The sweet days passed quickly, three days passed in a flash, and today was the day for Yang Fan and Xiao Niangpi to return home.
According to the custom of the Ming Dynasty, the bride should go back to her natal home with her husband on the third day after her marriage to visit her parents. Commonly known as the return door.
Tu Shan's house, study room.
This is the most secret place of Tu Shan's family. It is heavily guarded outside. On an Arhat bed, Yang Fan and Tu Shan Yong sit cross-legged opposite each other across a small mahogany table. Tu Shan Yue makes tea for her husband and father from the side.
Since she got married and became Yang Fan's woman, Xiao Niangpi seems to have changed her temper and is completely obedient to Yang Fan.
She seems to be trying to be a gentle and considerate woman.
It's just that the change was so sudden that it made people feel a little uncomfortable. Tushan Yong pinched his teeth at the sight.
"What are your plans in the future?" Tu Shanyong asked.
"Sir, I have already written a memorial. Bing Chan and I are going to resign from our posts in Dongchang and Jinyiwei." Yang Fan said calmly.
Tu Shanyong was a little surprised. He took a deep look at Yang Fan and then at his daughter. Tu Shanyue also nodded.
"This time the major events in the capital are over. I have done everything I can for Your Majesty. It is no longer appropriate to stay in the capital where right and wrong are right and wrong. People need to be self-aware. Don't wait until you are disliked before leaving. It will be unsightly." Yang Fan He took a sip of Longjing and said slowly.
Tu Shanyong sighed with emotion and said slowly: "It's great if you think so. Originally, I was worried that you were young and couldn't see the situation clearly. If you can think of this step, your future achievements will be limitless."
Tu Shanyue looked at her father and said cautiously: "Dad has to be careful when he is in a troubled place in the capital. If His Majesty has other intentions, dad will have to retreat bravely."
Tu Shanyong was not angry, but said with a smile: "You think His Majesty is so miserable. You are worried that he will kill the rabbit and kill the dog."
"It's not that I have any prejudice against His Majesty, but I can see it from what happened during this period." Yang said calmly.
Yang Fan and Tu Shanyong had nothing to hide. In these days, when they were living together, their in-laws were like grasshoppers on a rope.
Tu Shanyong looked at Yang Fan and asked, "Hasn't His Majesty always rewarded you? Are you still not satisfied?"
"It has nothing to do with this. I'm talking about His Majesty's thoughts. His Majesty used me because he had no choice at the time, and he took a big risk. It was only when he was in crisis that he was willing to take risks. Now the situation The changes have been great, and he has too many choices. At this time, it is time to retreat bravely. Now the monarch and his ministers think that I will return and follow the transformation, and everyone will be happy. Don't wait until there is a rift, which will be unsatisfactory. "
Tu Shanyong was silent. There was no need to finish his words. Yang Fan was very candid if he could say it to this extent.
Yang Fan's visit to the capital seemed to be in harmony with the emperor and his ministers, but in fact, Yang Fan never gained the emperor's complete trust.
Very simple, Yang Fan is always under surveillance.
He had a confidant assisting him in almost everything he did with Yang Fan. Especially when sending Lady Feng Sheng out of the palace, His Majesty even invited Queen Yi'an to come out, which was actually to monitor Yang Fan.
This kind of surveillance is not done secretly, but carried out openly.
Although he kept promoting Yang Fan, he never gave him real power and territory. This is especially worth savoring.
Yang Fan's territory is still the same saline-alkali land as it was before. Although he was promoted to guard the Thousand Household Office, his subordinates could theoretically manage three Thousand Household Offices.
However, not even one of the five thousand-household offices under Zunhua Guard was allocated to Yang Fan. In fact, Yang Fan's territory did not expand at all.
As for giving a commanding officer and a commanding colleague.
That is also the reward that must be given to Yang Fan for his merits. What Yang Fan established is the merit of Qingtian's protection. It is more than enough for a commander. For a small Zunhua City, it is by no means too much.
Why didn't His Majesty give it? After all, he still didn't want to give it territory. The difference between a deputy commander and a commander in Zunhua is the territory.
Military households in the Ming Dynasty were all hereditary. If the Zunhua commander was given to Yang Fan, the territory of Zunhua was equivalent to being given to Yang Fan.
Why His Majesty never fully trusts Yang Fan has nothing to do with merit. No matter how hard Yang Fan works, it will be useless.
Because Yang Fan relied on himself to support the army, not on civilian funding. Your Majesty has no means to control Yang Fan.
Although the position has been promoted, the area of Ranshitan cannot support three thousand-household homes, not even one.
This is to control Yang Fan's strength, prevent him from getting bigger, and at the same time, he can continue to use it when Yang Fan is needed for something.
"We and I will no longer hang out with Jinyiwei in Dongchang from now on. It's really meaningless. I guess His Majesty may give us a noble and empty position in Jinyiwei to show his favor, and it will be done. I offered it out of humility. Your Majesty will still feel embarrassed, and you will maintain this friendship between monarch and minister when we meet in the future. It will not look good if you wait for His Majesty to bring it up in the future."
Tu Shanyong was speechless. He knew His Majesty far better than these two children. Your Majesty is a man who can neither share the joys and sorrows nor the wealth and honor.
As for being frank with your subordinates, then you are really overthinking it.
It was Qin Wangzheng and Li Shimin who did that.
Tu Shanyong was a treacherous, cunning, sullen, and wolf-like person with vicious eyes. If he could tell something was not good, he would either pass it on to others or hide away long ago.
Right and wrong are hard to get involved in.
That's why I can do well with His Majesty.
He knew very well that if he did something shady for His Majesty, something would go wrong and something would be wrong. Your Majesty loves face. He will never make a mistake. The only one who can be wrong is his ministers. He will never abandon his own face and protect his own. No matter how capable his ministers are, it is not as important as his face. You can only be sacrificed.
Your Majesty is definitely not a person who can share the joys and sorrows with his ministers.
Your Majesty has always been stingy when it comes to official titles and is reluctant to give them. Especially a powerful official position, not to mention a title.
Moreover, he has an impatient temper and is eager for success in doing things. He doesn't know what he is doing and he still points fingers at others, which makes him very easy to do bad things. That is to say, they are impatient and will anger others. Many people dare not speak out after suffering a loss.
At this time, a confidant outside the door came over and whispered, "There is an order from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion for Mr. Yang. Mr. Yang is not in the military camp, and the messenger has sent the order to the mansion."
Yang Fan and Tu Shanyong smiled bitterly at each other.
As soon as Yang Fan's memorial came up, the order from the Fifth Army Commander's Office came down.
Yang Fan went out to get the order and looked at it. As expected, it was an order instructing Yang Fan to return to Zunhua within three days to perform his duties.
Xiao Niangpi frowned and said, "Husband, Your Majesty is going to attack Duke Wei."
Yang Fan smiled bitterly.
Tu Shanyong joked: "Young people should be wary of sex, hahaha."
Tu Shanyue gave her father a dissatisfied look.
Rough words or not, there is still a price for Yang Fan's acceptance of Lin Yueru. Your Majesty wanted to get rid of Duke Wei, so he got rid of him in advance.
What else could Yang Fan say other than a wry smile? Don't look at what he says, just look at what he does. See the truth in the matter. No thoughts can be hidden.
In addition to the military orders from the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army, there is also a handwriting from His Majesty.
His Majesty has approved the resignation of Yang Fan and Tu Shanyue from all powerful positions in Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Xinghe Tuanlian will be converted into local military status and will go to Zunhua to guard within three days.
Yang Fan retained the position of commander of the Jinyiwei, but without Xinghe Tuanlian within the Jinyiwei, Yang Fan was just a mere commander, with no senior staff and no farts. This is completely false.
Tu Shanyue was granted the title of Mrs. Gaoming and was given the title of fifth-grade Yiren.
The most powerful figure who truly led the Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty was the person in charge of the Jinyiwei and the commander of the Jinyiwei. He is not the commander of the Jinyiwei. If the commander of the Jinyiwei does not have the words "in charge of the Jinyiwei", then he is in vain. This is a tradition that began in the Yongle Dynasty.
Luo Yangxing is currently in charge of the Jinyi Guards. His official position is not high, three levels lower than the commander. However, he is in charge of the Jinyi Guards and commands the general affairs, so he is the head of the Jinyi Guards.
In order to facilitate the work, Chongzhen integrated Xinghe Tuanlian into the Jinyiwei system, so Yang Fan, a thousand households, had very great authority in Jinyiwei.
Because he has people, he can get things done.
Having Yang Fan with three thousand iron troops inside Jinyiwei severely weakened Luo Yangxing's authority and control over Jinyiwei.
Yang Fan knew very well that this was a special practice during the special period of Chongzhen. Now he was no longer playing a role, and Chongzhen wanted Luo Yangxing to completely control Jinyiwei. If he didn't leave, he would be disliked.
So he resigned himself.
People need to know their interests and know how to advance and retreat.
Tu Shanyong teased Yang Fan because Yang Fan accepted Lin Yueru, which made the emperor a little worried about him. He was worried that his position would be unstable for the sake of beauty, so he and his army had to be transferred first. Then deal with Duke Wei.
Yang Fan had already noticed that His Majesty had ten very suspicious people.
Don't hang around in front of his eyes, otherwise something could easily happen.
Tu Shanyong also smiled bitterly when he looked at the two orders. Giving Yang Fan a commanding officer was really nothing. It was just a false title without a territory. If Yang Fan returned as a Qianhu, it would be really unreasonable.
"Your Majesty relies so much on civil servants, I'm afraid the future will not be easy." Yang Fan didn't have anything to say. He just felt that your Majesty would regret relying on civil servants sooner or later.
