Lord of the House

The city of Jiangning in the twelfth lunar month is especially cold. The bare/exposed soil and walls are white with cold, the grass is folded in the wind, and the withered and yellow leaves are swirling in the corner of the alley...

Lin Fu walked to the Longevity Palace, supported the saber tied at his waist, looked up at the dark green forehead inlaid with gold threads under the eaves, and stepped up the cloud steps - the Empress Dowager Liang lived in Yanjing. In the Longevity Palace, everything here in Jiangning follows the rules of Yanjing. Naturally, there is also a Longevity Palace, but the regulations are much smaller.

There is no way to compare the Jiangning Imperial City with Yanjing; the scenery of the imperial family Yuan clan in Jiangning is naturally incomparable to that of Yanjing.

Huang Jinnian, Shen Rong, Liu Zhi, Yuan Jinqiu, Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan and others had been waiting in front of the palace gate for a long time. There were only a handful of people standing in front of the hall, thinking that the Yuan clan will not die, who will die?

Lin Fu was thinking wildly, seeing everyone, but with a smile on his face, he said, "It's not too late, my lords!"

Shen Rong glanced at the saber on Lin Bie's waist. How could it be an eyesore? He was annoyed in his heart: Why did he come up with such a bad idea with the Queen Mother?

Lin Fu led the army to recapture the imperial capital, and the great achievements have never been seen since the establishment of the dynasty. Naturally, this reward will not be thin.

Shen Rong was afraid that everything would fall into Huaidong's control, so he suggested that the Empress Dowager temporarily put aside the discussion of the award of Lin Fu and the people of Huaidong on the grounds that Emperor Yongxing had not returned, at least until he followed Emperor Yongxing. After all the officials who fled westward returned to Jiangning, it was possible to restrict Huaidong Yi or Two. However, Lin Fu did not enter the palace to meet each other. Everything in the imperial city was still under the control of the Huaidong Army, and the Queen Mother couldn't say anything at all. Therefore, before the summons, it was specially planned that Xu Lin Fu "bring a sword to the palace." , visit but not worship", to show respect.

Lin Fu came over, and Song Jia quickly walked out of the palace to greet him, leaning back and saying, "Feng Yu Song has seen Duke Pengcheng County and all the lords, the Queen Mother invites all lords to enter the hall to discuss matters, King Hailing has been waiting in the hall for a long time. now..."

Fengyu is the official title of the province in the palace, and is generally held by eunuchs, and female historians can only be dispatched by palace officials such as Shanggong and Siji.

However, as long as there is a need, any official title may be pinched.

Miao Shuo went to Chongzhou to serve the Liang family, and his official title was Fengyu of Wanshou Palace. Now that Huaidong wants to control the Wanshou Palace, and the post of Fengyu of Wanshou Palace, it is natural to separate the left and the right. Miao Shuo occupies the left and Song Jia is the right.

Women in this world are rarely seen in public, and their boudoir names are kept secret.

Even in Jiangning City, Song Jia only walked around a lot with the female relatives of powerful officials. Even if Song Jia gave Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan and others a glimpse back then, it was difficult for the old people to know that she was the old friend of the former Jiang Ningjin.

Even those who pay attention to the secrets of the luxury family's house, only know that the two aunts and sisters who are peerless in style have long been "buried" in the sea. Even if someone looks familiar, how can they guess the extremely strange twists and turns of the story behind it?

The secret of Song Jia's life experience has been drowned in the clouds of the past. On Huaidong's side, even Huang Jinnian only knows that she is Lin Fu's favorite concubine.

Lin Fu smiled, put his hand on the matching knife around his waist, and said "please" to Shen Rong and the others. , and have nothing to say. If it wasn't for the Queen Mother's summons, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to enter the hall with Lin Fu, Huang Jinnian, Liu Zhi and others at the same time.

After visiting the shrine, Lin Bie was given a seat by Empress Dowager Liang. Seeing that Yuan Yan was also standing behind Empress Dowager Liang, she smiled slightly and said to Empress Dowager Liang, "After Lin Bie arrived in Jiangning, I felt a cold and felt unwell. See you. Feng, so I failed to enter the palace in time to see the queen mother, and please don't blame the queen mother..."

"Lin Qing is also dedicated to the court, so don't think about it again," Empress Dowager Liang replied indifferently, "Since Lin Qing's body is no longer in harm's way, the affairs of the court will require Lin Qing and other ministers to take care of it..."

"It is the duty of a minister to ask for orders for the people and to be loyal to the imperial court," Lin Fu said.

"The emperor went to Luzhou for a hunting tour, and he couldn't come back for a while. The Ai family was also old and frail, and it was really reluctant to pull the ministers out to preside over the national sports. Now the clan is in Jiangning City, and it is also the Hailing King and Yongchang. Hou and two, what will happen in the future, Prince Hailing and Hou Yongchang will come to be a staff officer for Aijia, what does Lin Qing think?" Empress Dowager Liang asked Lin Fu inquiringly.

Since the establishment of the Yue Dynasty, it has been very strict to prevent the clan from interfering in politics, but "the family and the world", the world will perish, and the emperor will flee the imperial capital.

As long as King Hailing is not given the official status of supervising the state, allowing him to participate in politics can increase the pressure on Luzhou.

There are only a handful of people who Empress Dowager Liang can use and trust in Jiangning. Yuan Jinqiu is not only the queen of the imperial clan, but also the son of Empress Dowager Liang's sister. Yuan Guizheng and Yuan Jinsheng are also important pillars of the remaining forces of the Liang family—— Although Yuan Jinqiu is unruly by nature, but Empress Dowager Liang does not need Yuan Jinqiu, who else can she use? On the contrary, Mu Guogong and Yongchang Hou are both honorable and noble, but thinking that Queen Mother Liang also knew from Shen Rong the close relationship between the old Guo Gongye and Huaidong, she kicked it aside.

Lin Fu had read the letter that the grandfather of the old country gave him. The grandfather of the old country did not intend to involve the children of the Zeng family in the whirlpool, and it was a blessing for the children of the Zeng family.

On the other hand, maybe Yuan Guizheng is already on his way to Jiangning at this time - if the Empress Dowager Liang wants to break away from Jiangning's control in the future, the remnants of Liang's clan led by Liang Chengchong, Liang Chengyi, Yuan Guizheng and others are her. The chess pieces that can really be used in his hand; but Huaidong can't tolerate troubles on Nanyang's side.

Although the queen mother is old, her heart is not faint. This is not a good thing for Huaidong, but it is still necessary to compromise now. Lin Fu frowned and pondered for a while, and said, "King Hailing will naturally be dedicated to the society. According to what the Queen Mother said, there is nothing wrong." After a pause, he added, "The most important thing at the moment, one is to send someone to Luzhou to report the victory and bring the emperor back to preside over state affairs; the other is that the millions of people in Jiangning City are waiting to be fed, the defense of the Huaidong Army is very tight, and the Yamen official office is delayed for a day. If it does not stand, there will be hundreds of thousands of people in trouble. As long as the people's livelihood can settle down, the world will not be in chaos, and the aftermath will be easy and simple..."

In the past two or three days, Lin Fu and the people of Huaidong did not show up directly, and Huang Jinnian and Liu Zhi negotiated on behalf of Huaidong. Make a gesture.

To bring the purpose to Luzhou to welcome him, there is no more suitable candidate except Liu Zhi. Emperor Yongxing did not return to Jiangning, so Zhang Yubo could only know Jiangning House, but could not officially serve as the Governor of Jiangning House, but that was enough. Apart from Zhang Yubo, there is no other person who can be more acceptable to everyone as the candidate for the governor of Jiangning.

In addition to the immediate reorganization of Luzhou Yingjia and Jiangning Mansion, the Chaotang has to maintain its operation, and there are still a lot of aftermath matters to deal with.

Even if Emperor Yongxing and many officials did not struggle to return to Jiangning, they would take advantage of the collapse of Huizhou and the abandonment of the capital to clean up and shuffle the officials of the six ministries. Not only did Huaidong have to do it, but Empress Dowager Liang and King Hailing had to stand on the court, and they must also lead Huaidong by the nose to do these things.

Most of the officials in Jiangning, before the city of Jiangning was destroyed, fled west with the emperor abandoning the capital. Who should be captured, who should be kept, who should be suppressed, and who should be won over?

Even if Jiangning, the defense of the imperial city, and Suwei were all under the strict control of Huaidong troops, it did not mean that Empress Dowager Liang, King Hailing, Shen Rong and others did not have their own interests to contend for in these matters.

If Huaidong wanted to bring Emperor Yongxing back smoothly and avoid the sudden split of Jiangnan and Jiangnan, some interests must be conceded-except for Yue Lengqiu, Dong Yuan, Hu Wenmu and other commanders and commanders who fled west with the emperor. Officials should not be too harsh to suppress, and there must be necessary appeasement.

Empress Dowager Liang proposed that King Hailing and Marquis Yongchang participate in political affairs, and Lin Fushun agreed to let Yuan Jianhai and Yuan Jinqiu participate in the decision-making of the aftermath.

As long as he holds the military power in his hands, how to deal with the aftermath, if it doesn't suit his wishes, he can completely overthrow it and start over.

After all, Empress Dowager Liang's energy was not good, and her body was far less able to suffer than Lin Fu's. After discussing the aftermath for half an hour, she looked very tired.

Seeing the old lady yawning, Yuan Jianhai stood up and asked to retire, but Lin Fu couldn't be shameless enough to drag her on, draining the queen mother's energy.

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It is impossible for Huaidong to give up his dominant position. How to decide the aftermath? To put it bluntly, Song Fu, Lin Mengde, Gao Zongting, and Qin Chengzu discussed the specific details behind the scenes. Qiu, Shen Rong and the others negotiated the price, and finally came up with a plan that would make everyone "happy" - Lin Fu naturally wouldn't participate in the specific discussion if he had nothing to do.

However, today is the official opening of the aftermath discussion. Lin Fu pretended to have to go to the political affairs hall for a while, so he couldn't throw things aside immediately. At least he has to wait for Lin Xuwen to come back before he can be the hand-slinger.

The empress dowager was tired, so Lin Fu and Yuan Jianhai led the ministers to retire and went to the political affairs hall to discuss matters.

Zhang Yubo knew Jiangning's mansion, so let Jiangning mansion resume work first, and take over the relief work, which is the most urgent thing at present. In the winter, the weather in Jiangning is extremely cold. In the past three or two days, although Lin Fu arranged for the Huaidong Army to provide relief to the refugees in the city, many dead bodies of starvation and freezing were still carried out of the city for burial every day.

Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and fled to the west, and before he left, the news spread throughout the city. Even officials who were not qualified to accompany the emperor on patrol, most often fled the city before the rebels attacked.

The entire Jiangning government office, from the governor, the general judge, to the various officials who joined the army and other officials, almost escaped. Only a few low-level officials were busy and trapped in the city. After being organized by Zhang Yubo and Chen Xiyan, they retreated to the imperial city in time to escape the military disaster.

Zhang Yubo knew Jiangning Mansion and could accept it for everyone, but Zhang Yubo could not handle the governance of Jiangning alone.

The most important thing is how to reorganize the Jiangning government army responsible for public security?

In other places, the government army and the township soldiers usually also take into account the city defense, but Jiangning City has always been a clear distinction between the garrison army and the government army. The garrison was in charge of defense, and the government army was in charge of public security. When Emperor Yongxing took Jiangning City as his imperial capital, the garrison became the imperial army, while the imperial city and the palace guards, guards and horses were under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Majian. .

At the last moment, Jiangning's army, like the imperial army, also collapsed. Only two or three hundred people followed Zhang Yubo to escape into the imperial city, and they did not become a rebel; this part of the army must continue to be used.

Even if Jiangning does not count the subordinate counties, there are 150,000 households in Chengfang who are naturalized. The government army is responsible for governing the army, and only two or three hundred people is far from enough.

The Huaidong Army is now carrying out a strict clean-up of Jiangning City, and throwing more than 10,000 troops into it, they all feel that there is a great shortage.

Even in normal times, the Jiangning House Army has ten battalions, and if it is compressed, three to five thousand people are still needed.

Lin Fu will directly grasp the defense of Jiangning City, the imperial city, and the inner court guards, but the Jiangning government army, who is in charge of public security in the city, does not want to grasp it too tightly, and has to give way to let others see some light.

Shen Rong and the others also knew in their hearts that they could completely tell Lin Fu that Jiang Ning's military was delusional.

At the beginning, Emperor Yongxing would rather abandon Jiangning and flee westward than welcome the Huaidong Army into Jiangning, which is not entirely wrong.

Now Lin Fu is willing to let out a little space, but also to accommodate the 4,000 imperial battalions that did not collapse at the last moment and retreated to the imperial city with Chen Xiyan.

This part of the troops had meritorious deeds, and Lin Fu could not be forcibly disbanded. All of them were classified as relatively favorable conditions and did not need to go to the battlefield. As long as they were able to accompany murderers and robbers in and out of Jiangning City, it could be regarded as a reward.

The army of Jiangning Prefecture was controlled by the left and right officers. Lin Fu recommended Chen Enze, the direct descendant of Huaidong, to be the Zuo Sikou, responsible for the Dongcheng area including the Imperial City, Donghuamen, and Dongshuimen; The imperial city's meritorious vassal Jiliang will serve as the post, and another four city captains will be set up to accommodate the meritorious Yuanfu army and the imperial army generals.

As for the former officials of the Jiangning government and the generals of the government, if they dared to come back, they would all be targeted. At least when Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and fled westward, these people were arranged to stay behind.

In addition, Lin Fu also imposed strict restrictions on the armament of the Jiangning Army. The weapons were mainly sticks, shields, spears, and leather armor. The proportion of bowmen and crossbowmen was reduced to less than 10%. Armed equipment, the Jiangning government's army was limited to the positioning of the security forces.

After deciding on this matter, the Zhengshitang will directly implement the expedient measures, use the seal in the name of the queen, sign the body, and Zhang Yubo, Chen Enze, and Fan Jiliang will convene the generals to give instructions, and strive for the fastest time. The public security affairs in the city took over.

Lin Fu left the Political Affairs Hall at noon and returned to Chen Yuan. Zhang Yubo took the letter and sued. Chen Enze led a team of elite Huaidong Army to Jiangning Prefecture to preside over affairs, leaving Huang Jinnian to discuss with Yuan Jianhai in the Political Affairs Hall later Aftermath affairs.

During the noon break, Huang Jinnian occupied the west wing, and Yuan Jianhai, Shen Rong, and Yuan Jinqiu naturally went to the east wing—the situation could not help Yuan Jinqiu to be neutral. Although he took the title, it was Yongchang Hou’s mansion who made the decision. His father Yuan Guizheng in Nanyang was only a representative of Yongchang Houfu, and he was forced into the vortex. Perhaps his father, or his younger brother Yuan Jinsheng, would immediately take his place when he returned.

"This Duke Pengcheng's arms aren't too tight!" Yuan Jianhai said with emotion. Zhang Yubo was considered an official of the Dongyang clan, but he was also an offbeat among the officials of the Dongyang clan. He was not pleased with Gu Wuchen in his early years. After the Huaisi war, he lived alone with Chen Hansan in Xuzhou City. After the Xuzhou war, he returned to Jiangning and joined Huaihe. Dong's entanglement is not deep - this is not only understood by Shen Rong, Yuan Jianhai has also heard of it in Chongzhou.

Zhang Yubo does not count. The personnel directly placed in the Jiangning mansion from Huaidong are only Chen Enze who can be regarded as direct descendants. Fan Jiliang is the staff of the former prime minister Chen Xiyan and a scholar in Jiangnan. The generals were also selected from the Yuanfu Army and the Imperial Army, and should be more loyal to the imperial family.

Shen Rong shook his head, but didn't say anything in detail.

Yuan Jinqiu knew in his heart that they said that the Queen Mother was a very powerful character, but seeing that she had to pull Shen Rong onto the boat on the way to Jiangning, it was obvious that if it was just King Hailing, Huaidong had to dig a hole. Let him jump in, and he probably won't notice it. After Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and left, most of the troops that did not collapse in the imperial army were those with small families living in the city, and they were regarded as standard local soldiers. Lose.

The part of the troops of the Jiangning government that has not yet dispersed, many of them are children of Dongyang households who travelled from the north bank of the river to Jiangning during the Huaisi War. Today, he was directly under the direct control of Liu Xilin, the general of the Huaidong clique. Zhang Yubo was the Zuo Sikou in Jiangning at that time, and he was also their immediate boss. Therefore, at an emergency, these talents gathered in Zhang Yubo's mansion.

Even if these people can't be regarded as Huaidong's direct line, they will not harm Huaidong's interests; Zhang Yubo can only be regarded as an alternative.

Speaking of the 3,000 troops of the undisputed imperial army, there are also many children who failed to escape into the imperial city in time and their families were destroyed. How could they continue to be loyal to the imperial family who abandoned the capital and fled?

Furthermore, the vast majority of these Imperial Army generals whose families were in the city were born out of the original Jiangning garrison.

Over the years, Qin Chengbo, Li Zhuo, and Cheng Yuqian have served as Jiangning's garrison generals. Those who were really supported by the generals at the bottom, Qin Chengbo and Cheng Yuqian couldn't catch up with Li Zhuo even a few blocks away. It wasn't anyone else who accepted Li Zhuo's political legacy, it was the Pengcheng County Gong Lin Fu. Even Gao Zongting, who Li Zhuo had always trusted and who also relied on to preside over military affairs during Jiangning, was also the most important advisor to Lin Fu.

At a critical juncture, the imperial city was guarded by Gao Zongting and Zhao Hu led Huaidong elites. Who is qualified to compete with Huaidong to win over this part of the imperial army generals?

If King Hailing thought that he would be able to control the newly formed Jiangning mansion by drawing Cheng Yuqian, he would have underestimated Huaidong's ability.

Fan Jiliang is Chen Xiyan's trusted advisor, and Chen Xiyan has always been opposed to Huaidong - this was true before Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and fled to the west, but it is hard to say what Fan Jiliang was thinking now. At the critical moment, Chen Xiyan agreed that Huaidong elites would come in to help defend the imperial city. Isn't that Chen Xiyan's compromise to Huaidong and reality?

One of the most important forces of the Wu Party, Haiyu Chen's family has already publicly voted for Huaidong, and it is somewhat optimistic to expect that Jiliang will remain loyal to the imperial family.

King Hailing couldn't see the reality hidden behind Huaidong, but Shen Rong's eyes were sharp. It's a pity that Huaidong's arrangement made it difficult for Shen Rong to raise objections - the Queen Mother and King Hailing had too few people available in Jiangning.

Some seats must be filled urgently in order to stabilize the situation. The Queen Mother and King Hailing do not have available manpower, so naturally they cannot stop Huaidong from arranging his own manpower.

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Although the war was short-lived, the pain it brought to the people was profound and heart-wrenching; the old days were suddenly changed beyond recognition, and it was extremely difficult to return to normal - not to mention the hundreds of thousands of war refugees, The 150,000-60,000-60,000 households in Jiangning City, with a population of 700,000 to 800,000 people, consume astronomical amounts of rice, charcoal and other materials every day.

In the past few days, the Huaidong Army has controlled Jiangning City. Lin Fu ordered more than 60 porridge shops to be set up inside and outside the city. Every day, 3,000 stone grains were squeezed out of the Huaidong Army's supply to help the hungry. In just three or four days after the recovery, the price of food has risen rapidly to the level of ten taels of silver and one stone of brown rice.

Jiangning City also consumes a lot of coal in the cold winter. Although Huaidong has made preparations before this, very few officials in the world can properly manage a city with a population of one million.

Although Huaidong's material supply must ensure that nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses enter the periphery of Jiangning, there are still surpluses that can be squeezed out to supply Jiangning City-Lin Fu ordered the Huaidong Army to support it for a few days, and then it will be taken by Jiangning House. Take over this stall.

There are millions of hungry people and refugees in Jiangning City, and a moment's relaxation could lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.

Zhang Yubo went directly to take over this mess, and only then did he understand the difficulties and the ruthlessness of the extravagant family.

In Jiangning City, there are hundreds of thousands of households and 700,000 to 800,000 urban households, and a considerable proportion of the basic materials necessary for daily life are supplied by Jiangning's subordinate counties and surrounding counties such as Huizhou, Chizhou, and Danyang.

There is a shortage of rice grains, and they are mostly supplemented from Jinghu, Xiangtan and other places in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

The prefectures and counties around Taihu Lake, the land of fish and rice, have been severely damaged by war. Second, these places have long since transformed from traditional grain exporting areas into silk weaving industries. Taking Haiyu County as an example, nearly half of the land is planted with mulberry and cotton. The density is high, and even a large amount of food has to be imported from other counties to maintain demand.

The war lasted for a short time, but the counties south of Jiangning, including Huizhou and Chizhou, were severely damaged. After the fall of Jiangzhou, the Yangtze River west of Chizhou and Luzhou was completely cut off. Don't expect rice grains from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Jinghu, Xiangtan and other places to flow into Jiangning in a short period of time.

All of a sudden, the population of more than one million people in Jiangning City immediately formed a huge food gap that was difficult to fill. If this gap cannot be filled, if it is not filled, the situation in Jiangning will be difficult to stabilize, and the Jianghuai defense line will be affected. There are loopholes in the shortage of money and food, and it is difficult for Jiangning to continue to pursue and suppress the luxury family.

In the ninth year of Chongguan, the Yanlu invaded southwards, digging embankments and destroying rivers and waterways, and crippling Yannan, Shandong, Zhongzhou and other places. If it wasn't for the Dongyang Department's hard work on the Jinhai grain road, it would transport more than two million stone to the north every year. For rice grains, the situation in Yanjing can't be delayed for four or five years~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Jiangning is currently facing a sinister situation, as much as that of Yanjing, which has been admiring for nine years.

In the ninth year of Chongguan, Yannan was severely devastated, but the situation in the counties in Gyeonggi was better. Another is that the northern wealthy people had the habit of storing grain. After the Jinhai grain road was opened, the food crisis was relieved. The price of rice has been slow to drop, which is because Zhang Xie and other officials are behind the control.

The commodity economy in the Jianghuai region is more developed, and large households are more focused on making profits from silk, salt and iron. Another is that the long-term war in Jianghuai, Zhejiang and other places has kept the price of Jianghuai rice at a high level for many years, which has actually reduced the private grain storage in various prefectures and counties to the extreme.

Zhang Yubo could understand why Lin Fu was so eager to recommend him to come to the Jiangning Mansion. He thought to himself that he was afraid that Lin Fu was in a hurry to throw the burden out. Possibly completely disregarding the name of the history book. Even under the suppression of the army, the starving people in Jiangning City would not be able to cause major troubles, but if it was someone else, who would be willing to carry thousands or even hundreds of thousands of starved to death on their own?

Putting it in front of Zhang Yubo, the most urgent thing is not the reorganization of the government army, nor the recruitment of subordinate officials, or the raising of relief food and the reduction of food prices.

Zhang Yubo only entered the Jiangning mansion at noon. In the afternoon, Lin Mengde sent someone over and asked Zhang Yubo to take over the more than 60 porridge shops temporarily set up by the Huaidong Army in the city.

It's not that Lin Mengde deliberately made things difficult, except that the Changshan army gathered and moved west of Jiangning, to block Yue Lengqiu west of the Qiupu River. Lin Fu also ordered Zhou Tong to lead the Chongcheng army to retake Huizhou and retake it. At Yuling Pass, we must immediately mobilize the troops and horses of the eastern Zhejiang army and march to the west and middle of Zhejiang, without giving the luxury family a chance to breathe, and the supplies of the Huaidong army are also very tight. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter