Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1753 Arriving in Jiangnan

The monarch and his ministers talked freely until the rooster crowed and the dawn broke in the east.

Fang Jun told His Majesty Li Er in detail about his strategic vision for Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and Japan, and His Majesty Li Er was excited and full of praise.

Then he ordered people to prepare breakfast, and the monarch and his ministers ate it together, and specially told Fang Jun not to come to the palace to bid farewell, but to go south quickly to command the navy.

After seeing off the emperor, who was full of energy after talking all night, he said goodbye to the crown prince, King Wei, and King Wu. Fang Jun returned home, washed up, bid farewell to his mother, wife and concubines, and hugged his son for a while before changing his family. Putting on clothes, he rode out of Chang'an City with a group of soldiers.

At the Fangjiawan Wharf in the south of the city, there have long been naval warships waiting here. Fang Jun and others abandoned their horses and boarded the boat. Luokou turns south into Tongji Canal, then into Hangou, and reaches Jiangdu.

The autumn wind in Guanzhong is bleak and the vegetation is withered. Jiangnan is still in early autumn. After a few autumn rains, the weather is cool, the mountains and forests are dyed light yellow, the rivers are as clear as blue, and the mountains and flowers are splendid.

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Fang Jun's warship entered the Yangtze River, and Pei Xingjian led more than ten warships to meet him.

Boarding Pei Xingjian's big ship, all the soldiers on board respected and saluted to see him. Fang Jun smiled and said a few words of encouragement one by one.

For this navy created by him, almost every soldier and general respects Fang Jun, even those slave generals who were originally abandoned by the Guanzhong family as a means of making money and later became the backbone of the navy. I am indescribably grateful to Fang Jun.

Pei Xingjian welcomed Fang Jun into the cabin, and reported: "Before coming here, the general has received invitations from the major families in the south of the Yangtze River, saying that he has prepared a banquet in Suzhou City to clean up the dust for Lord Hou. I don't know Lord Hou how about?"

Welcoming and seeing off in the officialdom, banquets and entertainment are indispensable, both in ancient and modern times.

Fang Jun didn't want to see those wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, but he didn't want to stop seeing each other forever. He nodded and said: "Then go ashore in Suzhou City and meet these wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River for a while. There is no such thing as a good banquet. I will take a look at them." What kind of tricks are these greedy people who have a family and no country in their eyes?"

Pei Xingjian laughed and said: "How can there be any means to play? These people think that Jiangnan is their territory, and their minds are active. They are always trying to find loopholes in the court, harming the public and benefiting their own, but they don't know that they think they are gods. All the behaviors without realizing it have long been under the control of the navy, but it is really ridiculous to be complacent."

Fang Jun glanced at him, and reminded: "These people have been entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River for hundreds of years, and they have long been entangled with forces. After all, we are crossing the river. Be careful not to lose Jingzhou carelessly. Take it easy and calm down, and don't give them any chance. The same is true for Annan and Lin Yiguo."

Pei Xingjian's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "The general will obey."

After Fang Jun's reminder, Pei Xingjian was terrified!

The strategy against Annan and Lin Yiguo was successfully implemented, and a piece of prosperous and rich land in Nuoda was under the control of the navy, and hidden dangers were eliminated. In the next hundred years, there will be no danger of elbows and armpits. In addition to being included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it is actually no different from the vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. The new king of Linyi, Zhugedi, relied on the support of the Tang Dynasty to ascend the throne. .

The Jiangnan wealthy family even endured humiliation under Fang Jun's repeated suppression, even if there was a slight change in the dark, it was all under the control of the navy.

If it goes well, it breeds the emotion of underestimating the enemy.

And underestimating the enemy is often the greatest way to death...

Fang Jun nodded in satisfaction.

Pei Xingjian was born in a family, he was a playboy since he was a child, he was unrestrained when he was young, and he made many absurd things in the countryside, but after he became an official, he was able to be conscientious and diligent in his official duties, and the most important thing is that he was able to reflect on his own shortcomings from time to time. .

Half an hour later, a group of warships slowly docked in Haiyu Town, anchored and lowered their sails.

This time, Mu Yuanzuo, the governor of Suzhou, did not come. Fang Jun had written to Mu Yuanzuo a long time ago, ordering him to stick to his job and not to be too intimate. Therefore, at this moment, all the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River came to greet him. The head of the family is also an important figure in the clan. Although many people also have official positions, they are not in the name of officialdom.

This is a private gathering, and it is a way for the Jiangnan wealthy family to express their goodwill.

Of course, it is unknown whether it is good intentions or malicious intentions...

The leader is naturally the Xiao clan who is now the leader of the Jiangnan wealthy clan, but Fang Jun never expected that Xiao Jing, the patriarch of the Xiao clan, would come in person...

Although he doesn't want to see the Xiao family, Fang Jun must respect the old man who is in charge of the Lanling Xiao family like Xiao Jing.

"How can this official, He De, dare to trouble Mr. Xiao to come here in person, I am really terrified."

Fang Jun stepped forward, although he claimed to be an official, he actually carried out the courtesy of a junior.

Xiao Jing had a long white beard and a clean, friendly smile. She stepped forward and took Fang Fangjun's hand, and said with a smile: "Master Hou is young and promising, and he is actually the pillar of my Tang Dynasty. This time I came to Jiangnan, the old man is serious. If you want to see the demeanor of you turning your hands into clouds and your hands into rain, how can you rely on your old man to hide at home and wait for your visit? They say that Lord Hou has a bad temper, and he is old, so he should not be frightened."

These words are casual, but the deep meaning is interesting.

In the final analysis, Fang Jun's tough way of doing things in the past really left a deep impression on these Jiangnan wealthy families, and he also had too much fear. Handle it carefully, and you absolutely don't want to tear yourself apart with Fang Jun...

Many representatives of the wealthy Jiangnan clan surrounded by Xiao Jing all smiled and echoed.

Fang Jun smiled and nodded his respects one by one. Although he was not arrogant, his fortitude and temperament honed in his previous life and his high position made him stand out from the crowd and dazzle the eye.

He scanned the faces of the people in front of him one by one, but found an interesting phenomenon - none of these people had dealt with him before...

Even if you have many descendants from aristocratic families, and there are many outstanding people, isn't it too deliberate to do this?
He wanted to get his hand out of Xiao Jing's hand, but with a little force, he found that the old guy was holding it very tightly and didn't twitch... Helplessly, he had no choice but to join hands in a carriage, and a large group of people rushed towards the nearest town. Good restaurants go ahead.

In the car, Fang Jun asked: "I heard that Song Guogong returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors this time, why is your old man wandering around leisurely?"

Xiao Jing smiled wryly.

Not only does this kid act swiftly and resolutely, but he even speaks in an unruly way, making it extremely difficult for people to deal with...

It sounds like a casual sentence, but if you think about it, it is quite meaningful.

The ancestors of the Xiao family in Lanling belonged to the royal family of the Liang Dynasty, and they were emperors for generations. Although they never ruled the world and settled in a corner, they were emperors who were right and proper after all.

Now that the Xiao family is making great efforts to worship their ancestors, if it is a mean and suspicious emperor, it is inevitable to doubt whether he has the heart of restoration. If he meets two treacherous people and slanders him, there will be no doubt that there will be a storm...

However, if he were modest and said that this ancestor worship was not important, then Song Guogong Xiao Yu put aside the general affairs of the country and had to ask for leave to return to his hometown to preside over the ancestor worship ceremony, and he would be suspected of putting family affairs above state affairs.

After all, Xiao Jing was old-fashioned, and said with a smile: "The ancestor worship was completed two days ago. Song Guogong heard that Fang Xiang was in Huating Town, so he went to pay a visit in person yesterday. Although the two of them were officials in the same dynasty in the past, they had never been close. Now they can be in Jiangnan When we meet in such a beautiful place, how can we not take the opportunity to get close? It's just that Song Guogong is old and frail, and the trip to the south has been exhausted, and the presider has worked hard to worship the ancestors. When he arrived in Huating Town, he was bedridden. He wrote to the old man as soon as possible, saying yes I have to stay in Huating Town for a few more days. Speaking of this, the old man has to be grateful for the housekeeper's care, and the friendship between you and my family should be preserved in time."

Lightly jumping over the big gap between Fang Jun's words, and directly pointing out that the relationship between our two families is not normal now, and Xiao Yu is going to visit your father...

Fang Jun had no expression on his face, but his heart was pounding.

Father Fang Xuanling is of course top-notch in political intelligence, but his gentle personality is kind and soft, which is a shortcoming.It can be seen from the old man's ruling program that he never advocated a drastic way of governing, but adopted gentle means to balance the interests of all parties as much as possible, and build the empire into a harmonious world full of flowers.

Xiao Yu rushed to Huating Town to meet her father, could it be that she wanted to reach some kind of agreement with her father in order to get her preferential treatment?
My mind turned, and I said in my mouth: "The Lanling Xiao family has been a wealthy family for generations. My father and son are just a small gentry family in the countryside of Qizhou. How dare we take on the friendship of the Lanling Xiao family? The old man is joking."

Xiao Yu didn't seem to be able to hear the impoliteness in Fang Jun's words, and smiled more and more kindly, saying: "The relationship between people needs to be managed, father and son brothers and sisters can turn against each other, and people on the side of the road can also form alliances... ...Erlang spoke a little too early."

Fang Jun felt a "thump" in his heart, secretly feeling that something was wrong...

　Recently, I have been busy with the batch, and it is very laborious to update two chapters a day, but the addition of the leader of "Weapon Line 01" will not be less, let me make it up for you slowly, thank you brothers for your support.

　　I love you, wood...

　　
　
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