Northern Dynasties

Chapter 464 Touring the States
Just as Li Tai and his brother-in-law were hanging at home feeling what a father loves like a mountain, some people in the Eastern Dynasty felt very difficult because they lost their father's protection and love.

In recent years, the seasons have warmed up quite a bit. For example, in March last year, the fields were already lush with vegetation and a scene of late spring. Some farmers even harvested early-planted and early-harvested miscellaneous beans in the fields.

However, in March this year, I don't know whether it is the seasonal climate here, or it is affected by the tense personnel atmosphere. Compared with previous years, it is generally much more depressed.The people of Jinyang, who have not heard of military incidents for many years, are now a bit more alarmed, and they are not as active as they used to be in land reclamation and farming.

As for the city of Jinyang, the atmosphere of the roads and the strict prevention remains unchanged.Moreover, due to the news of Hou Jing's rebellion in Henan, some of the sons of Jinyang's honorable family who used to rely on their power and like to swagger through the market, now they have greatly restrained their behavior, and they all tuck their tails in their lives, not daring to be in such a sensitive season. Get yourself into trouble.

In the prime minister's mansion, due to the entry of the eldest son Gao Cheng, many personnel arrangements are also greatly different from those of the past, especially the strength of the guards has been greatly strengthened, and guards with knives and armor can be seen standing between the buildings or standing everywhere in the field of vision. or OK.

In the straight hall of the Overlord's Mansion, various official documents are piled up on the desk. Although the prince who is at the desk handles the official business extremely fast, he still cannot catch up with the speed at which the official documents are presented in the hall. The official documents on the desk are still piled up visible to the naked eye, which shows that the recent For a period of time, there have been many military and political affairs at home and abroad.

boom!
A muffled sound sounded behind the pile of documents, and Chen Yuankang, Zhao Yanshen and others in the hall stood up in surprise and looked up at the upper seats.

The stacked official documents collapsed, revealing the angry face of the crown prince Gao Cheng. He grabbed a document and tore it into pieces, and said angrily, "Please kill Cui Xian again! These bandit soldiers, Do you want to take advantage of the situation and humiliate me, or do you want to be the tongue of the lame slave!"

"My son, please calm down, please calm down!"

Chen Yuankang and the others saw that the prince lost his composure in anger, and hurriedly nodded his head to persuade him.

Especially Chen Yuankang, as one of the few ministers here who knew for sure that King Gao was dead, he realized in his heart how much pressure the prince was under, and it was inevitable to get angry and lose his temper occasionally.

It's just that seeing the state of the prince getting out of control has become more and more frequent recently, and Chen Yuankang, as one of his confidantes, knows Gao Cheng's temperament well.

"Your Majesty helped the country and rewarded the royal family with all the public, so this business has been accomplished. Although the world is still not peaceful, there are complete rules and regulations and clear punishments. This is not only the basis for the King to control the heroes and promote the king's way, but also the son of the world. It is a magic weapon for inheriting the ancestral business and recreating its brilliance. If you punish the minister lightly because of the evil words and slander of several thieves today, it is destroying me and pleasing the thieves, and a wise man will not take it!"

Hearing Chen Yuankang's remonstrance, the anger on Gao Cheng's face gradually calmed down, his breathing gradually became steady, and he brushed off the scraps of paper scattered on the case, and then said with a sneer: "Everyone The general is stubborn and stubborn, and he took advantage of this lame slave to reveal himself even more, intending to bully the young master. If I mess myself up because of this, I will fall into their tricks!"

Even so, Hou Jing caused chaos on the outside, and the generals were disrespectful on the inside, and this pressure made Gao Cheng a little breathless.

After pondering for a while, he said again: "The lame slaves are causing chaos in Henan. It is really a problem. But because of their thieves' demeanor and the clear distinction between the enemy and ourselves, it is not difficult to prevent it. On the contrary, the unpredictable thieves in the country do not know where to hide. This is the real heartache.

The situation in Jinyang is still relatively stable now, and the kindness and prestige of the king's supporters for many years can ensure that the soldiers and Jiawu here will not dare to rebelliously follow the chaos.However, the prefectures outside the government are still not optimistic, especially the money and grain base in Hebei, and the people must not be alarmed and uneasy.I want to personally visit the various prefectures in Hebei, what do you guys think? "

Hearing this, Zhao Yanshen and other officials of the Overlord Mansion couldn't help showing embarrassment. In this situation, even if Gao Wang is still safe, it is a bit tricky. Naturally, it will inevitably fall on them.

The few of them did not dare to speak easily because they had only worked with the crown prince for a short time, and because the current situation was very murky.

It was Chen Yuankang who echoed again: "Since ancient times, there has been no effort to bring order to the chaos. Today, the thieves are rioting in Henan. Although there is no real pain with the people in Hebei, it is inevitable to feel a sense of surprise. If the son of the world can watch and inspect in person, calm the people and calm the land, collect their property and raise their soldiers, prevent disasters before they happen, and prevent disasters from beyond the river, it can be said to be more successful than sitting in the house."

Today Gao Cheng is facing a very embarrassing situation, that is, although his father left him a rich accumulation of personnel in the Jinyang Bafu, he cannot effectively inherit and flexibly use it.

When it comes to personal ability, Gao Cheng is naturally sufficient. He entered Yedu to assist the government when he was a teenager, and suppressed the four nobles of Yedu one by one, so as to build a healthier government order.Up to now, Yedu's military and political affairs are all out of his control, and he rarely even needs the solidarity and support of Jinyang's hegemony.

But here in the Jinyang Bafu, although he is Gao Huan's son, he also has disadvantages such as junior seniority, junior seniority, and unfamiliar personnel.A group of internal and external powerful ministers and generals, those with a more aggressive attitude directly raised the flag to rebel like Hou Jing, while those with a more introverted attitude were obedient and disobedient, refused to obey orders, and even joined forces to put pressure on him.

Hou Jing had already rebelled in the first month of the month. In the past two months, Gao Cheng was also trying to organize counter-rebellion matters, either calling the generals to discuss together, or summoning the veterans one by one to ask for advice, but most of them took care of themselves. As far as he is concerned, he refuses to directly express his position to send troops.

Gao Cheng knew that these generals were still accustomed to the commanding model of Jinyang's hegemony before. He had a lot of prestige in the court of Yedu, and he was actually not intimidating in front of these powerful generals.After all, he couldn't perfectly replace his father, otherwise there would be no such thing as Hou Jing's rebellion.

In the past period of time, Jinyang Overlord Mansion did not leave a single soldier, and seemed to turn a blind eye to the Henan rebellion. This was naturally not because Gao Cheng was weak and cowardly, but because he had been trying to compete with the generals of Jinyang Overlord Mansion.

And in the process of pulling and testing each other, Gao Cheng can also feel that these veterans may not be as ambitious as Hou Jing and refuse to be ruled by him, but just hope to win more concessions and privileges from him.

For example, Hu Lujin, the husband of Chi Le, who was called "straight" by his father before his death, vaguely pointed out in several conversations that before the hegemony's military affairs were always superior to cavalry and foreign soldiers, it was because of the high prestige of the king. Wushuang, up and down obey.But if the son of the present generation takes over the affairs of the government, I am afraid that he will not have the ability to manage complicated affairs with simplicity.

To put it bluntly, you have the right to score points!In other words, these old arms and legs have been used by his father Gao Huan for a long time, but he wanted to stretch them when he came on stage.

Gao Cheng is exceptionally talented, smart and sophisticated, and his personality is not resigned, so naturally he will not be willing to be restrained by this.After trying it out and realizing that Jinyang's personnel cooperation was not active enough, other ideas came to mind.

During this period of time in charge of the military affairs of the Jinyang Bafu, Gao Cheng also noticed that after the Battle of Yubi last year, the current Jinyang Bafu is exhausted and the treasury is exhausted. The situation is really not optimistic.

He proposed to go on a tour of the prefectures in person, first of all to appease and stabilize the morale of the Xianbei people in the six prefectures of Hebei, and to ensure that the soldiers of these six prefectures would not be lured by the instigation of Hou Jing's rebels.

The second is to interrogate the collection of money, food and taxes from the states, directly strangling the foundation of all personnel operations in Jinyang, so that those titans will not dare to act rashly even if they have plans.

The third is to submit to Yedu. Relying on his deep prestige and stronger control in the court, he will first use the Liufang Imperial Army of Yedu to go south to quell the rebellion. The knotted situation is bound to be greatly eased.

He has discussed this series of strategies with Chen Yuankang for a long time.It's just that these officials in the mansion are staying behind, which is obviously not enough to stabilize the situation in Jinyang's domineering mansion. Gao Cheng also has some reservations about those veterans. The officials went to Yedu and recalled his cousin Duan Shao to sit in Bafu.

Now that Duan Shao was about to arrive in Jinyang, Gao Cheng confided a little plan to Zhao Yanshen and other officials, so that they could have a mental preparation and be able to cooperate with Duan Shao to stabilize the situation here.

"Go and summon Cui Changru!"

After Gao Cheng revealed his plan to the staff, he spoke again.

Not long after, a middle-aged man with grown up stature, majestic appearance but with a bit of sluggish spirit was brought in. It was Cui Changru who Gao Cheng said was from Qinghe Cui family.

The Cui family of Qinghe has been known as the No. 1 family in Hebei since Cui Hao. Cui was born in a famous family and is also well-known in Hebei, and because of his belief in the old Xun of Jianyi, he is a representative figure among the Hebei aristocratic families and has a relatively high influence. Among them, Gao Cheng's most trusted second Cui is even higher.

Therefore, Cui has always been proud of his talents and his eyes are higher than the top, but now he is very respectful when he worships the prince, and he does not show the usual arrogance at all. The voice should be.

"Your cousin and disciples have been settled properly, right?"

Seeing that Cui's posture was so upright and respectful, Gao Cheng was quite satisfied in his heart, so he asked again with a smile.

When Cui heard this, his expression became bitter immediately, but he quickly said: "Fortunately, the son took good care of him and lenient the net, and he didn't impose punishments for breeding giant bandits because of his family. Now all the elders go out to serve and the young ones go to school, Weng and concubines are all taken care of, that young disciple Li Tairuo knows that his relatives are supported by this kindness, and he doesn't secretly have a heart to return to righteousness, and his life is in vain!"

After Gao Cheng heard this, he said with a smile: "These good encounters are not for the young disciple in Guanxi, but for Cui Qing. But if this disciple really wakes up and returns to righteousness, it will be difficult for him to be knocked down before." He entered the post of Luocheng Gate Supervisor."

(End of this chapter)