Chapter 1332 Loyalty

From Taiyuan to Daxing, it was already the end of the year.

After more than a year of development, Daxing has become more and more lively. Especially at the end of the year, it is even more lively than usual.

Although the ancient people were hungry, poorly clothed, and difficult to keep warm, the people living in the capital of a country were always much better than other places.

After all, if the officials and wealthy families in the capital city were corrupt and harmed the people, how could the emperor's rule be demonstrated? How would historians record it? Do you really think that the emperor has no martial virtue?

If it is not excessive, everyone will fool each other and let it go. If it is excessive, the emperor will have to kill people for the sake of face. No one takes those people seriously, but it is the biggest thing.

So Daxing City is a prosperous atmosphere. If you only look at Daxing, it can really be regarded as the reign of Emperor Kaihuang.

As Yang Guang's team entered the city, Wang Yan's family did not go back to the house Yang Guang had given them before, but followed Yang Guang into the inner city and found the Marquis of Jiangning Mansion.

Of course, being a marquis has its benefits, and this marquis mansion was given by the court. From now on, even if the family is in decline, the mansion of this marquis mansion belongs to the old Wang family, unless the emperor grants a bigger mansion.

Because he, Wang, is a military noble who has lived with the country together with the Sui Dynasty.

It's just that his identity is awkward. He is not from a family of aristocratic families, nor is he a founding noble who followed Yang Jian earlier...

"It's still very impressive." Xiao Mei stood at the gate and looked at the plaque and the lion at the gate.

"It's also a marquis mansion." Wang Yan looked at it with a smile, and then waved his hand, "Go in and take a look."

The whole family entered the marquis mansion, and Wang Yan and Xiao Mei wandered around together.

This is a large mansion with more than three entrances, with pavilions, towers, corridors and waterside pavilions inside, but it's just that the water is frozen in winter, so there's not much feeling. However, the heavy snow that had just fallen only cleared the roads, and the vast expanse of white did not look too desolate.

The configuration was also quite complete, with servants' houses and kitchens, the master's house, kitchen, dining room, reception hall, study, other stables, utility rooms, two wells, and a martial arts arena.

Overall, it was quite good.

The house had been cleaned up in advance, so everyone moved in directly. The servants and soldiers were busy putting all kinds of things in order...

Watching people busy, Xiao Mei said to Wang Yan, who was playing with the child, "You have to go to the palace in the next few days, right?"

"Wait for His Majesty to summon you, probably in the next few days."

"Can the princess's matter be settled after the meeting?"

"Not sure." Wang Yan shook his head, "It depends on whether the emperor and the queen like me."

"My husband is a good man in the world, how can they not like me?"

Xiao Mei has great confidence in Wang Yan, she turned and said, "My husband, should we also interact with other noble families? After all, he is also a marquis, and now he has returned to Daxing, it is too lonely."

Wang Yan understood what Xiao Mei meant, that is, he should contact and win over his own people, form a political alliance, keep contacting, keep screening, and find people who can be used.

It's just that the family is busy putting things away, so Xiao Mei can't say it directly. Instead, it is very appropriate to express the uneasiness of shallow foundation. These things can all reach Yang Guang's ears, and maybe even Yang Jian.

Because when Yang Jian rewarded the Marquis's Mansion, he also rewarded a lot of other silks, satins, gold, silver, jewelry, and more than a dozen palace maids, as well as rough servants, etc. There is no need to think about it, there must be someone watching.

Wang Yan said: "No need, we are not the same kind of people, what's the point of actively approaching? We rely on the King of Jin and the royal family, so there is no need to actively approach others. If someone takes the initiative to find us, we will treat them with courtesy. If not, forget it, it's no big deal. We just live our lives down to earth. The royal family will definitely not treat us unfairly."

These words are simple, direct and innocent, and they only express two words, loyalty!!!

Yang Guang likes to hear it, and Yang Jian also likes to hear it.

Xiao Mei nodded and smiled: "Husband, the New Year is coming, do you think someone will send us gifts?"

"I don't know." Wang Yan looked indifferent.

Although he is loyal here, he actually never cares about the attitude of the people in power. He has the confidence to change his route at any time.

Today, he offended Yang Jian and Yang Guang, and was not tolerated by the Sui Dynasty. He went out of the city directly, found a village at random, and slaughtered a big family at random. Then he gave a speech to the people and encouraged them. He could raise a team of 180 people on the same day, and then kill officials and rob granaries and arsenals, and then snowballed.

He can make steel, build weapons, train soldiers, and use soldiers. He is also good at judging people. His rebellion is not comparable to other rebels. It can be said that the moment he raised the flag, the rebellion was successful.

It's just that he didn't want to do that, because it would hurt the people too much. No one loves the Sui Dynasty more than him, and no one is more loyal to the Yang and Sui Dynasty than him. He is a true loyal minister.

It's a pity that no one can understand.

Even Xiao Mei, who has to talk to him about the progress bar of ascending the throne and becoming emperor every day in bed, doesn't understand his painstaking efforts.

How lonely a hero is.

Just at this moment, a soldier came in and reported: "My Lord, there is a man named Li Jing outside the door, and his courtesy name is Yaoshi. He claims to be your brother."

Wang Yan stood up with a smile: "Although we are not sworn brothers, he is still my sworn brother. Go and meet him."

After saying that, he walked out quickly and took the initiative to greet Li Jing.

"Pharmacist, how are you?"

"I am fine. Brother has made great achievements and is in high spirits."

"I am just a soldier, lucky to be promoted. Just now, my wife and I were discussing whether to make friends with the powerful people in the city. My house is deserted and does not have the style of a state marquis. I don't want to see you, pharmacist, come to welcome me, and bring wine and food? Haha, please come in quickly."

Wang Yan enthusiastically took Li Jing's arm and invited him into the mansion. He first went to see Xiao Mei and looked at the child, and then the two sat down to eat and drink.

"Brother is now settled. He won a title in a battle and has a son. It's a cause for celebration. I toast to you."

"I have to toast you, pharmacist." Wang Yan said with a smile, "I know that my brother's family is not popular, so I came here to welcome him. It's really thoughtful."

"I was afraid that my brother would not recognize me."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You punish yourself with a glass of wine."

Li Jing smiled and drank a glass of wine, enjoying it.

Wang Yan also drank a glass, then tore the chicken leg of the roast chicken brought by Li Jing and ate it with his hands: "It's almost the end of the year, pharmacist, don't you go home?"

"Brother, I haven't told you yet, I am now a Gongcao in Chang'an County."

Gongcao is an official under the county magistrate, in charge of checking and recording performance. Because of the special status of Chang'an County, the official ranks are all high-ranking, and Gongcao is from the ninth rank, which is also an official.

This is the value of a son of a noble family. It's easy to be a small official.

In fact, Li Jing's original career was not bad. He became the mayi county magistrate smoothly.

In the Sui Dynasty, the two-level administrative divisions of prefectures and counties were changed from prefectures to prefectures when Yang Guang came to power. In reality, it was still the same. There were 190 counties in the Sui Dynasty. The top leader was the county governor, and the second in command was the county magistrate. This position was not low, and he lived up to his ancestors. His grandfather was a governor, and his father was a county governor. It's not a big deal if you don't say that a grandfather is stronger than an ancestor.

Of course, the main reason was that Li Jing didn't have many opportunities to show off. A generation of military gods is no joke. He was also good at administration and led the military system reform in the Tang Dynasty. He could plan and fight.

After he grew up, the Sui Dynasty had already begun to waver. Li Jing at the age of 20 was not the same as Li Jing at the age of 30 or 40.

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But Li Jing at the age of 20 had fully demonstrated his excellence.

Wang Yan said, "I know that the pharmacist is capable, and Gongcao is really humble. I will talk to His Royal Highness Prince Jin in a few days and ask him to arrange a position for you."

"No need, no need. Brother, I am fine now. I just want to do something. I don't want to be a high official." Li Jing waved his hands repeatedly, looked around, and then said, "Brother, you should know that the Prince of Jin has the intention to compete for the throne. It is inconvenient for us to participate in this matter."

Wang Yan smiled and shook his head: "Pharmacist is not optimistic about His Royal Highness?"

"It's not that I don't think it's good, but I don't understand it. This is not something I can participate in." Li Jing said very sincerely, "Brother, let's not talk about this. Tell me how you killed the enemy on the grassland."

"Okay." Wang Yan followed suit, "Speaking of the grassland, it was like yesterday. After arriving in Taiyuan, His Royal Highness gave me a hundred elite soldiers..."

Wang Yan smiled and told Li Jing about what happened on the grassland. He was good at telling stories, and he described them vividly, which made Li Jing excited. There were several key battles in particular, and Li Jing and Wang Yan reviewed them, and later simply started to play military games.

Li Jing led the Turkic army to besiege Wang Yan, blocking the Bi army from withdrawing to the outside of Yanmen, and the two talked from day to late at night.

It must be said that Li Jing's talent in military affairs is really good. The two of them played military games from a God's perspective, which still caused a lot of trouble for Wang Yan. But it was just trouble. In the end, Li Jing did not block the enemy for longer than the actual Turks, and the casualties were greater.

Li Jing took a sip of wine and let out a long sigh: "Brother, my defeat is not the fault of the war. It is because you are too brave as a general and difficult to restrain. If it were an ordinary general, you and I would have died dozens of times during the military campaign."

Wang Yan laughed: "Brother, the Marquis of Jiangning was killed in this way. It is also a blessing from heaven that I can survive. I didn't want to accomplish such a big thing. This trip was just to damage the vitality of the Turks. But when I got to the grassland, I had more ideas in my mind, and it developed little by little, and later it almost got out of control."

"Now it's good, brother, everything was killed in the grassland battle, and you don't have to take such a big risk in the future . "

"A mud-legged soldier who was born as a soldier in the army wants to climb up, how can he cherish his life? Pharmacist, I live for a breath, and I have to fight for it when I encounter something, otherwise this breath will be gone, and then I will die. Now I am only the Marquis of Jiangning County and the General of the Cavalry, how can this be enough? I have to be ambitious and strive for the top, so that I can stand firm and achieve something. "

Wang Yan waved his hand, "Okay, Pharmacist, it's late, go to rest."

When it came to late, Li Jing couldn't help yawning, and after sighing with Wang Yan that time passed so quickly, he went to the guest room to rest with the servant.

Wang Yan was very particular and did not put the maidservant in Li Jing's bed for fun. His family did not have such etiquette...

The next day, Wang Yan got up early as usual to exercise. He practiced boxing and kicking with Li Jing, and beat Li Jing, who refused to admit defeat, until he gained a lot of weight. After they had a pleasant breakfast together, Li Jing limped out of Jiangning Marquis' Mansion and went back to work to recuperate.

Wang Yan had nothing to do, so he simply took a few of his men on horseback to the farm outside the city, first to walk the horses, and second to see how the farm had developed after more than a year.

Although letters were sent every few months to report the situation to Xiao Mei, seeing is believing.

The horse moved its legs briskly and trotted. Wang Yan walked into the farm with the ups and downs of the horse's running.

He only collected 10% of the rent. The past two years were good years, and the farmers raised a lot of chickens, ducks, geese and pigs, all of which were purchased by Wang Yan, the master.

Especially at the beginning of this year, the news of Wang Yan's title came back, and the tenants took the initiative to sign the contract to sell themselves and became the slaves of the Wang family, so they didn't have to pay various taxes of the country.

The price was to pay 10% more grain. Although the powerful and big families were hiding their fields and people, they had to pay a little, and Wang Yan just paid a token of his appreciation.

So the farmers had more money and lived a better life. Wang Yan also paid for the road leveling in the village and repaired the water conservancy project in the village. Everyone repaired their houses by themselves, and the whole village looked much better.

The farmers looked even more ruddy. Before Wang Yan was made a marquis, they could eat more full meals. After Wang Yan was made a marquis, they sold their bodies, and they had more full meals throughout the year, and even had meat. They raised chickens, ducks and geese at home, and they could also eat some eggs to supplement some protein.

After a year, everyone was of course well.

Seeing Wang Yan coming, riding around on a horse, the village became lively, and everyone came out. Many people wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Wang Yan. Of course, Wang Yan didn't accept it. He asked about everyone's living conditions, any difficulties, etc., and looked at the learning results of the children in the village. He fooled the poor scholar and asked him to teach for a few more years.

Overall, the teaching was good. Wang Yan did not expect his children to become great talents, but only wanted them to be able to write and calculate, which was not a high requirement. Ambitious children, once they learn to read and write, will naturally strive for advancement. He can see all this, and naturally they will be able to make a name for themselves.

In this village, the people's hearts can be used.

There are more than 100 people in the village, more than 20 adult men under the age of 30, and crying children. Wang Yan plans to transfer the remnants of the soldiers who fought with him in the grassland, and give them some military training during the slack season, and they can all be used with confidence.

People only think that he is of humble origins and does not forget his roots. Although they may still scold him as a mud leg, they will definitely look up to him and affirm him while scolding him. People respect those who can be faithful and do not forget their roots.

But they did not expect that Wang has always had a clear goal, which is to rebel.

So, Wang Yan looked around in the manor, and after returning to the city, he was notified to go to court the next day...

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