Most of the Huaidong people in Jiangning did not have a mansion, but as soon as they entered Jiangning, things came one after another, and they couldn't allow everyone to have a chance to breathe, so they only arranged a place for everyone to rest in Chen Yuan. The inner family members are not in a hurry to move to Jiangning for the time being, and Lin Jian only needs to occupy the small courtyard of Chen Yuanbei Yuan as a living place.

Zhou Pu led the main force of the cavalry battalion to still in Yijiang, Chen Yuan and the guards inside and outside the imperial city were assumed by Zhao Hu's troops, Jiangning City Defense temporarily took over by Zhang Gou of the Changshan Army, the water battalion soldiers withdrew from the city, and the Dongyang Mansion Army also temporarily camped in Hekou Town.

Worship Chen Xiyan, Zeng Lao Guogong returned, it was already night, Lin Jian temporarily had no intention of entering the palace to see the Queen Mother, and returned to Chen Yuan Beiyuan to rest. After a while, Song Jia came over to meet him, and Lin Jian asked in surprise, "Why did you come here so quickly?" ”

"This side is just across the alley from Miyagi, and across the back wall of Miyagi is Chong'an Hall. Mr. Gao hasn't been resting these days, and he has already asked someone to open a side door to the west of Chong'an Palace, which is naturally convenient to move around! Song Jia said.

Lin Jian smiled dumbly, he just came to Jiangning, there are too many things to pay attention to, and he can't pay attention to this kind of trivial matter for a while, so he only said: "Keep this side door, it's better to use it less, otherwise it won't sound good if it spreads......

"It's also ......," Song Jia responded.

Lin Jian glanced up at Song Jia and said, "The corpse of the Extravagant Flying Tiger should have been sent to Jiangning, right?" ”

"Hmm!" Song Jia responded, wanting to speak and stopping.

"Well, what do you want to say?" Lin Jian asked.

"Mingyue wants to repair the tomb of the Flying Tiger on Jinling Mountain and build a temple to guard ......it," Song Jia said.

Lin Jian sighed lightly and said, "Call the people below to arrange it...... "Lu Mingyue is a luxury family after all, and her state of mind can't be like Song Jia's enmity can let go after the end, since Lu Mingyue wants to guard the tomb and live a lonely life, Lin Jian will not satisfy this wish.

"Then let Zuo Lan and Zuo Yan stay and serve you, and I'll go back to the palace and keep an eye on it!" Song Jia said.

"When the situation comes to this point, I am not afraid of them jumping, and I should also give them the opportunity to jump, jump, relax and relax, which is the way to control," Lin Jian said, "I will invite Liu Zhi to come over after a while, and you can accompany me to meet him......"

Song Jia didn't say anything, so he went to Lin Jian and sat down, the palace was watched by the Zhao family, and the guards were also Huaidong's soldiers and horses, so there was no big mess......

Huizhou was defeated, Liu Zhi and Xie Chaozhong fled back to Jiangning surrounded by hundreds of remnants of cavalry, and put Emperor Yongxing in prison, and it was only more than half a month after counting.

Liu Zhi felt that the past was like three or five years, and it was really uncomfortable to be locked in prison, not seen in the dark, and dragged out for beheading at some point, and it was even more unimaginable that in just over half a month, Jiangning had undergone such earth-shaking changes......

Liu Zhi raised his head and squinted at the hanging lights in Chen Yuan, straightened his robe, and his heart was like a raging tide.

Liu Zhi was led into the room, and it happened that Lin Mengde came out of Beiyuan and arched his hand at Liu Zhi: "Lord Liu, I haven't seen you for a long time......

"Long time no see." Liu Zhi returned the salute in a panic.

Lin Mengde didn't stay, if he wanted to stabilize the situation in Jiangning, everyone had a mess in their hands, and they left as soon as they said hello. Giving Lin Meng this interruption, Liu Zhi's mood was a little calmer, and he walked into the brightly lit wing, only to see Lin Lianpan sitting in front of the long case, and Song sat there kneeling there with scissors and wicks to make the oil lamp burn more vigorously.

"Liu Zhi has seen the ...... of Pengcheng Gong"

"Why does Lord Liu need to see the outside like this," Lin Jian stood up according to the long case, and asked Liu to sit in front of the case with a smile, "The defeat of Huizhou, first, the emperor's selection of generals was wrong, and Lord Liu also tried his best to dissuade him; The second is that Xie Chaozhong's fool doesn't know how to use troops at all, which led to the defeat of Huizhou - what is Lord Liu's crime? ”

Liu Zhi smiled bitterly, his military envoy was forced on his head by Emperor Yongxing, he didn't expect that the defeat of Huizhou would be so quick and thorough, and he didn't resolutely refuse at the beginning. Although the main responsibility for the defeat should be borne by Emperor Yongxing, Xie Chaozhong, and ministers such as Wang Tian, Yu Xinyuan, and Wang Xueshan, who bravely sent troops, it is absolutely impossible for him, the military supervisor, to completely disengage from his involvement.

Huaidong wants to control the court, and the empress dowager wants to suppress Emperor Yongxing so that he can no longer raise his head, and it is impossible not to use the defeat of Huizhou and the loss of Jiangning to purge - but, then again, Liu Zhi's responsibility is not heavy after all, if Lin Jian is willing to exonerate him, it will be more able to make the crime smaller......

Lin Jian invited him over, and the intention behind it was naturally self-evident.

Liu Zhi smiled bitterly: "Peng Cheng Gong don't want to make jokes about Liu Zhi, the crime of defeat, Liu Zhi only needs to share one of them, he will be beheaded, and ask Peng Cheng Gong to point out a way of life for Liu Zhi...... Speaking of this, he took two steps back and bowed to the ground.

"Why should Lord Liu be like this? You and I have seen each other in Jinhai as before, and we have known each other for a long time over the years, how can I bear to see Lord Liu admit the responsibility of not being guilty? Lin Tie his hands held the long case, and sighed in his heart, smart people really don't need to say too much nonsense, Ren Liu knelt down in front of the case, and said directly, "The queen mother has already returned to the court, and it is not the same thing for the emperor to stay in Luzhou; The family can't be without an owner for a day, and the country can't be without a king for a day, what does Lord Liu think is appropriate? ”

If there was no previous sentence, Liu Zhi thought that Lin Jian would abolish the emperor and set up another one, but after thinking about it, he knew that Lin Jian still wanted to welcome Emperor Yongxing back to Jiangning, after all, Emperor Yongxing would not return to Jiangning for a day, even if he set up another, it would be a big hidden danger of great instability.

Liu Zhi also generally understood the reason why Lin Jian sent someone from the prison to invite him out directly, and said tentatively: "Please Peng Chenggong give Liu Zhi a chance to make meritorious contributions, and Liu Zhi will go to the palace to ask the queen mother for a decree, and go to Luzhou with the decree, and ask the emperor to return to the court!" ”

"There should be a minister who goes to Luzhou to ask the emperor to come back and preside over the state affairs!" Lin Jian said, "Since Lord Liu has worked tirelessly, then there is Lord Liu......

With a decree to Luzhou to urge Emperor Yongxing to return to Jiangning, there is no suitable candidate than Liu Zhike.

Huaidong sent people over, maybe it would stimulate Emperor Yongxing and make things stiff; There are only a handful of officials left behind in Jiangning, but Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan may not be willing to be driven by Huaidong at this time to coerce Emperor Yongxing to return to Jiangning.

Even after inviting Emperor Yongxing back to Jiangning, the Queen Mother had Song Jia staring at her, but after all, the palace affairs had to be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Servants to manage, and the Inner Attendants, Young Eunuchs and Eunuchs had always been held by eunuchs.

In addition to wooing Liu Zhi for his own use, there is really no more suitable candidate.

"Lord Liu came back from Luzhou, I will not forget Lord Liu's great achievements!" Lin Jian stared at Liu Zhi's eyes and said.

"Liu Zhi didn't dare to take credit, but he hoped to be able to share his worries for Pengcheng...... "Liu Zhi said with a long bow.

Liu Zhi is a eunuch, as an inner eunuch, there is no imperial examination fame, no clan behind the support, his power can be said to come directly from the emperor's trust, so he has been loyal to the emperor for a long time, but to Yongxing Emperor abandoned in the prison, and attached to Huaidong can clear the charge and continue to hold the authority of the inner servant, he has no integrity to adhere to.

Of course, Liu Zhi was also afraid that if he went to Luzhou to see Emperor Yongxing, he would cut off his head in anger to Emperor Yongxing, but he also knew that if he couldn't do this thing, how could he ask Lin Jian to use him?

Instead of sitting in the prison and waiting for the liquidation of Huizhou to be cut off when it is defeated, it is far better to go to Luzhou at this time to fight.

Lin Jian asked Liu Zhi to lead Liu Zhi to see Song Fu and Gao Zongting, and to go to Luzhou to invite Emperor Yongxing to return to Jiangning, which was inevitable. If he didn't do it, Lin Jian would not fulfill his position as a courtier, and Emperor Yongxing really insisted on refusing to return to Jiangning, and then he could consider abolishing the establishment.

Yan Yu coveted the north in chaos, and at this time, he was good at reviving and abandoning the establishment, which hurt his vitality too much, and he might cause a big mess; Welcoming Emperor Yongxing back is undoubtedly the best choice. However, there are also many considerations about how to welcome and how to appease and how to win over and divide the officials who fled west with Emperor Yongxing's abandonment of Jiangning; It is also unknown how many personal opinions and interests the Queen Mother will mix in - this requires Song Fu, Gao Zongting and Liu Zhi to plan well.

Seeing Liu Zhi away, Lin Jian said to Zhao Hu, who was responsible for Chen Yuan's guard: "Since Zhang Yubo doesn't want to come to see me, then I'll go see him, and you go to prepare the carriage and horses......"

Zhao Hu was quite puzzled and said, "Since Zhang Yubo doesn't want to see him, why do you need to see him again?" "I thought that Huaidong treated Zhang Yubo not badly, and they also had deep intersections with each other, when Huaidong entered Jiangning, Zhang Yubo had such an attitude, not only Zhao Hu, but also many people in Huaidong were full of opinions.

Everyone hated to kick them far away, never to see each other, who would have thought that Lin was bound into Jiangning to breathe, and when he was in such a hurry, after seeing Liu Zhi, he actually had to prepare a carriage and horses to rush to Zhang Yubo's mansion in person?

Lin Jian smiled: "You are about to take on an important position, and you will find that some things are much more complicated than leading troops into battle." One thing you have to be clear: what comes to please you with a smiling face may not really be good to you; Those who put on a bad face to you and do not approve of you may not be bad to you behind your back. Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan are all brainless, and you and I didn't know it today. If, after you gain power, you hope that your former friends and old friends will come to you and curry favor with you, it is a problem with your mentality......"

"It's just Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan, I'm afraid that the Queen Mother will use them!" Zhao Hu said.

Lin Jian nodded and said, "Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan are not pedantic people, so they are more worthy of righteousness. In addition, Jiangning must tolerate those who oppose us, so that we can clearly know that we still have a long way to go, so that we can take a longer view, and don't think that if we hold Jiangning in our hands, the world will be stable......" and said, "Considering the reality, we can tolerate dissidents in Jiangning City, and only then can we make foreign vassals let down their vigilance." It is impossible for Yue Lengqiu and Dong Yuan to be without eyeliner in Jiangning City, and they all know very well what is happening in Jiangning. ”

Zhang Yubo returned to Jiangning from the Xuzhou prefect and made up for the vacancy of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and he was also a high-ranking official in Jiangning City, but the mansion has never been replaced, and it is still the courtyard he put in when he was the secretary in Jiangning.

The night was dark, and Zhang Yubo's mansion was not quiet, Yuan Jinqiu dragged Zhao Shuhan to Zhang Yubo's mansion to drink, and he didn't leave until late at night. At this moment, I heard someone knocking on the door, and the family member guarding the door came in with the door post to report: "Lord Shen Rong Shen came to the house to meet ......."

Zhang Yubo had no intention of getting up to greet him, but only asked his family to invite Shen Rong in.

Shen Rong entered the room and saw that Yuan Jinqiu and Zhao Shuhan were here, and said with a smile; "The three of them and Peng Chenggong are all friends of cloth, why are they hiding here to drink alcohol?"

Zhang Yubo, Yuan Jinqiu, and Zhao Shuhan's faces were all uneasy.

Yuan Jinqiu was annoyed and pushed the wine glass away, and said, "The interest in drinking has been ruined!" ”

Shen Rong's heart is like a mirror, Zhang Yubo and the other three don't want to please Lin Lian, but they may not be treated with him, but the Queen Mother wants to compete with Lin Lian in Jiangning City, and the popularity and influence of these three people in Jiangning City should not be underestimated......

Shen Rong was just about to sit down and say a few words to ease the atmosphere, when he heard the carriages and horses outside, as if a large group of soldiers and horses were parked outside the courtyard gate. After a while, the family walked in panting, and said, "Pengcheng County Duke is asking to see ...... outside the door."