Chapter Forty-Eight: The Secret Discussion of the Bridge

After Ningzhou, no state or county on the road dared not listen to Yang Tian's order, but every time he arrived in a state, the local officials would be very stammering with Yang Tian to please the new prime minister's son-in-law, although Yang Tian pushed off the banquet, but in the face of the local officials who greeted him, he had to greet him, condolences, and win the hearts of the people for his own son.

Fortunately, the messengers along the way continued, knowing that the capital was still stable for the time being, Yang Tian did not rush back, however, the two-day delay was not all bad, and the state soldiers mobilized by the previous states also set off with the Xuanlong Army, and when they arrived in Chang'an, in addition to the two thousand Xuanlong Army, Yang Tian also brought five thousand state soldiers, a total of seven thousand troops.

Baqiao is located in Chang'an City twenty miles, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin Mugong dominated Xirong, changed the water to Ba Shui, and built a stone bridge, so the name Baqiao, Wang Mang Emperor three years (AD 22), Baqiao flood, Wang Mang thought that it was not a good omen, so the name of the bridge was changed to Changcun Bridge, Emperor Guangwu restored the Han Dynasty, the name of Baqiao was changed back.

There is a post station on the Baqiao, where to send off relatives and friends to the east, break up here, some also fold willows to give away, so this bridge was called the Ecstasy Bridge, and then there is also a poem of the wind and snow of the Baqiao, when the Xuanlong Army goes out, there are also people who send farewell to the Baqiao, and today everyone comes here, but not to say goodbye, but to welcome the young hero who resisted the Turks, the son-in-law of today's prime minister Pu Liuru Yong, or called Yang Yong to return triumphantly, the reason why Yang Yong is said to be because the current prime minister is said to intend to restore the Han surname.

Seven thousand troops lined up along the official road into a long dragon, the Xuanlong army in the front of the road, followed by five thousand state soldiers, the army marched high in the sky, you can see it from a distance, see the city wall of Chang'an from afar, the Xuanlong army up and down are unbearable, many people cheered, and finally returned to Chang'an.

It's just that when they saw the Baqiao in the distance, the Xuanlong Army was startled, there was a dense crowd of people, it seemed that there were hundreds of thousands, and the people of Chang'an seemed to have all come.

The team at the front unconsciously grabbed the reins and slowed down, and a messenger hurriedly arrived from the front on horseback, and when he saw Yang Tian, he hurriedly reported: "General, the prime minister will lead a hundred officials to meet in front." ”

Yang Tian was taken aback, although he knew that there would be many people to greet him when he returned to Beijing, but he didn't expect that his Lao Tzu would personally lead people to greet him, and hurriedly gave the order: "The whole army will slow down and advance." ”

Baqiao bridge is 260 steps long (note, one step is 1.4 meters) five steps wide, next to the stone fence, now both sides of the Baqiao are standing Manchu Dynasty civil and military, Yang Jian, Yu Yi, Han Wang Zan, Qin Wang Zhen four people stand in the front, the back is a hundred officials to follow, in addition to the front of the Han King, the King of Qin, there are Bi Wangxian and Zhao Wang Zhao are also among them. Today, more than eighty percent of the Beijing officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty are gathered here.

Seeing the back of Yang Jian in front, Yuwen Zhao's eyes seemed to be on fire, and he couldn't wait to kill Yang Jian with a knife and push him into the water below, since entering Beijing, Yuwen Zhao was closely monitored by Yang Jian, when Emperor Xuan just died, Zhao Wangfu was even surrounded by a team of forbidden legions, called protection, but it was actually house arrest, until after the emperor's funeral, the forbidden army outside Zhao Wang's Mansion was withdrawn, but at this time Zhao Wang was unable to return to the sky, Yang Jian has become the prime minister, and the hundred officials also surrendered to Yang Jian.

"It's coming, it's coming." Seeing the smoke and dust in front of them, the people who had been waiting for nearly an hour finally became in a commotion.

"Tut, it's really remarkable, only 2,000 people defeated the Turkic army of more than 100,000, and it is not a loss to be the son of the prime minister."

"Nonsense, it's just to defeat 20,000, the Turks have an army of 100,000, where are the 100,000 people?"

The person who spoke big before was a little embarrassed: "Anyway, if you defeat the Turks, 20,000 people are also amazing." ”

The person next to him said: "That's right, I heard that the hussar general is only fourteen years old, and he is really a hero." ”

One person exclaimed: "My mother, my kid is still a gangster at the age of fourteen, and he will only play with a bunch of boys all day long. ”

"Go, go, won't the three heads and six arms become a monster, how can your kid be compared with the son of the prime minister, don't be ashamed."

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Yang Jian can't hear these discussions, but having a son like this can really make Yang Jian very proud, if it is said that when Emperor Tianyuan was there, Yang Jian still didn't want his son to be sharp, and now he just wanted to let all the people of the Great Zhou know how good his Yang Jian's son is, and how much credit he has made for the Great Zhou.

Seeing the army getting closer and closer, Zheng Yi, who was in charge of etiquette, waved his hand, and suddenly colorful flags flew on the scene, and gongs and drums shook the sky. There were rows of dry boats, but the people craned their necks to look forward.

When Yang Tian was still a hundred steps away from Baqiao, he stopped, threw the stirrups off his horse, stepped forward on foot, and saw the hundred officials hurriedly bent down and bowed: "Yong is young and knowledgeable, tired of everyone waiting to greet him, I really dare not be." ”

Yu Yi stroked his beard and smiled: "Deserved, deserved, at a young age, with 2,000 iron cavalry to defeat 20,000 Turks, who can do it in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, such a young hero, such a meritorious man, I should welcome it, and the old man can't hate to have Sun like this." ”

Yang Tian is Yang Jian's son in the end, Yang Jian is not good to boast about himself, he can only come forward because of the wing, as soon as Yu Yi finished speaking, the other ministers also rushed up, and praised Yang Tian as rare in the sky and difficult to see on the ground. After everyone patted their asses for a while, Yu Yi took out a holy decree: "The hussar general Pu Liuruyong, the head of the front line, accepts the order." ”

Yang Tian hurriedly shook his clothes and knelt down, at this time, the holy decree did not have the beginning of Fengtian Transport, etc., it was directly the text, and the holy decree reaffirmed Yang Tian's merits, Yang Tian was promoted from the hussar general to the general of the Zhuguo, and the meritorious soldiers of the Xuanlong Army were promoted to one level, and tens of thousands of dollars and cloth were rewarded.

This will is actually Emperor Tianyuan at the beginning of the reward to Yang Tian, but Yang Jian still does not know that Emperor Tianyuan will not live long, afraid that Yang Tian will be too sharp, so he will push the reward away, and now the reward is re-awarded, naturally there is no problem, although this is a holy decree, but everything comes from Prime Minister Zuo's mansion, and even the jade seal is also covered by Prime Minister Zuo's mansion.

Yan Zhiyi refused to cooperate, Yang Tiansu dismissed Yan Zhiyi from the official position and took the jade seal from him, and now the little emperor is only responsible for signing the signature.

"The minister takes the order." Yang Tian took the holy decree, and the ministers praised him again, Yang Tian kept a smile on his face, and looked at Yang Jian's eyes a few times, and found that Yang Jian's face was a little haggard, and there was already a faint gray hair on his head, which seemed to be a few years older than a few months ago, obviously Yang Jian was not having an easy time these days.

It's just that Yang Jian's eyes were full of excitement when he looked at Yang Tian, and the previous tiredness seemed to be swept away. It's not for the sake of future generations that I'm taking such a risk.

Zhao Wang Zhao watched coldly at the performances of the civil and military officials, and secretly hated in his heart, these people seemed to have forgotten that it was still the world of the Yuwen family, he quietly approached Bi Wang Yu Wenxian, and said: "See, the wolf's ambition must be guarded against." ”

Yu Wenxian is the only one among the kings who holds the power of the army, he is the Yongzhou pastor, the seat of Yongzhou is in Gyeonggi, the state is the governor, the Shangzhu country, the control of the two provinces, in addition to the forbidden army, he has the largest number of troops.

The reason why Yang Jian was able to tolerate Yu Wenxian in charge of the military power was for two reasons, one was that he was the son of Emperor Ming of Zhou, although he was not born to Empress Ming, Empress Ming was his mother-in-law, and Yang Jian was naturally his uncle, and second, in view of the fact that his parents were emperors and the queen was not allowed to die well, Yu Wenxian learned the ability to be obedient and obey everything.

Zhao Wangzhao's words startled Yu Wenxian: "Sixth uncle, my uncle-in-law is just a prime minister, and he is still loyal to Da Zhou." ”

"Loyalty, virtuous nephew, are you really confused or false, looking at the history of the previous generations, the self-proclaimed prime minister and not the usurper, rare! What's more, Yang Jian has already lived in the imperial palace, since he doesn't care about the criticism of the world, it is a must-win, Xian'er, now only you have the ability to turn the tide, although Pu Liurujian's son is back, but he still only has a military force, if you can suddenly attack, the chance of winning is seventy percent. ”

Yu Wenxian's head shook like a rattle: "Sixth uncle, you are too worried, now the six major managers outside each have tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of soldiers, even if the uncle-in-law has the heart, he has no courage, why bother to use the sword in the capital, as long as the emperor grows up, the uncle-in-law will naturally return the government to the emperor, not to mention that the eldest prime minister is not only the uncle-in-law, isn't Brother Zan also the right prime minister, everyone is relatives, why kill each other." ”

Zhao Wang Zhao was very angry when he heard it, he had never been able to find a chance to contact Yu Wenxian before, he thought that he would take the opportunity to welcome the Xuanlong Army back to Beijing to move Yu Wenxian, then he still had a chance to turn over in the capital, but he didn't expect that since Yu Wenxian was confused by Yang Jian's superficial methods, it was difficult to say that Yu Wenxian couldn't wait to slap this confused nephew a few times and wake him up, but now in the crowd, he can only speak by means of gongs and drums, and he doesn't dare to make a big move, otherwise it will be a big disaster for people to hear.

He was about to persuade again, but the civil and military officials in front of him had already hugged Yang Tian and walked in the direction where they were, Yuwen Zhao had to separate from his nephew, standing next to him and watching reservedly, with his identity, he naturally disdained to pat Yang Tian on the back.

He didn't know that when he talked to his nephew Yu Wenxian just now, he was looked at by another person from beginning to end, that is, Yang Jian's nephew Yang Xiong, Yang Xiong was not only appointed as the deputy commander of the forbidden army, in charge of the guards in the capital, but also a few days ago he was appointed as the deputy of Yongzhou, and the other driver was the deputy of the state pastor, which also shows that Yang Jian is not completely at ease with Bi Wang Yu Wenxian, otherwise he would not add a deputy to Yu Wenxian at this sensitive time.

Yu Wenxian was calm, and generously accepted the fact that Yang Xiong had divided power, he was used to being cautious, so that he could survive until now, and he also had military power.

It's just that Yang Xiong is not satisfied, don't drive although he is the deputy of the state pastor, but it is three levels worse, if he can overthrow Yu Wenxian, of course this state pastor belongs to him, Yang Xiong has just taken office, he used the money in the treasury to buy Yu Wenxian's cronies, under the offensive of money, within a few days, Yu Wenxian has many cronies who were bought by Yang Xiong, Yang Jian also turned a blind eye to this matter.

Because of this, Yang Xiong paid special attention to Yu Wenxian's every move, and saw that Zhao Wangzhao was talking secretly with Yu Wenxian when there were many people, although he couldn't hear what they were saying, but it must be something unfavorable to Yang Jian, seeing that Yu Wenxian kept shaking his head, Yang Xiong already sneered in his heart: "Okay, you are looking for death yourself, don't blame me." ”

After the reward was completed, the hundred officials led the way in front, and Yang Tian remounted his horse and rode slowly with the two thousand Xuanlong army, accepting the cheers of the people, while the other five thousand state soldiers who came with him could only be temporarily guided and stationed outside the city, and they were not qualified to enter the city.

Many people have seen Yang Tian for the second time, the first time was a few months ago when the Xuanlong army sent off, when the Turks led an army of 100,000 to attack, many people were panicked, the rich in the city moved to other places, and the poor outside the city moved to the city, until the Xuanlong army held a ceremony to go out, the people in Beijing did not settle down.

Now a few months have passed, although an emperor has been changed, but the army has returned triumphantly, and the prime minister has promulgated a number of policies to benefit the people, Luoyang Palace has been suspended, most of Chang'an's transaction tax has been reduced by half, and the price is cheaper, for the prime minister, for Yang Tian, the people are indeed cheering from the heart, so when they hear the triumph of the army, they don't need to be urged by the government, and the people of Chang'an almost spontaneously go to the city to greet them.

"Long live Da Zhou!"

"The Great General is mighty!"

"Long live the Xuanlong Army!"

All the way to the march, they were cheering all the way, and Yang Tian had to nod and smile on the horse.

The people next to him sighed from time to time: "The hussar general is really young." ”

"If only I had a daughter, if I wanted to marry, I would marry someone like the Hussar General."

"Go, with your virtue, even if you give birth to a daughter, the hussar general can't look down on it."

Two handsome young men are on their toes behind them, trying to stretch their necks to look forward, a shorter teenager can't see it, is jumping his feet in a hurry, hearing the conversation between the two people around him, the young man angrily looked at the man who said that he wanted to marry his daughter to Yang Tian, but he couldn't help but laugh when he saw the man's appearance, this man was tall and thin, like a bamboo pole, and there were pockmarks on his face, thinking that if Gongzi really married such a man's daughter, the young man's face suddenly became strange.

Just now, the man saw his companion laughing at himself, but he didn't expect someone next to him to dare to laugh, so he couldn't help but turn his head to look, and was about to scold a few words to get angry, but he was stunned when he saw the face of the short young man, and thought to himself: "What a beautiful young man." ”