Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 296 Siege of Yang Mansion
"What happened? What are you yelling?"

Yang Ting and Kui ran out with their shoes on.

He dresses casually at home, basically likes to go barefoot in the room in summer, and wears cotton shoes in winter,
A pair of cotton shoes had been stepped on by him like cotton slippers.

"Master, a large group of students outside are clamoring at the door, saying they want to see you and ask for an explanation, but the guards won't let them in, and they...they want to rush in!"

Yang Quan said with a face full of panic.

"Then...that group of students really came? Let me tell you...it's not easy for that edict to be published in the tabloids! What kind of edict is that? Guard the servant, stand against the door, say that I am not at home, and find someone to protect me to go out through the back door!"

Yang Tinghe hurriedly greeted Yang Quandao.

Yang Quan quickly ordered all the guards of the Yang Mansion to stop at the gate, and sent several people to escort Yang Tinghe out through the back door.

"Yang Shoufu! Where's Yang Shoufu? Let Yang Shoufu come out! The exam will be held in April soon. He leads the court officials to stop the court and prevent the imperial examination from being held as scheduled. What is his intention?"

Some students shouted.

"Master... our master went out early in the morning, and... is not at home."

Some hesitated to reply.

"Liar! Liar! Why did he go out this early in the morning? And now that he is not on duty, where is he going?"

"Could it be that he didn't come back from the gentle township he went to last night? We waited hard for the test, but he is fine. It has nothing to do with him. Hanging up high, hanging high, is at ease! I became a high-ranking official. Regardless of whether our students live or die, we have completely forgotten that he also came up step by step back then!"

"Yes! The ungrateful fellow!"

The crowd shouted angrily.

Many people began to crowd forward, trying to get past the obstacles of those servants.

It's just that the servants of the Yang Mansion are not ordinary people, many of them are actually from the Beijing Army.

How could the Beijing army go to the mansion of the cabinet boss to be the servant's guard?

Speaking of the reason, it is actually embarrassing.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Beijing Army was basically trapped in hard labor like the Ban Army. Although many Jing Army names were in the military registration, they were actually occupied by powerful officials.

The Beijing army, which was originally used to defend the capital, gradually served as private laborers, but their military pay was received through the imperial court.

Many of the Beijing army who are guarding the city will also curry favor with the authority, preferring to have face as a guard in the family of the powerful, rather than serving the real court.

Not to mention Yang Tinghe's family, the Beijing army will basically exist in the families of the powerful and powerful in Beijing.

In addition, because the Beijing Army belongs to military status, it can receive salary.

Some dignitaries even pretended to be their servants in the Beijing army, so they could get paid for nothing, but they didn't work for the court.

Most of the people who stayed in the ranks of the Beijing Army were old, weak, poor people with no background.

The best Beijing army team in the Ming Dynasty has now become a fake.

Once, when the head of the staff was counting and paying the troops, he found that many of them were pretending to be beggars.

This matter was reported, but in the end it was nothing.

Those who can do these things are all backed by people with backgrounds. How can a small principal shake the interest groups that have been entrenched for many years?
In the last years of Chenghua, the Beijing Army lacked as many as 5000 soldiers.

When Zhu Houzhao came to the throne, there were only 6 soldiers left in the Twelfth Regiment.

During the incident, Wang Liangzuo was ordered to choose an army. According to the military status at that time, there should be 38 people, but it turned out that there were only 14 people.

Compared with the early Ming Dynasty, there are really few!

Zhu Houzhao had already seen the chaotic situation of the Beijing army, but he was powerless.

What can be done is to take advantage of the opportunity of the thieves to transfer the frontier troops into the guard, and those frontier troops become the vanguard and the only pawns in Zhu Houzhao's hands.

Although the frontier army has been defeated, compared with ordinary servants, they still have a certain foundation.

Therefore, even though the number of those candidates was small, under the obstruction of those guards, they could only make noise at the gate of the Yang Mansion for a while.

"Yang Shoufu is definitely still in the mansion. They block us like this, and he is definitely still there. We must go in and ask for an explanation, otherwise all these years of hard work will be wasted?"

Seeing that no one could enter the mansion, and Yang Tinghe did not show up, someone shouted excitedly.

"This Yang Mansion still has a back door, so Old Man Yang won't take advantage of us here to sneak out through the back door!"

After all, he is a scholar, and he still won the exam. He is definitely the proud son of heaven, with an unusual mind. Someone immediately thought of this problem and reminded him loudly.

"Quick! Go and get a group of people to block the back door!"

Immediately someone shouted for arrangements.

Yang Tinghe now deeply regrets that such a big house in Shangjing Lane is really a pit.

I hurriedly changed my clothes, and when I rushed all the way to the door in a sedan chair, I just opened the door and went out, when there was a burst of shouting and clamoring.

I saw a group of well-dressed people rushing towards this side with all their strength, and there was no sign of a scholar's gentleness in their posture and voice.

They can't be blamed either, it's about their own worth and even the future of their family, after decades of hard study, who can be calm?

"Quick! Go back to the house! Be careful they rush in."

Yang Tinghe lost his composure long ago.

He greeted the guards and quickly carried the sedan chair and ran back quickly.

Fortunately, those who were chasing were still some distance away from them.

Before those people chased to the door, the guard carried Yang Tinghe back to the mansion and closed the door tightly.

"Come on! Close the door!"

Hearing the "dong dong" knock on the door outside, the always calm Yang Tinghe's heart jumped into his throat at this moment.

He really didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to play this one.

That kid didn't follow his original temperament routine this time, not only caused public opinion, but even led the disaster to him.

According to Yang Tinghe's understanding of Zhu Houzhao, he would not take the initiative to issue an imperial edict.

If public opinion is used to destroy a few small officials at most, Zhu Houzhaozi will panic when the court is suspended. When the pressure of public opinion comes, he will naturally find them to make peace, and then they will force him to commit crimes.

Of course, they will not take the initiative to force him, but use the pressure of public opinion to completely break his arrogance, and stay in the palace as a display in the future.

It's just that I didn't expect this kid to come out like this. This is clearly instructed by an expert.

Who is this person?

rich!Can run three tabloids at the same time, with such a large circulation!
Brain and knowledge!

Yang Tinghe thought about it, but he couldn't think of such a person beside Zhu Houzhao.

He thought about all the people around Zhu Houzhao, but he still felt that there was no such talent.

As for the people in the court, if they have this ability, they probably have already shown their heads and feet, and if they are in the court, Zhu Houzhao will definitely promote him to the official position, so that he can be more powerful to assist.

For example, Wang Qiong, because he is now the Minister of the Ministry of War, although he is also under the control of the cabinet, but because this guy is in the position of the Ministry of War, Yang Tinghe and others are somewhat passive when doing things.

He didn't believe that Zhu Houzhao had such a highly capable person around him, so he would not introduce him to the court!
"Master, those people knock on the door again, it won't work if it goes on like this! Those people are now like mobs, and they are making trouble in the capital's mansion. I might as well organize guards to teach them a lesson and kill a group of them! If it doesn't work, let them The soldiers from the Five Cities came to arrest them, I don't believe they dare to be so arrogant!"

Yang Quan rushed over with a chief guard in a guard outfit and suggested to Yang Tinghe.

(End of this chapter)