Yang Qingyuan is not a reckless man, on the contrary, he is a rare intellectual player among martial artists.
If he wanted to be the mastermind behind the scenes, he could 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 with the victory of destroying 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 in the northern territory.
Destroying Hou Jin was something that even Taizu and Emperor Gao failed to 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, the upright gentleman 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.
This wave did not understand Yang Qingyuan's enemies and political allies in the capital.
What is this operation? !
Did he just give up his biggest advantage and go solo with Zhu Zhankun? !
"The Marquis of Wuxiang, the Minister of Dali Temple, Yang Qingyuan returns to the pilgrimage to see you!"
As the eunuchs called, Yang Qingyuan's name rang 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 victory, he did not take off his armor or untie his sword.
When paging, you cannot even call them by their full names.
But the captain of Gongmen 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 was happy, wouldn't it be a matter of time before he would be promoted? !
Thinking of this, Yang Qingyuan is no longer human in the eyes of the Gongmen captain, but a walking road to promotion. Can he not step on it? !
Only then did the scene begin where the captain of the imperial guard 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 with my sword?"
Although the captain of the city gate imperial guards was not under Yang Qingyuan, 60% of his imperial guards 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 untie 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? ! If you dare to put eye drops on yourself 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 great righteousness, or took advantage of them through overt and covert surrender, Zhu Zhankun finally captured this 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 enrich the defense of the capital.
Selecting troops that are good at fighting and deploying them to defend the capital is also a rule left by Emperor Taizu Gao.
The purpose is to increase the mobility of the army and prevent a general from commanding an army for too long, causing the army to become his private army.
But the only elite troops in the north who 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.
Zhu Zhankun had no choice if he wanted to recruit elite troops from the north to strengthen the Royal Forest Army, either to mobilize the Tiance Army or to mobilize the Jinyang Army.
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 is completely opposed to Yang Qingyuan and Yu Yanyi, he still has to consider whether his throne can be secure.
Yang Qingyuan and Colonel Gongmen were in a slight stalemate for a moment. When 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 Gongmen Colonel looked at Yang Qingyuan's unfastened sword 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? You still have to hand over your 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 smooth career and a successful career, 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.
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 so I can't perform the ceremony properly!"
This scene is also in Yang Qingyuan's plan. When he returns to the capital, he will inevitably come into contact with Zhu Zhankun.
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 are not a gentleman of Jiezhou, 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 into rules 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 order.
"Marquis Yang opened the border for the country, and his hard work is a great reward!"
Zhu Zhankun was not annoyed by Yang Qingyuan's behavior. Although Yang Qingyuan did not kneel today, he would kneel sooner or later, so there was no rush.
Now he is the victor, the one who sits on this throne.
A winner should have the magnanimity of a winner.
Yang Qingyuan 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 arresting people in our west factory is 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 Yanyi.
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.
such a pity! Once the emperor, once the courtiers, now is his time.
After the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, Wei Donglai, retired from office, the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments has been vacant. After Zhu Zhankun ascended the throne, Cao Shouzheng took the post of Qiu Guan Shangshu with his merits of following the dragon.
Cao Shouzheng is also an old bureaucrat in the court, and he is still very good at superficial skills.
"Yang Hou, you know 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 and regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty. I have the power to verify major criminal cases in the world. I wonder if the files on Yu Yanyi's 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, "Dossier?" 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 no longer find any other crime with solid evidence.
We can't convict him of eating too many sesame seed cakes, so let's sentence him to beheading! ?
Originally, he wanted to forge a letter about Yu Yanyi's collusion 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 attempt 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. 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?"
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 asked this question.
The crime of intending to rebel was naturally not something that Cao Shouzheng and Xichang could tinker with. 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 whether 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 to do, 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. I would like to ask the Emperor for permission."
Of course Yang Qingyuan can sneak into the sky prison with Qinggong. Even if Yuhuatian guards him personally, he may not be able to stop him. But Yang Qingyuan was not sure whether Yu Yanyi was in the prison. It would be troublesome if Zhu Zhankun transferred Yu Yanyi in advance in order to avoid him seeing Yu Yanyi.
"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 that mobilizes the Tiance Army.
Under the military system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, soldiers and horses with more than a hundred riders were not allowed to leave the camp without an imperial edict and military symbols.
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 took the initiative to hand over the Lin Fu, it was equivalent to cutting off Yang Qingyuan's two claws.
Yang Qingyuan, who has no military power, is just a swordsman in the Dongxuan Realm.
Nothing remarkable? !
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, Da Zhou."
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."
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"Cao Qing!" Zhu Zhankun said after taking over the military talisman that Yuhuatian took from Yang Qingyuan.
"Wei Chen is here!"
"Where is Yu Yanyi being held now?!"
Cao Shouzheng was very polite and meticulous, "The traitor Yu Yanyi is currently being held in the 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... In just a few words, Yang Qingyuan handed over his military power."
Cao Shouzheng's words made Yu Huatian and Li Hongyi speechless.
Was this what Zhu Zhankun forced Yang Qingyuan to hand over? This person clearly took out the military talisman himself!
Why didn't you realize at the 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 stand up.
"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 troops were left outside the capital, what would be 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 it.
The so-called Linfu is just a dead thing!
The ownership of military power can never be determined by a military symbol!
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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 the close friends and colleagues in the court, 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 Yu Yanyi. He even complained of illness in the morning court, and did not even go to the court meeting to convict Yanyi. He only visited here and there to reminisce about the past.
This operation made Zhu Zhankun feel incomprehensible.
Could it be that he wanted to connect all the ministers to do Yiyihuoguang's deeds? !
Zhu Zhankun is really not afraid of this move.
If Yang Qingyuan is a disciple of the elders of the three dynasties and has old officials 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!"
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