Chapter five hundred and sixty-one
"Mr. Tian, if you have something to do, you will not refuse. If you can help, don't let me down!"
Yang Feng was very angry. As the emperor's personal army, Tian Ergeng was the commander of the Jinyiwei. Once he was ordered to leave the capital, he represented the emperor. Now he actually knelt down to himself. If the outsiders knew about it, the court and the people would definitely have another climax of impeaching him.
"Thank you, Marquis!"
Tian Ergeng's face also turned green and red. I thought that Tian Ergeng, as the commander of the Jinyiwei, had he ever kneeled down to others except the emperor? That is, today he really had no choice but to lose his composure. Not to mention being just a marquis, even the princes and princes would not have such a humble attitude.
"Sit down!"
Yang Feng pointed to the chair and sat down first.
"Mr. Marquis, the official is here to ask for help!" After sitting down, Tian Ergeng's first words surprised Yang Feng slightly.
After hearing Tian Ergeng say this, Yang Feng's originally lazy expression began to become solemn: "Tell me more details!"
"yes!"
Tian Ergeng responded, took a deep breath before saying, "Marty, a major incident happened in the court last month. The gentry from various provinces in Jiangnan gave His Majesty a letter to the people, asking the court to re-ban the sea and be willing to pay an additional tea tax of 2 million taels of silver every year for this. I wonder if you heard about it?"
"Of course... if I don't know about such a big thing, I would have become a deaf person." Yang Feng sneered: "Those people are really willing to spend a lot of money and are willing to pay an extra two million taels of silver every year, and they don't want to see the court lift the maritime ban, and the silver paid was paid in the name of tea tax. If this marquis remembered correctly, the tea tax paid in Zhejiang Province last year was only sixteen taels. Now in the blink of an eye, those people actually raised two million taels of silver. Are they treating Your Majesty as a fool?"
"Who said no?" Tian Ergeng also looked angry: "Your Majesty was furious on the spot and issued an order to ask the officials to rush to Jiangnan to investigate the matter. Originally, the officials thought that this matter was very simple. As long as they were checked one by one according to the names in the Book of Wanmin, none of these people could escape, but the officials were wrong... they were very wrong."
Speaking of this, Tian Ergeng's face showed grief and anger, and even his eyes turned red. "After receiving the order, the lower officials immediately led the five hundred Jinyiwei to Jiangnan, and the first stop was Shaoxing Prefecture. After the current officials arrived at Shaoxing Prefecture, the governor of Shaoxing, Yu Shanqiu, personally went out of the city to welcome Xiaguan into the city, and was diligent in order to welcome Xiaguan. Xiaguan agreed without caring about it. After attending the banquet that night, Xiaguan lived in the inn arranged by Yu Shanqiu, but... just..."
Speaking of this, Tian Ergeng's tears could not help but finally shed tears, and his face was full of regret: "But that night, hundreds of men in black rushed into the inn at night. Most of the officials and hundreds of Jinyiwei were drunk and had no way to resist. Five hundred Jinyiwei were almost killed or injured. Finally, Xiaguan escaped under dozens of confidants' desperate guards.
But... these people still refused to let Xiaguan go and chased him all the way. Finally, Xiaguan and others fled to the beach and found a sea boat before they escaped to the master. The Marquis, the Lord is not willing to die, but he ruined His Majesty's mission. The Lord is not enough to blame him for his death. The Lord only hopes that the Lord can make the decision on the Lord and capture the thieves in one net. Even if the Lord dies, he can explain to His Majesty."
Looking at Tian Ergeng who was crying, Yang Feng snorted coldly: "Mr. Tian, do you let me make the decision for you? But you don't think about it. How can I make the decision for you? I am just the Grand Governor of the Southern Expedition and the Admiral of Fujian Maritime Affairs. No matter how capable I am, I can't reach Zhejiang, right?"
Tian Ergeng hurriedly said, "The Marquis doesn't have to do it himself. He just needs to lend three thousand elite soldiers to the Xiaguan. The Xiaguan can complete the rest of the matter by himself."
"Bastard!" Yang Feng slapped the table in anger, "Do you think the army is a private person? Do you believe it or not, just rely on your words, and this marquis can arrest him and escort him to the capital!"
Seeing Yang Feng getting angry, Tian Ergeng was shocked and quickly said, "Marquis, this matter is not a private gift. The official brought the military token and imperial edict given by His Majesty. If the Marquis doesn't believe it, you can check it!"
After saying that, Tian Ergeng took out a decree and a token from his close clothes and handed it to Yang Feng with his hands. "Mr. Marquis, before leaving, His Majesty personally instructed the officials, saying that this time he went to Jiangnan, he could go to Fujian to send troops to the Marquis and then go to various provinces in Jiangnan. But he was eager to make contributions. He wanted to finish the mission as soon as possible and returned to Beijing to report his orders, but forgot His Majesty's instructions. This was why... He suffered a great loss. I'm sorry to Your Majesty!"
Yang Feng took the token and checked it carefully, then took out another token from his arms. The two tokens were combined, and there was no gap on them. It was obvious that the token was real. He looked at the will again, then nodded and sneered at Tian Ergeng: "You haven't forgotten Your Majesty's instructions, you are too selfish, otherwise if you came to this marquis to borrow troops earlier, why would you have fallen to this point?"
Yang Feng felt like a mirror in his mind about Tian Ergeng's previous thoughts. The reason why he didn't ask him to borrow troops was nothing more than his thoughts. Such a great contribution would be better than to give to others. In addition, he believed that with the reputation of the Jinyiwei and the five hundred subordinates, no one could stop him, so he was plotted against in Shaoxing Prefecture.
Although he could understand Tian Ergeng's selfishness, he could not agree with his views. Tian Ergeng had been in the capital for a long time and was used to being arrogant and arrogant. He had no idea how powerful the gentry had in the local area. It was too naive to think that it could sweep the south of the Yangtze River with the Five Hundred Elementary Guards.
"Tian Ergeng, I don't know if you should say you are too naive or too stupid." Yang Feng snorted coldly: "Do you think you can travel across the south of the Yangtze River with the Five Hundred Jinyiwei? It's stupid!"
When he said the word "stupid", Yang Feng's voice suddenly became louder. He pointed at Tian Ergeng and scolded: "Do you know where Jiangnan is? It was a place of taxes in the Ming Dynasty and the most powerful place of the gentry. Your Jinyiwei may be able to use his reputation to scare some ordinary people on weekdays, but for those gentry you are nothing! Not to mention you, even this marquis dares to bring only 500 people to Jiangnan in person. Who are you?"
Seeing Yang Feng furious, Tian Ergeng was not as arrogant as usual, but just lowered his head like a defeated rooster. In fact, Yang Feng had not said something yet. The gentry in Jiangnan was not only very brave. These people dared to harm the emperor for the sake of interests. Just Jinyiwei was nothing. This time, Tian Ergeng only led 500 people and wanted to attack Huanglong. This was the rhythm of seeking death.
Tian Ergeng, who realized his mistake, kept his mouth silent, and bowed his head and lowered his head without saying a word. To be honest, he felt aggrieved. Even if he had dreams, these people in Jiangnan were so brave that they would go to heaven. Even he, the commander of the Jinyiwei, dared to harm him. This was a serious crime to kill the three clans!
Seeing Tian Ergeng who was like a defeated rooster, Yang Feng no longer had the interest in cursing people. After sighing, he said: "Tian Ergeng, since you have your Majesty's imperial edict and the token of the army, this military marquis can lend you, but have you figured out how to do it?"
Tian Ergeng hesitated for a moment before saying, "Mr. Marquis, the officials believed that this matter would not be related to the governor of Shaoxing Yu Shanqiu, so the officials planned to borrow troops and immediately rushed to Shaoxing to arrest Yu Shanqiu first and find a breakthrough from him. No matter how bad it is, they can also be arrested according to the list of the Wanmin Book. The officials do not believe that so many people can run away."
"I believe this." Yang Feng nodded in agreement: "But I am still worried. If you lead the troops to Shaoxing, the other party closes the city gate and prevents you from entering the city, and some people even raise the flag to rebel, what should you do?"
"This... how is this possible?" Tian Ergeng looked unbelievable, "Rebellion... aren't they afraid of killing the nine clans?"
Yang Feng glanced at him impatiently: "They even dare to kill you, the commander of the Jinyiwei, isn't this the same as having rebelled?"
Tian Ergeng stopped talking. He knew very well that if a person broke through the bottom line, the bottom line would continue to break through. At this time, he suddenly felt that he had taken it for granted before. He looked at Yang Feng like a helper and asked for help, "What should the marquis say to the lord?"
"Hmph...what should we do?" Yang Feng snorted coldly: "The old saying goes, we should treat our own people as warm as spring, and treat our enemies as cruel and ruthless as winter! This marquis thinks that if we don't move, we should mobilize all our strength to give the enemy a devastating blow. We must not give the enemy a chance to breathe, otherwise it will be difficult to end when things get bigger and bigger."
Tian Ergeng was a little stunned. He asked tentatively: "Why did the Marquis think it's appropriate to transfer how many troops to Jiangnan?"
Yang Feng glanced at him and stretched out three fingers lightly, "I have now 35,000 troops in Fujian. Except for leaving 5,000 people, the remaining 30,000 people can all be sent to Jiangnan!"
"All 30,000 troops were sent to Jiangnan?" Tian Ergeng was so scared that he even changed his voice, "Marty, we are going to arrest people, not to fight a war!"
"Barring! Do you think this time is not going to fight?" Yang Feng stared at him impatiently and said, "You either don't do such a thing, or you use all your strength to give the enemy a thunder blow. Even if you have been so stubborn as you, you can't complete the mission given to you by Your Majesty. Should you do it now? Let me give me a word?"
"I...I..." Tian Ergeng stuttered for a long time before finally gritting his teeth as if he accepted his fate: "Forget it... Everything depends on the Marquis!"
Chapter completed!