surnamed Wang

Chapter 237 Provocation
The capital is at the foot of the emperor, and it is also the most prosperous place in the Central Plains.

There are so many high-ranking officials and dignitaries here, any inconspicuous old man on the street may be a certain high-ranking official in the court, or it may be the father of a certain high-ranking official.

Those ordinary people in the capital who have neither backing nor rank are naturally much more cautious than other places.

However, even so, the capital is still the most stable place in the Central Plains. Not only is there no banditry here, there is not even a gang, of course, except for the Yan Family Gang founded by Miss Yan.

The stability of the capital is all thanks to the Jing Huwei. This team has been established since the establishment of the dynasty.

There are tens of thousands of guards in Beijing, most of whom are selected from the army from various places. Although there are many people, they are not under the control of the Ministry of War, but are directly responsible by the emperor.

The positions in it are also different from those in the ranks of the army. In addition to the usual hundreds of households and thousands of households, there are also eight captains who are in charge of different affairs.

For example, an infantry lieutenant has three thousand households under his command and is in charge of three thousand infantry; a cavalry lieutenant has two thousand households under his command and is in charge of two thousand light cavalry; a longbow lieutenant is in charge of a thousand archers.

In addition, there are Captain Tunjia who is in charge of heavy cavalry, Captain Shuiqu who is in charge of the navy, and so on.

Due to the difference in the number of soldiers in charge and their responsibilities, although the eight school lieutenants have the same title, their military positions differ by hundreds of thousands of miles.

Among them, the two most popular are naturally the infantry captain and the cavalry captain who are assigned to 5000 troops, both of whom are from the rank of the fourth rank.

Although it is from the fourth rank, the officials in the capital have always been half the rank higher than the officials from other places, so these two are enough to serve as a big official of the frontier in any place.

As for the remaining few, except for a certain gatekeeper captain who is not on the table, the rest are all regular fifth-rank military positions comparable to Qianhu.

……

There are four gates in the capital, east, west, north, and south, all of which are guarded by the unprofessional sixth-rank gatekeeper captain.

One hundred officers and soldiers were assigned to each gate, and a total of 400 were given to the captain, which was too much for his father's sake.

The name of the guarding school lieutenant is Wang San. Although he has nothing to do with the royal family in charge of the dynasty, he can be considered to have a prominent family background.

Wang San's father's name is Wang Xishan, a serious military servant, and he is a third-rank official, and there is a faint upward trend.

The eldest brother Wang Taolue, as his name suggests, is both intelligent and courageous in both literary and martial arts. He is a fifth-rank thousand households stationed along the northern line.

The second sister, Wang Yingsi, is a talented woman well-known in the capital. She once won the favor of the queen for her song "Sigh of the Pear Blossom", and was promoted as a female official.

Even that brother-in-law was a candidate in the previous scientific examination. After marrying Wang San's second sister Wang Yingsi, he became the accompanying student of the current prince under the recommendation of his father-in-law.

Although the accompanying reading may seem inconspicuous, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the days of the Holy Majesty are numbered. Once the Holy Majesty passes away, the crown prince, who is the only blood of the emperor, will be the candidate to succeed him.

One person attains enlightenment and ascends to heaven, and Tan Hualang, as a companion, will naturally become the new emperor's right-hand man, and his achievements will even surpass that of his servant Yuezhang...

Maybe it's because the name was chosen a little more casually. Even though he is full of talents, Wang San is still a dou who cannot be supported.

When he was young, he didn't like reading, he failed in literature, he was too weak to eat hard, and he couldn't learn martial arts. In addition, he was the youngest son in the family, so he received more love after all, and finally developed a habit of eating and being lazy.

It can be said that Wang Xishan has exhausted his mind for this incompetent son.

First, he asked his connections to find him a civil job in the government office, but after a few days of working, the government office was beaten up. Although the government office was only a fifth-rank official worshiper, it had a sister who was a concubine in the palace.

Even though Wang Xishan is a third-rank servant, he still has to shamelessly apologize to others, and in the end he paid a lot of money inside and out before he let it go.

The civilian job was no good, and his father transferred him to a military job, but after only a few days of work, the prodigal son felt that there was no money, so he patted his ass and left.

The servant of the Ministry of War, who was over fifty years old, was so angry that he almost lost his breath. He wished to beat this unworthy man to death, but he held the whip in his hand for a long time, but he was not willing to beat him.

Wang Shilang had no choice but to brazenly enter the palace and ask for a job as a gatekeeper officer for his son. The eldest son Wang Taolue happened to go home to visit his relatives.

I thought this guy would be tired after working for a few days, but he didn't expect it to be five years.

The officers and soldiers guarding the city are bitter and tired, and they often stand for several hours at a time. It stands to reason that a dude like Wang San will definitely not be able to stay, but he can't stand this life. .

The business in the capital is prosperous, and goods must go through four city gates, and the capital has always been strict in checking the incoming and outgoing goods. As long as the gatekeepers feel that there is something wrong, they will go forward and search randomly.

Porcelain and silk, such precious things, are basically dirty and broken after they go through them, so they don’t even think about selling them. As for furs and other things, it’s simpler and more straightforward. They will just pull them away on the grounds of carrying fleas.” destroy".

As the saying goes, the king of Hades loves little ghosts, and those businessmen who have no power, power, or support can only spend money to avoid disaster, and "voluntarily" hand in filial money, which saves them from interrogation.

In five years, Wang San has gone from being a gatekeeper to a gatekeeper captain. Although he is still looked down upon by the other captains, only he knows the money that goes into his pocket. willing to change.

……

Wang San rarely came to the gate of the city once this day, and there was nothing else to do when he came, just chatting and farting with his pawns. At that moment, he saw a man in a sky blue satin riding a horse in the distance.

There are many dignitaries in the capital, even if the satin is luxurious, it can't attract Wang San's attention, so he just glanced at it, then turned his head and continued to discuss with his subordinates which kiln sister has a big butt.

The man in blue satin knew the rule of not riding a horse in Beijing, so he got off his horse and walked when he reached the gate.

When the man led the horse past Wang San, Wang San subconsciously glanced at it, which made him stunned on the spot.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

It wasn't until the man left that Wang San was awakened by his subordinates. He said in astonishment:
"The one just now is the Second Prince."

"What? Didn't the second prince go to Jiangnan to become a vassal?"

This subordinate is obviously not an ignorant lord. The dynasty has iron laws and there is no sacred edict. The vassal king is not allowed to leave the vassal land at will, let alone enter Beijing, otherwise he will be punished as treason.

What a pawn knows, Wang San naturally knows, he murmured:
"I'm afraid the capital is about to change..."

……

Wang Bingde entered the city, heading east all the way, and stopped when he passed a sesame seed shop.

"Boss, here are two biscuits."

"okay!"

The owner of the biscuit stall was tall and thick, nearly seven feet tall, and looked a head taller than Wang Bingde, who was not short at all.

"The sesame seed cakes from the boss's house are really delicious. I'm hungry after smelling them."

"That's right, the whole street can smell the aroma of our biscuits when it's baked."

The boss boasted, but Wang Bingde smiled and remained silent.

When the two biscuits were wrapped, Wang Bingde took the biscuits with one hand and handed over four copper plates with the other.

The sesame seed stall owner was obviously taken aback when he saw the copper plate.

"Why, not enough?"

"Enough is enough."

As he said that, the five big and three thick men picked up the copper coins.

While leading the horse along the street, Wang Bingde opened the oil-paper package, and then ate without hesitation.

Not long after, a hundred light cavalry came rushing with dust on their backs, and the leader was the cavalry lieutenant of Jing Huwei, and the group surrounded Wang Bingde who was still shopping and enjoying the scenery.

The cavalry captain cupped his hands, "My lord, please follow me into the palace."

Wang Bingde looked at the sesame seed cakes in his hands, frowned and said nothing.

"Your Majesty, please."

Seeing that the other party did not answer, the cavalry captain spoke again.

"Understood." Wang Bingde returned coldly.

A group of people quickly arrived at the gate of the palace, and the guards headed by the commander of the palace, Zou Shun, brought Wang Bingde to the imperial study.

Seeing the crowd waiting in full force, Wang Bingde's mouth curled into a smile of unknown meaning.

……

"Wang Bingde, you really want to rebel against me."

In the imperial study room, the emperor looked sullenly at the prince kneeling on the steps.

"My brother dare not."

Wang Bingde lowered his head so low that his entire upper body was almost prostrate on the ground.

"And you dare not?
An Dongwei, you and the water bandits besieged the guard and took the opportunity to rob the imperial court of two hundred guns.Kaipingwei, you have exchanged three concubines for a thousand-household Lijiazhuang who is good at using soldiers, and you have taken away a fortune teller.

Do you think I don't know about all of this? "

The more the emperor talked, the more angry he became. In the end, he was so angry that he threw a teacup in front of the other party.

"I ask myself that I treat you well.

You forced my mother to death, and I just let you go to the palace, and didn't make things difficult for you, but you challenged my bottom line again and again.

You have only been in Yingtian Mansion for a year, and the military and government there are as single-minded as an iron bucket, and even the hidden guards can't get involved. I really don't know whether to praise you or scold you.

Even so, I still turn a blind eye, but you are still not satisfied, recruiting talents everywhere, and now you have extended your tentacles to the capital.

You are so brave! "

Wang Bingde still prostrated himself on the ground without saying a word.

The emperor pointed at the other party with trembling fingers, and after a long time, he continued:

"Wang Bingde, do you really think I dare not kill you?"

"My brother is guilty."

The prince, who was half-brother with the emperor, spoke extremely sincerely at the moment.

"Come here, put King Deshun into the sky prison, and after the crime of treason is found out, choose a day to ask for execution!"

No matter how good-tempered the emperor was, he couldn't bear such provocations from the other party, and what he got in exchange for repeated forbearance would only get worse.

After the guards took Wang Bingde out of the imperial study, the emperor's gloomy face eased a little, and after a long time, he said in a deep voice:
"Si Snake, who did Wang Bingde meet after he entered the city?"

"Return to the Holy Lord, the second prince passed by a sesame seed stall, bought two sesame cakes, and chatted with the owner."

"Seed cake stand? Where is the boss now?"

"Your Majesty, since I met the Second Prince, I have disappeared."

"Even you can't find out?" the emperor frowned.

"The villain is incompetent."

……

"Father, I heard that you are looking for a son-in-law?"

At this time, the door of the imperial study was pushed open, and the prince in a big red python robe walked in.

With the appearance of the crown prince, the dark guard whose real name is Yu Mu also tactfully disappeared.

Prince Wang Qianwen was registered only last year.

Wang Qianwen followed his father, he was respectful and courteous, and put benevolence and righteousness first in everything. Although he was only fourteen years old, after studying with the emperor's teacher for a year, he already had his own understanding of the way of governing the country.

A few months ago, I wrote an article called "Governing Officials" by myself. The point of view in the article is concise, pointing out the shortcomings of the current official administration, and put forward twelve strategies for rectification.

Although these twelve strategies are a little immature, and there is still a lack of thinking, but it is not easy to have such a vision at a young age.

The article "Governing Officials" made many officials in the court admire it, and some people even sighed that "there are three generations of monarchs in the dynasty, but there are four generations of Mingjun".

Although there is no lack of suspicion of sycophancy, it does prove the prince's talent.

……

"Wen'er, come here."

Wang Bingxian gave instructions to his son, and the latter stepped forward obediently.

Looking at his son's hands hidden behind, the emperor shook his head, and after wiping off the dirt on the other's cheek with his hand, he said softly:
"Wen'er, you are already the prince. When the emperor is gone, you will be the king of the country. Don't play around anymore."

Wang Qianwen nodded, and took out his hands holding the clay sculpture from behind, "Father, this is made according to your image, does it look like it?"

Wang Bingxian nodded with a smile, not too dirty, and directly reached out to take the clay sculpture.

The son in front of him is indeed playful, but he is clever and quick to learn things, which saves Wang Bingxian, a father, a lot of worries. If he can restrain his mind and focus on how to govern the country, he will definitely be a wise ruler.

……

"Wen'er, if someone wants to rebel, how should we deal with it?"

Wang Gangquan suddenly looked serious, and looked at the prince opposite.

"Conspirator, kill without mercy." Wang Qianwen's answer was very straightforward.

"What if this man is your uncle?" the emperor continued to ask.

"This……"

The prince was in trouble for a while.

Seeing this, the emperor frowned and said seriously:

"No matter who it is, as long as they have the idea of ​​treason, they will be killed without mercy!"

"My son, please follow the teachings of the emperor."

……

After the prince left, the emperor, who was under forty, sighed deeply, as if he had aged a lot all of a sudden.

"This child is too kind. It may not be a good thing if it goes on like this."

Emperor Xianen said to himself, and then he seemed to think of something again, showing a wry smile, "If it was him, how would we deal with it?"

……

"Kill, you must kill me!"

Wang Quanquan pointed to a big mosquito between Park Wen's fingers and said.

Although I have heard that there are many poisonous insects in the Southwest, I only know what is scary when I encounter them.

The mosquito as big as a palm sucked Wang Gangquan's face completely.

He was taking a nap just now, and felt something fell on his face. He thought it was a leaf or something, so he didn't take it seriously.

But then he felt a stinging pain, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a big mosquito floating in front of him.

Realizing that something was wrong, Wang Gingquan wanted to catch it, but the mosquito was surprisingly agile. He spent a long time but failed to catch it. It was Pu Wen who was on the side with quick eyesight and quick hands, and he pinched the mosquito's wings at once.

Wang Gangquan looked at the mosquito's wings with black spots, and felt his scalp tingling. Don't think about it, this thing must be poisonous.

"Quickly, kill it."

Wang Gingquan said in a hurry.

Jiang Xiucheng at the side gloated at this moment and said:

"It's your blood flowing in its body, do you really have the heart?"

"Stop talking sarcastic, it's not you who was bitten."

Wang Gangquan touched his swollen cheeks and said, this vicious mosquito didn't get off either side of his face.

Thinking of this, Wang Bingquan became even more angry, he directly took the big mosquito, threw it on the ground and stomped it to death.

With a "baji", blood spattered everywhere, and his face became even uglier.

Ah Cha on the side handed over a porcelain bottle and said:
"This ointment can detoxify the insects. You should rub some on it. Otherwise, it will be itchy and painful, and it will be swollen like a steamed bun at night."

Hearing the words, Wang Gingquan quickly took it, and applied it on his face while thanking him. Not to mention, it was refreshing and refreshing. Although the swelling didn't go away, he felt a lot more at ease.

"There is less than a day left, everyone pack up and get ready to go, and rest well after arriving at the destination."

In order to ease the embarrassment, Wang Gingquan gave an order, and after speaking, he went to the woods alone for convenience.

While whistling, Wang Gangquan finished draining the water, and just as he turned his head, he saw an old man staring straight at him, and he suddenly felt his scalp go numb.

Could this old man be a pervert?

……

(End of this chapter)