Xu Yanze didn't want to get involved in the emperor's affairs, and he was injured, so he should hug his wife to sleep and warm the bed, so why mess around
But Xiang Han persuaded him: "That's the emperor, if I give you an official position, we don't have to be afraid of the surname Xue."
Xu Yanze is not very optimistic. It's not that the emperor has no skills. In fact, the emperor is able to suppress the aristocratic families in Beijing and vigorously promote reforms. He still has some skills. But the situation of the frontier army is complicated, and the feudal town has been separated for a long time. There is more than one Jiedu envoy like Xue Qinglin who holds a heavy army. Mobilize the whole body, no matter who strikes, other feudal towns will surely attack it. Expecting to hold the emperor's thigh against Xue Qinglin, it is better to do it yourself.
But Xiang Han said again: "Your Majesty has issued an order, how can you not go? Besides, if you have a half-job, our family will be able to avoid a lot of taxes."
So, in order to make his wife happy, Xu Yanze went on the road with injuries, hoping to ask the emperor for an official position.
When Xue Qinglin found out about this, the group had already left Jinzhou and headed straight for Chang County. Although Chang County is close to Jinzhou, it is not under the jurisdiction of Jinwu, and the county magistrate is not from Xue Qinglin.
So although Xue Qinglin secretly hated him, he didn't dare to do anything blatantly. Like the emperor, he was also wary of other feudal towns, fearing that they would take advantage of the fire and loot them if they provoked the imperial army. What's more, the opportunity has been lost, and it is meaningless to do it again, but it will make people suspicious.
Xue Qinglin quickly changed his strategy, led the army into Jinzhou, held Zhang Yong's hand tightly, and said with deep sorrow: "This time, it is thanks to Brother Zhang that he came back in time, otherwise the Golden Crow would be in danger."
The corner of Zhang Yong's mouth twitched, and his heart burst into mania: It took an hour and a half to arrive, and it took a day and a night to arrive. How the hell did you climb to Jinzhou
Xue Qinglin had no time to ramble, and then pretended that he had just learned that the emperor had been in Jinzhou, and panicked to go to face the saint.
As soon as the emperor arrived in Chang County, when he learned that he was coming, he was so angry that he ordered the gates of the city to be closed tightly, and he was determined not to see him.
Xue Qinglin didn't come here to play a trick. After all, the invading Turks had been wiped out. If the emperor died at this time, everyone would guess him. When the capital is in chaos, will the feudal town be ready to move? I'm afraid that everyone will divide up their territory first under the banner of avenging the emperor.
Xue Qinglin is not stupid, so he came this time, in fact, to make the Turkic invasion into a major event and a trivial matter. In case the emperor settles accounts after autumn, it will be unpleasant for him to find him.
Hearing that the emperor was gone, he knelt down outside the city with a 'plop', weeping bitterly and said: "I'm guilty, I'm not strict with the army, which caused the Turks to break through the Yanhui Pass and go straight to Jinzhou, and even shocked the holy car. Doom."
The emperor originally wanted to reprimand him severely after returning to Beijing, and by the way, take this opportunity to install his own people in Jinwu and Shuofeng towns. But I didn't expect that Xue Qinglin would surround Chang County to plead guilty. In this situation, how could he say anything? After saying that, is he still ordered to leave Chang County
The emperor glanced at Xu Yanze, who was still recovering from his injuries, and then at the exhausted soldiers who rushed to Jinzhou in a hurry, and finally complied with Xue Qinglin's wishes, and dismissed the matter irrelevantly.
After Xue Qinglin achieved his goal, he hypocritically said that he would personally escort him. The emperor was taken aback, fearing that he would bring 200,000 frontier troops into Beijing, he hurriedly refused with a straight face.
Xue Qinglin was just talking, if he really went, he was afraid that he would be put under house arrest by the emperor. Seeing the steps given by the emperor, he hurried down and withdrew the soldiers surrounding the city gate.
At this time, the emperor did not even dare to stay in Chang County for a long time. Seeing that the crisis was temporarily lifted, he was eager to order to leave. But when Fang turned around, he found that Xu Yanze was not there.
"Where's Yan Xiaoze?" he asked the third prince.
Xu Yanze didn't go far, he was standing at the base of the city wall, helplessly supporting his father-in-law who was hugging him and crying bitterly.
Not long after Jin Xueli left, he heard that Jinzhou was under siege, so he hurriedly transferred the caravan and stumbled back. But as soon as he arrived in Chang County, he was trapped at the city gate because of the emperor and his party. He originally thought it was hopeless to return to Jinzhou, but he didn't expect to meet Xu Yanze in a twist of fate.
The emperor was a little displeased at this moment, feeling that the situation was about to explode just now, Xu Yanze actually wanted to wander around, obviously he had no loyalty to the emperor. If he is really promoted, he will be another 'Xue Qinglin' in the future.
After Xu Yanze was recalled, he could also see that the emperor's expression was not good, so he couldn't help but speak more cautiously: "A caravan approached just now, and the grassroots were worried about an accident, so they went to investigate."
The emperor had never seen Jin Xueli before, and his expression softened a little when he heard the words, but the third prince suddenly said: "It's just an ordinary businessman? Then why are you crying bitterly while hugging Mr. Yan?"
Xu Yanze didn't look at him, but said: "The businessman is from Jinzhou, and he wept with joy when he learned that Jinzhou was fine."
"That's right." The third prince smiled stiffly, seeing that the emperor wanted to promote Xu Yanze, he felt very uncomfortable. He was just a farmer's slave, he used to love him dearly, but he never expected to see him after a while, he would be appreciated by his father, and he might even enter the imperial court.
It was difficult for the third prince to accept this change. In the next few days, he would intentionally or unintentionally say something that seemed fair but actually belittled Xu Yanze in front of the emperor.
But after several attacks by rogue bandits and bandits, the emperor admired Xu Yanze even more, thinking that he was good at kung fu, calm in situations, and able to take on big things. As for the previous worries, he thought about it again, and felt that Xue Qinglin had a close relationship with Jinwu and Shuofeng, so it would be nice if he could get into someone.
Furthermore, he remembered that the Jin and Xue families were at odds, and Xu Yanze was molested by Xue Qinglin's brother-in-law because of this, so he probably didn't like Xue Qinglin. If Xu Yanze really had that ability, he just came to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and when they were exhausted, they would take back Jinwu and Shuofeng townships in one fell swoop.
After the emperor made up his mind, when he returned to Beijing, he immediately named Xu Yanze General Dingyuan, the fifth rank.
In order for Xu Yanze to have the strength to fight Xue Qinglin to death, the emperor also reluctantly transferred 10,000 people from the imperial guards defending the capital, plus Zhang Yong's 10,000 people, and handed them over to him to command. When Zhang Yong heard the news in Jinzhou, he burst into tears.
In addition, in order to prevent the possibility of Xu Yanze being wooed by Xue Qinglin, the emperor used the mouth of the third prince to reveal that Xue Qinglin deliberately let the Turks into Yanhui Pass.
When Wei Zhao went to see Xu Yanze, he was very depressed. A mere fifth-rank military officer is not worth the prince putting down his status to see him. But the emperor's order is hard to disobey, and the opponent is a general guarding the border, who knows what will happen in the future
Wei Zhao felt that the emperor really had no foresight, and he was simply breeding tigers. Especially this tiger was just something he played with casually before, if one day the other party really became a character like Xue Qinglin, he would be laughed to death by his brothers.
The third prince was smiling the whole time, but his face was livid when he left. After returning home, he suddenly thought of Yan Xiaojiang who was somewhat similar to Yan Xiaoze. Before leaving Jinzhou, Yan Xiaojiang always wanted to follow him, and the emperor was also there, so he didn't dare to agree at that time.
But after Xu Yanze was 'humiliated', for some unknown purpose, he suddenly sent someone to pick Yan Xiaojiang over.
The emperor was not unhappy when he learned about it, but thought it was very good. He didn't know that the relationship between the cousins was not good, so he thought that Xu Yanze's cheap cousin could be held hostage in Beijing.
Because of Yan Xiaojiang's arrival, the emperor's plan to stay with Xu Yanze for a longer period of time was quickly cancelled, and he happily let him go back.
Most of Jinzhou has recovered now, after Jin Xueli bid farewell to Xu Yanze that day, he hurried back. The old lady knew about the Turks, and soon she brought her family back home. After holding Xiang Han and crying bitterly, the couple began to complain about Xiang Han.
After thinking about it for a while, the old lady realized that something was wrong. After driving Jin Xueli away, she pulled Xiang Han and asked, "Xiaobao, to be honest, did you know that the Turks were coming?"
"Uh..." Xiang Han hesitated for a moment, then said, "Actually, I don't really know, it's just a vague guess..."
The old lady sighed after hearing this, after all these things, she has already decided what Xiang Han will do. She looked at Xiang Han lovingly for a while, then suddenly said: "If you want to do it, do it if you want. Don't be afraid, even if you really lose, there is still grandma."
Xiang Han was startled, then hurriedly lowered his head, raised it after a long time, his expression had returned to normal, and said with a light smile, "Grandmother, many villages were hit by disasters this time, and the Jiedu envoy also said that they would reduce taxes. Half of the rent collected will be returned, and if someone in the family dies in battle, all will be returned, and the Jin family will make up for it."
Xiang Han's calculations were good. After the tax cut, the Jin family would definitely need to pay a lot less food. In addition, after Xu Yanze became an official, he had to exempt some of them, not to mention that he didn't have to provide food and grass in private to support the fifty thousand private soldiers.
But unexpectedly, Xue Qinglin was too greedy. After reducing the taxes of several villages, he still taxed the Jin family as usual. The reason is still high-sounding, your Jin family occupies so much land in Jinwu, and you can't afford to pay taxes even if you call for slaves on weekdays? Besides, only the villages near Jinzhou were affected. Doesn't the Jin family still have land in Wucheng
Most of the rent collected by Xiang Han was returned to the tenants, and the rest was not enough to hand in, let alone support Xue Qinglin's 50,000 private soldiers. Besides, Xu Yanze still has a lot of people to eat, even if they have enough, they can't pay.
Because of this matter, Chen Tinghong led five thousand people and blocked the surrounding area of Jin Mansion.
Uncle Jin and Uncle Jin turned around anxiously, pointed at Xiang Han and said, "You, you, if you continue to make trouble like this, the Jin family will be completely ruined. Then Chen Tinghong is the brother-in-law of the Jiedushi, and he brought people here himself. Isn't that true?" Looking for death?"
"Hurry up, go out with me and your second uncle, say something nice to General Chen, and collect the rent right away..."
With a knife on his waist, Jin Da walked over with arrogance and arrogance, followed by two brothers from the Escort Bureau. Hearing this, he immediately said in displeasure: "Father, how can you build up other people's ambition? Don't worry, with me and the brothers from the Escort Bureau here, that bum named Chen will never dare to enter the Golden Mansion."
"Hey, what are you making a fuss about here?" Uncle Jin grabbed his collar and threw him back.
However, after pulling it a few times, Jin Da was stunned, and Uncle Jin couldn't help being stunned. Jin Da proudly said: "Father, I told you a long time ago, I, Jin Baoxuan, have already been reborn, you don't want to fight again in the future... ouch."
Before he finished speaking, Uncle Jin suddenly kicked over and said angrily, "I don't believe in this evil yet."
Jin Da didn't bother to pay attention to him, patted the dust off his body, and said directly to Xiang Han: "Third brother, don't be afraid, I and your second brother are responsible for this matter. Even if the food in our family is burned, we can't give it to those people. Traitor."
Xiang Han was a little happy, and he didn't know how Xu Yanze was tossing about. The two cheap brothers really talked a lot now, and they helped a lot in the past two days.
Just as Xu Yanze entered Jinzhou City, he was followed by 50,000 troops. Except for the imperial army and Zhang Yong's subordinates, the remaining 30,000 were refugees and bandits recruited on the way back.