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Chapter 21 The Son of Heaven and the Army (2)

Just as Yan Yingyuan was standing in the hall thinking about it, a sharp shout came: "The emperor is here."

As the sound fell, Yan Yingyuan caught a glimpse of a fat man wearing bright yellow clothes walking through the hall gate. He knew that this must be the emperor. He did not dare to look at it anymore and hurriedly knelt down: "Grass people meet the emperor, long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"

He looked at Yan Yingyuan kneeling on the ground carefully, and Wang Fu nodded with satisfaction. Yan Yingyuan was handsome, with thick arms, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a red face and long beard, and his spirit was similar to the statue of the god in Guandi Temple: "Love your body."

"Long live thanking the people!"

Yan Yingyuan said that he was no longer a Jiangyin Dianshi. He kept saying that the people would not be subordinates, and Wang Fu didn't care. He asked with a smile: "Yan Aiqing, I heard that you are good at training troops. I wonder if this is the case?"

The emperor's words made Yan Yingyuan's nervous heart almost jump out. Sure enough, his affairs were discovered by the court. His face changed several times and he knelt down again: "Caomin should die. He trained 600 soldiers to protect the village privately, but Caomin is absolutely ill-behaved. Please check it out clearly."

"What, you have trained 600 soldiers." Wang Fu was stunned and then ecstatic: "Haha, okay, great, Yan Yingyuan obeyed the order, I appointed you as the governor of the Yulin Guard in the capital, and together with your six hundred soldiers, you will also join the Yulin Guard."

Yan Yingyuan was stunned when he heard this. General Gan was a third-rank military general. He was not even a dictionary now. He was directly appointed as a general as a commoner. Although the Ming Dynasty had always been a noble and a lowly martial arts man, it was still something that he had never heard of.

"How is it, Yan Aiqing, do you think the official is small? As long as you do well, the deputy general and general will not be stingy."

"No, the emperor, the people are not talented and knowledgeable, and they really dare not obey the imperial edict." Yan Yingyuan quickly postponed that the matter of losing pie in the world was not a good thing.

"Yan Aiqing, don't forget that you trained 600 soldiers, can you make them all rebellious?"

The threat was a naked threat. Yan Yingyuan couldn't help but feel a trace of regret flashed through his heart. The emperor seemed to know the military training, but unfortunately he told it out. It was just that the matter was left to this, but his heart calmed down. Although Yan Yingyuan didn't care about it on the surface, he was thinking about why the emperor found him. But he couldn't figure out how the history of an emperor and a small county, and the history of the previous ones, would have an intersection.

The more I don’t understand, the more worried it makes people feel. Now the mystery is unraveled. Although more questions emerge in Yan Yingyuan’s heart, the big stone in his heart has already let go: “I obey the order, but this Yulin Guard…”

"Well, Yulin Guard is my personal army. It has not been formed yet. As long as my dear takes office, it will be possible to start the formation soon."

It turns out that it is completely empty. After saying this, Yan Yingyuan was relieved. He had no foundation and suddenly promoted to a high position would inevitably lead to many people being dissatisfied. There is no problem in the newly formed army, and he can not be subject to too much constraints. Teng reacted. The emperor wanted to form a personal army of the emperor. Yan Yingyuan looked at Wang Fu's fat body, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes. Is this still the legendary emperor who was addicted to wine and sex?

"Your Majesty, can the people still not be able to obey the order?"

Wang Fu was very puzzled, what the hell is Yan Yingyuan doing? Will he still dislike the Yulin Guard as a newly established army? If this is true, Yan Yingyuan's talent may be limited, so he should not be misled by history: "You said, why can't you obey the imperial edict? If you can't tell the reason, don't blame me for punishing you for deceiving the king."

"Caomin is guilty. Caomin had had contact with the pirate Gu Sanmazi, but Gu did not dare to obey the imperial edict." Yan Yingyuan said it happily. His interaction with Gu Sanmazi could not be hidden from Jiangyin people. Since the emperor wanted to form the emperor's personal army, he would definitely check his details again. Instead of letting the emperor find out, it would be better to tell it out by himself.

"What's going on? What's the matter with Gu Sanmazi?" Wang Fu asked in surprise. Unexpectedly, Yan Yingyuan had already done so many things, and he had already spared him from training troops privately.

Yan Yingyuan told him and Gu Sanmazi in detail. Wang Fu pondered, and was shocked by Yan Yingyuan's boldness. Only such a person could resist the Qing army with tens of thousands of old and weak for more than 200,000 troops for more than 80 days. But such a bold person, is it appropriate for him to hand over the new army he built with all the silver coins in the inner treasury to him?

So what if it is not suitable? Do you have any other choice? Instead of handing over the army to a mediocre person, it is better to hand over to a talented but rebellious person. At least you can feel more at ease that Yan Yingyuan will not hand over himself to the Qing army.

"Let's do this. If you can convince Gu Sanmazi to surrender to the court, I can not pursue this matter. Gu Sanmazi can be awarded the position of guerrilla general at sea. However, his subordinates must accept that I have sent someone to reorganize. What do you think?" Wang Fu slowly expressed his plans.

In this way, he didn't have to put all his hopes on the Zheng family. Zheng Zhilong had become the maritime overlord of the entire Nanyang. Unfortunately, such a person eventually surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Wang Fu really didn't dare to put his safety on the Zheng family.

Yan Yingyuan was also worried when he told Gu Sanmazi about his affairs. After hearing the emperor's words, he finally felt relieved: "I thank you for your unjust grace. Your Majesty, please don't worry, Gu Sanmazi has always been loyal and righteous, so I can convince him to surrender to the court."

"Okay, I will give you ten days. During these ten days, my dear will do two things. One is to bring the six hundred village heads you trained to the capital, and the other is to convince Gu Sanmazi to come and join us. If my dear talent recommendations are recommended, I can also provide assistance to my official position at the discretion. Ten days later, the Yulin Guard will recruit soldiers."

"I obey the order and report to the emperor, and I have something to ask for inquiries."

"I'm sorry, but I'm fine."

"I wonder how many troops the Yulin Guard will recruit and how the soldiers will be treated?"

"So this is the matter. My dear friend will tell you if you don't ask me. Let me talk about the treatment first. Yulin Guard is the personal army of the emperor, so the treatment will naturally be increased accordingly. Ordinary soldiers have five taels of silver per month, and the officers will count. As for the number of people, it is tentatively 10,000 people. If there are too many, I can't afford it." Wang Fu's face showed a hint of self-deprecating look.

Ten thousand people, the military salary of the soldiers alone will be 600,000 taels per year, plus officers, weapons, and food, at least hundreds of thousands of taels, which will be more than one million taels together. Yan Yingyuan was excited when he heard this. The emperor was indeed a big deal. He believed that there were 10,000 people, and only after one year of training, he could compete with the Tartars who had just defeated the bandits.
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