Chapter 66 The surging undercurrent from Jixia Academy
The water of the Lujiang River is turbulent and turbulent. When it flows, it looks like thousands of horses galloping, with amazing momentum.
In the river, a huge black shadow of more than ten feet was vaguely visible swimming underwater. In the dark, the power of the Lujiang River's water veins was activated. Above the river surface, river waves several feet high were immediately formed.
The terrifying momentum of the river waves was captured one after another, causing white waves to rise immediately. Under the huge impact, the rocks and silt blocking the waterways in the Yixian waterway were immediately washed away by the river waves.
The Lujiang River is originally a tributary of the Yangtze River. It flows rapidly and steeply, making navigation difficult. The weather of the Lujiang River originally only had the word "danger".
But the scene like this on the Lujiang River now is majestic and extremely majestic. The momentum in front of you is not weaker than the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers that run through the Central Plains!
Ever since Zheng Guo was ordered to ask the Lujiang Dragon King to dredge the Yixian waterway, this scene has been on the Yixian waterway for more than several months.
The power of the Lujiang River's water veins was mobilized to stir up stormy waves, thereby dredging the waterways of Yixian County.
Another huge wave was seen surging, and it was shot hard. Amidst the "bang" sound of the explosion, there was a faint and crisp sound of the reef breaking.
Strange-shaped, blue-black reef fragments floated to the surface of the river, and soon disappeared on another wave. At the same time, above the river surface, the undercurrent vortex formed by the existence of the reef in the water also disappeared.
The originally turbulent river flowed here and suddenly became calmer.
When the water workers on the riverside saw this, their eyes suddenly lit up and they shouted:
"Oh, it's working, it seems to be working!"
As soon as this statement came out, it immediately spread to both sides of the river. When the laborers and watermen heard this statement, they immediately cheered.
Zheng Guo, a member of the Ministry of Industry, heard the noise and ran to the riverside.
Looking at the surface of the river where the water flow became more and more gentle, Zheng Guo quickly fetched tools and measured the dredging condition of the water channel with his followers.
After several confirmations, Zheng Guo clapped his hands excitedly and said loudly:
"The waterway in Yixian County has been opened. Send someone quickly to report back to Your Majesty, Marquis Qujing!"
Once the waterway in Yixian County is connected, the army of Yun State can send troops from Jiangyang Prefecture, advance along the waterway, and attack Xia State.
If we attack along the Yangtze River, we will have no worries about food and grass. The Xia Kingdom's prefectures, counties and cities along both sides of the river will be in turmoil. We can even direct our troops directly at Jinling City, the capital of Xia Kingdom, to attack Xia Kingdom as quickly as possible and take over the whole world!
At this time, not far from Yi County, Nanjinguan was stationed by the Xia army.
Hearing the cheers coming from afar, the commander of the Nanjin Guanxia Army sighed heavily and said:
"I'm afraid that the Yixian waterway has been dredged!"
The faces of all the Xia army generals suddenly changed and they exclaimed:
"Why so fast?"
"There are many rocks under the Yixian waterway. It is extremely difficult to dredge the waterway. It requires a lot of manpower and material resources. But I never expected that it would happen so quickly..."
"I heard that the Emperor of Yun State ordered the Dragon King of Lujiang River to help with the help of the water veins, so it was so fast. The spies we sent also saw with our own eyes a Dragon King looming in the river."
"Oh, I never thought that in just a few years, the world would change so much."
Everyone didn't think anything of it before, but now that they think about it carefully, they realize that the world has changed so much in just two or three years.
Luck manifested, armies gathered in strange phenomena, and strange beasts from heaven and earth, these things that originally appeared in myths and stories, came to the world so suddenly and without any disturbance.
The leader of the Xia army, the general, said in a serious tone:
"Send people quickly to report back to Jinling City and the Southwest Recruitment Division. The waterway in Yixian County has been dredged!"
"yes!"
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Jiangcheng Mansion, southwest recruiting Si Yamen.
Gong Yingzong looked at the secret message sent back from Tubo, his face suddenly turned ugly, and he murmured to himself:
"Yang is the same as Jiedushi? When the Tibetan envoys went to Zhongqing City, Emperor Yun was actually prepared and laid out this chess piece early to control the Tubo Kingdom... Take one step and look at ten steps to predict the enemy first.
This Emperor of Yun Kingdom is really powerful!"
The embroiderer under his command looked at Gong Yingzong's ugly face and said hesitantly:
"Sir, Anguo reported back that the Yunguo people had already prepared and surrounded and annihilated the rebel forces. The people we sent there were nowhere to be found... It should have fallen into the hands of Yunguodongchang."
Thinking of the confident and confident look he had shown before, Gong Yingzong's face suddenly turned blue and purple, he slammed the table and gritted his teeth:
"What a plan, what a skill! I, Gong Yingzong, lost this round."
When the embroiderer heard this, he lowered his head silently, but he couldn't help but think in his heart:
What does it mean that you lost? It was you who lost. You were suppressed and beaten by Emperor Yun the whole time. Why are you pretending to be here...
Gong Yingzong didn't notice the strangeness of his subordinates, and just said to himself:
"The Huanghuang situation is overwhelming. My cheap senior brother really has a good eye. Everyone thinks that Daxia's national power is more powerful than the Yun Kingdom. Now I can clearly see that between the two countries, in the great changes in the world,
The Yun Kingdom that has the upper hand is the more powerful party!"
"Sir, do you have any other preparations beforehand?" his embroiderer asked at the right moment.
When Gong Yingzong heard this, his expression suddenly froze. He was silent for a while, and then he said:
"Take my letter and go to Hengyang Mansion to inform Marquis Deyang and lead the army to withdraw... Now, only by concentrating our forces to defend Jiangzhou County can we block the front of Yun's army."
"yes!"
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Xia Kingdom, Jinling City Imperial Palace, inside Jinshen Hall.
The southwest emergency report was rushed all the way to Yu Zhaoling's palace.
Yu Zhaoling hurriedly flipped through the military newspaper. After a quick glance, he frowned and said in a low tone:
"The waterways in Yixian County have been dredged by the Yun Army! Alas, the banks of the Yangtze River and even the capital Jinling will be constantly harassed by the Yun Army from now on..."
At this time, only a dozen of Yu Zhaoling's confidants were present in the Jinshen Hall.
Hearing what Yu Zhaoling said, Zhu Feiang, a military disciple who was born in the Xia Kingdom and served under Yu Zhaoling when he was recruiting troops in the southwest, saw that Yu Zhaoling looked downcast and immediately came out and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, even though the waterway in Yixian County has been opened, Jiangzhou County is still in the hands of our army. Along the river, there are Xunyang County, Yicheng County, and Liyang County, all of which are easy to defend but difficult to attack. If the Yun Army
As you go down the river, you will encounter all our dangerous city gates and fortresses. If you attack all the way, you will definitely lose your troops and generals. By then the morale of the Yun army will be low and the army will lose its edge. If our army regroups, we will be able to defeat the Yun State and conquer the lost territory in one fell swoop!"
After all, the core point is still the same: accumulate small wins into big wins, trade space for time!
Xia Kingdom is really too big!
No matter how brave and skilled the Yun army was, and no matter how weak the Xia army was, it would not be possible to fight all the way from Jiangcheng Mansion to Jinling City in just a few months.
Yu Zhaoling has been in the army for many years, so it is impossible for him not to understand this truth. In fact, Xia State's strategy to deal with Yun State has always been like this, hoping to rely on strong national power to bring down Yun State.
But at this time, since he came to the throne, he has been losing troops, cities and territory, and it is inevitable that he feels frustrated.
After hearing the persuasion of his ministers, Yu Zhaoling took a deep breath, cheered up, and said:
"Half a month ago, Yunyang Prefecture was also captured by the Yun Army, and the entire Anshun County fell. Most of Shaoyang County fell. Tanzhou, Shaoyang County, which is across the Yuan River from Wuling Prefecture, has also been destroyed."
"Now that the waterway in Yixian County has been dredged, the Yun Army can move down the river and cut off the connection between Wuling Prefecture and Jiangzhou County. The Yun Army in Yixian County, Shaoyang County, and Anshun County are surrounded by three routes, and Wuling Prefecture is surrounded by enemies on all sides. It’s dangerous!”
Having said this, Yu Zhaoling gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice:
"A decree was sent to Lieutenant General Sun Qianfang of Wuling Prefecture, ordering him to lead his troops to retreat to Jiangzhou County!"
For the same reason that they abandoned Hechi County in the first place, although half of the more than 100,000 Xia troops in Wuling Prefecture were transferred from the county and were not considered elite. However, the Xia Kingdom at this time could never afford to lose these soldiers and horses.
This is why Xiao Cheng made Wu Zixu deliberately retreat in order to help Liao Gu ascend to a high position!
Because no matter how smooth the war in Wuling Prefecture is, as long as Anshun County and Shaoyang County are lost, the Xia Army of Wuling Prefecture, which is in a prominent position, will have no choice but to retreat!
"Ministers, please obey the order!" All the ministers in the palace also knew that the situation was like this and had no choice but to make this choice, and they all immediately leaned forward to respond.
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Yun Kingdom Palace, in the Yangxin Hall of Zhongqing City.
Di Renjie, the minister of the Dali Temple, Song Ci, the chief minister of the Northern Qing Dynasty of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhidu of Dali Temple, Zhang Tang, the head of the Ministry of Punishment, and Zhao Yu, the supervisory censor, all walked into the palace and bowed to Xiao Cheng.
"My lord, please pay homage to Your Majesty!"
Xiao Cheng looked up at a few people, nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Song Qing, how was the investigation?"
Song Ci took a step forward, leaned down and saluted, and said:
"I have conducted a detailed investigation and found out that the family members of the three prisoners committed suicide by taking poison. But there is indeed something fishy in it!"
"Although the person who did it did so skillfully, there seems to be nothing unusual on the surface. However, the bodies of the family members of the three houses are scattered throughout the house, and there is no appearance of them all committing suicide by taking poison. This is the first suspicion!"
"I even found packages that were packed in a hurry in the three residences. If the prisoner intended to commit suicide with his family members, there should be no need to do so. This is the second suspicion!"
"The third suspicious point, and the most important one, is that I found traces of dislocation on the cheek bones of some of the deceased."
"Therefore, I boldly speculate that the family members of the criminal officials in the three mansions were all broken into the mansion by masters, and their bones were removed using capture techniques. They forcibly drank poison and then reset them. The method was ingenious and sophisticated. If I hadn't dissected the corpses of the deceased, , if you examine the bones of the deceased, you will definitely not be able to find it!"
Xiao Cheng narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly:
"As I expected, Gao Fang and his accomplices are just a front for the people behind the scenes to hide their opinions!"
When Zhang Tang heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he immediately said in a deep voice:
"I will go to interrogate Gao Fang and his accomplices now. I must uncover all the people behind this for Your Majesty!"
Zhang Tang was confident in his torture methods. No matter who he was, he was determined not to survive the torture.
When Zhao Yu heard this, he shook his head slightly and said:
"I'm afraid we won't be able to find out anything from Gao Fang."
Since he was pushed out to hide the truth from others, what could Gao Fa know? The three people who really knew, along with the whole family, were forcibly poisoned!
Di Renjie stood there, frowning, and after a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, I actually have a doubt! The person behind this poisoned and killed three people in Guanzhuang and the whole family, and his methods were very sophisticated. If it hadn't been for Your Majesty's candle shining thousands of miles away, and Mr. Song's proficiency in inspection, he would never have been able to discover anything fishy!"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, his heart moved and he said:
"What did Di Qing want to say?"
"I want to say that since the people behind the scenes can handle the case so cleverly, why didn't they help Gao Fang make the matter watertight in the first place?" Di Renjie said solemnly.
Zhao Yu heard this and continued:
"Since Gao Fang is a cover, the people behind the scenes may be using him as a scapegoat, so there is no need to worry too much."
Di Renjie shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice:
"Absolutely not!"
"Gao Fang is a doctor in the Ceremony Department of the Ministry of Etiquette. According to what a group of prisoners said, they want to make money through the imperial examination. Gao Fang is an indispensable person and should not be abandoned so easily."
Having said this, Di Renjie's eyes flashed and he continued:
"And even if Gao Fang is just a scapegoat, the people behind the scenes should have helped before the original incident was exposed. Because they are hiding behind Gao Fang, and Gao Fang is not exposed, they will be safer!"
Hearing this, Zhi Du frowned even more and continued:
"Listening to what Mr. Di said, why do you think that the person behind the scenes wanted Gao Fang to die from the very beginning?"
When Di Renjie heard this, he immediately raised his voice and said:
"I feel that Gao Fang is not important to the people behind the scenes. It makes no difference whether they die or not! What they want is to ruin the imperial examination system. As long as this fraud case is exposed, the imperial examination promoted by His Majesty will no longer matter.
The reputation of selecting scholars based on their background and talent is also bad..."
"I heard that the Xia State also imitated my Dayun some time ago and held the imperial examination to select talents. I'm afraid that the Xia State is planning this behind the scenes!" Zhang Tang answered again.
On the dragon chair, Xiao Cheng narrowed his eyes, shook his head slightly, and said:
"It's not necessarily Xia Guo's fault, otherwise it will definitely not escape my eyes and ears!"
Zhong Zizhuo, the Yi Guard envoy at Sticky Branch, is now the second-grade embroidered envoy of the Xia Kingdom, and his loyalty value on the Golden Finger Panel is also as high as 80. If the Xia Kingdom is really doing something, Xiao Cheng cannot possibly not know about it!
Having said this, Xiao Cheng suddenly picked up the secret fold in his hand and asked the eunuch beside him to hand it to several people in the palace.
"This is the detailed information about the three people found by Dongchang. Take a look!"
Above the secret fold is extremely detailed information about Zhuang You and the other three people.
After several people took turns to look through it, they looked at each other subconsciously, bowed and said:
"Please forgive me for being stupid and not seeing anything unusual."
"The three of them came from Confucianism, Legalism, and Ming Dynasty respectively. They all became officials after I established Jixia Academy because they discussed politics with reason!"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Xiao Cheng said with a cold face:
"I think that the people behind the scenes may not be here for the imperial examination...the target they want to criticize should be the imperial examination quota system. In other words, they should be criticizing the local government-run academies!"
Even the places for recommendation and exemption from the imperial examination can be awarded privately. People who know it know that this is done secretly by Gao Fang and other ministers of the DPRK and China, taking advantage of their positions. People who don't know will definitely think that there is no hidden secret in this government-run academy.
How many filthy and dirty things have been done!
And Xiao Cheng established government-run academies in various places and gave them quotas for exemption from examinations. From the beginning to the end, the purpose was to cultivate academic disciples, so as to balance and weaken the influence of various schools of thought in the civil and military officials of the court, and avoid the situation in the Xia Dynasty.
As above, there is a tendency of hundreds of factions fighting.
And among hundreds of schools of thought, it is inevitable that no one can see the key point in this.
Perhaps among the hundreds of schools of thought, some people want to use this method to criticize local government-run academies, force Xiao Cheng to reform the academy quota system, and even abolish local government-run academies...
Thinking about it this way, all the previous doubts can be figured out!
Having said this, Xiao Cheng looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice:
"I have suspicions, but there is no evidence. I have given you the right to investigate secretly. We must get to the bottom of this matter!"
Hearing this, several people's expressions immediately perked up, and they all bowed and saluted, saying:
"My lord, please obey your order!"
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