While Yang Fan was making various plans in Jiangnan, Yang Fan's battle report and Xiao Yu's report on the situation in Jiangnan rushed to the capital from eight hundred miles away.
At this time, it was the time to go to court, and the messenger came directly to the outside of Tai Chi Hall to see him without any hindrance.
"A great victory in Yuntai Mountain, Wannian County Duke led his troops to wipe out tens of thousands of enemies..."
The messenger kept shouting about Yang Fan's great victory in Yuntai Mountain, which immediately caused an uproar in the main hall.
"What's the situation? A great victory at Yuntai Mountain? Annihilation of tens of thousands of enemies?"
"How is that possible? Hasn't Yang Fan already written his last letter?"
"That's right, there are tens of thousands of people surrounding him and more than 200 people. It's good to be able to escape by chance, but to annihilate tens of thousands of enemies, is this too much?"
"That kid always likes to brag. Could it be that he lied about the military situation?"
"It is very possible that Yang Fan is obviously trying to gain His Majesty's sympathy while also showing off his own merits..."
For a time, there was a lot of noise and discussion in the hall, and most people didn't believe Yang Fan's victory.
Even the military god Li Jing dared not say that he could turn defeat into victory in that situation, let alone annihilate the opponent!
Yang Fan was besieged by tens of thousands of people. He only had more than a hundred soldiers capable of fighting, and he also carried more than a hundred burdens. The situation was already critical.
Even if you can escape by chance, it is already considered a miracle. How it is possible to achieve victory is simply a fantasy!
Everyone believed that Yang Fan must have saved his life when reinforcements arrived, so he lied about the military situation.
After all, it is really a shameful thing to fall into despair just after arriving in Jiangnan. That's why it happened.
Yang Fan has always been bold. With His Majesty's favor and his status as consort, what is there that he wouldn't dare to do?
At that time, Wang Fu, the servant of the sect, came out to report: "Your Majesty, how can Duke Wannian turn defeat into victory when he is trapped in a heavy siege? Even if he wins, it must be the arrival of reinforcements, and it has nothing to do with Duke Wannian."
"But Wannian County Duke not only took all the credit on himself, but also lied about the military situation. Your Majesty, please follow the laws of the Tang Dynasty and punish him for the crime of deceiving the emperor!"
Someone took the lead, and some people who disliked Yang Fan immediately spoke in agreement.
Li Er was silent, looking at the faces of these officials from aristocratic families, he felt bored.
I haven't seen the battle report yet, why are you so anxious?
Cheng Yaojin always couldn't stand the fact that these literati could only talk and talk, so he snorted coldly and said: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is not impossible to defeat more with less. I haven't seen the battle report yet, how can I understand the various reasons? Could it be that Wang Does the minister know what’s going on there? Or are your Wang family also involved?”
Wang Fu ignored Cheng Yaojin's sarcasm and smiled calmly: "Although I don't understand warfare, I won't be easily deceived."
"More than two hundred people were surrounded by tens of thousands of people. Yang Fan also wrote two final letters. The result is an ending that even a child can understand."
"As for Lu Guogong saying that my Wang family was involved, if there is no evidence, I will certainly accuse you of false accusation."
In his opinion, no matter how colorful Yang Fan's battle report was, it was impossible to annihilate tens of thousands of enemies with just a few hundred people.
Do you really think that those dead soldiers of the Jiangnan gentry are made of clay?
What's more, a branch of his Wang family has already sent a letter asking for help.
Yang Fan actually wanted to build a governor's palace on the Wang family's territory, obviously because he wanted to compete with the Wang family for profit.
Although the Wang family in Jiangnan is just a side branch, it provides a lot of seafood and money every year.
Now that he has seized the opportunity, Wang Fu will of course add insult to injury to Yang Fan.
Although Cheng Yaojin wanted to refute Wang Fu's words, he didn't know where to start.
It can be said that his mood was the most tangled at this time.
He had already regarded Yang Fan as half a son-in-law, and hoped that he would be safe and sound in Jiangnan and even achieve something.
But he couldn't believe how credible this good news was.
The generals group also fell silent at this time!
Although they are very close to Yang Fan, they cannot kill Yang Fan with hundreds of people.
Having tens of thousands of enemies is an extremely rare occurrence in all dynasties and is simply unrealistic.
In their opinion, Yang Fan's victory report must be full of water.
His Majesty Li Er didn't pay attention to the bickering among Wencheng generals. He felt vaguely that Yang Fan's previous guess was probably correct, so he said impatiently: "Send it over quickly!"
The chamberlain took the battle report and bowed and presented it to His Majesty Li Er.
Li Er reached out to take it. He first carefully checked the sealing paint and saw that there was nothing unusual. Then he took out the letter paper and looked at it carefully.
After a while, His Majesty Li Er let out a sigh of relief.
After taking a look at the ministers who were watching him, Li Er handed the battle report to the chamberlain beside him and asked it to be handed over to Li Ji.
This memorial is a battle report. As the Minister of War, Li Ji is naturally qualified to be the first to watch it.
Everyone was watching Li Ji's expression, trying to read the content of this battle report from the changes in his expression.
As a result, Li Ji seemed to have already known the result. His face was so calm that he couldn't tell whether it was a great victory or a boast.
But when they think of the word "great victory", everyone feels ridiculous.
After all, this is too unrealistic and impossible to think about.
After reading the battle report, Li Ji couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Yang Fan was just as the emperor guessed.
This kid really saved his life, and his life was not in danger at all.
The reason why he wrote two bloody letters was to make trouble for the Jiangnan nobles.
When the opponent thought he had no way to save himself, he fought hard to turn defeat into victory.
This will not only make his reputation famous throughout the world, but also take the opportunity to eliminate the minions of the Jiangnan gentry.
According to the content of the battle report, Yang Fan deliberately waited until all the dead soldiers of the Jiangnan noble clan arrived before taking action and massacred all the soldiers sent by the Jiangnan noble clan in one fell swoop. This was nothing short of a severe blow to the arrogance of the Jiangnan noble clan.
Over the years, the reason why the Jiangnan nobles dared to stay away from the imperial court was because of the many servants and dead soldiers they had raised.
The Battle of Yuntai Mountain wiped out most of the family wealth that the Jiangnan nobles had supported for many years. It could be said to be a great victory.
But what Li Ji couldn't figure out was what kind of charm Yang Fan had that could instigate the Shanyue people to rebel.
You must know that Shanyue people in all dynasties have been rioters, and they are restless masters.
What puzzled him the most was how did Yang Fan create an invulnerable heavy cavalry so quickly?
Heavy cavalry is simply a powerful weapon on the battlefield, and it can definitely deal a huge blow to the Jiangnan nobles.
It can be said that with this battle alone, Yang Fan has established a firm foothold in Jiangnan.
Even if the Jiangnan nobles were dissatisfied, they no longer dared to do it openly and unscrupulously. Whatever means they had, they could only do it in the dark.
Yang Fan is indeed worthy of being the talented prime minister that Li Er praised!
My "daughter" has been studying in Jiangnan for more than a year, and I don't know if she will meet...
While Li Ji was pleased, he was also a little bit dumbfounded by Yang Fan's style.
If you say you want to keep one hand, just keep one hand. It's understandable that you don't want to say it.
Who could have expected that someone would secretly notify the Jiangnan nobles to take precautions?
But you can't let the previous blood letter shock the world and make the emperor feel excited.
Immediately afterwards, he wrote a second bloody letter, which caused civil and military conflicts in the entire dynasty.
Even if everyone is fooled by you, doesn't this make the civil and military officials in the dynasty resentful?
At this time, the battle report had reached Cheng Yaojin's hands.
Cheng Yaojin is not the kind of person to flatter others, and he doesn't care too much about his dignity.
After reading the battle report, he excitedly read out the contents of Yang Fan’s battle report:
"I pray that your majesty, the dragon body, is in good health. Thanks to God's blessing, Wei Chen led the three armies under his command to fight with all their lives, and wiped out more than ten thousand enemies on Yuntai Mountain... During this period, Wei Chen recruited the Shanyue people without asking for orders. Please Your Majesty, please forgive me. The following is the detailed content of the battle..."
After Cheng Yaojin finished talking a lot, his excitement was not hidden on his face, and he praised: "County Duke Wannian is indeed an unborn genius. He killed the bandits in just a few seconds. It is really magnificent and fast... Tsk tsk, that’s really amazing!”
After sighing, Cheng Yaojin turned around and bowed to His Majesty Li Er and said, "I congratulate the Tang Dynasty, and congratulate Your Majesty! The Wannian County Duke is so powerful in the south of the Yangtze River that he can shock the little ones. He is truly an unparalleled and blessed general of the Tang Dynasty!"
"With hundreds of people defeating tens of thousands, such a classic battle is enough to be remembered for centuries. In addition, the Wannian County Duke has extraordinary learning. The Tang Dynasty is really lucky to have such a young talent with both civil and military skills and unparalleled loyalty. !」
Cheng Yaojin was already on good terms with Yang Fan. How could he pass up the opportunity to make Yang Fan famous? Naturally, he wanted to encourage him.
Some of the courtiers were good friends with Yang Fan. Seeing Cheng Jinyao supporting Yang Fan in this way, they were naturally happy to be a favor.
Besides, Yang Fan is the consort after all!
Just from marrying two princesses, it can be seen that the emperor valued Yang Fan.
For a time, there were endless flattering words and flattery in the main hall, describing Yang Fan as a rare young talent in the sky.
It seems that if the Tang Dynasty gets Yang Fan, it can protect the country for ten thousand years and make the empire prosperous...
After hearing these flattering words, Li Jing, who was resting with his eyes closed, his eyelids twitched and he glanced at His Majesty Li Er with a guilty conscience.
He felt too embarrassed.
I remember the last time His Majesty Li Er said that Yang Fan was not in danger, he tried his best to defend him. Now it seems that it is simply too embarrassing!
Hearing the endless compliments from the military generals, His Majesty Li Er, who was sitting on the dragon throne, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth and looked at Li Jing with resentful eyes.
It seems that again, look, this is your good apprentice.
Feeling ashamed, Li Jing could only avoid the emperor's meaningful eyes.
It seems that his glorious image was ruined because of this "apprentice".
Cheng Yaojin, who was extremely politically sensitive, also noticed the strange atmosphere between the emperor and Li Jing, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
But because there was too little information, and I couldn't guess the reason, I couldn't find out what was wrong at all.
In the original history, Cheng Yaojin was able to establish four dynasties without falling. Naturally, he was not just a reckless man.
Seeing His Majesty Li Er's expression, he immediately shut up obediently.
Cheng Yaojin noticed something was wrong, but others didn't know it, and the praises and praises continued.
After all, Yang Fan not only turned defeat into victory in such a dangerous situation, but was also able to annihilate tens of thousands of enemies. He was simply the god general of the Tang Dynasty.
But some people couldn't help but worry, such as Changsun Wuji, Wang Fu and other ministers who had problems with Yang Fan.
Especially Changsun Wuji, if Yang Fan really won a victory and even annihilated tens of thousands of bandits, what about his son Changsun Chong now?
For a moment, Changsun Wuji was a little hesitant.
This is not only about Changsun Chong's life and death, but also about the future of Changsun's family.
Once the emperor knew that Changsun Chong was involved in the siege of Yang Fan, the Changsun family would be in trouble.
Wang Fu, on the other hand, was a little unbelievable. Didn't it mean that Yang Fan had been surrounded by people and there was no hope of surviving? Why has the change been so big now?
But even if Yang Fan was too brave and dared to lie about military information, this kind of thing would be clear once investigated.
What's more, the emperor has sent Xiao Yu as the supervisory envoy. Even if Yang Fan's battle report is exaggerated, there is no big problem.
If Yang Fan escapes, then his branch of the Wang family will bear the brunt.
After all, Yang Fan had his eye on Huating County.
But no matter what, that kid Yang Fan is really tough. He was able to instigate the Shanyue people to turn defeat into victory. It has to be admired!
Just now he said that Yang Fan was lying about the military situation, but now it was really a slap in the face.
Why did Yang Fan suddenly show up with a heavy cavalry force?
In addition, Chaoyang's Hongtianlei was not rationed to Yang Fan. Where did this kid get Hongtianlei?
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These officials from the aristocratic families were just confused in their hearts, but the generals couldn't sit still!
The generals looked at each other for a while, and finally Li Ji came out and said, "Your Majesty, Wannian County Duke not only escaped from death, but also wiped out tens of thousands of enemies. What a joy and congratulation!"
"But the County Duke mentioned in the battle report that hundreds of sets of invulnerable heavy cavalry were built in just a few days, which is simply a blessing for the Tang Dynasty. I would like to ask Your Majesty to send an order to the south of the Yangtze River and order Wannian County Duke to dedicate this method to The imperial court."
"Although our Tang Dynasty has black-armored cavalry that is not weaker than others, it is not invulnerable, and it consumes too much military resources. If there is a way to quickly build heavy cavalry, our Tang Dynasty will be able to dominate the world and be unstoppable! "
As Minister of War, Li Jing has gradually retired. He is the undisputed number one person in the army, and it is appropriate for him to step forward.
The other generals such as Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, Niu Jinda, etc. all agreed, and the general group was rarely unified.
After all, heavy cavalry is so tempting on the battlefield!
Although the Tang Dynasty was strong, the cost of building heavy cavalry was too high and the state treasury could not support it.
Except for the 3,000 Xuanjia troops retained by His Majesty Li Er, there are no other heavy cavalry, which is still relatively small in scale for the Tang Dynasty.
Now Yang Fan has built hundreds of pairs of heavy armor in a few days, and the design is invulnerable. It is impossible to think that the forging process is too complicated.
As long as you think about the fact that you have thousands of heavy cavalry under your command, and when you confront the enemy, you can destroy the opponent with just one order. How can these generals be so calm?
The generals were happy, but Li Er's face didn't look very good.
Niang Xipi’s!
This bastard Yang Fan actually played guessing games with me.
He was obviously confident, but he still wanted to write a final letter and a bloody letter.
It made Zhenhu stunned and at the same time moved people all over the world to their knees.
Now I know that everything is under the control of that little bastard, which is simply too bad.
But the current situation makes it difficult to make the crimes of this little thief public.
After all, this battle had a huge impact on the Jiangnan nobles.
It can greatly help Yang Fan gain a foothold in Jiangnan. Having a good reputation can greatly weaken his resistance to Jiangnan.
[In view of the general environment,
At least the people won’t be disgusted!
But if we talk about rewards for merit...
His Majesty Li Er couldn't swallow this breath again.
Not only did you fool me, but you also gained such a good reputation. If you reward me again now, wouldn't it mean that all the good things in the world have been taken advantage of by Yang Fan?
Li Er was very confused at this time.
But don't tell me, Yang Fan is really versatile in both civil and military affairs!
The imperial court sent so many officials to control Jiangnan, but only Yang Fan broke the deadlock as soon as he arrived.
Although it is not yet at the level of controlling Jiangnan, it is at least a good start.
Just when Li Er was a little entangled, Xiao Yu's report was also rushed to Chang'an from 800 miles away.
Listening to the bursts of urgent shouting for eight hundred miles, the civil and military officials in the court were dumbfounded!
What's happening here?
Generally speaking, even if it is 800 miles, it is impossible to send them one after another.
Everyone was speculating, had something happened?
But when Xiao Yu's 800-mile urgent letter was delivered, there was an explosion in the court.
They didn't expect Yang Fan to be so sophisticated at such a young age.
Just after escaping from the predicament, he immediately attacked the Jiangnan nobles and executed several corrupt officials on the spot. It was simply killing a chicken to scare the monkeys!
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at Wang Fu.
Everyone knows that the Jiangnan Wang family belongs to a branch of the Taiyuan Wang family.
Yang Fan took the Wang Chengyue brother's flag as a sacrifice, simply because he didn't take the Taiyuan Wang family seriously.
As a member of the Wang family in Taiyuan, how could Wang Fu stand by and do nothing?
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When he heard that Yang Fan had killed members of the Wang family, Wang Fu could no longer sit still. He quickly stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Yang Fan killed court officials without any trial in Dali Temple. He simply ignored the law of the country. I sincerely request your Majesty to remove Yang Fan from the post of Governor-General."
As he said that, he knelt down directly.
Upon seeing this, Changsun Wuji and many officials from the aristocratic family were overjoyed.
Once Yang Fan is convicted of killing court officials, this time Yang Fan will have to shed a layer of skin even if he doesn't die.
Thinking of this, the officials of the aristocratic families in the main hall knelt down and shouted in unison: "The Wannian County Duke is a murderer. Please punish him for his crime of disregarding the king's law and remove him from the post of chief governor."
This puts His Majesty Li Er in a difficult position!
If Yang Fan is punished, wouldn't it mean that the good situation in Jiangnan is completely abandoned?
This is definitely not what His Majesty Li Er wants to see.
But if Yang Fan's crime is not punished, then the boy is too bold. He actually tortured himself without reporting it to Dali Temple. Where did he put the laws of the Tang Dynasty?
If Li Er was struggling with how to reward Yang Fan just now, now Li Er really wants to call Yang Fan a stick.
According to the crime of the Wang brothers, ten times of chopping their heads would be enough.
As long as he reports it to Dali Temple, it will definitely be approved. Can't he wait a few more days?
Just now, he said that Yang Fan was both civil and military, but at this moment, Li Er had already cursed tens of thousands of words in his heart.
Just when Li Er was distressed, Li Jing finally opened his drooped eyes and asked: "Your Majesty, I believe that even if Wannian County Duke made a mistake, it was only a small mistake and did not reach the level of being lawless. , in Wei Chen’s opinion, is Wannian County Duke’s behavior even excusable?”
Seeing Li Jing coming to the rescue, Li Er quickly asked: "Oh, what do you say?"
Li Jing looked around for a week and said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty pardoned Wannian County and granted him the title of Grand Governor of Jiangnan Province, and granted him the power to open government offices and establish government offices. This means that the military and government in all parts of Jiangnan Province are under the control of the Grand Governor." .”
"The Huating County magistrate committed corruption, perverted the law, and oppressed the people. His crimes are unpardonable. Wannian County Magistrate naturally wanted to deal with him on the spot to show the anger of the people. Although Wannian County Magistrate was suspected of killing him first and then punishing him, the situation dictated it, so there was no big mistake."
"In addition, your colleagues said that they have been killing people for thousands of years. This is even more nonsense."
"If what I heard just now is correct, Song Guogong said in the report that Wannian County Duke took the lead in requesting His Majesty to pardon the old and weak women and Confucians from the Fan and Lin families. Wannian County Duke Company was able to let off the enemies who besieged him. , how can you kill innocent people indiscriminately and have a habit of killing?"
Li Jing's analysis immediately won the support of the general group.
And the officials of these aristocratic families who just wanted Li Er to punish Yang Fan didn't know what to do.
On the one hand, Yang Fan did have the power to establish government offices and governmental offices, and he had the power to remove officials under his administration.
Although Yang Fan killed the Wang brothers privately, he also held a public trial, which shows that the Wang brothers were indeed guilty of heinous crimes.
On the other hand, although Li Jing has gradually withdrawn from the court, his influence is indeed not weak.
Since Li Jing personally spoke out in defense, no one wanted to directly oppose the Tang military god.
What's more, as Li Jing said, even if Yang Fan made a mistake, it was only a small mistake. If he was forcibly punished, it would only be a small crime and would not be harmful at all.
As a result, everyone watched indifferently and never said a word.
For a time, the entire court was divided into several distinct camps.
