Feng Yi entered Xiangcheng and was detained by Zhou Bingwu for half a month. At the end of February, Jinling came with an imperial edict, and Zhou Bingwu sent troops to escort them eastward by boat, arriving at Jinling on March 2nd.

Entering Jinling City in March, the grass is growing and the orioles are flying, and the spring scenery is harmonious.

At dusk, there were still a few white-feathered river gulls flying under the sunset.

Approaching the pier, Feng Yi stood on the bow of the ship and looked at the Jinghaimen Gate Tower.

Lu Qingxia and others launched a palace coup. After the failure, they escaped by boat from Jinghai Gate. In order to stop the pursuers, they set fire to the Jinghai Gate Gate Tower. Feng Yi never returned to Jinling City at that time or after that, but at this time, he saw that the Jinghai Gate Gate Tower was being repaired.

It was new, but the bricks covering the outer city still had burnt marks. I turned my head to look at another official ship that had docked at the dock.

Queen Mother Wang Chan'er, Chen De, Prince Xiang "Yang Lin" and Chun Shisanniang were all on the ship. Chamberlain Yang En and Dali Temple Supervisor Kong Yanling personally came with a group of people to verify their identities and took them to Dali.

Temple prison custody.

Feng Yi didn't know how they felt when they saw Jinghaimen Gate Tower again.

After the pallet was put on the ship's side, Feng Yi lifted up his robe and went to the shore. Officials on the left and right came over with shackles. Feng Yi glared at them and yelled angrily: "You are outrageous!"

Yang En and Kong Yanling, the supervisor of Dali Temple, came over and signaled the government officials to step aside.

"Mr. Yang, why are you using shackles to treat your old friend today? Do you really want to see Jinling involved in the war and all the lives lost?" Feng Yi asked with his hands behind his hands.

Yang En looked at Feng Yi and sighed softly: "Your wings have grown hard!"

Feng Yi calmed down his arrogance and said: "It doesn't matter whether the wings are strong or not. In these years, Tangyi has always been at the front and charged into battle. At this time, in Heluo, he was also fighting with the captives in a river of blood. There were corpses everywhere. There were not many

Even if we have two strong bones, we can't hold on, and it is impossible for Emperor Liang to trust us with our country. Now, we have sent all the important criminals to Jinling, and we can say that we are treating Jinling with sincerity, but we don't know when Jinling will treat us with sincerity?

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"This matter is not something I can make arbitrarily. I would like you to stay in the Han Mansion for a while. I will let you know when the Queen Mother of the two palaces has made up her mind." Yang En said.

For thousands of years, there have been endless records of abdication, but the "blessings" that have really happened in the long history are actually usurping the throne. Even the previous dynasty's civil and military achievements were revered as the "Khan of Heaven" by all races. It can be said that it is

Emperor Taizong, who was one of the few heroes in thousands of years, also forced his father to surrender after launching a mutiny at Xuanwu Gate.

However, Zhu Yu sent the generals of Liang State to welcome Han Qian, entrusted him with the support of his country, and abdicated the throne of the country. There was no conspiracy at all in this.

Under this circumstance, even if all the Confucian classics that have been regarded as the guideline for various dynasties for thousands of years are brought out, Han Qian cannot be charged with treason and surrender to the enemy.

In addition to the matter of fame and position, the situation involved was also so complicated that it had been delayed until this point, and neither the DPRK nor China had reached an agreement.

After Queen Mother Wang Chan'er and more than a hundred rebels arrived in Beijing, Dali Temple naturally took over. However, Feng Yi and his followers still had to be sent to the Han Mansion first. Shen Yang and Yang Zhitang did not want to meet Feng Yi directly for the time being.

For the convenience of supervision, Yun Puzi, Qin Wen and their children have all been placed under house arrest in the Han Mansion. Chen Jingzhou, the minister of the Ministry of War, has always been regarded as a minister of the Tangyi line and was ordered to self-examine in the house and was not allowed to go out at will.

At this time, a speedboat sailed out from a river fork west of Tangyi City on the north bank.

The naval forces of Youlong Wujun stationed at Jinghaimen Pier felt like they were facing a formidable enemy and sent several warships to intercept them.

Yang En was indifferent.

A large number of generals in Tangyi followed Han Qian northward, but Zhao Wuji, Zhao Qi, Lin Zongjing, Han Chengmeng, Chen Zhiyong, Ji Xiyao and other generals remained on the southern front. Han Daochang, Han Duan and others also fled to the north bank a month ago.

Yang En knew that Zhao Wuji, Han Daochang, Han Duan, Zhao Qi and others, including Guo Duanduo who came south from Luoyang half a month ago, were all in Tangyi City across the river at this time.

At this time, a fast boat sailed out from the Tangyi navy camp, probably rushing to meet Feng Yi.

When the navy warships of Youlong Wujun intercept the incoming ship, they will soon escort a person to Jinghaimen Pier.

When he saw that the person coming was Wen Ruilin, Yang En felt even more confused. He didn't say anything at the moment and sent them all to the Han Mansion.

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Yang En treated Feng Yi and Wen Ruilin politely. Although he did not send them to Han Mansion in person, he still arranged a spacious and comfortable carriage.

Feng Yi got into the carriage and learned about the current situation in Jinling City from Wen Ruilin along the way.

At this time, it had been a month since Jinling knew the news of Han Qian's journey north, and it had been half a month since the news that Han Qian had succeeded to the throne of Daliang in Luoyang City had officially reached Jinling.

Such news is, of course, like a boulder crashing into a calm lake, causing a shocking uproar.

Even now, in the streets, alleys, teahouses, restaurants, and even prostitutes' villages and boats, everyone from the princes and ministers to the people in the market are discussing this matter endlessly.

This is a problem that no one can ignore and avoid.

He was once a dandy and a prodigal son, serving as a pupil to the prince. In just a few years, he rose to become a frontier vassal like the mainstay of Chu. It is already legendary enough. Who would have thought that he would suddenly transform and become the leader of the Liang Kingdom?

You must know that just five or six years ago, Liang Jun's army almost pointed directly at Jinling.

Even though it was rumored that Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang had sent his generals to welcome Han Qian to Luoyang for abdication, there were still countless people in Jinling City who were more willing to believe that Han Qian had taken advantage of the opportunity to usurp the throne of the Liang Kingdom.

However, in addition to the fact that this legendary incident caused people to talk about it endlessly, even the people in the city knew that the whole thing was far from ending like this.

Xuzhou is far away in the southwest border, and the situation has not yet reached Jinling. However, large-scale naval forces have gathered in Donghu and Tangyi, and the Huaixi states and Dengjun states have exchanged seals and letters, calling themselves the territory of Liang State.

, the place where many of these things happened is just across the Yangtze River from Jinling, and the people in Jinling City soon knew everything about it.

Even though Han Qian claimed to be the lord of the country in Luoyang but not the emperor, and Daliang also claimed the country but not the dynasty, Han Daoming and Qin Wen also secretly spread the news that Liang would profess vassalage to Da Chu, but let alone the princes and ministers of the dynasty, some radical

The scholars and scholars still found this matter unacceptable.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucian classics have clarified the principle of "enfeoffment as vassal, submission as vassal, and distinction between Chinese and barbarians".

The Liang State is a vassal state of Chu. However, like the Shu State, the Liang State has its own military and political affairs.

In this relationship, apart from claiming vassal status and paying tribute, the internal affairs and military affairs are completely free from interference by the suzerain state.

This is very different from how after the Jinling Rebellion, King Yang Yuanyan was forced by the situation to seize Huaidong as a vassal.

At least psychologically, the subjects of Da Chu would think that Huaidong was always an integral part of Da Chu. In his early years, Emperor Yanyou even claimed to have granted King Xin vassal status in Huaidong in order to make it more effective for Liang Jun to move south.

A vassal state means a fence.

The original purpose of Zhou's enfeoffment of princes and Han Emperor Gaozu's enfeoffment of princes into vassals was to protect the central royal power. However, in the middle and late stages of the previous dynasty, there were many vassals, which were also regarded as local separatist forces.

However, no one would think that after Liang and Shu became vassals, they would become part of Chu. Liang would always be Liang, and the leader of Liang would always be Liang Jun, not Chu ministers.

With the change of Han Qian's identity, Huaixi was included in the territory of Liang State, and the southern border reached the center of Chu. Who could bear it?

Of course, from the perspective of Confucian classics, Han Qian was upright and succeeded to the throne of the Liang Kingdom through abdication of the Eight Classics, but it cannot be considered a betrayal and defection to the enemy. Currently, many scholars and officials have written letters asking the court to take back Huaixi

, Xuzhou and other places, but the sound of sending troops to suppress it is not that loud.

Enter Jinghaimen, follow the avenue on the west side of the imperial city and pass through most of Jinling City, then you will arrive at the Han family's mansion in the southwest corner of Jinling City.

At this time, the mansions around the Han Mansion were cleared out, and more than two hundred guards and soldiers were stationed to supervise the Han Mansion. However, the Han Mansion was still peaceful, and there were no soldiers or officials to break in and cause trouble at will for the time being. In addition,

The Housekeeper will also deliver fruits, vegetables, meat, oil, salt, rice and noodles on a per-person basis every day.

Whether it is peace or war, Han Daoming, Qin Wen, Yun Puzi and other members of the Han family will not be treated as prisoners of war until the DPRK comes to a final conclusion.

Feng Yi and Wen Ruilin entered the Han Mansion. In addition to Han Daoming, his son Han Jianji, Qin Wen, Yun Puzi and others, the old man Han Wenhuan, whose beard and hair were all white, changed from his usual lethargy and lethargy and walked into the Mingju Hall in high spirits to participate.

Secret discussion.

"Currently, there is a lot of controversy in Jinling, which is quite unfavorable to me in Liangzhou. What is Li Zhigao thinking about you going to Liangzhou..." Qin Wen asked.

It was only twenty-six years after the fall of the previous dynasty. When Qin Wen was young, he served as an official in Shengzhou Jiedushi Mansion. After the founding of the Chu Kingdom, he was regarded as an alien and was sent to Xuzhou to serve as a minor official in Shengdou, which was equivalent to exile.

, his father and brother both died in Xuzhou, and it took him sixteen years to usher Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son into Xuzhou. To be honest, he had no sense of identification with Chu Ting.

In the beginning, he was able to stand up with Xue Ruogu and Li Tang and be used by Han Daoxun mainly because he stood as a guest of the Han people and was dissatisfied with the terror and oppression of the native Han people.

Later, he went to Yueyang to join Shen Lan, and got Han Qian's permission.

He had absolutely no psychological barriers to changing his role at this time.

The news that Li Zhigao accepted the canonization of Daliang and led the army and people of Liangzhou to join the Liang Kingdom reached Jinling as early as possible.

After the imperial court put them under house arrest, they no longer formally sent anyone to contact or negotiate with them. They could only convey some news through hidden piles every day by transporting vegetables, meat, rice and noodles, so as to have a general understanding of the development of the situation.

They also knew the news of Li Zhigao's defection to Daliang earlier, but the more specific details of the matter and whether Li Zhigao was forced by the situation and just wanted to surrender to Daliang in exchange for a chance to breathe, or did he really want to be used by Daliang, or at least

They were willing to take a more active stance to help Daliang stabilize the situation in Hehuai, but they would not know until Feng Yi arrived in Jinling.

Li Zhigao chose to be essentially neutral, or he was more inclined to use a positive attitude to help contain part of the Chu army from the west, and even directly ensured that before Jinling made the final decision, Zhao Zhen led the Youwuxiang Army to garrison Fancheng and Suiyang.

I will not dare to act rashly.

When Chu Ting weighed the pros and cons, he would not include Li Zhigao, Chai Jian and Liangzhou soldiers and horses in the calculation of the new Liang army. His mentality was completely different.

Although the Chu Army currently employs senior generals such as Du Chongtao and Zhou Bingwu, Zhang Wei is also a senior general who is as famous as Du Chongtao and others. Although Liangzhou's troops and horses have been repeatedly defeated, among the current new generation of Chu Army's generals, they can compete with Li Zhigao.

The only people who are as famous as Chai Jian are Guo Liang, Zheng Hui, Zhao Zhen and others.

It can even be said that Guo Liang, Zheng Hui, Zhao Zhen and others are more or less deficient than Li Zhigao.

Other generals of the new generation who are truly regarded as rising stars, such as Wen Bo, Li Xiu and others, have long joined the New Liang Army, not to mention the large number of direct generals that Han Qian has brought out over the years.

Liangzhou's soldiers and horses are currently extremely weak, their morale is disorganized, and supplies are extremely difficult. However, most of them are veteran soldiers who have followed Li Zhigao and Chai Jian in the ten years of conquering the world. Once the soldiers are fully supplied and rested, let alone recruiting the army.

More than half of the state soldiers and townships were brave. It is still unknown whether the Youwu Guards and the Youwu Xiang Army can match them.

To measure the military strength of both sides, it is never enough to simply calculate the size of the troops on both sides.

"Li Zhigao and Chai Jian were quite active. Not only did they expel Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and others at our request, they also sent their sons Li Zhi and Chai Zhi to Luoyang to see Han Qian. At this time, they also sent Deng Tai and Zhang

Song has led 10,000 troops to Yunyang. His name is Zhou Bingwu. Zhang Ping has a headache."

Feng Yi picked up the hot tea soup, sipped it gently, and said excitedly,
To be continued...