Yang Qingyuan is not a reckless man, on the contrary, he is a rare intellectual player among martial artists.
If he wants to be the mastermind behind the scenes, he can fool Lu Xiaofeng into a fool.
Although he was very angry about what happened in the DPRK.
But he did not rush back to the divine capital immediately, but chose to take advantage of the situation and return to the court by taking advantage of the great victory that destroyed the country.
Although the Hou Jin Dynasty was not the biggest foreign threat to the Zhou Dynasty, it was also one of the sources of unrest that disturbed the northern territory.
To destroy Hou Jin was something that even Emperor Taizu and Gao could not do.
Although the two armies that sent troops to destroy Jin were led by Qin Yiyan and Zhao Tianlin, Yang Qingyuan was the supreme commander in the battle to destroy Jin.
And if Yang Qingyuan hadn't completely annihilated the main force of Hou Jin in Jinyang, there would not have been this battle to destroy Jin.
Although Yang Qingyuan did not directly participate in the battle to destroy the country, in terms of credit, he was the unshakable first contributor.
This Yang Qingyuan's status and achievements have reached another level.
After defeating Qian and destroying Hou Jin, in terms of prestige alone, Yang Qingyuan was no less inferior to Yanyi.
In Yanyi, a gentleman who is upright can be deceived.
But Yang Qingyuan is not a gentleman like Yu Yanyi, which gives Zhu Zhankun an extremely headache. It is really not the right time to come back.
If he could wait for him to deal with Yu Yanyi and completely control the imperial army in the capital, Zhu Zhankun would have more confidence to fight against Yu Yanyi.
But what none of the ministers, including Yu Zhu Zhankun, expected was that Yang Qingyuan actually rode back to the divine capital ahead of schedule.
Neither Yang Qingyuan's enemies nor political allies in the capital understood this wave of events.
What kind of operation is this?!
Are you just giving up your biggest advantage to go solo with Zhu Zhankun?!
"The Marquis of Wuxiang, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Yang Qingyuan come back to pay homage!"
Following the calls from the eunuchs, Yang Qingyuan's name rang out in the Daming Palace.
"Marquis of Wuxiang, Yang Qingyuan meets the new monarch..."
Yang Qingyuan was dressed in military uniform and wanted to go to the palace with his sword in hand, but was stopped by the captain at the palace gate who wanted to remove his sword.
According to the rituals of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when Yang Qingyuan returned from a great victory, he did not take off his armor or untie his sword.
When paging someone, you can't even call them by their full names.
But Gongmen Xiaowei doesn't care so much. No one in God knows that when the emperor was still the prince, he was on the same level as Yang Qingyuan. Now that he has successfully ascended the throne, he will naturally have to deal with Yang Qingyuan. Regardless of the current glory of Yang, he is hated by the emperor. , this is more serious than any crime.
The captain thought that if he failed Yang Qingyuan, the emperor would be very happy. Once the emperor is happy, wouldn't it be a matter of time before he gets promoted?!
Thinking of this, Yang Qingyuan is no longer human in the eyes of the Gongmen captain, but a walking road to promotion. How can he not step on it?!
Only then did the scene where the captain of the Royal Guards guarding the palace gate wanted to take Yang Qingyuan's sword.
Faced with the deliberate embarrassment of the captain in front of him, Yang Qingyuan glanced at the captain of the Imperial Guard.
"You want to strike my sword?"
Although the captain of the city gate guards was not under Yang Qingyuan, 60% of the guards under him were transferred from the original Jinyang army.
In the Jinyang army, Yang Qingyuan's prestige has reached a level that Zhu Zhankun could not imagine.
After the captain's words to unravel the sword came out, Yang Qingyuan just glanced at him and felt dozens of eyes on his back, like rays of light on his back.
The captain felt that he had been hasty. He was just trying to free his sword, so why was he being targeted by his own men?!
However, Yang Qingyuan's face was expressionless, but he was happy in his heart. What kind of pig teammate did Zhu Zhankun choose?! He dared to give himself eye drops at this time. Isn't this just provoking the anger of the military sergeants?!
You must know that 70% of the current Yulin Army are old troops from the Tiance Army and the Jinyang Army. Whether he suppressed them with righteousness, or used overt promotion and covert surrender to seize plunder, Zhu Zhankun finally captured this kind of army.
In one's own hands.
Of course, the new emperor Zhu Zhankun also knew about Yang Qingyuan's prestige in the army, but he had no other choice but to dispatch troops and horses from foreign armies to strengthen the defense of the capital.
Selecting troops that are good at fighting and deploying them to defend the capital, this is also the rule left by Emperor Taizu Gao.
Its purpose is to increase the mobility of the army and prevent a general from commanding a certain army for too long, causing the army to become his private army.
However, the only elite troops in the northern border that can fight are the Jinyang Army and the Tiance Army.
After the original Longwu Army and Yulin Army were crippled by Hou Jin, they were reorganized into Jinyang Army by Yu Yanyi in cooperation with Bei Cao Army.
If he wanted to recruit elite troops from the northern border to strengthen the Royal Forest Army, he would either mobilize the Tiance Army or the Jinyang Army. Zhu Zhankun had no choice.
Of course, there is also the Shenwu Army in the southern region, and the Shence Army in the western region.
However, the southern and western regions are not peaceful, and the journey is far away. A little carelessness may lead to chaos on the border.
Although Zhu Zhankun was completely opposed to Yang Qingyuan and Yu Yanyi, he still had to consider whether his throne could be secure.
Yang Qingyuan and Captain Gongmen were in a slight stalemate for a moment. When the cold sweat soaked the clothes of Colonel Gongmen, Yang Qingyuan took off the Zhanlu Sword from his waist and handed it to Colonel Gongmen.
Then he entered the palace city without saying a word.
The captain of Gongmen looked at the sword Yang Qingyuan had taken off in his hand, and shouted in his heart that the bet was right.
This time, Yang Qingyuan's face was severely punished. What would happen if he came back victorious? He still had to hand over his sword obediently.
If this matter is known to the emperor, even if it cannot be regarded as a credit, it will definitely be a relief for the emperor.
In an era when imperial power was supreme, the emperor's praise was more effective than any merit.
Just when the captain of the Palace Gate was happily dreaming of a meteoric rise to success, he completely failed to notice the eyes of the Royal Forest Army officers behind him.
"Master Yang, His Majesty is still waiting for you in the palace!"
Yuhuatian now took Cao Zhengchun's place and became Zhu Zhankun's confidant and general manager.
Yang Qingyuan nodded towards Yuhuatian and walked into the hall.
In the side hall, in addition to the new monarch Zhu Zhankun, there are also Li Hongyi, the great scholar of Jianji Palace, Cao Shouzheng, the new Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, and others.
Zhu Zhankun looked at Yang Qingyuan who entered the palace, his eyes full of expectation.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! No matter how you say it, he is the king. When Yang Qingyuan sees him, he will naturally kneel down.
In Zhu Zhankun's expectant eyes, Yang Qingyuan spoke,
"My lord, Yang Qingyuan is here to see Your Majesty. I'm sorry that I'm wearing armor and can't perform the ceremony properly!"
This scene is also in Yang Qingyuan's plan, and he will inevitably come into contact with Zhu Zhankun when he returns to the capital.
No matter how Zhu Zhankun came to the throne, he was now the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. As a minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yang Qingyuan naturally wanted to be honored.
So Yang Qingyuan chose to wear armor and go to the palace.
If you don't want to bow down to me, please show me military courtesy.
This was the words of Zhou Yafu, a military general in the early Han Dynasty, and was later passed down as a rule by successive dynasties.
When a general wearing armor goes to see the emperor, he does not need to salute.
"..."
Yang Qingyuan just cupped his fists and saluted perfunctorily. This... Zhu Zhankun said that this was different from what he imagined!
But even so, Zhu Zhankun couldn't find anything wrong with it.
All this is in line with etiquette.
"Marquis Yang opened the border for the country, and his hard work has paid off!"
Zhu Zhankun was not annoyed by Yang Qingyuan's behavior. Although Yang Qingyuan did not kneel down today, he would kneel down sooner or later, so there was no rush.
Now he is the winner, the one sitting on this throne.
A winner should have the magnanimity of a winner.
Yang Qingyuan, however, had no intention of being polite to Zhu Zhankun.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Mr. Yu was imprisoned by Yousi. I don't know what crime he committed?!"
Listening to Yang Qingyuan's questions, Zhu Zhankun felt cold in his heart. This Yang Qingyuan is indeed not a good person. He hinted that I was arresting people in the West Factory, which was against the rules. It seems that he must be dealt with as soon as possible.
Yang Qingyuan:......
He really didn't mean that, he just wanted to know what crime Zhu Zhankun used against Yan Yi.
Although Zhu Zhankun was already thinking about how to kill Yang Qingyuan to relieve his hatred, he still had a gentle expression on his face.
"Cao Qing, you assisted Xichang in investigating this case. You can talk to Marquis Yang about it!"
Zhu Zhankun said to Cao Shouzheng on the side.
Cao Shouzheng looked at Yang Qingyuan with a hint of disdain in his eyes. Of course, in the first and third departments, Yu Yanyi was so famous that he won the favor of the late emperor. He was suppressed repeatedly because of Zhou Mingsheng's case.
What a pity! Once the emperor and his ministers, now is his time.
After Wei Dong, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, came to retire and retire, the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments had been vacant. After Zhu Zhankun ascended the throne, Cao Shouzheng took the post of Shangshu of Qiuguan with his merits of following the dragon.
Cao Shouzheng is also an old bureaucrat in the court, and he is very good at superficial skills.
"Yang Hou knows people but not their hearts. I never expected that Yu Yanyi actually wanted to collude with the King of Chu, conspire to commit rebellion, and disrupt our Zhou Dynasty. It is really a heinous crime..."
"Okay! I have already learned Master Cao's eloquence back then. You don't need to prove it again!" Yang Qingyuan didn't care at all about the high-sounding words from Cao Shouzheng's mouth.
"However, as the minister of Dali Temple, I am in charge of the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty. I have the power to verify major criminal cases in the world. I wonder if the files on the Yu Yanyi rebellion case have been compiled and whether the evidence is complete. Dali Temple can also complete it
Check and get an early conviction and sentencing."
"..."
Cao Shouzheng looked at Zhu Zhankun and blinked. File? Evidence?
How could he have such a thing!?
He teamed up with Xichang to investigate Yu Yanyi.
Except for eating four more sesame seed cakes in one meal when he was punished as a kiln worker, Yu Yanyi could not find any other crime with solid evidence.
You can’t convict him of eating too many sesame seeds and sentence him to death by beheading!?
Originally, he wanted to forge a letter indicating that Yu Yanyi was colluding with the King of Chu, but Yu Yanyi himself was a rare calligrapher in the world.
Although there are people in Xichang who are good at imitating handwriting, they simply can't write with the style and charm of Yanyi's handwriting.
Many of the ministers in the court are masters of calligraphy, and the secrets can be seen at a glance.
So until now, except for a few forged witnesses, Xichang has been unable to produce any evidence to prove Yu Yanyi's crime.
"Hahaha, Mr. Yang is joking. This intention to rebel is a serious crime against the nine clans. What kind of person is Yu Yanyi, how can he leave any concrete evidence?! This is what we got when we interrogated several guards in the Chu Palace.
Oral confession.”
"So, Master Cao didn't find any evidence?!"
Cao Shouzheng smiled and said, "Mr. Yang may not have heard clearly just now. The crime of rebel Yu Yanyi is that he intends to rebel, not that he has already carried out the rebellion. Where can we find solid evidence of this!"
To want to rebel is to want to rebel.
If you want to rebel, you haven't done it yet.
How can we find evidence for things that haven’t been done yet?!
But you shouldn't even think about treason. If you think about it, it's a serious crime.
In this way, with the efforts of Cao Shouzheng and Xichang, a logical closure was formed.
Although it sounds outrageous, it makes sense.
"Haha...want to rebel?!"
Yang Qingyuan sneered and said, "How can the word "will" convince the world?!"
"..."
Li Hongyi on the other side trembled slightly when he heard these words.
He has read a lot of books and is familiar with the classics and history, so he naturally knows the origin of Yang Qingyuan's words.
When Qin Huizhi, the treacherous Prime Minister of the former Song Dynasty, unjustly killed Yue Wumu in the name of "unwarranted crime", Han Liangchen, the general of the former Song Dynasty, also had this question.
The crime of intending to rebel was naturally not something that Cao Shouzheng and Xichang could invent. It was Li Hongyi's masterpiece.
Li Hongyi could even imagine that thousands of years later, his name might be ranked alongside Qin Huizhi's, and would be infamy for thousands of years.
I don’t know if what he did was right or wrong?!
When Yang Qingyuan was about to continue his attack, Zhu Zhankun spoke up, "Okay, Marquis Yang is tired of riding and traveling, so it's hard work. Why not go back home to rest first. If you have anything else, we can wait until we go to court tomorrow to discuss it."
Yang Qingyuan dismissed Zhu Zhankun's words, and he never expected that he could exonerate Yu Yanyi with his words.
"Your Majesty, I would like to go to the Heavenly Prison to see Yanyi. Please give me permission from the Emperor."
Of course Yang Qingyuan can sneak into the Tianlao with Qinggong. Even if Yuhuatian guards him personally, he may not be able to stop him. But Yang Qingyuan is not sure whether Yu Yanyi is in the Tianlao. If Zhu Zhankun wants to prevent him from seeing Yu
If Yanyi is transferred to Yanyi in advance, it will be troublesome.
"This..." Zhu Zhankun obviously didn't want Yang Qingyuan to see Yu Yanyi. But the next moment, what Yang Qingyuan took out gave Zhu Zhankun no reason to refuse.
What Yang Qingyuan holds in his hand is the Lin Talisman used to mobilize Tiance's army.
According to the military system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, soldiers and horses with more than a hundred horses and horses without imperial edicts and military symbols were not allowed to leave the camp.
Yang Qingyuan's prestige, coupled with the Lin Talisman in his hand, enabled Yang Qingyuan to easily mobilize the Tiance army.
Now that Yang Qingyuan takes the initiative to hand over the Lin Fu, it is equivalent to cutting off Yang Qingyuan's two claws.
Yang Qingyuan, who has no military power, is nothing more than a swordsman in the Dongxuan Realm.
Nothing amazing?!
Zhu Zhankun naturally knew what to choose at this time, and immediately said, "Yang Hou is really a loyal minister. We have just been destroyed and Hou Jin came back. He has no time to take a breath, so he will continue to serve me, the Great Zhou Dynasty."
After hearing Zhu Zhankun's words, several people in the hall all agreed.
"There is no doubt about Yang Hou's ability."
"Wen can bring peace to the country, but force can stabilize the country."
…
"Cao Qing!" Zhu Zhankun said after taking the military talisman that Yuhuatian took from Yang Qingyuan.
"Wei Chen is here!"
"Where is Yu Yanyi being imprisoned right now?!"
Cao Shouzheng was very polite and meticulous, "The traitor Yu Yanyi is currently being imprisoned in the Prison Prison of the Ministry of Punishment."
"Then it's up to you to make arrangements for Yang Hou to meet the traitor!"
"yes!"
The two parties completed the transaction, which was equivalent to Yang Qingyuan exchanging the Lin Talisman for the right to visit Yu Yanyi.
After that, Yang Qingyuan had nothing to talk to Zhu Zhankun, so he excused himself and left the palace.
Looking at Yang Qingyuan's retreating back, a sincere smile appeared on Zhu Zhankun's originally gentle face.
The visit to Yu Yanyi was exchanged for the military talisman of the Tiance Army. This deal was really a good deal.
If it weren't for his own image, Zhu Zhankun would have laughed out loud at this moment.
When Cao Shouzheng saw this, he knew Zhu Zhankun's proud mood at this moment, and immediately flattered him, "Your Majesty is really good at it... With just a few words, Yang Qingyuan was able to hand over his military power."
Yu Huatian and Li Hongyi were speechless after hearing what Cao Shouzheng said.
Did Zhu Zhankun force Yang Qingyuan to hand it over? He clearly took out the military talisman himself!
Why didn't you realize at that time that Zhu Zhankun was so headstrong?!
But for Li Hongyi and Yu Huatian, this is not only not a bad thing, but actually good news.
The stupider the emperor is, the easier it will be for them to ignore it.
"Although His Majesty is wise and has retrieved the military talisman from Yang Qingyuan, we must still be careful to guard against him. This thief has great prestige in the army!"
Zhu Zhankun listened to Li Hongyi's advice and nodded, "Li Qing said that he is mature and prudent. He passed the decree and ordered the Jinyang army to be stationed in Jinyang City. The imperial court will send a special envoy to reward the three armies."
Zhu Zhankun's solution was also very simple. If the Jinyang Army's 100,000 soldiers and horses were left outside the capital, what's the use of allowing Yang Qingyuan's prestige to grow?!
"I obey the decree!"
…
Yang Qingyuan quickly walked out of the palace city. He had never felt that the palace city was so depressing.
Perhaps emperors like the late Emperor were the exception, while emperors like Zhu Zhankun were the norm.
Yang Qingyuan walked to the palace gate and took back his sword Zhanlu.
Just as he was leaving, the soldiers originally transferred from the Tiance Army paid military salutes and watched Yang Qingyuan leave.
A smile appeared at the corner of Yang Qingyuan's mouth. If Zhu Zhankun saw this scene, he would know.
The so-called Linfu is just a dead thing!
The ownership of military power can never be determined by a military symbol!
…
Yang Qingyuan returned to his house, looked at Yaya and Cui Keqin, whom he had not seen for a long time, and then went to visit Qian Muqian, the Minister of Rites.
Qian Muqian was Yang Qingyuan's disciple, and it was only right that Yang Qingyuan pay him a visit after returning from the expedition.
Not only Qian Muqian, but also all close friends and colleagues in the court, including Yang Qingyuan, visited them one by one, acting like a general returning from an expedition.
This actually relieved the Xichang spy who had been secretly watching Yang Qingyuan.
It would be the best thing if Yang Qingyuan doesn't cause trouble.
Otherwise, with Yang Qingyuan's Qinggong and martial arts, even if Yuhuatian came in person, he would not be able to follow Yang Qingyuan.
For two days in a row, Yang Qingyuan did not go to Dali Temple for duty, nor did he visit Yanyi. He even complained of illness in the early court, and did not even go to the court meeting to condemn Yanyi. He only visited here and there to reminisce about the past.
This operation made Zhu Zhankun feel incomprehensible.
Is it to unite all ministers to do Yiyihuoguang's deeds?!
Zhu Zhankun is really not afraid of this move.
If Yang Qingyuan is a veteran of the three dynasties, his disciples and former officials are all over the world, he does have this qualification.
If Yang Qingyuan had 100,000 people, he would also be qualified.
But Yang Qingyuan now...can't.
The third day, early morning.
Yang Qingyuan changed into the official uniform of the Dali Temple Minister.
"Master Yang, the Minister of Dali Temple, return to the Yamen!"