Seeing him coming, he asked his subordinates to show him tea, first said something that was not painful, and finally said, "Do you know Yancheng?" ”

Wang Shouming's heart sank, "Xia Guan only knows that this Yancheng is the fief of the King of Yan, and then the Yancheng Iron Cavalry in this Yancheng is also famous in the world." ”

When the prime minister heard this, he smiled and asked, "Then do you know why this Yancheng Iron Horse is so famous, but it has never been used by the imperial court?" ”

The reason why this Yancheng iron cavalry is famous is that when Xiqiang came to attack Yancheng more than ten years ago, the king of Yan personally took the Yancheng iron cavalry and wiped out 20,000 Xiqiang with only 5,000 soldiers and horses, not only that, but the king of Yan also took the soldiers all the way deep, broke through the gate of Xiqiang City, and attacked the palace of the Xiqiang king in one fell swoop, so that the king of Xiqiang was also interested in this Yan king, he was not interested in this Xiqiang at all, but he returned to Yancheng after the king of Xiqiang was afraid, and did not leave a soldier and a general in charge of Xiqiang, But it made the king of Xiqiang dare not have any thoughts about the Central Plains.

This is to the capital, the emperor rewarded King Yan a lot of things, and said that he hoped that King Yan could enter the palace to meet him, who knew that King Yan would accept all the gifts, but the latter sentence was a sentence "The affairs in the city are busy, it is inconvenient to return to Beijing" to simply refuse.

King Yan does not enter Beijing, the people in the capital are more curious about him, and there are often storytellers in the teahouse inn to tell the deeds of King Yan, whether it is true or not, the reputation of the Yan King's iron horse has spread.

It's just that no matter what happens in the court in the future, where there is a war, no matter how much the emperor invites the king of Yan to fight, the king of Yan ignores it, and the emperor can't do anything about this king of Yan, so he can only give up in the end.

Wang Shouming heard the prime minister's question at this time, and said, "The lower officials are dull and don't know about it." “

The prime minister said, "That's because when the first emperor was in power, he originally liked King Yan as the prince, and the original prototype of the Yancheng Iron Horse, the Twelve Horsemen of Yanyun, was given to King Yan by the emperor when King Yan was crowned." It's just that later, our current emperor, taking advantage of the absence of King Yan in Beijing, tampered with the holy decree with the previous queen mother, otherwise, where would it be his turn to do this waste on the throne. “

When the prime minister mentioned the current saint, his tone was full of disdain, and the subordinates standing on the side did not dare to have the slightest objection.

Wang Shouming was not very clear about the affairs of the previous dynasty, and he was a little surprised when he heard the prime minister say this.

The prime minister glanced at Wang Shouming's expression, and continued, "Then King Yan later returned to the palace, and what he received was the death of the first emperor and the will of the new emperor to ascend the throne.

Who knew that this Yan King just sneered and said that if he wanted the throne, he would give it to him, and I would go to the fief myself. Although King Yan said so, the emperor still gave King Yan the farthest fief in the west.

King Yan has been mixed in the army since he was a child, and most of the military attaches in the court at that time were facing King Yan, and when they saw King Yan doing this, they all resigned and ran to Yan Land to join him, which made the court now have few military generals who can be used. ”

Wang Shouming said, "In this way, this Yan King is really capable. ”

The prime minister said, "He does have the ability, but the official is afraid, in the future, when I help the young son to take the throne, the king of Yan will enter the capital to stop it, you also know, today's Yancheng iron cavalry is far more than the 5,000 that broke through Xiqiang back then, but there are a full 60,000, even if I support the young emperor to ascend the throne and grasp the power of the world, then the king of Yan will take the Yancheng iron cavalry into the capital, and we can only give up the power." ”

Wang Shouming also frowned, "What does the prime minister mean, do you want to solve King Yan now?" ”

The prime minister shook his head, "How can King Yan be so easy to solve, I originally set up private soldiers, but I was afraid that someone would only come out to obstruct me when I was in power, and the day before yesterday I heard you talk about the 60,000 iron horsemen in Yancheng, so I went to check this King Yan again, and found that this person is uninhibited, and extremely good at training soldiers, and is quite deep in the city, I wanted to put the eyeliner next to him before was quickly pulled out by him and tortured to death, if there is really an enemy in the future, the consequences are unimaginable. “

Wang Shouming said, "Now that prime minister is trying to win him over?" “

The prime minister said, "Yes, you have always been very capable, I want you to go incognito, go to the side of King Yan, get his trust, don't ask him to send troops to help me, just let him wait for me to become a big thing and don't come to obstruct it." “

Wang Shouming nodded, "Xiaguan understands." ”

The prime minister said, "I have already found out, ten days later will be the birthday of the king of Yan, and then the city of Yan will be lively, you take advantage of the chaos to mix into the palace of the king of Yan." ”

Wang Shouming arched his hand and said, "But listen to what the adults say." ”

The prime minister forged a new identity and documents for Wang Shouming, and asked him to go back to his house to prepare.

Back in the house, Wang Shouming sat in the study and pondered secretly.

This King Yan has not entered Beijing for many years, in fact, it stands to reason that no one knows whether he will send troops if there is a change in Beijing.

It was still the prime minister who stationed troops privately, and the prime minister could have avoided so many soldiers, just 20,000 soldiers were enough to make the emperor extremely afraid.

But why did the prime minister spend so much manpower and material resources to station a full 50,000 soldiers and horses?

And according to Chen Yin, those private soldiers will start to step up their training when they are unprepared, and they look more diligent than the guards in Beijing.

These soldiers and horses should not be used to deal with the guards in the capital, and Cen Zhaohou is far away from the border, listening to the tone of the prime minister, the prime minister should now think that he has bought Cen Zhaohou, and the 20,000 military horses should not be used against him.

Then in this world, the only thing that can make the city afraid of 50,000 military horses is not enough, and the only thing is the 60,000 iron horsemen of Yancheng.

It's just that this King Yan doesn't look like he has a covetous heart for this throne, otherwise, with his strategy and strength, he could have directly plotted to usurp the throne a few years ago, not to mention that the people in the world have a good impression of him.

Then why is the prime minister so jealous of a fiefdom king who is far away in Yancheng.

The prime minister has been an official for more than 30 years, and the current saint ascended the throne 18 years ago.

When the saint ascended the throne, Qi Yuanshi had already sat in the position of prime minister, and when he was competing for the prince, the prime minister must not stay out of the matter, but mixed it in.

It's just that who is supporting this young man for many years?

If the prime minister supported King Yan, then the current saint ascended the throne, and the prime minister's position would definitely be damaged.

But now after the Holy Lord ascended the throne, the position of the prime minister not only did not decline in the slightest, but also improved a lot because he encircled the ministers and bribed officials, but the Holy Lord gradually became empty.

But if this prime minister is supporting the current saint, according to what the prime minister said, the current saint should have some means back then, if he supported the saint, then why does he feel that the relationship between the two of them has been bad, and he has not received any news about the close relationship between the prime minister and the current saint.

Wang Shouming thought about it, and knocked on the table unconsciously in his hand.

Wang Shouming suddenly remembered a person, so he turned around and went out and went to the Shaoqing Mansion of Dali Temple.

Chen Yin had already listened to Wang Shouming, and went to pretend to cater to the prime minister, and the prime minister happened to need someone to help him deal with those disobedient people in the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple. The prime minister couldn't find a suitable person to support him for a while, so he spared Chen Yin and let him continue to live.

And this prime minister's methods are also very good, as soon as Chen Yin was sent back to the mansion, he asked Chen Yin to personally dispose of the eyeliner that helped him inspect Wu County.

Although Chen Yin was heartbroken, he could only listen to the prime minister, and tortured those who did things for him and the cronies he had cultivated over the years.

The prime minister was satisfied, and he did not continue to embarrass Chen Yin.

Wang Shouming entered Chen's mansion, Chen Yin now claims to the outside world that it is an old disease and needs to recuperate, and those who know the inside story know that Chen Yin was injured by the prime minister and recuperated in the mansion.

Chen Yin was reading a book in the mansion at this time, and the gloomy atmosphere between his eyebrows that he had looked at two days ago was also a lot less.

Liuzhou had already handed him a letter, knowing that his daughter's wife was all right in Liuzhou City, and Chen Yin was also much relieved.

Wang Shouming entered the room, and Chen Yin saw him and hurriedly got up, "Why is Lord Wang here at this time?" ”

Wang Shouming hurriedly asked Chen Yin to sit down and said, "Lord Chen's health is not yet well, so there is no need for the speaker to be polite. “

Chen Yin said, "Thanks to Lord Wang's blessing, my injuries have been much better, and I just got the letter from Liuzhou, knowing that Yin Lu and her mother are doing well, and I haven't thanked my lord." “

Wang Shouming said, "This is what the younger generation should do." The junior came this time to ask Master Chen about something. “

Chen Yin said, "Even if Lord Wang asks, I must know everything." “

Wang Shouming asked, "Do you know that when the emperor ascended the throne, did the prime minister support the current saint?" ”

Chen Yin heard him ask, and the expression on his face changed, "Why did you suddenly talk about this?" ”

Wang Shouming told Chen Yin what he said when he was in the prime minister's mansion in the morning.

Chen Yin said, "When the emperor ascended the throne, the prime minister really supported not the current saint. ”

When Wang Shouming heard this, he was surprised, "Then the prime minister supported King Yan back then?" ”

Chen Yin also shook his head, "The prime minister didn't support King Yan either. This man was not right when he was an official for a long time, do you know the opera phoenix building in this city? ”

Wang Shouming nodded, "This opera Fenglou is a famous fireworks place in Beijing, and the prime minister seems to like to take officials there to have fun." ”

The prime minister had taken him a few times before, and he pretended to be too drunk, and he looked drunk halfway through drinking.

But he has seen many times the prime minister's staff or officials of the same faction as him, drunk and dreaming of death in the opera phoenix building, looking for fun.

He used to only think that he went to the Fenglou because he was generous enough to attract officials.

Now listening to Chen Yinyi, I feel that there is another hidden truth in this.