(This is the second update)

Lin Lian asked for the secret fold of the Dengzhou Navy Division to be withdrawn and sent to Jiangning on August 10.

Although Lin Jian had the privilege of secretly playing the new emperor, even if Emperor Yongxing allowed Lin Jian to play the secret decree of the southern withdrawal of the Dengzhou Navy Division, it must be sealed through the political affairs hall to conform to the system. What's more, Emperor Yongxing did not have the idea of giving up the Hehuai defense line at this time, and in his opinion, even the situation in Qingzhou was irreparable.

Emperor Yongxing occasionally felt the wind and cold, and it was delayed until the 12th, when Chen Xiyan, Yue Lengqiu, Cheng Yuqian, Zuo Chengmu, Lin Xuwen, and the imperial camp army were all under the command of Xie Chaozhong and Zhang Yan, the envoy of the branch, to the dormitory to discuss the matter.

Lin Lian's secret fold did not pass through the political affairs hall, so only Lin Xuwen knew the details, Chen Xiyan, Yue Lengqiu, Cheng Yuqian, Zuo Chengmu, Zhang Yan, Xie Chaozhong and others did not understand why the emperor suddenly summoned them to the dormitory for secret discussions.

"Should we bring up the matter of building a new imperial city again?"

On the way to the dormitory, Zuo Chengmu walked behind Chen Xiyan's side, guessing the reason why the emperor summoned the prime minister into the palace this time.

"......" Chen Xiyan stroked his beard and thought about Zuo Chengmu's words, but did not give any response.

Zuo Chengmu once served as the envoy of Jinghu Xuanfu and the envoy of Jingzhou, and the new emperor ascended the throne, so he would inevitably win the support of the forces on the western front, and Zuo Chengmu was able to enter the court and serve as deputy minister.

Chen Xiyan was silent, Cheng Yuqian looked at the situation in the palace, and said: "The emperor succumbs to live here, which is also detrimental to the prestige of the country, and it seems that it is indeed necessary to choose a site to build a new imperial city." ”

"Exactly, precisely......" Xie Chaozhong echoed.

Gaozu established the capital of Jiangning, and when the grass was created, the state affairs were difficult, and the wars were endless; Gaozu was a diligent person, and when he was running Jiangning, he only slightly expanded the foundation of the Yamen of the Zhenfu Envoy Division, and built the Dayue Imperial Palace at that time, which was very limited in scale.

Gaozu was called emperor for nine years, and after the collapse, Dayue changed the capital to Yanjing, and the real large-scale construction of the palace was in Yanjing.

The imperial palace in Jiangning has always maintained the scale of Gaozu's reign, about 300 steps square, which can only be regarded as a small city. When Emperor Yongxing was crowned King Ning, Jiangning Palace was the palace of Ningwang, after ascending the throne, Ningwangfu was changed to the palace again, and it has not been renovated with great effort for many years, not to mention the narrow pattern, and it also looks a little simple and dilapidated.

Lin Xuwen and Yue Lengqiu were silent, Zhang Yan was silent, Chen Xiyan glanced at Cheng Yuqian, and said: "Silver, anything is easy to do with silver!" But he ignored Xie Chaozhong.

Xie Chaozhong was born as a military general, won the emperor's favor, once he ascended to a high position, he was domineering, Chen Xiyan looked down on him, and in this kind of trivial matter, he didn't give him a good face - although Cheng Yuqian refuted Chen Xiyan, Xie Chaozhong, who did not give advice, was the most embarrassed.

Lin Xuwen just couldn't see the resentment in Xie Chaozhong's eyes.

Gaozu lived in this palace for eleven years, and he did not feel that the palace was crowded; In the nearly year since Emperor Yongxing ascended the throne, he has repeatedly mentioned his intention to choose a site outside Jiangning City to build another imperial city, but every time he blocked Chen Xiyan.

If it is based on the scale of the Yanjing Imperial Palace, it will take more than 100,000 craftsmen and more than ten years to complete it.

The cost of building a city may not be large, but the key is to build various palaces in the imperial city, and the cost is extremely amazing. Not to mention the rest, the royal palace is made of wood, brick, and stone, all of which are customized. Giant trees and beautiful stones have to go into the deep mountains and old forests to find them, and these two items alone may cost tens of thousands of laborers and millions of taels of silver - how can Jiang Ning have the spare strength to do this at this time?

Xie Chaozhong supported the selection of a site for the new imperial city outside Jiangning City, and Cheng Yuqian was the grass on the wall and wavered, but including Chen Xiyan, Yue Lengqiu, Lin Xuwen, Zhang Yan, and Zuo Chengmu, they were all strongly opposed, so this matter has been dragged down.

Lin Xuwen knew that this time he was summoned to the meeting to discuss the retreat of the Dengzhou Navy Division, and he secretly speculated that Chen Xiyan, Yue Lengqiu and others might have an attitude - in fact, there was no need to wait until they entered the dormitory to reveal the matter, this matter had to be passed, and the opinions of everyone present at this time were very important.

Lin Xuwen coughed lightly and said, "But I heard that Huaidong had a secret fold into Beijing, and the emperor summoned us, so do you want to discuss this matter?" ”

"Oh," Chen Xiyan glanced at Lin Xuwen and asked, "What's the matter with Huaidong's secret?" ”

Yue Lengqiu, Cheng Yuqian and others all looked over.

"Linzi is lost, Qingzhou is in danger, and Dengzhou is difficult to protect alone," Lin Xuwen said, "Even if the princes still have confidence in guarding the Huai River, they still have to consider the danger of the two rivers of Jianghuai and not give Yanhu a share of ......"

Everyone present, even Cheng Yuqian, who is accustomed to being a grass on the wall, also has some insight, and when Lin Xuwen said this, they all understood what Huaidong's secret performance was.

The Huai River is a very important military line, even in the cold winter season, there will be some rivers on the south bank of the Huai River will be frozen, but the Huai Dong water is mighty, and there is rarely a large-scale ice in winter, so the Huai River is the first natural danger to really prevent the northern cavalry group from going south on a large scale; Needless to say, the Yangtze River, south of the Huai River.

The Huai River defense line, the outer line relies on the Yellow River, and the inner line relies on the Huai River, even if they have considerable confidence in the Huai River defense line, restricting Yanhu from developing a naval army is also the consensus reached by the people of Jiangning at present.

Lin Xuwen mentioned Dengzhou, Chen Xiyan and others could of course think of the large-scale surrender of Yanhu by the Dengzhou Naval Division and the shipbuilders in the Denglai area, and the consequences were far more serious than the simple loss of Dengzhou, and they subconsciously wanted to withdraw the Dengzhou Naval Division to the south in case of trouble. But when this thought is turned, everyone thinks differently.

Chen Xiyan, Yue Lengqiu, Zuo Chengmu, Cheng Yuqian, Zhang Yan, Xie Chaozhong and others all looked left and right, but they didn't say a word about it, but subconsciously stepped up their pace and walked towards the dormitory.

In the dormitory, Emperor Yongxing had just drunk the medicinal soup that the imperial doctor had decocted, put on an extra piece of brocade, and gave Chen Xiyan and others a seat. This matter is very big, I summoned all the princes to discuss it, should it be withdrawn or not? ”

The chamberlain handed the fold to Chen Xiyan and the others to circulate in turn, Lin Xuwen had already read the manuscript, and he also pretended to read it again, and the atmosphere in the dormitory became silent.

Xie Chaozhong preemptively said: "How can there be a reason to withdraw first before fighting?" Huaidonghou thinks too much, and it is not necessarily a good thing for the ministers to see it. ”

Lin Xuwen looked at Chen Xiyan, although Chen Xiyan had a few things that were not favored by Emperor Yongxing, he still had the heaviest weight in front of Emperor Yongxing in major affairs of the court.

Chen Xiyan didn't say anything, Yue Lengqiu hurriedly said: "According to what Weichen saw, the Dengzhou Navy Division will be removed at this time, and this picture is ...... a small loss."

Huaidong had long thought that Yue Lengqiu would oppose - the Dengzhou Navy Division could be withdrawn, but Liu Yefei still had the responsibility of guarding Dengzhou and could not retreat. Liu Yefei is an old person recommended by Yue Lengqiu to know Dengzhou, and belongs to Zhang Xie's family, once Liu Yefei is forced to "defend" Dengzhou, the possibility of surrender is extremely great. At this time, Jiang Ningyanguan kept mentioning the matter of Zhang Xie's surrender, and wanted to drag Yue Lengqiu into the water, once Liu Yefei surrendered to the enemy again, Yue Lengqiu had no second choice except to ask for his resignation.

Yue Lengqiu objected to the withdrawal of the Dengzhou Navy Division at this time, in order to leave a back way for Liu Yefei to retreat to Jiangning - Dengzhou would really not be able to defend in the future, and Liu Yefei might also withdraw to Jiangning with the Water Division, and there would not be much guilt.

What Yue Lengqiu didn't know was that Liu Yefei had already abandoned him and started looking for a way out from Yan Hu.

"Huaidong Hou suggested that the Dengzhou Navy Division be withdrawn at this time, just in case, but Dengzhou, Qingzhou and the entire Shandong and Hehuai defense lines still have to be defended - the Dengzhou Navy Division will be withdrawn, and the generals who stay in Dengzhou, the generals who stick to Qingzhou, and the generals who guard Jinan, Daliang, and the towns in the river will inevitably be shaken," Speaking of eloquence, Xie Chaozhong is not worthy of lifting shoes for Yue Lengqiu, Yue Lengqiu Kankan said, "In order to protect small profits, and harm the overall situation of Hehuai, so Weichen thought that Huaidong could not play!" ”

Emperor Yongxing had already moved Huaidong's secret fold, summoned all the ministers to act according to Huaidong's performance, and gave Yue Lengqiu this statement, but he suddenly had no idea, his eyes looked at Chen Xiyan, Zhang Yan and others, and he didn't say anything to ask.

Cheng Yuqian said: "With the urgency of the war in Zhejiang and Fujian, the Dengzhou Navy Division will be transferred to fight in the south, if it can not disturb the people's hearts; The emperor has the intention to choose a site to build a new imperial city, and transfer craftsmen from Denglai to supplement Jiangning craftsmen, which is also a saying - Weichen thinks that what Huaidong is doing will not have much alarm about the Hehuai defense line. ”

Cheng Yuqian has always been a grass on the wall and does not express his position easily, but seeing that he was so positive this time, Lin Xuwen was also quite surprised, and he couldn't figure out where the root cause was. Of course, Lin Xuwen would not think that Cheng Yuqian suddenly had a good impression of Huaidong, and said secretly: Could it be that the Liang family found him?

If the Liang family wants to retreat from Jinan without a fight, they will not be able to escape the infamy. Not only would Huaidong not support the Liang family's retreat from Jinan without a fight, but no one else would openly support the Liang family in doing so—if there was a precedent of Dengzhou Sailor retreating without a fight, the Liang family would follow suit and would be under much less pressure.

Cheng Yuqian has been an official in Jiangning for 20 years, and before the change of support, he and Yongchang Hou Yuan returned to the government and sang quite diligently, but only after the change of support, he broke off contact, but it does not mean that he has no contact with Yuan Guizheng at all.

In any case, Cheng Yuqian's ability to take the initiative to support Huaidong's performance was an unexpected help for Lin Xuwen in this matter.

Cheng Yuqian expressed his attitude, and Lin Xuwen followed and said: "What Master Cheng said, Weichen also thinks it is very true; As far as Weichen has seen in the past, the Hehuai defense line seems to be solid and floating, and when the Huai River is operated as the key, even if the defense line north of the Huai River is in danger of collapse, Jianghuai is the last natural danger that Jiangning relies on. In the current situation, although the towns are the first to save the situation in Hehuai, they must not let Yanhu have the possibility of developing a naval army......"

"Weichen thinks that what Cheng and Lin said is reasonable, and what Huaidonghou played cannot be taken lightly." Zuo Chengmu said.

Zuo Chengmu has served in Jinghu for a long time and has less to do with others, so he is more able to stick to his own views and not be disturbed by other factors, but he is concise and to the point, and he has no intention of arguing with Yue Lengqiu and Xie Chaozhong.

Yue Lengqiu didn't expect Cheng Yuqian to rush to speak, Chen Xiyan and Zhang Yan seemed to have signs of moving to Cheng Yuqian and Lin Xuwen, and interjected: "The Dengzhou Sailor originally had the purpose of disturbing Yanhu's flanks, according to Huaidong's performance, after the Dengzhou Sailors withdrew to Jiangning, their disturbance of Yanhu's flanks will be disturbed by Huaidong again......"

As soon as Yue Lengqiu's words came out, Chen Xiyan and Zhang Yan immediately became vigilant.

Although there was no clear concept of maritime frontier in the world, the dispute caused by the Huaidong Military Division's ban on the sea and the restriction of sea ships in Jiaxing and other places from going to sea for profit had aroused the vigilance of Chen Xiyan and others -- whether Yue Lengqiu would withdraw the Dengzhou Naval Division or not was directly related to the jurisdiction of the Huaidong Water Battalion, which immediately made Chen Xiyan and Zhang Yan cautious.

Zhang Yan said: "There is a matter of Jinhai in front, even if Dengzhou is in danger of falling, and the sailor is stationed near the sea, even if it is at the last moment, it can be withdrawn, it seems that there is no hurry!" "Changed his position when he was inverted, and did not support the immediate withdrawal of the Dengzhou Navy Division from the northern front.

"Chen Qingjia, what do you think?" Emperor Yongxing asked Chen Xiyan.

Although Chen Xiyan was worried that the withdrawal of the Dengzhou Naval Division at this time would greatly increase the jurisdiction area of the Huaidong Water Battalion, he could also realize a problem that Lin Jian did not explicitly state, that is, Liu Yefei was unreliable - if Liu Yefei took the initiative to surrender to Yanhu and cooperate with Chen Zhihu, the Dengzhou Naval Division was afraid that it would be difficult to fly, he said: "There are many delays in the transmission of the letter, and it is difficult for Jiangning to make correct disposals in time; Weichen thought that he should elect a capable official and send him to Dengzhou to supervise the war, and give him authority so that he could handle all things in Dengzhou......"

Lin Xuwen also thinks that what Chen Xiyan said is what Lao Cheng has seen seriously, and he has balanced everyone's opinions, but the key question is that at this time, who is willing to go to Dengzhou to supervise the war, and who can guarantee that with a holy decree, he can grasp the situation in Dengzhou and master the Dengzhou Navy Division under Liu Yefei's nose?

When Lin Lianwen was in Jinhai, he had a lot of contact with the Dengzhou Sailors, and knew some of the details of the Dengzhou Sailors: at this time, there was still plenty of time, and it was easy to withdraw the Dengzhou Sailors, just a holy decree; But the time dragged on to the end, and the general of the Dengzhou Navy Division had no other ideas.