Wang Anbang's funeral was held very grandly, because the emperor went there in person, so all the civil and military officials, including the three princes in Beijing, also attended. When the funeral was held, the crowds were even more crowded, and the grand occasion was unprecedented!
But the common people actually don't have a good impression of Mr. Wang Anbang. The reason why they bring the old and the young is not to see him off on his last journey, but to watch the excitement...
Regarding Wang Anbang's death, there may be many people who are gloating about it, but not many people who are sad. Except for his wife and children... his wife may not be sad.
During the funeral ceremony, Xiao Chen also paid special attention to Mrs. Li, always feeling that she was suppressing a smile.
People say that the three greatest joys of a middle-aged man are to get promoted and make a fortune and to die of his wife. It seems that for a middle-aged woman who is in love with someone else, the death of her husband is actually a happy event...
"After a millennium, the dynasty has not returned to the throne, and the virtuous have no choice but to send each other off and return each to his own home!" Lu Jing on the side suddenly sighed with emotion.
"Relatives or remnants of grief, others have also sung. What's the point of death? The body is supported by the same mountain." Xiao Chen agreed casually, thinking to himself, why are you and I pretending to be sad? I see you are the happiest person here!
"Humph, relatives may not have any lingering sorrow." Lu Jing said, "Wang Anbang's nephews and relatives may be thinking about dividing his family property."
"Ah? You can't. Wang Anbang has a son." Xiao Chenqi said.
"Yes, he has a son, but Wang Anbang was born in old age. The eldest son is less than ten years old, and the second son is only four years old. At such a young age, he cannot run a family," Lu Jing said.
"Isn't there Mrs. Li?" Xiao Chen said, "It's not his relatives' turn."
"Mrs. Li is Wang Anbang's step-wife. She has no children of her own. The eldest son was left by Wang Anbang's ex-wife, and the second son was born to a concubine, but he also died in childbirth. Now his clan members are seizing on this to insist on Get rid of Mrs. Li and let them raise their two nephews."
"Isn't this being unreasonable?" Xiao Chen said, "Besides, you, Mr. Lu, are in charge, I don't think they would dare to do this."
"How can I come forward easily?" Lu Jing shook his head repeatedly, "I don't know who is talking too much and spreading rumors. Unless it is said that I have something unclear with Mrs. Li, I can't avoid suspicion now, so how can I do it? Interfering with other people’s family affairs? Besides, it’s not easy for the government to deal with such matters. It’s difficult for upright officials to deal with family affairs.”
"Huh? Is there a rumor coming out?" Xiao Chen was surprised, "Who the hell spread it!"
"I'm not suspicious of you." Lu Jing sighed, "But Jin Yiwei is not monolithic."
"Master Zhu Hou should really rectify the Jinyi Guards. Those who should be demoted should be demoted, and those who should be killed should be killed! Now there is a mixed bag of fish and dragons in the Jinyi Guards. It is so chaotic." Xiao Chen said.
"Haha, do you think Mr. Zhu Hou doesn't want to? He is also powerless." Lu Jing said with a bitter smile.
This is true, because there are not only the emperor's people, but also several princes' people in the Jinyi Guard, including his Xiao Chen's people... Zhu Xiaochuan couldn't move these people even if he wanted to, and most of the time he had to keep his eyes open. Pretending to be confused with one eye closed.
However, the power of Jinyiwei is too great, and there is no other authority that can check and balance it. If Xiao Chen had stayed in the palace, his West Palace Editing Factory might still be able to compete with it a little bit now. Needless to say, they are all in name only.
"Did you hear that?" Lu Jing suddenly asked another inexplicable question.
"What did you hear?" Xiao Chen said.
"The Emperor is planning to form a few more garrisons in Fengyang City... Our defense force in the capital is now a bit empty. For example, Duan Fengnian's rebellion eluded us last time," Lu Jing said.
"Well, the Forbidden Army is less than 10,000, and the Royal Forest Army is only 50,000 full strength. It is indeed a little less." Xiao Chen said.
"The Emperor said that Ross's Saint Ann Castle alone has fifty thousand guards and hundreds of thousands of garrison troops. There is also Ping'an Jing in Japan, which also has hundreds of thousands of troops. We, Da Zhou, are not like them In comparison, it is too weak."
"Actually, as long as our territory in the Great Zhou Dynasty is stable, we don't need too many garrison troops at all." Xiao Chen said, "Haining Navy is actually a garrison force directly under the emperor. In total, there are one hundred thousand troops."
"Haha, you think so, but the emperor doesn't think so, especially the two princes don't think so." Lu Jing said, "The young prince has a heavy army and is close to Haining. Can the two of them feel at ease?"
"Oh...it's so frustrating." Xiao Chen sighed.
"What are you worried about? I'm worried to death!" Lu Jing said, "The emperor said that he would set up a guard battalion, a three thousand battalion, and a divine machine battalion. The three thousand battalion is heavy infantry, and the guard battalion is light cavalry. This is all easy to handle, but the Shenji Battalion requires a large number of muskets and artillery... How can we have so many firearms now?"
"The question is, who will be under the control of these battalions?" Xiao Chen said, "It's impossible for the emperor to lead them personally, right?"
"It's not you and me anyway." Lu Jing shook his head and said no more.
The information provided by Lu Jing was very important. After the funeral, Xiao Chen immediately wrote a letter to Duanmu Nanfeng, which was equivalent to informing Li Wanyun.
Another revised letter was sent to Langya Baisha City to Lin Dongyang, which was equivalent to notifying Li Yan, and Xuanyi Wei was asked to deliver the letter to Huo Qishan in Yanyunguan in the name of Lin Yue, which was equivalent to notifying Xue Jinshan .
No matter what, let's stir things up for a while, and we can get a few favors by the way.
In short, it is best not to let Li Shi and Li Feng control these garrisons, otherwise it will be a great disadvantage to Li Qiu!
Since the death of 30,000 White Dragon Guards in a shipwreck last time, Li Feng's vitality has been severely damaged, but it was Duan Fengnian's rebellion that really hurt him.
One hundred thousand white dragons, half of them are from Langya. Many officers in the White Dragon Guard are from Langya. After Duan Fengnian's rebellion, all of these people were more or less implicated. These officers are the cornerstone of the White Dragon Guard. Their departure is a big blow to the White Dragon Guard. What a disaster!
Although Li Wanjiang did not blame Li Feng for this, Li Feng himself almost died as a coward.
What's disgusting is that this brat Li Qiu, who had never led any soldiers when he first arrived, managed to kill Duan Fengnian with ease, and Li Qiu was still leading his own soldiers...
This made him so angry that he was waiting to see the joke. He even turned his anger on Zhang Heng and Lin Feixiong, and pushed these two generals who were loyal to him to Li Qiu's side.
What’s so special is losing his wife and losing his troops at the same time!
Now the emperor asked Li Qiu to form the Haining Navy. Haining Bay and Fengyang were very close... This made him even more restless and uneasy.
It was Sun Zhi who gave him the idea and asked him to propose to his father the proposal to strengthen the capital's garrison. Because Duan Fengnian's rebellion once threatened the capital, the emperor must have considered this. If you proposed it first, you would have taken some initiative.
Sure enough, Li Wanjiang readily accepted his suggestion, but he did not promote the White Dragon Guard to join the capital. He himself did not dare to say it. After all, the current White Dragon Guard was no longer the former White Dragon Guard...
