The situation in Jingshi is more serious than imagined, Xiao Fan didn't expect that Ji Gang has been rampant to this extent, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong is the leading figure among the children of Jingshi, if he has a hobby of walking sideways, I believe that no one in Jingshi dares to object.

The master who walked sideways like this was actually cleaned up by Ji Gang, which shows that Ji Gang is more horizontal than a crab in Beijing.

Originating from the history of his previous life, Xiao Fan knew that Ji Gang was an ambitious person, which was also the reason why Ji Gang was full of sincerity under his door, but he was unwilling to accept it.

Now Ji Gang really showed a hideous face, and once he gained power, he scourged the Jingshi. Zhu Yunwen's connivance provided a hotbed for his ambition, his ambition has now gradually fermented, and it has grown irrepressibly, and Xiao Fan has been fighting abroad to quell the rebellion in the past nine months, and he has no energy to suppress and exclude him, so Ji Gang took advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity for him, and finally became a big scourge of Jingshi.

The current situation in the court is to form a party, aside from those useless neutrals, the annihilation of the party and Qingliu account for a large part of the court, look at the current situation, Qingliu is unable to stop Ji Gang's nonsense, the only thing in the entire court can deter and contain Ji Gang, except for Xiao Fan, there is no second choice, that is to say, if Xiao Fan returns to Beijing, it is inevitable that he will become an enemy with Ji Gang.

In the treatment of other political enemies, Xiao Fan may be soft and will not kill killers, such as Huang Zicheng, Huang Guan, etc., who fought with him the most fiercely, but they did not want their lives if they suppressed it, because these political enemies are at most just stupid scholars in Xiao Fan's eyes, people are born stupid, and they don't break the law, this reason is not enough to kill them.

But for Ji Gang, Xiao Fan decided that he couldn't be soft anymore, once he was suppressed, he must die, and he couldn't be given any chance to turn the tables, if this kind of person let him live, Xiao Fan probably wouldn't be able to sleep in his life.

The question now is, how can Ji Gang be killed without hurting the harmony between Zhu Yunwen and Xiao Fan?

Cao Yi once again exerted his essence as a good second child, his eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he said viciously: "While we haven't returned to Beijing yet, now find a few henchmen to return to Beijing, poison him, assassinate him, kill him first, even if the Son of Heaven suspects, he can't suspect you, what?" ”

Xiao Fan smiled bitterly: "Can't you think of some creative methods?" Ji Gang's martial arts are superb, he is the eye of last year's martial arts, such a horizontal person, can ordinary people easily assassinate him? Besides, this is a court battle, and if you fight and kill, you will fall into the ......"

"And what are you going to do with him?"

Xiao Fan smiled softly, reached out and tapped his head with his fingers.

Cao Yi looked in reverence: "Use iron head skills? ”

"Wisdom!" Xiao Fan gritted his teeth.

In the winter of the first year of Jianwen, the remnants of the Northern Yan Army were completely purged, and the imperial court officials replaced all the prefects and counties of the prefectures around Beiping with new ones, and all the commanders and thousands of households were also dispersed and transferred, and the generals of the commanding envoys from top to bottom were all transferred or dismissed, and Zhu Di's nine-month rebellion was under the command of Xiao Fan. Finally completely calmed down.

The various reactions of the people have gradually faded, but this matter has not subsided in the court, it is conceivable that Zhu Yunwen, Xiao Fan, Zhu Di ...... The characters who influence the world in this era will leave a strong mark on the history books of the Ming Dynasty, good and bad, loyal and annihilated, fragrant and stinking, and future generations have their own comments.

Everything was settled, and Xiao Fan decided to return to Beijing.

I have been away from home for a long time, and I don't know how it is at home, whether the thrush's small breasts are bulging, and Jiangdu, Hongqiao and Ying'er Do they think about themselves every day.

When he thought of the warm word "home", Xiao Fan suddenly felt like an arrow.

The palace of the king of Yan has been seized, Zhu Di and his children and their families returned to Beijing with the army, this time into Beijing, Zhu Di may only be under house arrest in this life, and he will never be able to leave the house again.

The army set off, the mighty stretch for dozens of miles, the honor guard was impressive, the flag hunting, under the congratulations of the new prefect and commander of Beiping, Xiao Fan rode on a horse and led the army to the south slowly.

The cold wind of winter blew slightly on his face, but Xiao Fan's heart was hot, even if there was wind and snow on the way back, how could he compare to the fiery yearning for home in his heart?

"I'm going home soon, it's too peaceful in the world, I'll stay at home with my wife every day in the future, don't go anywhere, work hard next year, and strive to let my wives give me two sons......" Xiao Fan rode on the horse and rubbed his hands and laughed.

Cao Yi thoughtfully: "You really should have a few sons, not to mention the inheritance of your Xiao family, at least you have to pass on your title, you are now the Marquis of Chengyi, but this time you quelled the rebellion and made a contribution to the imperial court, after returning to Beijing, the Son of Heaven will be rewarded, maybe the lord to the prince is not necessarily, in addition to the generation of the founding fathers, the civil officials who were crowned with military merits, you are the first, this great title, if there is no heir inheritance, it will be too much of a loss......"

Xiao Fan waved his hand: "I don't care about this, sometimes standing too tall may not be a good thing, especially when I am crowned a prince at such a young age, I am afraid that the eyes of the ministers will be staring at me, and I feel uncomfortable like a mang." ”

Cao Yi pouted and said: "You just have too many concerns, the Yan rebellion was quelled by you, and you should be rewarded if you win the battle, this is a natural truth, who dares to disagree?" ”

Xiao Fan chuckled and shook his head, the water in the court was too deep, and he couldn't say it clearly, even if he said it, Cao Yi might not understand.

Rubbing his arm that was numb from the cold, Cao Yi turned his head to look at several carriages not far behind him, in which Zhu Di and his family were sitting.

Cao Yi snorted and said, "The defeated person sits in the carriage and holds the stove leisurely, and the winning person has to ride on the horse to get cold and cold, isn't this right?" Is there such a prisoner and a victor under the heavens? I don't know, I think we lost the battle......"

Xiao Fan raised his eyes: "Are you envious?" ”

Cao Yi nodded unabashedly.

"If you are interested, you can also pull up the flag and rebel, I will lead the troops to defeat you, and then you can also enjoy this treatment, don't say hug the stove on the way to Beijing, even if you want to hug the girl of the Qinglou, I can satisfy you."

"Rebellion just to get a ride in the carriage?"

"Yes."

"I don't read much, but I'm not a fool." Cao Yi said slowly.

The army walked all the way for two months, and finally arrived at Beijing, the ancient and desolate city wall of Nanjing Yingtian was in sight, and the expressions of the soldiers of the army were becoming more and more excited.

Xiao Fan, who was covered in dust, breathed a sigh of relief lightly, with a happy smile on his face.

After nearly a year away from home, I finally got home.

Scout Pegasus to report, ten miles outside the city of Beijing, the Son of Heaven led hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city to greet him.

In this era of the supremacy of monarchy, it is a great honor to be personally welcomed out of the city ten miles outside the city by today's son, although Xiao Fan and Zhu Yunwen have a very strong private relationship, but Zhu Yunwen officially greeted him as the Son of Heaven is the first time, state affairs are different from private affairs, Xiao Fan knows very well that this is Zhu Yunwen to express his gratitude to him, the policy of the vassal king has always been the biggest hidden danger of the Jianwen Dynasty, and now this hidden danger is wiped out under the wave of Xiao Fan's long sleeves, and the feudal domains are affected by the battle of Pingyan, or it is intimidation, and they have asked to cut the feudal domain and return to Beijing with their families, The vassal king's tumor was completely removed, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty knew very well what kind of merit this was, to put it objectively, it was no worse than opening up the territory, and Zhu Yunwen personally welcomed ten miles out of the city, which was really normal.

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military are coming, and the Son of Heaven is polite to Xiao Fan, but Xiao Fan can't really be regarded as a blessing, the more humble and cautious he must be at this time, otherwise he will inevitably be put on a hat of "arrogance" by those hated imperial historians.

So Xiao Fan hurriedly got off the horse, ordered the guards to change him into formal court clothes, and after finishing his appearance, he led Cao Yi, Ping'an, Sheng Yong and other generals to slowly walk towards Shili Pavilion.

Ten mile pavilion, the banner is covered, the golden gourd scepter, the black oppressive crowd crowd crowds the entire official road, the forbidden army with bright clothes and armor will be far away from the people who come to greet each other, the civil and military officials are dressed in court clothes and stand outside the pavilion, standing in several rows according to the rank, the crowd is crowded, but the crowd is silent, everyone's eyes are on Xiao Fan who is walking slowly in the distance and the mighty generals behind him.

Walking a few steps closer, Xiao Fan saw Zhu Yunwen wearing a dragon brocade robe under the cover of Huang Luo's umbrella at first glance, with a slight smile on his face, like the warm sun that melts ice and snow in winter, the closer Xiao Fan walked, the deeper the smile on Zhu Yunwen's face.

Twenty steps before the Son of Heaven drove the royal car, Xiao Fan stopped, straightened his clothes, slowly knelt down, and bowed down and said: "Minister, Chengyi Marquis, Xiao Fan, the chief officer of Pingyan, was ordered by the emperor to go north, pacify the Yan rebellion, Wang Shi went north, and the soldiers used their lives, and finally lived up to His Majesty's trust, Quansheng Banshi, the Son of Heaven is benevolent, Guangze is all over the world, Wang Shi is mighty, Yunai Jingqing, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”

As soon as the words fell, there were no military officials or tens of thousands of people around, all of whom knelt down, bowed to the ground, and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

The sound of singing spread in all directions, and the sound shook the sky, startling a group of foraging crows, flapping their wings and flying away.

Zhu Yunwen stood alone in the crowd, enjoying the congratulations of the officials and the people, his eyes blinked a few times, and he suddenly felt that his eyes were hot and moist, and a hearty breath in his chest was stirring and swirling, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

The young emperor finally felt what it was like to be admired by all the people, and the strong sense of satisfaction made him seem to be completely transformed in an instant, and his handsome face also showed a calm and mature imperial aura.

Remembering that when he was still the emperor's grandson, he was bullied and hated by the vassal king, and he was worried that the country was not solid, and the society was turbulent, and the internal and external difficulties at that time were difficult, and the difficult situation was that it was the young man who was also a brother and friend who bowed in front of him, giving him the greatest comfort, planning the layout for him single-handedly, and even personally leading the army to fight the rebellion.

The more Zhu Yunwen thought about it, the more excited he became, the more grateful he became, his star eyes blinked a few times, and a few tears appeared in the corners of his eyes, and he couldn't wait to step forward immediately, help Xiao Fan with his own hands, and express his gratitude and gratitude.

At this time, thousands of subjects were still kneeling in front of him, and Zhu Yunwen was inconvenient to say more, so he turned his head and nodded to Rujia, the king of Hanlin beside him.

Wang Rujia stood a few steps forward, slowly unfolded a roll of yellow silk in his hand, and his deep voice was clearly transmitted in the crowd.

"Marquis Cheng Yi, Captain of the Horse, Commander of the Jinyi Guard, Xiao Fan, the Chief Officer of Pingyan, received the order——"

Xiao Fan didn't raise his head, and said loudly on the ground: "Minister Xiao Fan kneels and listens to the hadith." ”

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and he said: In February of the first year of the Ming Dynasty, the thief Yan rebelled against the army and rebelled, and the emperor's uncle, his surname was accustomed to deceit, and he was not sincere, and I pushed the sincerity to accommodate, but he was bullied, and the thief did not want to raise troops in the name of 'Jingnan', and wanted to usurp the throne and change the yuan. I obeyed the mandate of heaven, rejuvenated the king's division, and killed it, the chief military officer Xiao Fan was ordered to fight Tianwei, and the military commander Rong will be the pillar of the imperial court and the dry city of the country. In the winter of the first year of Jianwen, Xiao Qing finally quelled the rebellion, revitalized the brigade and returned to the division. Xiao Qing's official canon, the merit is in the community, and it is appropriate to praise and compile it to show potential virtue. Zite gift Jin British duke, increase the food of 3,000 households, hereditary replacement, passed on to the descendants, the future generations are endless, the spirit is not ignorant, it is still known to be honorable, proclaimed to the world, salty to hear it, admirable. ”

After a lengthy holy decree was recited, many ministers raised their heads in astonishment and stared at Zhu Yunwen who was smiling.

Who knew that Zhu Yunwen's words were not shocking, and in front of thousands of subjects, he added a sentence leisurely: "The British duke, ranked above the princes, the first of the princes." ”

The ministers were in an uproar, several imperial historians glanced at each other, raised their eyebrows and waited to come out to object, at this time, Chen Di, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the imperial history of Zuodu Storm Zhao coughed twice, and the four sharp eyes glared at the unconvinced imperial historians a few times, and several imperial historians were stunned, and then snorted stupidly, shrunk their heads and did not squeak in the crowd.

Xiao Fan was also stunned, the Duke of Jin Fengguo was in his expectation, after all, he had made such a great contribution, Zhu Yunwen didn't seem to be able to say that he was not promoted, the credit was in front of him, even if those ministers objected, they couldn't find a reason, but Xiao Fan didn't expect him to be named the Duke of England, ranking first among all the princes of the Ming Dynasty, this ...... Isn't it a bit too much?

However, the holy decree has been issued, and it is certain, in front of thousands of subjects, if Xiao Fan refuses, he will lose Zhu Yunwen's face, so he had to bow down to the ground and say loudly: "Minister Xiao Fan received the decree, thank the emperor." Long live my emperor, long live, long live—"

Immediately afterwards, Hanlin took out two more holy decrees and read them aloud.

The following holy decrees are all to praise the meritorious generals of Jin Feng Pingyan in the first battle, Ping'an, Sheng Yong, Geng Bingwen are all rewarded, and even Cao Yi was also named Wu Anbo, so happy that he couldn't see his eyebrows, and he smirked vigorously.

The last decree was on the issue of prisoners of war, Zhu Di and his family were captured alive, Zhu Yunwen ordered him to wear a flail in the temple to apologize, put Zhu Di's family under house arrest in Beijing, strictly guarded, and not allowed to leave the house for the rest of his life.

After all the ritual routines were completed, Zhu Yunwen stepped forward and helped Xiao Fan up with his own hands, the two looked at each other, smiled at the same time, and then smiled again, as if they remembered something very funny, the two of them laughed forward and backwards, making all the ministers around them confused.

"Xiao Shiyu, you are much stronger......" Zhu Yunwen patted him on the shoulder, looking a little envious.

Xiao Fan glanced left and right, blinked, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, shouldn't another maid come out and call my name today, telling you not to pester her young lady, right?" ”

Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, and then there was a burst of laughter, when he was pursuing Huang Ying hard, he took on Xiao Fan's name, but the girl didn't catch up, but Xiao Fan's name stinked all over the streets and alleys of Beijing, and when he mentioned this, Zhu Yunwen was still a little embarrassed.

After calming down his emotions, Zhu Yunwen sighed a lot, and sighed: "Xiao Shiyu, you have suffered a lot of hard work for me, and I really ...... It's ......."

Xiao Fan hurriedly bowed down and said: "Yan rebelled, trying to usurp the throne, this big rebellion is also, the ministers share worries for His Majesty's rebellion, it is a matter of the courtiers, the ministers dare not say that they are hard, let alone the merits, the lord of the king, the ministers are sincerely afraid!" ”

Zhu Yunwen was more and more moved when he heard this, what "the lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the lord humiliates the ministers to death", shouting slogans in the golden hall of the court, one is more impassioned than the other, but once the matter comes, how many ministers are there who really have the courage to stand up and relieve the sorrows of the Son of Heaven? Xiao Fan had never shouted any slogans in front of him, but Zhu Yunwen knew that no matter how dangerous and important something happened, Xiao Fan would inevitably be the first to stand in front of him, shield him from the wind and rain, and have no turning back.

This is the real minister who can trust his life, and this is the friend of life and death who really has a heart-to-heart relationship.

The ministers present saw that Xiao Fan was victorious and not arrogant, humble as before, and couldn't help but nod their heads and secretly praised, for these old-fashioned ministers, this is the attitude that a courtier should have, and for a while, many ministers' impression of Xiao Fan gradually began to change.

Endure the surging emotions in his heart, Zhu Yunwen looked left and right, and felt that this occasion did not seem to be suitable for reminiscence, so he smiled: "Xiao Qing has worked hard all the way, go home first to reunite with his wife and children, and enter the palace at night. ”

The Son of Heaven set off, and the officials and the people knelt down to send them off.

After the honor guard left, the ministers roared, and a swarm of bees rushed up, surrounding Xiao Fan. The sound of compliments like a tide is endless.

A fat and bloated body struggled to squeeze away from the ministers, flashed very quickly, and then fell to the ground, firmly hugged Xiao Fan's thighs, and shouted sadly: "Marquis Xiao...... No, Grandpa Guo, you're back! We miss you, and we're ...... when you're not there. Woo, one word, miserable! ”

Xiao Fan was startled, looked down, and found that it was Shangshu Ruyu of the military department who was holding his thigh, the fat old man didn't let go, crying a handful of snot and tears, and his fat face was rubbing his trouser legs, looking extremely terrifying.

The rest of the annihilators also surrounded Xiao Fan, pulled their sleeves, pulled their belts, and cried like a group of motherless children.

Xiao Fan wiped his sweat, barely squeezed out a smile and said, "Can you control your emotions?" Also, is it one word or two? ”

"One word, miserable!"

"It's not just miserable, it's just ...... Miserable! ”

“…………”

Everyone wiped their tears and got rid of a group of old peasants in northern Shaanxi who were looking forward to the Red Army, and when liberation came, it was a touching picture of a happy meeting.

Although I didn't dare to say it clearly, everyone's meaning has been clearly expressed, Xiao Fan went out to fight this time, and the ministers in the capital, whether they were Qingliu or annihilated the party, were tossed by Ji Gang.

Several Qingliu ministers who had been fighting against Xiao Fan also surrounded him, and Chen Di, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, held Xiao Fan's hand tightly, and confessed with tears in his eyes: "I was wrong, I was really wrong, I shouldn't have been before!" In comparison, Lord Xiao is simply a living bodhisattva of the Ten Thousand Born Buddhas......"

Taichang Siqing Xie Jin also took the opportunity to jump out, crying so much that the pear blossoms brought rain, and I saw that I was very pitiful.

"Lord Xiao, Xiao Guogong, you are back! We've been looking forward to you, don't you know, that Ji Gang ......"

Xiao Fan's heart jumped, and he hurriedly stopped Xie Jin's words, there are many people here, and there are some things in the officialdom that must not be said thoroughly, otherwise it will be directly torn with Ji Gang, Xiao Fan doesn't care, but the words come out of Xie Jin's mouth, and Ji Gang will not let him go after hearing about it.

"Ahh Master Xie, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss it so much, hehe......" Xiao Fan intercepted Xie Jin's words that he was about to blurt out, and enthusiastically pressed Xie Jin's shoulder, straining slightly.

Xie Jin obviously didn't understand what Xiao Fan meant, so he opened his mouth and waited to continue.

Xiao Fan was so angry in his heart, no wonder this guy was buried in the snow by Ji Gang in his previous life and froze to death, and now even Xiao Fan wants people to bury him in the snow, Li Jinglong's brain is in the water, is your brain also in the water? In such a public occasion, with so many pairs of eyes staring, how can some things be said nonsense?

"Master Xie, this official ...... The country's public conquest has been a long time, and I haven't seen you for a long time, and I must get together after the bus in my country, well, when Lord Xie is free, you can bring your wife to my house and play together for two days......"

"Huh?" Xie Jin was dumbfounded, and the ministers around him were also stunned, and everyone stared at Xiao Fan in disbelief, looking like they were all in horror.

Deathly silence...... Xie Jin's face was blue and then white, his expression was ever-changing, it was very exciting, he was silent for a long time, and finally shook his black lips, nodded with difficulty, and his face was desperate and miserable.

…………………… Scratching his head inexplicably, Xiao Fan turned around and asked Cao Yi in a low voice, "What's wrong with Xie Jin?" An expression like I robbed his wife, what do you mean? Am I saying the wrong thing? ”

Cao Yi was also puzzled, and hesitated: "Maybe...... It's a bit of a problem, anyway, I don't think it's right, but I can't say anything wrong......"

Xiao Fan sighed, glanced at the ashen Xie Jin with extremely contemptuous, and muttered: "These sour Confucian literati, it's really difficult to communicate with them......

(To be continued)