Chapter Twenty-Five: The Heavens Are Changing
Seeing the soldiers behind Yang Yingqian looking at him with unkind eyes, Yao Yigui's heart couldn't help but sudden.
"Anyway, the official must be taken away, if Lord Yao has the ability to let these soldiers behind me go, please take care of yourself!"
Yang Yingqian no longer paid attention to Yao Yigui, Yang Yingqian stepped forward and pushed Yao Yigui aside, stopped talking to him, and left.
The Yongning guards behind him escorted the Wen family's father and son and a group of family members away, instantly squeezing Yao Yigui and the dozen or so servants around him aside.
When Wen Chengjun passed by Yao Yigui's side, he suddenly shouted like crazy: "Lord Prefect, save Xiaomin's father and son, we are wronged!" ”
And Yao Yigui on the side, although his face was pale, he really didn't dare to step forward to stop him, but he just shouted that the official wanted to go to the governor to join you, but the shouting was not loud, saying that it was more like saying it to himself.
In addition to Quanzhou City, Yang Yingqian and Xie Shangzheng rode horses at the forefront of the team.
Today's movement is really a bit bigger, although Yang Yingqian has evidence, but this matter is indeed not informed to the Quanzhou government, although it is to prevent someone from reporting to the Wen family, but the procedure is indeed a little inappropriate.
"My lord, if Yao Yigui really stabs the governor's yamen in today's matter, I'm afraid that Lord Cao won't be able to suppress it!" Xie Shangzheng said with a worried face.
Yang Yingqian smiled indifferently and snorted.
"It's okay, big brother is relieved, we have all the human and material evidence in our hands, don't be afraid of that Yao Yigui looking for bad luck, as for the governor's yamen, there is no need to worry, I have my own plans at that time!"
Seeing that Yang Yingqian looked like he was in his chest, Xie Shangzheng didn't ask any further.
After a short time, everyone returned to Yongningwei, Yang Yingqian ordered his subordinates to escort the Wen family into the guard prison, and then went to the command of the embassy Yamen, today's matter must be written as soon as possible and submitted to the Fujian capital command envoy, before the charges against the Wen family father and son are not clear, they must be controlled in Yongningwei.
As soon as Yang Yingqian walked into the gate of the Yamen of the Command Envoy Division, he saw a young man dressed in the costume of a servant walking towards him hurriedly with his head down, as if he was thinking about something, and he didn't see Yang Yingqian coming over at all.
"What is the matter with Scribe Wu's hurry?" Yang Yingqian greeted the young official with a smile.
"Oh, the student is wandering out of the world, but he hasn't seen the adult, and I hope the adult will forgive the sin!"
Hearing Yang Yingqian's voice, the official surnamed Wu suddenly came back to his senses, and saw that Lord Tongzhi had already walked in front of him, and hurriedly confessed his guilt.
This person is the talented Wu Qian who came to apply a few days ago, although there are many warriors in Yongning Weiwu, there is a lack of literati who can use a pen, this Wu Qian has been trained for several months, and has faintly become the role of the general manager of Yongning Wei's logistics.
Not only did he have to coordinate the chores of the health office, but he also had to assist Yang Fu in taking care of Lingyan Pavilion's business, and he was busy every day, but although he was busy, Wu Qian was full of energy.
Although Wu Qian has been full of poetry and books since he was a child, he has also won the show, but the recent township examinations have been named Sun Shan, although he wants to hold back his strength to try again, but his family is really poor, and he can't support his reading qualifications.
After coming here, Wu Qian found that the position of scribe was very suitable for him, he was not a person who liked to read dead books, and he also liked to delve into some calculations and other side ways, but he didn't expect his eight-strand writing to be very good, but he was like a fish in water here.
Later, Yang Yingqian specially instructed Yang Fu to give him some shares of Lingyan Pavilion, and he would get more than 1,000 taels of silver a year, and in the face of such a good treatment, Wu Qian gave up the idea of taking the examination again, and worked wholeheartedly for Yongningwei.
Wu Qian made a gesture at Yang Yingqian: "The shopkeeper of the Acropolis sent someone to inform the students that Chris, the maritime merchant who was full of horses, had brought a few boatloads of tobacco, and Steward Yang had gone to Nanjing to negotiate with Cao Yuanwai about the Nanjing branch in the past few days, and the students were trying to inspect the goods. ”
Seeing that Wu Qian was so diligent, Yang Yingqian was very satisfied, and sure enough, as long as the price offered was high enough, he could attract talents.
This is true for doing business, and the same is true for military training, if the food and salary are not in place, how can the soldiers be desperate. Only when the soldiers are fed and have money in their pockets, and then they are influenced by the righteousness of their family and country, can they train a strong army.
Inadvertently, Yang Yingqian's thoughts drifted far away, and Wu Qian saw that Yang Yingqian had not reacted for a long time, so he couldn't help but whisper.
"My lord, but what do you remember?"
was asked by Wu Qian, and Yang Yingqian instantly came back to his senses.
"It's okay, the official just suddenly remembered something else!"
Wu Qian smiled slightly and was about to leave, but Yang Yingqian suddenly stopped him.
"Scribe Wu, if you have some friends around you who have nowhere to display their talents, you can be introduced to our Wei Institute together, Yongning Wei wants to develop, and it is inseparable from you talented Hongru!"
Wu Qian was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then nodded and agreed: "The students still have some friends from the same year, and in a few days, Xiaosheng will write a few letters to them and invite them to come to Yongning for a ......."
Beijing, Forbidden City.
At this time, the palace was already shrouded in the bleakness of the autumn wind, and in the palace city, Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of Bingbi, who was wearing a python robe, was lying leisurely on the couch with his eyes closed, and there was a tobacco in his mouth, and the aroma of mint permeated the entire room.
"Chengxiu, what's the matter with entering the palace this time?"
Wei Zhongxian's eyes did not open, as if he was enjoying the comfort brought by the tobacco in his mouth, but Cui Chengxiu, the left deputy imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who was bowing in front of him, still did not dare to raise his head and look directly.
"Father-in-law, the nephew of Yang Mingren, the imperial history of Fujian Province, has had some trouble these days, last night he came to my mansion and wanted to go down to the official to speak for his nephew, and the lower official thought about it and still have to know about it with his father-in-law," Cui Chengxiu said respectfully.
Wei Zhongxian's eyelids on the couch moved slightly, as if he was thinking about the name Cui Chengxiu said.
"This person has some impressions in our family, didn't he just ask for a hereditary military position for his nephew a few days ago, I heard that this tobacco was developed by his nephew, it seems to be called Yang Yingqian, he must also be a clever person, what trouble did his nephew get into?"
As he spoke, a cloud of smoke erupted from Wei Zhongxian's mouth, and the fragrance of mint in the room became a little heavier.
"A few days ago, a batch of tobacco in Lingyan Pavilion was robbed by mountain bandits, if you want to say that this Yang Yingqian is also a ruthless character, the officers and soldiers with Yongningwei will destroy this group of mountain bandits."
"This is a good thing, let the Fujian Metropolitan Division report a military merit!" Wei Zhongxian was slightly impatient.
"The bad thing is that this gang of mountain bandits is behind the command of the Wen family in Quanzhou, and the lower officials estimate that it should be caused by the Wen family's desire to meddle in Yang Yingqian's business and the two sides did not talk about it, this Wen family is not simple, Wen Tiren, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, is a distant relative with them, and the daughter of Shen Congzhou, the head of the Ministry of Rites, has just married the only son of the Wen family."
Hearing the name Shen Congzhou, Wei Zhongxian, who had been half-squinting, suddenly opened his eyes and turned over from the couch and sat up, with a sharp glint in his eyes, and he didn't know what he remembered.
In order to change his poor life, he bid farewell to his wife and daughter, carried some scattered silver taels pieced together by the whole family, trampled the dignity of a man under his feet, endured humiliation and came to Beijing, and entered the palace to become a eunuch.
After more than 20 years of not being a human or a ghost, and staying up with his little master Zhu Youxiao as the Son of Heaven, he finally ascended to heaven and sat in the high position of this Bingbi eunuch.
I thought that I could finally enjoy the fruits of my struggle, but the group of civil officials who claimed to be the pillars of the country all day long seemed to look down on him as an incomplete man from the bottom of their bones, and wrote to the emperor all day long to depose him, as if he Wei Zhongxian was the great traitor of the country.
Among these people, especially the group of Donglin Party led by Shoufu Ye Xianggao is the most happy, and Shen Congzhou is Ye Xianggao's most proud protégé, and Shen Congzhou scolded him in Pingsuli.
Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian's nose snorted heavily, and he put the tobacco in his mouth and took a few puffs, as if to vent his anger.
Cui Chengxiu raised his head slightly and quietly glanced at Wei Zhongxian's face, thought for a moment and then said.
"The lower officials also heard that there were still a lot of pirates in the gang of mountain bandits who robbed Yang Yingqian, according to the bandit leader's confession, his gang were all private soldiers raised by the Wen family, which was really dampening, and this Shen Congzhou dared to marry them, he was really dizzy."
Cui Chengxiu observed Wei Zhongxian's face as he spoke, and he deliberately accentuated the words "private soldiers" and "widows" to remind Wei Zhongxian that he could seize this opportunity to make some articles.
Although Wei Zhongxian is illiterate, he is not mentally retarded, he keenly grasped the key point of Cui Chengxiu's words, and a gloomy old face instantly floated with a sinister smile.
"Chengxiu, you are really our little Zhuge of our family!"
Cui Chengxiu, who was praised by Wei Zhongxian, was flattered, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thanks to my father-in-law's cultivation." ”
Wei Zhongxian smoked tobacco and touched his chin without a trace of beard, his face full of smiles.
"This kid from the Yang family really handed our family a good knife this time, if it happens this time, our family will have to reward him well!"
"It's a blessing for this kid to get praise from his father-in-law, and the lower official will go back to the house to tell Yang Mingren the news!" Choi Chengxiu continued to flatter.
"This Yang Mingren is also a person who understands current affairs, after a while, our family will move his seat to him, and after a while, our family will go to ask the emperor for a will, and you will send someone to Fujian for 800 miles to expedite, and it will not be good for people to wait for a long time."
Cui Chengxiu bowed down after receiving Wei Zhongxian's instructions, and a cold light flashed in Wei Zhongxian's eyes........
The autumn wind swept wildly over the Forbidden City, and it seemed that the sky was about to change........