In the late Sui Dynasty, warlords fought in a mess, causing public resentment, causing overwhelming peasant uprisings to sweep across the country, with wolf smoke everywhere and wars everywhere.

In July of the 12th year of Daye (616), Emperor Yang traveled to Jiangdu on a dragon boat.

At that time, Li Mi, the leader of the Wagang Village Army, occupied Luokou and cut off the way Emperor Yang of Sui to return to the west. Emperor Yang of Sui was stranded in Jiangdu and had no intention of returning to the capital to Daxing, but planned to use Danyang (now Nanjing City, Jiangsu) as its capital and remain in Jiangdong.

Most of the Xiaoguo Imperial Guards who followed the emperor were from Guanzhong, northwest. They lived outside for a long time and were eager to miss their relatives and homesickness.

Seeing that Emperor Yang of Sui did not want to return to Chang'an, but wanted to stay in Jiangdong for a long time, the people became more uneasy, so they planned to rebel against the emperor and return to the west.

Wu Ben Lang General Sima Dekan led the Wan Xiaoguo army to station in Jiangdu City, directly responsible for the emperor's security guards.

When he learned that the soldiers of Xiaoguo were plotting to defect, he secretly contacted some people, intending to rebel with the soldiers' minds of returning home.

At this time, they did not have the ambition to kill the emperor and rebelliously, but just wanted to loot some property and then return to Guanzhong in groups.

Yuwen Zhi, who has always been crazy and rebellious, was very happy when he learned this information and went to see Sima Dekan immediately.

At the same time, he instigated him to give up his original idea of ​​being useless in small-scale fights and making trouble, and should take advantage of the chaos in the world and fight against the Sui Dynasty.

Then, you can seize the opportunity of the elite imperial guards and do a great cause to seize the world.

Sima Dekan believes that if the words are reasonable, rebellion is a major event, and there must be a leader!

After discussing, several people decided to support Yu Wenhua and the head coach who was in charge of the uprising.

After the plot was correct, these people informed Yu Wenhua and the plot.

Yu Wen and Benjun were cowardly and had low abilities. When they heard this kind of major rebellion, their faces changed so much that they suddenly changed when they heard about this kind of rebellion.

But Yu Wenhua is a frivolous villain, and after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't help but feel greed in his heart.

Of course, this is related to Yu Culture and his poor grace and silence.

Yu Wenji's father was a general of the Zuoyiwei of the Sui Dynasty. He often relied on his father's power to act recklessly and not comply with the law.

Because he witnessed the dark inside story of greed and corruption among the upper class of the ruling class, he developed a vicious, sinister, greedy and arrogant nature, and never followed the law.

He often led his servants to ride high-headed horses, hold bows and bullets, and gallops on Chang'an Road to bully the people. Therefore, the people in the city called them "fresh young masters".

When Yu Wenhua and his colleagues learned that they had the opportunity to be king and emperor, they were naturally overjoyed.

On the night of March 10, 618, Sima Dekan led Xiaoguo into Xuanwu Gate, and Pei Qiantong and Yuanli went straight into the palace to search.

Emperor Yang of Sui hid in Yongxiang when he heard about the change, but was still caught by the rebels.

In order to be able to be the king and emperor in a legitimate way, Yu Wen and the commander Linghu Xingda were instructed to hang Emperor Yang.

As a result, all the members of the Sui clan and relatives in the Jiangdu Palace were massacred.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army and to excessively overdo, Emperor Yang of Sui was able to survive and was made emperor by Yu Wenji.

Hou Yu Wenhua and became the prime minister, Yu Wen Zhihe was the left servant, and was preparing to lead more than 100,000 Sui officers and soldiers to return to Guanzhong.

When Yu Wenji's men arrived in Xuzhou, due to the blockage of water, he ordered the plunder of 2,000 local ox carts and loaded the treasures of the palace maids together.

The baggage, armor, weapons, etc. are carried by the soldiers.

Due to the long road and the lack of people and horses, the soldiers of the three armies complained.

Minister Sima Dekan, Zhao Xingshu, and general Chen Botu all planned to kill Yu Wenji one after another, but they were all killed by Yu Wenji because of their poor planning.

Later, Yu Wenji was defeated by Wagang Limi, and most of the soldiers began to flee.

In the end, less than 20,000 soldiers followed him, and then retreated to Wei County.

After all, the Great Sui Dynasty was orthodox at that time, and Yu Wen and the rebellious military spirit and the people's hearts did not follow.

Knowing that he will definitely fail, Yu Wenhe sighed: "Since life, Isn't you going to die, will you become the emperor in one day?"

So he poisoned the puppet emperor Yang Hao, who was a weaponized emperor in Wei County, with the country's name Xu, and Jianyuan was Tianshou.

Later, Yu Wenji was indeed defeated and was captured by Dou Jiande.

If Emperor Yang wasted the people and the money, he suffered the defeat in Goryeo and returned home and injured his country's foundation.

Then Yu Wenji's rebellion and the massacre of the Sui Dynasty royal family destroyed the last glimmer of hope of the Sui Dynasty.

Because Yu Wen and the rebellion came too suddenly, Emperor Yang and a group of Sui Dynasty royal families were killed.

Under the fact that many old ministers of the Sui Dynasty were not mentally prepared.

This also led to many old ministers and soldiers of the Sui Dynasty staying in Jiangnan.

Later, after secret contact with Empress Xiao, these old ministers and soldiers of the Sui Dynasty gradually disappeared from Jiangnan.

Many former former Sui officials and soldiers developed in Jiangnan for decades.

Some became high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty, some became gentry and people in the south of the Yangtze River, and some were also destroyed in the long river of time.

But it is undeniable that a large number of people have actually survived in various ways, and some people are still thinking about the former Sui Dynasty.

Therefore, as soon as Empress Xiao’s secret order was released, the former former Sui tribes in Jiangnan were moved.

For a time, the whole Jiangnan was in chaos.

...

In the official office of Jiangning County (Nanjing), the county magistrate Huang Shanchen was concentrating on handling official duties, and even the personal letter attendant quietly entered without even realizing it.

Shu Zuo walked lightly and went straight to Huang Shanchen's desk. When he saw that his adults did not seem to notice his arrival, he coughed lightly and reminded him.

Huang Shanchen came to his senses and saw that it was Shu Zuo, who was sent by his family to assist him. He asked in surprise: "Fucai, what's the matter?"

Shujiao Huang Fucai presented the letter in his hand to Huang Shanchen: "My sir..."

Huang Shanchen was slightly stunned, and quickly picked up the letter and read it carefully.

After a long time, Huang Shanchen handed the letter to Huang Fucai and said with a wry smile: "Oh, this is making things difficult for me!"

As Huang Fucai's confidant Shu Zuo, Huang Shanchen was obviously very relieved, and even the secret order issued by Empress Xiao did not avoid it.

Huang Fucai took it with both hands, looked at it and read the content of the letter, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Sir, are you concerned?"

Huang Shanchen stood up and smiled bitterly, "So what if you care about it, so what if you don't care about it? I, the county magistrate, seem to be guarding the Mu side, but in fact, I cannot leave the government office and have been completely overshadowed by the gentry of Jiangnan."

"It's not only me, but also all over Jiangnan. In the Jiangning official office, except for you and me and those who have been attracted to me over the years, all the key positions are controlled by the Jiangnan gentry."

"Even if I am willing to repay Empress Xiao and help him, and repay the kindness of the former Sui, I am powerless."

"It's not easy to instruct the county's troops to go to rescue. I am really powerless!"

However, Huang Shanchen did not deliberately refute this statement.

The highest level of local division in the Tang Dynasty was "state", and the governor was appointed as his chief.

At this time, Jiangning County was not yet planned to be the "Shengzhou" in the future, and it was still called Jiangning County.

Although he was a county magistrate, his power was not very great.

Below him, there are also officials such as Chief Shi, Sima, Judicial and Military Officer, who are called Assistant Officers.

These positions can be controlled by various departments in detail and are official positions with real power.

If these people do not cooperate, he, the county magistrate, cannot mobilize all soldiers.

The secret letter clearly stated that Yang Fan, the great governor of Jiangnan, was surrounded by some Jiangnan gentry and Shanyue people on Yuntai.

After so many days, I, the county magistrate, have not received any news. Obviously, the officials below do not want him to know.

The Sima of Jiangshou County, joining the army... Almost all of them were controlled by the officials of various gentry in Jiangnan. Huang Shanchen seemed to be in a high position and had a high position and control the other side, but he could not command these gentry officials at all.

Otherwise, at the first time when the Shanyue people rebelled, these people should have reported it and even sent troops to wipe out it out.

Now that the Jiangnan Governor is in danger, he is the county magistrate who knows the last time. Of course, he knows that these officials deliberately conceal it.

Huang Fucai looked at the door carefully and saw that no one was paying attention to this side. Then he whispered to Huang Shanchen: "Sir, as young as you see, this matter is a good opportunity to break the situation. If done well, he can not only repay his previous kindness, but also further control Jiangning County..."

Huang Shanchen frowned and asked, "Jiangning County was controlled by officials of major gentry, and our government was controlled everywhere, which was not true. This is something that everyone in the world knows. Even the imperial court's decrees are not easy to implement. How can this break the deadlock?"

Huang Fucai explained: "It is precisely because the lord is constrained everywhere that he should stand up and resist. The imperial court sent the Grand Governor to Jiangnan, with an obvious purpose, to deal with the gentry of Jiangnan. If the Grand Governor takes action when the Grand Governor is in danger, wouldn't it be a great achievement once the Grand Governor escapes from the trap? If the emperor is happy, it is not impossible to transfer the Grand Governor to the capital to serve."

Huang Shanchen sighed: "Although you make sense, if you want to send troops to rescue, you must go through the consent of Sima Linxing and Fan Cheng, who came from Jiangnan gentry, and the secret letter said that the two families were deeply involved in this incident. They were obviously ambitions, how could they agree to send troops to rescue?"

Seeing Huang Shanchen sighing, Huang Fucai shook his head secretly.

It seems that the master from home never has the ambitions he used to be.

As an old minister of the Sui Dynasty, he obtained the high position of county magistrate after receiving secret support from Empress Xiao.

I originally planned to make some achievements here, but I was repeatedly suppressed by the gentry of Jiangnan. Now that I have grown older, I will no longer be as full as I did at the time.

Although Huang Shanchen wants to protect himself, Huang Fucai is unwilling to accept it!

As a descendant of the Huang family, he was very kind to the family, otherwise he would not have been sent to Huang Shanchen for study.

Now that there is such a good opportunity to curry favor with the governor sent by the court, Huang Fucai certainly doesn't want to let it go.

It is better to help you in time than to add icing on the cake. Anyone with a discerning eye understands this principle.

So Huang Fucai whispered: "Sir, please forgive me for not agreeing. Some things do not have to be done, but require an attitude... Of course, if you want to make a difference, you naturally have to do your best."

As an old official, Huang Shanchen is certainly not stupid, and soon realized it!

yes!
To be continued...