(The first update, ask for a red ticket)

Hejian County, the city of Hejian Prefecture, is nearly 200 miles southwest of the mouth of the Jinhai vortex.

The trail was slippery on a rainy night, but it was much easier to walk than when the weather warmed up, when the permafrost melted and the ground was muddy and soft.

Lin Tie rode fast horses surrounded by the guards, he had been practicing riding hard for nearly two years, and now he is also good at riding, and he was in a hurry in the light rain at night, and the light was very dim, and he could only identify the road surface by the reflection that the road was slightly brighter than the surrounding fields, and he fell off the horse several times along the way, and his nose and face were swollen. When he arrived in Hejian County at dawn, his clothes and armor were soaked in muddy water like a child.

The situation of the guards is not much better than that of Lin Tie, and they have no place to change horses on the way, and several horses will stand up straight in their nests when they arrive at the place, and they don't know how many days it will take to recover.

Hejian County is the capital city where it is located, and it is also the largest city in Hejian Province, with one city and one pool, and there are also kou cities outside the inner city. Lin Lerma stopped outside the city, and both the city and the inner city were dug up several sections, revealing a huge ugly gap.

It wasn't dug up during the siege of the city. According to the refugees' accounts, the eastern captives broke through Hejian County from the west gate, and the city gate was broken open by the captives, and the defenders in the city collapsed. After the capture of Hejian County, the Dongyu drove Ding Zhuang in the city to dig down several sections of the city wall. This is not only the case in Hejian County, but almost all the cities that were breached by the captives were destroyed in this way.

In addition to the complete destruction of the city wall, the city is full of traces of arson, almost everything that can be set on fire has been lit, the county government and the government have been the most completely destroyed, and even the impenetrable walls have been knocked down.

It is very difficult for Hejian County to restore its old outlook within a year or two, and the key is that it does not have such a large financial support.

At most, the imperial court allocated tens of thousands of taels of silver to Hejian Mansion for emergency relief, and now there is still a silver coin missing, and it will cost more than 100,000 taels of silver to restore Hejian County to its old view, and the eleven counties of Hejian Prefecture have fallen together this time, and none of them can complete the city.

The Yanji Plain itself is one of the most important grain-producing areas in the Central Plains, and the three prefectures of Yannan are in the heart of Gyeonggi, which has been destroyed so completely, coupled with the fact that the Cao Road is cut off, it is no longer a great injury to describe the vitality, it can be said that a rope around the neck of the Yuan Dynasty suddenly tightened for three points, and it was difficult to even breathe.

Lin Jian felt more and more that the crisis induced by the special decree of the governor would be extremely serious, and if the DPRK and China had not made any other preparations now, and completely relied on the grain from Jiangdong and other counties to arrive in Beijing before mid-April, Gyeonggi would really have run out of food by mid-to-late April. Gyeonggi was in turmoil due to the lack of timely delivery of grain, and even if there were various excuses and hardships, those who were implicated would be held responsible.

"What's so urgent?" Lin Xuwen got the report, and hurried back with a few servants, and was startled when he saw the dirty appearance of Lin Jian and the guards, "Look at your appearance, you have to suffer no matter how good your riding skills are." ”

"You look at this first," Lin Jian let the guards disperse, blocking passers-by from approaching to hear his conversation with Lin Xuwen, handed Lin Xuwen a copy of the special decree of the grain superintendent, and asked, "Have you seen such a copy before?" ”

“…… I didn't see it, this kind of special order sent to other counties, whether it was copied or not copied to Hejian Mansion, it all depends on the meaning of the General Administration, and I haven't had time to send someone to do it yet," Lin Xuwen took the copy, and at first glance he didn't think there was anything, and the more he pondered it, the more it didn't taste good, and he said in surprise, "It's impossible for the grain to arrive in Gyeonggi before early April!" Lin Xuwen has served in the Ministry of Industry for a long time, and he is a rare technical official, and he is more aware of the special nature of the Yellow River waterway and the Cao Canal channel.

The Yellow River is already hanging on the ground in the Linqing and Jinan breaches section, and in the spring season when the water potential of the Yellow River is gradually increasing, it is by no means easy to block the breach, and it is necessary to temporarily intercept and divert the flow in the upper reaches of the river, and only then can the downstream organize manpower to repair the embankment. In addition, the Yellow River is drained under water, and the muddy water is all down, which is bound to destroy and silt up the Cao Canal in the flood plain, and the next step is to repair and desilt the Cao Canal Road. If you don't spend a lot of effort for more than half a year, these tasks will not be completed at all. The key is that now Jinan Mansion and Pingyuan Mansion have been devastated, and hundreds of officials have been arrested or killed, almost all of them have been wiped out, how to organize manpower?

Lin Jian told Lin Xuwen about the food shortage in Gyeonggi and the speculation that Yue Lengqiu might conceal the disaster, and Lin Xuwen gasped when he heard it, and sighed: "It is the norm in officialdom to divide the party between the DPRK and the Central Committee, the party to be divided, and the faction to be divided. Tang Gong is old, and the time for Master Gu to return to his career is also short, so he is not qualified to be a family of his own, so the Chu Party has been supportive, cordial and kind to Lord Gu, at this time, the situation is already completely different......"

"According to what you say, everything is the military exploits of the Jiangdong Left Army, which is too conspicuous?" Lin Jian asked with a wry smile.

“…… A layman like me also knows the truth that 'soldiers are not expensive, but they are fine', can Yue Lengqiu Yan not know? Lin Xuwen sighed, "Besides, Dongyang Xiangyong and Jiangdong Left Army are of the same origin, and their performance in Jiangdong is also quite good, Master Gu has two strong armies as the backing, how can he not arouse people's jealousy?" ”

"This family demolition is really fucking fast!" Lin Jian spit out a swear word, there is no scholar's Sven, "I didn't expect it to be so fast." ”

Lin Xuwen's old face flushed, the Lin family's precautions and vigilance against Lin Bin, it was not that Lin Jian pretended not to see it and really didn't exist, he pretended not to think of this, and continued to get to the point: "This time, the Jiangdong Left Army has made great contributions, even if Lord Gu will not be substantially promoted, he should be rewarded with a bachelor's title or a loose rank from the second grade, it seems that there is no benefit, but he does have the qualifications to enter the dynasty and be included in the phase...... In addition, when I came out of Yanjing, there were ministers in the court who openly discussed the relocation of the capital in the palace. ”

What other expression could Lin Jian have besides sighing?

Jiang Ning is to stay in Beijing, naturally the first choice to move the capital, Gu Wuchen does not seem to have the actual qualifications to enter the prime minister at this time, but if he really wants to move the capital to Jiangning, Gu Wuchen, who has already gained a firm foothold in Jiangning and Jiangdong, has become a real real power figure, this kind of confrontation between real power and influence is not a nominal official function to describe.

Gu Wuchen may not have the intention of replacing Yue Lengqiu's position in the Chu Party, but there is no guarantee that Yue Lengqiu will not be wary. At least within the Chu Party, Yue Lengqiu had a closer relationship with the second prime minister Zhang Xie, not only as a fellow villager, but also as a jinshi and the first in the same year, and also worked together for a long time in the Hanlin Academy, and was also a family member of his sons and daughters.

Seriously speaking, Gu Wuchen's lineage, it can also be said that the influence of Dongyang is actually not small, Gu Wuchen is already the real power figure of Jiangdong County, Lin Xuwen is also the fourth product of the right capital of the imperial history and the governor of the Hejian Mansion, this time he was appointed to the prefect's de facto position, mastering the military and political power of the Hejian Mansion, Lin Tingli mastered Dongyang Xiangyong, Lin Tie mastered the Jiangdong Left Army, the key is that the Jiangdong Left Army won a high reputation this time.

Gu Wuchen's previous rapid promotion, others would still question his ability and qualifications to some extent, but now with the military exploits of the Jiangdong Left Army as a note, this kind of questioning of Gu Wuchen has naturally disappeared. If the situation is further eroded, maybe some people in the government and the opposition and the clan will hope that Gu Wuchen will come out to preside over the political situation - this is the basis for the appearance of the people.

Lin Xuwen squinted at Lin Lian, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Old Seventeen, I don't know if I should say it?" ”

"Big brother, please say, what else can't be said between our brothers?" Lin Jian said.

"Yang Zhishan, the head of the military department, and Chen Xinbo have nothing to do with each other, do you know?" Lin Xuwen said.

"I don't know." Lin Jian shook his head and said.

"Yang Zhishan and Chen Xinbo's protégé Jiang Yue, the young eunuch of the Heavenly Prison, are fellow villagers, Jiang Yue is a freak in the Western Qin Party, he only knows how to study astronomy, calendar, and farming, and he doesn't care about other things, and he has little contact with his colleagues, if Jiang Yue is Chen Xinbo's niece and son-in-law, others will not regard him as a Chen official-" Lin Xuwen said, "After Yang Zhishan returned to Beijing, he brought me a letter, which abruptly mentioned that Jiang Yue invited him to drink, what do you think is hidden in this?" ”

If Gu Wuchen is stripped of this layer, even if no one in the Lin family occupies a high position in the court, they have become the first-class powerful clan in the Dayue Dynasty, at least they are qualified to sell at a price in the cruel party struggle.

At present, no one can affect Lin Tie's control over the Jiangdong Left Army, Liu Zhi, the deputy envoy of Guan Junrong, is simply an ornament, and Liu Zhi himself knows this clearly, so he never interferes in the military affairs of the Jiangdong Left Army very safely - Lin Xuwen knows that Lin Tie did not directly win over the remnants of the Jinzhong Army out of various concerns, but Lin Tie's influence on the remnants of the Jinzhong Army has reached the extent that the remnants of the Jinzhong Army are willing to be commanded and transferred, and the control of Lin Tingli and the children of the Lin clan over Dongyang Xiangyong is not comparable to Gu Wuchen.

Obviously, the Lin family left Gu Wuchen, and the foundation was still solid, but when Gu Wuchen left the Lin family, it became an empty shelf.

Lin Jian took a long breath and asked Lin Xuwen: "Did the eldest brother reply to Yang Zhishan?" ”

"Can I discuss such a big matter with you?" Lin Xuwen said, "If it weren't for Yue Lengqiu's trick, I wouldn't want to mention it......"

"You and my brother don't have anything to say," Lin Jian said earnestly, "The Great Yue Dynasty is now a ship full of holes, whether it is the Chu Party, the Western Qin Party, the Wu Party, you and me, they are all on this boat." Just outside this boat, Dongyu and the luxury family are two evil fish who want to swallow the whole boat, big brother, what do you think we should do? The Lin family always wants you to call the shots! ”

Lin Jian said this, of course Lin Xuwen was happy, but he knew very well in his heart that the imperial court or the Chu Party could easily remove him from the position of the right capital and the governor of the Hejian Mansion, and replace him with someone else, so he didn't have to worry about any sequelae, but if he wanted to strip Lin Jian of his command of the Jiangdong Left Army, he had to seriously consider whether he could bear all kinds of losses, and even consider the possible backlash.

Similarly, Lin Xuwen wanted to really gain a firm foothold in the position of the right capital and the governor of the Hejian Mansion, and the most important thing at this time was not to rely on the Chu Party, but on Lin Bin, the Jiangdong Left Army stationed at the mouth of the Jinhai vortex and the huge prestige that Lin Jian won in Hejian Mansion.

In addition to the previous material support, Lin Xuanwen's prestige in Hejian Mansion made Lin Xuwen's preparation of troops, famine, food, recovery of lost cities, and resettlement of refugees in Hejian Mansion extremely smooth, and the local squire forces were also quite cooperative. At least Lin Xuwen mobilized and used the township soldiers, and he didn't feel that there was anything in the way, if Lin Xuan hadn't won three great victories in Hejian Mansion, how could the local people trust the township soldiers?

"When you say that, my heart will be brightened," Lin Xuwen said, "The most important thing at the moment is how to overcome this difficulty!" Do I want to write straight and take back the order of the governor? "Lin Xuwen's main job is to be the fourth rank of the right capital, and all kinds of information can be reported to the center at any time.