Lord of the House

After returning from the discussion in the upper hall, Chen Xiyan, who followed Wang Xueshan, walked into the political affairs hall and said: "The general office of Huaidong Bank is located in Chongzhou, and all matters of power and money are under the control of Huaidong. Yang Wuyue, there is a real worry of 'sneaking into the night with the wind, moisturizing things silently'. One thousand taels per share, one thousand shares is one million taels of silver, if we don't try to stop it, Jiangning and Weiyang will give money from the people of Jiangning and Weiyang. Huaidong is taking a moment! Chen Rong, the prefect of Weiyang, has no choice but to pay attention to the concerns..."

"This is not allowed, and that is not allowed. The Ministry of Household must be able to make up for the Huaidong Army's waste in eastern Zhejiang." Chen Xiyan stood in front of the corridor, the wrinkles under his head were as deep as ravines, facing Wang Xueshan's persuasion , looked at Wang Tian, ​​who was in charge of the Ministry of Household, and asked, "Master Wang, can the Ministry of Household make up for the shortfall?"

Wang Tian's face was full of sadness, and he spread his hands and said, "How much is the Ministry of Household, Chen Xiang still doesn't know, what's the use of taking this run on the lower officials?"

"If you can't make up for the shortfall, what excuse will you use? Could it be that the Huaidong Army will not be able to withdraw troops from eastern Zhejiang?" Chen Xiyan asked rhetorically, "I can't understand the danger that the tail will not be lost? We have to rely on Huaidong for everything, so why not?"

"Huaidong raises his own money and pays for himself, and he is quite flamboyant in eastern Zhejiang. It is absolutely impossible for Huaidong to set up the semicolon of Qianzhuang in Jiangyang and other places. It makes no sense." Yu Xinyuan touched the sparse beard under his chin and turned to ask. Dong Yuan, "Master Dong, what's the best way to deal with it..."

Dong Yuan thought and said: "Thinking about it, Huaidong Bank is a powerful tool for raising money. If Huaidong hadn't borrowed two million taels of silver from the bank to support it, there would be no military strength today - I think, if The Ministry of Household took out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver as the principal, and set up a bank in imitation of Huaidong Bank. First, it could avoid the benefits of the bank to Huaidong. Borrowing, you don't have to rely on taxes all the time..." Having said that, Dong Yuan asked Chen Xiyan again, "What does Chen Xiang think?"

"How much money can the Ministry of Household come up with?" Chen Xiyan asked Wang Tian.

"The Ministry of Household has only so much money, and it has to be prepared for urgent needs. If the Ministry of Household is short of money in the future, it can borrow money from the bank, and this time it will not be a problem to get four or five hundred thousand taels of silver," Wang Tian said. Shiotetsu comes in..."

Chen Xiyan shook his head and said: "If Zhang Yan thinks that the bank business is profitable, he will probably start a new stove, and he will not mix with the Ministry of Household..."

"Then we should encourage the Salt and Iron Division to do it. Weiyang salt merchants are all giants and rich people, how can they sell the salt and Iron Division's face..." Yu Xinyuan said, it doesn't matter whether the Ministry of Household can become a bank, the key is to demolish it. Huaidong station.

Dong Yuan said again: "The queen mother has been recuperating in Chongzhou, and there are many discussions in the court and the public. The lower official thinks whether it is time to invite the queen mother to return to court..."

The matter mentioned by Dong Yuan was quite sensitive. Chen Xiyan looked at Yu Xinyuan, Wang Tian, ​​Wang Xueshan and others to see what their opinions were.

Yu Xinyuan said: "Almost a year has passed, and Jiangning's side has also stabilized. It's time to ask the Queen Mother to enjoy her happiness."

Chen Xiyan frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about the return of the Queen Mother, but he felt that Yu Xinyuan and Dong Yuan sang together today, and they cooperated really well. After hiding this matter and not mentioning it, after thinking for a moment, Chen Xiyan said: "Find someone to mention this to the emperor, see what the emperor is thinking, don't make waves..."

The so-called finding someone is to find an irrelevant official to bring things to the table.

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Jiangning's butterflies fluttered their wings, and the wind soon blew to Lin Fu's ears.

The end of June in Kuaiji is in the sweltering summer season. The earth is like a steamer, and there are torrential rains from time to time, which is not conducive to military operations and brings a brief period of tranquility to Kuaiji.

There is a depression in Jinghu Lake that flows into the city of Kuaiji from the southeast corner, forming a city lake covering an area of ​​about three or four hundred acres. By the side, Song Jia knelt down on the bamboo couch, helped Lin Fu to review the official letter, and chuckled, "The Huaidong Bank set up a semicolon in Ningyang, but the imperial court allowed it, but the Ministry of Household and the Salt and Iron Company learned it. For the matter of fighting snakes and sticks, we will also set up money stacks according to Huaidong Qianzhuang..."

Lin Fu took the official letter and looked at it carefully, and then threw the official letter on the table and sneered: "Painting a tiger is not an anti-dog, it is openly used privately, the rules of Huaidong Bank, how can a few sons and brothers be able to learn it - by go with them."

The Ministry of Household and the Secretary of Salt and Iron really want to learn from Huaidong and set up another bank. On the surface, it is beneficial to Jiangning and disadvantageous to Huaidong. However, if you look closely at the bank set up by the Ministry of Housing and raise Wang Chao, the son of Wang Xueshan, to take charge, you will know Wu Party officials were more of using the bank as a tool for making money, which was a real threat to Huaidong.

"Look at this again," Song Jia picked up another official letter and handed it to Lin Fu, and said, "There are officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate who have written thousands of words to ask the Queen Mother to return..."

Lin Fu's expression became solemn, and he felt that this matter could not be taken lightly.

After the Yongli Incident, Yuan Jianhai became a vassal of Hailing and lived in Chongzhou; Empress Dowager Liang also temporarily lived in Chongzhou on the grounds that he was critically ill and could not bear the turbulence of vehicles and ships. Now that Emperor Yongxing has been firmly seated, Yuan Jianhai and the Empress Dowager also live in Chongzhou temporarily. It became irrelevant, and the Empress Dowager was "critically ill" and did not heal. Presumably the new emperor did not want to see Empress Dowager Liang alone. At this time, someone suddenly mentioned the matter of asking the Empress Dowager to return to the court, which was somewhat strange.

Song Jia held her cheeks in her tender hands like a weed, and said, "Maybe someone also judged that the Hehuai line of defense is about to collapse, and the Liangs and their sons are likely to lead the remnants to retreat to southwestern Shandong and southern Shandong. Empress Dowager Liang lives in Chongzhou. Zuo I am also worried that Liang's father and son will fall to Huaidong..."

A few years ago, the Liang family deliberately ran Jinan, but after the collapse of the Hehuai line of defense, even if the Liang family withdraws most of their troops, their strength will become very weak, and they will no longer be the glory of the past - Liang's father and son retreated to Lu. After the southwest, either they would restrain themselves and show their obedience to the new emperor in exchange for Jiangning's support, or they would show affection to Huaidong and form an alliance, which would also force Jiangning to support Liang's guarding the southwest of Shandong and other prefectures and counties.

The two choices made by the Liangs and their sons made a huge difference to Huaidong. The Empress Dowager Liang would become a key figure at that time—the Liangs and his sons were forced to bow to Huaidong. After the collapse of the Hehuai line of defense, Huaidong would Can dominate the entire Huai defense line; once Liang's father and son directly submit to Jiangning, Huaidong will have much less right to speak.

The Dukes of Jiangning, including Yue Lengqiu, still maintained a relatively optimistic attitude towards the Hehuai line of defense. Unexpectedly, they would not have proposed to ask the Queen Mother to return to the court at this time.

Lin Fu thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that Dong Yuan will start retaliating against Huaidong with an eye for an eye - to drive him away from the north of Zhejiang, there will always be a price to pay..."

"Whether to leave or stay depends on the Empress Dowager Liang. If the Empress Dowager insists that she is sick and the boat is bumpy, it will take a year and a half," Song Jia said, "Perhaps you should go back to Chongzhou to meet Empress Dowager Liang... …”

"It's better to write to Lin Xuwen and Huang Jinnian first, and let them find a way to delay it," Lin Fu said, "I want to leave, and I have to wait for the war to stabilize here before I leave - the two brothers from the She family are now looking at each other, but they really If you want to fight, you can’t be careful.”

Speaking of the She family brothers, Song Jia's expression darkened, one was old love, and the other was new love. She neither wanted to show her old love, nor did she want to be mean and unkind, too heartless, she only said: "She's family will never experience the love again. If you can't afford a defeat, if you fail again in Kuaiji, you will die in the burial place; if they want to fight, isn't it just what you want?"

As he spoke, the clouds gathered outside, and the light faded in an instant, and the rain was about to pour.

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The heavy rain kept falling, and She Feihu was like a trapped beast in Shanyin City.

Su Tingzhan and Yu Wenshan were unable to persuade them either, but given the current situation, the weather was sunny and hot, not to mention the soldiers leaving the city, the generals were wearing armor and draped, standing under the sun for a stick of incense and sweating profusely, It was unbearable; the rain was pouring down, and it was even more unfavorable for marching and fighting—not to mention the fact that the governor sent the envoys three times and five orders, and it was strictly forbidden to act rashly.

The guards on duty outside the hall suddenly walked in and reported, "The Governor has already entered the city..."

She Feihu was stunned there, Su Tingzhan and Yu Wenshan also looked at each other. There was no news before that the Grand Governor would come in person - but thinking about it, the Eastern Front was so unbearable, it was a matter of life and death for the Zhejiang and Fujian Army, and the Grand Governor came in person. Supervision is really not surprising.

She Feihu walked out of the hall with the generals uneasy. She Wenzhuang was surrounded by the crowd, and they met in the atrium.

"Immediately hand over the military seal letter..." Shewenzhuang stared at the second son with a taut face, and he was about to remove his military power as soon as they met.

"Father, after this battle, the child will naturally return the military power!" She Feihu said angrily, unwillingly and unwillingly.

"Nie Barrier!" She Wenzhuang scolded resentfully, waved his hand and ordered the hurs to disperse, leaving only the generals by his side, and reprimanded, "Are you going to resist my order face to face? After this battle? What are you fighting for? , to gamble? You have a certain degree of certainty that you can win the gamble. If you lose this battle again, and you want millions of children from Zhejiang and Fujian, how will you clean up the mess you left behind?”

She Feihu seemed to have drained all his energy and stood there like a walking corpse.

Shewenzhuang ignored the flying tiger's appearance as a crippled man, and instructed the generals Su Tingzhan and Yu Wenshan to say: "The flying tiger resigns, and the matter of my coming to Shanyin must be strictly kept secret, and must not be leaked out. If you have a fever, you have to go out on a trip, and the generals and officials above the battalion will be summoned to the trip in batches, and I want to see them..."

"Yes..." Su Tingzhan and Yu Wenshan replied~www.readwn.com~ Watching the commander-in-chief motioned for the accompanying squires to support the second son to the inner courtyard, they knew that the second son would be considered completely abolished from now on— - The defeat of Laotangpu is painful to the bone.

Su Tingzhan and Yu Wenshan looked at each other. There was no way to continue this battle. The old Tangpu was defeated and the city of Kuaiji fell. The grain storage in Shanyin and Xiaoshan was only enough to support 60,000 soldiers and horses until the end of July. The siege weapons and arrows are also seriously insufficient, and Huaidong has assembled more than 50,000 soldiers and horses from Laotangpu to Kuaijicheng and other places. The following warships were able to enter Jinghu to fight. What did they use to drive Huaidong to the east bank of the Cao'e River?

If the Huaidong Army knew that there was a shortage of food, they would besiege and seal the city, or they could fight to the death based on the city, but the Huaidong Army would sell it when it was cheap. 50,000 elite soldiers would shrink in the front line of Laotangpu and Kuaiji City, and the camp would be built like a hedgehog, etc. attack them...

If you gamble to fight again and lose again, the situation on the Eastern Front will completely collapse - the Huaidong Army will not only have the ability to gather forces to attack Dongyang County and threaten Quzhou and the western Zhejiang Passage, but will also have the ability to gather 50,000 to 60,000 troops to send troops from Fujian. Direct landing on the north coast threatens Jin'an - once Huaidong gathers the army from northern Fujian to directly attack Jin'an Prefecture, the situation in Zhejiang and Fujian will face the danger of a complete collapse.

Although not reconciled, sometimes they have to admit that Huaidong is the nemesis of the luxury family. If it weren't for the sudden rise of Huaidong; the luxury family once had the ability to gather hundreds of thousands of troops in western Zhejiang, and how could they have the ability to smash the defense line outside Jiangning. sloppy.

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