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Chapter 1349 Interlude
Qin Qiong had also heard many legends about Wang Yan. He was flattered to meet him by chance today and to be treated so well by Wang Yan.

"Your Majesty, is it really... different from others?" Qin Qiong was not very sure.

Wang Yan sat next to him, smiled and took a sip of wine: "I was born as a soldier in the army, and I have never forgotten where I came from. I know how difficult it is for common people like us to survive. We can't bear any disaster. Our land will be sold to the rich, our children will be sold as slaves, and we will be bullied.

The wealthy and powerful can enjoy delicious food, have thousands of acres of fertile land, and humiliate us at will. When we sue the officials, they will not respond. Is this fair? It is not fair!
So even though I am now a high-ranking official, I still disdain to associate with the wealthy and powerful families. I will target them. If they fall into my hands, I will punish them severely. I will make them spit out all the land and money. I wonder if they can still act arrogantly when they have nothing left. Who is more noble than who? "

Qin Qiong gritted his teeth after hearing these words. He had a kind heart, but he only pitied the poor, and he had never thought like Wang Yan.

"Your Majesty is righteous." He cupped his hands, his honest face showing sincerity.

"I just can't stand them." Wang Yan said with a smile, "Do you know why I can't stand that old guy Yang Su?"

Without waiting for Qin Qiong to add a punchline, Wang Yan continued, "When the Jiangnan rebellion broke out, I followed the prince to Yangzhou to serve as the General of the Cavalry. Yang Su was appointed as the general commander of the army to suppress the rebellion. When we were returning from the rebellion, I accompanied the prince to entertain the troops. Old Dog asked me to perform a wrestling show with Shi Wansui to entertain the crowd. That's how the feud was formed.

I have only fought twice so far. The first time was when I served under the prince in the Chen Palace. I fought to gain fame for my bravery. The second time was when I fought with Lao Gou. If the prince had not deliberately tried to win over Yang Su, I would have broken all his teeth on the spot. How dare you, old man, be so arrogant? "

He is an old thing, an old dog, and an old villain. Qin Qiong felt Wang Yan's pettiness.

"Uh..." He didn't know how to respond again.

Wang Yan waved his hand: "I told you this so that you can be at ease and not worry about causing trouble for King Kaoshan. To be honest, I have some relationship with King Kaoshan.

You know my wife is Princess Qionghua. Princess Yu is close to Princess Qionghua. When sea trade was popular, King Kaoshan even sent Princess Yu to my house to communicate. Overseas, King Kaoshan's fleet also supports my family and the navy. So although King Kaoshan and I have never met, we have been friends for a long time. "

"I didn't expect that there is such a connection." Qin Qiong said considerately.

"I heard that Princess Yu looked different. Could it be that he has taken a fancy to Princess Yu?"

"No, no, it's absolutely impossible." Honest Qin Qiong denied it three times.

Wang Yan laughed: "A real man has great ambitions, so why should he be so hard to like women? Your father is a general, and his family background is much higher than mine. Didn't I marry a princess? You can think and do anything. A real man should not be long-winded when doing things."

Qin Qiong's face turned red, and he stammered, looking embarrassed.

"Hahaha... Okay, no more talking. Come on, drink to victory."

Qin Qiong quickly raised his glass and drank with Wang Yan.

He changed the subject and asked, "Your Excellency has made great contributions in destroying the country this time, so you should be ranked among the top leaders, right?"

Wang Yan shook his head and said, "I am not tolerated by the rich and powerful. They let me fight in wars and stay away when there is nothing to do. You will know it soon, so it's okay to tell you. This time, I was promoted to the Duke of Danyang County and appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, and was sent to farm.

Shubao, it's not that easy to move up. Especially for someone like me, the wealthy families all ostracize me. They are unwilling to let a peasant like me step on their heads.

I can get to where I am today because of the support of the prince. He gave me the opportunity to succeed. Otherwise, for someone like me, there is only one way to succeed. "

"What way?"

"Be a dog!"

Wang Yan took a sip of wine and said, "Just like the gatekeeper of Yang Su's house. I will do whatever they tell me to do. If they tell me to die, I will die."

Seeing Qin Qiong's distracted look, he continued, "Don't be afraid. Look at me, I am alive and well. Yang Su is higher in rank and more powerful than me, so what? In the final analysis, we should strive for self-improvement. As long as we are strong enough, no one will dare to bully us.

So, why do I keep helping those people below me? It's to get everyone together and work together. I want to see whether there are more people from wealthy families or more people like us. As long as we are strong and covered with thorns, no one can bully us.

Shubao, you and I are compatible, do you want to come and work with me? Oh, I'm not asking you to give up your official position, I can arrange for you to go somewhere else. I can still influence the army, I can send you to Yanmen, or to the navy. The people around are all dishonest, the next time there is a war, I will transfer you to my side, it will be no problem to make you an earl in one battle.

I have a brother named Li Jing, who was with me during the destruction of the Turks. He was awarded the title of founding county earl a few days ago. You don't have to rush to make a decision. After all, you admire Princess Yu. Just put it here first. You can come anytime you want in the future. We are all family members."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qin Qiong finally put aside his embarrassment and raised his glass to toast again.

After a few more drinks, Qin Qiong asked, "I wonder what the prince thinks of the Yuwen family?"

"Yuwen Huaji? You should have talked about this with Princess Yu, right? Didn't she tell you that in the past in Chen Palace, I slapped Yuwen Huaji twice, called Yuwen Shu an old dog, and tied Yuwen Chengdu to a target to practice archery?"

"Indeed, we have never talked about it. I didn't expect that the prince would be so...brave!" Qin Qiong was stunned.

Wang Yanxiao asked: "Why, did the Yuwen family harm you?"

Qin Qiong looked around and saw that they were the only two people at the table. Everyone else, including Wang Yan's children, were eating and drinking nearby.

He moved closer and whispered, "Does the prince know about the imperial order?"

"It's robbed every year, how could I not know? I remember Princess Yu once said that the imperial seal presented by King Kaoshan was also robbed."

"It was that time. As far as I know, there were two groups of people who robbed the emperor's treasure. One group was the bandits, and the other group... was Yuwen Chengdu in disguise, leading a group of soldiers!"

Wang Yan nodded with a smile, not at all surprised, and did not ask Qin Qiong why he was so sure.

Qin Qiong was a little confused. He asked uncertainly, "Does the prince know about this?"

"Shubao is so frank that he is not afraid of exposing his relationship with the bandits. How can I betray you?" Wang Yan took a sip of wine and said, "I know a lot of things. The Yuwen family has private soldiers. The team you know is a private soldier. They use the imperial court to select elite soldiers and then take those elite soldiers for their own use. Also, I heard that Yuwen Chengdu admires Princess Yu...but Princess Yu doesn't like him.

You don't have to stare so wide-eyed. The Yuwen family is stupid. You have discovered their identities. So many imperial treasures were lost. Were they all done by bandits? Who do the bandits listen to? Aren't they the wealthy and powerful? If there were no help from the wealthy families in various places, Shubao would not think it would be so easy to gather in the mountains, right?

Speaking of raising private soldiers, which wealthy family doesn't have hundreds of soldiers? Take Yang Su for example, his family has more than a thousand people, everyone knows it. And me, you also know that I started the maritime trade, I led the navy, my family's fleet is responsible for the task of development, and the wealthy families follow behind to eat.

When the fleet goes out, there are dozens of ships of different sizes and thousands of people. How can we sail far without military support? Whether it is strong men or private soldiers, my family has more than a thousand brothers and is still increasing. Not only that, but we also have weapons and armor. "

"This is punishable by death, Prince!" "Do you think His Majesty, the Crown Prince, and all the civil and military officials in the court don't know?"

"they know?"

"Otherwise, how can I drink with you here?" Wang Yan glanced at him and said, "If you don't want to take risks and just want to eat what's ready, and just want to make a profit without losing, then you have to give me more convenience, right?"

"Does the prince know what the Yuwen family has done?" Qin Qiong asked carefully.

Wang Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Does it matter whether you know it or not? The Yuwen family has been helping the prince with his plans for a long time, contributing money and effort, and they can also get things done."

Qin Qiong was of course wise, and after thinking it over he finally figured out the reason.

If it can be used by Yang Guang, then I don’t know; if it cannot be used by the prince, then I know that the Yuwen family will die.

"It's so complicated..."

"It's not complicated. It's just that with your current status and position, you don't know so much information. With your high position, you don't have to snoop around. All kinds of messy information will automatically go into your ears, and you will know everything."

Qin Qiong nodded, and then toasted again.

Just like that, Wang Yan entertained Qin Qiong and others, and then they dispersed, promising to meet again someday.

At the same time when Wang Yan invited Qin Qiong to drink, what had happened at Yang Su's doorstep earlier also spread quickly throughout the capital.

In this regard, people generally believe that Wang Yan was angry at the Turks and went to Yang Su to ask for peace, and Yang Su agreed, preventing him from completely destroying the Turks in a single battle.

This caused Wang Yan's hatred towards Yang Su to burst out completely, and he started fighting with Yang Su.

But no one thought that Wang Yan simply stood up for Qin Qiong because he saw Qin Qiong and the domineering doorman of Yang Su's house and couldn't stand these things.

Yang Guang frowned and looked at Wang Yan: "Is this the reason?"

"Your Highness, I am indeed a narrow-minded person. I still remember that old man Yang Su asked me to perform fighting games to entertain the crowd. But this is just a small matter. After all, Shi Wansui is with me, and he really wants to try his skills with me.

As for the surrender of the Turks, Your Highness, I value the lives of the soldiers more. If we can save lives and destroy the Turks, my brothers can take the reward and go home to live a good life. I have no complaints.

Even a doorman in Yang Su's family dared to rely on their family's power to look down on people who came to give birthday gifts. How can this be justified? It shows how bad the family tradition of Yang Su's family has become. Such a person still thinks he is a noble family. Your Highness, it is really a disgrace to Hongnong Yang, a disgrace to your Highness, and a disgrace to His Majesty. "

Yang Guang was speechless and glared at Wang Yan: "Alright, go back, this matter is over, don't bother Yang Su anymore."

"If he doesn't bother me, I won't bother him."

"Do you think he dares? He is afraid that he will provoke you to go crazy and just go to his house with a knife and kill you without any care." Yang Guang was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Other generals may exaggerate when they say they are brave enough to fight against ten thousand men, but Wang Yan is really that brave, an absolute overlord in the world.

Wang Yan bowed and left the East Palace, and the matter was over.

Yang Su was indeed in the wrong, and their doorman Zhang Kuang really deserved to die. After all, everyone knew that Wang Yan was very annoyed by the way things were done in the homes of wealthy families, let alone the servants of wealthy families who relied on their power to gain power.
But people are more willing to believe that it was Wang Yan who reversed the account of destroying the Turks. Rumors can make a person appear guilty.

This move was intended to ruin Wang Yan's reputation and turn him from a vengeful, petty-minded villain who never forgot his humble origins and hated evil.

Wang Yan was too lazy to care. After all, no matter how much he said, it was not as good as doing it. There were more than 100,000 people eating with him now. They knew what kind of life they were living, and others could see it clearly too.

This was just a small episode after all. After Wang Yan wandered around for a while, he finally went to Sinong Temple to work.

As he said, the first thing he did after taking office was to check the accounts.

When people do bad things, they always have a sense of luck. If they are not caught the first time, they will feel more and more lucky, and they will become more and more courageous and natural.

So even though Wang Yan had conveyed the instructions long ago and given time to settle the accounts, people still didn't take it seriously enough.

Therefore, after Wang Yan asked for permission from Yang Jian, who had been suffering from minor illnesses, he brought his own accountant over and spent a month checking the accounts of the past five years, and then began to look over the old accounts.

He killed a few people who boasted about their family in front of him, arrested a few who were transferred to other departments, and thus all the people within five years came to settle their accounts.

Wang Yan's work was fully recognized by Yang Jian and praised by Yang Guang.

Wang Yan certainly had a clear understanding of his own position. He was here to challenge the noble families and to strike them down. This was also what he had to do. So when he arrived at Sinong Temple, he would definitely target the noble families with his first three moves.

After all this, he recovered a large sum of money and gave everyone bonuses as a reward. He was able to gain a foothold in the Sinong Temple. People listened to his orders and did what he asked them to do carefully, and everyone behaved honestly.

The Sinong Temple was quite large, with only eighty-two officials in charge, but there were many more people working under it, probably over a thousand.

Wang Yan did not make too many adjustments. He just gathered a group of outstanding old farmers and arranged two minor officials from humble backgrounds to concentrate on agricultural research.

Everything else remains the same, no major changes.

He was an official, and although he could be called one of the Nine Ministers, he did not have as much power as during the Qin and Han dynasties. He was responsible for growing crops and vegetables, taking care of the royal gardens, and managing the hot springs for the princes and ministers to bathe. It was still a service position. He was in a high position but had little power, and his influence was not that significant.

By the Sui Dynasty, power had completely shifted from the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers to the Three Departments and Six Ministries. It was unrealistic and unnecessary to expand the power boundary of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Wang Yan just farmed honestly, and at the same time asked people to study greenhouses, so that vegetables could be produced on a larger scale in winter. When the time came, they would be sold to the rich people in the city who were not eligible to receive gifts in winter. The Sinong Temple would also have an additional source of income, and everyone would have a good New Year...

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