In the cabin, Yuan Zherong looked a little restless, he was intercepted by the Sui army sailors this morning, and was taken back to the temporary camp by the Sui soldiers, Yuan Zherong didn't know what his fate was, and he was very nervous, especially when he abandoned the Jiangning County clan and escaped alone, which made him feel an inexplicable remorse at this time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

I knew that the warships of the Sui army would come to meet him, so why did he flee?

But Yuan Zherong was more afraid that Zhang Xuan would hold him accountable, and it was his persistence that made Jiangnan finally refuse Zhang Xuan's request, and now he is in Zhang Xuan's hands.

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the cabin, and when Yuan Zherong turned around, he saw Zhang Xuan walking in quickly, so frightened that he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to salute, "Xiaomin Yuan Zherong pays a visit to His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

"Yuan Gong knows me?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

Yuan Zherong heard King Qi call himself 'Yuan Gong', his heart was a little calm, and he had a trace of luck, didn't Zhang Xuan know that he insisted on opposing his conditions?

He didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly said: "Xiaomin has seen His Highness in Jiangdu. ”

"I see, Gong Yuan, please take a seat!"

Zhang Xuan invited Yuan Zherong to sit down, and let the soldiers serve tea, and then said: "I heard Shen Jian say that Yuan Gong is the patriarch of the Jiangnan Society, and he has the highest status in the Jiangnan Society. ”

Yuan Zherong scolded in his heart, Shen Jian actually betrayed himself like this and put all the responsibility on his head, it was unreasonable, he hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, this is not the case, Jiangnan will have its own rules, major matters are decided by the four major families through consultation, and they must be supported by three families to pass, what His Highness said is unanimously agreed by the four families, including Shen Jian, he also thinks that he cannot accept His Highness's conditions, how can this be said that I am resolutely opposed?" ”

"Perhaps! That's why I want to make sure, and I don't want to hear it. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked again, "What about now?" How does Yuan Gong think about it. ”

Yuan Zherong sighed, "Your Highness has already sent troops, what else is there to discuss on this issue?" ”

"It's not like that, now I'm just temporarily sending troops, in order to save the people of Jiangning County, I said before, if Jiangnan will not be disbanded, I will never march into Jiangnan, although I Zhang Xuan is not a golden mouth, but at least I must be true to my word, I am ready to withdraw the army back to Jiangdu in the afternoon."

"May I ask Your Highness, what do the others mean?" Yuan Zherong asked in a low voice again.

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "I thought that Yuan Gong was a smart person, if Yuan Gong didn't want to talk to me alone, I wouldn't be reluctant, I would immediately send Yuan Gong to Jiangdu, as if nothing had happened, and then I would talk to the Shen family, I believe that the Shen family would be very willing to negotiate this matter with me alone, Yuan Gong will think about it again!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Xuan got up to leave, and Yuan Zherong suddenly shouted: "Your Highness, I fully accept all the conditions of Your Highness." ”

Zhang Xuan looked back at him with a smile, "Yuan Gong figured it out?" ”

Yuan Zherong scolded himself for being a fool, he didn't even understand what King Qi meant, King Qi was looking for a leader of the Jiangnan Shi clan, and he almost let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he hurriedly said: "I fully support all the decisions of His Highness." ”

"Unconditional support!" He hurriedly added.

Zhang Xuan sat down with a smile again, after so many years of dealing, Zhang Xuan gradually understood the difference between the northern and southern scholars, the southern scholars should be more united, and it was easy to confront the imperial court, so Zhang Xuan needed to install a-stirring stick in each of the southern scholars.

He used the Huang family as the leader of the Jianghuai clan, and for the Jiangnan clan with less influence in the imperial court, Zhang Xuan took a fancy to this Yuan Zherong, the reason is that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, selfish, and at present, the Yuan family has the largest influence in Jiangnan, and Yuan Zherong is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.

"I also hope that Jiangnan will be stable, that the people of Jiangnan can live and work in peace and contentment, that Jiangnan will be rich in fish and rice, and I believe that Yuan Gong will also look forward to it."

"Your Highness is right, no one likes war."

Zhang Xuan nodded and said: "After I eliminated Du Fuwei, I convened all the county families in Jianghuai to discuss the future of Jianghuai, and we reached a consensus that not only took into account the interests of the central court, but also protected the interests of the family, Jianghuai quickly stabilized, and I hope that Jiangnan is the same." ”

"I'm afraid that the interests of Jiangnan and Jianghuai will be very different."

"I don't think so."

Zhang Xuan said slowly: "I have talked to many Jiangnan scholars in Jiangdu before, I feel that they are actually similar to the Jianghuai scholars, they are all appealing to their own interests, of course, there are many interests, such as commercial interests, land interests or mine interests, the Jianghuai scholars are more focused on mines, and the Jiangnan scholars are more focused on business, but no matter what the interests are, the key is to grasp the balance between the officials, the people, and the scholars, Yuan Gong said yes?" ”

"His Royal Highness sees it very thoroughly, the previous dynasty is to lose this balance, which led to the continuous rebellion in Jiangnan, in fact, the balance between officials, the people, and the scholars is not difficult to achieve, as long as the officials abide by the law, the people abide by the rules, and the scholars are the bridge between the officials and the people, it will naturally be balanced, and the reason why the previous dynasty has always done this badly is the erosion of the interests of the Guanlong nobles in Jiangnan, we are not xenophobic, the people in the north fled to the south, we actively help them live in peace, Jiangnan also needs a population, but we do not welcome foreign invading forces, I do not mean the imperial court, It refers to the nobles of Guanlong, if His Royal Highness does not handle this point well, Jiangnan will have endless troubles. ”

"Any other suggestions?" Jang Hyun asked with a smile again.

Yuan Zherong sighed and said: "There is also the imperial examination, I heard that the central capital will announce the imperial examination time in January next year, this imperial examination is very important for the integration of Jiangnan into the Northern Sui, I hope His Royal Highness can arrange this matter well, such as arranging ships to transport scholars and the issue of food and accommodation in the capital, etc." ”

Zhang Xuan and Yuan Zherong chatted a few words, just trying to stabilize his emotions and prevent him from feeling humiliated, but he didn't expect that this Yuan Zherong was quite knowledgeable, which was beyond Zhang Xuan's expectations.

Zhang Xuan realized that since this Yuan Zherong can become the number one decision-maker of the Jiangnan Society, he must have his advantages, greed for life and fear of death is one thing, but in the era of peace, he will become a qualified Taishou.

Zhang Xuan began to consider appointing this Yuan Zherong as the Taishou of Danyang County after the dissolution of the Jiangnan Society.

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked, "There is still a shortage of Cangcao in our army to join the army, can Yuan Gong recommend a young and excellent Yuan disciple?" ”

Yuan Zherong was overjoyed, their Yuan family also had a chance to become the second ****, he thought for a while and said: "My nephew Yuan Tiangang is extremely proficient in arithmetic, originally served in Chengdu Mansion, and went to work because of his disgust with Li Xiaogong's suppression of Bashu, and came to Jiangnan to seek development. ”

Zhang Xuan was surprised, "I have heard of Yuan Tiangang's name for a long time, but isn't he from Chengdu?" ”

Yuan Zherong said with a smile: "Your Highness doesn't know, the Danyang Yuan family moved from Shu County, and it has only been fifty years, and our house only came from Shu County ten years ago, and Yuan Tiangang's father is my brother." ”

"I see!"

Zhang Xuan smiled happily: "Where are the others?" I want to see him. ”

"Back to Your Highness, I don't know where he is now, but I will find him as soon as possible."

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Subsequently, Zhang Xuan and the Xie and Wang families reached a consensus on dissolving the Jiangnan Society, and on the evening of the same day, a large ship carrying Shen Jian and other representatives of the Jiangnan Society members arrived at the temporary camp, led by Yuan Zherong, and thirty-five family representatives discussed for nearly an hour, and finally reached a resolution to formally dissolve the Jiangnan Society, and the Jiangnan counties and scholars recognized the official government appointed by the Northern Sui.

At the first watch, the soldiers woke up Zhang Xuan, who had just fallen asleep, "Your Highness, Mr. Bing is here, and he said that the results are out." ”

Although Zhang Xuan was very tired, he still got up with a strong spirit, "Let him wait for me in the outer cabin for a while!" ”

Zhang Xuan simply put on a robe and walked to the outer cabin, Bing Yuanzhen presented a thick scroll to Zhang Xuan, "Your Highness, this is the final decision of the thirty-five members of the Jiangnan Society, please take a look." ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly took the agreement and slowly spread it out on the table, there were not many terms, there were only six articles in total, the main content was to dissolve the Jiangnan Society, the descendants of the Chen Dynasty no longer sought to restore the country, and the scholars of the counties in Jiangnan accepted the official government appointed by the Zhongdu Imperial Court, and fully recognized that the six counties in Jiangnan belonged to the Northern Sui, and at the same time, the major families were willing to pay money and materials to support the Sui army to exterminate the rebellious bandit Meng Haigong.

It should be said that the terms of this resolution have been negotiated with the four core families before, and there is little change, but there are also some decisions that are not reflected in this resolution, for example, Chen Xian, the head of the Jiangnan Association, will serve as the secretary of the school inspection department in the Zhongdu Imperial Court, and be named Guanglu Doctor and Chen Guogong.

The so-called school inspection of the Ministry of Works, that is, the meaning of the alternate Ministry of Works, only has the level of the Ministry of Works, but has no actual power, everyone has no objection to this appointment, and Chen Xian himself also accepted the decision to go to the Central Capital to take up an official position.

In addition, there is also an unstated decision that Yuan Zherong will be appointed as the Taishou of Danyang County, although the families are a little resentful of Yuan Zherong's escape, but Yuan Zherong's prestige is very high, and he has always been regarded as the leader of the Jiangnan Shi clan, so Zhang Xuan's appointment still won the unanimous support of everyone.

It is precisely because the preliminary preparations are sufficient, so there is such a resolution that completely satisfies Zhang Xuan.

"Your Highness, what are we going to do next?" Bing Yuanzhen asked.

Zhang Xuan pointed to the resolution and said with a smile: "Since the other party invited us so sincerely, how can we disappoint them, starting tomorrow, the Sui army will enter Danyang County." ”

"In addition, the people of Jiangning will stay for a few more days, and let them move back after Danyang County is completely safe, it will be hard for you."

"The lowly will do their best to get things done."

Zhang Xuan nodded, and said with a smile: "There is one more thing I forgot, since I have decided to let Yuan Zherong be the Taishou of Danyang County, then you will be the commander of Danyang County." ”

Bing Yuanzhen was stunned, and then his eyes showed gratitude, he tried his best to restrain the excitement in his heart, bowed down and said, "The humble position will never disappoint His Highness!" (To be continued.) )