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. Dressed and washed under the service of the maid. Just had a quick breakfast. Just 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. No need to take a car. Besides, the carriage could not 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, we came to Huangcheng North Street.
The air was very nice all morning and the birds were chirping in the trees. 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 show off and cooperated with the inspection in accordance with the rules. This moved these officers and soldiers very much.
"Please, Mr. Yang, I wish you a knighthood as soon as possible and may you be a minister for generations to come." The person guarding the city gate was a member of the Qianhu family named Hou Jing, who had worked under Yang Fan. He respectfully spoke auspicious words and led the officers and soldiers to bow and salute.
No matter in which era, people with real abilities are respected.
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 Yang Fan will definitely be promoted after making such a big contribution. It is certain that someone with such great merit will be awarded a knighthood. 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 from 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 each person has a Lumi gun. A set of fine steel cloth face armor, and a war horse." Zhang Cheng, the captain of the squadron of servants, said.
Zhang Cheng is an old man and one of the earliest servants. This time he was ordered to bring a hundred servants to the new mansion in advance to station. So I know the situation in Beijing relatively well.
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 the small treasury had more than ten 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 was only four million taels a year. When Chongzhen had money, he could naturally do what he wanted to do.
Yang Fan was also alert.
The emperor had this army of five thousand men 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, and counterfeiting them costs thirty taels of silver, ten times as much as bird guns. These muskets are worth 150,000 carloads of silver.
If this army does not have 500,000 taels of silver, it may not 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 public line is the leader of the northern nobles. They have been in charge of the Beijing camp for more than two hundred years, and the emperor still trusts them.
They have reached the peak of their glory 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 not oppose the emperor unless they were mentally ill. And these honorable nobles usually bear the consequences themselves when they commit 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, so 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 has 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 had an explanation for him when he was dating Yang Fan.
Yang Fan estimated that this was the last time pirates came to Beijing and Tianjin. Yang Fan turned the troops from Xuan Mansion around and finally collapsed. Chongzhen was stimulated. Only then did he make up his mind to personally train a reliable army.
Now he has patrol battalions in the inner and outer cities to control public security and spy on government and civilian intelligence. The Imperial City has this newly trained army. Changping has the 6,000 battalion sent by the Xuanfu. There are also more than 3,000 troops from Yang Fan's camp in Zunhua. For the time being, it seems that I can sit back and relax, enough 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 and looking like soldiers.
Time passes slowly, the sun rises, the coolness of the morning is gone, and the sun is warm on the body.
Slowly the sun rose to its peak, and it was noon.
At this time, Donghua Gate opened. A group of ministers came out. While walking, they were discussing the establishment of Suiyuan Province. It seems that Chongzhen is having another meeting on the platform today. The ministers got up early to attend and only came out at this time.
Yang Fan stood in an inconspicuous place on the roadside and listened to their discussion with his ears pricked up. I said to myself, it seems they really want to play.
Yang Fan looked at their looks, some were happy and some were worried. It seems that this meeting involves many aspects.
In the West Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen sat behind the eucalyptus and gave instructions on the memorial. Wang Chengen and Luo Yangxing stood aside.
"Is Yang Fan here?" Chongzhen's men asked casually without stopping, while looking at the memorial.
"Back to Your Majesty, Yang Tongzhi arrived at the end of this morning. I have 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, moved his wrist and lowered his eyelids as he said.
He knew Yang Fan relatively 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 was here, so he didn't dare to talk 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 an engraving of a golden dragon that Yang Fan had paid tribute to. There was a ding, and I opened it and took a look. It's 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 that he would win this battle, nothing good would happen. Before coming here, collect all the benefits you can.
The rest is up to you.
Along the way, I met many eunuchs and palace maids. When they saw it was Master Yang, they all expressed surprise. They all saluted Yang Fan.
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 found an opportunity to stuff a red envelope of ten silver coins into his hand. This little 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 since I saw you. Now that you have accomplished such a feat, 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 His Majesty's majesty and the lives of the officers and men. We are just taking advantage of the situation."
"Hahaha, Mr. Yang is humble. When we return to the Jinyiwei Yamen, I will personally serve wine to celebrate Mr. Yang. We brothers should be very close to each other. After all, you are also a member of our Jinyiwei. Your meritorious service also brings glory to our Jinyiwei, hahaha."
"Sure as you wish, hahaha"
After sending Luo Yangxing away, Yang Fan followed the young eunuch outside Xinuan Pavilion.
"My lord, I am following the command of the Hua Guard and knowing Yang Fan 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 that Yang Fan kowtowed outside the door.
He was afraid that after Yang Fan won, he would be emboldened and domineering and difficult to control.
Seeing Yang Fan acting so humble at this time, he suddenly felt happy.
He already knew that Yang Fan arrived on foot this morning with three domestic slaves.
If Yang Fan dared to really 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 miss your Majesty day and night on the grassland. I heard that your Majesty gets up at midnight every day to review memorials and rests at midnight. I encourage myself in my heart and never slack off. I am worried about the humiliation of your majesty and ask your majesty to work so hard. It is because the ministers have not fulfilled their responsibilities. On the grassland, I was thinking about defeating the Haraqin and Duoyan people as soon as possible and eliminating Ji. To suppress the border troubles. To 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 imperial court not being able to handle things well?
