Since the defeat of the East Vietnamese Army, the East Chu Kingdom has regained its tranquility, and Yi Emperor Mi Xin is not in a hurry to go to Changsha. As the so-called ink painting Jiangnan is poetic and picturesque, Mi Xin feels that he is gradually falling in love with this place. He is in Yangxian County He bought a large house and lived here for nearly more than a month. It was also later known as Taihu Lake. The scenery was beautiful and allowed Emperor Yi to completely calm down and plan the future development of Chu State. How to further stabilize people's hearts. .

And Xiang Zhuang ignored Emperor Yi. He only ordered Dianke to accompany Emperor Yi attentively and provide as much as possible if he had any needs. Xiang Zhuang stabilized the regime of Dong Chu within half a month, and then led nearly 3,000 personal guards to the west. March forward and rush to Poyang to inspect the border defense.

A mighty army, surrounded by two extremely luxurious carriages, slowly passed through Yixian County for nearly 200 miles. On the galloping road across the mountains, there were Li Hong, the magistrate of Poyang County, Nie Yong, the chief minister, and Gui, the commander of the Huben camp. Dozens of officials including Yinghao rushed to Chidao to greet him, and more than 2,000 soldiers from the Huben camp lined up on both sides holding high the banner of Dongchu.

However, Xiangzhuang's personal guards did not stop. After passing the group of people who came to greet Xiangzhuang, they still marched forward in an orderly manner until the inner guard Zhonglang drove Yingliang to the side of Xiangzhuang's carriage and lowered his head. After saying something loudly, he rode his horse back to the front of the team and shouted the order: "Your Majesty has an order, stop advancing."

The team came to an abrupt stop and stopped in the middle of the road. Xiangzhuang's carriage happened to stop about a hundred steps away from Li Hong and others. Dozens of local officials saw Xiangzhuang's carriage stopped. They all came up to greet him and hurriedly saluted: "I have met the king. May the king live a thousand years."

This cry shook the whole country. Soon, the curtain of the carriage was opened, and Xiang Zhuang got out of the carriage. At this time, Ying Liang also rode the horse to the front. After he dismounted, he once again faced Xiang Zhuang's three thousand relatives. Wei ordered: "Rest on the spot."

After receiving the order from the general Ying Liang, the three thousand personal guards all looked for a cool place to rest and eat. Only Xiangzhuang's five hundred personal guards did not leave. Ying Liang also hurried back to Xiangzhuang after arranging everything. Beside him, Xiang Zhuang and the officials were already heading towards the tents that had been prepared not far ahead.

There were soldiers from the Huben Camp guarding both sides of the tent. The soldiers from the Huben Camp who had already been waiting in formation saw Xiang Zhuang and raised their weapons one after another: "Your Majesty is mighty."

Most of these troops are Xiang Zhuang's direct troops, and for this reason, their loyalty to Xiang Zhuang is the highest. It is for this reason that Xiang Zhuang stationed this army on the Poyang line to guard the west of the Eastern Chu Kingdom. of river port.

At this time, Xiang Zhuang came to inspect Poyang. He was mainly worried that the road from Zhangjun to Poyang would not be completed as scheduled, which would seriously affect his military changes. Moreover, Xiang Zhuang had already vaguely felt that the day to go north was getting closer, so he , the trip to Poyang is also one of the important itineraries before heading north to Xiangzhuang.

But this place is still far away from the construction site. As we walked along the way to Xiangzhuang, we felt that the soil on the ground was very compact and there was no cutting corners at all. A large group of cavalry drove here and it was not too crowded. There was just a suspension bridge not far away. Xiangzhuang was not Not very satisfied, and because of the suspension bridge, Xiang Zhuang wrote a letter to reprimand the governor of Zhang County and ordered him to expand the suspension bridge as soon as possible.

As soon as he entered the big tent, Li Hong hurriedly greeted him, pointing to the food and wine that had been prepared in the tent and said: "Your Majesty is tired from the journey, I have prepared meals. I hope your Majesty can rest here for a while. There is still a long way to Poyang." It’s very far away, and there’s no construction work in some places, so the roads are difficult to navigate.”

Xiang Zhuang nodded slightly, came to sit down in front of the soft banquet under the commander's banner, looked at the people who were still standing, and said with a bright smile: "Everyone, please sit down."

The tent was very large, with an area of ​​more than 100 square meters, which was enough for these officials to take their seats one after another. At this time, they received Xiang Zhuang's order and were grateful to him. Only Gui Yinghao did not take his seat and still stood where he was. Xiang Zhuang was here.

Xiang Zhuang watched a guard pouring wine. After the wine glass was full, Xiang Zhuang picked up the wine glass and found that Gui Yinghao was still standing there. He couldn't help but be surprised and said: "General Gui, why don't you take a seat?"

"The enemy has not been defeated, and the country has not been quiet. The general will be ashamed to face the king and dare not sit down." Gui Yinghao said with cupped hands.

This surprised Xiang Zhuang. The enemy has not been defeated? The country is not at peace? Don't you worry about this? It's just that the time is not ripe yet, and we can't use weapons in force, but Gui Yinghao's words can't help but make Xiang Zhuang feel uneasy aftertaste.

After thinking for a while, Xiang Zhuang looked at Gui Yinghao and said with a smile: "Tell me, what does it mean that the enemy is not at peace and the country is not at peace?"

"Now in the world, the princes each occupy one side, and I can't gallop on the battlefield for the king, regain the old Chu land, can't pacify the princes, and bring peace to the world, which is not enough. There are many bandits in Lujiang County, and they often disturb the people. I can't

For a handsome brigade to attack the bandits is disloyal to the king, so I hope..." Gui Yinghao paused at this point, hesitated for a moment, and then said again: "I hope the king will approve my sending troops to suppress the bandits and eliminate the Qing Dynasty.

Lujiang County.”

Gui Yinghao's words were so indignant and passionate that many generals present were excited. However, this hit Li Hong hard and made Li Hong lose his face in front of Xiang Zhuang. Li Hong's face was red at this time and he looked at Xiang Zhuang in embarrassment.

, he didn’t know how to explain it, and after thinking for a short time, Li Hong stood up in a hurry, came to the center of the tent, knelt down and cupped his hands and said: "Bandits are rampant. As a county magistrate, I have neglected my duty!"

Li Hong's sudden kneeling made Xiang Zhuang immediately realize that something must have happened between Poyang County of Lujiang County and Huben Camp.

This issue is not trivial, but this matter must not be dealt with here. Xiang Zhuang lowered his head and slowly sipped the wine in the glass, then looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, and said with a hearty smile: "Leave the world in peace and eliminate the bandits.

Kou, these are things that I should consider. You don’t have to blame yourself. Get up. I don’t want to talk about this today. If you have any questions, please wait until you come to Poyang to talk to me."

The two of them made a promise and stood up. At this time, Ying Liang had finished his work and came to the big tent. As soon as he entered the big tent, he went straight to Xiang Zhuang. Xiang Zhuang also happened to want to find Ying Liang, so he put down

Xiang Zhuang took the wine glass out of his hand until Ying Liang came closer.

What was whispered in his ear, Ying Liang was a little surprised, but he quickly calmed down, nodded to Xiang Zhuang, and replied softly: "I have already ordered someone to send her food and drinks to inspect the construction site.

I think your Majesty will give it another thought."

Xiang Zhuang looked at Ying Liang resolutely and scolded: "Since I brought her here, there is nothing to avoid, just make arrangements."

Ying Liang sang his promise and left again. At this time, Li Hong and Gui Yinghao also returned to their seats and sat down. Li Hong was at a loss because of Gui Yinghao's actions just now and didn't know what to do. However, Chang Shi Nie

Yong could see Li Hong's discomfort, and Xiang Zhuang also said that he would not mention it on such occasions.

For official business, he raised his glass and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has visited Poyang many times. It can be seen how much your Majesty attaches great importance to Poyang. Moreover, our Lujiang County is an important barrier to the west of East Chu. In order to make Lujiang County more prosperous,

, in order for the Poyang County garrison to become stronger, we toast to the king."

…

In the afternoon, when the sun was at its strongest, Xiang Zhuang's team came to the Chi Road three hundred miles away from Poyang. This is the official road, which is an important Chi Road for Zhangjun to rush to Poyang. It was also the road that Xiang Zhuang strongly called for when he returned to Jiangdong.

The most important Chi Road, nearly 70,000 people were allocated to do corvee work at that time. However, this Chi Road was not as easy to build as Xiang Zhuang imagined. It spanned Zhangjun and Lujiang County, with countless valleys and rivers, and as many as 20,000 people died in corvee work.

Remaining people.

However, this did not weaken Xiangzhuang's determination to build the Chi Road. The project has been going on for more than a year. At this time, Zhangjun County has basically been completed, but Lujiang County is still far behind. It is also worried that this Chi Road will delay the construction period.

, Xiang Zhuang did not forget to take time out of his busy schedule to inspect this place, but he did not expect that during the inspection, he would lead to the discord between the military and the government in Poyang.

This is the maladministration of the Eastern Chu State. If it is not dealt with as soon as possible, it will harm the country sooner or later.

Although Xiang Zhuang was still walking on the construction site at this time, watching the laborers struggling to transport earth and rocks, his heart had followed this road to Poyang County. He must deal with the matter as soon as possible. If not,

The only option is to mobilize the army in advance, return the defense of Poyang to Li Hong, and let Gui Yinghao lead the army back to Kuaiji County to garrison.

Everything has not yet been decided. Xiang Zhuang walked some distance on the construction site. At this time, a young woman, escorted by more than ten female guards, came to where Xiang Zhuang was. She first bowed and then said with a smile.

: "Your Majesty, you came to see me. What's the matter?"

Lu Fei was interrupted by this soft voice. He looked back and saw that it was Ying Xueyue who was accompanying him. Ying Xueyue's relationship with him was no longer a secret at this time. Basically, everyone in the Eastern Chu country knew about Xiang Zhuang.

He often went to visit Ying Xueyue, but Wu Fang, the princess of Dong Chu, had no choice but to turn a blind eye. This time on his trip to the west, Xiang Zhuang went against all objections and kept Ying Xueyue in the army to be with him.

We came to Poyang together.

At this time, Xiang Zhuang was worried that Ying Xueyue would be bored alone in the car, so he asked Ying Liang to inform Xueyue and ask her to come to the construction site to get some fresh air and chat with Xiang Zhuang.

"On such a hot day, it's good for your health to go for a walk and get some fresh air." Xiang Zhuang took Ying Xueyue's hand, smiled, and led her forward. After walking for some distance, Xiang Zhuang said again

: "Is the meal delivered at noon still delicious?"

"It's a bit too greasy, I still like it lighter." Ying Xueyue smiled. At this time, a fast horse ran from a distance. The fast horse quickly passed through the crowd. Soon, he waved a token in his hand.

Pai yelled: "The Great Expedition ordered Master Kong to send an urgent letter, please get out of the way!"

A path emerged from the crowd, and the cavalry rushed to Xiang Zhuang. He dismounted and handed the token and a bamboo slip to Xiang Zhuang. Xiang Zhuang hurriedly took it and opened the bamboo slip. There were only four words on it: 'Two countries'

Come and make'.

This made Xiang Zhuang slightly surprised. He looked at the cavalry and asked, "Who came back with Mr. Kong?"

"Prince Zhang Ping of Yong Kingdom and Prince Linjiang Kingdom share the same rank." The cavalryman replied with his hands over his hands. At this time, a light flashed in Xiang Zhuang's eyes, and he couldn't help but smile happily: "Quickly convey the order and go to Poyang Camp."

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