Chapter 20 The Son of Heaven and the Army (1)
This is at the foot of Si Mountain. Except for the manor who can't see anyone else, the other party really wants to kill them and bury them on the mountain. There is no real problem. An Jinyiwei hurriedly shouted: "Don't get me wrong. The emperor has an order to summon Lord Yan to the capital, and there is another priority."
Yan Yingyuan looked at the two Jinyiwei with sharp eyes. He was a clerk, but he was just a small official who was not in the rank of the ranks. How could the emperor summon him? He was uneasy. Could it be that the incident happened?
A few years ago, Yan Yingyuan was promoted to Yingde County Lord of Shaozhou but failed to succeed. In addition to his mother's illness, there was another important reason, that is, the road was not stable. Yan Yingyuan knew that the Ming Dynasty was about to collapse. In a chaotic world, it was better to be a county lord thousands of miles away and stay in Jiangyin without any official position. After all, Jiangyin has his foundation.
Yan Yingyuan and Gu Sanmazi can be said to be unfavorable. Yan Yingyuan retreated behind the enemy three arrows. Gu Sanmazi sent someone to send a message to see Yan Yingyuan and invited Yan Yingyuan to get on the boat to talk. Everyone thought it was Gu Sanmazi's trick and tried to persuade Yan Yingyuan not to be fooled. Yan Yingyuan still disagrees with the public and boarded Gu Sanmazi's ship alone.
At that time, Yan Yingyuan had just arrived at Jiangyin Dianshi, and Gu Sanmazi had hundreds of ships. Although most of them were small boats, there were more than 2,000 people. Jiangyin County could not resist Gu Sanmazi's robbery. Yan Yingyuan knew this well and was not allowed to accept Gu Sanmazi's invitation to board the ship.
Gu Sanmazi also admired Yan Yingyuan's courage to board the ship alone. Not long after the two talked, Gu Sanmazi suggested that they become sworn brothers. Yan Yingyuan was an official and Gu Sanmazi was a thief. The officials and thieves were incompatible. However, Yan Yingyuan agreed after only a few considerations. Compared with ordinary pirates, Gu Sanmazi had a good reputation and rarely hurt people when robbing wealth. Yan Yingyuan was not an old-fashioned person. He made friends with Gu Sanmazi, which not only solved the threat of Jiangyin County's impoverished Meijie, but also had Gu Sanmazi as a helper, so he didn't have to be afraid of other bandits. Yan Yingyuan could quickly pacify the place, and Gu Sanmazi made a lot of efforts in it.
Since Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy has been ineffective. Coastal sailors went ashore to serve as merchants and went to sea to serve as pirates. Gu Sanmazi did not make a living by robbery. Sometimes they also fled to merchants. They just had no suitable place to settle down before. After making friends with Yan Yingyuan, Gu Sanmazi had Jiangyin as their place to settle down. The interests of maritime merchants were enough. They slowly stopped robbery and turned into specialized sea merchants. Jiangyin City was because Gu Sanmazi purchased a large amount of goods, and the people were benefiting, and they respected Yan Yingyuan more. Every time they went to sea, Gu Sanmazi also gave 10% of the goods to Yan Yingyuan as a dry share. Yan Yingyuan delayed it several times before accepting them all, and quickly became rich.
With money, I felt that Yan Yingyuan did not use this money to enjoy it. He built a mansion at the foot of Silicon Mountain, mainly because it was remote enough. In the past few years, Yan Yingyuan summoned a large number of Jiangyin children to practice martial arts and train troops, and spent all the money on it. Now there are 600 people in the entire mansion.
Yan Yingyuan was able to defend Jiangyin City for more than 80 days, and in a row, the three kings and eighteen generals of the Qing army killed and killed tens of thousands of Qing soldiers. The 600 soldiers he personally trained made great efforts. Without these 600 people, even if they were not for these 600 people, even if they were united, they would not have achieved such great results.
What Yan Yingyuan did was a good thing for the people of Jiangyin. He also believed that he was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but colluded with pirates and trained troops privately. Any one that came to the court could be killed. It was not an exaggeration to hear that the Jinyiwei came to him, and the young people in the courtyard reacted so fiercely.
"The two lords said that the emperor summoned me to the capital, do you have an order?"
"Yes, yes." The slightly thinner Jinyiwei quickly took out a bright yellow imperial edict from his arms. Yan Yingyuan took it and saw that it was indeed the order to summon him to the capital. The order was written a little vaguely. Although Yan Yingyuan saw the imperial edict for the first time, he knew that Jinyiwei did not have the courage to fake the imperial edict to deceive him. Although he didn't know why he was attracted by the emperor, this order was absolutely true.
"Two sirs, I was rude just now, so I asked to sit in the room."
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." The two Jinyiwei wiped their heads and finally gained the trust of each other. Who would have thought that the Jinyiwei would have twists and turns to find a Dianshi? If they knew what Yan Yingyuan had done in recent years, they would probably not even dare to enter the courtyard.
As soon as the two entered the courtyard, they were introduced into a hall, and tea and snacks were also brought out, but Yan Yingyuan was not seen. When they wanted to go out, they found four big men guarding outside the door, which made the two Jinyiwei feel nervous again. Why is there strangeness everywhere here?
After waiting for more than a day, Yan Yingyuan came over to meet the two Jinyiwei. There was a hint of fatigue on his face and bowed to the two Jinyiwei, "Two sirs, Caomin and his mother are in the hall. I just said goodbye to my mother, and I have neglected it."
In fact, Yan Yingyuan discussed with his children whether to go to Beijing with the order. Although the Jinyiwei had an imperial edict in his hand, many people were still worried that if the incident happened, Yan Yingyuan would die. Yan Yingyuan spent a lot of talk to convince everyone.
Seeing that Yan Yingyuan was polite, the two Jinyiwei calmed down: "Mr. Yan doesn't have to be too polite. The emperor wants us to go back immediately when we see Lord Yan. I wonder if Lord Yan can set off immediately?"
"Two sirs, it's already dark, so it's not too late to ask you to rest for a night before leaving."
It was indeed dark, and the two Jinyiwei had to follow Yan Yingyuan's words and stay in the courtyard. Their room was very large and comfortable, but they slept very uneasy. They woke up several times in the middle of the night because they heard the sound of swords and swords colliding.
Two days later, Wang Fu finally waited for good news. Yan Yingyuan, the first person he wanted, had arrived. These days, Wang Fu felt a little worried. Wang Feng was talking in his ears every day to use the enemy to suppress the enemy, making Wang Fu unable to hit Wang Duo hard on his head to see if he could wake him up. But he and Wang Feng had the name of a master and apprentice. For his reputation, even if he was impatient, he had to listen to Wang Duo's nagging. Now there was good news.
"Come on, I'm going to see him soon." Wang Fu heard the news from the eunuch, and ran outside.
"Emperor, the old minister has not finished speaking yet." Wang Duo shouted in a hurry, but Wang Fu turned a deaf ear.
Chapter completed!