Chapter 326 Jiankang, Chaos

It's not enough for a noble family to just bring out an emperor of Jin.

The Jin Dynasty is not a Han Dynasty, and some people may miss the Jin Dynasty. But its political influence is still far behind that of Han Zuo who lived four hundred years ago.

Now Zhang Maodu needs Xu Xianzhi, a man with huge prestige both inside and outside the government, to stand up and cheer for them.

"Xu Xianzhi, Liu Yizhen has been supporting his own people since he came to power."

Zhang Maodu is still trying to induce me.

"Liu Yu died on the front line. It was you who helped the Liu family stabilize the rear. But what did Liu Yizhen do when he came back? First he demoted your nephew, then he weakened your authority, and now he has left you alone in the building.

Kang!"

"Is the title of Situ useful to you?"

"We are different!"

"I promise you!"

"When we occupy Jiankang, pacify the south, and restore the Jin Dynasty, you will still be the prime minister with great power!"

"Your family will also become a wealthy family that is not inferior to Wang Xie! We will be rich for a hundred years!"

"When the time comes, you will be the second Director Wang!"

Zhang Maodu’s eyes were extremely enthusiastic.

He didn't believe anyone would refuse this offer!

Especially people like Xu Xianzhi who enjoyed power but left the scene lonely.

At this time, as long as you give him a little bit of sweetness, you can naturally lure him into taking the bait!

Who knows,

Xu Xianzhi, who was always serious, actually smiled.

"why are you laughing?"

Why are you laughing?

Zhang Maode could hear the ridicule towards himself from his laughter.

"I asked you why you are laughing!"

Xu Xianzhi was leaning forward and backward at this moment, and even coughed violently.

"Zhang Maodu, Zhang Maodu, cough cough... I thought you just had no integrity, but I never thought you were a short-witted person!"

"Who do you think my position was given to me?"

"Emperor Taizu? Emperor? Xu family?"

Xu Xianzhi seemed to have put down many invisible burdens at this moment, stood up and looked down at Zhang Maodu.

"None of that! They never gave me anything!"

"I took my position myself!"

What appeared in Xu Xianzhi's eyes at this moment was the scene when he and Liu Yu first met.

At that time, Liu Yu was not yet a high-ranking Taiwei, King of Song, or Emperor.

Like himself, Liu Yu was just joining the army at that time.

Later, they were promoted step by step, climbing from the bottom to the center of the empire.

Just as Liu Yu climbed up to the throne from joining the army, Xu Xianzhi also climbed up from there to become prime minister.

He is the founding father!

He is one of the heroes who pioneered the new era!

Rather than being a favorite of Taizu's young acquaintance who got lucky and climbed into power.

Liu Song belongs to Liu Yu and also to him!

So, after hearing Zhang Maodu helping the Jin family one by one, the Xu family was greatly prospered...

Xu Xianzhi only thought it was ridiculous.

This is the same as an outsider saying to a mother: Kill your biological child, and I will find you a new stepson.

And this stepson may not be able to give him...

absurd!

"Zhang Maodu, you underestimate me, Taizu, and the emperor who forced you all out."

"Stop it early. Let your brother Zhang Shao go and intercede with the emperor. The emperor may spare your lives for the sake of Emperor Xiaozong. Otherwise, you have no choice but to die."

Zhang Maodu didn't understand why Xu Xianzhi suddenly became so crazy.

But at least he understood what Xu Xianzhi meant!

"So, Xu Situ is not willing to help us?"

silence.

"good!"

Zhang Maodu stood up and left.

"We can destroy everything here without you!"

"I won't kill you. I want you to see how stupid you, Liu Yu, and the little emperor far away in Chang'an are!"

It's not enough to say anything speculative.

Zhang Maode knew that Xu Xianzhi had no hope.

But it doesn't matter.

Xu Xianzhi was originally just a free move.

Done, it saves a lot of effort.

If it doesn't work, it won't cause too much loss.

Seeing Zhang Maode's back walking out of his house, Xu Xianzhi sighed deeply.

"An old friend is like a fallen leaf in the wind, each one withered."

"In this new world, I'm afraid there will be fewer acquaintances."

Back in the courtyard, Xu Xianzhi looked at the chess game and gently leaned down to pick up the white piece that fell in the middle Tianyuan position.

"Send it to the palace."

"Here!"

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The war in Yangzhou gradually became uncontrollable, which made the people in Jiankang City panic and uneasy.

"I heard...the bandit army outside has almost reached Jiankang!"

"What thief army! That's Master Wang! Be careful what you say!"

"..."

People who don't know the truth are so nervous that it's hard to breathe at the slightest disturbance.

"I heard from a relative of mine who was an official that the emperor took away almost all the troops when he moved the capital. The remaining people were not even enough to fill his teeth!"

As he said this, the man calculated accounts for others:

"The emperor has left less than ten thousand people today, and now I heard that the army outside has already numbered hundreds of thousands! Imagine the gap! Think about it carefully!"

The common people are not generals.

They don't know the difference between regular soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles and farmers with hoes and sickles, but they can figure it out.

Less than ten thousand.

Against hundreds of thousands.

No matter how you look at it, it’s like hitting a stone with an egg!

"What to do?"

Those who have relatives in the countryside have begun to run towards the outside of Jiankang City.

In the past, these "superior men" who claimed to live at the feet of the emperor now placed their hopes on those poor relatives in the countryside who were looked down upon by them.

Perhaps only when they leave the city of Jinling will they realize that the prosperity here has never belonged to them.

Most of the people who do this are middle-class ordinary people.

Hidden in the dark cracks of Jiankang are a large number of people at the bottom who are usually ignored.
To be continued...