The next morning, Chang Yuchun came to the palace early.
While walking in the corridor, I happened to bump into Fang Yuan, who was about to report to Zhang Yangquan the situation of the newly surrendered Third Army garrison.
So the two of them came to the door of the study together.
After Fang Yuan went in first to report, Chang Yuchun entered the study.
"Your Majesty, Jiqing has been captured. The people in Hangzhou must be panicked and the soldiers have no desire to fight! The general thinks that now is a good opportunity to attack Hangzhou!" He said with a cupped hand.
Zhang Yangquan looked up at him and said, "Is this why you came to see me?"
Chang Yuchun said: "Yes."
Zhang Yangquan said: "There is no need to rush this matter, just step back!"
Chang Yuchun opened his mouth, but in the end he did not dare to ask further questions. He cupped his hands and said, "I will leave at the end."
After leaving the study, Chang Yuchun caught up with Fang Yuan from behind.
"Deputy Commander Fang, do you know why the king refuses to attack Hangzhou?"
Fang Yuan smiled and said: "How did I know?"
He patted him on the shoulder and said, "You kid, you just conquered Jiqing and you want to conquer Hangzhou again? Leave some of the credit to others!"
After saying that, he and Chang Yuchun separated at the crossroads and went to the back house to pay their respects to Mr. Qin Ling.
After Chang Yuchun left the palace, he immediately went to the Military Academy and told Zhao Desheng the situation.
Zhao Desheng smiled bitterly and said: "The king didn't even tell you, it seems we can only wait!"
The Military Academy has a literature class every morning and afternoon, and the rest of the courses are military-related and are taken care of by professionals in various aspects of the military.
They are all carefully selected by Qin Lingjun. Although their ability to lead troops in battle is not as good as that of most generals, in a certain aspect, they are enough to be teachers for everyone.
Chang Yuchun and Zhao Desheng had just finished their morning class that day. They had lunch together and went to the lounge to study on their own.
Just when a few people were immersed in studying, Wang Da suddenly rushed in from outside, came to the side of Monkey and Geng San, and mumbled something.
After hearing this, both Monkey and Geng San showed shocked expressions, especially Monkey, who actually jumped up from his chair.
Others noticed their strange behavior and looked over curiously.
Li Er asked: "Brother Hou, what's wrong with you?"
Wang Da rushed to say: "I just got the news that something big happened in Haozhou!"
Chang Yuchun had been to Haozhou, so he was most concerned and asked hurriedly: "What happened?"
Wang Da grinned and said: "Liu Futong killed Du Zundao and took the position of Prime Minister Zuo himself!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
Only Fu Youde sighed and said: "Du Zundao is too obsessed with conspiracy and has no military morale. Even if he can succeed for a while, he will not be able to defeat Liu Futong!"
Chang Yuchun hurriedly asked: "Sheng Wenyu and the Queen Mother are both members of Du Zundao's party, right? How are they doing?"
Wang Da sneered and said: "That bullshit Queen Mother is just a puppet supported by Du Zundao. How dare she fart more once Du Zundao dies? As for Sheng Wenyu, I heard that she was demoted to Pingzhang political affairs and has not been liquidated!"<
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Zhao Desheng wondered: "It's a strange thing that Liu Futong spared Sheng Wenyu!"
Fu Youde said: "It's not surprising. Sheng Wenyu is not the culprit, and he has a lot of influence in the Song army. If he is also liquidated, the Song army will be severely weakened and will affect the Northern Expedition plan!"
Li Er nodded: "Liu Futong is indeed a person who does great things!"
The monkey said: "After this incident, the prestige of King Xiao Ming will surely fall to the bottom, and Liu Futong will still be the leader of the Song Army!"
Fu Youde said: "This is better. The reason why the Tatars have not paid attention to Jiangnan recently is to prepare for Liu Futong's Northern Expedition. If the Song army is controlled by a child, it will not be long before it is defeated. By then, the Tatars will be able to deal with us.
Got it!"
Everyone thought this was reasonable and nodded.
After the last class in the college, it was already midnight, and a red cloud rose in the sky, burning the clouds red.
Chang Yuchun was about to go home when Zhao Desheng suddenly chased him from behind, pulled him under a tree, and said mysteriously: "Brother Chang, I just heard another news, related to Hangzhou!"
Chang Yuchun asked curiously: "What news?"
Zhao Desheng said: "I heard from Brother Hou that the king's unwillingness to attack Hangzhou immediately has something to do with Liu Yushi!"
"Liu Bowen?"
"That's him!"
Chang Yuchun asked: "What's the relationship?"
Zhao Desheng spread his hands and said: "I don't know then. Brother Hou also heard the owner of the venue mention it. I was wondering if we should go to the owner to ask?"
Chang Yuchun thought for a while and said, "It's useless for us to ask. I know it's more effective for us to ask alone!"
"Who?"
"Don't ask too many questions. Leave this matter to me. I will definitely give you an answer tomorrow."
On the way home, Chang Yuchun went out to buy some rouge and gouache, and reluctantly bought a jade bracelet before returning home.
"Why did you suddenly buy me so many things?" Lan Xiangyu was surprised and happy when she saw him putting the gifts on the table.
Chang Yuchun smiled and said: "You will be my wife soon, isn't this a matter of course?"
Lan Xiangyu glanced at him, picked up the jade bracelet and started playing with it.
Chang Yuchun hurriedly said: "Xiangyu, can you do me a favor?"
Lan Xiangyu glanced at him and smiled: "Okay, so you bought these things to bribe me! Tell me, what's the matter?"
Chang Yuchun said: "Ask the owner of the field why the king refuses to attack Hangzhou immediately!"
Lan Xiangyu snorted and said, "My mind is full of thoughts about fighting. Okay, I'll ask tomorrow!"
Chang Yuchun smiled and said: "You see it's still early..."
Lan Xiangyu glared at him and said, "I'm going to the head office now!" She got up, changed clothes, and went straight to the palace.
It was approaching the middle of Haishi, and after the second watch, Lan Xiangyu finally came back.
Chang Yuchun, who was waiting in the lobby, quickly stood up and asked, "Have you made it clear?"
Lan Xiangyu walked to the table, poured a cup of tea and drank it, then said: "After asking clearly, it seems to be related to an official named Liu Bowen!"
Chang Yuchun asked: "What's the relationship?"
Lan Xiangyu sat on the chair and said: "I heard from Sister Qin that Liu Bowen offered a strategy to the king a while ago, saying that he could win Hangzhou!"
Chang Yuchun was shocked and said: "What's the plan?"
Lan Xiangyu held her chin and said, "I don't know about that, but I heard that it is related to a person, and that person is on his way to Jiangdu!"
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The dark clouds are low and the moonlight is hazy.
Zhang Yangquan followed a maid carrying a lantern and walked silently towards the back house, with a tired look on his face.
There have been many rebellions in various parts of Jiangdong in the past two days, giving him a very headache.
Other matters can be left to the prime ministers, but the land allocation is handled by him alone, and he is not at ease if it is left to others. As a result, the problem lies in the land allocation.
It is clear that the distribution of farmland to each household is a great thing for the people. However, as soon as the people in various places are provoked, they are used by the big landowners to take the lead in gathering people to resist.
To deal with this kind of rebellion, we cannot blindly suppress it violently, otherwise we will only alienate the people.
The policy issued by Zhang Yangquan is to show no mercy to the powerful landlords behind them, and kill every one of them.
Be patient with those people who are being taken advantage of. You can bring some leading people to Jiangdu and let them see with their own eyes the effect of dividing the land.
After more than half a month of patient handling, the people sent out responded one after another, finally suppressing the public opposition and doubts about the land distribution, and the situation began to improve.
After stabilizing the internal situation, he could finally consider attacking Hangzhou.
Recently, many generals have taken the initiative to request orders to attack Hangzhou. However, Hangzhou is different from Jiqing. The defenders are close to 100,000, and the defender Yang Tongguan is brave and good at fighting!
Moreover, the attack on Hangzhou must be done with one strike. If the attack is slow, it may cause Fang Guozhen to join forces with the Yuan army again to resist together, which will be a lot of trouble!
For this reason, Zhang Yangquan did not plan to send military officers to attack by force this time, but asked Liu Bowen for advice.
After all, the strategy that caused the Yuan army and Fang Guozhen to kill each other in the first place was the work of Liu Bowen.
Liu Bowen may have been thinking about this matter recently. When he asked him about it, the latter immediately gave him a battle plan.
After Zhang Yangquan considered it, he felt that this plan was very feasible.
The most critical point is that even if the plan fails, there will be no losses. If it doesn't work out then, just attack by force!