Not long after Su Qi'an and Su Ji arrived in Qingshui County, Zhongzhou City quickly received the news. Only half a day later, Zhongzhou Mu arrived at King Yu's fiefdom with his close friends and family.
Only a few people knew about Zhongzhou Mu's actions, and none of the local dignitaries knew about it.
Even if he wanted to inquire, he was stopped by the army led by Xie Cang and Su Yong.
Xie Cang and Su Yong's overt actions were not only to provide cover for Su Qi'an, but also to understand Zhongzhou Mu.
After learning that the real Su Qian was in Qingshui County and the relationship between him and Prince Yu, Zhongzhou Mu quickly made a change.
They have a warm relationship with Xie Cang and Su Yong, just like friends they haven't seen for many years. They not only entertained them warmly, but also allowed some of the troops stationed outside the city to enter the city to work with the security forces inside the city to maintain the stability of the city.
This move was naturally criticized by the powerful people in the city, but they could only say something in private, and they had to be polite on the surface.
Under the cover of Dongshan Army and Split Mountain Army, Zhongzhou Mu Neng left Zhongzhou quietly and arrived at Qingshui County.
This time the three parties met and stayed in Prince Yu's Mansion for a long time, at least three or four days.
Just these three or four days, as usual, will determine the future direction of Zhongzhou.
The three discussed for a long time. On the fourth day, Zhongzhou Mu stood up to say goodbye and returned to the city.
As a governor of a state, he cannot disappear for a long time. After the tripartite discussion is over, he will naturally return to the state capital.
The second day after Zhongzhou Mu returned to Zhoucheng, Zhoucheng released a news.
Dongshanhou and Benzhou hit it off and he deliberately stayed in Zhongzhou for a period of time, ranging from ten days and a half to more than a month. By the way, he took Dongshanhou Haosheng to visit Zhongzhou.
When this news was released, there were shocks and differences, but after digesting it, one can gradually accept it.
The purpose of Dongshan Hou's trip was to put down the rebellion in Dongzhou. He was traveling according to an order. Logically speaking, he had to go all the way to Dongzhou non-stop.
But this time, the Dongshan Marquis was invited to stay in Zhongzhou, which was not in line with the regulations.
But then I thought about it, this Dongzhou war will not be resolved overnight, as Dongshan Hou promised, it will take at least about half a year.
And he stayed in Zhongzhou for a period of time, probably because he wanted to get something through Zhongzhou Mu, or he hoped to get support.
After all, Zhongzhou and Dongzhou border on each other. If there is any movement in Dongzhou, Zhongzhou Mu will basically know about it.
So I stayed in Zhongzhou for a while, and there was nothing wrong with it. After digesting it, I gradually became able to accept it.
Moreover, Su Qi'an's stay in Zhongzhou gave Zhongzhou aristocratic families and powerful people more time to interact with him. Not to mention fawning over this rising political star, but getting to know him better would not do any harm to them.
A few days after this news was released, there was basically no big stir, and most people accepted it calmly.
In the next few days, the people in the city could see the convoy of Zhongzhou Mu and Su Qi'an.
This kind of travel is common among the people. The announcement stated that the Zhongzhou Pastoral Council will take Dongshan Hou to visit Zhongzhou. This trip is expected to take a long time.
Everyone's eyes were basically on Zhongzhou Mu's traveling convoy. Their first stop was Qingshui County, which was not far away. They mostly walked on the border of Dongzhou, so it didn't hurt them.
Moreover, Qingshui County is the fiefdom of King Yu. Since he chooses to stay, the first stop must be to visit Prince Xiaoyao.
Basically, everyone thought so after the convoy entered Qingshui County.
At the same time, there were people standing on a pier just across the river from Dongzhou.
These people were not ordinary people, they were Zhongzhou soldiers. These soldiers were on alert and surrounded the dock.
On the pier, there are more than a dozen large ships docked. These ships are all merchant ships. Each civilian ship can accommodate at least hundreds of people.
Looking around, more than a dozen merchant ships were basically full of people, with only a few people leaving at the dock to see them off.
There are not many of these people, but if you look closely, they are all big shots that can make the ground in Zhongzhou tremble.
Su Qian,
Su Ji, Zhongzhou Mu, and other senior officials from Zhongzhou gathered here, apparently to see Su Qi'an off.
Su Qi'an clasped his fists to express his gratitude to Zhongzhou Mu and Su Ji who were seeing them off. He glanced at Su Yong and Xie Cang and said softly.
"Brother Xie, Su Yong, don't look like this. Even if I take the front line for you this time and explore the bottom, whether I can see the real situation in Dongzhou will still require your cooperation in Zhongzhou."
"Sometimes, you don't have to go to the battlefield to do your best. You can also do your best by cooperating in the rear. Smile, don't look so depressed. People who don't know think I'm going to Dongzhou to die."
Su Qian's joking relieved the somewhat gloomy atmosphere at the dock.
Xie Cang nodded and said, "Hey, I understand the truth, but I'm really worried about Brother Su going to Dongzhou with just such a small number of people from his direct team."
"It's really a pity that I couldn't go with Brother Su and fight side by side."
Xie Cang's face was full of unwillingness.
According to the plan discussed by Su Qi'an, Su Ji, and Zhongzhou Mu, Su Qi'an continued to maintain his identity as an anonymous person and sneaked into Dongzhou with members of his direct team and disguised as a caravan.
But entering Dongzhou this time is no more upright than in Zhongzhou, and requires more cooperation from Xie Cang and Su Yongming.
Then an announcement was made to keep Su Qian in Zhongzhou for a period of time. This announcement not only informed the local people, but also informed the officials of Dongzhou.
Only in this way can the officials and aristocratic families of Dongzhou be paralyzed. Taking advantage of the paralysis, Su Qi'an quietly sneaked into Dongzhou with his direct team, so that he could see a clearer picture of Dongzhou.
Now it seems that the effect of this announcement is quite good. It has basically deceived all the major officials and dignitaries of the Zhongzhou family.
After sending Su Qi'an away, the Zhongzhou Pastoral Association continued to take Su Yong and Xie Cang to other counties in Zhongzhou, all in order to complete the trick and do it well.
On the other hand, being able to successfully deceive Zhongzhou officials and dignitaries from aristocratic families is enough to show that Su Yong's imitation was so lifelike.
Sometimes, Su Qi'an would be in a trance when Su Yong stood in front of him. The acting was so similar.
Su Yong was not as happy as Su Qi'an about this. As Su Qi'an's close confidant, this was the first time that he was not protecting Su Qi'an. It would be false to say that he was not worried.
He had asked Su Qi'an many times before to go together, but Su Qi'an refused without exception.
There is no way, in terms of imitation, even Tong Zhan is not as good as Su Yong. Keeping Su Yong is the most correct decision.
Su Yong was a little helpless, but he could only accept it. He looked up at Tong Zhan who was standing behind Su Qi'an and said solemnly.
"Child leader, I leave my husband's safety to you. You must ensure his absolute safety. If there is any mistake, I will fall out with you even if you were my master."
Tong Zhan took Su Yong's instructions to heart and nodded, "Don't worry, I will ensure your safety, sir."
"Okay, I'll see you off after a long journey, but we must say goodbye eventually. Uncle Emperor, Mr. Zhou Mu, I leave everything to you. I'm going. See you later."
Immediately, Su Qi'an turned around and took Tong Zhan onto the merchant ship behind. Under everyone's gaze, the merchant ship moved away and gradually moved away.
On the dock, Su Yong and Xie Cang watched the merchant ship disappear, then turned around and left. Gradually, the people seeing them off left the dock one after another.
In the end, only Su Ji and Zhongzhou Mu were left on the pier. In their sight, there were only endless ripples of the river.
The two of them stood like this for an unknown amount of time before Zhongzhou Mu spoke.
"King Yu, is it too risky to put all the future of Zhongzhou on him?"
Su Ji did not look back, looking at the ripples in front of him, and said softly. ..
"Adventure?" I don't think so. Over the years, what have we done without taking risks? "
"I understand what you mean, but this matter is different from the past. If we lose, we will have no way out. And even if we succeed, Dongzhou
With his military exploits, I am afraid that it will be difficult for anyone in the entire Great Liang to hold him back. Zhongzhou Mu said with deep worry on his face.
"I know what you are worried about. It is just that you are afraid of chaos among the kings. The imperial court has finally managed to control the generals' power, and most of them will fail on Su Qian's body."
Zhongzhou Mu did not answer Su Ji's words, but his silence said everything.
Over the years in Great Liang, many nobles of various kinds have been awarded. Even the Dukes of the country have some, but the kings and princes, even the princes and princes, are very few and cautious.
For no other reason than fear of a second rebellion among the kings, a hundred years ago, Great Liang was invaded by foreign tribes from all directions, and the situation was in danger. In order to save the situation, the Emperor of Great Liang decisively activated a large number of generals with combat experience. And gave a lot of self-***.
Unrepressed by various situations, these generals fought fiercely and soon saw the results. After four or five years of fighting by all parties, they finally defeated the invading foreign tribes from all directions and barely stabilized the situation.
These generals who fought in this battle could be said to have turned the tide in this battle, no less than saving the Great Liang at that time. Their achievements in this battle were unparalleled.
There was no surprise. The worst among these generals were all dukes, and the highest among them were granted four or five royal titles.
Although these princes were all county princes, they caused a great sensation at the time and seemed to give the generals hope for improvement.
If it continues, under the control of the Liang Emperor, Great Liang is likely to usher in a renaissance. However, unfortunately, the Emperor of Liang suddenly died of illness due to physical reasons.
The young emperor was young, so the princes at that time had other thoughts.
Less than half a year after the young emperor ascended the throne, several feudal princes started wars and rebelled.
At that time, this incident had a great impact in Daliang. The twelve states affected eight states. Fortunately, there were several capable ministers in the court at that time who stabilized the situation. They used the troops of the four states to conduct various surprise attacks, mobilize, and instigate rebellion... It took another five or six years to put down the rebellion.
That rebellion was also known as the Rebellion of the Kings.
Although the rebellion was successfully quelled, the ten-year war had completely damaged the vitality of the Great Liang. The slight resurgence that had once appeared was gone forever. Until now, the Great Liang was deteriorating and silently lingering.
