Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 460
Near the end of the year, Gao Cheng finally arrived at Xiangzhou, the last stop of his trip to the south of the Yangtze River.

Outside Changsha City, Little Gao Wang looked at the majestic city wall with mixed feelings.

For Gao Cheng, this land is a newcomer, but in another time and space, it is his second hometown for studying and struggling.

Seeing him falling into reverie, Hu Luguang didn't understand the melancholy in Gao Cheng's heart at this moment, but he still stood aside, not interrupting his thoughts.

After a long time, Gao Cheng regained his composure and sighed:
"Enter the city."

The carriage moved slowly, the road was smooth and not bumpy.

Gao Cheng sat in the carriage, closed his eyes and recalled the people and events in another time and space.

There were bows and crossbows shooting at the carriage on both sides of the road, and many people were shouting;

"Kill the high thief! Kill the Dufu!"

The carriage had already stopped, Gao Cheng frowned, he didn't understand how he became an only husband.

But it was just doubts, the turmoil outside the carriage could not affect him, as the screams sounded, the shouts of killing became weaker and weaker, in the end it was just another failed assassination.

Master Yao came to the chariot on horseback and told the rebels to kill them all. The reason why they didn't survive in time was because some people killed themselves with short knives when they saw that the assassination failed.

"Then go on."

Gao Cheng's mood faded.

He has been in power for more than 20 years, how can he have few enemies, those gentry who were suppressed by him, those survivors who tried to restore the country, and maybe even his own brothers and sisters, too many people have reasons to kill him.

There is no need for Xiao Gao Wang to personally inspect the corpse after the incident is investigated by the Inspectorate.

The place where Gao Cheng settled down was Beiliang Gongcheng, which was Xiao Lun's former Shaoling Palace. After he proclaimed himself emperor, it was expanded again.

As soon as he got off the carriage, Hu Luguang knelt down to plead guilty, Gao Cheng helped him up, and comforted him with kind words.

Traveling by car, people watching, law and order is difficult to manage, Xiangzhou is the last stop of the trip to the south of the Yangtze River, if Liang people who want to restore the country, they must put all their eggs in one basket here, and other people who have grudges with Gao Cheng may also pretend to be Liang People, in the name of restoring the country, assassinated the king and killed him.

Gao Cheng took Hu Luguang's hand and entered the mansion with him.

He 100% believed in Hu Luguang's loyalty, not to mention the friendship between the two since they were young, if something happened to Gao Cheng, it would be harmful to Hu Luguang but not beneficial.

Entering the main hall, let the rest of the people settle down by themselves, Gao Cheng discussed with Hu Luguang about attacking Chuzhou.

The road from Hanzhong to Shu is difficult, and the road from Jianghan to the west is not much better.

However, Hu Luguang was in high spirits at this time, and when he learned that Gao Cheng would allocate [-] soldiers to him, he also promised that if Yu Wentai went east along the Yangtze River, he would destroy his main force. The state offered Gao Cheng.

"The bravery of the bright moon, I have always known that next year's battle is of course urgent, but we should not rush into danger in a hurry. Yuwentai and others go against the trend, and it will not last long. Although it is gratifying to win Chuzhou, it is also incomparable." The bright moon is safe."

Gao Cheng and Hu Luguang held hands and said with emotion.

In fact, most of his words came from the heart. These days, it is not difficult to find capable generals, but Duan Shao and Gao Jishi are the only ones who can gain his complete trust like Hu Luguang. The deployment of military forces is also a problem.

After sending Hu Luguang away, Gao Cheng ordered someone to bring Gao Yang and Gao Yan, and asked in a deep voice:

"Is this matter related to the two of you?"

Gao Yang and Gao Yan denied that they were involved in it. After all, they had been driving together for many years, and they knew that Gao Cheng's prudence could not give the slightest chance.

Gao Cheng was undoubtedly relieved to get the reply from the two of them, and he didn't look into it carefully, as long as they weren't stupid, he really didn't want to bear the name of brotherhood.

After leaving the main hall, Gao Yang and Gao Yan looked normal. They knew in their hearts that this matter had nothing to do with them, and they were not afraid to investigate.

It is true that Gao Cheng, the big brother, was on guard against them, but he would not do something like throw dirty water and kill them unjustly.

During Xiao Gaowang's stay in Changsha, he only appeased the nobles and had banquets with officials, but did not investigate the people's sentiments.

He was mainly assassinated when he entered the city, and he was not sure if there were other assassins in the city. Hu Luguang has been searching the whole city for people of unknown origin these days, but Gao Cheng is not sure whether there will be any A fish that slipped through the net.

Xiangzhou scholars, like Hengzhou scholars, have great opinions on She Digan, who was stationed in Jingnan before.

At the beginning when Xiao Lun rebelled against the Jingnan scholars and people, She Digan led the rescue and countered the rebellion on his behalf. He put on the hat of treason, ransacked his family and destroyed his family at every turn, classified hidden households as tax households, and converted private land into public land.

Now that Gao Cheng came to Changsha, many orphans showed up and asked for the return of the property.

In this regard, Gao Cheng only asked Bo, the governor of Xiangzhou, whether he had allocated public land for them according to the land equalization system, and when he got an affirmative answer, he expelled them.

When did he spit out what Gao Cheng swallowed? If he really wants to return the property, everyone will follow suit. How can Qi Chao maintain such a big stall.

During this period, Hu Luguang searched out many people with suspicious backgrounds, followed the clues, and found out that it was the group of people who wanted to restore the country who presided over the previous assassination.

The Xiao family themselves had given up on Jiangshan Sheji, and this group of Nanliang survivors still wanted to restore the country. Gao Cheng didn't laugh at their stupid loyalty, but he was relentless in his actions, sinking all of them in the Xiangjiang River to feed the fish.

Xiao Miaoxuan, who was accompanying her, wanted to persuade Gao Cheng not to get involved too much, but she also knew that the existence of these people would end up killing everyone in Luoyang's Xiao family, so she gave up and chose to stand by and watch.

Gao Cheng spent six years in Zhaode in Changsha, Yuan Rili finally went to the outskirts of the city to sacrifice to heaven under heavy guards.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month in the seventh year of Zhaode (554), Gao Cheng finally set off to the north, crossed the Yangtze River and came to Yingzhou to govern Jiangling.

It happened that Xue Xiuyi, the governor of Yingzhou, fell ill and was carried out of the city to greet him.

Xue Xiuyi used to be Gao Aocao's inmate, and was imprisoned by Er Zhurong with him. Gao Huan had contacted him when he was governor of Jinzhou, and he is now 78 years old.

When Gao Cheng captured Jiangling and was looking for a town general, Xue Xiuyi took the initiative to invite Ying. Hu Lujin was worried that this veteran Han general would turn his heart to the Southern Dynasty.

King Xiao Gao also followed Hu Lujin's advice, because at that time he did not know the centripetal force of the Southern Dynasty towards the Han generals.

Such as Yang Kan, Yang Yaren, and even Hu people such as Wang Sengbian and his father Wang Shennian, they did not hesitate to give up their officials and clans in the Northern Dynasty, and went south wholeheartedly to serve the Xiao family.

Fortunately, Xue Xiuyi guarded Jiangling for several years and worked conscientiously. When Gao Cheng settled in Jiangling, he used hard work as an excuse to promote Xue Xiuyi as county magistrate, and Xue Xiuyi also took advantage of the situation to submit his resignation.

(End of this chapter)