The next day, Wang Yan personally went to the army, asked hundreds of forbidden troops in southern Xinjiang, further improved those regulations, and ordered a reward for the three armies that night.

After the banquet, he summoned all the generals to the general's mansion and announced in public: he will leave southern Xinjiang tomorrow morning, and when he ascends the throne, he will reward a group of soldiers and select outstanding people to enter Beijing to watch the ceremony, regardless of birth and official position, only based on merit.

Before everyone had time to rejoice, they suddenly heard the Suzaku King say, "This king is also leaving." ”

All the generals were immediately surprised:

"The prince is also leaving?"

"Yes, southern Xinjiang has not been completely pacified: there are still a few forces of Zhennanhou on the edge of the southeast sea that have not been ambushed, and there may be remnants of Zhennanhou lurking in the shadows in the army, and southern Xinjiang needs the prince to sit in deterrence."

……

The Vermilion Bird King glanced at everyone, and said expressionlessly: "A little hidden danger is your chance to make meritorious contributions, if this king is here, do you still have a chance to come out?" Are you sure you want this king to stay? ”

The crowd quickly understood.

Jiao Ke said impatiently: "Although the prince goes to protect the lord, his subordinates will definitely wipe out the enemy in southern Xinjiang, please rest assured." ”

Everyone said, "Please rest assured." ”

Wang Yan and the Vermilion Bird King looked at each other and smiled.

The Vermilion Bird King immediately ordered: ordered Pang Zheng and Jiao Ke Jiao to sit in Nanzhou, Selangor and other places respectively to watch each other. As for the naval army left by the Marquis of Zhennan on the southeast coast, as long as they are not demons, they will be kept for the time being, and they will be disposed of when he returns; If they are restless, they will clean it up and reward them for their deeds.

The three of them took the order in a loud voice.

When they were to disperse, Wang Yan left Pang Zheng, Jiao Ke and Jiao Zhi behind, and granted several people secret missions and tricks respectively.

Arrange to stop and leave the next morning.

The Vermilion Bird King selected three hundred elite escorts, one-color cavalry, and only brought a small amount of food and weapons, and set off lightly.

A day later, they stopped in a small town on the border between Nanzhou and Mingzhou, and saw more than a dozen motor vehicles waiting there, with food, weapons, fuel, and other materials on board, as well as several craftsmen from the munitions base.

The Vermilion Bird King looked at Wang Yan.

Wang Yan smiled and explained: "The general Zhongyong arranged, in order to avoid people's eyes, the routes taken were all the prefectures and counties that had been returned to the imperial court, so there were some detours. The next trip will depend on the prestige of the prince. ”

Suzaku King: "......"

Strategizing again!

He didn't bother to ask for details, and immediately waved everyone to get off the horse.

Overnight rush!

Go north to Huizhou!

The route was also set by Wang Yan in advance.

The Vermilion Bird King ordered people to erect the Vermilion Bird King flag on the front of the car, which was no less than setting up the honor guard, which was novel and mysterious, attracting the people along the way to scramble to watch, and before they could see the rare things running on the official road, the convoy ran away.

Everywhere he went, the Vermilion Bird King first sent people to contact the local government, no matter what the officials thought, when they heard that the Vermilion Bird King was leading the army to come, they all hurried out of the city to greet them, but after the Vermilion Bird King arrived, he only exchanged two words with them, recognized his face, and passed through the city, whistling away, leaving a trail of billowing smoke.

Wang Yan didn't even show his face.

He was in a hurry to go to Jiangnan!

Two days later, Huayang Town, Huizhou.

The Wang family has another garden here, and there are a few small Zhuangzi in the countryside, after he and Jinyan saved Yan Yun last year, they lived here, and after returning to Beijing, he sent his henchmen over to collect news from Huizhou, so he stopped to understand the situation.

The henchman replied to him carefully:

"There is a war going on in Huizhou. Zhennan Hou attacked in several ways, and there was a group of men and horses not far from us, at the foot of Huangshan, attacking the Li family's ancestral home Yuezhuang, and was defeated. I heard that the Moon Emperor personally commanded the ......"

Wang Yan chuckled: "There are Moon Emperors everywhere. ”

The henchman smiled: "Not really. There are two in Huizhou. ”

Wang Yan asked, "Where else is the Moon Emperor?" ”

The henchman said: "Lu'an Mansion." Xiao Qian'er got the news that Lord Jian and Zhang Shizi were over there, and they had joined forces with the Moon Emperor there. ”

Wang Yan asked again: "What about the Marquis of Zhennan?" ”

The henchman replied: "It's attacking Huizhou Mansion." Huizhou Mansion is the seat of Master Li. This talent is really powerful, and he has played against Zhennanhou several times, and Zhennanhou has not gained the upper hand at all. The world only knows Miss Li, but I don't know her father, but in fact, he is the old fox-" The henchman was speaking happily, and suddenly felt that Wang Yan looked at him lightly, as if he was displeased, and couldn't help but stagnate, and he didn't know where he said something wrong.

The Vermilion Bird King glanced at him as well.

The henchman was even more panicked, and he couldn't take it anymore.

Seeing that he had stopped, Wang Yan asked impatiently, "How powerful is Master Li?" "He doesn't listen to gossip, he has to listen to the facts, he has to say something.

The henchman hurriedly continued: "Master Li has been cleaning the Huizhou officialdom since the end of last year, killing more officials than his daughter, and all the vacant officials have been replaced by people he trusts, and he really controls Huizhou." He has gathered a lot of capable people under his hands, like Luo Xia, the father of the first talented man in Jiangnan, who is talented, was originally a close friend of Master Li, and is now the first strategist of the Li family; Ge Ting, Luo Wuchen's uncle, was originally the master of Qian Gu in the yamen of Guo County, Huizhou, and now he is the county order; There are also friends recommended by Luo Xia and officials from the Li family......"

When Wang Yan heard that Luo Wuchen's relatives and friends were all assisting the Li family, he felt very uncomfortable, and he couldn't say anything, so he suppressed his unhappiness, interrupted his henchmen, and asked suspiciously: "The first two are just that, how can the local officials in Huizhou surrender to the Li family?" ”

The henchman replied: "Those officials are inextricably linked to the Li family - not the love and righteousness smashed out of silver, but close friends. ”

Wang Yan was even more puzzled: "Friends? ”

There are no close friends in the officialdom!

The henchman said: "For example, Pan Yue, the political envoy of Huizhou, was helped by Master Li." He had two sons, one married a daughter of the Li clan, and the other joined the Li family's army. There are many officials like him, and their future interests are tied to the Li family......"

Wang Yan said: "I know this Pan Yue, it was raised during the riot of the victims in Qinghua Mansion that year, and it is indeed very involved with the Li family. ”

The henchman said, "Yes." In addition to these officials, Master Li also appointed many other people, including the rattan armor army cultivated by the Li family, as well as the workers he used to see, and the villain heard that one of them was actually from the chief outside Huizhou City......"

Wang Yan muttered: The lieutenant who can be promoted and reused by Li Zhuohang is afraid that he has some ability, and he will never be an ignorant rural farmer.

Also, Wang Yan looked at the methods of Li Zhuohang's father and daughter, and sorted out a clear context: the talents they selected were all over the scholars, farmers, industries, and merchants, among which only a few were really scholars, most of them were born in agriculture and industry, and there were many women, and the Li family's regime was built on the people at the bottom.

And most of the people he is currently using are former courtiers; When he ascended the throne, he planned to open Enko and select a group of talents, which were also selected from among the scholars, and would not directly select workers and merchants as officials, let alone farmers.

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