At the end of September, after more than a month of trekking by the southern patrol fleet, the emperor's dragon boat finally arrived at Jiangdu City, the seat of Yangzhou.

Jiangdu was originally named Guangling, but it was renamed Jiangdu to avoid Yang Guang's taboo.

This is half of Huang Mingyuan's home.

Huang Mingyuan lived in Yangzhou on and off for nearly ten years since Yang Guang left Zhenjiang in the 10th year of Kaihuang's reign. In the autumn of the 18th year of Kaihuang's reign, after Huang Mingyuan put down the Wuzhou rebellion, he followed Yang Guang to Chang'an and later to Fengzhou.

It has been seven years since I returned to Yangzhou.

The closer he got to Yangzhou City, the more excited Huang Mingyuan's heart became. He grew up here and spent the happiest years of his youth here. At that time, he was young and uninhibited, relying on his later experience, he was also proud of the spring breeze, wearing bright clothes and angry horses,

Both inside and outside Yangzhou are full of my own footprints.

What we lack most when we are young are lofty aspirations and high spirits. After experiencing the vicissitudes of life and feeling the malice of society, we realize how precious those early years were. Unfortunately, we can never go back.

Huang Mingyuan stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the city of Yangzhou and the looming river not far away. His old youth days seemed to be vaguely visible. At that time, he, Yang Qing'er and Yang Zhao rode together in Yangzhou and had fun, but now they have long been forgotten.

The old days are blown away.

"Papa slaps until the first day of the first lunar month, and every family plays dragon lanterns; Baba slaps until the second day of February, and every family picks up their daughter..."

I don't know which Yangzhou native on the ship actually softly recited Yangzhou folk songs, and Huang Mingyuan felt that they were extremely familiar. At that time, the folk songs seemed a bit rustic, but now they feel so happy and cordial when they hear them. Huang Mingyuan couldn't help but sigh,

Suicide thought:

"Now I recall Jiangnan Le, when I was young and my clothes were thin.

Riding a horse and leaning on the leaning bridge, the buildings are full of red sleeves.

The green screen is curved with gold, and it sleeps drunkenly among the flowers.

Seeing flowers and branches here, I swear I will never return."

At the end of the sentence, Huang Mingyuan burst into tears. He was a great minister, but he lost his original happiness and lover. He drank and pecked, who should he blame?

At this time, Lu Zhen came out of the cabin and gently put a large cloak on Huang Mingyuan's body.

"Mr. Lang, the wind is strong on the bow of the boat. Don't get cold."

Huang Mingyuan pointed to the Yangzhou city wall in the distance and said to Lu Zhen: "I lost my father when I was young. I came to Yangzhou when I was nine years old and stayed here for eight years. All the best stories and happiness are left in this city. Here

I was very familiar with every plant and tree there. But when I see you again today, it feels strange. Maybe I have been away from here for too long."

Lu Zhen said softly: "Perhaps Lang Jun has given all the beauty to Yangzhou in his heart, and all he thinks about is the city in his heart, so when we meet again, it will feel strange."

"maybe!"

Shouldn't your youth be filled with all the expectations and beauty in your life?

Huang Mingyuan's boat was at the end of the southern patrol. When he saw the head of Yangzhou City, the dragon boat of the emperor in front had actually arrived at Yangzhou City.

When the emperor visited the south, officials from Huainan and Jiangnan came to Yangzhou to wait.

By the time the dragon boat on its southern tour arrived outside Yangzhou City, there was already a sea of ​​people on the pier, and it was very lively. Yang Guang became the crown prince from the post of general manager of Yangzhou. Before that, he was responsible for the management of the thirty-six states in the south of the Yangtze River, especially Yangzhou.

This land is actually equivalent to Yang Guang's fiefdom, so Yang Guang has extremely high prestige here.

Surrounded by the cheers of the crowd, Yang Guang got off the boat, his face full of joy and pride, as if he was returning home in fine clothes. Of course, there was no bloody assassination or other things happening at this time, and everyone had already checked everything, so the emperor's welcome ceremony was held in

It started and ended in a solemn, warm and lively atmosphere, and Yang Guang led a huge team to Jiangdu Palace.

As a close minister of Yang Guang and in charge of the imperial guards, Huang Mingyuan should have been by Yang Guang's side at all times. But when Huang Mingyuan came to Jiangdu, he lied to Yang and deliberately let his car fall behind the team. Yang Guang knew Huang Mingyuan's heart.

Therefore, the matter was agreed to. Therefore, Huang Mingyuan's ship could break away from the large army and swim freely on the canal.

In the evening, Huang Mingyuan finally arrived at Jiangdu and entered Jiangdu Palace.

The entire Jiangdu Palace is called the palace. It is actually a newly built city based on the original Jin Palace. It is located to the west of the current Yangzhou City, close to the river. Huang Mingyuan originally had his own mansion near Jin Palace, and came here at this time

Yangzhou saves a lot of things.

Huang Mingyuan did not rush to the palace, but took people to his old residence. Yang Guang was busy meeting with Jiangnan ministers and did not bother to see Huang Mingyuan, so Huang Mingyuan had the opportunity to move around freely.

This house is not big, but it is the first time I own my own house, so I run it with great care and the decoration of the house is quite modern.

There are still two sycamore trees in the yard. They were planted by me when I first moved into the house. They were just two saplings at that time, but now they are as tall as a canopy.

Huang Mingyuan walked alone in the yard. These paths all recorded the joy and childishness of his childhood. Now that the old people are gone, time has accelerated, and only a lonely house remains.

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In the evening, Li Yuan, Huang Mingyuan's old subordinate in Yangzhou, heard the news and came to visit Huang Mingyuan at his house.

Li Yuan and others were his true former confidants, while Wang Shichong regarded himself as Huang Mingyuan's cronies and rushed to curry favor with Huang Mingyuan.

Huang Mingyuan has many direct relatives in Yangzhou.

Yangzhou connects Huaibei and Jiangnan. It is the political, economic, and cultural center and thoroughfare south of the Huaihe River. It is also the place where Jiangdu Palace will be transformed in the future. It is extremely important. Therefore, Huang Mingyuan has not relaxed his surveillance of Yangzhou.

Xiang Danzi, in particular, was in an extremely critical position. Although he was only a county magistrate, he came from a ranger background and had contacts with all three religions and nine streams. He was not ostentatious, but instead weaved a huge network among the middle and lower classes of Yangzhou and had great strength.

And Li Yuan was one of Huang Mingyuan's subordinates who was promoted when he was the general manager of Yangzhou to join the military. He was from Dunqiu, Weizhou, and was just thirty years old this year. Although Li Yuan was young, with Huang Mingyuan's support, he was already the governor of Yangzhou.

He is the leader of Huang Mingyuan's party members in Yangzhou. When Huang Mingyuan served under Yang Guang, he instinctively thought that his base would be in Yangzhou in the future, so the forces in Yangzhou also had many plans. Who would have thought that from now on,

After returning from Wuzhou, Huang Mingyuan did not want to return to Yangzhou because of the incident with Princess Nanyang. Instead, he went north to Fengzhou. These old Yangzhou troops dispersed because they had no leader. Only Cao Xing, who was the general manager at that time, joined the army.

Li Yuan barely managed to maintain it, and this prevented the then weak force from completely collapsing.

Fortunately, Huang Mingyuan later conquered Fengzhou in the east and west, becoming famous all the way, and finally rose to the top in the championship battle of Hou Shan and became famous all over the world.
Chapter completed!