(1st update, ask for a red ticket, and sleep in another chapter)

The cold wind is bleak, cold as a knife, destroying the withered grass on the Mo, the yellow leaves and dust are swirling, the clouds are dense and low, there seems to be snow, the sound of horses' hooves is mixed with the ringing of bells, occasionally pedestrians pass by, and when they see the horse team of Xuanyi and Xuanjia coming, they also quickly avoid the roadside to avoid touching the moldy head, and feel that the general wearing green armor in front of the horse team is majestic.

Seeing the square building of the West Street of Quyang Town, it is less than 20 miles away from the Donghua Gate, and the south is Longjiang Lake, where the largest Longjiang Shipyard in the world is located.

Lin Tie grabbed the reins of the horse, looked at the horse team behind him, and said to Zhao Hu: "Take a break, you can't let the horse get tired...... "Turn over and get off the horse, hand over the horse to the guards behind him to take care of, he walked to Quyang Town, Zhao Hu hurriedly brought a few people to follow.

The Qu family gave a nest, and Hekou Town, which occupied a favorable location, rose, and Quyang Town gradually declined. But in any case, Quyang Town, as one of the twenty-four towns in Jiangning, is unlikely to lose its vitality in one or two years. Even though there are fewer merchants from other places, but at this time Quyang Town is still quite prosperous, to the evening, the street buildings pick out red and green lanterns, emitting a dim and faint light.

Before Lin Jian left Chongzhou, he received a letter from Li Zhuo from Jizhen.

Li Zhuo didn't say much about Jiyan in the letter, only said that he still had some soldiers and horses available in his hands, and the implication was that there was still Chen Zhihu in northern Jin to guard it, and he didn't need to worry about the war in the north if he wanted Lin Tie. When Li Zhuo analyzed the civil unrest in eastern Henan in the letter, he believed that the liukou who had entered eastern Sichuan and Qin and Shaanxi in the west were likely to switch to western Henan in the near future, and join forces with the rebels in northeastern Henan and northwestern Shandong, which would be a great harm, and would be more violent than the disaster of the extravagant family occupying northern Fujian and disturbing eastern Zhejiang-Li Zhuo did not explain the meaning thoroughly in the letter, but Lin Jian guessed that Li Zhuo's letter meant that he wanted him to lead troops to Zhongzhou to participate in the suppression of bandits.

At present, there are signs that the Eastern Captives have gathered large troops in the north of Datong, and the fighting is trending more and more intense. There are more than 60,000 soldiers and horses in Datong, although there are not many people who can be used, but Chen Zhihu has 20,000 elites in hand, and it is not a big problem to defend Datong. As long as there are no major problems along the way to Datong, Dongyu may not dare to bypass Datong and go straight to Jinzhong to loot.

The Seven Great Kou moved to western Henan, joined forces with the Jinan rebel Ge Ping, and counted the forces of Chen Hansan, they became the Nine Great Kou, which was indeed a big harm.

Lin Jian looked up at the gloomy sky, he didn't reply to Li Zhuo when he was in Chongzhou, and he didn't know how to explain his thoughts to Li Zhuo in the letter.

Reply to the letter to analyze the situation in eastern Zhejiang, and pretend not to understand the meaning implied by Li Zhuo in the letter? Lin Jian secretly said in his heart, maybe he could only persuade himself with "not in his position, not in his government".

A few people came on horseback on East Street, it was Zhang Yubo, Liu Xilin and a few cavalrymen who came over, Lin Jian stood in the middle of the street and waited for him to come, and asked with a smile: "Should you arrest me?" ”

"Counting the time, I guess you should go to Quyang Town, so come over and have a look," Zhang Yubo got off the horse and said with a smile, "If you can't wait, Quyang Town also has good wine and food, and you won't go in vain." ”

When the old people saw each other, the gloom in their hearts was swept away for a while, and they were not anxious to ride into the city, so Lin Lian, Zhang Yubo, and Liu Xilin chose a tea shop on the street to talk about the current situation. Wait for the horses to rest and recover, and then enter the city and go directly to Gu's mansion.

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Lin Lian rode a horse fast, and he had to rush to Jiangning to discuss the matter first, and the female dependents took a boat against the current, seeing that the wind was not favorable, and it would take two or three days to arrive - anyway, Lin Lian was the new aunt who returned to the province for the first time, and the Gu Mansion naturally put up lights in advance for his arrival.

Lin Jian first saluted Gu Wuchen and Mrs. Gu in the lobby, and then everyone went to the corner pavilion in the back garden to dine together, and there was no one else, just Zhao Qinmin, Yang Pu, Zhang Yubo, Liu Xilin, Gu Wuchen's closest people, and some other people were not in Jiangning.

"Although the situation in eastern Zhejiang is urgent, but the 300,000 people in northwest Shandong rebelled against the chaos and became thieves, which shocked the imperial court even more, fortunately, Huaikou's letter route was not broken, and he could receive the disposal of the imperial court in time," Gu Wuchen told Lin Lian about the development of the situation in recent days, "The imperial court made Yue Lengqiu lead the Changhuai army to the north to suppress the bandits, and the governor of Jianghuai did not change his power, and also supervised Zhongzhou and Shandong to suppress the bandits, and his plea was at the right time, and the imperial court could not find a suitable candidate to replace his position at this time, and only the Changhuai army could be ......adjusted in southern Henan."

Lin Jian had already guessed such a result, and he didn't say anything.

Gu Wuchen was a little unhappy, and said: "The Changhuai army has fought a few innocuous victories in Haozhou, but Hong Zekou took the initiative to withdraw from Haozhou, and Yue Lengqiu can also be shy and claim to be a great meritorious, and even secretly make people call the Changhuai army Yue's army, and really think that the nearly 40,000 Changhuai elites set up by the imperial court are his personal soldiers......"

Lin Jian thought of the Yue family army from another time and space, as if he was echoing Gu Wuchen's sneer, only defeating a few rebel forces of the homeless people didn't prove anything. However, Lin Jian still didn't believe that when Yue Lengqiu's foundation was not stable, he dared to take the Changhuai Army as Yue Jun, so it was probably because Gu Wuchen had a deep grudge against Yue Lengqiu.

"The Ninghai Town Army was transferred to Zhejiang, and Meng Yishan, the governor of Ninghai, was reappointed as the governor of Liangzhejiang, and Dong Yuan was promoted to be the Xuanfu envoy and superintendent of the two Zhejiangs," Gu Wuchen said, "Dong Yuan is silent, we are indeed negligent......"

Dong Yuan led ten battalions of elite into Zhejiang, and in the name of supervising the army, he had the military power to control the commander and the generals with Xuanfu envoys, and he was short of the title of governor, which was also because of his slightly shallow qualifications.

Lin Jian didn't want to say anything more about Dong Yuan's question, and asked, "Who will make up for the vacant Weiyang Prefect?" ”

"Shen Rong," Gu Wuchen said, "Dong Yuan and Yue Lengqiu's letter of recommendation arrived in Beijing at the same time, this is obviously a long-planned deal......

Lin Lian remembered that Li Zhuo had never mentioned Dong Yuan in his letter this time, and he didn't even say anything about the critical situation in eastern Zhejiang, on the one hand, he believed that Lin Lian would make a more accurate judgment, and on the other hand, maybe it was because he was disappointed in Dong Yuan.

Although Dong Yuan was from Li Zhuo's disciple, Lin Jian had almost no contact with him.

Just like when Shao Wuzhen's army was able to give Yue Lengqiu nearly half of the troops in Jinan, Lin Jian would not think that Dong Yuan was from Li Zhuo's disciples, so he must be as loyal to the imperial court as Li Zhuo.

In fact, it can be seen from many things during Dong Yuan's execution in Weiyang that he is also an ambitious figure. However, Dong Yuan was able to take a step and raise troops to eastern Zhejiang first, which was also his vision and ability.

The situation in eastern Zhejiang is unclear, and the signs of the luxury family directly sending troops are very obvious, and the Zhejiang soldiers are defeated, and the hasty army to help eastern Zhejiang is actually a matter of mixed blessing and misfortune. If Gu Wuchen had the courage to directly bypass the southwest of Jiangning and take the land route directly to Huzhou, his action would not have been slower than Dong Yuan's - in fact, Gu Wuchen knew better than anyone else the strategic advantages achieved by the Jiangdong Left Army in the Shengsi Islands.

It's a pity that Gu Wuchen made a relatively conservative decision at that time, hoping that Dongyang Township would bravely go down by boat and take Pingjiang Mansion into eastern Zhejiang.

There is only one chance, and if you miss it, you won't come back, and there's nothing to be sorry for.

Whether Dong Yuan can gain a firm foothold in eastern Zhejiang also depends on whether he has the ability to restrain the expansion of the luxury family in eastern Zhejiang, and of course it is also related to whether Yu Wangao can contain the main force of the luxury family in northern Fujian. Judging from the current situation, Dong Yuan is likely to only have a month or two to organize a defense line on the north bank of the Qianjiang River. In addition to the 6,000 Weiyang troops in Dong Yuan's hands, there are also 5,000 Ning Navy and thousands of remnants of the army.

"Although there is no recommendation, the imperial court also knows that Dongyang cannot preside over the non-court establishment, and the court is promoted to serve as the prefect of Dongyang," Speaking of this, Gu Wuchen's face was a little more relaxed, and it was not without the benefits of their side, "I will be reappointed as the left squire of the Jiangning Military Department, participate in the Jiangning garrison military, supervise the defense of the Jiangjiang River, and sub-govern the Jiangning Water Battalion, and use Yu Xinyuan as the Jiangdong Inspector ......"

"The emperor is also inclined to move the capital!" Lin Jian sighed slightly.

"......" Gu Wuchen nodded, affirming Lin Bin's guess.

It's not hard to guess.

After Chen Xiyan was defeated, Yu Xinyuan was the head of the Wu Party, and if Jiangdong's personnel were completely controlled by Zhang Xie, Yu Xinyuan would not be able to serve as Jiangdong's left inspector.

If the emperor decided to move the capital to Jiangning, he must win over the local forces as the backing of the foundation, and naturally he would not let Zhang Xie and other Chu parties suppress the Wu party forces.

Maybe there are also Chen Xinbo, Li Zhuo, Hao Zongcheng and others behind the scenes.

Gu Wuchen went to divide Cheng Yu Qian's right, and Song Jia also guessed this. Compared with Jiangdong Zuo according to the inspection envoy, the Jiangning Military Department left to wait for the department, and participated in the Jiangning garrison military and supervised the Jiangning Water Battalion under the jurisdiction of the Jiang Defense Battalion, in this situation, it can be said that the real power is much greater, but the Jiangning Water Battalion has not been trained in the hands of Li Zhuo, Gu Wuchen only has the name of moderation, and can grasp a little real power of the Jiangning Water Battalion, it is really difficult to say now.

"Regarding your exploits with the Jiangdong Left Army, there is a special decree sent to Jiangning, and I will read it out when you come over. The bureau lang who came to deliver the decree from the Ministry of Internal Affairs is Liu Zhi, and he also knows you, but he left Yue Lengqiu in the Governor's Palace, and it is not too late for you to go to receive the decree tomorrow. It's not difficult to inquire about what's in it," Gu Wuchen said, "Jue plus one level, Fengjinhai County, if you work hard, the Marquis will not be far away; Authorized Xuanfu to envoy Si Zuo to participate in politics, and also knew Chongzhou county affairs, and also served as the Jinghai capital supervisor, and also authorized the Jinghai Sea Battalion to be separated from the Jiangdong Left Army, and incorporated the remnants of the Ninghai Town Water Battalion into the ...... The court is also a great favor to you. It's just that the remnants of the Ninghai Town Water Camp have been almost shared, and there are only a dozen eye-catching warships and some old soldiers that no one wants to keep for you, but the rated food and salary of the Ninghai Town Water Camp will be allocated to the Jinghai Sea Camp in the future, which can save you 40,000 taels of silver every year, but there is only so much. ”

"It is indeed the emperor's great ......" Lin Jian was also slightly stunned, he didn't expect the imperial court to be so generous to him this time, and it is not surprising that the lord is added to one level, just adding two hundred households, and the food and yi money of dozens of taels of silver, no one will look at it, but the Xuanfu envoy Si Zuo's participation in politics is a real lack of five-grade ministry, and he can formally express his opinion on the affairs of the county department, and he is on an equal footing with Han Zai, the special envoy of Chongzhou Xuanfu, who participates in politics on an equal footing. He also kicked out Wu Meijiu, and also knew the affairs of Chongzhou County, which can be said to be a formal form of holding power over Chongzhou, separating the Jinghai Sea Battalion from the Jiangdong Left Army sequence, and transferring the grain and salary of the original Ninghai Town Water Battalion, which is to clearly replace the position of the Ninghai Town Water Camp in Jiangkou with the Jinghai Sea Camp......

However, it is not difficult to understand that there is no possibility of recovery in a short period of time for inland river transportation, and it is not an old plan to move the capital in a hurry, so the Jinhai grain road must naturally be preserved with all its might.

Nowadays, there is a tendency for the people to endanger the Huaishui, and it is even much more convenient for the grain to abandon the Huaikou and go to sea from the mouth of the river, after all, the grain production areas are concentrated on both sides of the Yangtze River, and it is easier to go down the river to the sea.

At the north end of the Jinhai Grain Road, there is Lin Xuwen guarding the Jinhai, and at the middle end, Tang Haoxin is sitting in Qingzhou, and at the southern end, he can only rely on Lin Tie to protect the Jianghuai Sea Road, and he also has to rely on Lin Tie to contain the east wing of the luxury family and reduce the pressure on land.