Yang Guodong opened the car curtain and took a look outside the car. The streets were decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, reminding him of the scene when he was a young scholar spending the Chinese New Year in Zunyi City more than 30 years ago... At that time, he was still a talented boy from the Yang family branch, He is considered to be the first Jinshi in the Yang family of Banzhou. Therefore, Yang Yinglong, the head of the family, paid attention to him and invited two old people from Chongqing to be his teachers.
After Yang Guodong won the imperial examination, Yang Yinglong sent someone to Beijing to buy a house for him and asked him to go to Beijing to prepare for the Spring Palace Competition in the 29th year of Wanli.
But no one expected that the twenty-eighth year of Wanli would be the year of the destruction of the Yang family in Bozhou... On the sixth day of June of that year, Yang Yinglong, the head of the Yang family in Bozhou, committed suicide in Hailongdun Fortress. Seven of Yang Yinglong's All the sons were also captured, and the Yang family's rule in Bozhou in 724 came to an end.
Four months before the fall of Hailongdun, Yang Yinglong, who had already noticed that the situation was not good, sent people to escort some of the talented young people of the Yang family who had left the fifth server, including Yang Guodong, to several nearby chieftains. Take refuge on the territory.
Yang Guodong is one of these Yang talents... He even remembers the scene when he said goodbye to Yang Yinglong. At that time, Yang Yinglong was already quite desperate - the Ming army in the 28th year of Wanli had just finished the campaign in Korea, and the general who attacked Bozhou, Liu Wei, was a famous general in the two campaigns in Korea. The entire Bozhou Army was extremely afraid of him and had no confidence in winning. When they parted, they even told Yang Guodong in tears that they must study hard and strive to be admitted to Jinshi first, and then find ways to revitalize the Yang family in Bozhou.
It's a pity that Yang Guodong's talent and learning are limited, and he is a descendant of the Yang family in Bozhou, which is avoided by official figures (there are thousands of Yang family descendants in Bozhou, so if Yang Yinglong is on the fifth server, there will be no investigation), so he failed in three competitions in Beijing. And return. In the end, he could only live under the Shuixi'an family and became a hanger-on.
Speaking of which, I feel a little ashamed of Yang Yinglong’s spirit in heaven!
Crackling...
The sound of firecrackers dragged Yang Guodong out of his memories of the past.
Yang Guodong asked casually: "Where are the firecrackers set off? What's the happy event?"
The person who answered him was a member of the Guiyang Prefecture named Ma Shiqu, with a look of helplessness on his face. A girl from the Qin family."
This Ma Shiqu is related to Ma Shiying, who is now the prefect of Datong. They are both from the Wei Ma family in Guizhou - the ancestors of the Wei Ma family in Guizhou are Zhu Yuanzhang's old brothers and a person from Yizhen in Huainan. He entered Yingtian from Long in the late Yuan Dynasty, and later Following Fu Youde and Lan Yu's expedition to the southwest, after their success, he was appointed as the commander of the Guizhou Guard. It was passed down to Ma Shiqu's generation that he had been rich for more than 200 years. The Ma family has also transformed from a border guard to a family of civil servants, and now it is becoming a prominent official in central Guizhou. It's just that the ancestral fighting skills have been completely lost, otherwise there would be no need for Zhu Youjian to come all the way to Zunyi?
Yang Guodong and Ma Shiqu have known each other since they were young. They were both talented students in Guizhou's scholarly circles, and they went to Beijing to take the exam together twice. Although neither of them was in high school, they became close friends. So when Yang Guodong acted as an envoy for An Wei and went to Zunyi Mansion to seek peace with the young emperor, he approached Ma Shiqu, who had a wide network of connections.
Ma Shiqu happened to be living in Zunyi Mansion at this time (Zunyi is the residence of the military governors of the four provinces and is relatively safe. Many wealthy families from Guizhou have taken refuge here), so he personally went to Shuidong and personally brought his old friend Yang Guodong to Zunyi.
"What? Taking in the daughters of the Shizhu Ma family and the Zhongzhou Qin family?" Yang Guodong was stunned, "Isn't this against the rules? Can the Ministry of Rites agree?"
Logically, the emperor of the Zhu family did not have the freedom to take concubines. Old men who wanted beauties had to be in charge of the cabinet and asked for them... The cabinet drafted the edicts, the director of etiquette wore red, and then passed the etiquette department to the final level of the matter, and finally issued the decree. Go to the Etiquette Department to handle it. After passing through these levels, the daughters of two great warlords will never be selected as concubines.
Ma Shiqu sighed: "Are there any rules? Just accept it if you like it... The people in the Ministry of Rites probably don't know about it yet? When they find out, it will be ready for you!"
"How could this be possible?" Yang Guodong shook his head repeatedly, "How could Long Live Lord bypass the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites... This is not keeping a concubine, this is sexual immorality!"
There is a procedure for taking in a concubine. If you bypass this procedure, it is illegal and it is fornication!
Ma Shiqu snorted: "Hasn't our Long Live Lord bypassed the cabinet and cooked the rice? Brother, you probably don't know yet, right? Long live Lord doesn't want girls from the Ma family and the Qin family for nothing. He has already A decree was made to establish a military and civilian commander of Shuixi after the conquest of Shuixi, which would be inherited by the Ma family. In addition, a military and civilian commander of Shuidong would be established and inherited by the Qin family... This decree is also the central decree. !”
"What?" Yang Guodong was shocked. Such a big matter can be handled by bypassing the cabinet... What is this if not a fool?
And how could the Ming Emperor accept the daughters of the Lords of Shuixi and Shuidong as concubines?
Is this a good precedent?
The owners of Shuixi and Shuidong can be the emperor's father-in-law, so why can't the border generals do the same? If this continues, will the day when relatives will be in power in the Ming Dynasty be far away?
It seems that Ming Dynasty really has a faint king!
When Yang Guodong was thinking of this, the carriage had already stopped in front of a large house with a large front and lanterns and colorful lights everywhere. The door was full of military warriors wearing red hoods.
The emperor's palace has arrived!
...
Ma Shiqu and Yang Guodong got off the car at the entrance of the palace. Ma Shiqu showed it with a token, and no one was given a ticket. Instead, he was invited in by a military officer with a fierce look on his face. This mansion is the former residence of the head of the Yang family in Bozhou in Zunyi City. The interior is very spacious. Today seems to be a happy day for the emperor to accept his concubine, so the inside of the house is also decorated in red.
Ma Shiqu and Yang Guodong followed the officer to the gate of the courtyard where the lobby was located, and were stopped again by the warriors in front of the tent.
They have to be examined here and then wait for the call.
Yang Guodong stretched his neck and looked inside, and found that it was filled with officials wearing red official uniforms.
Ma Shiqu whispered to Yang Guodong: "Although Long live the concubine bypassed the cabinet this time, it is a big deal in Sichuan. Chieftains, commanders, and generals from all over the country have sent people... I heard that in Chengdu The nine princes of the princes are also coming, Zunyi has never been so lively since ancient times!"
Yang Guodong sighed and said to himself: The matter of adultery was treated as a marriage to a matchmaker... This little emperor is indeed a foolish king who does all kinds of things!
Just as I was thinking about it, a voice already shouted: "Yang Guodong, the Yang family of Xuanbo Prefecture, comes to the palace!"
Yang Guodong frowned: How to mention the Yang family in Bozhou? They have been dead for more than 30 years...
Yang Guodong of the Bozhou Yang Family sighed and stepped into the courtyard. After entering, he found something was wrong. All the officials in the courtyard were staring at him!
What are they looking at?
Yang Guodong felt a little scared when he was looked at by a bunch of big men, but he still went to the lobby and saluted a high and mighty man. Before he could explain his purpose, Zhu Youjian had already spoken.
"Yang Guodong, although you are a scholar, you are willing to serve in the army and fight against thieves for the country. It is very much in my heart!"
Why beg for thieves for the country? Yang Guodong said to himself: I have already written a memorial about my intention and submitted it. Didn’t this foolish king read it?
Zhu Youjian went on to say: "In recent days, I have also investigated your Bozhou Yang family's rebellion against the imperial court more than thirty years ago. I found that although Yang Yinglong was arrogant and rude, he did not do anything arrogant, and the Yang family members followed him. Not many people in Yang Yinglong rebelled... It is a bit inappropriate to punish the Yang family for Yang Yinglong's fault alone, and the punishment is too heavy. So now I have decided to restore the Yang family to Bozhou and divide it into Zunyi Several Fu divisions in the south have set up the Bozhou Military and Civilian Command Department, and you, Yang Guodong, the Yang family of Bozhou, will serve as the commander, and you will be hereditary!"
What? Yang Guodong was petrified!
Is this the case for the Bozhou Yang family to be redressed? Is this restored? God finally opened his eyes... No, it was Ming Dynasty that gave birth to a Mingjun! Ming Dynasty has a wise king!
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