The next morning, Yang Fan got up early. Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru, who were lying in bed, turned over and continued to sleep, muttering dissatisfied.
Yang Fan covered them with quilts. Under the service of the maid, they dressed and washed. They had a simple breakfast and then went out.
Yang Fan walked into the palace with a few followers to meet the emperor.
Yang Fan's new residence is in Shichahai, just a few steps away from the Imperial City. There is no need to take a car. Besides, carriages cannot enter the Imperial City.
Along the west side of the new mansion, the newly built cement road goes north. After passing the Xinghe Supermarket in the Lotus Market, you come to Huangcheng North Street.
The air was very good all morning, and the birds on the trees were chirping. The autumn air was crisp, and Yang Fan stretched out comfortably and moved his limbs.
"Autumn in the Imperial Capital is really the most comfortable season of the year!" Yang Fan sighed.
It hasn't been long since dawn, but workers have already started construction on the construction sites on both sides of the road. There are several model communities that are almost completed and will be put on sale in the near future.
Walk a few hundred meters east and you'll reach Di'anmen.
Yang Fan took the initiative to show his badge to the officers and soldiers on duty.
Although the officers and soldiers guarding the gate all knew Yang Fan, after all, Yang Fan and Zhang Shize had been in charge of them for several months. However, Yang Fan did not put on official airs and still cooperated with the inspection in accordance with the rules. This moved these officers and soldiers very much.
"Master Yang, please invite me. I wish you can be crowned as soon as possible and be a minister for generations to come." The guard of the city gate was a man from Qianhu, named Hou Jing, who had worked under Yang Fan. He respectfully said auspicious words and led the officers and soldiers to bow together.
Salute oneself.
No matter in which era, people with real abilities are respected by others.
Yang Fan was admired by the officers and soldiers in the capital for both his personal conduct and abilities.
Yang Fan can still be a good person, and those who follow him have benefited more or less.
Everyone knows that if Yang Fan has made such a great contribution, he will definitely be promoted. For such a great contribution, it is certain that he will be awarded a title. It depends on whether he is an earl or a marquis.
"Haha, I'd like to thank Qianhu and all the brothers for your kind words." Yang Fan bowed his hands to everyone and walked into the imperial city.
When passing by the Jingshan rear school field, I heard the sound of sergeants practicing inside. I couldn't help but be curious, it was the soldiers and horses practicing inside.
"Sir, this is the 5,000-strong new army organized by Lord Zhang Shize. The battalion number has not yet been decided. The soldiers are all strong and simple men selected from the good families in the suburbs of Beijing. The armor and weapons are all from the imperial horse supervisor.
The newly established manufacturing office has rebuilt excellent equipment. I heard that the equipment is very sophisticated, and everyone has a Lumi gun, a set of fine steel cloth face armor, and a war horse." Zhang Cheng, the captain of the servant squadron, said.
Zhang Cheng is an old man and one of the first batch of servants. This time he was ordered to bring a hundred servants to the new mansion in advance to set up camp. Therefore, he has a better understanding of the situation in the capital.
Yang Fan thought to himself that this was because the emperor saw that he had won consecutive battles with the soldiers in his hands, and he started to train his troops.
Now is different from history. At that time, Chongzhen had no money and could not do anything. Now after all, he had sold gold to Yang Fan before, and his small treasury had more than 10 million taels of private money.
Moreover, Xinghe Supermarket also has an income of 500,000 taels a year. This is not small money. The monetary tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty is only 4 million taels a year. Chongzhen had money, so he could naturally do what he wanted to do.
Yang Fan was also alert.
The emperor has five thousand soldiers and horses to guard the imperial city. It would be difficult for the civil servants to intimidate him by threatening his personal safety.
I'm afraid it won't happen again, like Ting Chugu did, where a random mental patient was sent into the palace to beat the prince with a jujube stick.
Now that he has a sense of security, given his character, he will probably become even more powerful and violent.
Rumi guns are very expensive. Counterfeiting them costs thirty taels of silver, ten times as much as bird guns. These fire guns are worth 150,000 pieces of silver.
If this army doesn't have five hundred thousand taels of silver, I'm afraid it won't be able to equip it. Your Majesty is really willing to spend money.
Zhang Shize is the eldest grandson of the British Duke. The British Duke family is the head of the northern nobles. They have been commanding the Beijing camp for more than two hundred years, and the emperor still trusts them.
They have reached the peak of their splendor and wealth. Even if they change the dynasty, the best result will be the current result. If not, it might not be as good as now.
They would only oppose the emperor unless they were mentally ill. These nobles generally bear the consequences of their crimes and will not affect the entire family. Therefore, they are the most loyal group to the emperor.
Zhang Shize is a very naughty boy. He and Yang Fan are similar in age and they can play together. The two have been together for half a year. Even when Yang Fan got a wife, his family acted as a matchmaker.
He had been seizing every opportunity to secretly learn Yang Fan's military training methods. That's why Chongzhen asked him to come forward to organize this new army.
It cannot be ruled out that it was Chongzhen who gave him an explanation when he was dating Yang Fan.
Yang Fan estimated that it was also the last time that pirates came to Beijing and Tianjin. Yang Fan played around with the soldiers and horses from Xuanfu and finally collapsed. Chongzhen was stimulated. Only then did he make up his mind to train a reliable army of soldiers and horses himself.
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Now he has patrol battalions in the inner and outer cities to control public security and spy on the intelligence of the officials and the people. The imperial city has this newly trained army. Changping has the 6,000 battalions transferred from the Xuanfu. Zunhua also has Yang Fan's more than 3,000 chariot battalions.
Bing. It seems that for the time being, he can sit back and relax and be able to control the situation.
Yang Fan came to Donghua Gate, handed over a sign requesting an audience, and waited outside the door to be summoned.
Yang Fan looked at his watch. It was exactly seven o'clock in the morning.
Yang Fan stood solemnly with his hands down, serious in speech. Several followers were also behind Yang Fan, standing upright, looking like soldiers.
Time passed slowly, the sun rose, the coolness of the morning was gone, and the sun was warm on my body.
Slowly the sun rose to its peak, and it was noon.
At this time, the Donghua Gate opened. A group of ministers came out. As they walked, they discussed the establishment of Suiyuan Province. It seems that Chongzhen held another meeting on the platform today. The ministers got up early to attend and came out at this time.
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Yang Fan stood in an inconspicuous place on the roadside, listening to their discussion with open ears. He said in his heart that it seemed that they wanted to play it seriously.
Yang Fan looked at their faces, some were happy and some were worried. It seemed that this meeting involved many aspects.
In the West Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen sat behind the bookcase and gave instructions on the memorial. Wang Chengen and Luo Yangxing stood aside.
"Is Yang Fan here?" Chongzhen's men didn't stop and asked casually while looking at the memorial.
"Back to Your Majesty, Yang Tongzhi arrived at the end of this morning. He has been waiting to meet you at Donghua Gate." Luo Yangxing said.
"You must be impatient after waiting for so long." Chongzhen put down his pen, flexed his wrist and lowered his eyelids as he said.
He knew Yang Fan quite well. He was young and restless and didn't like red tape.
"Well, when Yang Tongzhi came, he stood there without moving. The three followers behind him also didn't move. It seemed that their eyes were unblinking." Luo Yangxing had no choice but to tell the truth.
After all, Wang Chengen is here, so he doesn't dare to tell nonsense. To be honest, this palace is the territory of the eunuchs after all.
"Oh! I have always heard that Yang Qing is very strict in running the army. It turns out that he also leads by example." Hearing this, Chongzhen was a little surprised, and then Chongzhen said with emotion.
Chongzhen took out the tourbillon pocket watch with a hollow gold shell and a golden dragon engraved as a tribute from Yang Fan. It dinged and he opened it and looked at it. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon.
Chongzhen nodded and said: "Summon Yang Qing for an audience."
Luo Yangxing looked at the gold watch in Chongzhen's hand with envy, showing an expression of fondness, but quickly disappeared.
A young eunuch led Yang Fan into the palace from Donghua Gate and walked all the way to Qianqing Palace.
Yang Fan's legs were a little sore from standing for most of the day.
But there is no other way. To make a living in the Ming Dynasty, it is better to be more respectful in front of the emperor. Life is really like a play, it all depends on acting skills.
As he walked, he took the opportunity to stretch his limbs.
Although he hasn't met the emperor yet, Yang Fan has already guessed a lot about what will happen today.
Yang Fan lowered his head and followed.
There was an unknown smile on his face. If he had known if he had won this battle, nothing good would have happened. Before he came, he had collected all the benefits he could.
The rest is up to you.
Along the way, we met many eunuchs and palace maids. When they saw it was Master Yang, they all showed expressions of surprise and saluted Yang Fan one after another.
Obviously, when Yang Fan stayed in the palace, he gave everyone a lot of benefits. They had a very good impression of Yang Fan.
Yang Fan respects them and treats them equally. They also respect Yang Fan.
Yang Fan smiled and returned the gifts one by one, so that no one would feel that he had been left out.
Soon, we arrived at the gate of Qianqing Palace.
"Master Yang, please wait a moment. We will go in and report to His Majesty." The young eunuch said respectfully.
"Thank you, father-in-law." Yang Fan handed over his hand.
When there was no one on the road, Yang Fan took the opportunity to stuff a red envelope of ten silver coins into his hand. This young father-in-law, whom he had never seen before, immediately had a better impression of Yang Fan.
After a while, Luo Yangxing came out of the hall.
"Master Yang, it's been a long time. I haven't seen you for a long time. Now that you have accomplished such feats, you will be granted the title of Marquis soon."
"Lord Luo, a single achievement is not worth boasting about. This great victory in Mobei is a result of your majesty's majesty and the lives of our officers and men. We are just following the trend."
"Hahaha, Mr. Yang is humble. When we return to the Jinyiwei Yamen, I will personally serve wine to celebrate Mr. Yang. How close we brothers are. After all, you are also a member of our Jinyiwei. Your meritorious service also brings honor to us, Jinyiwei, hahaha."
"What you wish for, hahaha"
After sending Luo Yangxing away, Yang Fan followed the young eunuch to the outside of Xinuan Pavilion.
"My lord, Yang Fan, the commander of the Zunhua Guard, is here to pay homage to Your Majesty."
"Yang Qing, no courtesy, hahaha, come in quickly and let me see my victorious general." Chongzhen stood up from the throne with a smile on his face, walked over and prepared to help Yang Fan up with his own hands.
He was very happy when Yang Fan kowtowed outside the door.
He was afraid that after Yang Fan won, he would be emboldened and domineering, making it difficult to control him.
Seeing Yang Fan acting so humble at this time, I immediately felt happy.
He already knew that Yang Fan arrived on foot this morning with three domestic slaves.
If Yang Fan dared to let the emperor help him up, he quickly took advantage of the emperor's help to stand up.
Chongzhen looked at Yang Fan up and down and said warmly: "You have lost weight and become darker. It can be seen that during this trip to Monan, you are loyal to the king and fulfill your duties. You have really worked hard and achieved great results."
Yang Fan looked moved and hissed: "I dare not express my sorrow. I am on the grassland and miss your Majesty day and night. I heard that your Majesty gets up at midnight every day to review memorials and only rests at midnight.
I encourage myself in my heart and never slack off. I am worried about the humiliation of your Majesty, and your Majesty has to work so hard. It is because your ministers have not fulfilled their responsibilities. On the grassland, I was thinking about defeating Haraqin and the Duoyan people as soon as possible, and eliminating Ji.
To suppress the border troubles and repay the kindness of the Holy One."
Chongzhen was immediately moved. Look how honest Yang Qing is.
I don't take any credit for such a great achievement. If the civil servants and military generals were like Yang Qing, why worry about the affairs of the court not being handled well?