I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 333
When Jiedu envoy Marquis Wu An was about to lead his troops, two generals rushed back to Chengdu before him.

Yan Ting, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, and Lei Bo, the envoy of the Guizheng Army, returned from Songzhou.

The king of Shu and the gentry of Chengdu also used a lot of pomp to welcome Deputy Marshal Yan. After all, he is a local, and he is the first Shu person to hold such a high position in the army since the founding of the country.

The meritorious service in the battle of Songzhou is not small, and when the imperial court rewards the meritorious service, he may be able to get a title.

With the title of title, the Yan family can reach a higher level in Sichuan.

Yan Ting and Lei Bo entered the city and led a group of generals to participate in the banquet prepared by the King of Shu. Shi Liu Xianke, the governor of the festival, was also invited to attend.

After the banquet was over, Yan Ting went back to his home in the west of the city.

Now the head of Yan's family is Yan Yi's father, Yan Yi, who is already in his 60s, even in his seventies, but still in good health.The father and son hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they naturally wanted to talk, and Yan Ting's brother Yan Kun was with him.

"This is winter tea from the south of the Yangtze River. It was just delivered from Guanzhong. You have worked hard in Songzhou these days."

Looking at his weather-stained son, Yan Yi also said with emotion.

Yan Ting said: "It's not my turn to charge into the battle. It's not hard to talk about. If you want to talk about bitterness, it was bitter when I pacified the chaos in southern Xinjiang with Li Wuyi. Fortunately, I'm from Shu and I'm used to the climate in the mountains. Many of Li Wuyi's men from Shangjing didn't die at the hands of the bandits, but died of illness due to acclimatization."

Yan Kun said from the side: "Brother is now the deputy envoy of Jiedu, and he has achieved fame. If I had joined the army with my brother, maybe I could be a part-time official now."

Yan Ting said, "I'm going to join the army to save face for our Yan family. Second brother, you are at home but you have to support the family business. It's not easy."

Yan Yi smiled and nodded after listening to the words of the two brothers. Now that the Yan family has a Deputy Jiedu envoy, he will have the confidence to speak in the official circle in the future, and the prosperity of the family is just around the corner.

"By the way, brother, you may not know it when you just came back. There was a big fire last night, and the archives of the Jiefu were burned. Some documents that were just transferred were burned clean, including the salt tax subjects over the years and some of them. I really don’t know which method the fish scale book in the military station is from, really.”

Speaking of this, Yan Kun didn't know what adjectives to say. Is it courageous or reckless?
Or, are people with high arts and boldness?
It doesn't seem to be appropriate.

After Yan Ting heard this, he immediately put down his teacup and looked at his brother, "Is what you said true? Did the archives of the Jiefu be burned?"

Yan Kun nodded: "Of course it's true. It was a fire in the middle of the night. It must have been done by a master to set fire in the heavily guarded Jiefu. I don't know if it was the work of the Du family or the Yang family."

The document library was burned, the most suspicious must be the Du family, the Yan family, and the Yang family, among the four prominent families in central Sichuan, these three families in Chengdu.

After all, the Li family is rooted in Yanting, and they can be regarded as powerful in Zizhou, but they can't reach Chengdu.

Those who dare to do it, those who can do it, and those who have a reason to do so are the Yan family, the Du family and the Yang family.

But now that the Yan family has a Deputy Jiedu envoy, there is absolutely no reason to do such things before things become clear.

Especially taking advantage of the night before Yan Ting returned to the teacher.

The rest are the Du family and the Yang family who are more suspicious.

At least in the eyes of the Yan family and his sons, that's the thinking.

Yan Ting let out a long breath: "Although I have worked with Marquis Wu'an for a short time, he is a very heroic man. Although he uses troops steadily, he is by no means willing to be easygoing. Burning the archives, this kind of thing will definitely be punished by him. considered a provocation."

Yan Yi said: "In your opinion, he will pursue it?"

"Of course, if you don't investigate, you won't be the Marquis of Wu'an."

Yan Kun said from the side: "But if he finds out something, how will our Yan family deal with it?"

Both Yan Yi and Yan Ting didn't speak after hearing this.

However, Yan Kun continued: "Our Yan family and the Du family and Yang family are also related by marriage for generations. Although there are some disputes, they are all of the same spirit after all. They are both township parties in Sichuan. If this is really done by the two of them, how can we where?"

"Let's wait and see what happens. No matter what, we have to be steady and don't get involved rashly."

Yan Yi said with a sigh.

There must be all kinds of conflicts of interests between the local tycoons and the imperial court.

When it comes to interests, no one wants to give up their share, even if it doesn't belong to them.

But there is no reason to spit out what you eat?
Not to mention humans, even animals have the instinct to protect food.

After all, people die for money and birds die for food. In order to keep their money bags, it is not difficult to understand what some people do.

The situation of the Yan family is very good now, even if they lose some money, it will be worth it if the family can be changed for a long time.

And to what extent this matter will develop in the end, we can only wait and see.

As for the in-laws who share the same spirit, they can naturally stand together when good things happen.

If there is any risk, it is natural to stand farther away.

Fu Jinchuan, who had just arrived in Fucheng, was discussing military affairs with several aides at the inn, and happened to catch up with the messenger from Chengdu, who brought a letter from Changshi Liu Xianke.

"Liu Changshi's letter? Submit it to me for a look."

After Fu Jinchuan read the above letter, he didn't burst into anger, but laughed instead.

"How courageous to set fire to my Jiefu."

When the several staff members heard it, their expressions became tense, but after reading the letters one by one, they had different expressions.

Xu Yinglong was born as an official, such things are not unusual for him, but he also feels that it is unwise to do such things.

Zhang Gao was well versed in military strategy and didn't know much about official affairs, so he was a little shocked, especially when they burned Fu Jinchuan's Jiefu archives.

"This thief is so courageous."

There was no trace of anger on Fu Jinchuan's face, but anger was already burning in his heart.

This fire didn't burn in his Jiefu, it burned directly in his heart.

On his side, he just asked people to check various account books, which was what Jiedushi Yamen should do.

At most, he just wanted to clean up the old accounts. After all, after a battle, there are a lot of places to spend money.

After the victory, all kinds of rewards are indispensable, and the court is also short of money. The big reason for him in Shuzhong is to solve this problem.

Even in an emergency?

I believe that with the family background of these big families in central Shu, even if they spend a small amount of money, it will be enough for the court to tide over this urgent need.

But now he directly chooses this method to confront the imperial court, that is to say, he wants to do nothing?By the way, do you want to provoke the court?
Do you really think that you big clans in central Sichuan are towering trees, so deeply rooted that no one can shake them?
"They probably think that I, Fu, are weak and can be bullied?"

(End of this chapter)