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Chapter 1332 Loyalty
It was already the end of the year when we arrived in Daxing from Taiyuan.

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 common people in ancient times were hungry, poorly clothed, and had difficulty keeping warm, people living in a country's capital were always much better off than those living in other places.

After all, if the officials and wealthy families in the capital 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 had no martial virtue?

If it wasn't too much, everyone would just fool around and let it go. If it was too much, the emperor would have to kill people for the sake of his reputation. No one took the people seriously, but it was the biggest thing.

Therefore, the city of Daxing was full of prosperity. If we only look at Daxing, it can really be considered as the reign of Emperor Kaihuang.

As Yang Guang's team entered the city, Wang Yan's family did not return to the mansion that Yang Guang had given them. Instead, they followed Yang Guang into the inner city and found the Jiangning Marquis Mansion.

Of course, being a marquis has its benefits, and this marquisate was given by the court. From now on, even if the family falls into poverty, this marquisate's mansion will belong to the old Wang family, unless the emperor grants a bigger mansion.

Because he, Wang, was a military noble who had achieved great success along with the country of Sui.

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

"It's still very grand." Xiao Mei stood at the gate and looked at the plaque and the lions at the door.

"It's a marquis' mansion after all." Wang Yan looked at it with a smile, 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 house with three entrances or more. Inside, there are pavilions, towers, corridors and waterside pavilions. It's just that the water is frozen in winter, so it doesn't feel very much. However, the heavy snow that just fell only cleared the walking paths, and the large area of ​​whiteness didn't look too depressing.

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 field.

Overall it's pretty good.

The house had been cleaned up in advance, so everyone moved in directly. The servants and followers were busy putting various things in order...

Watching people busying around, Xiao Mei said to Wang Yan, who was playing with the child, "We 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."

"After the meeting, can the princess's matter be settled?"

"I'm not sure." Wang Yan shook his head. "It depends on whether the emperor and empress like me."

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

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

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

But at the moment, the family was busy putting things away, so Xiao Mei couldn't say it directly. Instead, she expressed her shallow worries at the right time. These things could reach Yang Guang's ears, and maybe even Yang Jian.

Because when Yang Jian rewarded the Marquis's mansion, he also rewarded a large amount of other silks, satins, gold, silver, and jewelry, as well as a dozen palace maids, and servants, etc. It's obvious that someone was watching.

Wang Yan said, "No need. We are not the same kind of people. What's the point of taking the initiative to approach them? We rely on King Jin and the royal family. We don't need to take the initiative to 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 need to be down-to-earth and live our own lives. The royal family will definitely not treat us unfairly."

The words were simple, direct and heartless, expressing just two words: loyalty!!!
Yang Guang loved to listen to it, and Yang Jian also loved to listen to it.

Xiao Mei nodded and said with a smile: "Husband, the New Year is coming soon, 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 those in power, and he has the confidence to change course at any time.

Today, he offended Yang Jian and Yang Guang and was not tolerated by the Sui Dynasty, so he rushed out of the city directly, found a village or a wealthy family and slaughtered them, and then gave a speech to the people to encourage them. He was able to gather a team of one hundred or eighty people that day, and then killed officials and robbed granaries and arsenals, and his army grew like a snowball.

He could forge steel, build weapons, train soldiers, and employ them. He also had the ability to judge people. When he raised the flag of rebellion, he was different from other rebels. It can be said that the moment he raised the flag, the rebellion had already succeeded.

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

It’s a pity that no one can understand.

Even Xiao Mei, who had to talk to him about the progress of his ascension to the throne every day while lying in bed, did not understand his painstaking efforts.

How lonely heroes are.

At this moment, a soldier came in and reported: "My Lord, there is a man outside the door named Li Jing, with the courtesy name of Pharmacist, who claims to be your brother."

Wang Yan stood up with a smile: "Although we haven't sworn brotherhood, he is still my sworn brother. Go and meet him."

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

"Pharmacist, how are you?"

"Nothing has happened, brother. You have accomplished a lot, and you are in high spirits."

"I am just a soldier who was promoted by luck. Just now my wife and I were discussing whether we should make some friends with the dignitaries in the city. My house is deserted and lacks the style of a noble. I didn't expect that the pharmacist would come to welcome me and bring wine and food? Haha, please come in."

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

"Brother is now safe and sound. He was made a marquis in one battle and has a son. It's a cause for celebration. I offer a toast to brother."

"I have to respect you, Pharmacist." Wang Yan said with a smile, "You know that my family is not popular, so you come here specially to welcome me. It's really thoughtful."

"I was afraid that my brother would not recognize me." "What nonsense are you talking about? Drink a glass of wine by yourself."

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

Wang Yan also drank a cup, then tore off the drumstick of the roast chicken that Li Jing brought and ate it with his hands: "It's almost the end of the year, isn't the pharmacist going home?"

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

Gongcao was an official under the county magistrate, in charge of recording performance. Because of the special status of Chang'an County, officials were all high-ranking, and Gongcao was from the ninth rank, so he was still an official.

This is the value of being a child of aristocratic family. It is easy for him to become a minor official.

In fact, Li Jing's original career path could not be said to be very bad. He was promoted to the position of Magistrate of Mayi County smoothly.

The Sui Dynasty had two levels of administrative divisions: prefectures and counties. When Yang Guang came to power, the prefectures were changed to counties, but the actual situation remained 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 it was worthy of his ancestors. His grandfather was a governor, and his father was a county governor. It doesn't matter if a grandfather is stronger than an ancestor, but it doesn't make much difference.

Of course, the main reason is that Li Jing didn't have many opportunities to show his talents. He was also good at administration and led the military reform of the Tang Dynasty. He was good at planning and fighting.

When he grew up, the Sui Dynasty was already in turmoil. Li Jing at the age of 20 was not the same as Li Jing at the age of 30 or 40.

But the 20-year-old Li Jing has fully demonstrated his excellence.

Wang Yan said, "I know what the pharmacist can do, and Gong Cao is really humble. I will talk to His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin in a few days and ask him to arrange a position for you."

"No, no. Brother, I'm fine now. I just want to do something. I don't want to be a high-ranking official." Li Jing waved his hands repeatedly, looked around, and then said, "Brother, you should know that the King of Jin wants to compete for the throne. It's not convenient for us to get involved in this matter."

Wang Yan smiled and shook his head: "Pharmacist, don't you think highly of His Highness?"

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

"Okay." Wang Yan readily agreed. "Speaking of the grassland, it seems like it happened yesterday. After arriving in Taiyuan, His Highness gave me a hundred elite soldiers..."

Wang Yan told Li Jing about his experiences on the grassland with a smile. He was a good storyteller, and his descriptions were vivid and exciting. Li Jing was excited to hear them. There were several key battles, and Li Jing and Wang Yan reviewed them, and later they even started to play military games.

Li Jing led the Turkic army to besiege Wang Yan, preventing the Bi tribe from withdrawing outside Yanmen. The two talked from day to late at night.

It must be said that Li Jing's military talent is indeed very good. The two of them fought from a God's perspective, which still caused a lot of trouble for Wang Yan. But it was just a trouble. In the end, Li Jing did not stop the Turks for longer than the actual time, nor did he cause more casualties.

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

Wang Yan laughed loudly: "My brother, the Marquis of Jiangning, fought his way out. It is a blessing from heaven that he is still alive. I didn't intend to accomplish such a big thing. This trip was just to destroy the vitality of the Turks. But when I arrived on the grassland, I had more ideas in my mind. It developed little by little, and it almost got out of control later."

"It's all good now. Brother, we have fought our way out of this battle on the grassland. We don't have to take such a big risk anymore in the future."

"A peasant born in the army wants to climb up, how can he cherish his life? Pharmacist, I live for a breath, and I must fight for it when something happens. 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 must be ambitious and strive to be at the top. Only in this way can I stand firm and achieve something."

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

When talking about how late it was, Li Jing couldn't help but yawn. After sighing with Wang Yan about how time passed so quickly, he followed the servant to the guest room to rest.

Wang Yan was very particular and didn't put his maid into Li Jing's bed to play with. His family didn't have such etiquette...

The next day, Wang Yan got up early as usual to exercise. He practiced boxing with Li Jing, and beat Li Jing, who refused to admit defeat, until he gained 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 followers and rode to the farm outside the city, firstly to take a walk on the horses, and secondly to see how the farm had developed after more than a year.

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

The horse moved its legs briskly, trotting along. Wang Yan followed the horse's pace and walked into the farm.

He only collected 10% of the rent. The last two years had been good harvests, and the farmers raised a large number of chickens, ducks, geese and pigs, all of which were purchased by the owner Wang Yan.

Especially at the beginning of this year, when the news of Wang Yan's ennoblement came back, the tenants took the initiative to sign the indentures and became slaves of the Wang family. They no longer had to pay various taxes to the imperial court.

The price was to pay 10% more grain. Although the powerful and wealthy families all hid their land and people, they still had to pay something. Wang Yan was just paying it as a token of his appreciation.

As a result, the farmers had more spare money and lived a better life. Wang Yan also paid for paving the roads in the village and repaired the water conservancy project in the village. Everyone renovated their own houses, and the whole village looked much better.

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

After a year like this, everyone had recovered.

Seeing Wang Yan coming, riding his horse around everywhere, 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 the children to become great talents, but only wanted them to be able to write and count, which was not a high requirement. Ambitious children, once they learn to read and write, will naturally strive for success. He can see all this, and naturally they will succeed.

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

There were more than a hundred people in the village, including more than twenty adult men under the age of thirty, and some crying children. Wang Yan planned to transfer the remaining soldiers who had fought with him on the grassland and give them some military training during the slack season. They could all be used without worry.

People only think that he is of humble origins but has not forgotten his roots. Although they may still call him a peasant, they will certainly look up to him and show their approval while they are calling him a peasant. People will respect those who are trustworthy and do not forget their roots.

But they could not have imagined that Wang had always had a clear goal, which was to rebel.

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

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