Chapter 488

Similar to this situation, it has spread in many places in Jiujiang County, and the hearts of Huainan have changed for a while.

"Get out of here!"

"Ouch!"

A servant was knocked to the ground by Ji Ling, who had a big waist and a round waist, and the servant at the side hurriedly stepped forward to help him up: "Are you all right?"

"My butt hurts from the fall." The servant who was helped up rubbed his butt, looked at Ji Ling's hurried figure, and asked in puzzlement, "What is General Ji going to do again?"

"What else can I do?" Another servant interjected, "It must be a military emergency. What else can I do?"

"That's true."

Suddenly, another person rushed over with a robe in his hands, grabbed the shoulder of a servant, his breath was short of breath, he obviously just ran over, he didn't care to catch his breath, and immediately said loudly .

"Just now. Who came here just now? Tell me!"

"Yang Changshi?"

The servant was shocked when he saw the person who caught him. It turned out to be Chang Shi Yang Hong.

"Say it, say it!" Yang Hong's eyes were as red as his complexion, as if he was about to burn, he said angrily, "Say it!"

"Yes yes yes!" The servant hurriedly said: "Just now General Ji entered the palace."

"Why didn't you stop him? How could foreign ministers go in and out of the deep palace at will?" Yang Hong's lungs were about to explode.

The servant wanted to cry but said without tears: "General Ji is the Jinwu Guard, if he wants to go in, how can a mere villain stop him?"

"waste!"

Yang Hong cursed angrily, let go of the servant's collar, lifted the hem of his skirt and rushed into the deep palace.

"This Yang Changshi asked us to stop General Ji, but he ran in anyway." The servant said helplessly.

"Okay, just open one eye and close the other. Whether it's General Ji or Yang Changshi, which one can we afford to offend? Let's just muddle along." Another servant comforted.

Ji Ling was furious, and strode forward. The maids and servants in the palace saw that Ji Ling seemed to be eating people, their hearts were pounding, and they hurriedly avoided, for fear of being torn by Ji Ling on the spot. up.

"General Ji, General Ji!"

Yang Hong ran over quickly, and Ji Ling turned around with a serious face: "What did Yang Changshi call me?"

"General Ji." Yang Hong only felt smoke coming from his throat, and he grabbed Ji Ling with one hand, as if he was afraid that Ji Ling would run away.

"General Ji, what are you going to do?" Yang Hong asked.

"What are you doing? Huh!" Ji Ling said angrily, "Zhang Xun lost the battle, and the 60,000 army was destroyed. Of course, such a big thing must be told to His Majesty."

"General Ji!" Yang Hong said earnestly, "This matter cannot be told to His Majesty."

"Can't tell His Majesty?" Ji Ling was confused, and immediately raised his voice an octave: "Yang Hong, what are you thinking? If you tell Your Majesty, then Liu Ye's Xiliang Iron Cavalry will be defeated in Shouchun tomorrow."

"General Ji!" Yang Hong smiled wryly, "Does General Ji know that there are rumors going on inside and outside Shouchun City?"

"Rumours? What rumors!" Ji Ling snorted coldly, "Could it be that Zhang Xun defeated Yingchuan? That's not a rumor, it's true."

"No." Yang Hong sighed, looked around to confirm that there was no one there, and then said in a low voice: "General Ji, it seems that some soldiers outside Shouchun City have been released by Liu Ye in the past few days, and there are already discussions inside and outside Shouchun City. , if His Majesty knew about this, he would definitely kill him, and wouldn't it be a big loss to the people?"

Ji Ling was stunned, and said again: "Then we can't let it go, what will we do when Liu Ye's army really comes to fight? Is it possible that our army is going to capture it without a fight?"

Yang Hong smiled bitterly: "General Ji, there are other things besides this."

"What else can there be?" Disaffected people are already a huge hidden danger, and even Ji Ling feels that there will be no bigger things than this.

"Well, I don't know what's wrong. Recently, the gentry in the city have closed their doors to spend their days, and a certain visit was also rejected." Yang Hong sighed: "I'm afraid these gentry are no longer willing to support our army."

"this"

Ji Ling became deeply worried. The gentry in various places can be said to be very powerful, owning a lot of land, farmers and private armed forces. Many princes have borrowed troops from the gentry in various places. In many places, the gentry can be said to be the backbone of the vassals' rule. If the local aristocratic families are willing to support the vassals, then the rule of the vassals will be able to last for a long time. If they are unwilling to support the local vassals, then they will help outsiders.

Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu is the most typical example. We all know that it is not easy to conquer the world, but it took very short time for Emperor Guangwu to calm the world. The most fundamental reason is not that Emperor Guangwu's talent roughly surpassed that of Qin Huang, Han Wu and other great emperors, but the most critical reason is that Liu Xiu used his compromise method to win the support of the aristocratic family, so that he swept the world.

For example, Deng Yu, the head of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, brought his whole family to join Liu Xiu, and later abandoned Yin Lihua and married Guo Shengtong as queen, which also won the support of Zhending Wang Liuyang.

However, this also paved the way for the dark age when foreign relatives were in power during most of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"No!" Ji Ling shook his head after thinking for a while, and said firmly: "Since the situation is so precarious, I should be duty-bound to tell His Majesty about this matter, and His Majesty should be prepared."

"General Ji, we'd better wait a few more days." Yang Hong persuaded: "When someone thinks of a safer method, it will not be too late for General Ji to report to His Majesty."

"Wait, wait, how long do we have to wait?" Ji Ling was furious.

Yang Hong also blushed: "Is it possible that General Ji is confident that he can defeat Liu Ye's 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry, Cao Cao's 30,000 Qingzhou Army, and Sun Ce's 20,000 Jiangdong Army? If so, I will definitely not stop General Ji!"

Under internal and external difficulties, both Yang Hong and Ji Ling were angry in their hearts, and suddenly they started to scold and spit all over the place.

Yuan Shu was having a banquet in the palace, when he heard two familiar voices outside, he immediately frowned.

"What is arguing outside the door?"

"Father, it seems to be Yang Changshi and General Ji." Yuan Yao who was on the side replied.

"Yao'er, call the two of them in, I want to hear what they have to say." Yuan Shu said to Prince Yuan Yao.

"promise."

Yuan Yao stood up, walked out and said, "Yang Changshi, General Ji, what are you two arguing about?"

Yang Hong and Ji Ling were originally blushing, but when they saw Yuan Yao coming out, they bowed their hands in salute.

"Meet the prince."

"It doesn't matter." Yuan Yao said curiously, "I don't know what Yang Changshi and General Ji are arguing about? Father is also quite curious, please ask Yang Changshi and General Ji to go in and talk to Father."