Chapter 506

Jiankang has a population of millions. Most of them migrated from the north of the Yangtze River when they crossed the south in clothes, and aristocratic families accounted for the absolute majority.

The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty continued the system of the Western Jin Dynasty and valued aristocratic families over the people. In fact, Jiankang, the capital of a country, was not inhabited by ordinary people, except aristocratic families.

Nowadays, families that can be called aristocratic families may not have too many lineages, but the number of collateral branches will be a large number. In addition, there must be subordinates such as trilogy and domestic servants. Then there are thousands of people in a aristocratic family, and it is difficult to have an upper limit for more.

A big family is similar to an aristocratic family. The difference is prestige and contacts. Dingkou is not the key to becoming an aristocratic family.

More than 40% of Jiankang's million people are related to aristocratic families or big families. It can be seen how many people will be mobilized if aristocratic families and big families really want to mobilize.

After the chaos broke out, every capable family tried their best to arm themselves, or close their doors and rely on the courtyard wall, or do something unspeakable.

Before Jiankang, it was the capital of Soochow, named Jianye. In addition to Jianye, Chaisang, Shouchun and Lujiang are the most prosperous and populous cities in Soochow.

It is difficult to say that there were other places to develop in addition to Jianye in the eastern Wu period, but it was difficult to do in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The aristocratic families who fled from the north of the Yangtze River have the ability to eliminate the original local aristocratic families in the South and do some things for land development. For example, the four major gate valves control at least several counties to become family autonomous regions, and the aristocratic family level delimits the sphere of influence by counties. Of course, the imperial court has no actual control over those regions.

The phenomenon caused by the political situation makes Jiankang an absolutely complex place. Any struggle takes place in Jiankang. As long as people with enough identity also stay in Jiankang, the ugly thing is that once anyone can form an absolutely strong control in Jiankang, it can basically determine the national trend of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, or at least paralyze the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Chu Xin's questioning, which was close to tearing his face, was that things really developed to a critical moment.

At this time, someone whispered to Huan Yun. No one knew what to say except the two.

At the beginning, the atmosphere could only be said to be tense. Waiting for Chu Xin to question added strangeness. As the background wall, the heads of various families did not know when they had been divided into three waves.

Know the inside story... Or the aristocratic family that conspired with Huan Yun, they got close together with the guard, and their faces were very serious.

People who are aware of what has happened and are not easy to make a decision at a time, they are piled up and stay away as far as possible, and their expressions are obviously uncertain.

I decided to stand in the small imperial court... Maybe it should be said to resolutely resist the Han army. They also piled up and assumed the posture of being on alert and breaking through at any time.

"Rebel!" Chu Xin was only two or three steps away from Huan Yun. He suddenly drew out his sword and shouted, "die!"

Huan Yun was not frightened by Chu Xin's roar, but looked at Chu Xin with admiration. After only one step forward, he was rushed to the ground by Huan warrior.

"My good nephew, there has never been a saying of rebellious thieves in the world." Huan Yun said to Chu Xin, who was cut back with both hands, and to everyone present: "since ancient times, only kings have been defeated."

In fact, the whisper just now was that there was a change in the palace city. In addition to the original siege of the city and Suwei, some handmaids, palace maids and eunuchs were armed anyway.

There may be nothing about the change in the palace city. There is also something about Chu Li sending people to take over the command from each city gate captain. Then, the garrison in the city also has people with imperial orders.

Of course, the people sent by Chu Li did not succeed in taking over the command of the city gate. The people who went were either dead or arrested. The trouble was that the people on Huan's side had to announce that those people were rebellious. The Jin army, who did not know the truth and was not sure who to listen to, was actually upset.

For Huan Yun, the most troublesome thing was the garrison. Chu Li successfully took over the command of nearly 30000 garrison troops. The rest, except 20000, were still under Huan Yun's control, and the rest were controlled by Xie clan and many families.

[how did the abbot react so quickly this time?] Huan Yun looked at the aristocratic family leaders present with a smile and had to worry: [why hasn't Xie Mingda moved yet!?]

Mingda is written by Xie AI. He is the commander of the Han Army on the side of Jiangdu.

Chu Xin scolded loudly, and his mouth was blocked before he could say anything to the family leaders.

Jiankang has more than 100000 garrison troops, and the command of the Jin army has never been in the hands of the Sima family. It depends on the gate and aristocratic family who the garrison chooses to command. Chu Li could master 30000 garrison troops, indicating that there were not many aristocratic families who still chose to defend the small imperial court.

"Gentlemen." Huan Yun was talking to the heads of aristocratic families who were trying to break through: "the abbot has kidnapped the Empress Dowager and the emperor. What do you think?"

The three thousand armed men at the north gate are Huan's private soldiers, standing layer by layer with Huan Yun as the center. There should be four or five hundred aristocratic families in the same camp as Huan Yun.

The leader of the aristocratic family who wants to break through is accompanied by a guard. It seems that there should be one or two hundred people. Once they don't compromise, they will either be killed on the spot or go out in a bloody battle.

None of the people questioned spoke. They would have such a choice, not because of their loyalty to Sima's family, but because the Han country was too harsh on the aristocratic family and chose to resist. They just didn't want to be included in the rule of the Han country and didn't want to give up when they could struggle.

Someone shouted "report" and pulled a long tail. After coming over, he knelt on one knee and reported to Huan Yun: "there is an emergency military situation in the West and North. The Han army is on a large scale. It is approaching Jiankang along the way!"

A metal cross sound suddenly came out. People who had chosen to resist were so frightened that they dropped their weapons to the ground.

"The abbot really kidnapped the Empress Dowager and his majesty. Lian is willing to help the governor suppress and kill the rebels."

"... Zhang is willing to follow the governor."

"Huang Shi..."

The heads of aristocratic families spoke one after another. The background of their conversation was that there was chaos everywhere in Jiankang City, and fires were raging in some places.

Huan Yun looked at those who did not speak or abandon their weapons. "Ha ha" smiled a few times and ordered: "these people are accomplices with the national father-in-law. If there is resistance, they can be killed on the spot."

In a word, those people lost their weapons, but did not change their position. They were captured without bloodshed.

Yu Yi stood on the tower and watched the big play. Beside him was a disciple sent by Huan Yun.

A large area of fire has appeared in the Far West. The Jin army and the private army who surrounded the city gate do not know who ordered them to start diversion. Some continue to surround the city gate or drive to the West.

[unexpectedly... Huan did so well!] Yu Yi was really surprised. At the same time, he was very dissatisfied with being hidden from his bones. There was also some relaxation and luck in his dissatisfaction: [in this way, if Jiankang really changed hands, the great merit will be taken by Huan. Although Yu will have a bad reputation, it won't be too heavy?]

Huan's disciple repeated what he had asked before: "Duke Yu, can you see my master now?"

Yu Yi didn't speak immediately. He looked at Jiankang city with fire everywhere. He listened to the noise from a distant place. After a while, he said, "let your master send troops into the city tower and avoid meeting each other."

Huan's disciple "Er" several times, followed by a respectful salute and leave. But before long, he was ordered to come back to Yu Yi and said, "my Lord asked Yu Gong to control the gate, and the Han army will come later."

Yu Yi nodded expressionless, even if he responded and agreed. He didn't know how long Huan Yun and Xie AI had planned and how many people had participated in it. They had done such earth shaking events. In fact, he didn't want Yu to bear a bad reputation. Since Huan had such courage, it was natural for Huan to ask for credit from the state of Han. Unexpectedly, Huan Yun would give Yu credit.

In fact, Yu Yi didn't know that it was his hesitation that made the situation evolve like this.

Xie AI only knew that Yu was preparing, but Yu only prepared and did nothing. The door lords and aristocratic families standing in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were more prepared day by day. The longer things dragged on, the more likely they were to change.

At this time, after Huan Yun communicated with Huan Wen, the Huan family, as an aggressive doorman, also recognized that the situation in the world was irreversible. The Huan family should be the first. It was Huan Wen who led the way, Xie AI and Huan Yun conspired, and a big play of internal and external cooperation was brewing.

Jiankang in the changing moment, Xie AI is riding a cross war horse to lead the army all the way to Jiankang. The number of Han troops along their way was 15000. They set out from Xinzhou station early and hid in a mountain forest less than ten miles away from the gate of Jiankang city in Huanyun's arrangement. They took action only when they saw the agreed pillar of smoke in Jiankang.

The number of Han troops on the other side of the road was 10000, under the command of Fu Wei. They also hid in advance in Huan Yun's arrangement, and set off to approach Jiankang only when they saw the agreed pillar of smoke.

In addition to the two Han troops concealed in advance, nearly 50000 Han troops on the North Bank of the Yangtze River were ordered to start on the south bank. They were mobilized from Xuzhou and Yuzhou after the plan was determined.

In addition to the Han Army that landed at the beginning, the Han army fighting in Dantu actually joined the slave army. These servants were those who approached Shouchun last time. They were detained after the outbreak of racial hatred in the Central Plains. Nearly 50000 of 200000 servants were removed from the army, leaving all the naturalized Hu who were strictly selected.

If there were no accidents, the first batch of Han troops arriving in Jiankang would be 25000, and 50000 follow-up troops would arrive after dawn. Naturally, Han troops will come later, but it is very obvious that the 75000 Han troops in the early stage want to conquer a huge city with 100000 defenders and a population of one million. No one thinks they can do it, so Xie AI has to rely on those families, including the Huan family.

When Xie AI and Fu Wei led the army in a hurry, Huan Yun encountered a problem.

When the Empress Dowager Chu suanzi used all available channels to declare Huan Yun a traitor and call on all loyal people to calm down the chaos, this was the first.

Then Chu Li left the palace city very well. He first went to Xie's residence to meet Xie Li, who was seriously ill with the same name. What the two talked about was unknown to the outside world. Later, Chu Li left Xie's house to receive the garrison controlled by Xie. A white lantern in mourning was hung in front of Xie's door, announcing the death of Xie Li, the leader of the contemporary sect.

Xie Li has been seriously ill for a long time. In fact, he is terminally ill. According to history, he will die at the age of 64 this year. The difference is that he is several months earlier than the original history.

"Xie closed the door, but the military power fell into Chu's hands?" Huan Yun sneered. He said to his confidant, "Xie has made frequent mistakes in recent years, which is the biggest failure this time. Now..." he didn't say anything later. He expected that Xie an must be more difficult to develop in the Han country than his brother Huan Wen.

Seriously, Xie has as many opportunities as Huan. Huan Wen is in the state of Han, and Xie an is also in the state of Han. It can even be said that it would be more convenient for Xie to work for the state of Han than Huan. After all, Huan is an emerging door valve, while Xie is an old door valve. The gap between influence and contacts is not small.

[when things came to an end, Xie made a decidedly wrong choice, while Yu didn't have the spirit, which made Huan happy!] Huan Yun was very excited. Even the people standing on the Bank of the small imperial court had begun to fight back, which could not affect his happy mood. He thought: [the chaos in the city must not be stopped when the Han army came. Now the most important thing is to firmly control the city gate!]

There were shouts of killing everywhere in Jiankang city. The troops controlled by Huan's camp fought with the troops standing on the side of the small imperial court, and all aristocratic families couldn't figure out how to get involved in the fighting. It was necessary that some gangsters and ruffians came out to do some chicken singing and dog stealing and 1 * * looting, let alone a group of people led by Huan, Even if the official action is unified, it is impossible to suppress chaos in a short time.

In the palace city, Chu suanzi was watching some people quarrel with Sima, the crying little emperor.

The quarrel was later invited into the palace city by Chu Li. They were all civil and military and aristocratic family leaders who were confirmed to stand on the side of the small imperial court. The reason why they quarreled was whether to break through.

At present, only two of the city gates in Jiankang are under the control of the small imperial court, and the rest of the small imperial court's armed forces have begun to compete. The news is very bad. There are people fighting everywhere in the city, so it is difficult to mobilize the troops. Let alone, even if the troops opened in the past, they failed to regain the control of the city gate.

As empress dowager Chu suanzi and the little emperor Sima Zhen had no voice in the quarrel, so they could only watch helplessly. For Chu suanzi, it was a great blessing for Xie to hand over his military power to Chu Li. It was also a great blessing for Wang to stand on the side of the royal family, but the rest were terrible things.

"Empress mother..." Sima Pang cried with tears and snot. Holding Chu suanzi's clothes in his small hand, he said in fear, "how about going back to the bedroom?"

Chu suanzi looked at Sima Zhen, who didn't understand anything, and then looked at those people who were still arguing. Silence was continuous silence.