The situation in Liangzhou was turbulent, and the city of Xiangyang was also in turmoil.
Since late July, the imperial court has sent out a decree every few days, urging Duke Yong to go to Jiankang City to take charge. Along the way from Jiankang to Xiangyang, people were blowing and playing and flying flags and colors, lest the world would not know about it. As soon as the angel who announced the decree left the gate of Xiangyang City, the next angel came one after another.
The people watched the excitement and talked a lot. Some people thought that the court was uneasy and well-intentioned, while others thought that since the court valued Duke Yong so much, Duke Yong should go to Jiankang City to benefit the people of the world.
In the Yonggong Mansion, Yang Anxuan arranged for the fifth angel to stay in the post house. Xin He said worriedly: "My lord, the court's publicity in such a big way is not good for my lord's reputation."
Yang Anxuan thought of the story about "Thirteen Gold Medals to Tune Yue Fei" in his previous life, and said with a smile: "Liu Taiwei used all kinds of tricks to suppress Yu. If he didn't reciprocate, he would look stupid and ignorant of etiquette. Yu Ying wrote on behalf of Yu. sparse."
When the eighth angel arrived in Xiangyang, Shangshu, who was returned by Yang Anxuan, also entered Jiankang City grandly. Since the court angels were blowing and beating along the way, announcing that they would summon Yonggong to the court to serve as the Taifu and reciprocate the favor, Yang Anxuan had the title of this book copied on Bai Lian.
The two-foot-tall Bai Lian has black characters that are about a foot tall. Standing half a mile away, one can clearly see the eye-catching black characters on Bai Lian: Please ask the emperor to drive back to Luoyang.
At this time, the special envoy of Yongzhou swaggered across the imperial road with a hanging white ox cart to Simamen for evacuation. Liu Yu, who was still discussing matters in the east hall, received a report and learned that Yang Anxuan had made a grand meeting to the court and asked the emperor to return to Luoyang.
Liu Yu felt his scalp numb, and Liu Muzhi was stunned. It was his idea to continuously issue edicts to Xiangyang to summon Yonggong to the capital, in order to ruin Yang Anxuan's reputation. Unexpectedly, Yang Anxuan even blocked his throat and asked the emperor to return the capital to Luoyang.
The news about Yang Anxuanxuan's training has spread a lot in Beijing. Sima Dewen got the news quickly and drank two more drinks in the evening.
Princess Chu Lingyuan was a little surprised and asked with a smile: "Why is your Majesty so happy today?"
Sima Dewen said with a hint of drunkenness: "Yonggong, our father-in-law, please return the capital to Luoyang. Hahahaha, I really want to see Liu Taiwei's face."
The edict urging Yang Anxuan to come to Beijing must be stamped with the emperor's jade seal. Sima Dewen naturally knew about this and understood Liu Taiwei's intentions. Yang Anxuan counterattacked and hit Liu Taiwei's vital point. Thinking of being forced by Liu Yu in court on weekdays, Sima Dewen couldn't wait to see Liu Yu's anger.
After drinking all the wine in the cup, Sima Dewen shook his head and said: "Since Yongjia's southern crossing, the imperial court has been in Jiankang for nearly a hundred years. The ancestors of all generations have never forgotten to regain their homeland and return the capital to Luoyang. After the Feishui War, Luoyang Although it was recaptured, it was in a dilapidated state and was often invaded by Qin and Yan, so the late emperor did not return the capital."
Chu Lingyuan pressed Sima Dewen's hand holding the jug and advised softly: "Your Majesty, you have to go to court tomorrow. Don't drink too much. Get some rest early."
Sima Dewen said with a smile: "It's rare for me to feel comfortable, so the princess will let me drink to my heart's content."
Since they got married, Chu Lingyuan often saw Sima Dewen frowning, and indeed he rarely felt happy. She sighed secretly in her heart and poured wine for him with her own hands.
"If I can return the capital to Luoyang for the emperor's brother, I won't have to look at Liu Yu's face in the court." Sima Dewen said drunkenly: "Yong Gong is a relative of the emperor, so he will definitely help the orphan."
Chu Lingyuan saw that Sima Dewen was talking nonsense, and there were countless people in the palace who knew how many Dukes of Song were talking. When it reached Liu Yu's ears, trouble started again. He put down the wine bottle and ordered the ministers standing by: "The prince is drunk, help him go and have a rest."
Worrying that Sima Dewen was drunk, Chu Lingyuan sat beside the bed and fanned him, looking at her husband's face. Sima Dewen was not yet thirty years old, and there were wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. Chu Lingyuan felt sad and reached out to gently rub the corners of his eyes.
Sima Dewen opened his eyes and gently held Chu Lingyuan's hand. The couple looked at each other speechlessly with infinite tenderness.
On August 14, the Emperor Sima Dezong came to court, and Langya King Sima Dewen stood beside him. All the officials congratulated him and stood on both sides. Many people's eyes were shining with excitement, ready to watch a good show.
Yang Xin, the minister of Huangmen, loudly read the "Song to Invite the Emperor to Return to Luoyang" played by Yang Anxuan. The memorial was filled with hundreds of words and was full of the beauty of parallel couples. Many people shook their heads and tasted it. If they were not standing in the court, they would probably Just shout louder.
Yin Youqi was a little depressed. Judging from the writing techniques, it was probably not An Xuan's hand. When did An Xuan recruit experts to write memorials?
"...Chang'an has been conquered, Luoyang has returned to peace, the world has been initially settled, and the inner world has been clarified... I heard that 'the emperor guards the gate of the country, and the strong men die in the country', risking his life to pray for long live return to the old capital, repair the ancestral temples and palaces, and pay tribute to the late emperor's mausoleum. Chongguang Dajin."
Liu Yu had already listened to Yang Anxuan's memorial. The sentence in the memorial, "The emperor guards the gates of the country, and the strong men die in the country" made his blood boil. It would be great if he had written this memorial. Looking up at the people in the court, many people were excited when they heard this sentence. A look of excitement.
The emperor was still dumbfounded. King Langya secretly clenched his fists and looked at the thoughtful Taiwei Liu Yu. Sima Dewen felt comfortable in his heart and said with a smile: "Yong Gong's memorial is brilliant in writing. The sentence 'The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the strong man dies. Sheji' made Gu's blood boil, and he wished he could return the capital to Luoyang immediately."
After the imperial court appointed Yang Anxuan as Yonggong and Liu Yu as Song Gong, Liu Yu made some adjustments to the court. Langya King Sima Dewen was still the Grand Sima and Situ; he appointed himself Taiwei, Lushang Shushi, Zhongshu Superintendent, and Leader of the Army. General, governor of Yangzhou; Shangshu's left servant shoots Kongxuan, Shangshu's right servant shoots Liu Liu; Zhongshu Ling Yuan Zhan; Danyang Yin Liu Muzhi is also the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel; Dong Huai is the Minister of the Ministry of War, Yin Youqi is the Minister of the Temple Department, and Xie Yu Zuo Min Shangshu and Wang Yuzhi succeeded Wu Yinzhi, who was seriously ill, as Duzhi Shangshu; Taichang Sima Zhenzhi, Yu Shi Zhongcheng Ruan Xinzhi, Ting Wei Guo Ding, Shi Zhong Kong Jing and so on.
Xie Yu, also named Jingren, was the nephew of Grand Tutor Xie, the son of Xie Yun, the internal historian of Xuancheng, and a descendant of the Xie family of Chen County; Wang Yu, also given the courtesy name Jinghong, was a descendant of the Wang family of Langya, and his grandfather was Wang Huzhi, General Pingbei and Governor of Sizhou. Wang Huzhi's father, Wang Xizhi, was the Marquis of Wuling County, the younger brother of Prime Minister Wang Dao and General Wang Dun, the aunt of Emperor Sima Rui of Jin Yuan Dynasty, and the uncle of "Sage of Calligraphy" Wang Xizhi.
There have also been changes in Fangzhen. Liu Yu, the governor of Yangzhou, appointed himself, Sima Xiuzhi, the governor of Jingzhou, Zhang Shao, the governor of Xiangzhou, Wang Zhongde, the governor of Jiangzhou, Wang Hong, the governor of Yuzhou, Liu Daolian, the governor of Xuzhou, Chu Yuzhi, the governor of Guangzhou, Du Huidu, the governor of Jiaozhou, Ning Fan Yuanzhi, the governor of Yizhou, Liu Jingxuan, the governor of Northern Jizhou, Yang Anxuan, the governor of Yongyan Province, Suo Miao, the governor of Liangzhou, Wang Zhene, the governor of Beiyongzhou, and Yang Zijing, the governor of Beiqingzhou. Generally speaking, Liu Yu's cronies account for the majority. From a geographical point of view, Jiangnan and Huainan is Liu Yu's sphere of influence, Huaibei, Si, Yong, and Liang are owned by Yang Anxuan. The world is actually divided into two. Liu Liuyang is four, and Jingzhou Sima Xiu's reality has nothing to do with the overall situation.
Taichang Sima Zhenzhi was the first to go out and report: "Yonggong destroyed the puppet Qin, recovered Chang'an, and stabilized Luoyang. This is a good opportunity to return the capital sincerely. I beg you to order the return of the capital to Luoyang."
Dong Huai, the Minister of the Fifth Army, Yin Youqi, the Minister of the Ancestral Temple, and Ruan Xinzhi, the Yushi Zhongcheng, and others seconded the proposal. However, as representatives of the clan, Wang Yuzhi and Xie Yu did not express their stance.
Kong Jing, the servant, said that moving the capital was a big matter and should not be decided hastily. It should be discussed widely by the subjects. Sima Dewen thought it was right, so the matter of moving the capital was put on hold for the time being.
Yang Anxuan's "Memorandum to Invite the Emperor to Return to Luoyang" spread quickly in the capital. From the princes and ministers to the porters and soldiers, everyone discussed the matter of moving the capital.
The painted boat on the Qinhuai River was swaying gently, and the singing girls' singing had lost its former appeal. Everyone in the audience was whispering to each other, and some people were reciting the words in the memorial loudly. When they read "The emperor guards the gate of the country, the strong man dies in the country" , the cheers rang out loudly, and many people picked up their wine and drank it down in one gulp.
Cao Lang Tao Ping and Tun Tian Cheng Gan Yue sat in a corner and whispered. Gan Yue asked softly: "Brother, do you think the imperial court will return the capital to Luoyang?"
Tao Ping shook his head and said: "I have heard people talk about the discussion in the East Hall these days. Duke Song is naturally unwilling. Wang Xie and other high-ranking officials are not active in anything."
Gan Yue sighed: "The imperial court has been in Jiankang for nearly a hundred years, and moving to Luoyang will probably be a struggle. Not to mention the Wang family and the Xie family, even the royal family may not be willing to return to Luoyang. I guess the king just wants to take this opportunity It’s just a matter of pressing Duke Song.”
Tao Ping picked up the wine glass and said: "It doesn't matter whether he moves or not, let's focus on the present. My beauty, if you can sing the song "Lovesickness", start singing."
Gan Yue was silent, if the imperial court really returned to Luoyang, life might be easier for them, the original Soochow nobles, without the oppression of the northern clans.
The prostitute leaned over playfully, raised her glass to his mouth, and said with a sweet smile: "What is Gan Lang thinking? I would like to offer you a drink."
Gan Yue opened his mouth and drank the wine in the cup, then smiled and kissed the prostitute on the face. There was a sound of coquettishness in the boat.
Yang Anxuan's "Memorandum to Invite the Emperor to Return to Luoyang Shu" created a storm in the south of the Yangtze River. The high-ranking clans were worried about losing their original status after returning the capital, but the lower-ranking clans and the Han clan saw the opportunity. People kept asking the imperial court to move the capital.
There are many people in the Jingkou and Guangling areas who fled here during the Yongjia period. Although their ancestors have passed away, their ancestors left their wills so that the younger generations can return to their roots. In addition, Yang Anxuan sent secret guards to spread the news and went to Northern Yongzhou to cultivate land, and each man could be granted a hundred acres of land. Many people in Yong, Yan, Si, and Liang were even tempted.
The country is based on the people. When he learned that many people were either taking boats or preparing to go to Guanzhong on foot, Liu Yu ordered to strictly guard the pass water card and persuade the people to return to the north. At the same time, he accelerated the implementation of land separation, restrained powerful tyrants from annexing land, and strictly prohibited concealment. Hukou, a large number of hidden households were cleared, and the fields abandoned by the war were redistributed to the landless people.
On August 28, Duke Liu Yu of the Song Dynasty petitioned to reduce corvee service, reduce taxes, provide for the people's livelihood, abolish taxes on mountains, forests, and rivers, prohibit arbitrary taxation, abolish harsh and complicated laws, and at the same time, release captured slaves. Let them be naturalized as citizens, farm and open up wasteland, and increase court taxes.
The people gradually became peaceful, and no one mentioned the move of the capital to Luoyang. Of course, the call for Yonggong Yang Anxuan to come to Jiankang to govern has also become silent.
Some people died, but not completely...
