Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 409: Dispatching Troops to Hedong (Part )

Chang'an, Weiyang Palace, Qingliang Hall.

Xie Daoyuan's mother Ruan Rong had already gone back. She would only occasionally enter the palace to live for a period of time, so how could she stay here every day?

Sima Xingnan was in the hall with Xie Daoyuan at this time, and talked to her about the people's criticism of Wang Meng.

Although Sima Xingnan has no political acumen, she knows right from wrong. People say that Wang Meng is greedy, but Wang Meng did this not to make money for himself, but to raise military funds for Huan Xi.

There is no doubt that Sima Xingnan supports Wang Meng. She complained:

"They keep saying that Wang Lingjun is cruel and inhumane, but what's wrong with eating official salt? Is it because it's expensive? Or is it because the quality of official salt is poor?
"Wang Lingjun's methods are a bit drastic, but as long as he doesn't violate the law, he can be wrongly executed."

Sima Xingnan was Huan Xi's mother, and Xie Daoyuan was Huan Xi's wife. They both held the same stance.

Therefore, Xie Daoyun agreed with Sima Xingnan's words:

"That's right! They are just taking this opportunity to make trouble for Wang Lingjun. As for whether anyone was killed for buying and selling illegal salt, they don't care at all."

Sima Xingnan was annoyed when he heard this:

"It's all because of Huan San's (Huan Huo) nonsense, which allowed people to see the dissatisfaction of the Huan clan towards Wang Lingjun. Otherwise, so many things would not have happened."

Sima Xingnan did not call Huan San by his full name or courtesy name, but simply addressed him as Huan San, which showed that he was really annoyed at Huan Huo for meddling in his affairs.

Of course, as a sister-in-law, she has the right to call her that. Even Huan Wen and Sima Xingnan call her old slave.

However, while Sima Xingnan could complain to Huan Huo, Xie Daoyuan could not speak rudely. After all, he was the elder, so she could only comfort Sima Xingnan and let her calm down instead of agreeing with her.

"Huan Lang has entrusted all military and national affairs in Guanxi to Wang Lingjun. The slander from outsiders is irrelevant. The key is how Agu and Huan Lang view him. With the support of Agu and Huan Lang, no one can stop Wang Lingjun from implementing the decree."

If Huan Xi was the emperor of Guanxi, then Sima Xingnan was the empress dowager. Even though Huan Xi had entrusted all matters to Wang Meng, once Sima Xingnan stepped forward, he could still seize power from Wang Meng.

Sima Xingnan's attitude was now clear. She was determined to support Wang Meng. As for Huan Xi,
Huan Xi said: Thank you for the invitation. I am in Puban, just across the Yellow River.
Bingzhou, Hedong County, Puban.

Huan Xi's troops did not completely cross the Yellow River. His team was too large. It had not only 130,000 soldiers, more than 200,000 military horses, and 100,000 livestock, but also a large number of civilian laborers accompanying them.

It would take two days for such a large team to cross the river via the pontoon bridge.

Of course, Huan Xi had already crossed the river first and set up camp outside Puban City.

At this time, there were only Huan Xi, Li Yuan and Quan Yi in the commander's tent. Li Yuan was massaging his shoulders carefully, but Huan Xi was not in a good mood.

He pointed to a basket of letters sent from Chang'an and said to Quan Yi:
"Ziliang, they are really becoming more and more outrageous."

Huan Xi certainly knew what exactly happened in Guanxi.

Before implementing this decree, Wang Meng had communicated with Huan Xi and obtained Huan Xi's approval.

Huan Xi originally wanted to implement this decree when he was in Chang'an, but Wang Meng knew that Huan Xi was afraid of his own shortcomings, so he gave himself a reputation as a cruel and ruthless person.

Quan Yi and Wang Meng had a very close personal relationship. The two of them assisted Huan Xi step by step to where he is today, and they could definitely be called close comrades-in-arms.

But over the years, Quan Yi was always suppressed by Wang Meng, and ultimately he was only the second-in-command of Liang State, not the leader of all ministers.

If someone else had been in the position of Shangshu Ling, Quan Yi would certainly not have been convinced and would have tried every means to pull him down from the position, but Wang Meng was able to convince Quan Yi. This wave of opposition against Wang Meng really had nothing to do with Quan Yi.

"Mr. Liang, for now, all we can do is let things take their own course.

"Lord Wang is in charge of the military and political power. Even if the people are full of complaints against him, as long as Lord Liang does not punish him, Lord Wang will be as stable as a rock.

"What Lord Liang needs to do is to send someone to deliver a message to the Weiyang Palace, telling the Grand Princess of Nankang (Sima Xingnan) not to be deceived and interfere."

Quan Yi reminded him that what he was worried about now was that Sima Xingnan would come forward to uphold justice for those who opposed Wang Meng.

But Huan Xi did not take this danger to heart:

"Although my mother is not familiar with politics, as long as Ling Jiang is here, she will never sit idly by and watch her make mistakes."

Xie Daoyuan was not just a woman who could only recite poems and compose couplets.

Huan Xi had always been intentionally cultivating her political vision and talent. After all, misfortunes may come to people at any time. He had been leading troops outside all year round. If he encountered danger, he might die young. With Xie Daoyuan helping A'man, he could rest assured.

After all, a wife is more trustworthy than an outsider.

Although Wu Zetian became the emperor and had many male favorites, in the end, she gave up the idea of ​​passing the throne to her nephew because she was worried that she would not be able to eat cold pork used for sacrifice after her death, and she called her son back to Luoyang.

No matter how close your mother's family is, they can never be closer than your own son.

Huan Xi's eyes were still on the basket of letters. He continued to say to Quan Yi:
"Ziliang, send someone to return all these letters and tell them that I have not opened any of them and do not know whether they are criticizing Lord Wang or expressing their agreement with his decree.

"Now that we are at war, please stop distracting me with this kind of thing. Let them all stop fighting. I will deal with them when I return to the capital!"

If Huan Xi had followed his past temper, he would definitely hand all these letters over to Wang Meng and let him deal with those people.

But the rear cannot be in chaos now. As Quan Yi said, Huan Xi cannot make his attitude clear now, but has to smooth things over and suppress the matter temporarily, and make a decision after Huan Xi returns to Chang'an.

By then, the person stirring up trouble behind the scenes will be found out. Huan Xi believes that among them must be spies from the Yan and Yu states, as well as people loyal to the Jin Dynasty.

Not everyone can understand their destiny and follow it. There are always some people who are willing to die for their beliefs.

For the loyal ministers of the Jin Dynasty, although this battle was fought between the three kingdoms of Liang, Yan and Yu, it was related to the survival of the Jin Dynasty.

Huan Xi knew that this was not only directed at Wang Meng, but also at himself.

They wanted to cause unrest in Huan Xi's rear and distract him.

Now that Huan Xi had given instructions, Quan Yi naturally obeyed them. Then two guards were called into the general's tent. They carried a basket full of letters and followed Quan Yi away.

Li Yuan was the only one left in the commander's tent, still massaging Huan Xi's shoulders. She knew Huan Xi was in a bad mood, so she tried to comfort him.

Huan Xi had a habit of never venting his unhappiness at work to his family.

"They are just a bunch of clowns. I'm fine. Don't worry."

Huan Xi comforted him in return.

(End of this chapter)