Huan Wen did not make any public comments about what happened at his brother's house. He may have made some private comments, but they did not reach Liu Cheng's ears. The only certain information is that he accepted the new version of Clan Genealogy and copied it into Family Temple licensed by the imperial court.
In this regard, Liu Cheng, who was reminded by Luo You, certainly would not think that this matter would pass without any trouble.
In other words, there is no disturbance, which itself represents an attitude.
But he still has no regrets. Not only does he calculate the benefits, but how can it be so simple to receive the gratitude of Huan Qian, the cavalry general Jingzhou Army? Morally speaking, Huan Qian is also the only perfect victim in this mess, and he, Liu Acheng, is so frank and helpful.
However, he was destined to not be able to feel the calmness of the follow-up, because after hinting to Huan Xin that he might have offended the Huan Huo family, the third son of the Huan family was upright and decided to leave with Liu Cheng personally in advance and leave this month, leaving only his wife to slowly pack up her dowry and belongings in Jiangling, and then go down the river.
And even if it's the last two days, it doesn't mean nothing happened.
The day before leaving, when another banquet was held, Wu Fusheng took the initiative and wanted to go to Huainan with Liu Cheng.
Of course, it is understandable. In the past, there were no serious opportunities and ways to become an official. We could only rely on the path here at Huan Wen. Now Liu Cheng can accommodate people, even Wu Fusheng's own uncle Gao Rou also did Administrator. He entered the family and took another job, which was enough to find a way for him. Whether he was close to home or looking for a better future, he could go back.
However, remember Luo You's reminder. Although it was possible, Liu Cheng did not take the person away directly. He only asked the other person to be calm and wait for Xi Chao to come back and let the latter make arrangements.
In fact, Liu Cheng observed his words and found that not only Wu Fusheng Yu Qiu obviously also wanted to go back, but now the situation has changed. He who had a slightly higher family status now does not seem to be as well-established as Wu Fusheng, and he has no in-depth relationship with Liu Cheng, so he did not bring it up.
Not to mention the second-level ones like Wang Ahhuo, who have basically formed a deep connection with Xi Chao. It's not as simple as whether he misses home or not.
Similarly, Huan Yi, Huan Yi brought Huan Bucai to Liu Cheng on the night of the incident with Huan Qian, hoping that the latter would take his brother away, but was declined... The reason was of course that it was better for the two brothers to stay together.
In fact, Huan Yi here is very typical. There are too many talents here at Jiangling, and he can't show it. In addition, Huan Wen often asks him to serve banquets with a flute, which makes him feel a little uncomfortable. Compared with Shouchun, Life will naturally lead to some disappointments. But as a sensible orphan, he knows very well that the experience in the Huan Wen shogunate is an indispensable process for him, so he can stay firmly, and even ask the waiter to play the flute with all his strength, without any ambiguity.
It also makes Huan Wen very satisfied.
Not to mention the state of all living beings, at the end of October, Liu Cheng and Huan Xin boarded the boat together and went down the river.
However, this time he chose to land at Ruxu Pass and continued downstream at Huan Xin. He first went to Jiankang to visit his father-in-law before heading north.
In this way, Liu Acheng followed the Ruxushui Ancient Road, turned to Wuhu, passed Hefei, and sure enough, arrived back in time in early November to the still extremely busy Shouchun, or in other words, Shouchun was basically as calm as before.
After returning, I met my wife and children, and then went to see Quan Yi, Fan Ning, Yu Shao, Zheng Shengzhi, and Shen Yong who stayed with Shouchun. After, Fang Chen, and Lang Jian determined that nothing major happened, they immediately rushed to Shao Lake to inspect whether there would be any riots due to the population surge and paid labor in winter.
Then it was inevitable to appoint Fang Chen and Lang Jian to rush the shelves, add temporary winter control, and use military law to restrain and manage Shao Lake and Shouchun.
One day later, Xie An, who received the message, hurried back from Yingkou.
That's right, Xie An actually went to inspect the construction site!
Although this is just a common thing for Shouchun at the moment. After all, everyone seems to be busy except Gentleman of the Palace Xie himself, but when I think of Xie An at night When sleeping at the construction site, Huai River region's small breeze always reminds me of Kuaiji Eastern Mountain's sea breeze, and Liu Acheng still gets an unusual sense of satisfaction.
I've caught you!
I can even roll you Xie Eastern Mountain down to clear dust at the construction site, so what's the difficulty in expelling Five Hu, mopping up Central Plains, and purging the gentry?
However, although Xie An also rolled up, it did not complete the assigned task, which deserves serious criticism.
"Seven things, one of the planned things did not happen, so it was omitted; two things to maintain the scene are considered completed; the remaining four, two and a half were completed, and one and a half failed..." In Huainan Administrator's Office, Xie An handed over to Liu Cheng with a kind of bone-deep exhaustion and a super double relief.
It seems that dusting at the construction site really educates people, and they speak fluently.
"Which half piece is it?" Liu Cheng was curious.
"Your clan brother's marriage..."
"How to say?" Liu Cheng did not correct the other party this time.
"Mount Tai Yang Clan After asking about your brother's father's experience, he was obviously a little bit Imperial Music Bureau. Your brother was also a little bit dissatisfied when he heard about his age Imperial Music Bureau..."
"Then it means that both sides are not matching up, so it didn't work out. Why is it counted as half a piece?" Liu Cheng was extremely surprised. "Do you want me to make any promise?"
"That's not to say... Mount Tai Yang Clan has also declined greatly in recent years. The first major decline was when Yang Jian Northern Expedition did not dare to let others take charge. Later, Thanks to Su Jun Rebellion's success in countering the rebellion, he was able to recover a little bit, but he still couldn't regain his old strength. Then Yang Jian's nephew Yang Yi was also Yin Hao before. 's partial division, went out to Pengcheng to attack Mount Tai, but died of illness in the army, which was an even bigger blow... On the one hand, their family lamented the decline of the family, but on the other hand, they I gradually understood that if the Yang clan wants to revive, they can only rely on Northern Expedition, so although they are not interested in your clan brother, they still want to marry you and even continue to send their children to the army. This is only half the story."
Speaking of these things, Xie An is indeed very knowledgeable and knowledgeable.
"You still want to get married with me?" Liu Cheng became obviously wary. "Liu Jian feels too old, so I..."
"Of course it's not you, don't you know?" Xie An gave an unexpected piece of information. "Mrs. Wu from your Elder Gao family got sick and passed away in Kuaiji's hometown about two or three months ago. Since Mount Tai Yang Clan has set his sights on you, and Jiankang is well-informed, he naturally turned his attention to Kuaiji celebrity Gao Shiyuan... A widower versus a widow, a celebrity versus a famous family."
"This is a good thing." Liu Cheng was stunned for a long time, but he didn't know what to say and could only nod.
"If you agree, I will handle the contact for you." Xie An knows how to start well and end well.
"Then thank you for your hard work, Mr. Anshi." Liu Cheng could only surrender. "By the way, help me keep an eye on Liu Jian's marriage...Second-Rank Great Clans can't do it. Look at these Military Clan and Wu Region Native Clans. That's almost enough. He can't delay it anymore."
Xie An can only agree.
"What about the one that didn't get done?" Liu Cheng asked again.
"Just ask me to contact Northern Command, Shucheng, and Northern Yuzhou to track down the private minting of bad coins." Xie An said seriously. "I tried my best, but several people said it was too troublesome... Northern Command just wrote a letter saying no. It is recommended that some privately minted Coins be investigated, especially when the imperial court is employing people, and those Huai River Refugee Commanders and generals should be regarded as rewards... and now that Huai River region privately minted money is too common, pursuing privately minted money may shake the overall morale of the military."
"Ah~" Liu Cheng is irrefutable, isn't it?
Then the two of them paused for a while, and Liu Cheng suddenly came and asked, "If this thing doesn't work, that means another thing, that is, with Shouchun as the hub, everyone agrees to the laying of the Xuchang-Shucheng-Shouchun-Pengcheng-Xiapi information network channel?"
"Yes, we all agreed. According to your plan, there will be a daily messenger every five days to report daily affairs. When encountering urgent military situations, orders, disasters, and public security incidents, we can contact you at any time and solve them together." Xie An nodded immediately.
"You can do it," Liu Cheng said. "I tried many times before, but no one ignored me, especially Pengcheng-Xiapi, who was obviously wary of me, and Shucheng, Yuan Zhen was another smiling tiger, but this time he offended Huan Pingbei..."
Xie An was stunned for a moment, then asked seriously, "Offended Huan Pingbei? You are not looking for Duke Huan to ask for Yuzhou Governor, right?"
"No." Liu Cheng then told Huan Qian's story.
"Some people used the hilt of a knife to poke someone's mouth out of Right General Wang's house that day." Xie An heard this and breathed a sigh of relief. "Don't worry, Huan Pingbei will definitely accuse you of interfering in his family affairs and so on, and you must be a little dissatisfied privately, but when you see Huan Qian one day, you will still realize that you have helped him a lot... it won't be a big deal."
Liu Cheng nodded perfunctorily and crossed his legs on the couch, while Xie An also fell silent and didn't speak again for a while, as if both of them felt a little exhausted.
After a while, as the maid under Awu came over to serve hot tea, Xie An took the initiative to ask, "Yulong, tell me the truth, is Northern Command about to take action against Northern Advance?"
"I think so." Liu Cheng did not deny it. "Where is Jiabin now? Is it still Xiapi?"
"Still." Xie An said thoughtfully. "Jiabin is not moving at Xiapi. You are so busy that you have to go to Jiangling. Wang Qia is gone again, Xianbei people Relocation of the Capital Yecheng, the key is that Duke Huan sent envoys to ask for the joining of troops, and even if I don't know military affairs, I can probably figure out what Jiankang and Northern Command are going to do..."
"Jiabin wrote before, saying that Uncle was not in good health, that Gentleman of the Palace Xun thought too much, and that Northern Command had frequent schedules and reorganizations." Liu Cheng nodded in recognition. "I was thinking at that time that maybe Northern Command would send troops, but it happened that when I was leaving, Grand Marshal put pressure on the imperial court..."
"So they still have to fight, and they have to ask for reinforcements from us. This is their original intention of contacting us." Xie An couldn't help but sigh. "But why did you tell me before leaving that there would be no war? And Northern Command did not ask for reinforcements this month. At that time, I thought you meant that Xianbei people would not come."
"Xun Xian must know from you that I am not here Shouchun, how can I ask for help?" Liu Cheng is speechless." General of the Right knows how to directly send me a letter urging your brother Wan Shi to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. How could Xun Xian be the one who personally led the troops in the war for seven or eight years? How could he ask for help from Gentleman of the Palace Xie?"
"..."
"General of the Right sent me all the letters addressed to Prince of Kuaiji, Grand Marshal and your family Gentleman of the Palace. Have I told my husband about this?"
"No."
"That's because I was so busy before that I forgot about it."
"Do you want to fight?" Xie An became serious.
"I don't want to." Liu Cheng spread his hands. "We shouldn't have fought in the first place. He was fighting for Northern Command's right to autonomy. It was unnecessary. According to me, Duke Huan followed He; not to mention that here, don't you know that these days, the ship has not been finished, the city has not been repaired, and only the first batch of Long Spear and bows and crossbows have come... Even if you use the excuse of not being able to handle military affairs, you should know that you are wrong, right?"
Xie An only felt a headache, but just gritted his teeth and continued to ask, "Then can you fight?"
"Are we going to let Northern Command Army fail?" Liu Cheng replied with a sigh. "Otherwise, what do you think I'm going to Jiangling for? Why don't I express my feelings to Duke Huan first and save Northern Command from being 'turned into a tiger' by three people!"
Xie An took a long breath. He wanted to simply say "hard work", which is in line with his nature. However, for some reason, he couldn't stop at all when he opened his mouth. He even started to babble obviously. "Actually, I have known for a long time that you would send troops to help. After all, you Liu Yulong are a person with his own ambitions, not some vassal of Duke Huan. But when the matter really comes to the end, caring will lead to chaos...Yulong, don't worry. After the troops are dispatched, you will make your own decisions on the front line, and I will make it clear to Wan Shi. The rest of the matter, whether it is Jiankang or Shucheng, or the contact with the Xun family, all are left to me... I know that as long as you have a trace of evil thoughts, Wan Shi will be completely defeated in the front, and his life will not be saved, so please be sure to leave a little room."
"Why should I bother him?" Liu Cheng replied quietly. "If it weren't for him, how could he have built these cities, and the ships wouldn't have been built so fast..."
Xie An responded with a wry smile.
"Let's go back and rest, and wait for the rain and snow in winter." Liu Cheng saw this and stopped staying.
Xie An can only say goodbye.
"By the way, Western Command Chief Clerk don't let your Gentleman of the Palace have any more expropriations. I called someone from Jiankang who is involved with Prince of Kuaiji. He will be there in a few days..." When he was delivered to the door, Liu Cheng reminded him again.
Xie An was stunned for a moment, and instinctively thought of a candidate who fully met the conditions, "Could it be Han Kang Bo? He is suitable, and he is familiar with Shao Lake. It is said that when Yin Hao was in Shouchun, he mostly relied on him to deal with the shogunate."
Liu Cheng was stunned, shook his head, but couldn't help but ask, "Can you call Han Kang Bo to be Western Command Army Provisioning Officer?"
"You can try." Xie An immediately answered. "I'll go back and write a letter and ask him where he is. He should be idle."
It works!
This Xie An is really easy to use!
Xie An was about to ask who Chief Clerk was, but Liu Cheng didn't answer. The former was confused by the four words Jiankang, and he really didn't expect who it was.
The sale lasted only four or five days. In mid-November, after a light snowfall, the weather returned to clear weather. Under the personal escort of Liu Yehu, the big baby Huan Xin arrived at Shouchun together with the court envoys while the entire Shouchun was stunned.
The effect far exceeds that of Wang Linzhi obtained when Langya Interior Minister took office that day.
However, Liu Cheng himself was obviously stunned... The others were stunned when Huan Xin arrived, and the imperial court ordered Xie Wan to send troops to support Northern Command followed the will of Mount Tai, while Liu Cheng was stunned by the candidate for the messenger, and Xie An was stunned by the arrival of Huan Xin and the candidate for the messenger.
That's right, under the joint pressure of the North and Upper Reaches, and in order to get out of the shadow of Jiankang's failure in the internal political struggle, Northern Command decided to send troops to regain the former Murong Ke grabbed the half of Mount Tai Commandery from a rabbit hunt to prove that it had strategic influence, and took the initiative to apply for Western Command assistance. The messenger sent by the imperial court was the new Attendant Gentleman of the Central Secretariat Han Kang Bo.
After asking, I found out that it was Wang Biaozhi who made the recommendation, and Wang Biaozhi immediately made Left Assistant to the Minister of Works after returning to Jiankang.
It seems that Young Emperor has indeed found a backbone.
No matter what, now that the decree has arrived, after getting rid of the surprise caused by the coincidence at the beginning, it is natural to gather the generals for a military meeting to discuss the dispatch of troops.
Liu Cheng did not break his promise. After showing Shouchun the actual situation and difficulties in detail to Han Kang Bo in advance, he still agreed to send troops in the final military discussion to the Western General of the Gentlemen of the Palace Xie Wan is the commander, and he is Deputy Commander. He gathers a tribe of six to seven thousand people to join Pengcheng, serving as the flank of Northern Command, and then attacks Mount Tai.
Whether Han Bo or Xie An, there is nothing to say. We can only admit that General Liu of the Vanguard Army is loyal to the country--Empress Dowager, emperor, Sima Yu, Wang Biaozhi are all here, Yin Hao and Wang Qia are resurrected, and we have to admit that General Liu of the Vanguard Army is loyal to the country.
------I am the dividing line between loyal people and the country------
Emperor Taizu accepted Huan Xin into Shouchun, and the military morale was determined. Army Sima Jiang Gan supervised the construction of Horsehead New City at that time, and returned after hearing the call. When Kishi saw Emperor Taizu, he called him congratulations and said, "Unexpectedly, Ming Gong got Jiangling Staff of Authority first." When Han Bo took Attendant Gentleman of the Central Secretariat as the imperial envoy, he was also standing by his side. Everyone on the left and right were frightened, but the uncle tied his hands for a long time and finally remained silent.
-- "Chronicle of Jiangzuo".Qi Pei Songzhi
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