Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 700
Li Chong and others were naturally curious about Shen Zhezi's return alone.

In this regard, Shen Zhezi only explained that Sima Xun was under another order, and now he has been conscripted into the army, and he will go to Shouchun with him later, but he didn't say much about the inside story.

The battle is imminent, and although Shen Zhezi has a determined strategy for advancing and retreating, if possible, of course he still hopes to do his best to strive for victory.Therefore, it is really inappropriate to spread the matter about Wang and Sima Xun right now.

Otherwise, there will be a surge of emotions, turmoil in the hearts of the people, and the trend of collapse is definitely beyond his control.You must know that Shen Zhezi today is not just representing himself or the Shen family. Anyone who has interests in Jiangbei and even has the ambition to kill slaves has already regarded Shen Zhezi as a representative.

Now that the big battle is imminent, the Wang family wants to assassinate the frontier general for personal gain. Once there is a quarrel, the situation will collapse immediately and be out of control.Shen Zhezi knew in his heart that this year was a rare opportunity to break the slaves, and he was absolutely unwilling to make any troubles at such a critical juncture.

As for what to do afterwards, it can be said that no matter the outcome, he will never let it go!And the entire Jiangdong, and even the entire world, will surely usher in a new situation after this battle!
Moreover, if he did not say anything here, the instigators behind Sima Xun, and even Director Wang, would definitely be wary and dare not take any action against Huainan.At least before the end of the war, Shen Zhezi didn't want to go back to deal with those irritating personnel disputes in Jiangdong.

Although Li Chong was curious about what kind of Taichung secret order Sima Xun brought, even he didn't know anything about it, but since Shen Zhezi didn't say it, it would be inconvenient to make it public.

As for Sima Xun's entry into the town to accompany the army, since he has a mission, it makes sense to think about it.What's more, right now, military affairs are the only priority. Since it was Shen Zhezi's decision, Li Chong didn't ask any more questions.

In the afternoon, when Yu Tiao returned from his tour, Shen Zhezi entrusted him with the task of receiving Li Chong and other Chinese envoys. At the same time, he secretly asked Yu Tiao to carefully review Taichung's personnel edicts.If you feel something is wrong, you might as well turn a blind eye to it on military grounds.

After noon, Shen Zhezi boarded a boat and left the county for Shouchun.As for that Sima Xun, he will also be taken into custody for the time being, and will be available for use in the future.

When Li Chong entered the county this time, his main task was to call Shen Zhezi back to the capital.Now that Shen Zhezi has already made up his mind to go north again, there is no need for him to stay long.So he stayed in the county for another day, and then he took the military affairs report sorted out by Liang County and reported it across the river to return to the capital.

Regarding the Huainan matter, there have been full discussions in Taiwan in the past few days.Although the Taiwanese assistants have their own private plans, they also understand that this is a critical moment, and they should bear with each other for the sake of the country.

For example, if Shen Zhezi intends to stay in Jiangdong, who should be sent into the town to succeed him, or he still has the will to fight, but he also needs the assistance of experienced elders.Many situations have been discussed. Although the final result has not yet been determined, as long as Shen Zhezi returns to the capital and consults his thoughts for a while, it can be determined.

So when the subordinates reported that Li Chong had returned to the capital and was rushing to Taicheng, the Taifus all got together again, although they would not meet in person, but they had to discuss it as soon as possible.

However, news soon came that Li Chong was alone and Shen Zhezi was not with him.Hearing this news, the Taiwan assistants reacted differently, some were indignant, some were displeased, and some were worried.But only the newcomer, Wang Bin, was uncontrollably overjoyed.

This change in his expression was soon noticed by Director Wang.Wang Dao was puzzled at first, but after a little thought, his heart trembled, and he quickly ordered: "Send the express train to meet Li Hongdu, you don't need to get off the train when you enter Taiwan, come straight here!"

After about half an hour, Li Chong walked in out of breath. As soon as he entered the hall, he felt a dozen or so anxious eyes looking over him, and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a while.However, after being stunned for a while, several Taifu asked why they didn't see Shen Weizhou.

Facing the questioning of many high-ranking people in the stage, Li Chong was inevitably a little embarrassed, and he quickly said after collecting his thoughts: "The son-in-law has gone to the front line of Shouchun, and has not returned to the capital with him..."

"Already went to Shouchun?"

"You didn't see him?"

"Then where is Sima Xun..."

Among the many questions, only Wang Bin didn't pay attention to Shen Zhezi, but asked about the whereabouts of Sima Xun, who was also missing.

When Director Wang heard this, his mood sank to the bottom, and an indescribable disappointment suddenly filled his whole body.But as soon as the dejected breath was released, he quickly got up again, and seeing that Li Chong was a little overwhelmed by the many questions from the crowd, he said in a deep voice: "Hongdu don't be impatient, and tell me in detail what you have experienced on this trip." .”

Only then did Li Chong calm down, starting from his own entry into the county, he only concealed the fact that Shen Zhezi visited at night, and at the same time relayed what Shen Zhezi publicly said during the banquet.

"Shen Weizhou, what a strong man! Live up to the grace of the king, live up to the use of the country, and be worthy of Jiang Zuo's example! It is a blessing for the country to have such a virtuous and brave man!"

Li Chong just said what Shen Zhezi said, and Liu Chao couldn't help clapping his hands and admiring in the other table, and Yu Tan in the other table also laughed out loud: "Since Wei Zhou made such an ambitious voice, he will live up to Jiang Dong." The elders are looking forward to it! Wuzhong has such a strong festival, which is enough to boast to the north and south!"

"That's right, I'm waiting for an old man, and I don't stay calm when things happen, but I want to be underestimated by my children!"

Wen Qiao sighed, not lacking in relief.Shen Zhezi's talent and endowment have already passed the test of time and everything, but his temperament is a little uneasy.

After all, the current national war is critical and a powerful enemy is coming. Even the older people like them who have experienced the world experience are not lacking in anxiety.At this time, maintaining a calm state of mind is the most important thing.

Both Wen Qiao and Liu Chao have sons who are under Shen Zhezi's command. It's not that they don't worry about the safety of their children, but they also understand that since they are responsible for the state, they naturally have to contribute.

After the two expressed their praise for Shen Zhezi, before the others had time to speak, there were discordant voices in the banquet.

"At this moment, it is indeed extraordinary that Shen Weizhou can still make a strong voice for this. But you don't have to praise it too early. Huainan can be guarded or abandoned. It is still ambiguous. What's more, when the Taiwan order called, this son refused. If you don't see it, could it be that he thinks that his own ability can surpass the strategies of all the princes in Taiwan, so he doesn't care about it?"

Cai Mo snorted again, with a lot of dissatisfaction in his words.Regardless of whether it is wartime or not, the decree for Shen Wei to return to the capital to report on the matter was a joint agreement within the stage, but he refused to attend, treating the stage order as if it had nothing to do, it was extremely arrogant.It's ridiculous that everyone turns a blind eye to this, but blindly praises ignorant children with wild words!

However, before others could refute, Director Wang had already opened his mouth, unwilling to get entangled: "No attack, no fight, no rejection, this is also a common saying in the art of war. After all, it is difficult to be realistic when discussing things across the river in Taiwan. Shen Weizhou is not a restraint." In the first quarter, since there are voices to express themselves, don't care about the minor quarters."

"However, Shen Weizhou has not returned to the capital, will Huainan be sent again?"

Hearing Chu Hong's question, not only Wang Dao, but also many people present frowned.The situation was already very clear. Shen Weizhou refused to return to the capital, so he had already shown his attitude. He didn't want Taiwan to interfere too much in Huainan's military affairs. It was meaningless to discuss whether he should be dispatched elsewhere.

During the war, the most taboo is that the banners cannot be unified. Now that the border town has made its attitude clear, if the Taiwan people still insist on dispatching, it will only add to the chaos.

Sensing that the atmosphere in the hall was slightly abnormal, Chu Chong also felt a little slip of the tongue. He himself had no demands on Huainan, and his main attention was still on Jingzhou.The reason for this question is entirely subconscious inertia. After all, there have been many discussions in Taichung around this matter, and in the end, it was invalidated because Shen Weizhou did not return to the capital, which was unacceptable for a while.

"Why didn't Chief Sima Wei return with you?"

Wang Bin's expression was already extremely ugly at the moment, and he still only paid attention to this point.Originally, Li Chong returned to the capital alone. He thought that there had been a change in Liang County, and there was no shortage of exciting speculations in his heart, but it turned out that it was not the same thing at all.Shen Zhezi did not return to Taiwan, but Sima Xun disappeared. At this moment, his heart was extremely panicked and anxious, fearing that the conspiracy would be revealed.

Hearing that Wang Bin was so obsessed with Sima Xun's whereabouts, Li Chong became a little suspicious. He thought a lot about the so-called Taichung Secret Order on the way home. Now it seems that Sima Xun should have a very close relationship with Wang Bin.And thinking of the bad relationship between Wang Bin and Shen's family, Li Chong's expression changed.

All the princes in Taiwan are self-indulgent, and when they heard Wang Binzhi's question and saw Li Chong's expression slightly abnormal, they inevitably had associations.

Wang Bin also knew that he was asking so poorly that he really suspected that he was not asking for it, but this matter was too involved, and he really couldn't calm down, so he still looked at Li Chong anxiously.

"Chairman Sima Wei said he holds the Taichung secret order, and has been temporarily summoned to the county by his son-in-law, so they didn't return together."

After pondering for a while, Li Chong still said bluntly, what kind of inside story is there, it is not something he can interfere with.

When Wang Bin heard this, there was already a hum in his head, his face was abnormally gray, he opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

"Since there is no doubt about Huainan, what else can Hongdu gain from this trip, you might as well tell it together."

Seeing that everyone was subconsciously looking at Wang Bin, Director Wang opened his mouth to divert the topic.

So Li Chong began to talk about the many armaments of Liangjun in Huainan, and at the same time submitted the memorials compiled by Liangjun.As a result, everyone's attention was drawn back, and they had no time to think deeply about the inside story of Wang Bin's abnormality, but in fact, each of them felt something unusual in their hearts.

Huainan's armament situation is very good, and everyone has known this for a long time.Because of Jiangdong's large investment of capital and goods, coupled with Shen Zhezi's flexible management strategy, he did not become vain because of his audacity.Therefore, the discussion on this issue did not take too long, so it stopped.

After Li Chong reported Huainan's affairs and resigned, Wang Daocai said again: "From this point of view, Huainan can be relieved for the time being. As for the situation in Xudi, what do you think?"

Hearing Director Wang's question, everyone frowned and thought again.Jienu came from the south, and the attackers were nothing more than three points. One was in Xiangyang, Hanmian. This place not only has the veteran general Tao Kan sitting in the town, but also is the important place for Jingzhen to divide Shaanxi. , so it is not worth discussing.

The second location is Shouchun, which was originally the place that the Taifu were most worried about, but Shen Zhezi had already stated his position, and Huainan's military equipment was indeed superior to other border towns, so there was nothing to say, and we could only wait for the result.

The third location is Huaiyin, where Xuzhou is located.In fact, how the war along the way is, from the perspective of the overall situation of the confrontation between the North and the South, there is no need to worry.

Even if Jienu fought all the way to Guangling, the great river spans forty miles, even if Cao Pi, the leader of Cao Wei after the separation of the Three Kingdoms in the early years, can only feel that the sky is limited to the north and the south and cannot cross the river.Such a natural danger, not to mention the people who are coming to Jienu, can break through.

However, this does not mean that there is no worry at all on the eastern front. Even if there is no need to worry about Jienu crossing the river in a big way, what about the military leaders and refugees around Guangling?
It is true that Xi Jian is also a highly respected minister, and in terms of stabilizing people's hearts, he is somewhat more reliable than Shen Weizhou in his weaker years.However, the situation in Xudi is much more complicated than that in Yuzhou and Huainan. Even Xi Jian cannot be said to be able to control the whole people and make people agree.

This time, nearly a million Jie slaves came to the south, which was a severe test never seen since the trip to the south. Can those military leaders in the north of the Yangtze River be able to guard their places?Will he cross south in a hurry?After crossing to the south, will he obey orders from Taichung?Or will there be chaos?

These are all issues that need to be taken into account. Therefore, even if Taichung does not interfere with Xuzhou's military affairs, it must send ministers to guard the capital to prevent those rebellious Jiangbei troops from crossing the river and causing chaos!

There is nothing to say about the Huainan issue, and everyone's attention is naturally focused here.Liu Chao's old town capital, he naturally has a say in this aspect.

Today's Beijing has become the most prosperous city in Jiangbiao, not far behind Jiankang.Therefore, when choosing who to enter the town, not only the military aspect must be considered, but also the personnel aspect is also worth pondering.

If the incumbent cannot stabilize the local people's hearts, even if those military leaders do not cross the river, the local people's hearts will be turbulent due to the military incident in Jiangbei, which is very detrimental to the stability of the entire Jiangdong situation.

Therefore, in terms of candidates, everyone also expressed their opinions.Although the capital is not as dangerous as the front line, if people's hearts are taken into consideration, then this assignment is indeed extremely important.

Everyone proposed candidates, but none of them could fully meet the sentiments of the people.For example, Cai Mo, Wang Bin, Zhuge Hui, Yu Tan and others are all being selected, but they all have problems of one kind or another. Military merit, Yu Tan is too old, Wen Qiao is sick and so on, he hesitated for a while and couldn't decide.

When the dispute was at its most intense, even Director Wang offered to recommend himself, but it attracted unanimous opposition.On the one hand, it is because Wang Dao has been in the center since he went to the south, and has little experience in other towns, so he can be called the choice of the town. Right now, he is also needed to stabilize all parties in Taiwan.

On the other hand, it is natural that everyone has their own selfish intentions. In the current situation, although Wang Dao is the prime minister, all parties have reached a consensus to respect his position and empty his power.Especially now that it's not the time of last resort, so they don't want to break this tacit understanding.

In the end, one candidate was ready to be chosen, and that was Wu Xing and Shen Chong!
Shen Chong is the only idler among Fang Bo, and there are tens of thousands of elite Dongyang Army who have not yet been disbanded and returned to farming. As long as they are directly transferred to the capital, the capital will be as stable as a rock!
But in this way, Shen's father and son guarded the important town of Huai Shang and the heart of Gyeonggi, and their power and position were so prosperous that they almost caught up with the Langya Wang family at the beginning of ZTE!
Moreover, the capital is too close to Jiankang. Although there is a Daye Pass built in the early years between each other on land, the water is completely unimpeded, and Zhoushan can be knocked down in an instant!
If Shen Chong is transferred to the capital, if he has a slightly different idea, Jiankang is already an undefended existence when all the towns in Jiangbei are restrained!

Therefore, among the people present, there were many people who expressed their disapproval, and even bluntly said that they would never put their lives in the hands of raccoon dogs. You must know that the beginning of the establishment of the capital town was to guard against the Wu people!But this is too serious. You must know that there are many Wu people in Taifu, including Yu Tan, the general guard who leads the Suwei in Jinai.

When someone yelled this, it was no longer a question of whether to let Shen Chong lead his troops into the Zhenjing Mansion, but a matter of factual resentment and conflict between the North and the South erupted in an instant!
Including Yu Tan, several people resigned immediately at the banquet.Doubt that Wu people are untrustworthy?The Wuzhong sect headed by the Shen family can be said to have spent all their family wealth in Jiangbei to recover the lost land for Jin Zuo, and Shen Weizhou, the son-in-law of the southerners, is currently in the important town of Huaihe River to defend himself with flesh and blood!
The discussion stopped here and reached a deadlock for a while.Both of them are fighting for the bottom line. Faced with this situation, even Director Wang didn't know how to ease the feelings, so they had to break up unhappy.

"Can Shiru stop and talk for a while?"

After the meeting was over, Director Wang walked up to Wang Bin in person and spoke.

However, Wang Bin just gave Wang Dao a sideways glance, sneered, and then walked away, leaving Wang Dao standing there with a livid face.

　Happy Lantern Festival everyone, I went out to see the lanterns, and came back a bit late, a fake big chapter. . .The situation in the north-south center is almost explained, and the rest will be written interspersed. .In fact, in terms of Jiehu, the description is a bit rough. It just writes about the conflict between Cheng Xia and Shi Hu, the conflict between successors, and prepared some details, so as not to worry about procrastination. .Moreover, there is little information on this period of history, it is too rough, and it is all based on imagination. . .

　　
　
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