In the Huaiye Lane mansion, in the dining hall, at the dining table, everyone is immersed in eating.

Except for Xiufao, who had a curious face, everyone else pretended not to hear Ouyang Rong's casual conclusion of "civil war."

Ye Weilai served Ouyang Rong a bowl of hot white rice and couldn't help but glance at Tan Lang.

If this sentence accidentally spreads and is guided by some good people, a thousand heads would not be enough to chop off, let alone a hundred heads.

Fortunately, the people invited to dinner tonight are all old friends of Longcheng. They share weal and woe with Ouyang Rong and don't talk nonsense.

Because the real crime in his words is not to ridicule and ridicule Her Majesty the Queen as an expert in civil war and an amateur in foreign wars.

But these two words are "civil war".

The imperial court of the Zhou Dynasty defined Guizhou Li Zhengyan's raising the flag as rebellion.

As for the term "civil war", I would never give a nod.

Ouyang Rong took a bite of rice and fell silent together with Magistrate Diao, Master Shandao and others who were dusty in front of the table.

He twitched the corners of his mouth slightly.

To admit the civil war, in a sense, is to admit the certain rationality of Li Zhengyan's reinstatement of the army.

Civil war is different from foreign war.

But even Li Zhengyan and his group were called rebel traitors by the Zhou court.

It is still impossible to conceal that the rebellions in Guizhou and Hongzhou were a merger of anti-Zhou forces such as the old cadres, the extreme cadres and the cadres.

There is an element of chance, but there is also an element of inevitability.

This is a group of old forces that failed to compete for dominance from top to bottom, or were frustrated.

The inevitable result of turning to bottom-up and violent means of armed seizure.

It's still a real civil war, with both sides fighting for the highest right to rule.

So it was expected that each would refute and attack the legitimacy of the other's regime.

It's just that the Zhou Dynasty inherited the Qian dynasty and it has been ten years since the founding of the country. Such a large dynasty has formed inertia and is naturally at an advantage.

Among the people at the bottom, compared to Li Zhengyan and other rebels who were labeled as traitors, Zhou Ting still has a suppressed voice for the time being, so it is easy for people to ignore this.

If the dynasty is compared to the human body, the body of this unified dynasty has not yet decayed. The current Zhou Dynasty is just a "women's clothing" from the Qian Dynasty, and it has changed its name. The appearance has changed, but the inner texture has changed.

constant.

Therefore, Li Zhengyan and other rebels cannot be regarded simply as tumors in this body, that is, rebels who want to destroy the body.

Just look at the classes of Li Zhengyan, Wei Shaoqi, Du Shuqing, Teng Wang Lilou and others. They are all from noble families, clans, and aristocratic families.

Like the empress Wei Zhao and the two kings of the Wei family, they were also part of the old rentier class, but they had a conflict over the issue of "women's clothing."

The former said that women's clothing should be worn to the end.

The latter objected angrily, saying he couldn't always wear women's clothing, and the clothes he wore were not enough.

As the conflict evolved, they immediately took action.

When two thoughts are fighting in your mind, you can't destroy your healthy body from the neck down, right?

What to do?

The wise man is already lying down,

Wait for the two villains in your mind to finish fighting.

This can also be considered the logic of civil war, a concrete manifestation.

Therefore, it is not difficult to explain that Li Zhengyan fought from Guizhou in the south of Lingnan to Jiangnan Road. The counties and counties along the way were either lying flat or fleeing, and there were very few fierce resisters.

It's not that everyone is bloodless, it's just that the gods above are fighting and the ordinary people below are bleeding. It's not worth it.

Of course, surrendering directly would be too shameless and inappropriate.

The smarter ones will be forced to surrender physically and honestly while shouting about loyalty, filial piety, propriety and justice, scolding Li Zhengyan and refusing to cooperate.

Li Zhengyan, on the other hand, could only greet this with a smile, be very generous, not care about it, and even entertain him.

After all, the governor and county magistrate have been demoted, but you still kill prisoners, which is a bad start. What should you do if the resistance from the states and counties along the way intensifies? The gain outweighs the loss.

This kind of righteous surrender method is indeed easy to use.

First of all, let’s wait and see. If Li Zhengyan and the Kuangfu Army win, then it’s easy to say that they can continue to fake it.

If he is suppressed by force, he will be happy to welcome the king, and he can defend himself with the banner of loyalty, loyalty and courage, and being in Cao's camp.

Anyway, so far, Ouyang Rong has heard of no fewer than ten cases of this kind of surrender from officials fleeing from the north who disembarked at Xunyang Ferry every day.

As for the Lingnan and Jiangnan Dao officials who fled northward, most of them thought that the imperial court had a great chance of winning, so they fled.

Therefore, surrender is also an art activity. It is diverse and diverse, and there is always one that suits you.

Therefore, Ouyang Rong was not surprised that his old friend Diao County Magistrate followed the crowd and abandoned Longcheng and ran away, and he did not teach him a lesson, so he would not do it.

Among the endless stream of surrendering officials, the only one that made Ouyang Rong a little surprised and speechless was:

It was Zhu Lingxu, the governor of Hongzhou.

This person can be regarded as a model of surrender who was forced to have no choice but to surrender. He can even be regarded as the first person to surrender.

He was the first senior Zhou official to surrender during the Guizhou and Hongzhou rebellions.

Logically speaking, shouting about loyalty, filial piety, propriety and justice, scolding Li Zhengyan and Cai Qin, and refusing to cooperate is the choice of a smart person.

But the fact is that Zhu Lingxu not only surrendered, but also turned around and accepted the recruitment of Li Zhengyan and Cai Qin.

At that time, he even helped to control the soldiers of Zhechong Prefecture in Hongzhou, led Li Zhengyan to resume the duties assigned by the government, and followed Cai Qin's army to attack Jiangzhou.

The defection was very complete, and a certificate of surrender was issued.

This is something Ouyang Rong never expected, and it is also the reason for the current crisis in Jiangzhou... There is a leading party.

Everyone just surrendered tactically, but you, Zhu Lingxu, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, actually became a rebel.

This is not an optimal choice.

Ouyang Rong was puzzled. As the governor of Hongzhou and a senior local official in Dazhou, he was not said to be a human being, but he was not so intelligent that he could not understand the pros and cons.

Is it possible that there is a hidden secret, or that there has been a betrayal for a long time? Has there been some promise?

Ouyang Rong suddenly remembered Zhu Yuheng, the eldest son of Governor Zhu.

When he was in Xunyang City, he hung out with Yue Ziang, Wang Junzhi and others.

Could it be that there was some matchmaking and he was persuaded by Li Zheng, Wei Shaoqi, and Teng Wang Lilou early on?

Ouyang Rong shook his head.

Ouyang Rong had only heard of the deeds of this Governor of Hongzhou as "greedy for money and lust" and "good at military strategy".

This kind of character who has climbed up from the bottom should be the best at grasping the direction of the wind...

Maybe he felt that the position of the governor of Hongzhou was too small, and he wanted to follow Li Zhengyan to try to get rich.

All I can say is respect the fate of others.

No matter how,

The nature of the civil war, as well as the window period in which the imperial army had not yet been assembled, caused the prefectures and counties in the southwest to surrender like clouds, and many heroes and patriots in the world were watching.

This also caused Li Zhengyan's Kuangfu Army in Guizhou, Cai Qin, and Zhu Lingxu's army in Hongzhou to encounter almost no decent resistance.

Moreover, after annexing the surrendered states and counties, the paper power expanded rapidly and even expanded.

For a time, Kuang Fu's army gained momentum.

The imperial court even appointed King Lixian of Xunyang as Jiangnan Road's pacification ambassador to assist in countering the rebellion, and the latter accepted the order safely.

Kuang Fujun, who originally carried the banner of King Xunyang, did not stop, but raised the banner of the former prince Li Qian, that is, Li Xian, the brother of Li Lun's former deposed prince, and continued to advance...

Dinner continued, but everyone seemed tired, and no one mentioned the current battle situation and situation.

So the dinner was finished in everyone's silence.

Magistrate Diao and Master Shandao praised Zhen Shuyuan and Ye Weila's cooking skills.

Zhen Shuyuan introduced Ye Weila to the two of them. She cooked the meal herself.

Ye Weilai's cooking skills are now good, and she can cook even simple meals with flavor, and Zhen Shuyuan is quite satisfied.

For Ouyang Rong's roommate, Magistrate Diao, Master Shandao naturally boasted a lot and said good things from different angles.

The white-haired girl was a little shy and lowered her head frequently.

Master Shandao even offered to get her a lottery ticket.

Ye Weilai immediately refused, she was not short of marriage, but she didn't expect that Xiufao interjected, saying that it was the latest expansion of Donglin Temple's business, and the sign for "more children, more blessings" was for pregnancy, which immediately made the girl's face look like

Put on rouge.

The casual chat after the meal ended after drinking tea.

Ouyang Rong stood up and walked out. Master Shandao and Magistrate Diao followed him tacitly. They went to Yinbingzhai's study and started talking.
To be continued...