People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 603 The governor is transferred, who is the successor
At the Hangzhou Navy Shipyard, countless soldiers were rushing back and forth, bags of grain and barrels of fresh water were quickly loaded into the cabin.

Catapults, boat crossbows, bows and arrows, knives and guns, long rackets, rams, and planks were carried onto the warships in sequence by the soldiers.

Li Xuan, dressed in red and gold armor, walked calmly by the side of the big ship, looking up and down at everything.

The Captain of the Hangzhou Navy, Ji Xiao, followed Li Xuan, followed by a group of naval commanders, soldiers, generals and so on.

"The last time the Zhoushan pirates invaded Yuhang, the navy went out to sea to find the enemy, but those rats only knew how to hide in Tibet, and they didn't dare to come out to fight us. Finally, we were forced to take back Yuhang. At this time, the sea A hurricane is coming."

There was a sneer at the corner of Ji Xiao's mouth, and he said gloatingly: "Although the navy also suffered from the sea hurricane, but the navy has a large ship and retreated into the harbor in time, but those unlucky ones will suffer a lot.

Dozens of large and small ships were overturned directly by the sea breeze, and more than a dozen fast boats fled into the harbor to surrender. If not for some pirates who escaped northward at that time, otherwise, they would be completely wiped out at that time . "

Hearing the trace of regret in Ji Xiao's words, Li Xuan said a little funnyly: "If the Zhoushan pirates can be wiped out completely, the captain can be transferred back to the center to serve."

What Ji Xiao thought in his heart, Li Xuan knew clearly just by listening to the ending sound.

"Who doesn't want to be transferred back to the center." Ji Xiao sighed heavily.

Li Xuan nodded silently, from Shi Jin to Ji Xiao, to Yuan Jiazuo and Duan Baoxuan, they all wanted to be transferred back to the capital to serve.

Compared with the center, Yangzhou and Hangzhou are prosperous, but they always lack a sense of controlling the world.

After all, Hangzhou is just a corner of the world.

"Since you want to go back, then find a way to completely annihilate the Zhoushan pirates." Li Xuan said, then turned and walked forward.

Ji Xiao frowned, immediately followed closely, and asked in a low voice, "What do you mean by your nephew?"

Li Xuan didn't answer directly, but asked instead: "Uncle, may all these naval warships go to sea to fight?"

"Naturally, although these warships were severely damaged in the hurricane, but now two months have passed, everything that needs to be repaired has been repaired, and more reinforcements have been made, which is enough for crossing the sea to the east." Ji Xiao paused for a while, looking Asked Li Xuan: "But what does this have to do with the Zhoushan pirates?"

"There is one thing that my nephew knows, and my uncle knows enough." Li Xuan glanced at the crowd behind him, and then said in a low voice: "According to the news, the Zhoushan pirates have been secretly planning to send troops after the army leaves Hangzhou. Assault on Hangzhou, then raid in the middle when the army is trying to return."

"Huh?" Ji Xiao's brows frowned instantly, and when he turned his eyes, he understood the mystery: "My nephew said that we should completely eliminate the Zhoushan pirates before crossing to the east."

Li Xuan smiled faintly, and did not reply, but looked at the four-masted ship in front of her, and said in a low voice, "Uncle, let's go to the ship and have a look."

Although Li Xuan didn't give a direct answer, Ji Xiao had already fully understood what he meant, and his expression immediately became excited.

……

After inspecting the big ship, Ji Xiao took Li Xuan to the school grounds to check the ongoing recruitment.

This time when going to Silla, there are some old sailors who are injured and cannot follow the warship across the sea to the east. They have to stay in Hangzhou to guard their homes.

If the loss of seafarers is counted, the additional recruitment of four hundred sailors would be a little small, but there is no way, that's all the places given by the Ministry of War are.

Returning to the navy hall, Ji Xiao sent people to serve tea, then waved his hand and drove all his subordinates out.

At this time, Ji Xiao looked at Li Xuan and said, "There is something. I don't know if I should tell my nephew or not."

"Uncle, please tell me?" Li Xuan looked at Ji Xiao with some surprise, what can't be said about the relationship between the two of them.

"Not long ago, some old friends from the Ministry of War sent a letter saying that Mr. Yuan Yuan from Hangzhou was going to be transferred away." Ji Xiao's words made Li Xuan's face full of surprise.

Yuan Jiazuo was transferred, why didn't he hear the news when he was in Chang'an, and why did the people from the Ministry of War send the letter?
"Not only Yuan Shijun, Duan Duan of Yuezhou will also be transferred, but Duan Duan is likely to be transferred back to the center. As for Yuan Shijun, it is not easy to say." Ji Xiao couldn't help shaking his head.

"The situation in the southeast is about to change." Li Xuan's expression became completely solemn, and then she shook her head slightly with emotion: "Actually, my nephew should have thought of this a long time ago. The Tianyin Sect was destroyed, and officials from various states have been rewarded one after another. , How could Duan Dudu, who is in command of everything, be missed, and as for Governor Yuan, his term in Hangzhou is almost at an end."

During Yuan Jiazuo's tenure in Hangzhou, he cared about the people, suppressed the rich, built water conservancy, developed culture and education, made the people rich and the gentry benefited, so that it was difficult for Tianyin Sect to really develop among the people in Hangzhou.

Now that the term of office has come, Yuan Jiazuo must have a high evaluation, and an increase is inevitable.

"The key is who is the successor." Ji Xiao leaned back a little, and then said softly: "If it was earlier, Uncle wouldn't worry about this, but now that the East China Sea King incident broke out, if someone came to Hangzhou to stir up trouble, many It’s hard to say, and since you and I are both in the East Island, if someone makes a fuss later, then you and I will be in big trouble.”

Ji Xiao is the Captain of the Hangzhou Navy. His roots are in Hangzhou. If someone makes small moves while he is away from Hangzhou, he will be in trouble.

Although Li Xuan was working in Wuzhou and had no connection with Yangzhou, but because the Yin Sect subsided very early this autumn, the business exchanges between Wuzhou and Yangzhou were more prosperous than before.

The main reason here is that Yuan Jiazuo once ordered that the Hangzhou government greatly reduced the tariffs for Wuzhou ships to pass through the customs.

Once this order is changed, the Wuhang Water Transport will inevitably be greatly affected.

Not to mention, the Hangzhou Kai clan contributed a lot in the battle against Tianyin Sect.

If someone wants to take small tricks from Kui's body, intimidate and lure, threaten to frame him, Li Xuan will be hard to guard against.

Li Xuan tapped the table lightly, and said with a serious face: "Once the overall situation of the court and the central government is determined, you and I have no room to comment. All you and I can do is to build our own fences. As for the other , can only see tricks and break tricks."

Having said that, Li Xuan paused for a while, looked at Ji Xiao and said, "Uncle, the most important thing for the imperial court today is today's autumn harvest. After the army leaves, the autumn harvest will enter a critical moment. If someone acts recklessly , mess up the autumn harvest, then not only will the East Island war be damaged, but even the preparations for the Tubo war next year will also be damaged.”

"In this way, you and I will have enough time." Ji Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He himself has nothing to do with the King of the East China Sea, but he can't help it. Some people insist on getting him related to the King of the East China Sea.

If this is the case, given the emperor's suspicion of the King of the East China Sea, even he will inevitably be stripped of half of his skin.

"The real problem in this matter is not with you or me." Li Xuan shook her head slightly, looked at the golden evening light outside the hall, and said softly: "No matter who comes to Hangzhou, the first thing they do is to stand up , and it is necessary to stand upright and upright, not to rely on conspiracy means, since this is the case, then the object of this prestige must have a real relationship with the Tianyin Sect and the King of the East Sea, so..."

"My nephew is probably going to Lu's residence." Ji Xiao looked at Li Xuan, who nodded slightly.

Who is the king of the East China Sea likely to be in contact with now, and whose family may be found out in the end to ransack his family and exterminate his family?

In Hangzhou, only Lu Yuanming can handle this matter.

Wang Xie, Gu Lu, Zhu Zhang, the top six families of Wuyue Sixteen Family.

Compared with the Guanyuan family, the sixteen families of Wuyue have been in marriage with each other for a longer time.

"The little nephew is going now." Li Xuan stood up directly, and said solemnly to Ji Xiao, "Uncle, be careful, although there are only remnants of the Zhoushan pirates now, but now, there are still nine hundred days of dark soldiers." There is still no news, be careful, be careful."

Hearing this, Ji Xiao's complexion suddenly changed, he stood up, and cupped his hands to Li Xuan: "Thank you for reminding me, sir, I will keep it in mind."

"Farewell!" Li Xuan nodded, then turned and left.

Ji Xiao kept sending Li Xuan out of the navy station, and then shouted to the cronies beside him, "Beat the drums, gather the generals."

Hangzhou Navy, the atmosphere suddenly tense.

……

On the long street, Li Xuan got up slowly and walked, with Zhou Gan and others silently guarding behind him.

All the people walking around were excluded from Li Xuan's surroundings in silence.

Li Xuan didn't care about this at all, he just followed the horse casually, but he was thinking in his heart, where did the nine hundred well-trained black pawns who disappeared from the Tianyin Sect go.

Before the Tianyin Sect started the incident, they had trained a total of 400 black soldiers, 600 were stationed in the main altar, [-] were stationed in Muzhou, [-] were directly sent to Shezhou, and [-] were placed in Wuzhou. Yuezhou and Hangzhou.

Among them, 700 people in Wuzhou were killed by Li Xuan, but the 500 people hidden in Yuezhou and 400 people in Hangzhou, a total of 900 people, disappeared without a trace after the war.

People from Hangzhou Prefecture and Yuezhou Prefecture have been actively looking for this group of people, but these people have long since disappeared without a trace.

The 500 people in the Yuezhou Prefecture were fine, but the 400 people in the Hangzhou Prefecture were supposed to be under the command of Zhang Wanyu, but after Fang Yunxiu died at the hands of Li Xuan, Zhang Wanyu transferred to Wuzhou. It remained in Fang Yunxiu's hands.

Later, the Tianyin Sect was destroyed, Zhang Wanyu returned to Li Xuan, and Wen Fuzhi traveled far away to Tibet. This group of people was hidden by Wen Fuzhi's arrangement.

As for where it was hiding, even Zhang Wanyu didn't know.

It's not that the Empress is guarding against Zhang Wanyu, but that she has completely assigned this group of people to Wen Fuzhi's hands.

After all, Wen Fuzhi is the heir that Empress really trusts. Keeping Wen Fuzhi and leaving behind him the background of his comeback is what Empress Dowager will do.

Even originally, she brought Zhang Wanyu and the others to Hangzhou for the purpose of diverting Wen Fuzhi's mind.

At that time, there were [-] soldiers transferred from Huzhou, and they hid in the place that must be passed from Muzhou to Hangzhou. Once Zhang Wanyu and Ye Wanwan led their people to evacuate from Muzhou to Hangzhou, a group of them might eventually Few survived.

So, to find these black pawns.

Whether it is that they have gone to Tubo with Wen Fuzhi, or they are hiding and waiting for another day, or these people have completely fallen into the hands of the King of the East China Sea...

With the death of the demon monk Wu'an, the King of the East China Sea will no longer have any powerful chess pieces in the entire southeast?
Li Xuan rejected this answer resolutely in her heart.

The King of the East China Sea must have someone else in Hangzhou. Although this person is not as important as the demon monk Wu'an and Li Huainian, he must be there.

Just thinking of this, Li Xuan frowned suddenly, because at this moment, a spicy aura suddenly came from the kitchen of the restaurant on the side, and instantly rushed towards countless pedestrians on the road with teeth and claws.

The same goes for Li Xuan, the Thousand Bull Guards, and the tall horses under them.

But people know how to hold their breath, but horses can't.

In an instant, more than a dozen tall horses suddenly became extremely restless.

Just above this crowded street...

(End of this chapter)