If the imperial court wants to fight, it needs to mobilize troops from the south of the Yangtze River. On the other hand, it also needs food support from the land of fish and rice.

Jiangnan was tense up and down.

There are often turmoil in the northwest of Dasu, but Jiangnan has always been comfortable. At most, when the grain tax is collected every year, a few peasant uprisings break out.

If things go on like this, there are countless things in the army, such as empty pay, substandard food and even full warehouses...etc. It has become the default official-field rule of Jiangnan.

But now, the emperor wants to mobilize troops and their food.

— according to the numbers reported.

All of a sudden, there was an atmosphere of worry in the Jiangnan officialdom.Everyone eats and drinks, discusses for a while, and finally tacitly-increases the amount of grain paid by farmers this year, as well as the business tax for merchants.

And, send small officials down to force conscription.

In this day and age, this is quite common.

The officials and gentlemen are always in awe.They behaved mischievously, and the people could only curse in their hearts, and they had to serve with apologetic smiles on their faces.

Even if there are people who are driven to a dead end, they will be quickly suppressed under the official's iron heel.

But this time, for some reason, those ordinary people who are as humble as weeds, can be harvested wantonly, and will grow out by themselves, have made a fuss?

"Master Governor! Something is wrong! The group of bold farmers in Xiaoliu Village are gathering more and more! In the beginning, there were dozens of villages in each village... I didn't expect that now all the nearby villages and towns are involved, almost 500 people!"

"What did you say?!"

Peasant rebellions, which usually involve a few or a dozen people, usually don't even reach the governor.But this time, hearing this number, the governor suddenly stood up from his chair, feeling dizzy for a while.

"500 people?"

He smelled something bad.

"Deploy troops! Are the thousands of households below all idiots?! Such a gang of mobs can't deal with it?"

Often peasant uprisings fade quickly.

After all, limited by vision and innate lack of organization and discipline, even if the peasants were lucky enough to make their momentum a little bigger, the government's threat to the "nine barbarians" would be enough for others to keep them at arm's length.

In the end, the only ones who dare to show their heads are those who really can't live on.

But this time, people from the Cao Gang got involved.

Tan Jiuzhang's cryptic order followed the dark line all the way to Jiangnan.

Those young and strong men who lived on the river formed a natural organization and alliance.

They are often born in poverty, and their parents and brothers may also be farmers who plan food in the fields.Moreover, when the conscription order is issued, who cares whether you are from the Cao Gang or not?If the strong man pulls away, doesn't that mean he just pulls?

There have been many government orders, but this time, simultaneous conscription and tax increases—and vaguely heard that an invincible general in the north has rebelled, and the imperial army in the north has suffered defeat. These people were sent to die as soldiers - finally completely angered these men who had a difficult life.

Tan Jiuzhang's people are responsible for transforming these angers into combat effectiveness and cohesion.

So, before the army in the south of the Yangtze River was mobilized, and Xia Yi led his frontier army like a broken bamboo, conquered Hechong and went down seven cities in a row, another thrilling note was placed on the emperor's case:

In Jiangnan, there is a group of people who are against it.

It was the peasants who rebelled together with many strong laborers of the Cao Gang.

There were only a few dozen people at first, but it quickly developed into hundreds or thousands.

At the time when the excerpt was written, the team already had [-] members.

——Then, the emperor literally fainted from anger.

again.

I'm getting old, it's normal to have some physical problems.

However, the elderly are always dizzy, which is obviously very bad for their health.

So this time, when the emperor was awakened by the terrified imperial doctor with golden needles——

He found that half of his body could not move.Speech also became blurred.

Oh, colloquially, a stroke.

His good sons knelt in front of his couch, one said "Father, please take care of the dragon's body", and the other said "Father, you scared my son to death".But Emperor Dechang was not moved at all.

He looked at the kneeling sons with extremely vigilant eyes, not looking at his children, but at a group of challengers who were staring at him.

In fact, these princes are indeed thinking more about how to act after this accident.

The prince was secretly happy: no matter how much Emperor Dechang disliked him, he was a legitimate heir.As long as he is not abolished, it is only natural for him to intervene in political affairs.

Now that the emperor looks like this, can he still handle official duties?Isn't it natural for him to be the crown prince to replace his father?

The prince refused to admit it to himself, but in a certain corner of his heart, he couldn't help but have a thought that he never dared to have before his respected and aloof father:

What if he died?

And the Seventh Prince screamed in his heart that it was terrible.No matter how much he is favored and trusted by the emperor, he does not have that crucial status.Among all the brothers, he may be the one who sincerely hopes that Emperor Dechang will not die, but he will recover, and even if he can't, at least he will abolish the prince.

The most complicated and uncomfortable thing in my heart is the sixth prince Li Chengye.

In fact, he vaguely knew that all of this was actually himself.If Gu Yi hadn't been tossed around to force Gu Yi back, there would have been no such thing as the defeat of the Beijing Army and the Hezhong Army, and there would have been no such thing as Jiangnan's conscription.

Up to now, the country is in turmoil, and the father is lying in bed with illness, but he has not gained any benefits for himself.

He really wanted to go back to the beginning, shaking his shoulders so that he would not listen to his subordinate's bad ideas.

——Of course, the person who came up with the idea has already gone to the underworld to reincarnate.

But the big mistake has already been made.

He has no choice but to rot these things in his stomach, and even his wives and concubines have been disliked recently because of this, he is afraid that he will think about it day and night, and talk in his sleep.

Really leaked the news, the father was the first to hack him to death.

Don't talk about sons and no sons, Li Chengye watched coldly. Among the group of sons, the father only cares about one old seventh—oh, the old seven may not hurt too much, but it is convenient for the father to use him to fight with the prince. Just hold on to the wind.

He can see this point better than other brothers.

The prince only regards the seventh prince as a thorn in his side, and the seventh prince still thinks that the emperor abolished the prince to support him.

But at the moment, the emperor on the hospital bed was desperate to the extreme.

what son?

All of them are here to grab the throne from him!

Civil and military officials are all trash!

A Gu Yi, the trash he raises is helpless!

The officials below are all obedient and obedient!What about raising taxes and conscription properly for his order? !When he can't see that there must be something empty-handed behind it?If it wasn't for falsely reporting the number of soldiers to cheat the court of money and rations, how could they not be able to find soldiers and need to be recruited when they were recruited?

The emperor hated and poisoned Xia Yi long ago, but this time even his own son and all the civil and military officials hated him.

——At this time, it can be seen that he and the sixth prince are biological father and son, and he does not reflect on his mistakes at all, and blames others.

But even if he was so angry, as the emperor, his political instinct still made him make the most sensible judgment:

While he was recovering from illness, the seventh prince supervised the country's crown prince Taifu to assist the government.

This has to be said to be a wise choice for Emperor Dechang himself:

Although the crown prince's name is justified, but because his name is so righteous, who knows if this son of his will guard the country and become so big-hearted that he can't take it back?

And because the crown prince is the crown prince, and his name is justified, there are reasons for civil and military officials to get close to him.When the time comes, the crown prince, supervisor of the country, and powerful ministers have all expressed their loyalty, and what is the use of him, a lingering sick emperor?

The crown prince is in control, so don't you just kill him quietly?

The Seventh Prince is different. He has always relied on Emperor Dechang's favor and trust, and the reputation of supervising the country is not right, but he is reluctant to give up such power. He will definitely work hard and heal the emperor.

If the emperor dies and the crown prince succeeds, what can he do?

Emperor Dechang asked him to supervise the country, so he must have expectations, thinking that he is the next emperor that Emperor Dechang prefers, and he must be waiting for Emperor Dechang to abolish the crown prince and pass the throne to him.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the Seventh Prince is frantically planning to take advantage of the opportunity of supervising the country and directly forcibly take power.

The odds are slim, but not impossible.

——So Emperor Dechang arranged for the prince Taifu to assist the government.

The prince and the prince, the proper prince-dang must be staring at the seventh prince, trying to find out the reason.In this way, the seventh prince will not be too foolish.

Only the emperor can feel relieved.

Such an arrangement by the emperor barely maintained the operation of Dasu's power center.However, there are also huge disadvantages:

The Seventh Prince and the Taifu are suspicious and wary of each other, and often think about problems and instinctively want to get more benefits, rather than from the perspective of national interests.

If Emperor Dechang knew that no matter how stupid he was, he would stop Gu Yi at all costs and keep the political power at this stage, but now the two supervisors can't do it.Recommending someone to lead the army, imposing different punishments on a group of responsible officials... such things, everyone has a small calculation in mind.

People of insight in the court have already felt hopeless.

Everyone said, could it be that the sky is going to die?

There are rebellions in the northwest, uprisings in the south of the Yangtze River, and the emperor has a stroke and the princes struggle in the court.

Many people have begun to feel disheartened, and even have the idea of ​​returning to their hometowns.

Tan Jiuzhang sent a message to Xia Yi:

[In the past few days, I have contacted two more ministers. They are both good in terms of practical ability, but it is a pity that they are depressed in the court.But they are all a bit pedantic. I don’t know if we can absorb them into our camp of "rebellious officials and thieves". 】

Xia Yi was taking a hasty bath.

There were not many good conditions during the march, and most soldiers had a chance to take a bath only when they encountered a river.

As a general, Xia Yi must be much better. If necessary, at least he can have a wooden barrel to take a bath in.

After receiving the news, he wiped off the water droplets on his hands on a towel, and stood up from the barrel with a "crash".

Transparent drops of water flowed down his muscular and tight honey-colored skin. If Tan Jiuzhang was here, his breathing would be short of breath.

The young general wiped his wet hair with a towel like a hooing dog, and at the same time replied through the system:

[Busy enough, Assistant Tan.It's really thanks to you. — Can Jiangnan control it? 】

Things like peasant uprisings are too uncontrollable.

Tan Jiuzhang is also a remote command, in case someone really tastes the sweetness of leading tens of thousands of people toss, make a fake and set up another mountain.

Xia Yi will have to go to suppress the rebellion again.

Even if it doesn’t really become a climate, if the peasants make a scene, the former poor people may turn into new thugs, completing the story of “the warrior becomes a dragon after defeating the dragon”, burning, killing and looting.

I don't know how many people will suffer.

Tan Jiuzhang sorted out his relationship network in Beijing, and heaved a sigh when he saw the news.

【It's really what you said, one of the people I settled down with has a big heart, and refuses to continue to listen to my orders.Naturally, I stopped giving him material support, so he took people to ransack a village.I asked another loyal person to lead someone to clean up his influence, kill all the murderers, and punish the others separately, so that we can deter those restless people in the Cao Gang.I am setting up rules for them right now, and let those boys supervise each other... Now I am really a little bit hard to get off, and now I say that I want to disband them, maybe I can't help it, I can only put a bridle on these wild horses. 】

[I can only wait for me to hit Jingzhong before I can take action to deal with them.Or, Assistant Tan, can you tell those boys about our relationship?It is said that when the world is at peace, sooner or later they will be rewarded for their merits, and they will be appointed officials and nobles.Those who are floating in their minds are just seeing that you have no soldiers.Knowing that you and I are together, with timidity and fear in my heart, it is not so easy to go out of line. 】

Xia Yi went back to the news, and received Tan Jiuzhang's reply in a moment:

【Okay, I'll wait for you to enter Beijing. 】

Xia Yi had a towel hanging around his neck and was sitting on a chair wearing big underpants. When he saw this sentence, he suddenly missed him very much.

[...You can't come to see me again? 】

On the other end, Tan Jiuzhang put down his pen, a little surprised and a little soft-hearted.

[Miss me? 】

Xia Yi felt his face burn.Looking at the reply, I can imagine Tan Jiuzhang raising his eyebrows and smiling at the corners of his mouth.He was thinking in his heart, but he refused to admit it, so he insisted:

【Why, you don't want me? 】

Tan Jiuzhang laughed.The world of his little bastard is really quite mature, probably because after his identity was replaced, the whole person has heavy responsibilities and his speaking style has changed.

The original occasional covert arrogance and temper tantrums are all gone.

Both of them are so serious and always feel that something is missing.Sometimes Tan Jiuzhang deliberately teased him about the "Queen".

【Miss you, miss you especially.Aren't you afraid of affecting your fight there?I've been alone for so long, you little bastard.I want to hug you to sleep every night, but I can't bear to tell you. 】

Xia Yi watched and couldn't help laughing.

[Why don't you tell me?If you miss me, tell me.If it doesn't affect the war, I will talk to you before going to bed every day, and I will be in a good mood and sleep better.If you can't see it, you can't hold it, so you have to say a few more words to me. 】

[Don't tease me, little bastard. 】

Moments later, Yoyo replied to him, much slower than before.

【Originally, I was busy, and as I was talking, tm missed you and Shi Geng again.When you go to Beijing, you wait for me. 】

Xia Yi was dumb for a moment.

The face and heart are like the road surface in the dog days, the kind where you knock a raw egg on it and "wow" it is cooked.

"Fuck."

He cursed softly, and covered his eyes with his hands.

... This guy seems to have been holding back for a long time.

It's about to change-state.

In this case, he would not have said so directly before.

The author has something to say:

Hee hee hee, I originally wanted them to do something... text...

Yet consider my fear of red lock domination.forget it……

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