jian thought that with Liu Zhao's support, Liu Yu, as Liu Zhao's son, would definitely stand on his side. This time, Liu Yu was in Tongguan, and he dared to ascend the throne unscrupulously without any soldiers. He actually thought very clearly that as long as Liu Zhao's border army and Liu Yu's prestige in the army, it would be no problem to take down the ninth prince Su Yan, the yellow-mouthed child. But he never expected that Liu Yu would rather destroy his relatives for justice than stand on his side.

"Take the man down!"
Chapter completed!