After staying in Hedong for seven months, Chai Shangyan felt pressure that he had never felt before. His loyal supporter Dong Bazheng was besieged in Lanzhou City. Without Dong Bazheng, Taiyuan City was empty, and his heart was also empty. Bayi Middle School     ★Wen.com W√wくW√.

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CoM Chai Shangyan knew in his heart that the situation in Hedong was hopeless and it was only a matter of time before his own collapse. Chai Shangyan was prepared for this result, and he was not the one who could control the situation in terms of his strength.

"It's time to get out of here." Every time Shiba Shangyan thinks of this problem, his mood is different.

A few months ago, specifically in July of the second year of Kaicheng, he had the opportunity to escape unscathed. On that day, the Minister of Revenue Li Jue was about to leave Hedong. Li Jue was a rising star in the court. He was smart and capable, very skillful, but he was a bit sharp-tongued. Although Li Jue was a bigger official than him, Chai Shangyan believed that Li Jue was still his younger generation, and asked him to give his position to a sarcastic younger generation, and condescending to be his subordinate. Chai Shangyan felt that this was simply a humiliation to him.

So under his instigation, Mo Yuhai, the governor of Fenzhou, investigated and dealt with the corruption case of Yingtian, Wenquan County. Yingtian was a military farming project led by Li Jue after he became the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. The host Li Quan was Li Jue's fellow villager and friend. Needless to say, the intention of revealing the corruption case of Yingtian, Wenquan County was to prevent Li Jue from taking office in Hedong. Sure enough, Li Jue tactfully gave up the idea of ​​coming to Hedong.

Alas, who knew that after missing this opportunity, he could never get off the broken ship again. At the beginning of the first lunar month, General Lu Qi of the Shence Army suddenly transferred to the position of the governor of the Left Army of Hedong. This was the beginning of Qiu Shiliang's intervention in Hedong. Coupled with the long-standing stalemate of the *** and the Yang Party, Hedong had already formed a situation of the three kingdoms fighting for hegemony.

The Hedong Army was known as 100,000. When Liu Qingling was in power, the Left Army was the strongest. At that time, the real power of the Left Army was in the hands of Dong Bazheng. Although Dong Bazheng was loyal, Liu Qingling still guarded him everywhere. Finally, Liu used the excuse to attack Meng and Yang Rebellion in Fengzhou and led Dong Bazheng out. In the battle of Feng'an, Dong Bazheng failed and fell into the sand, and the real power of the Left Army fell into the hands of the Liu clan. After Liu Qingling's death, Li Zaiyi asked Dong Bazheng back, and then promoted Dong Bazheng to the general of the former army (governor) by means of promotion and secret surrender, and then held the left army in his own hands. As soon as Li Zaiyi died, the Left Army general, his nephew Li Xuetang took the initiative to hand over the military power and left Hedong to Luoyang to be a free official.

After Chai Shangyan was helped by Dong Bacheng as the throne of Liuhou, he once wanted to hold the Zuo Army in his hands, but the Zuo Army had long become Dong Bacheng's private army. The generals and schoolmen were arrogant and unscrupulous, and they did not take their own Liuhou seriously at all. Lu Qi's military management methods were far superior to him. When he came, he brought a large number of close friends from the Shence Army, intending to completely take over the Hedong powerhouse.

But things went against his wishes. Lu Qi, who had a strong background in the Shence Army, was collectively boycotted by the soldiers of the Left Army. After a lot of competition, Lu Qi kept the position of the governor, but among the five camps in front, back, left, right, and central five camps, only Zhongjun camp bought him the governor's account, and he ordered the other four camps. As for Zhongjun camp to surrender, it was mainly because the lieutenant generals and officials of the battalion followed Li Xuetang to Luoyang, and the lack of talent gave Lu Qi an opportunity to take advantage of it.

In addition to transforming the Hedong Left Army, Lu Qi also came to Hedong to fight for the front station for Shi Xiaozhang to enter Hedong. However, because he was unable to tame the Hedong Left Army, Shi Xiaozhang would be in no time to enter Hedong. If Shi Xiaozhang didn't come for a day, Chai Shangyan could not put down the burden on his shoulders. Just after the New Year, Langu ignited the war, and the Shatuo people attacked Langu, Yang Hao, and Liu Mian used the excuse to fight against the thieves to go south. The thieves did not get it, but they besieged the master of Hedong in Lanzhou. According to this situation, there would be wars everywhere in Hedong soon. He had no soldiers or powers to stay, but he had to bear this huge responsibility. When would this be settled?

Chai Shangyan's face was covered with a handkerchief, and he was lying on a rocking chair and sighing. A young woman in red dress walked in with refreshments. Chai Qi, Chai Shangyan's youngest daughter, and the second son of Luo Lai, the youngest son of Xu Taiyuan Prefecture, was his wife. A year ago, Chai Shangyan's wife died of illness. Chai Qi said that Luo Weichen moved back to live with Chai Shangyan in order to take care of Chai Shangyan's daily life and diet.

When Chai Qi cleaned up the tea set on the case, she saw that the tea bowl had not moved at all, so she said with a cold face: "What else can you not let go of now? I handed over the resignation, and whoever likes to pick up this mess will take him." After a moment of pause, she sneered: "Besides, even if you have fought for this old bone, the hat of the Hedong Jiedushi will not fall on your old head. Why is that hard?"

Chai Shangyan snorted heavily and said, "Nonsense, what do you know."

Chai Qiben had already walked to the door, and stopped when he heard this, turned around and said, "Although I was unspeakable, it was the truth. Hedong has become a mess. You have no power in your hands and no soldiers under your command. This situation is not something you can handle. Why bother with it? It looks good in appearance and suffers from the inside, so why bother?"

After Chai Qi said these two sentences, she still walked out.

"You're back." Chai Shangyan took off the handkerchief covering his face and asked Chai Qi: "Did you hear something outside?"

Chai Qi's eyes were rolling around, and a bit of the naughtyness of a girl appeared between her eyebrows. "I didn't say anything, I praised you as a great saint of the world. The situation in Hedong is so corrupt that you are still as peaceful as a mountain."

"Then what do you think I should do?" Chai Shangyan asked solemnly.

Chai Qi put away her laughter and said with a solemn expression: "You are reluctant to leave this face at this moment. If you support it, you are willing but not able to do it. According to your daughter's opinion, instead of burning her with both jade, it is better to sit down and talk to Yang and Liu. Being able to fight for peace for the people of Hedong will not waste your efforts to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country."

Chai Shangyan sighed softly, and he thought that he really needed a powerful figure to eliminate all kinds of chaos, compared with Yang Dang and Qiu Shiliang, Yang Hao was undoubtedly a powerful figure. This is not about how skilled he is and how skilled he is. It is about how he is brave and how skilled he is. It is about how brave he drives tens of thousands of troops into Hedong and his ability to approach the city.

But he never had a very good impression of Yang Hao. He was a playboy from a family of Dukes and Marquis. He had been a Jindao Guard. When the Ganlu turned into a river of blood, he could escape unscathed. He once sold himself to the Shen Ce Army and persecuted a large number of loyal ministers and righteous men. When he was at the end of his journey, he defected to Meng Chu and occupied Fengzhou in a blink of an eye. He colluded with giant merchants and big merchants, sent troops to the Tiande Army three times, and seized the Wang family's foundation. He was a militant soldier and arbitrarily launched border provocations. He challenged the Tianlang Army, the Barbarian Hei Army, and the Guiyi Army, and captured the people of Fengzhou in a continuous war...

How can such a person work with him?

"I knew that you would never listen to my daughter's words." Chai Qi sighed and was about to walk out.

"Wait a minute." Chai Shangyan called Chai Qi, his eyes staring at Chai Qi with cold eyes: "Tell the truth to your father, did Qu Qingquan arrive in Taiyuan and even meet you in private?"

Chai Qi was quite surprised and looked a little panicked. Chai Shangyan snorted coldly: "I know you haven't forgotten him yet. However, you have to remember that you are a married woman now, so you should be more careful in your actions."

Chai Qi's face turned red, and she felt a sense of humiliation. Yes, she was childhood sweetheart with Qu Qingquan since childhood, and the two of them had indeed fallen in love, but what does this mean? How can I say that when I met him privately, I was involved in the word "check"? Could it be that I was inappropriate when I met him? Moreover, this time I met for my own private relationship.

Chai Shangyan and Qu Chuji are both famous scholars in Hedong. After the age of 30, they both became famous in Hedong. Before they entered the officialdom, they sang poems, wine and rewarded each other as confidants. After that, they accepted the invitation of Pei Du, the governor of Hedong, and joined the temple to become Mu Gu, and then entered the official career. Later, due to political disputes, they became increasingly alienated and eventually turned against each other. Chai Shangyan was stubborn, but his loyalty dispute with Qu Chuji involved the marriage of his children. He tried his best to stop Chai Qi from getting along with Qu Qingquan, which led to a marriage between heaven and earth, which eventually turned into a sigh.

Two days ago, Qu Qingquan was ordered to come to Taiyuan and asked his old friends to match him with a bridge to hope to meet Chai Shangyan. However, because someone secretly obstructed him, no one dared to recommend him. Chai Qi took the initiative to contact Qu Qingquan and met in private. Chai Qi didn't know how Chai Shangyan knew that he had met Qu Qingquan privately, but asked himself, except for wanting to find a way out for his father, why didn't he have an old relationship? Although Chai Shangyan's words were not impressive, they talked about his pain.

Seeing Chai Qi wiped her tears, Chai Shangyan said with some difficulty: "It was my father's stubbornness back then that hurt you. I hope God can give me a chance to compensate you."

Chai Qi asked confusedly: "Compend me? What are you going to compensate me?"

Chai Shangyan did not answer. He turned around and returned to the desk, wrote a few words, folded the letter and handed it to Chai Qi: "Tell Qu Qingquan, I will go to Jin Temple to enjoy the incense tomorrow, and I will take a nap in Fengxuan at noon."

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The Jin Temple is located at the foot of the Xuanwen Mountain in the southwest of Taiyuan City. It was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was built to commemorate the founding princes of the Jin State. Shu Yu worked hard to govern, used the Jin River to build farmland water conservancy, and vigorously carried out agriculture, so that the people of the Tang State can live and work in peace and prosperity, resulting in a good weather and prosperity for the next eight hundred years, showing a prosperous scene.

After Shuyu's death, in order to commemorate him, later generations chose this place surrounded by mountains and rivers and beautiful scenery to build a ancestral hall to worship him, named it "Tang Shuyu Temple". After Shuyu's son Xiefu ascended the throne, the country's name was changed from "Tang" to "Jin" because there was Jin water flowing in the territory.

Qu Qingquan received Chai Qi's message and rushed to Jin Temple overnight, using money to open the joints, and waiting in the Waiting Fengxuan. The next day, Chai Shangyan came to Jin Temple, first went to the Holy Mother's Hall to incense, and then visited around. It was almost noon to come to Waiting Fengxuan for a rest. Chai Shangyan only brought twenty guards of the tooth army, and the attendant was his son-in-law Luo Weichen.

Luo Lai is not an indigenous official in Hedong. Luo Weichen had no knowledge of Chai Qi's past interactions with Qu Qingquan. Therefore, he saw that Qu Qingquan brought him to the guard without realizing anything.

After Chai Shangyan entered the Kaifengxuan and had a close conversation with Qu Qingquan, he watched the scenery while paying attention to the movements around him. At the beginning of the moment, the attendants guarding the gate hurriedly reported that a group of people came from Taiyuan City, under the banner of the Hedong Left Army. Chai Shangyan's purpose of coming to Jin Temple was not concealed from Luo Weichen. Negotiation and peace were originally the power of the Liuhou, but the left army governor Lu Qi did not think so. He believed that Yang Hao and Liu Mian sent troops to Hedong to the rebels without authorization. As the Liuhou of Hedong, negotiations with the rebels were not only a great humiliation, but also an unforgivable crime. He threatened that whoever made peace with the rebels would be the traitor of the court, and Lu Qi was the first to refuse to agree.

Luo Weichen knew very well that Lu Qi would come so well that he would come prepared. If he took the handle and started to make trouble, it would not be an easy thing to settle.
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