Golden Stage

In the second year of Changzhi, at the beginning of the new year, the Han army attacked Yuanzhou at night, smashed the barbarian army, beheaded tens of thousands, and captured more than [-] Tarzhe generals, officials, princes and nobles.

In February, the three armies of Huainan recovered Xiangzhou.

At the end of March, the Seventh Route Army was in full swing and joined forces in Zhuozhou at the southern end of Gyeonggi.Not long after, led by Fu Shen, the generals of the Seventh Army gathered together to discuss how to divide the troops and advance northward to recover the capital.

During this process, the Jiedu envoys from all walks of life also tested Fu Shen's tone openly or secretly.The battle of the capital is imminent, but what should they do after the battle is over, should they continue to separate from one side, or return the military power, submit to the court, and become idle nobles?Although the Jiedu envoys all acquiesced that they were fighting for the imperial court, none of them wanted to work for nothing, let alone become a bridge that was demolished or a donkey that was killed.

There are too many lessons learned from the past, and their trust in the court is limited. At this time, Fu Shen, the leader who took the lead in raising troops to serve the king, is more appealing.

In mid-April, the deployment of the army was finalized, and envoys from the Tarzhe clan and the Bohai Kingdom crossed over to the Jinling court and went directly outside the city to see Beiyan's commander, and proposed peace talks again.

The envoy promised that the three clans would withdraw their troops from the capital and return to the outside of the pass. The two sides would use the Great Wall as the boundary and not invade each other.

On April [-]th, the generals of the Seventh Armies went to the Golden Terrace in the suburbs of Beijing to meet with the Tarzhe envoys.

This time, there were no courtiers, no emperors, only a group of generals who went to the capital with blood and bones, and confronted the ambitious envoys face to face.

Of course, the peace talks have collapsed. Even if the war starts, the Han army will still have the upper hand. There is no need to agree to the emissary's seemingly conceding conditions, but they are actually making progress.Fu Shen didn't call all the people here for the sake of peace talks. He was about to take the first step at this moment, an idea that had vaguely sprouted in him since he was injured in Yufu in Qingsha Pass.

In the second year of Changzhi, April [-]th, this day is destined to remain in history forever.

Yan Xiaohan, envoy of the Tianfu Army, was the chief author, Fu Shen, Commander of Northern Yan Iron Cavalry, Yue Changfeng, Huainan Jiedu Envoy, Wang Shiqi, Xiangzhou Jiedu Envoy, Cen Hongfang, Jingchu Jiedu Envoy, Fang Gao, Suizhou Jiedu Envoy, and Jiangnan New Army Commander Co-signed by Zhao Xicheng, they co-published "A Request for a New Law to Increase the Opening of the Hall of Yanying".

This fold, also known as the "Golden Terrace fold", was assembled by the generals of the Seventh Army, and has twelve special articles in total.

First, expel the barbarians, regain the capital, and restore the Zhou Dynasty.

Second, don't cede land, don't pay ages, and don't get married.

Third, after the unification of the north and the south, all the armies returned to the central government, and the local governors still maintained their right to "support and protect themselves".

Fourth, please increase the number of discussion seats in the Yanying Hall. Xu each region will send one civil and military official to enter the hall, and the troops stationed in the four territories will send two military officials to the hall to participate in state affairs.

Fifth, please open the northern border trade route and send special personnel to protect it.

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No.12, please enact a new law and promulgate it to the world, so that internal and external ones can abide by it, so as to benefit governance and set an example for future generations.

This excerpt caused an uproar in the Jiangnan court, and almost angered all civil servants. For a while, there was a lot of scolding, such as "supporting soldiers and self-respect" and "using power to harm the country" are all trivial, and many veterans lined up in front of the palace gate to prepare To remonstrate with death, I am afraid that once the emperor agrees, the country will be destroyed, and the world will never have peace.

However, I don't know which wicked ghost actually copied the content of this shocking memorial, and now the folks are in chaos, and several Jiedu envoys who nominally support the Jiangnan court also started to communicate in private, which is obviously a double copy The content mentioned above moved my heart.

Compared with the courtiers who opposed fiercely, the public's discussion on this matter is not entirely a criticism.Since the defeat of the capital, there are not a few people who embrace the ambition of recovering the Central Plains and unifying the north and the south.Tribulations brought reflections. When the dream of a strong dynasty was crushed by barbarians, the royal family established a precarious small court in the south, but they were unable to summon a large army for the northern expedition. It was only thanks to Fu Shen's call to the top, and the military envoys from all over the country, that the country was able to survive The hope of revival.Although many people didn't say anything, they began to have doubts about the "imperial court" and "Junfu" in their hearts.

When the world is in turmoil, it is often the time when new ideas and new schools of thought contend. Although there are many heresies, there are also deafening voices from time to time.It is precisely through this shareholder style that the Kuangshan faction has sprung up, especially Mr. Xixian Zeng Guang's "theory of the world is the same" is the most popular.

Fu Shen looked at his archives back then, and felt that this old gentleman was wild in heart despite his age, and he had the good wish to become a fat man with one bite.The theory of the Kuangshan School seemed purely absurd at the time, and even now, it still appears to be "offensive". However, through the text, some expectations hidden in the old man are subtly different from what Fu Shen thought. coincided with each other.

Before the meeting on the Golden Terrace, Yan Xiaohan asked Fu Shen what he wanted to do.Is it the yellow robe added to the body, so that he can be a wise king by himself; or is he holding great power, controlling the government, and coercing the emperor to make the princes?

Fu Shen's answer was very short, only four words, but it was also very shocking.

"To rule the world together."

He no longer believes in a wise king, let alone intends to replace him.In the dark, there seems to be a certain law that binds generations of heroes and heroes, and their rise and fall have their own definite numbers.Fu Shen vaguely sensed this "law of heaven", but could not explain it.When I accidentally flipped through "Xuemei'an Wencun" that day, I was stunned by a sentence in it, and the hazy thoughts in my heart finally condensed into shape——

"The world is the world of the people in the world, not the private interests of one family and one family name. The order and chaos of the world does not lie in the rise and fall of one family name, but in the joy and sorrow of all people."*

The generals guarding the Quartet, the Jiedu envoys in charge of the soldiers everywhere, the shepherds under the enlightened rule, the courtiers advising the prime minister... These people should have been fighting for the people, and they should have been fighting for the people. On the chair, the supreme family members bowed their heads.

This catastrophe of broken mountains and rivers overturned a dynasty, and under the ashes of the catastrophe, there are still sparks.

With the right time, place and people, the time for this transformation is finally approaching.

Just when the northern army was slow to move, and the courtiers in Jinling were dizzy and dizzy, and no one was willing to give in and compromise. When the stalemate was reached, Jiangnan Jiedu envoys, Lingnan Jiedu envoys, and Fujian Jiedu envoys suddenly jointly went to Shu , please allow Emperor Changzhi to approve the performance of the Seventh Army of the North.The admiral of the Donghai Navy followed closely behind, and followed suit with a [-]% discount.Not long after, the Jiannan Jiedu envoy sent the Supreme Emperor's imperial decree, stating that he could "collect public opinion and make a decision at his discretion".

Fu Shen never expected that the Jiedu envoys of the three places in the south of the Yangtze River would stand up and speak for them so soon. He originally planned to put pressure on Jinling by regaining the capital, and dragged it on for a month, but the emperor would not agree.This is even better, the overall situation has been decided, even the Supreme Emperor has come forward to support it, and it is only a matter of time before Emperor Changzhi nods.

In this regard, Yan Xiaohan knows better than him: "Commerce in the south of the Yangtze River is prosperous, the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River are rich in the world, and the shipping in Fujian and Lingnan is well-developed. Think about it, where do the Jiedu envoys get their money to raise soldiers? If you want to be able to enter the palace one day, if the Jiedu envoy can send civil servants and military officials to the Yanying Hall, the wealthy businessmen will have a spokesperson in the center, and they have a stake in their own interests, of course they are willing to support it."

On the fourth day of the fifth lunar month, Emperor Changzhi sent an edict to Zhuozhou to allow him to play.

At the end of June, the capital was recovered, and the remnants of the Tarzhe army retreated to Miyun.Beiyan Iron Cavalry continued to go northward to eliminate the remnants of the enemy. In September, Beiyan Sanguan returned to the hands of the Han army, and the defense line in northern Xinjiang was rebuilt.In the same year, there was civil strife in Bohai Sea, and the rebel army bound the original lord and surrendered. He was willing to submit to the Great Zhou Dynasty, proclaim himself a minister and pay tribute, and be a vassal forever.

In December, Emperor Changzhi arrived in the capital. On Zhengdan of the following year, he was congratulated by the officials in the Taiji Hall, awarded the generals, and made Sun Hui, the direct son of the Empress of the Central Palace, the crown prince, and promulgated the "Dianyi Law".

In the spring of the third year of Changzhi, Fu Shenjin became the Duke of Jingguo, and he was also named General of Shangzhu Kingdom.Although he was the initiator of the new system, he didn't love power and position very much. He submitted a request to resign from the post of commander-in-chief of Beiyan under the pretext of a relapse of his leg disease right after he was appointed.

The Northern Yan Army had already been reorganized by Fu Shen when they regained the Three Passes in September last year.The whole army was divided into four, stationed in Jipingyan and the four prefectures, commanded by four generals of Beiyan respectively.Fu Shen no longer led the army, and most of the military affairs in his hands were handed over to Yu Qiaoting.

Originally, when it was first played, the Beiyan iron cavalry was considered as a whole army, but after the split, according to the new law, each of the four generals is equivalent to a state's Jiedu envoy.Emperor Changzhi had a big headache, and Fu Shen didn't stop asking for resignation, abruptly expanding the number of Beiyan military officials who entered the palace from two to eight.

The king and his ministers saw and saw for a long time, and finally it was finalized: each army from the four northern Yan states sent one person to enter the palace. In addition, although Fu Shen did not lead the army, he still entered the palace as the commander of the Northern Yan army.

The Tianfu Army was included in the ban, and Yan Xiaohan entered the palace as an envoy of the Tianfu Army.

So far, eight states in the north, five states in the Central Plains, six states in the south, one state in the southwest, the East Sea Division, the Tianfu Army, and the eight former officials of Jinling, a total of 48 palace officials, have become the new center of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The new system has just taken shape and is quietly on the right track. Everything seems to be developing in the best direction as expected.

— except the Southwest.

Duan Guihong, the king of Xiping County, took the lead in proposing "self-protection", and he did what he said, and has never had any contact with the Central Plains since then.Back then, when everyone was fighting, fighting among themselves, they were too busy taking care of themselves, and no one had time to care about what he wanted to do.Now that the holy driver is still in court, and the New Deal has just started, it seems that a peaceful and prosperous world is about to usher in, but there is still no movement in the southwest.

Emperor Changzhi also sent envoys to the southwest to negotiate, but they didn't even see Duan Guihong's face.After coming and going, Southwest's attitude is self-evident.The king of Xiping County turned his face and refused to recognize anyone, and planned to fight the court to the end.

Jin Ou lacked such a corner, and this matter fell into the eyes of Emperor Changzhi, who was born of vanity by the unification of the North and the South, and became a fishbone stuck in his throat.

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, there were several consecutive heavy rains in the capital, and Fu Shen committed his old problem again, so he asked for leave and recuperated at home.Yan Xiaohan followed suit, insisting that he also suffered from the old disease he suffered from in Jingchu, so he also asked for leave.

Of course Fu Shen knew that his so-called "old illness" was not a serious problem, but the two of them had been running back and forth for almost two years, and now they finally settled down, and it was time to make up for the tenderness they owed.With that in mind, he went with him.

One day in June, the two of them woke up from a nap. They were enjoying the coolness of the ice basin, chatting and sharing fruits on the Arhat couch. , there are people from the palace, His Majesty Xuan Jingguo has an audience."

Yan Xiaohan's face immediately pulled down: "It's a very hot day, what should I do if I have heat stroke? I don't want to go."

"You act like everyone else, you're a squeamish ghost." Fu Shen picked a grape to plug his mouth, turned over and got out of bed to put on his shoes: "Stop humming, let's go."

Even if Yan Xiaohan shouted joyously, he couldn't hug his waist to prevent him from leaving, so he bit down a mouthful of cold grape juice depressedly.

Unexpectedly, at the next moment, the person who said he was going to leave suddenly leaned over and pressed down, the tip of his tongue quickly hooked around his lips, stealing a fragrance in a frivolous and coquettish manner, and said with a smile: "It's so sweet."

Yan Xiaohan: "You..."

Fu Shen raised his eyebrows, and said jokingly, "Master, I've already paid the road money, can you let me go this time?"

The author has something to say: *The first half sentence comes from Wang Fuzhi, and the second half sentence comes from Huang Zongxi