Taiping Inn

In the first year of Taiping, in mid-August, after Qin Xiang conquered Qiantang Prefecture, he officially crossed the river with the assistance of Qingwei Sect and Cihang Sect. Reading

It is true that the river is a natural barrier, but it also requires a navy. The navy is the best in Qingwei Sect, followed by Cihang Sect. Now the leader of Qingwei Sect is Li Xuandu, and the leader of Cihang Sect is Bai Xiushang. One is Qin Qing's son-in-law and the other is Qin Qing's queen. This thousand-mile river defense has become a decoration.

After crossing the river, it is only a stone's throw away from Jinling Prefecture.

The Southern Wei court was in panic and quarreled all day long.

Qin Xiang conquered Zhenjiang Prefecture, and Emperor Yongwu Xu Zaijun fled to Tianxin Academy under the escort of Confucianists.

Qin Xiang's army arrived at the city of Jinling Prefecture.

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The Qian and Su families in Jinling City were the most powerful. The two families had long been in secret with Qin Xiang and immediately opened the city gates. Jinling City fell without a fight. The King of Yan who stayed in Jinling City drowned. This brother of the King of Qi and Emperor Shizong finally retained some of his integrity as a member of the Wei royal family. He never surrendered, nor did he become a prisoner.

The Taoists, led by Zhang Luanshan, went to Tianxin Academy.

At this time, there were two high priests, two hermits, and Madam Jiang from the Saint's Mansion in Tianxin Academy, a total of five masters, but facing twenty Taoist masters, they were still outnumbered.

The Taoists besieged the Tianxin Academy for three days and three nights, setting up a large formation. Many masters of the Return to Truth Realm activated the formation, igniting a raging fire, and finally turning the once prosperous Tianxin Academy into ashes. Yang Song, Xu Zaijun and others were buried in the sea of ​​fire, Madam Jiang died at the hands of Wu Xian, Jin Chansou was killed by Zhang Luanshan when he broke through the siege, and Xie Heng surrendered.

Only Chiyang Weng escaped and went northwest.

Before the destruction of Tianxin Academy, Yang Song had already sensed that a disaster was coming and decided to dismiss many disciples in the academy, but before that, he taught the disciples for the last time.

In the academy, many disciples in Confucian robes sat upright, but Yang Song was leisurely, without books or rulers, with empty hands, talking to the disciples.

"You all come from scholarly families and are disciples of saints. Now the world is in chaos. Some have surrendered to the Great Xuan court, while others have stayed in the Great Wei court. They each serve their own master. But none of this matters."

"What's important? The most important thing is to be consistent in mind."

"What's consistent in mind? That means that no matter in the Great Xuan court, the Great Wei court, or other courts, we must support each other. In the future, the world will inevitably be unified, and the winners must help the losers gain a foothold in the new dynasty. Only when everyone is of the same blood can they gain an invincible position."

"Who is the emperor? Is it important? It's important, but not that important. Because the emperor is also a human being, not an omnipotent god. He can't rule the world alone. He must use people. Since he needs to use people, then So we must decentralize. So what is the most important thing? To govern the country, we must make use of us. "

"Since ancient times, people must be strong, and people who form a party must be better than fighting alone, so you must put aside the hatred between the two courts and just talk about the friendship of fellow disciples."

"If you can do this, then what is the difference between the world of the Xu family and the world of the Qin family? Even after thousands of generations, there will be no difference."

"You are all seeds of reading. I believe that one day you will be able to land, take root, sprout, and eventually grow into a towering tree that covers the sky. What you have to do now is to survive."

After the disciples fled, the Taoist sect besieged the Tianxin Academy. Yang Song was unwilling to escape or surrender, and chose to die for his faith.

Qin Qing appointed Qian Qingbai as the governor of Jiangnan, and Su Yan as the governor of Jiangzhou and the governor of the Jiangnan River.

Qian Qingbai is Qian Jiner's father, Su Yan is Su Yun'an's father, and the two are also the real masters of the Qian and Su families. According to the rules of being an official in a different place, the two should not be allowed to hold such important positions, but now is not a peaceful world. In order to stabilize Jiangnan, Qin Qing had to appoint the two as governors and borrow the power of the Qian and Su families to stabilize Jiangnan. In addition, both of them are from aristocratic families, and their families are rich. A little money is not worth their attention. Let alone ethics, it is just for their own reputation, so as not to lose their integrity in their later years. They will not engage in corruption. If someone else goes to such a rich place in Jiangnan, Qin Qing is still not at ease.

Wait until the world is settled, and then make adjustments.

After the Qin Xiang army occupied the entire Jiangzhou, Qian Qingbai, the governor of Jiangnan, and Su Yan, the governor of Jiangzhou, began to implement the new policy throughout the state according to the order of the court. The Qian and Su families, like the Qin and Li families, do not have much land under their names. They do not make a living from it, so they naturally actively support the new policy. The real big landlord in Jiangzhou is the Sun family of Songyin Mansion.

Even if you look at the whole Jiangnan, the Sun family is the most prominent aristocratic family. They have 200,000 mu of fertile land in Songyin Prefecture, which is almost half the area of ​​Songyin Prefecture. The first minister of the cabinet, Sun Songchan, who succeeded Zhang Suqing, was born in the Sun family.

Speaking of Sun Songchan, his father, Sun Xincun, once served as a cabinet minister during the reign of Emperor Shizong. He was a poet and painter, especially famous for his calligraphy. When he was young, he learned Ou and Zhu, and then Dong and Mi. After middle age, he followed Yan from Qian, but was not bound by Yan's calligraphy. His structure was broad and open, and his strokes were strong and powerful. His style was vigorous and vigorous, simple and elegant. In the sixth year of Ming Yong, he won the first place in the imperial examination. He served as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the Minister of the Ministry of Works, and the cabinet minister. He first served as the Prince's Grand Tutor. After Emperor Tianbao ascended the throne, he was promoted to the Junior Tutor and the first minister of the cabinet. He was very popular for a while.

The Sun family has been a family of scholars for generations, and each generation has officials. From the seventh-rank county magistrate to the second-rank sixth-rank minister, countless disciples and former officials and colleagues of the same year, they have a great influence between the court and the country. force.

I have to say that this is a hard bone. However, as long as the Sun family is taken down, the other gentry are not worth worrying about and can be "decided by a proclamation."

Qin Qing understood one truth. From the perspective of war, the Daxuan court won the world very easily. If he wanted to keep his name in history, he had to fight this war without seeing the light of swords and swords. Jiangnan was the top priority.

To this end, Qin Qing asked Bai Xiushang to accept Murong Hua as his adopted daughter and enthroned Murong Hua as Princess Mingyun. Mei Shenglin never expected that he was old and still had the opportunity to be a son-in-law, becoming Qin Qing's son-in-law and Li Xuandu's brother-in-law. Qin Qing also appointed Mei Shenglin as the young master of the prince, and used Mei Shenglin to differentiate the Qingliu forces represented by Sun Songchan.

The Sun family refused to wait for death. While pleading with Qin Xiang, Li Xuandu, Qin Qing and others through their connections, they mobilized the power of the government and the public to create public opinion and put pressure on Qian Qingbai and Su Yan.

But the Confucian school has already bowed its head. What big waves can a mere Sun Songchan make? Moreover, Li Xuandu began to pay attention to the power of public opinion a long time ago, and for this reason he also set up Qingping Bookstore with Qin Su to guide public opinion.

In the end, the Sun family was cleared out 195,000 mu of land and 8 million taels of tax silver were recovered. The Sun family was unable to repay it, so they offset it with houses, surplus land and industries. The Sun family, which was once glorious, completely defeated. Although there are still some industries left, they are at best equivalent to a gentry family of the first-class juren. Seeing this, Sun Songchan couldn't afford to get sick and eventually failed the winter of the first year of Taiping.

Because of this, a scholar made trouble, Qian Qingbai was not ruthless and ordered dozens of scholars to be arrested.

Qin Qing issued an order that the recovered taxes did not have to be paid to the state treasury, and were used on site for river siltation and reinforcement of embankments in river yamen.

After pacifying Jiangzhou, Qin Xiang turned around and attacked Jingzhou.

Although Zhao Lianggeng was the chief minister of the small court of the Southern Wei Dynasty, he was not in Jinling Prefecture, but in Jiangling Prefecture in Jingzhou.

The Qin Xiang army was unstoppable, and each prefecture and county surrendered. Occasionally, those who fought to the death could not surrender could not stop the sharp artillery.

Soon, Qin Xiang's army arrived at the city of Jiangling Prefecture.

If Zhao Lianggeng retreats again, he can only retreat to Xiaozhou, Wuzhou, Lingnan and other places.

But even if you retreat to these states, what can you do? That is the sphere of influence of Zhengyi Sect. Zhengyi Sect does not have a million troops, but don’t forget that Yan Feiqing could command thousands of gangs to siege Changsheng Palace with just one flag. If it were Zhengyi Sect and Dazhen Ren Mansion What kind of scene is that in the name of?

Zhao Lianggeng, who was in a troubled city, asked his son Zhao Qingyu to open the city to surrender, but he himself chose to hang himself to death.

But when he surrendered at this time, the Daxuan court certainly could not have any rewards. Qin Xiang asked someone to escort Zhao Qingyu to the imperial capital.

Qin Qing issued an order to execute Zhao Qingyu, but the disaster was not as good as his family. Zhao Lianggeng's wives, concubines, daughter-in-law, nephew and grandson were all preserved.

Qin Qing also issued an order to serve as the governor of Jingzhou by Chu Yunshen, who was once aide of Qin Daofang, and appointed Pei Yu as the governor of Jingzhou and Liu Jinyi as the governor of Jingzhou.

Pei Yu had just reached the crown, and in terms of age, it was not enough to take on such a great task. However, now it is an extraordinary time. Pei Yu is not a mediocre person. He reads the historical strategies and has people who will dominate the world at the age of 30, and there are also twenty. He led a million people at the age of a year. Xie Zhi was less than 30 years old and led the imperial capital change, causing the four ministers to be doomed. Li Xuandu is less than thirty years old now and is already the leader of the Taoist sect. From this perspective, it is nothing more than Pei Yu's role as the governor, not to mention that Qian Qingbai and Chu Yunshen are both mature and polite people and will not cause any trouble.

Because of this, Pei Yu was able to reach a reconciliation with the family, and the Pei family accepted Su Lianrong. The two of them had a good result in their love affair.

Liu Jinyi was born in an inn and had outstanding abilities. After peace in the world, the inn people also wanted to seek a way out. Most of them entered the Daxuan court, and Liu Jinyi was one of them.

Another thing is that with the support of Li Xuandu, Zhang Baizhou made a marriage contract with Lu Beiqu's daughter Lu Youzhen. Zhang Baizhou himself also entered the court and was arranged by Qin Xiang. Unlike Pei Yu, he was on the route of a military officer.

Zhang Baizhou actually never thought about what he wanted. In the past, what he thought was to take revenge, but after he really took revenge, he became confused and didn't know where to go, so Li Xuan asked him to become an official, and he thought about it. If you don't want to, just agree.

Lu Youzhen was very satisfied with this result. No matter what, she was a Confucian scholar. Many of her ideas were deeply rooted, believing that becoming an official was the right way. Moreover, there was no obvious distinction between civil and military in the Daxuan court, and military officers could also enter the cabinet to serve as ministers.

Among the few young people Li Xuandu liked, Pei Yu and Zhang Baizhou entered the Daxuan court, while Shen Changsheng and Zhou Shuning stayed in the Taoist sect. They were like Situ Qiushui, although because of their age, they were far away from the real person. There is still a distance, but there is no doubt that they all have a bright future.