The next morning, in the Tianbo Yang Mansion, Yang Yunfan, who had just had breakfast, returned to the study after practicing a set of marksmanship taught by his uncle, and continued to study the military books left by his grandfather;
Yang Yanzhao, on the other hand, took his wife and children around the courtyards of the mansion and introduced them.
At this time, a servant from the palace ran all the way from the front yard, bowed and said: "Fourth Master, someone is coming to the palace. There is an imperial edict. The old lady asked me to call you to the front yard to receive the edict together." Yang Yanzhao heard this. He also hurriedly took his wife and children to the front yard.
When they arrived at the front yard, Yang Yunfan helped She Taijun, who was also in the study, to greet her at the front yard door. Yang Yanzhao straightened his clothes and followed his mother towards the door.
The palace official who delivered the edict has not yet arrived, but someone has been sent to convey it. Incense burners have also been set up in the Yang Mansion courtyard, waiting for the arrival of the edict.
After a while, a small sedan carried by four people came to the door of Tianbo Mansion. A eunuch in his forties got out of the sedan. He was slender and fair-faced. This man was Wang Jien, the most trusted eunuch of Zhao Kuangyin.
Behind him were two young eunuchs, with fair eyebrows and fair faces. One of them was holding a brocade box in his hand, and the imperial edict was placed in the brocade box;
After getting off the sedan, Wang Jien straightened his clothes and walked towards the people who greeted him at the door;
Walking closer, Wang Jien smiled with a smile on his face, cupped his hands and said to Taijun She: "Old Taijun, you are in good health recently. The official family has been thinking about you."
Taijun She was also stunned when she saw that the person getting off the sedan was Wang Jien. She did not expect that the emperor would send him, a great eunuch, to deliver the order;
Although Wang Jien was an eunuch, he was also someone who could lead troops to fight. The emperor of the Song Dynasty was not trustworthy about military generals. Generally, after selecting the person to lead the army, he would send an eunuch to supervise the army in order to keep track of the army's movements. .
Wang Jien could not only lead troops to fight, but he could also reassure the emperor, because no matter how ambitious the eunuchs were, they would never ascend the throne and proclaim themselves emperor; the same could not be said for generals. Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, was a lesson learned from the past;
Therefore, Wang Jien's status in the palace has naturally increased; the most important thing is that Zhao Guangyi can ascend the throne, and Wang Jien's contribution is very great;
When Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin died, the queen ordered Wang Jien, who was an internal eunuch at the time, to pass the decree and declare that the prince Zhao Defang would come to inherit the throne. After receiving the decree, Wang Jien did not follow the queen's wishes, but notified the king of Jin Zhao Guangyi to enter the palace and claim the throne. Emperor, so Wang Jien played a role in following Zhao Guangyi's ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor;
Therefore, for general matters such as delivering edicts, other people are sent to deliver them. This time, the emperor sent Wang Jien to deliver the edicts. It is reasonable for Taijun She to be surprised;
Taijun She smiled and said to Wang Jien: "Thanks to the officials for caring about me, I have a pretty strong body. But how dare you bother Senior Official Wang to come here? It's really embarrassing for me." As they talked, everyone walked into the yard. "Daguan" is the honorific title given to eunuchs.
"What are you talking about, the old lady? Today, in our Song Dynasty, the only people who can make meritorious deeds with martial arts and let their family members get the title of Taijun are the old lady of the Tang clan in Sichuan and the old lady of the Yang family. Yang. The family has been loyal and loyal for generations, fighting for the country. It is also an honor for the old slave to be sent here by the government." Wang Jien replied with a harmless smile on his face.
Seeing that everyone in the mansion had arrived, Wang Jien cleared his throat, put away his smile and said seriously: "The official family has a decree."
Everyone knelt down in the courtyard. When Wang Jien saw Taijun She also kneeling down, he hurriedly helped her and said, "Old lady, you are the first-grade imperial concubine appointed by the official family. You have the royal decree, so you don't need to kneel down to pay homage."
Seeing this, Mrs. She bowed and stood up on crutches.
Wang Jien took out the imperial edict from the brocade box in the hand of the young eunuch behind him and read: "I have inherited the destiny of Haotian and inherited it from all over the world. I have not dared to slack off for more than ten years. Now that I heard that Yang Yanzhao has returned to the north, my heart is full of loyalty, filial piety and patriotism. Very gratifying; Yanzhao had been buried as a captive for more than ten years. One night he heard that the enemy invaded the border and risked his life to return home to report the enemy's situation. His actions to subjugate King Xiang's affairs were unmatched by Su Wu of the Han Dynasty. Today, Yang Yanzhao is promoted to the fourth rank of Xuanyuan. General Wei inherited his father's position as the military governor of Datong; his nephew Yang Yunfan was promoted to the eighth-rank imperial martial arts school captain, and his son could attend county and government schools; his wife Yelu was granted the title of fourth-rank imperial concubine."
After everyone listened to Wang Jien's reading, they all kowtowed and thanked him. Yang Hong, the butler who knew how to behave in the world, had already prepared a reward of silver.
Taijun She put the silver reward into Wang Jien's hand and said with a smile: "I'm really worried about bothering you to come here to announce the decree this time. I hope everyone will accept it with some money for tea."
Wang Jien didn't even look at the silver reward. He thanked him directly and accepted it with a smile.
He didn't care about this little money. As a famous man beside the emperor who was capable of both literary and military skills, he even had a share of credit for the emperor's ascension to the throne. Not everyone had the opportunity to obtain the merit of Conglong, so why would he care about this little money.
Wang Jien said with emotion: "The Yang family has been loyal for generations. If Mr. Yang knew that his descendants were all such talented people, he would definitely be smiling."
He came here this time, firstly to show the emperor's favor to the Yang family, and secondly because he wanted to make friends with the descendants of the Yang family;
Because he knew that the generals in the Song Dynasty were withering, and there were not many capable warriors. Yang Yanzhao would be used by the emperor in the future. If he had the opportunity to lead troops again in the future, he could win over people's hearts now, and he would be much easier to use in the future.
"General Yang, the appointment documents of the Privy Council will be delivered in the near future. The officials are very fond of the general. The general should work hard to serve the country." Wang Jien said to Yang Yanzhao with his hand in hand.
After the two sides exchanged polite greetings, Wang Jien said goodbye and left.
Two days later, the clerk of the Privy Council sent a letter to the Privy Council, and Yang Yanzhao was appointed as the "Inspector of Baozhou Yuanbian Capital". The court remembered that he had not served his mother for many years, and in order to fulfill his filial piety, Yang Yanzhao could delay his appointment for three months.
On the same day, Zhang Qixian, the Councilor for Political Affairs and Deputy Privy Councilor, sent an invitation to Yang Yanzhao, Yang Yunfan and others for a banquet at Fanlou tomorrow night.
In the living room, after seeing off the messenger, Yang Yanzhao read the invitation again. Then he handed it to Yang Yunfan beside him.
Yang Yunfan took the invitation, read the contents, frowned in confusion and said:
"Fourth uncle, why did Mr. Zhang invite us to a banquet? I don't want to go to such a banquet for literati. I also want to take advantage of the time now to study the military books left by my grandfather."
When Yang Yunfan saw that he was going to the banquet, he lost interest and said listlessly. At banquets for literati, there were some people who talked about things, and some people who recited poems and composed poems, but very few people talked about practical learning.
It is not that Yang Yunfan cannot recite poems and compose poems. Zhou Buhuo has invited famous teachers to teach Yang Yunfan the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child. He is certainly not bad at literature.
It's just that compared to the general talk of reciting poems and composing poems, Yang Yunfan prefers fighting with iron horses.
