Chapter 2301 The First Force to Surrender
Apart from the past that they turned a blind eye to, Taotao and Zhao Shu still had a good time in the clan this time.
The most obvious thing was that no one dared to mention giving Zhao Shu a concubine, which made Taotao feel much less worried.
In Hangzhou, on the ninth day of the first lunar month, Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan welcomed a group of uninvited guests. Le Zhengxiao came with the Yuzhang Prefecture's prefect and a group of other people.
Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan were very surprised and very happy.
Previously, due to his status, Shao Yunduan was not able to have any contact with the Lezheng family. The two sides had a tacit understanding that they would no longer have any contact on the surface, but Lezheng Xiao secretly sent supplies to Shao Yunduan. The secret contact between the two sides can be said to have never stopped.
This time, Le Zhengxiao brought the chancellor of Yuzhang Province with him. Without them saying anything, Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan had basically guessed the purpose of their visit. They were both a little surprised and delighted.
Sure enough, the day after the welcoming banquet, Yuzhang Prefecture Minister expressed his respect to Shao Yunduan on behalf of Yuzhang Prefecture Governor, and presented a handwritten letter from Yuzhang Prefecture Governor. He planned to bring Yuzhang Province to Shao Yunduan and asked Shao Yunduan to accept him.
Even though he expected that they came here most likely for this purpose, when Shao Yunduan heard the Yuzhang Prefecture Prime Minister say it, he still felt unbearably excited and complicated.
This was the first local force to surrender voluntarily.
Shao Yunduan gladly accepted it and spoke politely.
He asked Le Zhengxiao some more questions in private, and considering that he already knew something about the prefect of Yuzhang, it seemed unlikely that he was pretending to surrender.
The prefect of Yuzhang was also forced into a decision.
In fact, according to the second prince's plan, he wanted to bring Huaixi and Yuzhang under his command last year.
Unexpectedly, when Sun Pu went to Huaixi to recruit Shao Yunduan, he caused a big mess, and finally forced Shao Yunduan to confront the second prince head-on in order to protect himself.
Because of this incident, and the ongoing war with the Fourth Prince, he had no time to take care of Yuzhang Province for a while.
But now, the third prince is completely finished. Hangzhou, Jiangning and other large areas in the south of the Yangtze River are all in Shao Yunduan's pocket. The second prince can't keep an eye on him, so he will definitely keep an eye on Yuzhang.
The prefect of Yuzhang doesn't have the ability to confront the second prince head-on. Once the second prince sends an envoy to him to announce the imperial edict, what else can he do except accept it?
But he had no confidence in the Second Prince, and the same went for the Fourth Prince.
The means these three princes used to fight for the throne were too despicable, and none of them was popular. Instead, they almost completely destroyed the majesty of the Qin Dynasty, and they had no ability to win the hearts of the people.
Sun Pu could treat Shao Yunduan like that, so how would the Sun family treat him? The prefect of Yuzhang was very conflicted and didn't dare to gamble.
If this bet goes wrong, it will be a disaster.
It just so happened that Shao Yunduan's strength had greatly increased and his morale was high. As a neighbor, the prefect of Yuzhang could be said to have witnessed Shao Yunduan's development bit by bit.
This momentum actually gives people more confidence than the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince.
It's a gamble anyway, so why not gamble on something you're more optimistic about?
After discussing with his trusted confidants including the prefectural chancellor, the prefect of Yuzhang finally made up his mind.
He had to decide on the affiliation before the Second Prince's "imperial edict" came down, otherwise it would be very troublesome. Knowing that the Le Zheng family had a good relationship with Shao Yunduan, he immediately urged Le Zhengxiao to come over after the New Year.
(End of this chapter)
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