Chapter 424: The Battle of Xiao Wall
When Yan Hong's bathing was finished and he had dinner with his wife, Yan Song's father and son returned home from Xiyuan. As soon as he got home, he called Yan Hong to the study for questioning.
This encounter with Yan Hong feels very different from the past. First of all, my father's attitude, he used to always have a stern face, which can really be said to be angry when he saw himself, but this time, this one-eyed dragon fat man had the same look on his face, no joy or anger, and even a smile. But after bringing a preconceived opinion, he felt that his father's smile was more ugly than crying, and for no reason, Yan Hong only felt goosebumps on his body.
On the contrary, it was Yan Song, the grandfather who was usually very kind to him, this time his white beard stood upside down, and he said angrily: "Hong'er, this time, you are really bold!" That Liu Yingshi is the old man's righteous son, and he is also your uncle. Originally, you went to Jinan and found a few innocuous juniors to clean up, not only to save face, but also to hurt your muscles and bones, how dare you kill your uncle? How can this really be true? Even if Liu Yingshi really does the act of corruption and perverting the law, you should turn a big thing into a small thing and a small thing. Even if you really can't take it, why don't you arrest him and send him to Beijing first, and do something with the evidence, and naturally the old man will mention him to turn around. Now that you are good, Shengsheng has cut off your uncle in the yamen, but what is the face of your grandfather and me? And that Qian Feng and Li Shouzhen are both provincial officials, and Fang Yongxian is the imperial envoy of the Heavenly Patrol, why are you so bold that you killed them all? Is it true that the means you play can hide from the princes in the court? β
Yan Hong set fire to Jinan and burned Liu Cai and others to death, this method is indeed difficult to hide from the princes of the imperial court. Everyone is not stupid, who can believe this kind of nonsense? Dozens of White Lotus dead soldiers can attack the Yamen. Arson nuisance. Moreover, the houses where the prisoners were held were burned. How can there be such a coincidence in the world?
The only thing that is beneficial to Yan Hong is that it is not easy to investigate and collect evidence for this kind of thing. At that time, the level of criminal investigation was still very poor, and there was no Skynet system and cameras. Unless the parties confess themselves, with the science and technology of the Ming Dynasty at that time, it would be a fool's dream to try to separate the false from the true and find out the truth. But if no evidence can be found, this does not mean that everyone will let Yan Hong go. This method can be said to be extremely bad. It's not acceptable to everyone at all.
Besides, Liu Caitang, the governor of a province, and Li Shouzhen are dignified masters, and they actually said that they would take it, who gave Yan Hong the power? Fang Yongxian's share belongs to the Imperial History, and it is not under Yan Hong's control at all, and he was actually taken by him, which is simply lawless. As for Gao Yanzong, although he is only a martial minister, he has the highest level after all. Even if no one cares about his life or death, his old man Lu Dajinwu can't completely sit idly by.
This vote of high-ranking officials. It can be said that according to the convention, none of them can be moved by Yan Hong, but they were sent away by extraordinary means. This is really even more of a hundred officials' teeth. Although everyone in the strict party is in danger, even the Xu party and the third party are also terrified. Including Yan Song himself, when he heard the news, his hands trembled for a while, and he didn't know what kind of wind his precious grandson was smoking.
It's just that Yan Hong has done the first year of junior high school, and as the family behind him, he has to follow the fifteenth. Since Yan Hong wrote a book, when he beheaded Qian Feng, Chang Zhixiao and others in Jinan, and Yan Hong himself had the support of the emperor, of course Yan Song could not slap himself by himself, so he could only fully support the court and actively promote this matter.
Among them, Xu Jie's attitude is more ambiguous. Fang Yongxian and Li Shouzhen are both his protΓ©gΓ©s, according to common sense, Xu Ge Lao should most likely adhere to the principle, find out the cause of death of Fang and Li, and make every effort to demand that Qian Feng be deported to Beijing, and it is only right that he will be handed over to the three law divisions to discuss the crime. It's just that this time Xu Ge chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, not humming or haha, and most of the imperial historians of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court lost their voices strangely in this matter, so the matter of Jinan's beheading could be so smooth.
Yan Song is finally old, and he loves all of his godsons. When I heard that Yan Hong was in distress, I was naturally anxious. Now that Yan Hong came back safe and sound, he remembered the godson who died unexplained, and he inevitably had to blame a few words and ask this grandson how he was so bold.
Yan Hong saw that his grandfather was angry, and he didn't dare to refute for a while, but just knelt down and kowtowed a few times. But I heard Yan Shifan say contemplatively on the side: "Father is angry, Hong'er killed Liu Cai and his group this time, maybe he has his own reason." Speaking of which, since falling from the horse, Hong'er's truth has suddenly become a lot more, and everything can be pulled out in a bunch, but I don't know what the truth is this time, so it's good to listen to it. β
His tone was neither yin nor yang, tepid, but it made Yan Hong feel that it was not as comfortable as hitting himself directly. But finally with Dad's words, it was just the beginning of the explanation. He hurriedly said: "Back to grandpa, daddy's words." The child does have his own reason. β
Yan Song slapped his hand on the table: "Evil animal! Then you can talk about it. If you can't say it clearly, the old man will use family law to punish you! β
Only then did Yan Hong settle down, and in 1510, he explained how Liu Cai arranged officials for the Yan family, mined private gold, and stole and sold military food and ordnance. Later, he emphasized that Liu Cai did his own deeds, not to mention that he still left the Heavenly Tent as a means of coercion, trying to kidnap Yan Fu with this. Therefore, the grandson had to make a decision to get rid of him, so as not to harm my Yan Mansion.
Hearing this, Yan Shifan's face was calm, but old Yan Song's face was already pale, his lips trembled slightly, and his nostrils exhaled. After being stunned for a moment, he pointed his finger at Yan Shifan and said, "East Building!" You carried the old man behind your back and did a great thing! β
Yan Shifan was not very frightened, but replied: "Father is angry. The child thinks that your old man is busy with official business every day and has exhausted his energy, how can such a trivial matter dare to distract your old man? My Yan family has a big business and a lot of expenses, and there are so many mouths up and down, if I rely on Yulu and Grange alone, I will only make ends meet. Therefore, the child had to do some business to make ends meet. β
Speaking of this, Yan Shifan pointed at Yan Hong with his hand and said: "Don't talk about others, just talk about this Hong'er, he spends every day drinking, and he also sticks money out of the house to squander it for his concubine, so that the silver money is like flowing water, could this money fall from the sky?" β
Yan Song said angrily: "Shut up! Hong'er's money is less than one-tenth of yours, don't you know how to be an old man? It's just that you can spend as much as you like, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all rely on my Yan family to take care of them, and they don't dare not bring the silver to us to use. But this mining of private gold and stealing and selling grain from the treasury is a matter of killing heads and stealing families, but it can also be done? If this thing goes wrong, you, you, you, you...... You want my Yan clan to die without a place to be buried! After all, Yan Song is old, and it is easier to get angry when he sees problems, but when he talks about this, he is in a hurry and coughs.
Yan Hong got busy, beat his grandfather on the back for a while, and then knelt down. Yan Shifan didn't answer the words of his father with an angry face, turned to Yan Hong and asked: "Liu Cai's guy dares to remember the black accounts of my Yan Mansion, it can be said that he is a wolf cub who can't be raised, and he is not wronged to be executed." Where is the ledger he kept? Did you find it? β
"If you go back to your father, the account book has been burned by the child."
"Burned?" Yan Shifan sneered, "How can such good things be burned." You must know that in the future, the property of the Yan family will be Shaoqing's. But as long as you hold the account book in your hand, you will divide half of our family's property, and I can only give it with both hands. This is a valuable thing, and it can also be burned? β
Yan Hong knew that there was something in his father's words, and he was secretly testing the book of changing heaven that he had written before he was a genuine dead ghost possessed. But when I think about it, I can't even think of where to put it, and outsiders may not be able to find it. It's better to use this excuse to clear your own home. The next reply:
"Daddy Hugh is going to tell jokes and tease children. Since the child is a member of the Yan family, how can he think of taking control of his own family? As for money, my father and grandfather will not let the children starve, and the third brother will not watch my eldest brother live on the streets. This ledger is a knife and saw that can cut down the big tree of Yanfu, and if I keep it, won't I be unable to get by? Grandpa, Daddy, although the child does not learn and has no skills, he still understands this truth. It's like a shop, there is a shopkeeper, there are shopkeepers, there are guys, and everyone depends on this shop for food. Suddenly, a fire broke out in this shop, of course, we had to put out this fire, so that everyone could eat, and I never said that I was a fellow, so I had to pour oil on this fire so that I could be the shopkeeper. The shop was burned to the ground, what use was I being the shopkeeper? β
Yan Shifan listened to Yan Hong's nondescript analogy and sneered silently. Yan Hong said again: "Besides, this time in Shandong, the child met a lot of strange people, all of whom were people who could go high and high, and walk on the wall. These people have great powers and extraordinary skills. Not to mention that the object was left in the hands of the child, even if the child returned to Beijing and handed it over to his grandfather, in case of negligence along the way and was stolen, it would be a major matter for our Yan family. Therefore, the child had no choice but to set fire to the matter. β
"Burn it well, burn it well." Yan Song came to his senses at this time, and even exclaimed luck: "That thing, if it falls into the hands of the enemy party, everything will be over!" Donglou, you tell me the truth, how many things like this have you done? β
Yan Shifan hurriedly smiled: "Don't worry, Daddy. I have done a lot of things to arrange officials, but this is nothing, after all, the documents of those officials are issued by the officials, and it is not a big crime to entrust someone to take care of one or two. There is no ironclad evidence for these official positions, and it is expected that there will be no big problem. As for selling grain, the child just wanted to take advantage of the Tatar disaster and make a lot of money, but other places did not do this. Gold mining has only been done in Shandong, and not elsewhere. β
Yan Song nodded and said, "That's good." It's really scary. Then you didn't let Hong'er go to Jinan at the beginning, because you were worried that he would find out the truth? Aren't you afraid that others will go to Jinan and directly hand over the evidence to Banzai? (To be continued......)