When Yang Hong heard that his memorial had been approved, he hurriedly asked: "What did the emperor say?"
Yang Jie shook his head: "Father, let's go to the secret room to talk."
Seeing Yang Jie being so solemn, Yang Hong had no choice but to shoo away his attendants and entered the secret room together.
After making sure that what he said would not be leaked, Yang Jie lamented to Yang Hong: "Father, our Yang family is doomed. It's all doomed."
Yang Hong asked curiously: "Why did my son say this?"
"Hey, father, please take a look for yourself. His Majesty personally drafted a reply, strictly ordering Xuanfu not to allow a single soldier to leave the Xuanfu defense zone.
If anyone leaves the country, the whole family will be killed immediately.
If my father leads his troops to leave the Xuan Mansion, then, then..."
Yang Jie really couldn't talk anymore, and Yang Hong couldn't wait any longer, so he had to open the memorial and read it himself. He saw the bright red inscriptions on it, and it was written boldly: If Yang Hong still wants to be a minister of the Ming Dynasty, then stay at Xuan Mansion and wait. Important officials from the imperial court came to arrest and investigate. If Yang Hong dared to lead his troops out of the Xuanfu defense area, they would immediately kill everyone. Yang Hong and his son were taken to the West Market and executed in Ling Chi.
Yang Hong held the memorial hand and began to tremble involuntarily. After a long while, he asked doubtfully: "I am a general guarding one side, in charge of 30,000 elite soldiers and the strong city of Xuanfu. Now when the Oara army is pressing on the border, why is the emperor like this? Does he really dare to touch me, not afraid of the border? Big mess?"
Yang Jie sighed after hearing this: "The emperor's methods are too vicious. We have chosen this time to show off our cards, and we have no way to resist. Now there are 30,000 elite cavalry from Alazhiyuan outside the city, and our army cannot leave the city.
Even if we can really defeat Ala and break out of Xuan Mansion, where can we go? To the east is Juyong Pass. His Majesty has issued a strict order to Luo Tong of Juyong Pass. As long as a Xuanfu soldier crosses Juyong Pass, Luo Tong must bring his head to see him.
To the south are Datong and Zijingguan. Ye Xian's army has already reached Datong and will soon reach Zijingguan. When we go south, we'll run into Ye Xian's army.
So we are actually surrounded, and now His Majesty is not afraid of us rebelling at all.
On the contrary, His Majesty very much hopes that we will rebel, so that we can have an excuse to wipe out all of us. "
Yang Hong asked: "Is there no way to save it?"
Yang Jie replied angrily: "Now that things have happened, what else can be done? It would have been fine if the eldest brother was the first to abandon the city and flee, but he still had to give his father a bunch of bad ideas and encourage his father to do what he wanted to do to preserve his strength and support himself. The dream of a soldier with self-respect.
It's good now that the emperor has been completely annoyed. My father should have listened to my advice and led the army out of the city to kill the enemy.
Even if we only chop off a hundred Tatar heads and hand them over to Beijing, that's still an excuse.
It has been more than two months since the invasion of Wala, and not a single human head has been handed over. What do you want the emperor to think?
You are openly derelict in your duties and are no longer willing to pretend. No one would be able to stand it if you were the emperor. "
Yang Hong knew that his legitimate son had always been resourceful, so he quickly asked: "It's useless for you to complain now, so you should talk about how to save the situation."
"My father and eldest brother will definitely not survive."
Yang Jie only said this sentence and then fell silent. The remaining meaning is to let Yang Hong and Yang Jun commit suicide and apologize, so that Yang Jie can survive.
Of course, Yang Jie couldn't say this himself.
Yang Hong took a deep look at Yang Jie and was quite dissatisfied with this plan. Yang Hong had two sons, and he always preferred Yang Jun, who was born by his concubine. Now Yang Jie wants to commit suicide and apologize for his crimes, leaving Yang Jie with a way out. It's strange that Yang Hong is willing to do so.
Yang Jie also knew that his father was unwilling to sacrifice himself, let alone his eldest brother, but Yang Jie didn't want to die with these two idiots, so he came up with another idea:
"Father, the current Minister of War is Yu Shangshu. He has been the governor of Shanxi for nineteen years and has a good relationship with you. But my son has no job and can move around.
How about your son go to Beijing to pay a visit to Yu Shangshu, and ask him to show you a clear path and say a few kind words for our Yang family in front of His Majesty, considering his friendship with you for so many years. "
Yang Hong nodded: "For this purpose, this is the only way."
"Without further delay, the son will leave immediately. Please take care of yourself, father."
After saying that, Yang Jie kowtowed and hurried back to pack his things. Not long after, he took two of his confidants and galloped out of the city and headed straight for Juyongguan.
As luck would have it, Yang Jiejie met Huang Pu's mission just a few hours after entering the city.
There were one thousand watts of cavalry, ordered by Ala, to escort the mission. Seeing Yang Jie and his entourage galloping on horseback, they quickly came over to intercept and inspect them.
Finally, Huang Pu was also alerted and came to check it out personally.
Yang Jie saw Huang Pu coming from a distance and quickly saluted: "Huang Youcheng, it's me. I am Yang Jie, the son of General Yang."
Huang Pu had seen Yang Hong and Yang Jie and his son at Xuanfu Mayi before, so he naturally recognized them. When he saw that it was Yang Jie, he quickly signaled to the Wala cavalry to let him go.
Yang Jie walked up to Huang Pu and thanked him repeatedly.
Huang Pu smiled and asked, "Where are Mr. Yang going?"
Yang Jie knew that Huang Pu was a newly rising minister of the emperor, and his deception would be exposed sooner or later. So he poured beans through a bamboo tube and told Huang Pu exactly what happened.
After hearing this, Huang Pu didn't say much. He just invited Yang Jie to accompany the delegation so that he could have someone to look after him along the way.
Three days later, the mission arrived in the capital. After Yang Jie thanked him repeatedly, he separated from Huang Pu and ran to Qian's mansion.
Huang Pu, regardless of the fatigue of the journey, went straight to the Qi Palace to deliver a message to the emperor.
At this time, Zhu Qiyu had just met the generals of Tiance Guard in the West Flower Hall, and was leaning on the soft couch, chatting with He Yi, Ye Sheng, Yao Xian and others.
As soon as Huang Pu came in, he was about to salute. Zhu Qiyu quickly stopped and moved him to the couch: "My dear, you have had a hard time on this trip. Come on, come to the couch and have a cup of hot tea."
Huang Pu got on the couch, drank a cup of tea, and recounted what he had seen and heard during his trip.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and asked: "What did Boyan Timur say, are you willing to cooperate with me?"
Huang Pu shook his head: "Boyan Timur loves the Ming Dynasty and is willing to accept the title of King Zhong, but he is obviously more inclined to the Supreme Emperor and wants to help the Supreme Emperor return to Beijing and restore his throne."
Zhu Qiyu didn't take it seriously, and smiled at Ye Sheng and Yao Xian and asked: "Boyan Timur wants to help the Supreme Emperor to restore his throne. What do you think, my dear friends?"
Ye Sheng and Yao Xian looked at each other, neither of them wanted to speak first. Both of them were against Yang Hong, and they both hated the Shanxi soldiers, generals, and officials who deceived the emperor and harmed the country, but they also sympathized with the emperor's plight, and they also agreed with Zhu Qizhen in their hearts.
But you can't directly say in front of the new king that you should ask the Supreme Emperor to be restored to the throne. So the two of them were in a dilemma, very entangled.
Zhu Qiyu sighed, shook his head helplessly, and dug a hole in the mountain to select seven people from Zhongshushe: He Yi, Huang Pu, Bai Gui, Xiang Zhong, Ye Sheng, Yao Xian, and Lian Gang.
It's a pity that although these seven people are all top-notch talents, only He Yi, Huang Pu, and Lian Gang are willing to clearly follow the new emperor, and the remaining four are all biased towards the Supreme Emperor.
