sweeping the world

Chapter 506 The Death of the Little Court ([-])
Jiankang has a population of one million, most of whom migrated from the north of the Yangtze River during the "clothes crossing to the south", and aristocratic families account for the absolute majority.

The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty continued the system of the Western Jin Dynasty, valuing the family and despising the people. Jiankang, the capital of a country, is actually not for ordinary people to live in. Apart from the family, there are some big families.

Nowadays, families that can be called aristocratic families may not have too many direct descendants, but the number of side branches will be a large number. Then there will inevitably be subordinates such as servants and servants. In such a family, There may be thousands of people at least, and it may be difficult to set an upper limit for more.

A big family is similar to an aristocratic family, the difference is prestige and connections, Dingkou is not the key to becoming an aristocratic family.

Of Jiankang's population of one million, more than [-]% are related to aristocratic families or big clans. It can be seen how many people will be mobilized if the aristocratic families and big clans really want to mobilize.

After the chaos broke out, every capable family tried its best to arm the young and strong, or closed their homes and relied on the courtyard wall to defend themselves, or did some unspeakable things.

Before Jiankang, it was the capital of Soochow Wu, named Jianye.In addition to Jianye, Chaisang, Shouchun, and Lujiang are considered to be the most prosperous and populous cities in Soochow.

To say that in the Eastern Wu period there were other places to develop besides Jianye, but it was difficult to do it in the Eastern Jin small court period.The aristocratic families who escaped from the north of the Yangtze River have the ability to clear out the original southern native aristocratic families and do some land-occupancy development things, such as the four major clans who control at least a few counties to become family autonomous regions, and the aristocratic family level is based on counties. To delineate the sphere of influence, the result is of course that the imperial court has no actual control over those areas at all.

The phenomenon caused by the political situation makes Jiankang an absolutely complicated place. Any struggle will take place in Jiankang, as long as people with sufficient status will stay in Jiankang. Absolutely strong control can basically determine the direction of the country that controls the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, or at least paralyze the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Chu Xin's almost face-to-face questioning is that the matter has really developed to a critical moment.

At this time, someone went to whisper to Huan Yun, and no one knew what they said except the two of them.

The atmosphere could only be described as tense at the beginning, but waiting for Chu Xin to question added to the weirdness. The heads of various aristocratic families who served as the background wall had been divided into three waves at some point.

Knowing the inside story... or the aristocratic family who conspired with Huan Yun, they brought their guards together, with a very serious expression on their faces.

People who noticed what was happening but couldn't make a decision for a while gathered in a group and stayed as far away as possible, with obviously uncertain expressions.

It was decided early on that they would stand in the small imperial court... Maybe it should be said to resolutely resist the Han army. They also gathered together in a pile, putting on a posture of being on guard and breaking out at any time.

"Traitor!" Chu Xin was only two or three steps away from Huan Yun, she drew out her sword very suddenly, and shouted, "Surrender!"

Huan Yun was not frightened by Chu Xin's roar, but watched with admiration as Chu Xin only took a step forward before being thrown on the ground by Huan's warriors.

"Nephew, there has never been such a thing as a traitor in the world." Huan Yun was speaking to Chu Xin who had his hands cut behind his back, and he was also saying to everyone present: "Since ancient times, there have only been winners and losers."

In fact, the whisper just now was that there was a change in the palace city. Apart from the original siege guards, some handymen, court ladies, eunuchs, and anyone who could hold weapons were armed.

It may be nothing but the changes in the palace city, and there is also the matter that Chu Po sent people to take over the command from the gate captains of the various cities, and the guards in the city also had people with the emperor's order.

Of course, the people sent by Chu Pei did not succeed in taking over the command of the city gate. The people who went there were either dead or arrested. The trouble caused was that the people on the Huan family had to announce that those people were treasonous, and the various city gates did not know the truth. Jin Jun, who was not sure who to listen to, was actually upset.

The most troublesome thing for Huan Yun is the garrison army. Chu Po successfully took over the command of nearly [-] garrison troops. The remaining [-] are still under the control of Huan Yun, and the rest are controlled by the Xie family and many families. control.

[Why did the head of the country react so quickly this time? 】Huan Yun was smiling and looking at the head of the aristocratic family present, but he had to be anxious: 【Why is Xie Mingda still silent! ? 】

Mingda is Xie Ai's nickname, and he is the commander of the Han army in Jiangdu.

Chu Xin yelled a few words, and before she had time to say something to those family leaders, her mouth was blocked.

Jiankang has a garrison army of more than [-], and the command of the Jin army has never been in the hands of Sima's family.Chu Po can control [-] garrison troops, which shows that there are not many families who still choose to defend the small court.

"My lords." Huan Yun was talking to those family leaders who were trying to break through: "The head of the country has already kidnapped the empress dowager and the emperor, what do you think?"

The 500 armed forces at the north gate are all private soldiers of the Huan family, standing layer by layer with Huan Yun as the center.Those families in the same camp as Huan Yun should have [-] people.

The head of the aristocratic family who wanted to break out, together with the guards, seemed to have a number of one to two hundred people. If they did not compromise, they would either be beheaded on the spot or go out in a bloody battle.

Those who were questioned didn’t speak up. They made such a choice not because of how loyal they were to the Sima family, but because the Han Dynasty was too harsh on the family. They chose to resist because they didn’t want to be brought under the rule of the Han Dynasty, so they could struggle. Time does not want to give up.

Someone yelled "Report" with a long ending, and when they came over, they knelt down on one knee and reported to Huan Yun: "There is an urgent military situation from the west and north, and the Han army is mobilizing, and they are approaching Jiankang like a broken bamboo along the way!"

A metal clanging sound came out suddenly, and those who chose to resist were so startled that they dropped their weapons to the ground.

"The father-in-law has indeed kidnapped the queen mother and His Majesty, Lian is willing to help the governor to suppress the rebellion."

"... Mrs. Zhang is willing to follow the governor."

"Huang's..."

One after another, the principals of the aristocratic families spoke. The background of their speech was that there was chaos everywhere in Jiankang City, and some places were on fire.

Huan Yun looked at those who did not open their mouths and did not abandon their weapons, laughed "hehe" a few times, and ordered: "These people are conspiring with the head of the country, and if they resist, they can be killed on the spot."

In a word, in exchange for those people throwing away their weapons, they did not change their positions, and were captured without bloodshed.

Yu Yi was standing on the city tower watching the big show, beside him were the disciples sent by Huan Yun.

There was already a large area of ​​flames in the far west. The Jin army and the private troops who surrounded the city gate began to divert under whose order, some continued to surround the city gate, and some moved westward.

[I didn't expect... Huan Shi actually did such a great job! 】Yu Yi was genuinely surprised, and at the same time was very dissatisfied with being concealed from the bottom of his heart, and there was some relaxation and luck in his dissatisfaction: 【In this way, if Jiankang really changes hands, the great merit will be taken by the Huan family.Although the Yu family will have a bad reputation, it will not be too heavy? 】

The disciples of the Huan clan repeated what they had asked before: "Yugong, can you meet my master now?"

Yu Yi didn't speak right away. He looked at Jiankang City, which was full of flames, and heard the noise from a distant place in his ears. After a while, he said: "Let your master send troops into the tower, and meet each other." It will be exempted."

Huan's disciples said "uh" a few times, followed by a respectful salute and left.But not long after, he was ordered to come back to see Yu Yi again, and said: "My lord asks Yu Gong to control the city gate, and the Han army will come later."

Yu Yi nodded expressionlessly as a response and consent.He didn't know how long Huan Yun and Xie Ai had been planning, and how many people participated in it, so they did such an earth-shattering event.In fact, he didn't want the Yu family to bear a bad reputation. Since the Huan family had such courage, it was natural for the Huan family to ask for credit from the Han Dynasty. What he didn't expect was that Huan Yun would share the credit with the Yu family.

In fact, Yu Yi didn't even know that it was his indecision that made the situation turn into what it is today.

Xie Ai only knew that the Yu clan was making preparations, but the Yu clan only prepared but did nothing. The clans and aristocratic families standing on the side of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were getting more fully prepared every day, and the longer the matter was delayed, the more likely things would change.

At this time, after Huan Yun and Huan Wen communicated, the Huan family, as a daring family member, also believed that the situation in the world was irreversible, and the Huan family should take the lead. It was Huan Wen who pulled the strings, and Xie Ai and Huan Yun conspired. It was brewed.

At the moment when the situation in Jiankang was changing, Xie Ai was riding his horse and leading his army all the way to Jiankang.The number of Han troops on their journey was only fifteen thousand. They set off from the Xinzhou station early. Under Huan Yun's arrangement, they hid in a mountain forest less than ten miles away from the gate of Jiankang. They saw the promised smoke column appear in Jiankang. Only then took action.

The number of Han troops on the other side was [-], commanded by Fu Wei. They also took cover in advance under Huan Yun's arrangement, and set off to approach Jiankang only when they saw the agreed smoke column.

In addition to the two Han armies that had been concealed in advance, there were nearly [-] Han armies on the north bank of the Yangtze River who were ordered to set off to the south bank. They were mobilized and gathered from Xuzhou and Yuzhou after the plan was confirmed.

The Han army fighting in Dantu, except for the Han army that landed at the beginning, the follow-up army was actually a servant army.And this part of the servant army is the one who approached Shouchun last time. They were taken into custody after the outbreak of racial vendetta in the Central Plains. The 20 servant army was eliminated and nearly [-] were eliminated.

If there are no accidents, the first batch of Han troops arriving in Jiankang will have [-] troops, and [-] follow-up troops will arrive after dawn.There will naturally be Han troops coming later, but it is very obvious that no one thinks it can be done if the [-] Han troops in the early stage want to conquer a huge city with [-] defenders and a population of one million. Xie Ai has to rely on those families including Huan's clan.

When Xie Ai and Fu Wei were rushing with their troops, Huan Yun encountered a problem.

The Empress Dowager Chu Suanzi used all available channels to declare Huan Yun a traitor and called on all loyal people to quell the chaos. This was the first time.

Then, Chu Po left Miyagi very kindly. He first went to Xie's mansion to meet Xie Po, who had the same name as himself but was seriously ill.What the two talked about is unknown to the outside world. Later, Chu Po left Xie's mansion to receive the garrison controlled by Xie's family. A white lantern in mourning was hung in front of Xie's gate, announcing the death of Xie Po, the master of the contemporary family.

Xie Po was seriously ill a long time ago, in fact, he was already terminally ill. According to history, he will die of illness at the age of 64 this year, the difference is that it is a few months earlier than the original history.

"The Xie family closed the door, but the military power fell into the hands of Chu Po?" Huan Yun sneered, and he said to his confidant: "In recent years, the Xie family has frequently made foolish tricks, and this time is the biggest failure. Now..." , He didn't say the following words, he expected that Xie An would definitely have a harder time developing in Han than his elder brother Huan Wen.

Seriously, the Xie family has as many opportunities as the Huan family. Huan Wen is on the side of the Han country, and Xie An is also in the Han country. It can even be said that it is more convenient for the Xie family to do things for the Han country than the Huan family.After all, the Huan clan is a new clan, while the Xie clan is an established clan. The gap in influence and connections is not small.

[At the end of the day, the Xie family made a decisively wrong choice, while the Yu family did not have the courage, so the Huan family should be prosperous! 】Huan Yun was very excited, even the people standing on the shore of the small court had already started to fight back, but it couldn't affect his happy mood.He thought: [The chaos in the city will never be stopped when the Han army comes, the most important thing now is to firmly control the city gate! 】

There were shouts of killing everywhere in Jiankang City. The troops controlled by Huan's camp were fighting with the troops standing on the side of the small imperial court. There were also fights where various families couldn't figure out how they were involved. Hooligans and ruffians took advantage of the chaos to come out to do things like thieves and robbers, not to mention the existence of a group of people headed by the Huan family, even if the official action is unified, it is impossible to suppress the chaos in a short time.

Inside the palace city, Chu Suanzi was holding the crying little emperor Sima Dan in his arms, watching some people quarreling.

The people who quarreled were invited into the palace by Chu Pe later. They were all civil and military leaders and heads of aristocratic families who were confirmed to be on the side of the small court. The reason for the quarrel was whether to break out of the encirclement.

At present, only two of the several city gates in Jiankang are under the control of the small imperial court, and the armed forces of the remaining small imperial courts have begun to compete, but the news is very bad. There are people fighting everywhere in the city, and it is difficult to mobilize troops Not to mention, even if the troops drove over, they couldn't regain control of the city gate.

As the queen mother, Chu Suanzi and the young emperor Sima Dan had no right to speak in the quarrel, so they could only watch helplessly.For Chu Suanzi, it was a great blessing that the Xie family handed over military power to Chu Sui, and it was also a great blessing that the Wang family was still on the side of the royal family, but the rest were terrible things.

"Mother's queen..." Sima Dan was crying with tears and snot all over his nose, clutching Chu Suanzi's clothes with his small hands, and said anxiously, "How about going back to the bedroom?"

Chu Suanzi looked at Sima Dan who didn't understand anything, and then at those people who were still arguing. Silence meant continued silence.

(End of this chapter)