Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 33 I would rather bear the infamy than follow my heart

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Old Man Yang raised his gray eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "Think about it, if the imperial guards really did that, what would the emperor think?"

Old man Yang was startled for a moment, and suddenly he showed an expression of realization.

Yang Yuan said with a smile: "If you can't beat him, just join him. If you join him, you will make things difficult for him. Hehe, you have made things difficult for him, but he still has nothing to say.

Old man, when we think about problems, we can't be straightforward. Sometimes, if we change the angle a little, we may find a good solution. "

"Not bad!"

Old man Yang tasted the flavor and laughed.

Old Man Yang pointed at Yang Yuan and said with a smile: "You are a bad boy, but I like you, hahahaha."

"Hey, here, here."

Yang Yuan suddenly saw a ferry and quickly stood up, waved his arms and shouted.

Yang Yuan hurriedly said to Old Man Yang: "Old man, I have something else to do. I'm leaving now. We'll talk later."

Yang Yuan hurried out of the pavilion, and the boat had already sailed towards the dock.

Yang Yuan briefly negotiated the price with the boatman and then sailed away.

Old man Yang stroked his beard and said thoughtfully: "If you can't beat them, just join them, hey! Hey hey..."

Luo Kedi, who was sketching, could not help but stop writing and said, "General, you don't really want to use that kid's method, do you?"

Old Man Yang gave him a sidelong look and said, "Why, no?"

Luo Kedi said: "No, if the Palace Marshal does this, he will lose the Holy Heart."

Palace commander!

It turned out that this old man Yang was actually a descendant of the Yang family, Yang Cunzhong, the Inspector of the Imperial Guards, the Grand Master of the Imperial Court and the Commander-in-Chief of the Palace Guards.

In fact, he was not only the commander-in-chief of the Palace Front.

The other two imperial guards among the Three Yamen Imperial Guards, the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guards Cavalry and the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guards Infantry, were also under its jurisdiction.

During the two Song dynasties, Yang Cun Zhong was the only one who led the three yamen imperial guards alone, which shows the trust Zhao Gou had in him.

Yang Cunzhong was silent for a moment, then he laughed and said, "I am already so old, how many years do I have left to live?
Why...must I stay in this position?

As long as I can make the government more wary of the long-legged man, even if I have to kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000 of my own, I am willing to do it! "

Luo Kedi became anxious: "No, the Three Yamen Forbidden Army cannot be without a Palace Marshal..."

"Go ahead and pull your balls off, why can't you leave me?
As long as the imperial guards are still in the hands of Zhao Mi, Cheng Min, Li Peng and others, Qin Hui will not be able to turn the tables."

Yang Cunzhong stood up and paced in the pavilion with his hands behind his back.

Luo Kedi frowned and said, "General, once this military order is issued, it will affect your reputation..."

Yang Cunzhong stopped, suddenly laughed out loud while looking up to the sky, and his white beard stood up.

"Ever since I supervised the execution of Yue Pengju, I have no reputation left!"

Yang Cun Zhong was older than Yue Fei, had more experience, and held a higher official position, so there was certainly no problem in calling him by his courtesy name.

Yang Cunzhong waved his hand: "No more fishing, let's go back!"

Yang Cunzhong bent down and picked up the old cat.

The old cat immediately climbed onto his broad shoulders and lay down in a comfortable position. Yang Cunzhong then walked away with the gait of a dragon and a tiger.

Luo Ke Di waved his hand hurriedly, and several young men in plain clothes hurried over from under the shade of trees in the distance and tidied up everything in the pavilion.

Luo Kedi threw away his brush and chased after Yang Cunzhong.

Yang Cunzhong, a descendant of the Yang family generals of the Northern Song Dynasty, was a man of great intelligence and strength, skilled in military tactics, able to lead his troops with leniency and discipline, and good at riding and shooting.

Since the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, he volunteered to fight bandits, successively conquered the refugees Li Yu and Li Chengjun, and later became a general under Zhang Jun.

When Zhao Gou went to Hebei to recruit soldiers as the Grand Marshal of the Army, he was responsible for Zhao Gou's safety and performed his duties conscientiously.

Yang Cun Zhong defeated Liu Ni of the Pseudo-Qi in the Battle of Outang and defeated the Jin army's "Crooked Horse" in the Battle of Zhegao.

Before he became the palace commander, he fought in more than 200 battles, big and small, and suffered more than 50 wounds.

Moreover, Yang Cunzhong had saved Zhao Gou's life more than once, but he took credit for it without being arrogant. He was lenient and disciplined in commanding his troops, and never appointed private personnel. He had a high prestige in the army.

It can be said that Yang Cunzhong's life was almost spotless.

Except for one thing, that is, he was the executioner when Yue Fei was executed.

However, can the executioner decide whether Yue Fei is guilty or not, and whether he should live or die?

Obviously not, but because of this incident, many people regarded him as a member of Qin Hui's party and cursed him.

When Yue Fei's charges were being discussed in the Dali Temple, some people stood up and rejected the majority opinion, such as the two ministers Li Ruopu and He Yanyou.

They would rather resign than serve as judges and convict General Yue according to Qin Hui's instructions.

Some people compared him with Yang Cun Zhong, and accused him of being afraid of Qin Hui and having no integrity.

But the hidden story is not that simple.

Li Ruopu and He Yanyou were indeed upright ministers with integrity.

However, when the process came to Yang Cunzhong, he was merely an executioner.

Even if Yang Cun Zhong disobeyed the order, could he change the fate of General Yue Fei?
Moreover, why did Zhao Gou use Yang Cun Zhong as the executioner?
Because Yang Cun Zhong had a very high prestige in the army, his presence could reduce the unrest.

At the same time, his power in the army was even greater than that of Yue Fei.

Zhao Gou ordered him to supervise the execution, which might have been intended to warn Yang Cun Zhong.

Li Ruopu and He Yanyou, the two secretaries of the Dali Temple, did not want to be charged with murdering loyal officials, so the worst that could happen was that they retired and returned home.

Could Yang Cunzhong, who controls the three yamen imperial guards, be so willful?

Moreover, Qin Hui had always been eyeing the imperial guards covetously. At that time, many generals in the imperial guards of the three yamen had not yet grown up.
In terms of seniority, the only one who could compete with Qin Hui was Yang Cun Zhong.

If Yang Cunzhong quit, Qin Hui would have killed Yue Fei and silenced the government and the people.
If you try to add sand and spikes into the imperial guards, there will be no force that can check and balance Qin Hui.

Those in high positions can influence the overall situation with just a single move, so what they plan and think about are not that simple.

But ordinary people can't think of so many connections and interests.
They just accused and cursed the veteran based on simple love and hate.

However, Yang Cunzhong is a fierce general who has fought in hundreds of battles and is very strong mentally. Why would he care about these comments?

He just does what he thinks is right.

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"Swish~hiss..."

Musi sipped the hot tea intoxicatedly.

You can drink tea in your own signing room without brewing loose tea.

He had plenty of time to hammer the finest tea cakes into powder and mix them into tea paste.

Then choose a Jianzhan, slowly pour in boiling water, and slowly beat the tea leaves into snowy foam.
Then he held the brewed tea, like holding a bowl of snow...

"Swish~hiss..."

The taste is light and lingering, like a mirror flower and water moon, full of splendor...

Da Chu stood opposite, looking puzzled.

He didn't understand why Mu Yaban liked to drink such a light tea with only onions, ginger and garlic. How could it taste good?

He likes to drink "Qibao Leicha", which contains oats, glutinous rice, black rice, mung beans, sesame seeds, lotus seeds, and coix seeds.

Add tea leaves and pound them together, this tea...

Tsk, drink it and you’ll be full.

"You mean, that Yang rented a horse and went to Fuchun County?"

Mu Yaban sipped his tea happily before asking Da Chu a question.

"Yes, Yu Kongmu went there personally. I believe we will soon find out who he went to meet and what he did."

After hearing this, Mu Yaban was not relieved, but frowned.

Why is there the story of Wugu Lun Yingge, a noble lady from the Jin Dynasty, here?
Mu Yaban suddenly had an idea. Could it be that Yang Yuan was bribed by the Jin people?

(End of this chapter)