Emperor Sun made his fortune from scratch

The news of the loss of Liucheng finally reached Jinling, and Emperor Jiang Ningxian of Qi looked at the fold in his hand, and his heart was extremely annoyed.

When he appointed Wang Jing as the assassin of Hanzhong, Zhongshu ordered Chen Jin, Zhou Zhaopeng and others to clearly express their opposition.

Chen Jin told him that Hanzhong bordered the Guanzhong of Wei, and that Emperor Li Kun of Wei was ambitious and wanted to annex Hanzhong for a long time.

Jiang Ningxian ignored the dissuasion of Chen Jin and others, and forcibly made Wang Jing a stabbing history in Hanzhong. Because he used people improperly, this led to the loss of Liucheng. This matter will inevitably affect his prestige in the court.

Wang Guifei knelt in front of him, her expression gloomy. Jiang Ningxian looked at her coldly, and there was no longer the warmth of the past.

At this time, the Zhongshu Province sent another memorabilia, which was written by Wang Jing.

Wang Jing said in the recital that Liucheng was too guarded by Song Minyuan's tyrannical expropriation, and he repeatedly dissuaded Song Minyuan to treat the people well. Song Minyuan relied on him as Chen Jin's protégé and did not restrain himself at all, which led to the loss of Liucheng. In addition, Yang Mingsheng, the Taishou of Luxian County, was greedy for merit and sent a battalion to send Wang Wenkai to the army without authorization, but Wang Wenkai was defeated and surrendered to the thief army. Wang Jing repeatedly promised in the recital that he would recover Liucheng and exterminate the thief army within ten days.

Jiang Ningxian closed the fold, and his face changed. The authenticity of Wang Jing's twists and turns is debatable. But Song Minyuan is Chen Jin's protégé, but this matter is true.

Jiang Ningxian had an idea in his heart, and asked people to call the officials of Zhongshu Province and the six Shangshu.

After a while, the officials came to the main hall.

I saw Jiang Ningxian's face full of anger, and said to Chen Jin: "Wang Jing's recital, have you read it?"

Chen Jin slowly raised his head, his expression was as calm as water, and said, "The minister has seen it."

"What's going on with Song Minyuan? I appointed him as the Taishou of Liucheng, is he repaying me like this?"

"All this is the fault of the ministers, the ministers are incompetent and ignorant.

Jiang Ningxian was slightly stunned, Chen Jin didn't make any excuses.

"What about Liucheng, how does Zhongshuling think he should deal with it?" Jiang Ningxian asked.

"The minister thought that there were tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Han. Wang Jing will definitely be able to quell the rebellion and recover Liucheng. Chen Jin said lightly.

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After the court disbanded, Lang Jingzhi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, went to Chen's Mansion to visit Chen Jin. Jingzhi was promoted by Chen Jin, and he was also a close confidant of the prince, so he was led to the study.

See Zhongshu Order. Jingzhi saluted.

"No need to be polite, why did you come to my mansion?" asked Chen Jin.

"There is something unclear about the lower officials, the loss of Liucheng is obviously Wang Jing's fault, why should the adults stop the fault on themselves. Jing Zhi was puzzled.

"Song Minyuan is indeed my protégé, and he cannot escape the blame for the loss of Liucheng.

"As early as three years ago, the imperial court received a report from the local government that Wang Jing was greedy for money, and the people of Hanzhong were not able to make a living, and His Majesty turned a blind eye. "

So you want to say to me that it's all Your Majesty's fault, right?" Chen Jin said coldly.

Jing Zhi was speechless for a while, and Chen Jin's face was displeased, "Do you want me to accuse Your Majesty of improper use of people in public?"

Jing Zhi hurriedly said: "What Xia Guan means is that Wang Jing is the person of the third prince. Your Majesty is naturally not wrong, but it is the three princes who are wrong.

"You came to me today, the prince asked you to come, right?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means that you can use this matter to attack the three princes.

Chen Jin waved his hand and said, "You go and tell the prince that you don't have to do anything, just let the situation develop." Didn't Wang Jing say that the thieves could be exterminated within ten days? Then wait a little longer to see if he could recover Liucheng. "

Xia Guan understood. Jing Zhi said respectfully.

"If nothing else, go back and tell the prince what I mean. "

Yes, the lower official said goodbye.

After Jingzhi left, Chen Jin's face became gloomy.

After a while, there was a knock on the door outside the study.

"Come in!" Chen Jin said.

An old man walked in with his head slightly bowed, this person was the housekeeper in the mansion, and Chen Jin usually used to call him "Lao Huang".

"Master, when you were talking to Master Jing just now, someone was eavesdropping outside the house. "Old Zodiac.

Chen Jin showed disdain in his eyes, "Did he send it?"

"Yes."

"You arrange someone to dispose of it quietly."

Lao Huang said again: "In the mansion, some people have come recently, do you want to get rid of them together?"

"If the emperor sent them, leave a few, otherwise the emperor will not be at ease." As for the others, there is no need to stay. Chen Jin had a strong murderous aura.

Perhaps feeling a little stuffy in the house, Chen Jin came to the backyard garden.

As a famous family in Jinling, the Chen family has expanded the mansion many times, and the garden inside occupies a large area. The garden is full of all kinds of flowers, some budding, some slim, and some brightly colored. From afar, it is beautiful and spectacular.

Chen Jin took a leisurely walk in the garden and remembered many things from the past.

When Jiang Ningxian was young, he had not yet ascended to the throne. In order to gain the support of the Chen family, he often came to the mansion as a guest. One day, when Jiang Ningxian was playing in the garden, he said: "This Chen family's garden is bigger than the imperial garden in the palace.

When Chen Jin heard it at the time, he thought he was saying something casually and didn't care.

Now that I think about it, Jiang Ningxian may have never changed. Both in the past and in the present. In the depths of his heart, he has always been afraid of the Chen family.

At that time, it was not Chen Jin who was in charge, but his father had the final say. Chen Jin has nothing to do, and often drinks with Jiang Ningxian, and also gives him advice on winning the heir. Jiang Ningxian swore that after succeeding to the throne, he would make great efforts to govern the country, gently pay taxes, crack down on corruption, and then capture Huainan, and then dominate the world and create a prosperous era for thousands of years. The young Chen Jin believed Jiang Ningxian's words.

For this reason, Chen Jin persuaded his father many times to agree to the marriage of Jiang Ningxian and his eldest sister Chen Huatian. The disciples of the Chen family all fell to Jiang Ningxian. With a strong help, in the end, he succeeded in seizing the throne.

At the beginning of Jiang Ningxian's succession, he was quite a wise man. He often discussed state affairs with officials of the DPRK and China all night. There was a rebellion in Mindi, Jiang Ningxian ignored the danger, drove the expedition in person, and put down the rebellion in one month.

Later, Chen Jin understood that the reason why Jiang Ningxian personally conquered Mindi was to better control the military power. None of the meritorious generals this time are children of the Liu family or subordinates of the Liu family. After the war, Liu Zhijie's influence on the army declined suddenly, and he could no longer respond to the same voice in the army as before.

It took Chen Jin more than ten years to finally see Jiang Ningxian's true face. Unfortunately, it was too late. Jiang Ningxian has long been on the throne and has great power.

Fortunately, Jiang Ningxian, like him, has half-white hair.

No matter who you are, once you enter your old age, you don't want to toss anymore. For an emperor, there is nothing more important than holding on to imperial power.

Nowadays, the competition for the succession of the four princes is becoming increasingly fierce. Even if the emperor knew about all the things they were doing behind their backs, he would not say anything, even if these things were detrimental to the interests of the country.

No matter how the princes fight, the referee is the emperor, which helps the emperor to better control the imperial power. Compared with the fall of Liucheng, the emperor's greatest concern was the imbalance of forces between the court and China.

Chen Jin knew more about the situation in Hanzhong than the emperor. Song Minyuan has written to him many times in the past year. talked about Wang Jing's various deeds and hoped to transfer out of Liucheng as soon as possible.

He needed to place a chess piece in Hanzhong, so he didn't transfer Song Minyuan away.

Just as he was falling into a memory, Lao Huang walked over.

"What's the matter?"

Lao Huang said: "The queen sent someone to report, thinking that in a few days let the Seventh Prince come to the mansion to play for a few days."

Chen Jin rarely showed a kind smile, "Yes, you can come if you want." "

In the entire Qi country, almost everyone thought that Chen Jin supported the crown prince Jiang Cheng, including the emperor and the crown prince himself, but they were all wrong.

As early as five years ago, he gave up his support for Jiang Cheng in his heart. In Chen Jin's view, Jiang Cheng is high-profile and reckless. The most important thing is that Jiang Cheng, like Jiang Ningxian, did not make all kinds of guarantees to him before succeeding to the throne, and I am afraid that he will change his face immediately after succeeding to the throne.

Chen Jin missed it once, and he would never make the same mistake again.

Over the years, Chen Jin has been giving advice to the crown prince Jiang Cheng on the surface, but secretly paving the way for the seventh prince Jiang Che.

In fact, the young Jiang Che didn't know anything about it.

Chen Jin saw that Lao Huang did not leave, and asked what else was going on.

Lao Huang said: "There is news just now that the old general Liu Zhijie plans to submit his resignation to His Majesty tomorrow, saying that he wants to return to his hometown." "

Others have placed secret agents in Chen's mansion, and Chen Jin is also not idle. In order to support these spies, the Chen Mansion spends no less than hundreds of taels per month. However, this money, for the Chen family, is just a drizzle.

Chen Jin's eyes were puzzled, Liu Zhijie had not been in court for many years. Regardless of whether you submit your resignation or not, you are all at home in the same way. Moreover, the ancestors of the Liu family have been from Jinling for generations, and they are still from the township.

Although Chen Jin is a wise person, he will never dare to underestimate Liu Zhijie. Even his father was afraid of Liu Zhijie.

After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't think clearly what was going on, "Lao Huang, what do you think about this?"

Lao Huang guessed: "Perhaps, the old general thinks that there is something big happening in Hanzhong."

Chen Jin was even more confused, "It's just a loss of a mere Liucheng, what can be a big deal? Could it be that the Wei army will send troops to Hanzhong."

"The old slave doesn't know about this. "

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After Yang Xin captured Liucheng, he stepped up his recruitment of troops. The strength of the Wanshan Army expanded rapidly from more than 20,000 to 40,000.

Yang Xin believed that the number of soldiers was not as good as the soldiers, and he personally trained the soldiers every day without the slightest slackness. Knowing that Wang Jing would definitely send troops to Liucheng, Lu Boliang sent many secret agents to keep an eye on the various movements of the officers and soldiers.

There was something that made him depressed, Li Erniang and others attacked Dongfuling, and sent back the news that they had won, but she was injured and decided to recuperate outside first, and Zhao Li and Yang Zhi did not come back.

Yang Xin couldn't take care of these for the time being, and his main energy now was to face the Nanzheng army that was about to attack.

If this battle is won, the Wanshan army will have the opportunity to occupy the entire Hanzhong, and if it is defeated, it will be completely destroyed.