A few means made everyone grateful to Dade, and Yang Wu was naturally willing to do this kind of thing.

When the seven of them were excited, Zhang Yanhan hesitated for a moment and stood up and said: "Great King, when I went south to participate in the imperial examination, the students were worried that their future would be affected because of their father, and even their families who stayed in the north, so they hid this matter. Please also ask the king to take a clear look. ”

He is different from the other six, the others are either ordinary scholars with no big background, or like Feng Dao, who resigned and went south, but his father held an important position in the Liang State.

That's why after he muttered a lot, he would stand up and explain.

Yang Wu shook his head and said: "Lone knows about this, it is normal for you to be worried, Lone will not ask." As long as you serve our dynasty with peace of mind in the future, this matter is not a big deal. Moreover, the situation in Liang Guo is turbulent now, and what is the future of Liang Guo, I am afraid that it is not optimistic. If your father wishes to go south, Lone welcomes it. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Yanhan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, this year's imperial examination is about to start in a month and a half, and among the seven of you, except for Feng Dao, everyone else should participate, right?" Yang Wu then asked.

"Exactly." Zhang Yanhan and the other six hurriedly replied.

"During this time, because you were implicated in the crime, you didn't have time to review your homework, but I was afraid that even the scientific examination would be affected."

"So I won't leave you alone, so go back and get ready. Of course, in addition to preparing for the scientific examination, you should not forget to pay attention to current affairs! Yang Wu said meaningfully to a few people.

Zhang Yanhan and the other six were stunned, thoughtful.

"The king asked me to pay attention to current affairs, is this implying that I am waiting for the topic of this year's imperial examination?"

Everyone didn't dare to think about it, and hurriedly saluted Yang Wu and said goodbye.

After the six of them left, Yang Wu said to Feng Dao, who was staying: "Feng Dao, you were originally a minister under Liu Shouguang, the king of Yan, and now you have come to Jinling to serve our dynasty, and you can directly be awarded an official according to the rules." ”

"Now Lone gives you two choices, the first is to hold a position in the local government, and after some experience, he will join the sixth department; The second is to stay by Lone's side and serve as a messenger. "Zhou Zong, the former general secretary of Yang Wu, is now left in Jiangling as the prefect, and now someone is needed to fill the vacant position.

Feng Dao's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this, and he hurriedly replied: "The minister is willing to take up the position of general secretary, and I also ask Your Majesty for permission." "He is not a fool, maybe he will have to go to the local post in the future to go further, but if he has the experience of serving by Yang Wu's side, this is not only a qualification, but also can enhance the relationship with Yang Wu, which is a convenience that cannot be exchanged for any other position.

"Okay, then you can help Gu sort out these documents first, and when you are familiar with it, you will have something to do." Yang Wu smiled slightly, not surprised by Feng Dao's choice at all.

"Yes, the minister obeys." Feng Dao hurriedly replied.

He used to join the army as Liu Shouguang, and his main things were similar to his current position, so he was able to adapt quickly.

However, Wu Guo's national conditions are different from Yan's after all, so he also needs some time to adapt.

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Just when Yang Wu was busy buying people's hearts, the situation in the Central Plains gradually became turbulent in the Northern Liang State, with the death of Zhu Wen and Zhu Youqi's ascension.

In particular, Zhu Youqian, the king of Ji, surrendered to the Jin state and asked the Jin king for reinforcements, which further aggravated the turmoil in the Liang state.

At the end of July, in the city of Caizhou, a major place in Huaixi that had been in turmoil since the Tang Dynasty, there were also signs of restlessness.

As early as last year, after the Battle of Gaoyi, because of the defeat of the Liang army and the large-scale attack of the Jin army, the Liang country was in a panic; It happened that at that time, Zhang Shensi, the assassin of Caizhou, was summoned to Luoyang by Zhu Wen, but there was a new history of Caizhou assassination that had not been arranged for a long time.

As a result, without the deterrence of powerful figures, the Caizhou garrison mutinied, and Liu Xingcong, the commander of the right wing, secretly colluded with Wu Guo, intending to use Caizhou as his own credit to Wu Guo first.

However, Liu Xingcong's rebellion only made a stepping stone for Wang Cun, the commander of the more scheming Shunhua Army.

After a farce-like rebellion, Liu Xingcong was killed, and the situation in Caizhou was quickly controlled by Wang Cun; Then, in order to prevent Wang Cun from defecting to Wu, Zhu Wen ordered him to be appointed as the new assassin of Caizhou, so that Wang Cun could successfully control Caizhou.

At this time, it can be said that the control of the Liang court over Caizhou was extremely low, and the affairs in Caizhou City were basically controlled by Wang Cun, just like a small feudal power.

However, Caizhou, like Wei Bo, has a tradition of rebellion and rebellion that has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Although Wang Cun relied on the military rebellion to come to power, with the turmoil of the overall situation in the Liang State, those large and small military leaders in Caizhou City also thought about replacing Wang Cun.

At this time, in the military camp in the city, in a side room, seven burly officers in black armor were secretly plotting.

The level of these seven people is actually not high, except for one who is the deputy capital head, the other few people are even just battalion commanders, if they are in the Wu army, people of their status can't even use the title of "general".

However, at this time, such a group of middle-level officers were discussing how to rebel.

"If the situation is turbulent and people's hearts are uncertain today, it is the time for my generation to rise up. As the so-called wealth is sought in danger, only the brave can get wealth, if you only think about stability, then you can only be a small soldier in this life. One of them shouted loudly.

This person's name is Bi He, and he is the only deputy capital leader among the seven people, and he is also the nominal leader of this group.

As for the other six, except for the young officer named Wang Yanyan in the middle, the others were either Bi He's subordinates or ambitious people he secretly contacted.

However, the importance of these five people in Bi He's heart is far less than that of Wang Yanyan.

In fact, if he wants to succeed in the mutiny this time, the most important link needs to be completed by Wang Yanyan.

Because the other five are the same as him, they are all officers of ordinary state soldiers in the city, only Wang Yanyan is a close confidant of Wang Cun, who is in charge of Wang Cun's pro-army, and even the Assassin Mansion is guarded by him.

If Wang Yanyan can be brought in, then this mutiny has the possibility of success, otherwise everyone should not expect to live.

Of course, the main reason why Bi He dared to come to this Wang Yanyan and directly persuaded him to rebel with him was that Wang Yanyan was not a peaceful person.

Although this person usually behaves cautiously in front of Wang Cun and hides his ambitions well, Bi He knows this person well and knows that he is not a person who is content to be a petty officer.

Sure enough, when Bi He finished talking about his plan, Wang Yanyan immediately agreed and said: "General Bi, if you gather to start an uprising, a certain family is willing to respond to the general, I just hope that the general will not forget to be there after the general." ”

"Good, good, good! Bi knew that Brother Wang was brave enough to skip others, and he would definitely join us. ”

"Yes, with General Wang's move, I can wait for a big event." The crowd was overjoyed.

Then, the seven of them discussed the distribution of benefits after the completion of the matter, and after some disputes, they finally reached an agreement, which was naturally a happy situation.

At that moment, the six of them took pen and ink, wrote down the conspiracy, and signed the document together, and each pressed his handprint as an oath.

With this document in hand, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

With this signed document, everyone is like a grasshopper on a rope, and no one can escape after something goes wrong.

Even if someone takes the initiative to inform, I am afraid that with Wang Cun's ruthless temperament, it will never be possible to let go of the seven people on the paperwork; In this way, who would go to the thankless task of informing.

After the discussion was decided, the relationship between the people suddenly became much closer.

At this time, Wang Yanyan's eyes flashed, and he suddenly said with a smile: "General Bi, everyone, although our arrangements are very close and there will be no mistakes, but after all, this matter must be done as soon as possible, otherwise if it is delayed for a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be revealed." ”

Bi He said with a solemn expression: "Yes, Wang Cun's old fox is the most treacherous, and it is not easy to hide from him, so we must do it as soon as possible." Brother Wang, I don't know if you have any plans? ”

Wang Yanyan said with a smile: "It just so happens that the younger brother is responsible for guarding the Assassin's Mansion tonight, it is better for the six brothers to lead their troops to come, and the younger brother is in the mansion as an internal response, and he will launch it in one fell swoop tonight. ”

Bi He said happily, "Okay, a word is a certainty." ”

"It's a deal." Wang Yanyan also replied solemnly.

Bi He left first with his subordinates, and after leaving the house, his henchman Jiang Yuanhua said: "General, this Wang Yanyu promised so easily, he can't be a fraud, right?" ”

Bi He frowned and pondered for a while, and said: "It shouldn't be, Wang Yanyan's ambition in his heart is also not small, don't look at him as Wang Cun's pro-army commander now, the scenery is infinite, but for him, this feeling of being the commander of the guards is not to his liking." ”

"Besides, with the documents he personally signed in hand, he didn't dare to tell Wang Cun if he didn't dare to tell Wang Cun."

Jiang Yuanhua nodded and was relieved.

In the evening, the six people really came to the Assassin Mansion with their subordinates, and Wang Yanyan, who was in charge of the guard, also let the six people in as promised.

Although these people wanted to rebel, their subordinates didn't dare to use too much after all, so as not to reveal the news and let Wang Cun get the news in advance.

Therefore, the six people did not bring many troops, except for the leader, that is, the confidants they could trust, there were less than thirty people in total.

Of course, with Wang Yanyu as the internal response, even if there are only these thirty people, they are confident that they will take down the Assassin Mansion and kill Wang Cun on the spot.

As long as Wang Cun is dead, when the time comes, they will mobilize their forces, and they will naturally have the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to take charge of Caizhou.

However, their plan was good, but they underestimated Wang Yanyan's ambitions.

When Bi and the six people entered the Assassin's Mansion with their men, Wang Yanyu attacked on the spot and killed all Bi and the six and their henchmen with ambushes.

Then, Wang Yanyu took the heads of Bi He and the six people to meet the assassin Wang Cundao: "The king of Qiqi is the envoy, and the last general is in charge of the night, but he found that Bi He and other six thieves broke into the mansion with more than 30 henchmen under their command and tried to make trouble. ”

"The last general fought hard and killed them all. However, this movement must have attracted the attention of others, and in order to appease the people's opinions, the last general dared to ask the king to give an order to calm the hearts of everyone. ”

"Okay, General Wang has made a great contribution this time." Wang Cun was overjoyed.

Originally, there was a sudden sound of fighting in the mansion, which made him frightened, and he thought that the rebels had entered the mansion; But he didn't want his pro-army commander to kill all the thieves, which was really unexpected.

"That Bi ** thief has always been ambitious, and the official asked himself to be regarded as a great favor to him, and he was repeatedly promoted, which is why he is rich today, and he doesn't want this person to have bad intentions and want to start a rebellion; General Wang was able to thwart his conspiracy, and his loyalty was commendable, and his official would be rewarded heavily. ”

Wang Cun was excited, and hurriedly opened the door of the inner mansion and personally came out to check the bodies of Bi He and others.

However, what they thought was that when he left the protection of his henchmen and guards and walked out of the inner mansion, Wang Yanyan, who was still loyal and brave just now, turned his face again.

"Up!" With a loud shout, more than forty henchmen under his command stepped forward together, hacked Wang Cun to death with knives, and then they killed Wang Cun's henchmen and guards together.

In just half an hour, the Assassin's Mansion completely fell under the control of Wang Yanyan.

Soon, Wang Yanyu issued an order as the commander of the pro-army, claiming that Bi He and others suddenly rebelled and killed Wang Cun; And he led the troops to quell the chaos, and after a hard battle, he finally killed all the thieves Bi He and others.

According to Wang Cun's order before his death, Wang Yanyan will inherit the position of Caizhou's assassin with great merit in quelling the chaos.

Although the various departments in the city knew that there was something wrong with this, none of those generals dared to move under the mutual restraint.

In addition, Wang Yanyan was good at appeasement, and after some official additions or provocations, in the end, the generals still bowed down to Wang Yanyan and regarded him as the new Caizhou assassin history.

This is a troubled time, as long as you are bold enough, ruthless enough, and have certain means, even if you are just a middle-level officer, it is also possible to ascend to the sky in one step and become a hero.

Of course, the current situation in the world is not the end of the Tang Dynasty after all; If it was at the end of the Tang Dynasty, when the heroes were competing for deer, with Wang Yanyan's heart and means, I am afraid that he could really become a feudal town like Zhu Wen, Yang Xingmi, Zhong Chuan, Qian Hao and others, and participate in the competition for power in the world.

It is a pity that although the world has not yet been unified, the general situation has stabilized, and there is no room for development for new forces to rise.

Although Wang Yanyan seized Caizhou, he was now unable to rise, and the only way out was to rely on the contradictions between Wu and Liang to try to maintain Caizhou's position.

And whether all this can succeed is not under his control, but by the lords of Wu and Liang.