It is a pity that Lin Xing is a descendant of the Lin family, the top noble family in Jiangnan. He has been domineering in Jiangnan since he was a child. How could he be intimidated by Huang Shanchen's words?
Besides, the Lin family is one of the masterminds of this siege on Yang Fan, how could they give up halfway?
Thinking of this, Lin Xing immediately sneered and said: "Please understand the situation clearly. The mountain is raging, and the number is no less than ten thousand. Although there are some soldiers in Jiangning, they can only protect Jiangning County."
"As a Sima of Jiangning, it is my duty to protect the land and the people. If we rush to rescue the Governor, leaving the defense empty and Shan Yue taking advantage of it, who will bear this responsibility?"
Huang Shanchen did not give in and took action: "As the county governor, I have the power to take charge of Jiang Shou's military and political affairs. You only need to send troops for early rescue. I will bear all the consequences. Now I order you to gather all the troops and set off for Yunnan immediately."
Taishan rescue, otherwise, I will severely punish you for disrespecting orders!"
Lin Xing was not afraid at all and immediately retorted: "It is the duty of the government soldiers to exterminate the Shanyue rebels. Since the imperial court has appointed Zhang Liang, Duke of Yun, as the general manager of Jiangnan to exterminate the Shanyue bandits, we cannot easily intervene. If you are really capable and capable,
Order Duke Yun to lead troops to rescue."
Since the military system reform was carried out in the Tang Dynasty, the government soldiers and the local government soldiers were divided.
The government soldiers were born for war, while the yamen soldiers were mainly responsible for maintaining local security and order.
Duke Zhang Liang of the State of Yun was the general manager of Jiangnan sent by the imperial court to encircle Shanyue, so it made sense for Lin Xing to evade with such a weak excuse.
Of course, this does not mean that the Yamen soldiers cannot carry out rescue, this is just Lin Xing's sophistry.
As soon as these words came out, Huang Shanchen was immediately furious, but there was nothing he could do.
The imperial court had very little control over Jiangnan and had no way to deal with these Jiangnan nobles.
As the top leader in Jiangning, power does not mean that you have the final say because of your high official position.
Even His Majesty Li Er is not helpless in the appointment and dismissal of Jiangnan officials!
This has resulted in the current corrupt officialdom in Jiangnan...
Seeing Huang Shanchen blushing from being choked, Fan Cheng became even more proud and sarcastically said: "Sima is right. If you have the ability, please ask Duke Yun to go to the rescue. What's the point of using your official position to suppress us?"
"Don't blame your subordinates for being rude. Your Excellency said that you will bear the burden with all your strength, but you don't know how to bear it? If all the Yamen soldiers are sent out and Jiangning is plundered by Shanyue, how will you bear it? It's simply a joke."
"Of course, if you have His Majesty's decree, I will never say anything else..."
Hearing the two of them singing and drinking, Huang Shanchen's nose almost became angry!
This is simply outright contempt!
The Jiangnan nobles insulted me too much!
Even after experiencing the Sui and Tang dynasties, he had never been in such a humiliating and annoying situation.
Anger arose in his heart, and he heard Huang Shanchen shouting loudly: "Where are the soldiers on duty? Fan Cheng despised the superior officer and was unable to order, so I killed him on the spot."
Fan Cheng was used to being arrogant, so he never thought of saving some face for Huang Shanchen.
In his opinion, this county guard is just a slut, and he is here just to give the emperor some face!
Jiangnan is the Jiangnan of the Jiangnan gentry. Even if you are appointed by the emperor, how can you, a county governor with no foundation, be the one to dictate?
But he didn't expect that Huang Shanchen would be so fierce today and actually let the soldiers on duty kill him on the spot.
No matter what, this is Huang Shanchen's government office, and the soldiers on duty here have long been bribed by him, so they naturally carry out orders without hesitation.
Fan Cheng's face turned pale with fright as he watched the soldiers on duty draw their swords and approach each other step by step.
In panic, he had to keep taking steps back to avoid the incoming sword.
Unexpectedly, my feet gave way and I fell to the ground.
Just when Fan Cheng thought he was about to die, Sima Linxing hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him: "Sir, please calm down! Although Fan Canjun made a mistake with his words, and the following is wrong, the people in the army are rough people, so why should you follow him?"
General knowledge?"
"Besides, what Fan Canjun said is right. Now it is the responsibility of Duke Yun Zhang Liang to encircle and suppress the mountains. How can we fail to do so?"
"What's more, we are also worried about Jiangning, fearing that Shanyue will take advantage of the situation, so we have been reluctant to send troops to rescue."
"It's better than this. Your Majesty will report to the imperial court. If there is an imperial edict from His Majesty, then all the troops and horses in Jiangning will be commanded by Your Majesty."
"Of course, we will also carry out your orders. Some of us will stay in Jiangning to prevent any unexpected events, and some of us will immediately go to rescue the Governor. What do you think, your Majesty?"
This is not because Lin Xing changed his mind, but because he had to do it.
He really didn't expect that the usually soft-spoken county magistrate would suddenly go berserk!
No matter how arrogant and domineering the Jiangnan nobles were, Jiangnan was still nominally the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
If Huang Shanchen killed Fan Cheng on the spot for disrespecting orders, the Jiangnan nobles would have nothing to do with him.
Even the emperor would not punish him, but would praise him greatly.
After all, the rescue target was the emperor's son-in-law.
Huang Shanchen may have figured this out a long time ago, so he is so tough today.
After Lin Xing's dissuasion, Huang Shanchen gradually calmed down, waved his hand to the soldiers on duty to stop, and then said sternly: "As for the imperial edict, I will invite you down sooner or later. You'd better hurry up and go to the rescue, otherwise
, Don’t blame me for turning against you!”
Although he knew that Lin Xing only said this to fool him, Huang Shanchen was satisfied that he was willing to mobilize some troops.
The states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River sat back and watched Yang Fan being surrounded. Only Jiangning sent troops and horses to rescue him, which was very valuable. Who dared to say anything more?
In this way, we can not only repay Emperor Yang for his kindness, but also repay Empress Xiao for her help in the past.
After all, I have tried my best.
Secondly, you can show your face in front of the emperor.
After all, Huang Shanchen is the only one in Jiangnan who dares to send troops to support us!
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Fan Cheng walked out tremblingly with the support of Lin Xing, still feeling frightened at this time.
However, looking at Lin Xing aside, Fan Cheng still had the courage to curse bitterly for the sake of face: "I will avenge today's revenge sooner or later. If I have the chance, I will crush this old guy to ashes..."
Seeing Huang Shanchen turning to look at them, Lin Xing hurriedly advised: "Hurry up and be silent. You don't have to rush if you want to die. The situation is stronger than others now, so why bother to be a tough talker and cause trouble?"
Fan Cheng stared at Huang Shanchen and murmured in a low voice: "This old man is bullying others too much, I don't want to accept it!"
Seeing this, Lin Xing was too lazy to persuade him.
In his opinion, since Huang Shanchen dared to openly oppose the Jiangnan nobles, he would definitely not end well.
Fan Cheng cursed a few more times in a low voice, and then asked softly: "You really want to separate your troops and go for rescue, how do you explain this to your family?"
Lin Xing said speechlessly: "Your Excellency is already angry. It must be to repay the request. At that time, your Excellency was a former close minister of the Sui Dynasty and won the trust of Emperor Yang. Now he is the governor of Jiangning County. I heard that he also has the help of Empress Xiao."
"Although Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is gone, Empress Xiao is still there. Everyone knows that Yang Fan recognizes Empress Xiao as his godmother. With this relationship, now Yang Fan is besieged in Yuntai Mountain and his death is about to happen. How could he not
To repay the kindness of being acquainted?"
"If Huang Shanchen is indifferent, he will be scolded as ungrateful by the world, so he is really anxious now!"
Fan Cheng said dissatisfiedly: "But the clan's order is not to send out a single soldier for rescue. Besides, now the clan has sent all the people to besiege Yang Fan. If we send troops there, wouldn't we be dealing with our own children?"
Lin Xing rolled his eyes and was speechless: "Are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid? It's not up to us to decide whether to send troops or when to send troops?"
"If it takes another three to five days and they still can't solve it, it's none of our business!"
"If you just refused to send troops, I would have killed you if you couldn't protect everyone. Do you really want to die?"
"Besides, as long as there is no imperial edict from the emperor, we can pretend to assign some old, weak, sick and disabled people without affecting the overall situation. What are we afraid of?"
Fan Cheng thought about it and felt that Lin Xing was more thoughtful.
But before the two of them stepped out of the gate of the government office, suddenly a group of soldiers hurried in.
Could it be that something unexpected happened?
The two looked at each other and were about to ask when they heard the leader shout: "The imperial edict has arrived. Officials at all levels in Jiangning will come quickly to listen to the edict..."
After the government officials gathered together, the officials immediately read out the imperial edict.
"Officials at all levels in the south of the Yangtze River are listening to orders, Shanyue rebels, and they are worthy of death. Wannian County Duke and Jiangnan Governor Yang Fan are besieged by the Shanyue rebels. We have specially ordered all states and counties to lead troops to rescue. If you dare to delay, you will be executed without mercy...
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After the imperial edict was read out, the officials present whispered.
Lin Xing and Fan Cheng both felt as if they had eaten shit.
Did you just say that you would not send troops to rescue Yang Fan without the emperor's decree?
This is good, the emperor's decree will arrive soon.
Now the power to mobilize troops is entirely in Huang Shanchen's hands. If he had known this earlier, why would he have been so cunning and stubborn just now?
Fan Cheng even cried. He almost had his head chopped off just now. It was such an injustice!
However, they know the priorities of things better.
Now that the imperial edict has arrived, it means that the imperial court has sent people to come to the rescue.
No matter how monolithic the Jiangnan nobles were, they could not stop the soldiers from going to the rescue.
It seems that the only way to inform my family as soon as possible...
For the present plan, either retreat and put all the blame on the Shanyue people.
Either Yang Fan should be killed quickly to frighten the emperor so that the court would not dare to send officials to compete with the Jiangnan gentry for profit.
While all parties were wrestling, the city of Chang'an was also in a state of turmoil, filled with a sense of oppression that the storm was about to come.
The imperial court suddenly appointed Li Ji as the general manager of the march to Jiangnan Road. He was raising food and grass and deploying the Guanzhong army to prepare for the march south.
Groups of Guanzhong warriors wearing helmets and carrying armor walked through the long street to the assembly area and waited quietly.
According to well-informed sources, Sangoe rebelled, and the governor of Jiangnan Province was trapped in a tight siege, besieged by tens of thousands of Sangoe people.
Jiangnan officials deliberately delayed and did not send troops to rescue.
The emperor was furious and decided to take a two-pronged approach.
On the one hand, Qin Qiong was sent as a vanguard general to the south of the Yangtze River to mobilize government troops for rescue.
On the other hand, let Li Ji, the general manager of the march, prepare early.
As long as the Jiangnan nobles continue to prevent Qin Qiong from dispatching troops for rescue, the Guanzhong Army will move south to clear all obstacles.
Ordinary people did not understand what the emperor did, they just found it strange.
If Shanyue is just rebelling, why bother sending troops from Chang'an?
Do all the soldiers in Jiangnan live on dry food?
However, when they heard that Yang Fan was being surrounded, the officials in Jiangnan were indifferent, and some smart people reacted.
It turns out that the emperor deployed the Guanzhong Army to frighten the opportunistic Jiangnan gentry.
The people in Guanzhong absolutely supported the emperor's aggressive war.
After all, all the policies implemented by Yang Fan are for the benefit of the people.
Of course the people supported such a good official. At this time, everyone couldn't help but start to worry about Yang Fan who was besieged in Jiangnan, and many people even silently prayed for him.
Just when the people of Chang'an were filled with indignation, the Yang Mansion was also filled with sorrow.
When the news came that Yang Fan was besieged by tens of thousands of Shanyue rebels, everyone in the Yang family could not sleep at night.
how so?
How could these Jiangnan nobles stand by and watch?
Princess Changle sighed, Princess Gaoyang wiped her eyes with tears, Xu Hui and Xiao Shiyun had red eyes and bit their lips tightly, Wu Shun, Xing'er and Wan were already out of breath from crying...
Although Wu Meiniang's eyes are also red, if you look carefully, you can see that there is no worry in her eyes.
Judging from the news from the Plum Blossom Guards, although Yang Fan was besieged, his life was not in danger.
On the contrary, her husband used this opportunity to deliberately eliminate some people with evil intentions and clear the way for him to establish a metropolitan governor's palace.
But Wu Meiniang couldn't tell anyone about this information, so few people knew about such things about using her strength to gain strength.
If the emperor knew that he was being used as a sword by Yang Fan, the consequences would be disastrous.
Princess Changle had a sad look on her face: "My husband serves the country and the people, and he will fight to the death in the face of bandits. There is no one in ancient times who is more unyielding than this."
"In the past, nobles from Chang'an always said that their husbands were greedy for money and lustful, and that they were weak-kneed people. Now that my husband is so loyal, let's see what these people have to say."
"We are truly lucky to have such a husband. If unfortunately this time my husband is in trouble, I will fight with you to the death..."
Due to excessive grief, Princess Changle fainted as soon as she finished speaking.
The other women also shouted together with choked voices, and they all fell to the ground crying.
However, Wu Meiniang was relatively sober and quickly called Sun Simiao to diagnose and treat Changle.
Wu Meiniang couldn't help but feel a little moved by the infatuation of these sisters.
I originally thought that I was the only one who fell in love with Yang Fan wholeheartedly, but it seems that I was self-righteous.
However, the fact that my husband is favored by so many outstanding women does not indirectly prove his excellence.
When Wu Meiniang was feeling pregnant, Sun Simiao had already revived Changle and at the same time advised him: "Your Highness, although I don't know whether my father-in-law can come back safely, you can't be so sad. You are pregnant with my father-in-law's flesh and blood now...