The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 653
Ruan Zhengyu was in Jiading Mansion, gathering nearby military forces. He thought that without the restraint of Du Lin and others, the south should be easily conquered by him.

Unexpectedly, within a few days after he came to Anding Mansion, a letter was delivered to the prefect of Jiading Mansion.

The payment received the letter, and after a closer look, it turned out that it was an order sent by Du Lin, the leader of the south.

Let them gather their military power and capture Ruan Zhengyu so that they can claim credit from the Celestial Dynasty.

After the prefect read the letter, he pondered for a long time. Now the military power seems to have been controlled by Ruan Zhengyu, and several of his generals have joined the army near Jiading Mansion and become the commanders.

But the magistrate is very clear that as long as he gives an order, these troops will immediately go anyway. Now that Du Lin's order has been issued, there is no need to perfunctory with Ruan Zhengyu.

So that night, when the magistrate personally led people to the military camp outside the city, the commander who was sent by Ruan Zhengyu to take charge of the military power was hacked to pieces by the intruding soldiers before he understood what was going on.

Then the prefect sat in the military camp and issued orders to several other large camps, so Ruan Zhengyu thought that the troops he had already controlled were all out of his control overnight.

After the prefect took over the military power, he immediately led his troops into the Jiading mansion to go to the palace to arrest Ruan Zhengyu.

Who knows that this Ruan Zhengyu was not given for nothing, since he arrived in the south, he has not been relaxed for a moment.

On the bright side, generals were sent to take charge of the military power, and secretly, spies were sent around Fucheng Gate in Jiading.

This time the army entered Jiading without his order, Ruan Zhengyu knew it was not good as soon as he got the news, so he didn't care about other things, immediately rectified his own soldiers, and led the troops straight to the south gate.

The gatekeepers in the south city didn't know what happened in the north city. When they saw that the king was going out of the city, they didn't dare to neglect, so they immediately opened the city gate and let him leave.

When the magistrate arrived at the palace, he found that Yu was no longer there anyway. When he sent troops to seal the city gate, Ruan Zhengyu had already escaped and headed west.

The magistrate couldn't find Ruan Zhengyu, so he had no choice but to write a letter to Jia Ke in Shenglong Mansion, and at the same time sent troops to search for Ruan Zhengyu's traces.

After Jia Ke took control of the Annan Kingdom's capital, Thang Long Mansion, the situation in Annan Kingdom changed drastically. In the north, Jia Ke's army completely overwhelmed the local situation.

In the south of Annan Kingdom, due to the existence of Du Lin, there is no resistance to Jia Ke's rule. The current Annan Kingdom can be said to be under Jia Ke's control.

But Jia Ke is not at ease now, because there is still a big problem in An Nanguo, and that is Ruan Zhengyu.

After Jia Ke received the letter from the south, he immediately ordered his personal eunuch Li Deshan to cooperate with the people in An Nanguo to search for Ruan Zhengyu's whereabouts.

After Jia Ke finished giving this order, she turned her attention to the South. Although the South had already surrendered to her on the surface, in fact they still supported their own self-respect, and they only surrendered in name.

Naturally, Jia Ke couldn't allow this situation to exist. If Jia Ke wanted to build Annan into his own grain base, he naturally couldn't have any hidden dangers.

So Jia Ke ordered Wu Lv, the commander-in-chief of Guangxi, to bring 3 wolf soldiers and 2 Guangxi soldiers, and let Jiya, the Zhengbai Banner of the Eight Banners, take the cavalry of the headquarters and the Annan captive soldiers under his command to go south with him and accept all the soldiers in the south. Important military locations and prefectures and counties.

Jia Ke's action made Du Lin feel that Jia Ke was worried about people like himself.

So Du Lin convened a meeting of the southern leaders in Thang Long Mansion.

Among them, Wang Jie, a lecturer at the Imperial Academy who he pointed out as his heir, made a speech in his own right.

"I think the Yan Wang Qiansui of the Celestial Dynasty is worried about us. After all, we control all the states and counties in the south, and even a leader would not be at ease."

Du Lin nodded after hearing this. He also knew this truth. When Ruan Zhengyu was in power, he was very afraid of the south. Now that Jia Ke is here, he is also afraid of the south. But the only difference between Ruan Zhengyu and Jia Ke is that Jia Ke leads The Celestial Dynasty was very tough, and sent troops south without asking Du Lin's opinion.

"Then according to Lord Wang, how should we act."

A very thin old man next to him stroked his beard and said.

Seeing the old man speak, Wang Jie hurriedly cupped his hands, "I've met Mr. Ding."

This old man Ding is not an ordinary person. Although he is just an ordinary household doctor, he is the largest landlord in the south. In terms of strength, he is the number one in the south. He may be the leader of the South.

Seeing Wang Jie salute, the old man Ding waved his hand to him, motioning him to excuse himself, "Master Wang, you don't need to be too polite. What does Mr. Wang mean when the old man asked just now?"

Wang Jie sat back on the chair again, and then said: "Our King Yan Qiansui is very different from the former Ruan Zhengyu. We can't do anything against his will. Since Yan Wang Qiansui is worried about us, we want to There is a way to make Yan Wang Qiansui completely relieved, isn't that all right?"

Du Lin nodded when he heard this, but shook his head again. The reason is this, but if they can really go to Jia Ke to rest assured, then they have to hand over their military power. In this way, they will be fish on the chopping board.

Wang Jie also saw Du Lin's reluctance. After all, the south relied on these strengths to be able to stay safe in Annan. Now that the military power is handed over, these elders in the south may feel a little guilty.

Wang Jie hurriedly stood up and came to Du Lin's side, bowed deeply to him, and then asked: "Do you think our southern strength can compare with the Central Plains Celestial Dynasty?"

"No."

"Then the old man thinks that we just keep the military power, so how can we help ourselves?"

Du Lin pondered for a moment, then said helplessly, "No."

After Wang Jie asked this question, he said with a smile, "Since we can't, if we keep this military power, we will be feared by King Yan Qiantui. Isn't the gain outweighed by the loss?"

Du Lin understood a little now, he stood up and personally supported Wang Jie, let him sit beside him, and then asked the people below: "Everyone, you also heard what Mr. Wang said just now. I was confused for a while, and I didn't think of this question before, but thanks to Mr. Wang's guidance, I finally found out the whole story. I agree with Mr. Wang, but I don't know what you guys think."

Everyone below, you look at me, I look at you and finally focus your eyes on that Mr. Ding.

Mr. Ding here is almost 70 years old, but his mind is very active. He also understands that if the current situation is to be safe and sound, he can only surrender his military power.

"This old man thinks that the words of Mr. Wang are good words of gold and jade."

As soon as the old man Ding made his statement, the rest of the people nodded together. They also understood that even Ruan Zhengyu was no match for the Central Plains people. They were defeated by Jia Ke in one blow. They were not as good as Ruan Zhengyu. , How can I resist Jia Ke's attack, it's better to be honest.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Du Lin immediately stood up and announced, "Since everyone has agreed, I will go to the palace tomorrow to meet King Yan Qiantui and hand over the military power in the south. From then on, we will accept the rule of King Yan Qiantui. Pay taxes every year and pay grain on time.”

Sure enough, Du Lin went to the palace to meet Jia Ke the next day, and told Jia Ke what they had discussed yesterday.

In fact, Jia Ke thought exactly what Du Lin and the others thought, and was not at ease with these southerners. Now that they had agreed to hand over their military power and pay taxes every year, they naturally looked at these people with admiration.

According to Jia Ke, although these people took refuge temporarily, they were not sincere. After the situation stabilized, they sent people to deal with all these people to stabilize the south. Now they are able to hand over their military power and promise to pay taxes every year. It made Jia Ke feel relieved.

Since these people in the south made such a major concession, Jia Ke himself had no choice but to be merciful.

So Jia Ke announced on the spot that Annan would be divided into seven prefectures, four of which would be prefected by people from the south.

Du Lin was relieved to hear this, and he knew that Jia Ke was very satisfied with the actions of his people this time.

After Du Lin left, Jia Ke was completely relieved, and immediately wrote a letter, which was sent to Wu Lu, asking him to go to the south to receive 10,000+ troops from the south.

And Wu Lu has now arrived at Jiading, an important town in the south. This Jiading is also the ancient capital of Annan, but because of the fall of Annan's previous dynasty, the capital was moved to the current Shenglong Mansion.

When Wu Lu received Jia Ke's letter, he was in the Governor's Mansion in Jiading City.

Holding the letter sent by Jia Ke, Wu Lu showed a smile on his face. It seems that the lord wants him to sit in Annan in the future.

For this position, Wu Lv is coveted, although he is now the commander-in-chief of Guangxi, it seems that the position is no different from sitting in Annan.

But in fact, when Wu Lu was in Guangxi, his status was lower than that of the Guangxi governor. If Jia Ke hadn't led the court and used military generals now, he would have to kneel and kowtow when seeing the Guangxi governor.

But if he sits in Annan, Wu Lu is a local emperor, and he doesn’t care about anyone except Jia Ke’s orders. What’s more, Annan’s economy is much stronger than that of Guangxi. How can Wu Lu not covet such a comfortable and prosperous life? .

In the next few days, Wu Lu began to receive according to Jia Ke's instructions. There were tens of thousands of Annan soldiers in the south.

These Annan soldiers also received orders from Du Lin and others, and obediently accepted Wu Lv's adaptation.

According to the art of war dispatched by Jia Ke, Wu Lu reorganized these people, and then assigned them to his own Guangxi soldiers, and asked these people to fight against the Guangxi soldiers.

The nobles in the south handed over their military power, and they were naturally panicked, fearing that Jia Ke would cross the river and tear down the bridge.

And Wu Lv also saw the thoughts of these people, so he had a small banquet every three days and a big banquet every five days, gathering these famous people together, and persuading them with good words.

Seeing Wu Lv's behavior, these people felt a little relieved. They also saw that Jia Ke was comforting them. It seemed that there would not be much fluctuation in their lives in the future.

(End of this chapter)