"By the way, Second Uncle, how is the situation in Yangzhou?"
A few days ago, Laixi took his friends to the palace to find Zhao Yao. This friend told Zhao Yao that there were many people in Yangzhou, and these people were fighting and killing. However, it did not know the specific situation of these people who were fighting and killing. It only knew that there was a war in Yangzhou.
Zhao Yao wanted to know the specific situation in Yangzhou, so he invited Laixi and his friends to go to Yangzhou to help him find out the news about Yangzhou.
Laiqian learned that Laixi and the others were going to Yangzhou, and they were noisy to go to Yangzhou to help Zhao Yao find out the news. When they arrive in Yangzhou and find out the news, they will fly back to the capital as soon as possible to tell Zhao Yao.
Yangzhou is hundreds of miles away from the capital, so it takes a while to fly to Yangzhou for money and congratulations. Zhao Yao still doesn't know the situation in Yangzhou for the time being.
Liang Run thought that Zhao Yao was asking about Liang's father, so he said: "Your grandfather is very good, no one makes things difficult for him." The Liang family is still somewhat famous in the Yangzhou area. After all, they are one of the rich gentry. Furthermore, he has done quite well as a county magistrate in recent years, and his relationship with some officials in Yangzhou is not bad. He was transferred to Guangling County as the county magistrate, and no one made things difficult for him. "Your grandfather and grandmother have always wanted to see you, but it's a pity that your grandfather can't come to the capital."
"I also want to meet my grandfather and grandmother." Zhao Yao said, "Grandpa can't come to the capital, but my grandmother can come to the capital. Then my mother-in-law and I will sneak out to see her."
"Your grandmother also wants to come to the capital, but she is very seasick and cannot come to the capital by boat." Liang Run said, "Your grandmother can't work in a carriage for a long time. She will feel uncomfortable if she sits in the carriage for a long time."
"Ah, I'm seasick and motion sick, so grandma can't travel far away?"
"Yes, your grandmother is also afraid of traveling far away."
Zhao Yao said with a disappointed face: "It seems that I won't have the chance to see my grandfather and grandmother for the time being."
"Alas, the capital is really far away from Yangzhou."
"Second uncle, I just asked about the situation in Yangzhou. I was not asking about my grandfather, but about the situation in Yangzhou city."
After hearing this, Liang Run had a look of astonishment on his face: "Why do you ask, is there something going on over there in Yangzhou? Is it a rebellion?"
Zhao Yao nodded and said: "It has something to do with the rebel army."
"What happened to the rebels?" Liang Run knew that there was a war in Yangzhou and they were fighting the rebels. "Didn't the emperor send the Xie family to quell the rebellion? Your grandfather said that although Yangzhou is at war, the city of Yangzhou is still safe."
"Second uncle, don't you think it's strange? The Xie family went to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion for several months, but so far they haven't succeeded in quelling the rebellion, and they are still entangled with the rebels." Zhao Yao frowned, with a cute face on weekdays. His little face was a little solemn at this time, "At that time, there were rebellions in Yangzhou, Liangzhou, and Jingzhou at the same time. The rebellion in Liangzhou was the most severe one, and the rebellion in Yangzhou was the lightest one. Logically speaking, Yangzhou should be the fastest. It is possible to quell the chaos, but the reality is that Liangzhou was the first to win, while Yangzhou has not succeeded in quelling the chaos."
"It should be that the Xie family is useless. They can't even quell a small rebellion in Yangzhou." Although Liang Run's door-to-door food delivery business did not reach the Xie family of Zhen Guogong, he found out some information about the Xie family from elsewhere. Condition. "The person who went to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion was Xie Shi. He had always fought with his eldest brother and second brother before and had never led an army alone. This time he went to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion. This was the first time he led an army by himself. It’s normal that the chaos has not been quelled for a long time.”
"Actually, none of the Xie family are generals. The reason why they were granted the title of Duke of Zhenguo is because the Xie family provided money, weapons, and food to help the late Emperor conquer the country. The late Emperor wanted to allow the Xie family to become the Duke of Zhenguo in a logical way. , let the Xie family go to the battlefield and perform meritorious service. With the help of other soldiers, the Xie family made a lot of military exploits, and then they were officially granted the title of Duke of Zhenguo."
Liang Run was only half right. Another half of the reason is because the Xie family is a top family that has stood firm for hundreds of years and is the leader of all families. The late emperor made the Xie family the Duke of the State in order for the Xie family to intimidate other wealthy families.
Facts have proved that the late emperor was right to marry the Xie family, and it was also right to let the Xie family be the governor of the country. With the existence of the Xie family, those nobles in the court were very honest and did not dare to look down on the royal family.
You must know that the surviving aristocratic families all have a century-old heritage. Dynasties often change owners, but these powerful families remain standing. Their power is so great that even the royal family looks down upon them.
The late emperor was an ordinary citizen. Due to the tyranny of Emperor Xia Ling and the persecution of officials, his family members were either beaten to death or starved to death. In order to survive, the late emperor had no choice but to revolt. He originally just wanted to take a few brothers to have a full meal, but he didn't expect that their battles would get bigger and bigger, and their team would become stronger and stronger.
Seeing that their uprising is getting bigger and bigger, more and more people support them. The late emperor decided to obey the destiny and directly overthrow the tyranny of the Xia Dynasty. Unfortunately, within a few years there was a drought, and many places were without food.
When the late emperor and his brothers were fighting, what they needed most was food, but the food they got was simply not enough for them. When the late emperor and others were in trouble, the Xie family took the initiative to show their kindness and gave them food and grass.
The Xie family was interested in the late emperor's qualifications, and the late emperor needed the support of the Xie family, so they entered into a marriage alliance with the Xie family. With the support of the Xie family, the late emperor finally overthrew the Xia Dynasty and established the Great Zhou Dynasty.
When a dynasty is just established, there are many problems, the biggest of which is those powerful families. These aristocratic families looked down upon the royal family who was born from the grassroots, but with the support of the Xie family, these aristocratic families did not dare to blatantly stumble or make small moves.
The Xie family was deeply involved with the royal family, and the prince was born to a daughter of the Xie family, making him the next generation king. For their own benefit, the Xie family will of course fully support and protect the royal family.
In the previous dynasty, the Xie family was severely suppressed, especially during the reign of Emperor Xia Ling, the Xie family was oppressed in various ways. Not only did many people die, but many forces were also weakened, which greatly damaged the Xie family's vitality. The current Duke of Zhen wants to restore the Xie family to its heyday, and will definitely allow the prince to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor in the future.
"Second uncle, you are wrong. The Xie family has only produced no outstanding generals in the past two or three generations. In the previous dynasty, or even longer ago, the Xie family produced many outstanding generals. The reason why the Xie family is The reason why the Xie family has become a top-notch family is because they have produced many talented people." The tenth prince, who usually didn't like to study, knew the situation of the powerful families in Beijing very well. "Xie Shi is not a fool, nor is he as useless as you said, my second uncle. Besides, he has some outstanding soldiers around him. With their abilities, it is impossible that they can't even put down this small rebellion in Yangzhou."
Only then did Liang Run understand what Zhao Yao meant, and said with surprise: "Yao Yao, you mean that there is something unusual about the rebellion in Yangzhou, and it is not as simple as it seems."
"Well, the rebellion in Yangzhou should be more complicated than we imagined." Zhao Yao said seriously, "If we don't know the true situation in Yangzhou, my grandfather and the others may be in danger."
"What do you think the real situation in Yangzhou is like?"
"The rebels in Yangzhou should not be simple, but I can't guess what the specific situation is." Zhao Yao said again, "Second uncle, please write a letter to my grandfather and let him pay attention to the rebels in Yangzhou. situation, let him be careful.”
"Okay, after dinner, I'll write a letter and send it to the post office early tomorrow morning." The post office has a special person to deliver letters.
"If the situation in Yangzhou is very dangerous, let my grandfather stop being the county magistrate and take his people out of Yangzhou to live somewhere else."
"Okay." Liang Run asked, "Yao Yao, how did you know that something happened in Yangzhou? No one in the capital said anything about Yangzhou?"
"Guess."
"Guess?"
Zhao Yao told Liang Run what happened at the dinner that day, "After hearing this, my mother and I both felt that something was wrong with the situation in Yangzhou."
"You are too alert."
"Hopefully we're overthinking it."
After dinner, the nephew and uncle each wrote letters to Father Liang.
Liang Run wrote to Liang's father, asking him to pay attention to the situation in Yangzhou. Zhao Yao wrote to Father Liang to express his regards.
Since Liang Run came to the capital, Zhao Yao and Liang Zhaoyi often wrote to Liang's father and the others. Although we can't meet each other, we can at least keep in touch and let the other party know about our situation.
