Watching the Jiangnan navy move north, Li Hongji did not stay at the Jiangnan water village to wait for good news from the front, but returned to Jinling.
Li Hongji was ordered by Li Jing to supervise the country and gain power in the south of the Yangtze River, but he was unable to control everything with ease.
The emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty was always Li Jing, and Li Jing, who moved his capital to Hongzhou, Nanchang Prefecture, the southern capital, already regretted it.
Where is Jinling?
Where is Hongzhou?
Jiangnan Beauty Land, Jinling Imperial State.
Since Emperor Wu Sun Shiwan established his capital here, Jinling has been the economic and cultural center of Jiangnan and the ancient capital of six dynasties.
Although Hongzhou has given Wang Bo the treasures and talents mentioned in "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng", its size is still one level lower than that of Jinling.
The narrow Hongzhou could not even accommodate the barracks and official residences of the accompanying officials. The officials missed the life in Jinling day and night.
Li Jing felt regretful and angry. Tang Hao, who was the first to propose moving the capital, looked at him and was frightened to death.
Li Jing wanted to return to Jinling. Only a small part of the Manchu civil and military officials in Jinling supported Li Hongji's intention to supervise the country, while the vast majority responded with opposition.
Li Hongji was too strong-minded and spent 70% of the taxes from the Jiangnan court on military affairs.
Expand the navy in the south of the Yangtze River, build ships and equipment, purchase oil at a high price, and build the fire-breathing warship, a water warfare artifact.
The people in the south of the Yangtze River were dissatisfied with Li Hongji's disregard for people's livelihood, the arty celebrities were dissatisfied with Li Hongji's stinginess and did not provide money to support themselves, and the greedy and sycophantic ministers in the temple also lost their way to make money.
Li Hongji thinks that this prince is a person who hates people and hates dogs.
If not for his move, he gained enough military morale and controlled the military power of Jinling City.
Li Hongji has long been unable to work anymore.
Therefore, Li Hongji did not dare to stay away from Jinling, fearing that the officials in the temple would take the opportunity to welcome his father Li Jing back to Jinling.
Returning to the Southern Tang Palace, seeing no one around, he was sitting on the dragon chair generously.
Li Hongji felt much better and ordered Chen Qiao to be invited.
Chen Qiao was an old man from the Southern Tang Dynasty, with a strong temper. His great ancestor, Li C, moved to become the Minister of Public Affairs and became a member of Zhongshushe. He had high qualifications in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but he was not valued very much, and he was never ranked high or low.
Li Hongji also looked down upon Chen Qiao at first. In his opinion, literati were all arty people who only knew how to talk.
If you want to make your country strong, you must be like the Central Plains, attach great importance to generals and respect military bravery.
Until Chen Qiao recommended himself and talked about strategies to strengthen the country.
Only then did Li Hongji discover that his father had such a treasure.
Chen Qiao talked a lot with Li Hongji, but in general they just talked about "building a country with a navy".
Chen Qiao told Li Hongji very bluntly that it was too late to develop armaments at this time.
Not to mention the infantry of the Central Plains who have experienced battles for a long time, the Imperial Camp Division, the Palace Front Division, and the Guard and Military Division, even the border troops of the Luo and Yu Dynasties are now constantly using the military training of the Dingnan Army.
The physique of the northerners is better than that of the southerners, plus all the factors of the cavalry from the Central Plains.
Jiangnan now has no chance of defeating the infantry.
Developing the naval force is the foundation of Jiangnan and the strategy to resist the enemy.
The navy is powerful and can block the natural moat of the Yangtze River. The navy is powerful and can come and go freely in the Jianghuai water network.
Jiangnan has an invincible naval force that can advance and attack and retreat and defend.
Nothing goes wrong.
The Central Plains Navy was established only a few years ago, and Jiangnan has always been famous for its navy, so there is every chance that the latecomers will take over.
Li Hongji was astonished and immediately recommended Chen Qiao to be promoted to the position of minister, assistant to the Guangzheng Yuan, and responsible for military and state affairs.
With the help of Chen Qiao and Chai Kehong, Li Hongji successfully built a well-equipped Jiangnan navy.
It was also because of having such a powerful navy that Li Hongji had the courage to challenge the Central Plains.
"Mr. Chen!"
When Li Hongji saw Chen Qiao entering, he immediately went down to the hall to greet him.
"Sir, Sir, Governor Chai has led his troops northward. As long as the enemy's Jiangbei Water Village is breached, our navy can blockade the Jianghuai water network. We can even drive straight in, directly attack Shouzhou or Bianjing, and give them a surprise attack! Haha!
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When the time came, Luo Youdu, who was being kept in Chengdu, was so frightened that he crawled to the ground and withdrew his troops."
Li Hongji was often scolded by Li Jing because of Luo Youdu.
He was naturally disgusted with Luo Youdu, and Li Hongji couldn't help but get excited thinking about that scene.
Chen Qiao frowned slightly and said: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, must not be too ambitious. Separating the south of the Yangtze River with naval forces is the right way. The Central Plains has become a general trend, and it is difficult to confront it head-on."
Li Hongji hurriedly said: "Sir, what you are talking about is, what should our army do next?"
Chen Qiao said: "Winning the Central Plains navy commanded by Zhang Xiong is not a great feat. Our army's real opponent is Lin Renzhao. This man is extremely brave and skilled in water warfare. Only by destroying his subordinates can we, Jiangnan, rest easy."
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Li Hongji said confidently: "Don't worry, sir, our Jiangnan navy has a trump card specially designed to deal with Lin Renzhao. Playing with fire, I, Jiangnan, are the ancestors."
The two started a series of discussions on how to deal with Lin Renzhao, who was attacking Ezhou, until they were both satisfied.
Li Hongji was running back and forth, wasting a lot of mental effort to deal with Lin Renzhao, and was so excited last night that he had no sleep all night and was low on energy, so he took a short break in the side hall of the palace.
I closed my eyes for more than two hours.
Li Hongji had a sweet dream. He dreamed that he was riding on a naval ship from the south of the Yangtze River and was about to enter Bianjing City in front of thousands of people.
I was sleeping soundly when I heard the blaring alarm bell.
I walked out of the side hall in a daze, only to see a group of panicked civil and military ministers dragging their families and their families running towards the palace.
The whole front hall of the palace was in a mess, and the elegant ministers were as embarrassed as refugees.
"what happened?"
Li Hongji looked at the frightened and angry minister and asked the imperial guard beside him.
The Imperial Guard also looked confused.
Li Hongji sent people to inquire about the situation. After asking around, no one knew what was going on.
A warning bell suddenly sounded over Jinling.
The first people to react to this are always the dignitaries located near the imperial city.
Those with high status simply dragged their families to the imperial city, while those with low status sealed their homes and hid in fear.
As for what the situation was and where the enemy came from, they had no idea.
When you hear the alarm bell, hiding is the best option. Who cares who the enemy is?
Where did it come from?
Li Hongji was furious. He was dreaming of entering Bianjing, but before he entered the city, his own Jinling was attacked?
It was not until an hour passed that Li Hongji got accurate information from the guard Ma Chengxin.
Zhu Yuan, the rebel general of the Southern Tang Dynasty who caused the defeat of Zijin Mountain, led three thousand light cavalry into the west city of Jinling.
After receiving this news, Li Hongji almost fainted and said in a voiceless voice: "How is it possible? Where did Zhu Yuan come from?"
No one can answer this question.
Because of the Yangtze River natural moat, there were no fortifications at all in Jinling City.
Shu Yuantai understood the situation in Jinling, so he boldly rushed to the gate of Jinling with a hundred cavalry as the front and the banner with the word "Li".
The Jinling guards thought that the prince was coming and wanted to come up to greet him...
As a result, Shu Yuan stabbed him directly in the west city of Jinling.
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