Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 448
Song Youdao was imprisoned awaiting trial, and his family pleaded everywhere, and even approached Qin Wang Gao Xiaoyu.

Gao Xiaoyu's mother was of the same family as Song Youdao, but they had little contact with each other.

The profession of cruel officials has always attracted people's hatred, especially a mad dog like Song Youdao, Gao Xiaoyu feared that he would avoid it, so how could he get close to him because of his mother's relationship.

When Song Youdao's family members came to him, Gao Xiaoyu didn't avoid him, but he also said that he couldn't help.

Over the years, officials who have been involved in fraud in the examination room have been dismissed from their posts at least, and executed at worst.

Pleading for the officials involved in the fraud case not only angered Gao Cheng, but also provoked resentment from students all over the world, how could Gao Xiaoyu get involved in this matter.

He explained the matter clearly to Song Youdao's family members, and there was really nothing he could do, so he sent away the distraught Song family members.

In the past, Song Youdao was fond of punishing people. If he was guilty or not, he would torture him.

Now in jail, Feng Shu wanted to repay him with his own way, but was stopped by Gao Cheng.

Song Youdao was a mad dog, but also a loyal dog. He was diligent and conscientious in his work. No matter whether he was a noble from the Xianbei or a civil official from the Han Dynasty, as long as Gao Cheng ordered him to, he would always strike hard, never worrying about offending his colleagues.

In the end, Chen Baxian had no choice but to write back to Xiao Yi, saying that he was really helpless.

When Xiao Yi heard the news, he asked Lingnan Chen Baxian for help, hoping that he could lead his troops eastward and threaten Jiangdong.

Liu Zhongli himself often heard this kind of statement. He used to call himself a hero in the world and looked down on others. He was also a proud character. Now such comments made him feel humiliated, and he was more determined to establish great achievements in this battle.

When Song Youdao fell from power, Chen Yuankang, who presided over the internal office, made great efforts.

He knew that if he really wanted to be sentenced according to the "Qi Law", he would be punished with a death penalty, and his family would suffer accordingly.

Wang Lin had no choice but to go east in a hurry, and led his people to station in Pengli (now Ruichang, Jiujiang) to defend against the enemy.

At the same time, Duan Shao was also ready at any time. Once Chen Ba entered Kou Jiangdong first, he would hand over the defense of Jingkou with Huainan soldiers and lead the [-] Qi troops around Jiankang to meet him.

No one expected that Song Youdao, who was blatantly jealous and committed to fighting corruption, was also making money in private.

Wu Mingche took Liu Zhongli's department as the vanguard, and he probably didn't have the idea of ​​killing people with a knife, but he could also fool him.

At first Xiao Yi agreed with Wang Lin's idea, but Wei Xiaokuan didn't stop, and came out to be a monster again. Rumors spread in Xunyang City, saying that the reason why Wang Lin didn't send troops to retreat the enemy was because he was secretly negotiating with Xiao Gang the price of defection.

In the fifth year of Zhaode (552), after the autumn harvest, the Jiankang court asked to seize the opportunity, and immediately the memorial to the Eastern Expedition flew to Xiao Gang's imperial case like snowflakes.

Just when the judicial power in the Northern Qi Dynasty was being restructured, news came from Jiangzhou that Wang Sengbian was suspected by Xiao Yi and was executed in Xunyang.

What's more, most of the courtiers supported Wu Mingche as the commander. Once Anlu was defeated, and Dongliang Mountain almost ruined Jiangshan Sheji once, Liu Zhongli had already lost popularity.

Previously, Li Zizhen from Bohai was arrested by Song Youdao for accepting bribes. Chen Yuankang and Li Zizhen were old friends at the end of his life.

But in the end, talent is rare. It is one thing for Liu Zhongli to fail repeatedly, but his bravery is extremely rare, so he was enlisted as a lieutenant general.

Xiao Yi slashed at Wang Sengbian, cutting off the relationship between the two of them for decades. With Xiao Yi's more suspicious character than Gao Cheng, how could he trust Wang Sengbian again.

Xiao Gang also noticed that there was chaos in the West Liang army due to the death of Wang Sengbian, and realized that the opportunity was rare, so he did not continue to hesitate in choosing the leader this time. Before Liu Zhongli was defeated in Dongliang Mountain, Xiao Gang was disappointed with him, and Wu Mingche saw through the plot , although persuasion is not acceptable, but also meritorious rescue.

However, She Digan, the general manager of Jingnan, had already moved his troops to the northern foot of Nanling under Cui Che's instruction, so that Chen Baxian did not dare to make any changes, and the standing troops in Jianghan Plain were also mobilized one after another to prevent Yuwentai from going out.

After all, not everyone can be as rich as Hu Luguang's attacking Hanzhong, and build a large-scale civil engineering project outside Nanzheng City, trying to trap Duguxin to death.

In any case, it was better than waiting for Wu Mingche to flood the city, causing plagues to spread in the city.

And Xiao Yuanming also brought along the few naval divisions in Jiangzhou, and followed Wang Lin's army to the east to meet the enemy as a countermeasure.

Wang Lin also knew his intention of flooding the city with water. She went out of the city several times to try to destroy it, but failed. Seeing that the water level was gradually rising, Wang Lin decided to put all her eggs in one basket and went out of the city to fight Wu Mingche.

The eldest son Wang Wei, the second son Wang Xuan, and the third son Wang Wei all crossed the river north and fled to the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The plot is so similar. In the battle between Jianghan and Han, Wang Sengbian defended Jingling, but the Qi army could not go down, so he went to Jiangling to spread rumors. Xiao Yi then transferred Wang Sengbian back to Jiangling, and the Qi army used the strategy of luring the enemy to defeat the Liang army. , captured Jingling, and opened the door to the Jianghan Plain.

Gao Cheng heard the result of Peng Li's first battle and was ready to intervene in the war in Jiangzhou, so he waited for Xiao Yi to send envoys for help.

On Xiao Yi's side, after Wang Sengbian's death, he led the army with his brother-in-law Wang Lin, and the deputy general was Du Kan, who was as famous as Wang Lin in the army.

Wang Sengbian had great prestige in the Xiliang army, and now that he was wronged and died, Gao Cheng also immediately instructed Jiangdong that it was time to march east.

As for the secret agent who went to die, Gao Cheng did not forget to treat his family members kindly and take up the position of Chenglang for his son.

Therefore, Wang Lin was not worried that Wu Mingche would besiege and not attack, and as soon as Wu Mingche came to Pengli City, he ordered his troops to attack, which also verified Wang Lin's judgment.

Du Kan was unwilling to accompany his uncle because his uncle was killed by Qi people, so he led the defeated soldiers back to Xunyang, and Wu Mingche was able to drive straight in.

However, Gao Cheng still instructed Minister of the Ministry of Punishment to punish Feng Shu Mo with the death penalty, and to save Song Youdao's life no matter what he said.

Now that the general situation of the world is clear, especially Jiangzhou, after the fall of Jingnan, there is no natural danger along the Yangtze River to resist the Qi army.

In fact, Gao Cheng was well aware of Song Youdao's various crimes of corruption and framing his colleagues. If he hadn't touched the red line of the imperial examination, these so-called crimes would not have brought him down at all.

"The sinner kowtows to the Son of Heaven!"

But pieces of evidence were unearthed through the internal office of the hearing department, but they were undeniable.

The death of Wang Sengbian was not due to Wei Xiaokuan's clever divorce scheme, but the rift between the master and servant had already arisen.

But when it was shaken out at this time, it became the last straw that broke the camel's camel's back. It shattered the image of Song Qingtian that Song Youdao had built up over ten years of fighting corruption.

But when they arrived at the Dongliang camp, they discovered that Wu Mingche had already made preparations. It wasn't that he had predicted the enemy first, but that someone had leaked the military plan.

However, on the night of the 28th, Pengli City quietly opened the city gate, and Wang Lin and Du Kan wanted to attack the camp at night.

After all, people in Jiangdong have formed a stereotype now that Liu Zhongli has repeatedly fallen for tricks and is brave and foolhardy. Such a person cannot be a coach, but as a general in charge, with his immediate skills, he should be able to do the job.

Wang Sengbian was tricked into the newly built Xunyang Palace City and hanged to death above the main hall.

But the siege continued for more than ten days with no results, and the soldiers were exhausted, especially Liu Zhongli's department, which suffered many casualties.

Wu Mingche was nearly fifty years old, and this was his second time leading the army. The first time was as a lieutenant general, and together with Liu Zhongli, he experienced the great defeat of Dongliang Mountain.

But Gao Cheng didn't want to get involved. No matter how much he emphasized the law, this era is still a society ruled by man, and the emperor will always be above the law.

Song Youdao was not punished in prison. After more than ten days of trial, he was only sentenced to be dismissed from office. He was not even sent to the bitter cold places like Liaozhou, but sent to Jingnan, not to mention hard labor. He retired by the Dongting Lake, fishing and raising flowers and plants in his free time.

Song Youdao has done so much dirty work for him, and now that he has no use value, he doesn't care about his life or death. Who will be willing to be a black glove for Xiao Gao Wang again in the future, with such hard work.

Rumors can kill people. In this life, Wei Xiaokuan was protected by Gao Cheng and was able to escape disaster. However, Wang Sengbian replaced him and became Wei Xiaokuan's biggest victory in the spy war.

The two had a good plan, thinking that the war period had been set, and the Dongliang soldiers would inevitably relax, but the most important thing was to underestimate Wu Mingche.

Wang Lin and Sun Yu were classmates when they were young, and they trusted him very much. He never let him avoid military planning, but Sun Yu had long been in contact with Wei Xiaokuan's secret work in private, and leaked all of Wang Lin's plans.

On the one hand, the courtiers, under the leadership of Gao Longzhi, asked the emperor to severely punish Song Youdao;

Liu Zhongli wanted to use this battle to revive his prestige, so naturally he worked very hard, he lost the soldiers, and he will recruit and coerce him into the army in the future.

In fact, at the beginning, Gao Cheng also had the heart to defend it, but as Song Youdao went through many incidents and one crime after another was exposed, he also knew that he could no longer keep him, otherwise the official grievances would not be settled.

On October 27th, Wang Lin sent an envoy to Wu Mingche's camp, and agreed to leave the city for a decisive battle in three days, and Wu Mingche agreed.

After the Jiangdong navy moved westward, Wu Mingche was able to build a dam without being disturbed by Xiao Yuanming.

As long as you are capable and loyal, you will be greedy if you are greedy, and Song Youdao just meets the first two conditions. Moreover, most of the money he embezzled is used to help those in poverty among relatives and friends. It really brought the matter to Gao Cheng In front of him, it was estimated that he was fined three glasses of wine, so he laughed it off.

Although Du Kan is the son-in-law of Wang Sengbian, but the whole family of the Du family worked for Xiao Yi. Du Kan followed a group of uncles and elders to serve Xiao Yi since he was a child, so he was not involved. Xiao Yi did not even force him to divorce his wife and remarry. Once broad-minded.

Song Youdao was implicated not only in fraud in the examination room and framing his colleagues, but also in corruption.

In Xunyang City, rumors were raging. Although Xiao Yi did not change generals, he urgently ordered Wang Lin to attack.

Previously, Gao Cheng asked Wei Xiaokuan to separate Wang Sengbian and Xiao Yi, and work on Xiao Yi's end. Therefore, Wei Xiaokuan made up nursery rhymes to slander Wang Sengbian, and at the same time forged letters, deliberately letting the detailed work show his flaws, so that the letters were obtained by Xiao Yi.

Wu Mingche led the crowd to besiege Peng Li day and night, and he did not spare any casualties. Of course, as a general who secretly served the Northern Qi Dynasty, how could he be stingy about the casualties of his soldiers.

On September [-]th, Xiao Gang issued an edict, counting Xiao Yi's crimes, and formally issued an edict to appoint Wu Mingche as the commander, and to use all [-] Jiangdong people to crusade against non-officials.

Gao Cheng ordered Hou Jing to send the three of them to Luoyang for resettlement.

Previously, Xiliang defended the city and Dongliang attacked the city. The loss of both sides was not the same. The repelling of Wu Mingche's offensive several times also restored the morale of Xiliang soldiers.

Walking out of the prison and going to Jingnan, Song Youdao kowtowed and wept in the direction of Miyagi.

Although Dongliang had just experienced the autumn harvest, it could not last long in the war, and the corner of Jiangdong could not support the Western Expedition for a long time.

Wang Lin was able to take command more because of her in-law relationship with Xiao Yi, but he was not a rich man. In the original time and space, he and Du Kan tied for the first place in military exploits in the battle against Hou Jing's rebellion.

But these rivers and lakes allow the navy to assist in defending the city, and it also facilitates Wu Mingche's strategy of flooding.

The Ministry of Punishment thus monopolizes judicial power, without the constraints of Zuo Cheng's yamen, its majesty is growing day by day.

Wu Mingche was able to take precautions in advance. In the battle of Pengli, Wang Lin's tribe was ambushed. Under Sun Yu's persuasion, he took advantage of the chaos to cross the river and threw himself into Gaoqi.

Chen Yuankang has had grudges with Song Youdao since then. He has been digging up dirty information about Song Youdao all these years, but he has never let it out. He knows that Gao Cheng actually doesn't care whether his confidant officials are greedy for money. Compared with corrupt officials, he hates mediocre officials even more. .

This time when Wu Mingche came to attack, Wang Lin realized that the soldiers were unjustly killed because of Wang Sengbian, and the morale of the army was unstable, so she advocated avoiding the enemy's sharp edge, and after the morale of the soldiers was stabilized, they would fight a decisive battle.

After several years, Xiao Yi fell into the same pit again. If he could have a long memory, he would not have killed Wang Sengbian unjustly.

All of a sudden, the bad comments about Song Youdao were raging, and the true and false news spread freely among the people, and no one could tell which one was the real face of Song Youdao.

What's more, Wang Lin didn't intend to defend to the death. The reason why he defended Pengli was just to tire the enemy and wait for the battle.

There is no shortage of rivers and lakes around Pengli City. There are three major water systems: Xiuhe, Boyang River, and Yangtze River. Xiao Yuanming's navy also used this to cause Wu Mingche a lot of trouble.

It was later learned that Li Zizhen was severely tortured and died of serious injuries in prison.

Gao Cheng has done his best to build a favorable environment for Wu Mingche, first to create a separation, get rid of Wang Sengbian, and then prevent Chen Baxian from interfering. As for whether it can be done in the end, it depends on Wu Mingche's own ability.

Wu Mingche regarded him as a vanguard general, which was exactly what Liu Zhongli wanted.

Seeing that the strong attack would not be effective, Wu Mingche decided to dig water to irrigate the city after discussing with the generals.

The Shangshu Zuocheng Yamen, which was once feared by officials, has been reduced to an institution comparable to Yushitai because of Song Youdao's resignation.

But in the past few days, Xiao Yi's envoy did not wait for him, but he got the news that Xiao Yi set himself on fire in Xunyang New Palace.

Xiao Yi is very suspicious, but also very staunch, he knows Gao Cheng's plan, but he would rather die than end up like Xiao Gang and Xiao Lun.

When Gao Cheng heard the news, although he was emotional, he was also annoyed. He went to Yaoguang Temple that night and brought filial clothing to Xiao Yi's concubines such as Xia Shi, Yuan Shi and others.

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