Governor please stay

So after appeasing the Great Wall princess Xiao Yuzhen who was depressed all day because of the birth of a daughter, he hurried to Jiankang, and after discussing with Chen Yuankang, Wang Wei and others, he issued an edict in the name of the emperor Xiao Huan:

The body of the King of Luling was buried on the spot, and there was no need to transport it back to Jiankang, and the central court would not hold a state funeral for him.Xiao Xu did not designate his son before his death, so he divided his fiefdom into two, and the imperial court will not take back the fiefdom.

The eldest son, Xiao Ping, inherited the title of King of Luling County and enfeoffed Fancheng (Jiujiang City), Jiangzhou. The second son, Xiao Yingxin, was granted the title of King of Poyang (Poyang County). Just finish the funeral. In the future, the Jiankang Center will send Wangfu Chief Shi to these two places to handle follow-up chores.

One stone stirred up thousands of waves. This edict has one of the biggest differences from the previous rules for entrusting the Xiao clan, and that is Tweet!

There is nothing unusual about the Tweet Order. During the Western Han Dynasty, it was the central government's sharp weapon against the clan and vassals.

Dividing the feudal country, each son has a share, the territory is getting smaller and smaller, and it is becoming more and more impossible to fight against the central government. This is an unsolvable conspiracy, except for rebellion.

In connection with the previous reform decrees of the Jiankang Center, the trend of Liang Guo strengthening the centralization of power is very obvious.

Jiankang's "brain", which was stupefied during Xiao Yan's time, is rapidly waking up and spreading its tentacles to all parts of the country, taking back the lost power step by step.

Not long after the imperial edict was delivered to Pencheng, Jiangzhou, Xiao Lun, king of Yuzhang in Jiangzhou Yuzhang County (Nanchang, Jiangxi), couldn't sit still!

Both he and Xiao Xu are vassal kings who do not practice war, and both are inferior to Xiao Yi, the ambitious King of Eastern Hunan who has fewer soldiers and more generals.And just like Xiao Xu, Xiao Lun has also indulged himself in the past few years, giving up his plan to get involved in the throne, and laying down in Yuzhang County.

The only difference is that instead of indulging in sensuality, he fell in love with hunting, so his body is quite strong.What scares Xiao Lun even more is that he has three sons, one more than Xiao Xu. However, the fief of Yuzhang looks very big, but the west is the private land of Jiangzhou chiefs.

He has more sons than Xiao Xu, and is in a worse situation than Xiao Xu. After his death, Xiao Lun can hardly imagine how the three unworthy sons in the family will live their lives.

Such a large piece of land was entrusted to Xiao Lun on the big map of the Jiankang Center, which seemed to be kind to him, but in fact Xiao Lun can govern only part of Yuzhang County, a few kilometers south of the city. Ten miles, his words will not work!

In Liu Yishou's previous life, the old revolutionary base area was south of Yuzhang County, which was mountainous and poor.

In this era, when there were troublesome people in poor mountains and bad waters, the presence of Liang Guo's government in the local area was limited to the account books of the Shangshu Mansion in Jiankang City. In fact, it was the local chiefs who managed the mountain people.Say hello to the local county magistrate for major matters, and they will handle minor matters by themselves.

These people were sometimes appeased by the imperial court, and were given official positions such as governors, and sometimes rebelled under pretexts, and used the method of raising troops to seek benefits from the Liang Guozhong.From father to son, the family is like a country within a country.

In short, the best situation here is to listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement. As for how bad it can be at the worst, it can only be said to wait and see, there is no lower limit.

So Xiao Lun's actual control area is not only not as big as Xiao Xu's, but also constantly threatened by the West.The method of pushing grace that the imperial court is now introducing is an unimaginable threat to him!

Within a few days, Liu Yishou, who had sent many spies to closely monitor the situation in Jiangzhou in Jiankang, was shocked by the inherent mindless impulse of the vassal kings of the Xiao clan!

Xiao Lun of Yuzhang County personally led the troops to Poyang Lake by water, and then captured Poyang County, where the vassal king had not yet taken over, with lightning speed.

The banner he played was to oppose the court's favor, and to fight for his nephew Xiao Ping!

Xiao Lun's ostensible purpose was to get the court to take back the favor order. As for whether Poyang County would return it to Xiao Ping, it depended on whether Xiao Ping had the ability to get it back from him.

If Jiankang issued an edict to make Xiao Lun the "King of Jiangzhou" or something, he would definitely not object!

Now there is a very difficult question facing the court center, or in front of Liu Yishou and his cronies: what method should be used to deal with Xiao Lun?

With great difficulty, with the efforts of Liu Yishou and others, the Jiankang Center regained some authority by cracking down on powerful families and updating laws and regulations.Now that Xiao Lun jumped out to slap him in the face, there was no need to debate whether to fight back.If you show weakness, the previous efforts will be in vain.

What everyone cares about is how to deal with Xiao Lun in order to consolidate the central authority!Those potential allies and dormant enemies who are watching are waiting for the response of the Jiankang court center.

So this matter became the most urgent matter, and it was put on the desk of Liu Yishou's study.

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The autumn is crisp and the flags are flying.

Not long after autumn began, Gao Huan followed the advice of his second son Gao Yang, and ordered Duan Shao to take the [-] soldiers from the lineage that would soon be reorganized and stationed in Linshui County (Ci County, Hebei Province) in the northwest of Yecheng. A dense forest is surrounded by defenses.

Later, Gao Yue arrived with a supply team and released hundreds of wild boars, deer and other animals in the dense forest as prey for autumn hunting.Then a high platform was built not far from the county seat of Linshui County, waiting for Gao Huan's arrival.

In order to "show military power", Gao Huan almost armed the [-] soldiers and horses to the teeth, and replaced all the armor in the treasury that could be replaced.However, in order not to "alarm the snake", the tone of the external publicity is very gentle and even warm.

Nobles from all walks of life can come and play, and it is also a good thing to bring their female relatives.Participating in the autumn hunting, one person brings two Cangtou (or domestic servants) into the forest, and it is only for sightseeing.

In short, this autumn hunt is for relaxation, and by the way, everyone can get in touch with each other.

In Yecheng, no matter the court officials or generals from all walks of life, as long as they have status, anyone can participate.To see who has more prey, a ranking will be set, and there will be generous rewards.

In order to show their sincerity, the Overlord's Mansion was even more mobilized. Gao Huan's family members from Lou Zhaojun to the next, no matter men, women or children, were present.With Gao Huan as an example, the military atmosphere of Qiushou was greatly reduced, and it looked more like a large-scale amusement activity organized by Gao Huan.

Of course, similar scenes were actually very common in the early Northern Wei Dynasty.However, at that time, in addition to exchanging feelings, exchanging benefits, and promoting martial arts, Qiushou was more for hunting to obtain meat, and the meaning of production and life for nomads was more important.

Many people secretly speculated that Gao Huan's move was probably for the selection of new generals in the army.After all, whether he is good at hunting or not also represents the person's force and brainpower to a certain extent.

As for bringing only two heads at most, it is also easy to understand.This is not to test the ability of the team, but to see how brave the individual is.If you lead too many people, you will lose sight of the ability of the leader.

For example, Gao Cheng and Duan Shao's team led a lot of people to beat a wild boar.Did Gao Cheng kill this wild boar, or Duan Shao?Will Duan Shao compete with Gao Cheng for prey?At that time, it will not be clear at all.

So Gao Yang took Mr. Nan Guo's solo music as an example, and when he persuaded Gao Huan, Gao Huan greatly appreciated it and took it seriously.This autumn hunting, more or less depends on the respective abilities of the people under his command.

In addition, Gao Huan has a hidden purpose, which is kept secret for the time being.

He mentioned to Li Xizong, who was born in the Li family in Zhaojun, that he wanted his eldest son Gao Cheng to marry his eldest daughter Li Zuyi.Li Xizong couldn't refuse, he just said that he hoped that the two parties would meet first.

Gao Huan hopes to take this opportunity to let the two parties meet and finalize the marriage.If Qiushou is made like a military exercise, how can we talk about marriage?The military exercise is to be deterred after the completion of the autumn hunt and after everyone has relaxed!

Courtesy first, soldiers first, discuss the marriage first, and then let the people of the Li family in Zhaojun see the soldiers under their command, so that they can show both kindness and power.

Marriage with the Li family of Zhaojun can greatly stabilize the Hebei family that is about to move, and make a gap in it to make up for the shortcomings after the loss of Li Yuanzhong.

This is very beneficial for Gao Huan to continue to implement reforms.

As for what Li Zuyi looks like, Gao Huan has also met him.A simple summary is that Hua Rongyue's appearance is astonishing as a heavenly man, and Gao Cheng, who is blind in one eye, is more than enough. No wonder Li Xizong is a little reluctant.

However, the day before the autumn hunting started, Gao Cheng almost made Gao Huan go crazy!

On the gorgeous high stage, Gao Huan pointed to Lan Jing, who was wearing a gray linen jacket and holding a short spear, and asked: "Lan Jing is not your old man, why did you bring him here?"

"Father, the boy thought of an extra lottery. Let Lan Jing hide in the dense forest one day in advance. Whoever can catch him will be the first. In this way, it can also save the trouble of arguing who is the first."

Gao Cheng said plausibly.

Wen Wu first, Wu Wu second, although what Gao Cheng said is fallacious, there are also things that cannot be refuted.

For hunting, is it weighing at the end, or seeing who can hunt the biggest?How to evaluate who is the first?There needs to be a hard standard.

You hit two deer, I hit a wild boar, you are more in number, but not as heavy as me, so which one is better, you or me?This will lead to everyone talking about their own things, and finally it becomes a fight for background and father.

Gao Cheng is the eldest son, if he wants to fight with you, will you fight with him for this matter?

"Well, that makes sense."

Gao Huan nodded slightly, as if he felt that Gao Cheng's words were not nonsense.

"But this slave is rebellious when he hears about it, and he is often taught by you. What if he runs away?"

Gao Huan asked suspiciously.

"Father, if Lan Jing ran away, wouldn't that be exactly what we wanted? Then we would have an explanation to Liu Yishou. Didn't Father always feel that we shouldn't break our trust? Lan Jing ran away by himself, so it doesn't count as our breach of trust." right?"

Gao Cheng chuckled, as if he didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

"Then why give him weapons?"

Gao Huan always felt something was wrong.

"Without weapons, what would you do if you were eaten by wild boars in the dense forest?"

Gao Cheng took it for granted, but even so, Gao Huan always felt that he seemed to have other plans.

"What if Lan Jing resists..."

"If you kill him, let's kill him. That's his own death."

Gao Cheng said coldly.

Gao Huan finally understood what this man was planning, he was just for fun, to see Lan Jing's panicked appearance when he was running away.The outskirts of the dense forest are guarded by elite soldiers, and Lan Jing's two legs can't outrun a four-legged horse.

Lan Jing was given hope, but in the end there was only despair. Even Gao Huan felt a little unbearable.

"After the autumn hunt, Lan Jing will be sent to Duan Xiaoxian to be the head of the head."

Gao Huan sighed softly, feeling that he could no longer indulge Gao Cheng like this.A scholar can be killed but not humiliated, and Gao Cheng's actions are increasingly deviated from the proper rules.Seeing that Gao Yang can now make suggestions for himself, Gao Huan felt that it was time to impose some effective constraints on Gao Cheng.

"Good father."

Gao Cheng cupped his hands expressionlessly and said, but Gao Huan was a little surprised, he thought the other party would strongly object.

Qiushou still has a lot of things to arrange, Gao Huan has no time to continue chatting with Gao Cheng, leaving him to busy himself.

Gao Cheng walked down the high platform, came to Lan Jing and said to him: "As long as you don't get caught, you will be free. If you are caught, you will die. My father told you to follow Duan Shao from now on. But you have only two ways to go: escape or die. Go, run away, I will do what I say."

He pointed to the woods not far away and said.

Without saying a word, Lan Jing picked up the bag containing three days' dry food and left with the short spear.

After he left, Cangtou Xue Fengluo asked Gao Cheng worriedly: "This servant Lan Jing is rebellious, if the prince enters the forest and he has evil intentions, wouldn't it be..."

"Who said this son is going to enter the forest?"

Gao Cheng looked at Xue Fengluo inexplicably and said: "This son, this time, I came here only for Li Zuyi, and if I want to hunt, I am also hunting a beauty. Who wants to go to the forest to catch wild boars.

You go in and come out, and then I will come to you and go to Li Zuyi's tent together.Lan Jing can't even see my face, hehe, am I stupid enough to give him a chance to kill me? "

Gao Cheng said with a mocking face.

"It's still the prince's clever plan. I'm afraid Lan Jing would never have imagined that the prince would not arrest him at all." Xue Fengluo laughed, and then the two secretly plotted something.

Chapter 539

Jiangzhou is located in the middle of Jingxiang and Jiangdong, like a pole carrying two burdens, the location is unusual.

In particular, Pancheng (Jiujiang City), guarding the waterway of the Yangtze River, not only has an extremely important military strategic position, but also has many merchant ships passing by every day, and the shipping is busy.

The Yangtze River does not freeze in winter, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a lifeline in winter. Its importance is self-evident.

Because of Liu Yishou's dominance, Xiao Xu didn't dare to do anything when he was alive, and he didn't do anything to the ships crossing the river, so the Jiankang Center allowed him to be unrestrained on his one-acre three-point land.

Now that Xiao Xu died suddenly, and Xiao Lun came to intervene again, Liu Yishou must not let such a thing happen without punishing him.Sending troops to quickly quell the rebellion is the right thing to do.

However, due to Xiao Lun's extremely thoughtless move, Liu Yishou and his cronies did not expect that there is actually a vassal king who can make such a stupid move.

So on the other hand, Liu Yishou and the others were not prepared for Xiao Lun's sudden move.

So whether to send troops from Xiangyang or from Jiankang has become a thorny issue.

"Xiao Lun's sudden attack this time will inevitably fail in the end, but the twists and turns are quite tricky. The lord must personally lead the battle in order to properly deal with it. This is in line with the righteousness of the people."

In the study of Prince Wu's Mansion, Chen Yuankang earnestly suggested.

"This statement is wrong. Now that the reform is in full swing, if the lord leaves Jiankang, there must be some young people who will obey the yin and yang. At such a critical moment, how can the lord leave lightly? Why don't you order Dugu Xin and Xu Du to send troops from Jingxiang, and the navy will go downstream And down!"

Wang Wei firmly disagreed with Liu Yishou leaving Jiankang.

Chen Yuankang considered it from the perspective of doing things, while Wang Wei considered it from the perspective of Liu Yishou's personal interests because his relationship with Liu Yishou was more personal and intimate. .

"Don't fight anymore, I must be in command this time."

Liu Yishou stood up and decided to stay or not with one word.

"But my lord, about Jiankang..."

Wang Wei wanted to say something, but Liu Yishou stopped him with his eyes.

"Changyou (Chen Yuankang's name) is right, the only one who can deal with the vassal king is the vassal king."

Liu Yishou let out a long sigh, politically speaking, he had to be the one to put down the rebellion this time.

In fact, Liu Yishou didn't want to go either. After all, Jiankang's many affairs now can be described as a waste of time.

But quelling the rebellion of the vassal princes is no different than anything else. If you use your generals to lead your troops, you may encounter unexpected troubles.

When the two armies confront each other, attacking the heart is the first.If Liu Yishou sent his men to deal with Xiao Lun, perhaps many things that could be discussed would become rigid due to the lack of prestige of the generals, and finally they could only talk with knives.

The king is against the king, only the class is enough, and the words spoken have weight.After the fight, it is possible to use political means to weaken the opponent.

In layman's terms, only magic can defeat magic.Leaving Jiankang all the way to the west, the states and counties along the road are not absolutely controlled by the imperial court. How can we guarantee that those people will support them if we send a general to go out?

If Liu Yishou took command in person to quell the rebellion of the vassal kings, it would have extremely strong political significance. Do you dare to try to move these idiots in the east of Jiangzhou?

Even Wang Wei couldn't deny that Liu Yishou's stepping out really had the effect of finalizing the decision.

"Jiangzhou has a lot of mountains and a lot of water. I'm afraid the cavalry will not be able to handle it. We still need an elite navy." Liu Yishou mused slightly, talking to himself.

"You can let Webster's navy support and control the Yangtze River. My lord is attacking Guo through false means, and the city of Yan is the most important thing. It must be taken back together so that there will be no hidden dangers in the future."

Chen Yuankang suggested calmly.

Xiao Lun seized the territory, ostensibly to advocate justice for Xiao Xu's descendants, but in fact he was looking for an opportunity to annex Xunyang County (that is, Jiujiang County where Pancheng is located).

And Liu Yishou led troops to suppress the rebellion, on the surface, on the pretext of implementing the fiefdom for Xiao Xu's descendants (because Poyang County was occupied by Xiao Lun as a fiefdom).

But in the end, no matter who wins or loses, the imperial court's original distribution of favor and enfeoffment cannot be implemented.After the Central Forbidden Army arrived at Pen City and wiped out Xiao Lun's forces, would they just withdraw back to Jiankang empty-handed?

Liu Yishou is not Ultraman!