feud

In the Taiji Hall, all the officials kneel on both sides, and the emperor sits high on the imperial bed.

Gu Siquan paid homage to Dazai, one of the eight princes, second only to the prime minister. After Chen Huai heard Wang Hong's proposal, he remained silent for a long time.

The emperor gained a firm foothold in Jiankang, and more nobles from the north poured into Jiankang. Land and food became an imminent problem. Wang Hong advocated setting up new prefectures and counties in the Jiangnan area to accommodate these people, establishing separate household registrations, and still using them. The old names of the prefectures and counties in the north, in fact, are meant to compete with the indigenous Jiangdong gentry for territory.

Wang Hong had no choice in this matter. The northern gentry had to accept it, and the southern gentry couldn't offend it. Both sides had to take care of each other. They could only give in to each other, and then slowly reconcile.

Chen Huai fully affirmed all of Wang Hong's propositions. The question was how the southern gentry represented by the Gu family viewed it, so he asked, "What do you think about it? What does Gu Qing think?"

Gu Siquan frowned and was thinking about it, when he heard the words, he stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, this method..."

Everyone watched with bated breath, Chen Huai clenched his hands secretly, and Gu Siquan said every word clearly: "This method is very good, I second my advice."

The big families behind Gu Siquan instantly raised their faces, but they did not dare to stand up and protest.The Gu family is the leader of a prominent family in the east of the Yangtze River. Gu Siquan wouldn't be able to see that they were so obviously using the banner of settling the refugees to plunder?

It was really smooth, from the surrender of the famous Jiangdong family to the present request for them to vacate the land, the process did not have any twists and turns, and it went so smoothly that Chen Huai was afraid.

Apart from a grand party, what else did Wang Hong do?Let the Gu family, who had been holding a wait-and-see attitude, stand in their own line.

However, even if Chen Huai pressed Wang Hong again and again, the answer he got was: Your Majesty is the king, who in the world does not submit to you?

It is really lawless relying on the emperor's favor, Chen Huai has always been helpless against him, but he is very unhappy in his heart.

Chen Huai glanced at Yu Lin, this young Shang Shuling usually had no sense of existence, and he was named Shang Shuling because of his elder brother Yu Qiao's loyalty and bravery.Chen Huai pulled back his thoughts and said: "The matter of setting up new prefectures and counties will be handed over to the prime minister and the minister for orders. If all the lovers are fine, you can retire from the court."

As soon as the emperor left, all the officials stood up and left in an orderly manner. Recently, Wang Hong was very busy in order to settle the high-ranking refugees in the north and establish a good relationship with the famous families in Jiangdong. The support of the entire Jiangdong prominent family is not as great as Wang Hong's pressure, but it is not necessarily the case now.

Gu Siquan walked towards Wang Hong. He was shorter than Wang Hong, and they were of the same generation.Wang Hong hurriedly saluted and said, "Siquan, thank you for today."

Gu Siquan's eyes were burning, and he saluted him back: "Hong, you're welcome, don't be a nobleman who forgets too much, everything is easy to talk about."

Before the two of them had time to say the third sentence, they were suddenly interrupted by the Huangmen servant next to the emperor: "Prime Minister, Your Majesty orders you."

The main job of the servant of the Huangmen Gate is to communicate official affairs between the emperor and Shang Shuling. He is a foreign official who can freely enter and leave the forbidden area and has access to many court secrets. Shang Shuling Yu Lin is just a peddler. Unexpectedly, the servant of the Huangmen was ordered by the emperor to run around the prime minister's residence and palace all day long, so there was no chance of entering the Shangshutai.

A little tiredness spread between Wang Hong's brows. He hid it very well, but he couldn't escape Gu Siquan's eyes. He said, "Shao dare not forget. If Siquan is fine, then Shao will leave."

"Please, Prime Minister." Gu Siquan was well-mannered, and his words were flat and almost indifferent.

Wang Hong led him all the way to the Shigan Hall, which was the emperor's bedroom, and Chen Huai was reviewing the memorials inside. When he saw Chen Huai coming in, he put down his pen and waved away all the palace people, and trotted to help Wang Hong up, and took Wang Hong "Long live Your Majesty" who hadn't finished speaking, was interrupted: "I want to enlist your cousin to be a general and use force to intimidate the Jiangzuo gentry. What do you think?"

The two of them have always spoken directly and never twisted and turned. Wang Hong seemed to be shocked by someone's head, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty must not! This matter must not be rushed. Now the Jiangzuo clan is only superficially surrendering. If forced Tighten up, won’t all previous efforts be wasted?”

"If they push me hard, I won't be lenient!" Chen Huai became furious when he thought of the gnashing of teeth of those Jiangzuo rich people in the early dynasty, "You don't have to humiliate that Gu Zhong, this is Emperor Wu. The country that has been conquered is our Chen family's world, if he dares to threaten you, I will destroy his nine clans!"

In fact, Chen Huai also knew that the gentry in the north and south were in an embarrassing situation, and he really didn't want to break the paper unless he had to.But recently, Gu Siquan went to the prime minister's mansion twice in three days. He never disobeyed Wang Hong in the previous court.

Chen Huai just listened to Wang Hong's merciful policy towards Jiangdong's prominent families. He was patient, but he was by no means a softie waiting to die.

Wang Hong didn't know what it was like. He stared at the pair of dragon boots until he was at the same level as the emperor. After hesitating for a moment, he put his hands on Chen Huai's shoulders, and sighed: "Your Majesty, Gu Dazai did not threaten the minister. Since all the clans in Jiangdong took the lead in expressing their surrender, His Majesty should appease the Gu family and the prominent families in Jiangdong, they must be grateful for the great grace of the Holy Grace."

Chen Huai used to be very useful for this movement, but today it doesn't work.Wang Hong saw Chen Huai's phoenix's rare viciousness, and continued: "The great mountains and rivers in the Central Plains have fallen, and all the ministers depend on His Majesty to survive here. I am very pleased. I followed Your Majesty from King Langya to General Jiandong, to the Prime Minister, When it comes to the emperor, every minister who escaped from death was there, and he never left. Therefore, even if the minister passes away in the future, the few words that can be left in history are all about your majesty. I'm satisfied, other things don't matter, do you understand...Jing Yan."

When Chen Huai heard the last long-lost "Jing Yan", he completely threw away his helmet and armor, and Wang Hong was hugged full of defenseless, his eyes wide open and he stood stiffly like a stone statue. With a fragile psychological defense.

"Your Majesty..." Reason finally defeated desire. Wang Hong neither hugged nor pushed away. Chen Huaiwu hugged himself for a while, then let go of his hands reluctantly. His phoenix eyes were like crescent moons, and he smiled: "I understand, I listen to you That's it."

It is very difficult to appease the Jiangdong nobles. It is necessary to achieve the effect of "I treat you well because we are buddies" and "remember who is the big brother".But if you can't grasp the strength well, the most fearful thing is that the dog will jump over the wall in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, now some positions in the imperial court can be given to them appropriately. They don't dare to challenge the imperial court openly if they have sweets to eat. This way, there will be less obstacles for the ministers to settle down for the refugees. Don't be afraid of them."

"I'll listen to you." Although Chen Huai doesn't care much about the country's affairs, he knows the reason why the country's machine works, or it's not that he doesn't want to take care of it, but that Wang Hong has too much to do with his ambition up.

Chen Huai knew that Wang Hong was busy with the affairs of the new prefectures and counties recently, and seeing Wang Hong's tired face, his heart ached.After hiding the words for more than two months, I still dare not ask. After all, it was the first time I made a claim. I arrested Wang Hong's nephew and made him miserable. Chen Huai had a "bastard" among the people who died. Now there is no possibility of ruining the reputation at all. Wang Hong didn't ask him to blame him after he knew it. Of course, Chen Huai didn't feel guilty.

Now that the person is gone, Wang Hong didn't ask him for someone, and he was as calm as if there was no such thing.

Wang Hong only slept for an hour last night, and he looked sluggish. Chen Huai still had memorials to read, so he asked someone to send some precious supplements such as ginseng, and Wang Hong took them all.

There are piles of memorials on the case, and Ji Chengming, a wealthy family in Jiangzuo, wrote to the emperor to refuse to take in the refugees who went south, saying that some of the refugees were misfits. shared.

Chen Huai threw away the memorial, and looked at it again, the meaning was almost inseparable. Looking again, except for nonsense, different versions were published in succession, the meaning of several memorials was the same, Chen Huai was so angry that he pushed the case out of the hall to appreciate the flowers .

In May, midsummer, in Hualin Garden, the flowers are blooming and fragrant, the apricot blossoms have already withered, and the blue fruits are hanging on the treetops. Chen Huai stands under the green fruits, and he can't let go of it for a long time.

The author has something to say:

I'm really sorry that it took so long to update, and I will try my best to avoid such "accidents" in the future.

This is my first book, as long as there is one more person who reads it, I will keep writing it, definitely not a eunuch!If there is anything wrong, feel free to point it out!

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