"Brother-in-law, little sister, please come quickly!" Huang Qiao introduced Wang Yuan and Huang E into the house, his attitude was extremely enthusiastic, completely the opposite from three years ago.
Wang Yuan cupped his fists and said, "Brother, you're welcome."
Huang Qiao finally got married last year, and his wife is the granddaughter of Li Chongsi, the imperial envoy to the left deputy capital.
When Wang Yuan was governing Caohe in Shandong, Li Chongsi, who served as deputy military envoy, helped a lot. Wang Yuan also reciprocated the favor, spoke well in front of the emperor, and directly promoted Li Chongsi to the rank of left deputy capital envoy - historically, Li Chongsi
Chong Si first served as the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, and then was promoted to the right deputy governor of the capital. Wang Yuan was like letting him jump two levels.
Li Chongsi was naturally grateful to Wang Yuan, and at the same time felt that Wang Yuan had a bright future. So he took the initiative to find Huang Ke and betrothed his granddaughter to Huang Ke's eldest son, and Huang Ke immediately agreed.
Li Chongsi was from Neijiang, and Huang Ke was from Suining. They were originally from the same hometown in Sichuan. Now that they were married, their relationship became strong instantly, and they were both political allies of Wang Yuan.
There was nothing taboo about family reunions. Huang Qiao's newlywed wife, Li, was also brought here to meet Wang Yuan.
Li has just turned fifteen. Although she is not stunningly beautiful, she is attractive and has a bookish air about her.
Huang Qiao failed in the imperial examinations and was not good at physics, but his poetry was passable. Now he has a beautiful wife, and works as an eighth-grade official in the Ministry of Works. He occasionally recites poems and composes, and his life is relatively smooth.
"Brother-in-law!" Huang? also came to greet him.
This boy is twelve years old and much smarter than his brother. He actually went to school and became a student member. He will probably pass the Jinshi exam in the future and is a key training target of the Huang family.
The youngest brother Huang Feng, only five years old, followed Mrs. Nie, timidly called "brother-in-law" and hid.
Wang Yuan took Huang E and came forward to greet his father-in-law. The two elders smiled and greeted them to sit down.
Before he even moved his chopsticks, Huang Ke raised his glass and said: "Xianxiang, you and me, please come and have a toast first to celebrate your extraordinary achievements!"
"It's my turn to respect Master Taishan." Wang Yuan said with a smile.
Huang Ke is the kind of person who likes to drink heavily even though he doesn't have the capacity to drink. However, he drinks well. He likes to be verbose after being drunk. After blabbering, he goes straight to bed. He has never been drunk.
After drinking three or two cups, Huang Ke began to talk a lot: "I had a deal with Yibu once. He couldn't defeat the little Mongolian prince, so he came to plunder the border of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, I was the governor of Yansui and personally led the troops to fight with him.
I beat this beast in Papaya Mountain and fled in embarrassment! Two years later, Yibu came back, but I led my troops and beat him away again! I was promoted to the right minister of the household department, which was also earned through military merit."
Wang Yuan flattered casually: "Master Taishan is really both civil and military!"
Huang Ke drank another drink: "This is nothing, I just beat Yibu Ci away. The virtuous son-in-law is amazing, he actually took Yibuci under his command and led his troops to fight against Turpan!"
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Yi Buci was driven out of Hetao, then out of Ningxia, and then out of Gansu. He has long been a lost dog. If he wants to gain a foothold in the West Sea, he must obtain permission from the Ming Dynasty to recruit his tribe.
easy."
"If it were anyone else, I wouldn't dare." Huang Ke sighed.
Only Wang Yuan was brave enough to take in a Mongolian tribe that had been plundering the Ming Dynasty for many years.
What was it like historically?
Yibuci requested the governor of Gansu, hoping to let herds graze in the West Sea. The governor of Gansu was very interesting. He neither agreed nor objected, and actually gave away property. He hoped that Yibuci could lead his people to leave, as far away from Gansu Town as possible.
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What a fart!
When Yibuci accepted the goods, he promised with all his heart. When the little Mongol prince invaded Yansui and Ningxia, Gansu town was transferred to support the lack of troops, so this guy took the opportunity to run to Gansu to plunder. And he tasted the sweetness, and whenever he found an opportunity, he would
He went to Gansu Town to rob, so his strength grew rapidly.
Now, Bu'erhai was thrown to Changji to garrison herding by Wang Yuan, and half of Yibuci's troops were taken away.
Yibuci couldn't refuse at all, so he could only go to Qinghai to graze. Because the pastures in Changji were rich and beautiful, Bu'er was very happy to get this pasture, and he no longer had the same heart as Yibuci.
This arrangement not only solved the southern crisis in Gansu Town, but also allowed Bu'erhai to become Turpan's northern barrier, and also allowed Yibuci to contain the Seven Guards of Kansai.
It's easy to make a move, it's so exquisite, it can be said that you kill several birds with one stone.
Yang Yiqing, Wang Qiong, Huang Ke and others, who were familiar with border affairs, admired them from the bottom of their hearts: Wang Erlang was not only brave in fighting, but also skillful in using barbarians to control barbarians.
"Come on, drink some more!"
Wang Yuan was still slightly drunk, but Huang Ke was already confused. After blabbering for a while, he actually fell asleep on the dining table.
Mrs. Nie had long been used to it and asked her servant to help Huang Ke to rest: "Ruoxu, I made you laugh."
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Master Taishan is really kind, why should you laugh at it? I give you a toast to your mother-in-law."
After having had enough wine and food, Wang Yuan took Huang E and took a carriage out of the city to return home.
Huang E lay in Wang Yuan's arms. She also drank some wine, her cheeks flushed with clouds: "Second brother, father and mother are very happy today."
"Are you happy then?" Wang Yuan played with Huang E's catkins, and his little hands were white, tender and beautiful.
Huang E simply sat on Wang Yuan's lap, put her pretty face on his chest and said, "Of course I am happy too. I have parents who love me and a husband who loves me. I feel that I am the most blessed woman in the world."
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Wang Yuan hugged her tightly: "I will love you forever."
"Well," Huang E said suddenly, "I don't know how sister Ling'er is doing. I will definitely go to Guizhou to visit her when I have time."
Wang Yuan sighed: "Find an opportunity and let's go together."
The couple was swaying in the carriage and leaving the city on the verge of curfew.
Just after replying, Zhou Chong came to report: "Second brother, the letter from Duke Yangming was delivered not long ago."
Wang Yangming had been in Jiangxi for more than half a year. This time he mainly wrote to Wang Qiong, hoping to use Jiangxi commercial taxes as military expenses, otherwise there would not be enough money and food to train troops. He guessed that Wang Yuan had returned to Beijing, so he wrote to Wang Yuan
I also wrote a letter.
How should I put it? Uncle Wang's first battle to suppress bandits in Jiangxi was completely defeated!
Wang Yangming took only a few servants and students to Jiangxi, and encountered water bandits halfway. He deceived the merchants into going with him, disguised the merchant ship as an official ship, and stood on the deck to scold him, scaring the water bandits into giving in.
Make a way.
If he didn't do this, Wang Yangming would probably have been hacked to death by water bandits on the way.
After taking office, Wang Yangming had even more headaches. The local guards were all mobs, and he only managed to get two thousand old and weak soldiers. And the officials who worked for him were mixed with a bunch of bandits and spies. Wang Yangming used tactics to find more than a dozen, waiting for him to send troops.
, the news was still leaked.
Not only that, the local people were all spies, because they had many relatives who were bandits. Wang Yangming had no choice but to form a group of ten households to supervise each other and try to eliminate the mass base of the bandits as much as possible.
Then Wang Yangming trained his troops again and took the newly trained soldiers to suppress the bandits. As a result, the marching route was already controlled by the bandits. They won a victory at the beginning, but they were ambushed during the pursuit.
Uncle Wang was shot twice, broke out on horseback, and was almost captured alive by the bandits...
Before Wang Yuan finished reading the letter, his expression became strange. Wang Yangming, a generation of sages, actually fell into trouble with bandits. The Jiangxi bandits who roamed the three provinces of Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong were really powerful.
It was too difficult. Wang Yangming was not fighting bandits, he was fighting local forces in Jiangxi.
Some of those bandits were funded by local gentry, many were related to the local people, and countless officials were internal agents of the bandits. However, Wang Yangming only had a group of newly trained soldiers under his command.
How to suppress this evil?
The governors before Wang Yangming had been suppressing more and more bandits for decades, just because of these troublesome things.
Even if Wang Yuan is sent there, he will probably have a big headache. When the troops will be sent out and which route to take, the bandits have already found out clearly. Your troops are strong, and the bandits will disperse directly into the mountains. They will start again when you leave.
Gather them together. Your troops are weak and you can ambush directly in a favorable terrain. Even if the general is brave and brave, the garbage soldiers under his command will collapse due to the ambush.
At the end of the letter, Wang Yangming recommended a person to Wang Yuan, hoping that Wang Yuan would help to put in a good word and arrange an official position for this person.
The talent recommended by Wang Yangming is called Gui E, who is a Jinshi in the same discipline as Wang Yuan.
Gui E was sent to Dantu as a county magistrate. Because of his upright character, he offended his superiors and wealthy gentry. After passing the exam in three years, instead of being promoted, he was transferred to the poorer Qingtian as a county magistrate.
In anger, Gui E resigned and returned home, now opening an academy in his hometown in Jiangxi.
Brothers Gui Hua and Gui E took the initiative to find Wang Yangming and said they were willing to support Wang Yangming in suppressing bandits. Wang Yangming naturally reciprocated the favor and appreciated Gui E's talent, so he recommended this person to Wang Yuan, hoping to arrange an official position for him.
Butterfly wings fanned the wind.
Historically, Wang Yangming visited Jiangxi in the late year of Ming Dynasty. He only came into contact with the Gui E brothers after the initial success in suppressing the bandits.
In order to consolidate the achievements of suppressing bandits, Wang Yangming redefined the administrative areas and established several new counties in Jiangxi. Guihe's hometown was deprived of a lot of territory by neighboring counties, so the brothers took the initiative to contact Wang Yangming and were willing to cooperate with Wang Yangming in suppressing bandits.
, in exchange for the territory of my hometown not being taken away by the county.
As a result, the Gui family became famous in Anren County, and Wang Yangming also received tangible benefits.
Until many years later, when Wang Yangming went out to suppress bandits again, Gui E was already in a high position, and the two had a direct quarrel.
Gui E not only took the lead in coming up with a whipping method and ordered the country to inventory the land, but also dreamed of opening up new territories. He wrote to Wang Yangming, hoping that Wang Yangming would take the opportunity to recover Annan and restore the territory that the Ming Dynasty once had. However, Wang Yangming was hindered by the poor situation of the Ming Dynasty.
Finance, and did not want to fight with Annan anymore, so Gui E held a grudge - there was indeed a chance to regain Annan, but there would definitely be a lot of wars next.
After Wang Yangming's death, Gui E even went to Shu Jiajing, deprived Wang Yangming of his title, and began to suppress Yangming's Xinxue nationwide.
Now that the two have contacted in advance, and Wang Yangming is helping Gui E get reinstated, it is impossible for the two to quarrel again.
Gui calyx?
Wang Yuan had some impression, after all, they were Jinshi in the same discipline.
However, Wang Yuan is a novice in history. He did not know that Gui E would create a whipping method, nor did he know that this guy had been the chief minister in the Jiajing Dynasty. Until now, Wang Yuan thought that a whipping method was created by Zhang Juzheng...
Since Uncle Wang said that Gui E was a talented person, Wang Yuan naturally believed in the teacher's vision.
Well, I'll go talk to the emperor tomorrow and throw the Guaihe to the magistrate county in Zhejiang. Maybe it can help me open the sea.