32Abnormal Yangzhou

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Chapter 31 Yangzhou Abnormality

  Chapter 31 Yangzhou Abnormal

  "By the way, second uncle, how is the situation in Yangzhou?"

  A few days ago, Lai Xi took his friend to the palace to find Zhao Yao. His friend told Zhao Yao that there were many people in Yangzhou, and these people were fighting and killing each other. However, he didn't know the specific situation of these people fighting and killing each other, he only knew that Yangzhou was at war.

  Zhao Yao wanted to know the specific situation in Yangzhou, so he asked Lai Xi and his friends to go to Yangzhou to help him find out the news in Yangzhou.

  Lai Qian learned that Lai Xi and his friends were going to Yangzhou, and they also insisted on going to Yangzhou to help Zhao Yao find out the news. When they arrived in Yangzhou and found out the news, Lai Qian would fly back to the capital to tell Zhao Yao as soon as possible.

  Yangzhou is hundreds of miles away from the capital, and it will take Lai Qian and Lai Xi a while to fly to Yangzhou. Zhao Yao still doesn't know the situation in Yangzhou for the time being.

  Liang Run thought Zhao Yao was asking about Liang's father, so he said: "Your grandfather is very good, and no one makes things difficult for him." The Liang family is still a little famous in the Yangzhou area, after all, it is one of the rich gentry. Besides, he has done a good job as a county magistrate in recent years, and has a good relationship with some officials in Yangzhou. He was transferred to Guangling County as a county magistrate, and no one made things difficult for him. "Your grandpa and grandma have always wanted to see you, but unfortunately your grandpa can't come to the capital."

  "I also want to see grandpa and grandma." Zhao Yao said, "Grandfather can't come to the capital, then grandma can come to the capital, and then my mother and I will sneak out to see her."

  "Your grandmother also wants to come to the capital, but she is very seasick and can't take a boat to the capital." Liang Run said, "Your grandmother can't sit in a carriage for a long time. She will feel uncomfortable if she sits in a carriage for a long time."

  "Ah, seasickness and carsickness, then grandma can't go far away?"

  "Yes, your grandmother is also afraid of going far away."

  Zhao Yao said with a look of disappointment: "It seems that I will not have the chance to see grandpa and grandmother for the time being."

  "Alas, the capital is too far from Yangzhou."

  "Uncle, I just asked what's going on in Yangzhou. I wasn't asking my grandfather, but what's going on in Yangzhou."

  Liang Run was surprised when he heard that. "Why do you ask that? Is there something going on in Yangzhou? Is it a rebellion?"

  Zhao Yao nodded and said, "It's related to the rebellion."

  "What's wrong with the rebellion?" Liang Run knew that Yangzhou was at war, and they were fighting the rebellion. "Didn't the emperor send the Xie family to quell the rebellion? Your grandfather said that although Yangzhou is at war, Yangzhou city is still safe."

  "Uncle, don't you find it strange? The Xie family has been in Yangzhou to quell the rebellion for several months, but they haven't succeeded so far and are still entangled with the rebellion." Zhao Yao frowned, and his usually cute little face looked a little solemn at this time. "At that time, rebellions broke out in Yangzhou, Liangzhou, and Jingzhou at the same time. The rebellion in Liangzhou was the most serious one, and the rebellion in Yangzhou was the lightest. Logically, Yangzhou should have been the fastest to quell the rebellion, but the reality is that Liangzhou won the first victory, and Yangzhou has not succeeded in quelling the rebellion."

  "It should be that the Xie family is useless. They can't even put down a small rebellion in Yangzhou." Although Liang Run's door-to-door vegetable delivery business did not reach the Xie family, the Duke of Zhenguo, he learned some information about the Xie family from other places. "The person who went to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion was Xie Shi. He had always fought with his eldest and second brothers before, and had never led troops to fight alone. This time he went to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion. It was his first time to lead troops on his own. It was normal that he had not been able to quell the rebellion for a long time."

  "In fact, the Xie family are not talented generals. The reason why they were named Dukes of Zhenguo was because the Xie family provided money, weapons, and food to help the late emperor build his country. In order to make the Xie family a legitimate position as the Duke of Zhenguo, the late emperor asked the Xie family to go to the battlefield and make meritorious deeds. With the help of other soldiers, the Xie family made many military exploits, and then they were legitimately named Dukes of Zhenguo."

  Liang Run was only half right. The other half of the reason was that the Xie family was a top family that had stood for hundreds of years and was the leader of all the families. The first emperor made the Xie family the Duke of Zhenguo in order to let the Xie family deter other aristocratic families.

  Facts have proved that the first emperor was right to marry the Xie family and to let the Xie family be the Duke of Zhenguo. With the existence of the Xie family, those aristocratic families were very honest in the court and did not dare to look down on the royal family.

  You should know that the aristocratic families that have survived now all have a century of heritage. The dynasty often changes its owner, but these aristocratic families remain standing. Their power is very large, so large that even the royal family looks down on them.

  The first emperor was an ordinary citizen. Because of the tyranny of Emperor Xia Ling and the persecution of officials, his family was either beaten to death or starved to death. In order to survive, the first emperor had to rebel. He originally just wanted to take a few brothers to have enough food, but he didn't expect that their battles would get bigger and bigger, and the team would get stronger and stronger.

  Seeing that their uprising was getting bigger and bigger, more and more people supported them. The first emperor decided to follow the will of heaven and directly overthrow the tyranny of the Xia Dynasty. Unfortunately, a drought broke out after a few years, and there was no food in many places.

  The emperor and his brothers were fighting, and what they needed most was food, but the food they got was not enough for them. Just when the emperor was in trouble, the Xie family took the initiative to show goodwill to them and gave them food and grass.   

  The Xie family was attracted by the qualifications of the previous emperor, and the previous emperor needed the support of the Xie family, so they formed a marriage alliance with the Xie family. With the support of the Xie family, the previous emperor finally overthrew the Xia Dynasty and established the Great Zhou Dynasty.

  When a dynasty was just established, there were many problems, and the biggest problem was those aristocratic families. These aristocratic families looked down on the royal family born from grassroots, but with the support of the Xie family, these aristocratic families did not dare to blatantly make trouble or make small moves.

  The Xie family was deeply involved with the royal family, and the prince was born to the daughter of the Xie family and was the next generation of kings. For their own interests, the Xie family would of course strongly support and protect the royal family.

  In the previous dynasty, the Xie family was suppressed very badly, especially during the reign of Emperor Xia Ling, when the Xie family was oppressed in various ways. Not only did many people die, but also many forces were weakened, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Xie family. The current Zhenguogong is determined to restore the Xie family in its heyday, and will definitely let the prince ascend the throne and become emperor in the future.

  "Second uncle, you are wrong. The Xie family just hasn't produced any outstanding generals in the past two or three generations. In the previous dynasty, or even longer ago, the Xie family produced quite a few outstanding generals. The reason why the Xie family has become a top-notch aristocratic family is because it has produced quite a few talented people." The tenth prince, who usually doesn't like to read, knows the situation of the aristocratic families in the capital very well. "Xie Shi is not a fool, nor is he as useless as you say, second uncle. Besides, he has some outstanding soldiers around him. With their abilities, it is impossible that they cannot quell such a small rebellion in Yangzhou."

  Liang Run understood what Zhao Yao meant at this moment, and said in surprise: "Yaoyao, you mean that the rebellion in Yangzhou is unusual and not as simple as it seems."

  "Well, the rebellion in Yangzhou should be more complicated than we thought." Zhao Yao said seriously, "If we don't know the real situation in Yangzhou, my grandfather and others will be in danger."

  "What do you think the real situation in Yangzhou is?"

  "The rebellion in Yangzhou should not be simple, but I can't guess what the specific situation is." Zhao Yao said again, "Second uncle, write a letter to my grandfather, let him pay attention to the situation of the rebellion in Yangzhou, and let him be careful."

  "Okay, I'll write the letter after dinner and send it to the post station early tomorrow morning." There are special people in the post station to deliver letters.

  "If the situation in Yangzhou is very dangerous, let grandpa stop being the county magistrate, take the clan members away from Yangzhou, and live somewhere else."

  "Okay." Liang Run asked, "Yaoyao, how did you know that something happened in Yangzhou? No one in the capital talked about what happened in Yangzhou?"

  "Guessed."

  "Guessed?"

  Zhao Yao told Liang Run what happened at the dinner that day, "After listening to it, my mother and I felt that something was wrong in Yangzhou."

  "You are too alert."

  "I hope we think too much."

  After dinner, the nephew and uncle each wrote a letter to Liang's father.

  Liang Run wrote to Liang's father, asking him to pay attention to the situation in Yangzhou. Zhao Yao wrote to Liang's father to greet him.

  Since Liang Run came to the capital, Zhao Yao and Liang Zhaoyi often wrote to Liang's father and others. Although they can't meet, at least they can contact each other and let each other know their situation.

  　Today is Valentine's Day, I wish you all a happy Valentine's Day! I wish lovers will eventually get married! I wish readers who don't have lovers can find their lovers as soon as possible!

(End of this chapter)