The old city of Chongzhou was destroyed in the war in the tenth year of Chongguan, and after Lin Tie entered Chongzhou, he built another new city at the northeast foot of Zilang Mountain.

The old city, which could not be restored, was abandoned for two years, and after the number of people who moved south increased greatly, the old city became a place to settle the people who moved south.

Huaidong didn't have much money to renovate the old city, just tinkered with the original site, and compared with the renovated new city, the old city was like a slum, crowded and dirty.

Last year, King Lu changed the title of King Hailing to Chongzhou, and Jiang Ning allocated 2,000 taels of silver for building a domain - Chongzhou's land was already very tight, and 5,000 taels of silver could not build a magnificent palace at all. Lin Lian simply renovated an abandoned mansion from the old city and used it as the palace of Hailing Wang.

Later, Lin Jian set up an inspection department in the old city, so he had the heart to officially renovate the old city.

The chaotic and crowded people were relocated to other places, the city roads were rebuilt, the dead old trees were dug up, many new willows were transplanted from outside the city, and the burned houses were gradually renovated, and the bricks and tiles were replaced, and the old city was gradually restored.

The new city is conducive to shipping, and it is convenient for boats to come and go, but as far as Chongzhou County is concerned, the old city is in the center of the county, and it is the place where the four towns and eight pavilions meet. The new city is still nearly 20 miles away from the old city, when the people of the county enter the city to catch up with the market and walk by foot or take the car ox, 20 miles of land will have to walk more for half a day, as soon as the old city restores the old view, it gathers a lot of business travelers, rejuvenates itself, and becomes a very important town port in the north of Chongcheng.

The Hailing Palace, which occupies the northeast corner of the old city, looks very large, mainly because the old city of Chongzhou is too narrow and the city is less than 250 steps square.

Hailing Palace's careful counting, it is only twelve or thirteen into the courtyard, and it is not even as powerful as the local gentry and wealthy families. It's just a dozen people into the courtyard, and the Huaidong Military Division only sent people to hastily repair it, barely able to live in it, and nothing else, in fact, it is very simple and dilapidated.

The dehaired phoenix is not as good as a chicken, although Hailing Wang Yuan Jianhai and Empress Dowager Liang said that they enjoyed enough mansions, but in terms of feudal affairs, they were under the jurisdiction of the imperial court Zongren Mansion, and they could not put forward higher requirements for the Huaidong Military Division.

In addition, the Empress Dowager Liang and the King of Hailing escaped from Yanjing, and they did not have much property with them, and then they came to Chongzhou to settle directly from Qingzhou with Lin Jian - except for the Yongchang Marquis Mansion to receive some silver, there was no other source of income, and life was very embarrassing.

Moreover, under the fence, people's hearts are uncertain, panicked, and they don't have the heart to clean up their residence - although Hailing Wangfu occupies a corner of the old city, it does not have the momentum of the palace, like a once rich and dilapidated family.

Lin Jian temporarily decided to go over to the Empress Dowager Liang last night to ask for peace, Yuan Guizheng, Yuan Jinsheng and his son just returned, and there were many more steps to ride on this side of the old city, and strengthen the discipline along the street; After dawn, a group of guards entered the palace directly.

Looking at the guards of the Huaidong Military Division, who couldn't help but say that they were passing through the hall and transferring their homes, and also set up lookout posts at the four corners of the courtyard wall, Zuo Guitang was so angry that he complained, and complained: "He is not a bullshit Huaidong Marquis, but he puts on a posture of ten thousand gold and noble body - if you suspect that there are assassins hidden in this mansion, who is willing to serve whom!" Then he went back to the house under the pretext of his illness.

Miao Shuo grabbed him and said, "Send people under the fence, endure for a while!" You and I are hiding, who will come to support the scene for the Queen Mother and the Prince? He lowered his voice and said, "Can you count on that dog?" ”

Miao Shuo was originally the eunuch in charge of Yudong Palace, Yu Dong withdrew from Zhuangzhi County, Miao Shuo could have returned to his hometown to support the elderly, he finally chose to go to Hailing to serve the Liang family, and also took out the little private money that Yu Dong finally brought out for the daily expenses of the palace, which can be regarded as rare loyalty - he and Zuo Guitang took care of the daily life of the palace together.

Huaidong set up a patrol department in the old city, stationed in a sentry guard, in addition to taking care of the guard work outside the palace, but regardless of the internal affairs of the palace - the internal affairs of the palace, the real power is not Miao Shuo, nor Zuo Guitang, let alone the king of Hailing or the Empress Dowager Liang, but after the king of Hailing took Chongzhou, the governor of the palace sent by Jiangning, Shi Gaoqiang.

The guard came early, but Lin Jian was late after the sun was high.

Surrounded by a team of horsemen, Lin Liang rode his horse and turned over and dismounted in front of the palace, and saw the governor of the palace, Shi Gaoqiang, Miao Shuo, and Zuo Guitang waiting outside the palace gate, and did not see the figure of Yuan Guizheng's father and son, thinking that his father and son came to Chongzhou quietly, but they were afraid that they would also hide from Gaoqiang.

Since the founding of Gaozu, the system of long history of vassal kings has been implemented, and its intention is to use long history to restrain vassal kings. On Gao Qiang's side, Changshi's authority is naturally heavier, and almost everything in the palace must be approved by him.

After the pro-establishment incident, Lin Jian hesitated to settle in Hailing with King Hailing and Empress Dowager Liang in order to temporarily avoid the political whirlpool in Jiangning. However, Lin Lian's own wishes did not want the new emperor to feel that Huaidong was suspected of blackmailing King Lu with self-respect; Jiang Ning sent Changshi to the Hailing Mansion to monitor the daily life of Yuan Jianhai and Empress Dowager Liang, and Lin Jian naturally would not hinder him.

It's just that he didn't want to see the armed forces in Chongzhou that were not under the jurisdiction of the Huaidong Military Division, so Lin Jian set up an inspection department in the old city, responsible for the protection of the periphery of the palace, but he didn't care about the internal affairs and guards of the palace.

When Gao Qiang went to Chongzhou to take up his post, Lin Jian saw him and had no special impression of him, only knew that he was born as a Jinshi, offended people, and kicked him to the Jiangning household department and sat on a cold bench for several years - after Gao Qiang went to Chongzhou to take up his post, Lin Jian also heard some rumors that he was too mean to the people in the palace.

It's no wonder that it is no wonder that it was not easy to survive until Jiangning was given the new capital, and the Jiangning officials who had been sitting on the cold bench for many years almost all got a real shortage for a while, and got an official position that could make a lot of money, Gao Qiang was kicked to be the chief of the Hailing Palace, why did he not complain?

The Hailing Mansion has been in an embarrassing situation all its lives, except for the two thousand taels of silver allocated by Jiangning every year, there is no other income, and Gao Qiang naturally has no oil and water to fish; Moreover, King Hailing was suspicious of the new emperor, and the chief of the palace was naturally worried, for fear that he would make some demons come out during his tenure and put his net worth and life into it, how could Gao Qiang have no complaints in his heart?

It is said that Jiang Ning allocated two thousand taels of silver, which entered Gao Qiang's bag and spit out very little; Even the Empress Dowager Liang often sent her maids to exchange some of the soft money she brought with her for silver money, so as to help the daily expenses of nearly 100 people in the palace.

Lin Jian didn't want to interfere in this matter, and besides, according to the law, it was not his turn to take care of the internal affairs of the Hailing Palace, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb, as if he had never heard it.

Although the Empress Dowager Liang and the King of Hailing are no longer powerful, Lin Shuo still followed the rules and let Miao Shuo go in first to report, he waited in the weeping flower hall to "summon" - Miao Shuo has suffered for a year, but the strong body has not been thinned, it is the autumn weather, the sun rises, the weather is hot, Miao Shuo ran in the courtyard, his forehead has oozed beads of sweat, and he shouted in a sharp voice: "The Queen Mother has a decree to summon Huaidong Marquis Lin Lian to see ......"

"Weichen obeys the Empress Dowager's decree." Lin Jian sang Nuo'er and Miao Shuo, Zuo Guitang, and Gao Qiang went inside.

This palace occupies a lot of land, but the yard is very shabby, and there are many weeds growing in the corners that have not been cleaned up.

The Queen Mother lived in the Hailing Palace, monopolized the Sanjin courtyard in the east head, and cleaned up a little neatly, Lin Tie walked through the corridor, and accidentally bumped into a girl in a cloth shirt holding a spinning hammer from the side.

"Ahh The guards behind him saw someone coming unexpectedly, and pulled out their knives and were about to step forward to intercept them.

Lin Lian saw clearly that this girl was Yuan Yan, the princess of Yangxin who had not been seen for a long time, and was busy drinking the guards who wanted to move, and clasped his fists to salute Yuan Yan: "Lin Lian was reckless and collided with Her Royal Highness Princess Yuan Yan...... but her eyes looked at Yuan Yan, wearing a coarse cloth shirt with wax dyeing, and more than a dozen spinning hammers were scattered all over the ground, if it weren't for her beautiful face not changing, it would be difficult to associate her with the pampered clan girl.

"It was Yuan Yan who collided with Hou Ye, and asked Hou Ye not to see the crime...... Yuan Yan returned the salute, and leaned over nervously to pick up the spinning hammer scattered to the ground.

"I'll help you ......" Lin Jian squatted down, picked up a few yarn hammers scattered at his feet, and handed them to Yuan Yan, seeing that her originally delicate hands were actually calloused.

The coarse cloth dress on the body can be worn temporarily for acting, but the calluses in the palm of the hand are genuine, Lin Yan thought of the innocent little girl in Yangxin City, and felt a pain in his heart - Yuan Yan left with a yarn hammer, came to the corner of the corridor, and turned his head to look at Lin Lian again, and the corners of his mouth hid a shallow smile that seemed to be nothing, but made Lin Lian feel very bright.

Lin Jian glanced back silently, only Gao Qiang's face was tense, and he was furious for Yuan Yan who suddenly broke over.

Lin Jian squinted and smiled and asked Miao Shuo and Zuo Guitang: "The Hailing Mansion is so embarrassed that it is impossible to ask Princess Lao Yuanyan to spin yarn in exchange for money and subsidies?" ”

Gao Qiang's face became more and more ugly, and Miao Shuo and Zuo Guitang were all smiling, and they didn't expect Lin Jian to make decisions for them, but poking things out also made them feel better.

Gao Qiang reluctantly smiled: "The state affairs are difficult, Princess Yangxin knows the general knowledge of righteousness, and spun frugally with the maidservant to save money, in order to help the country, this official is about to write to the court to inform the court......"

"Princess Yuan Yan encountered national disasters when she was young, and she also resisted the enemy with Ben Hou in Yangxin City, and the seal of her Yang letter came from this; When such things are spread, it is always against the national system, and in the opinion of Benhou, it is better not to alarm the imperial court. Lin Jian said.

"What Master Hou said is very true." Gao Qiang saw that Lin Tie was gently lifted, and he also got off the donkey.

King Lu and his family lost power and fell again, after all, they were still the vassal kings of the clan, and Yuan Yan was still the princess canonized by the clan; Even if Emperor Yongxing held a grudge against King Lu and Empress Dowager Liang, and on the surface, he asked the Zongren Mansion to allocate two thousand taels of silver to this side every year, and he didn't want to live too shabby here and lose the face of the clan - Gao Qiang knew that even if the matter spread out, even if there was no harm to him, it would never be of any good.