Chapter 314: Drawing fire from the bottom of the cauldron
Yan Shifan returned home with great satisfaction. At this time, the backyard had returned to calm. Those concubines who were playing in the garden had already gone back to their rooms. Naturally, Ruyu had also gone back to her room to think about things.
Yan Shifan would become extremely excited every time he planned a vicious plan. He hugged the maid and began to think about which room to vent his anger in tonight. Before that, the maid was just an appetizer.
Unfortunately, before he finished the side dishes, a confidant sent him a message. Since the last confidant "accidentally disappeared", Yan Shifan quickly promoted another confidant from his entourage, who was also involved in a murder case.
Yan Shifan protected the living.
Yan Shifan took the note and glanced at it, jumped up suddenly, kicked the maid away, and threw the wine glass with gritted teeth.
"What a holy envoy, what a waste! I asked Luo Wenlong to help him, but he sent Luo Wenlong into the encirclement!
It’s just that he couldn’t intercept and kill him, but it also caused Luo Wenlong to lose his troops. Is this Xiao Qin’s clever plan?”
There were only a few words on the note, but it contained huge resentment: "The White Lotus Sect led my brother to write a personal letter asking for help. According to his arrangement, I landed on the beach and burned and killed him to attract the Ming army. Unexpectedly, the Ming army had been prepared, but I fought my way through the encirclement and lost all my troops."
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Yan Shifan took a deep breath and waved to the maid who was kicked to the ground: "I'm very angry now!"
Then while sighing, he wrote a note with his left hand pen.
"This is my fault, and I should be deeply grateful. I have devised a clever plan. The Ming army along the coast will be in chaos soon. I can take advantage of the opportunity and use Bai Lian's power to expand my power and compete with Wang Zhi to become my brother's overseas power."
aid!"
In the letters that Yan Shifan usually wrote, he always wrote with his right hand, with a good stroke, similar to his father. For such sensitive letters with explicit words, he wrote with his left hand, which is a completely different type of handwriting.
This ensures that even if the letter falls into the hands of others, it cannot be used as a basis to prove that it was written by Yan Shifan, and naturally it cannot be used as evidence.
If someone forces him to write with his left hand, he can argue that he can't write, and if he insists on writing, he will just write crookedly, and there will be nothing others can do.
Yan Shifan's clever plan was to find Zhao Wenhua, who had already arrived at the coast at this time. After Zhao Wenhua returned to Yan's house, he actively performed his best to strive for meritorious service. This time, he went with a heavy commission from his godbrother.
Yan Shifan had been planning this clever plan since he sent the ninja away, but he didn't expect that the ninja would be intercepted and captured by Yu Dayou, so the clever plan was forced to be implemented in advance.
When Yan Song went to court, he persuaded Jiajing to issue an edict and send an imperial envoy to the coast to inspect and supervise the war on the grounds that long-term control of Japanese pirates along the coast was unfavorable. Jiajing deeply believed in the opinions of his old friend and asked Yan Song to draft the candidates.
Yan Song recommended Zhao Wenhua and asked Zhao Wenhua to travel all night and all the way to the coast of Jiangnan.
Zhao Wenhua lived up to his expectations. When he arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, he went directly to Zhang Jing and accused him of not fighting for a long time and supporting the invaders. He heard that Wansui had sent someone to supervise the war, so he sent troops to fight.
Zhao Wenhua's reason is also very good: you didn't fight sooner or later, and you won the battle as soon as you heard that the imperial envoy was coming to supervise the battle. Aren't you feeling guilty?
Since you can win the war at any time, what does it mean that you have never won the war before? It means that you don’t want to fight at all. You care about the invaders and ignore the safety of the country!
Zhang Jing was so angry that he explained seriously at first, saying that the Japanese pirates were cunning and not children of the family, and they would be beaten as soon as it was cloudy and rainy.
They had to wait for a fighter plane. This time, they planned with Yu Dayou to lure a group of Japanese pirates called by Luo Wenlong to land, surround them and annihilate them. It was an amazing achievement. How could it be a mistake?
What's more, we are suppressing the bandits in the front, and you, the imperial envoy, are in the rear. How can you say that you started the war because you heard someone came to supervise the war? Aren't you bullying an honest person?
Zhang Jing is the governor of Jiangnan and a high-ranking official. He originally looked down on Yan Song's godson. What's more, he was a minister of the Ministry of War. You, a minister of the Ministry of Industry, know nothing about military affairs!
Seeing that Zhao Wenhua was being unreasonable, I didn't bother to talk nonsense with him. I just said to him: "Believe it or not!" and wrote a statement to defend himself.
Little did they know that this move played into Yan Shifan's female cadre. What is the Yan Party? The Yan Party is a gang-fighting group composed of a large number of officials at all levels.
The most powerful thing about the Strict Party is criticizing in court and using verbal and verbal arguments.
It can be said that in the history before Xiao Feng appeared, Yan Dang almost never lost in court debates. Because although the referee was Jiajing, the assistant referee who played the video review for Jiajing was Yan Song!
From Xia Yan to Shen Lian, from Yang Jisheng to Zhang Jing, as long as the matter is dragged into the stage of mutual debate, Yan Dang can destroy all opponents.
It's like the popular joke: You can never defeat a pure idiot through debate, because he will drag your IQ down to his level, and then use his rich experience to defeat you!
Corresponding to the situation in the Jiajing Dynasty: you can never defeat Yan Dang by submitting memorials, because he will drag your memorials down to his level, and then use his huge numbers to beat you!
It is precisely because of this strange phenomenon that Xiao Feng's appearance is particularly shining.
Those people who had already fallen into despair in the confrontation with the strict party suddenly saw a guy who single-handedly defeated the strict party repeatedly by relying on words, which was no less than seeing a beacon in the sea of suffering.
That's why Yan Shifan said: Xiao Feng is not important, but what is important is that he has ruined the atmosphere! Those guys who were about to admit defeat suddenly jumped up and wanted to challenge the referee!
Zhang Jing was unlucky. In the past few days when he challenged the referee, Xiao Feng personally went to Datong in order to lure the snake out of its cave for the third wave of plans, so that Yan Song could lead Jiajing to blow the whistle without any scruples.
Jiajing also felt that the coastal war had little to do with Xiao Feng, the young minister of Dali Temple, and Zhang Jing had nothing to do with Xiao Feng. National affairs could not be handled without Xiao Feng.
Therefore, Jiajing issued an order to arrest Zhang Jing for the crime of supporting the invaders and deceiving the emperor.
Yan Song added a very sinister note: "Long live, Yu Dayou is bringing two hundred cavalry to Beijing to report on his duties. He is Zhang Jing's confidant.
Moreover, Zhang Jing admitted that this battle was also a conspiracy with Yu Dayou. I am afraid that it is inappropriate, so it is better to let Dongchang be imprisoned first and wait until it is found out whether he is involved."
Jiajing didn't care about this, because when a military commander was convicted, it was normal practice for his close subordinates to arrest him first. However, when it came to Yu Dayou, he was impressed and couldn't help but look back at Huang Jin.
"Huang Ban, this Yu Dayou, I remember that he is Xiao Feng's Taoist disciple, and he even won a Tao discussion competition for him, right?"
Huang Jin smiled and nodded: "Long live the Holy Ming, you have such a good memory, and the immortal character Shi Xiangrui of the World View was also presented by Yu Dayou."
Yan Song glanced at Huang Jin dissatisfied, "Why are you bringing this up? Your butt is sitting a little sideways. You were not like this before."
You claim to be permanently neutral, but why do you go back on your word when you see that the wind is blowing in the wrong direction? How can anyone trust you and save money in the future?
Huang Jin suddenly realized that he had talked too much. He smiled apologetically at Yan Song and lowered his head to play with the ambergris. Yan Song did not dare to offend Huang Jin, but secretly gritted his teeth.
Only then did Jiajing, who had a good memory, remember what happened and patted his thigh gently: "Yes, yes, yes, after Xiao Feng came back to life, I rewarded him with silver and a sword.
Yan Aiqing, Yu Dayou's mission can be taken over by Dongchang first, and there is no need to imprison him. Let him live in the capital camp first, and we can discuss it later when Xiao Feng comes back."
Yan Song's heart sank, thinking that if you don't drink this bowl of medicine now, I'm afraid things will change when your junior brother comes back.
But his main goal has been achieved. Killing Yu Dayou was originally intended to kill the rabbit. He not only cut off Xiao Feng's arm, but also avenged Yu Dayou's deception of Yan Shifan.
Now it seems that this side task is very difficult to complete, and Yan Song will give it up as soon as possible. After all, Jiajing is not an idiot, he is just absent-minded. What if Jiajing becomes suspicious of Zhang Jing again if the situation becomes urgent?
So Yan Song nodded and smiled: "Long live the Holy Ming, I will go down and make arrangements now. I see that the quality of the ambergris burned today by Long Live is not as good as before, but is there not much in stock?"
I have been asking the coastal officials to purchase it, and I think the latest batch should be shipped in. Long live the world, how can it be like this?
It is the duty of a minister to be thrifty and self-destructive."
Jiajing was very happy. His old friend really cared about him, and he even noticed the decline in the quality of the ambergris. Jiajing checked the ancient books and believed that ambergris can calm the mind and improve the energy, and is very good for spiritual practice, so Yan Song has been asking Yan Dang to buy it in large quantities.
It is said to be an acquisition, but in fact it is half acquisition and half robbery. However, along the coast, whether pirates or merchants want to trade secretly, they have to please local officials. Therefore, no one can obtain this treasure from the sea more easily than Yan Dang.
Huang Jin glanced at Yan Song and knew that Yan Song was warning him: burn your ambergris carefully, and we will keep the water from the river. If you really give up your neutral position, you may not even be able to burn ambergris in the future!
Huang Jin closed the lid of the incense burner, picked up the fly whisk, and stood closer to Jiajing. He and Yan Song looked at each other, and both smiled slightly, understanding each other tacitly.
Yu Dayou escorted five carts, only taking official roads along the way, traveling day and night, and encountered no more obstacles.
Seeing that they were about to enter the capital city in two days, the escorting sergeants breathed a sigh of relief, and Yu Dayou also felt relieved.
In a place like this, neither the White Lotus Sect nor Yan Shifan can organize an attack of that scale anymore, and a small-scale attack against an escort team of two hundred people is tantamount to hitting an egg with a stone.
Just when everyone thought everything was safe, a team of Dongchang's gangsters appeared in front of Yu Dayou. They were not here to make a sneak attack, but to take over in an upright manner.
Yu Dayou was confused and did not want to directly offend Dongchang Fanzi, so he cupped his fists at the leader of the team and said: "Brother, I have requested an order from the imperial court to escort the Japanese female cadres back to Beijing to report on their duties. Therefore, there is no imperial order.
But I dare not hand the prisoner over to you."
The stall owner smiled and said: "We in Dongchang are not bandits, but we still dare to block the road and rob you, a third-grade general. To be honest, brother, I have a copy of the imperial edict and the factory's warrant. You can read it yourself."
Yu Dayou took it over and took a look, his face changed drastically: "This... how is this possible? Before I set off, I discussed the strategy with Governor Zhang and mobilized troops, and only then did we achieve two great victories that lured the snake out of the cave. How could Governor Zhang be self-respecting and fearful of war?
A person who knows Japan!"
The stall owner shook his head: "This is all the business of the big shots above. Brother, I am the errand. I will do whatever the boss tells me to do."
After saying that, he waved his hand: "Brothers, take over the prisoners, General Yu and the troops and horses he led, hand over their weapons, and let the capital camp take over the reception and wait for the next order!".
Yu Dayou watched helplessly as his men had their weapons confiscated by the people brought by Dongchang and were taken into custody in the camp. He was very polite to him and gave him a separate house with a good environment.
This is house arrest, because the higher authorities did not say that Yu Dayou was guilty, nor did they order his detention, so they would not lock him up.
However, according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty at that time, if a senior military officer was convicted, his direct subordinates would be temporarily suspended pending trial, and the relationship could be cleared before any further arrangements could be made.
Yu Dayou's trait of being a scapegoat showed up again. Last time, Zhu Wan committed suicide, and he was almost beaten up. Fortunately, Xiao Feng pointed him out and bribed Yan Shifan, so he was fine.
This time he was once again blamed by Zhang Jing, but Xiao Feng was not in the capital. He was so anxious that he was running around in circles, looking up to the sky and sighing.
"Master, Master! Where are you? I seem to be involved again!"