Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 234 Huan Yin reunites

In the late spring of March in the eleventh year of Yonghe (AD 355), Yin Hao finally arrived in Xiangyang in a carriage.

Huan Wen personally greeted him on the outskirts of the city.

As soon as Yin Hao got off the carriage, Huan Wen walked quickly with a smile on his face and shouted from a distance:

"Shen Yuan! Are you okay?"

Yin Hao looked at his childhood playmate, his rival when he was proud of his life, and his current monarch, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Respect is mutual. Huan Wen's gesture today made Yin Hao willing to bow to him in public:

"I am fine. Is Mr. Chu fine?"

When Huan Wen saw this, he immediately helped Yin Hao up. He deliberately scolded Yin Hao with a straight face:

"If Shen Yuan comes a few days later, I will be worried about him and become ill. An Neng will be fine."

After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled, as if they had returned to their youth.

Of course, no one will compare Yin Hao to Huan Wen anymore.

After the joy of reunion, the two of them were left with only sadness.

When the heroes saw that Yong Chi was still able to become a marquis because of his relationship with Liu Bang, they no longer worried about not getting the rewards they deserved for their contributions, and the crisis was eliminated.

"Now that the Hulu are occupying the mountains and rivers of the north, their power is rampant. Huan wants to extend his righteousness to the world, so he recruits talented people from all over the world.

Yong Chi was the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty, and he and Liu Bang were fellow villagers of Peixian County.

On the carriage back to the city, there were no outsiders. Yin Hao no longer had to hide some words. He confessed to Huan Wen:

"Hao has known Duke Chu for many years, and I know very well that Duke Chu must have ulterior motives for inviting me to come to Xiangyang. Hao's trip is to assist Duke Chu, build his career, and wash away his shame. I also ask Duke Chu not to use Hao as a crown prince." .”

"Huan invited Shen Yuan to come to Chu State and treat him as minister. Isn't it just for you to show off? He just hopes that you can follow Guan Zhong's example and help us enrich our country and strengthen our army, and clear up the world."

"The Master said: 'Mi Guan Zhong, I was sent to the left.'

Yin Hao's words were to tell Huan Wen that he came to serve him sincerely, and did not want Huan Wen to just use him as Yong Chi to win over the Jiangdong scholars.

Liu Bang then asked Zhang Liang for advice.

"How could Yong Chi and his like be able to serve as ministers? They have too many worries."

Now that he knew that Huan Wen did not ask him to come to Chu State to act as a facade, but that he really wanted to be entrusted with important tasks, how could Yin Hao not be moved.

"Guan Zhong assisted Duke Huan of Qi, respected the diligent king, and repudiated foreign barbarians, achieving hegemony.

When Huan Wen heard this, he laughed dumbly and said:

Yin Hao looked at Huan Wen and saw that he was speaking seriously, not as if he was joking, and a warm current surged in his heart.

Before Liu Bang became famous, Yong Chi had humiliated Liu Bang many times, and after Liu Bang rebelled, he betrayed Liu Bang, defended Fengyi three times, and repelled Liu Bang's attack twice. It was not until the princes joined forces to dominate that Yong Chi returned to Liu Bang. Under Liu Bang's account.

Liu Bang then followed Zhang Liang's plan and conferred the title of Marquis of Shifang on Yong Chi.

Before Yin Hao fell into the abyss, people at the time compared him to Guan Zhong, but everything changed after Yao Xiang ambushed the Northern Expedition army. All the praises in the past turned into slander and flooded towards Yin Hao. Guan Zhong's self-comparison also became a joke.

It was Huan Wen who extended a helping hand to Yin Hao when he was at the lowest point in his life, about to be completely labeled as a 'loser', 'stupid', etc., and would never be able to stand up again, giving him a chance to make a comeback.

Zhang Liang suggested: Among the ministers, whoever your Majesty hates the most in your life, reward that person first, and all the generals will be safe.

After saying that, Huan Wen put away his smile and said solemnly:

After the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang rewarded meritorious officials, but it took time to evaluate the merits. This aroused dissatisfaction among many people, fearing that they would not receive the rewards they deserved.

I saw Yin Hao excitedly saying:

"Mr. Chu has been kind to me, but I have been assigned a job, and Hao'an dares to refuse!"

Huan Wen finally told the truth and said:

"To be honest with Shen Yuan, although the previous Northern Expedition to Luoyang was a lucky success and the old capital was recovered, it did not result in any real gains.

"And I had a stalemate with the Yan people and rewarded the soldiers after the war. The treasury accumulated over the years was almost empty.

"Financial constraints made Huan unable to sleep or eat well, so he thought about countermeasures day and night, and finally came up with a plan.

"This strategy will not be successful unless Shen Yuan personally implements it."

Yin Hao said curiously:

"May I ask Mr. Chu, what plan do you want to take?"

Huan Wen spit out two words:

"The soil is broken."

When Yin Hao heard this, he didn't speak for a long time. He couldn't say he was disappointed, but he had mixed feelings in his heart.

After all, Yin Hao and Huan Wen grew up together and knew him well as a human being. How could the other party put aside their hatred and lend a helping hand to him for no reason.

Seeing this, Huan Wen called the parking man and said to Yin Hao:

"If Shenyuan is afraid of difficulties, he can get off the car here. No matter where he goes, Huan will never stop him."

With Huan Wen's support, the matter of soil destruction itself is actually not difficult.

The real difficulty lies in the implementation of Tujuan, which offends the interests of the noble clans. Once Yin Hao agrees to this matter, he will undoubtedly put himself on the opposite side of all the noble clans.

Yin Hao did not have the prestige of Director Wang, nor did he have the military power of Yu Liang who commanded three states and commanded the military of six states. He was just a chess piece in Huan Wen's hands.

Once the turmoil caused by the implementation of soil breaking in Jingzhou and Jiangzhou was beyond Huan Wen's control, Huan Wen could push Yin Hao out as a scapegoat to quell public anger.

When Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty faced the massive Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, his first blow was not to strike at his confidant Chao Cuo.

Huan Wen made his words clear and allowed Yin Hao to stay or go. Yin Hao knew that Huan Wen had promised that he would never secretly send someone to intercept and kill him after he left, but he did not get out of the car after all. Yin Hao sighed:

"I am a guilty person, and if I want to avenge my past shame, I must do something big.

"Even if Duke Chu doesn't mention it, I will go back to the old strategy of Wang Wengong (Director Wang) after knowing the current tight situation of the treasury."

Saying that, Yin Hao said seriously:

"If you want to do great things, how can you spare your life? Hao is willing to go through fire and water for the Duke of Chu, no matter what!"

Huan Wen was overjoyed:

"If I can get help from Shenyuan, I will succeed. No matter how hard Shenyuan works, Huan will not let me down."

Huan Wen was not Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and the nobles in Jingzhou and Jiangzhou were not the powerful Wu Chu and other seven kingdoms. Even if Huan Xi had no time to go south, he would not cause any trouble.

After all, when Wang Dao and Yu Liang jointly promoted Tuduan, there were no rebellions surging in various places, subverting the Jin Dynasty.

And the power of the Huan family today could not be compared to that of Director Wang and Yu Liang.

Just by crossing Jingyi and occupying Jiangzhou, Huan Wen was enough to scare the southern scholars.

The carriage arrived at Chu Gong's Mansion. Since Huan Wen only regarded Xiangyang as a temporary residence, he would have to move to Luoyang sooner or later.

Now is the time when finances are tight. Therefore, although the Chu State moved its capital to Xiangyang, Huan Wen did not build a palace.

Compared with Huan Xi's Weiyang Palace, the mansion in front of him can be called a humble residence.

Huan Wen and Yin Hao entered the house hand in hand. The two had met each other frankly before, which eliminated the last trace of doubt in their hearts, and they seemed to be very close.

When they came to the side room, they were still alone. Huan Wen did not talk about business anymore. He said:

"Today we won't talk about official matters, only private affairs. There will be no Duke of Chu and Shangshu Ling, only Huan Yuanzi and Yin Shenyuan."

Yin Hao smiled and agreed.

Huan Wen and Yin Hao reminisce about their green years together, and the interesting things that happened between them when they were young are still vivid in their minds, as if they happened yesterday.

Yin Hao said dissatisfied:

"Motoko, I'm not as good as you in terms of achievements and talents, but why do you always tell everyone I met you that I picked up your old bamboo horse?"

There is already an answer to who has more outstanding talents, Huan Wen or Yin Hao, but before Yin Hao's Northern Expedition failed, many people still debated the merits between them.

Huan Wen believed that Yin Hao was inferior to him because he picked up the bamboo horse that Yin Hao used when he was a child.

After all, the Yin family of Chen County was also a noble family. Yin Hao's father, Yin Xian, was an official and was known as the Gu family. During his tenure as the Prime Minister of Changsha, he made a lot of money. How could Yin Hao pick up Huan Wen's bamboo horse?

Facing Yin Hao's questioning, Huan Wen pretended to be confused:

"This matter is unnecessary. It has been so long that I can't even remember whether Shen Yuan picked up my bamboo horse."

Yin Hao was furious.

Of course, this is just a pair of old friends getting together to reminisce about their childhood. If there is any unpleasantness, they won't take it seriously.

Huan Wen and Yin Hao looked at each other's white hair on their temples, reality pulled them back, and they couldn't help but lament that life is short and old age comes easily.

The next day, Huan Wen led Yin Hao to Xiangyang Shangshu Province and officially awarded him the position of Shangshu Ling of Chu State. However, after Yin Hao took office, he did not manage the internal affairs of Shangshu Province, but only concentrated on preparing for one thing: soil destruction.

In the eleventh year of Yonghe (AD 355), at the end of March, just when the beauty of the spring was about to end, an explosive news spread from Xiangyang: The Minister of Chu, Yin Hao, suggested that Duke Huan Wen of Chu should implement soil breaking and nuclear power. The proposal of checking the nationality was approved by Huan Wen.

The news coming out at this time also seems to symbolize that the comfortable days when the Chu gentry did not have to pay taxes and could annex land at will was coming to an end.

The Chu State was about to implement the Earth Cutoff, which undoubtedly caused an uproar in the south of the Yangtze River. No one could turn a blind eye to the actions that infringed on their own interests, and Yin Hao became the object of everyone's resentment.

Yangzhou, Jiankang.

Wang Tanzhi and Wang Biaozhi were sitting opposite each other drinking tea.

Wang Biaozhi sighed:

"Huan Yuanzi took great pains to conquer Yin Shenyuan. The original purpose was to let him catch the sword and implement the earth break.

"Yin Shenyuan has earned notoriety and infamy. Huan Yuanzi is really easy to calculate."

Wang Tanzhi smiled and comforted after hearing this:

"Huan Yuanzi hid behind the scenes, but let Yin Shenyuan take action on his behalf, but any knowledgeable person would not know that Huan Yuanzi was controlling the whole thing.

"Pushing the land extermination and competing for profits with the people, even though they made small profits, they lost the hearts of the people. Huan Yuanzi's move was to lose big things because of small things. A wise man would not do it."

The so-called struggle for profits with the people means competing with the nobles. The so-called losing the hearts of the scholars means the hearts of the scholars.

Since Tujuan was limited to Chu State, the Jiangdong scholars could stay out of it.

And Huan Wen's violation of the interests of the nobles will undoubtedly push some people in Jiangnan who are waiting and watching to the court.

At least until Huan Wen completely controls the court, these people will be shouting for the Jin Dynasty.

There must be gains and losses. Huan Wen and Yin Hao's abandonment of their past grievances will certainly allow many people to give up resistance and change sides at the last moment.

But it will also make many people who are interested in joining the family dare to show their inclination.

After all, even Yin Hao could be forgiven, so why should they fear that the Huan family would be liquidated after they attempted to usurp the throne?

Of course, these people are destined to be unreliable and fall into the category of grasshoppers who will fall wherever the wind blows.

(End of this chapter)