Chapter 160: Yan Wang Military Division

The place where the Goryeo Special Envoy Pei Kelian stayed was close to the Huitong Hall of the Pedestrian Department. Since the arrival of the envoy was the time when the old and new kings of Goryeo changed, and Pei Kelian himself was the left attendant of the Goryeo Kingdom, the security work of the Ming Dynasty was extremely meticulous. A thousand soldiers were guarding the surroundings of the Huitong Hall. Zhu Yuanzhang issued a special order. Except for the Ministry of Rites, the Honglu Temple and the Pedestrian Department, no other officials were allowed to contact the Goryeo Special Envoy.

As Zhan Hui expected, the official who served as the translator for the Goryeo Special Envoy this time was Han Yi, the right deputy of the pedestrian department. Han Yi was about thirty years old, smart and capable, and had a good time. He was promoted to deputy of the pedestrian department after only eight years of office. He had served as an envoy on behalf of the Ming Dynasty three times, and he usually served as a translator for the Goryeo envoy every year. He and Pei Kelian are already old friends. This time, Pei Kelian came to Beijing to live, diet and court arrangements. He was fully responsible for the Goryeo envoy.

I arrived in the capital at noon. From reception to arranging food and accommodation in the inn, a series of tedious things were over. It was already dusk. Han Yi did not rush home, but slowly came to a remote tavern. Although the place was remote, the business was good. The lobby of the tavern was full of guests, and the noise was endless. As soon as he entered the door, the waiter stepped forward with apologetic expression and said, "Sorry, our store is full."

"I have a friend who booked here, his surname is Zhan."

"I understand, please follow me." The waiter general Han Yi led the inner room and pointed to the room next to it and said, "Zhen Zhuan is in that room, please come in."

Han Yi frowned. How could this Zhan Yuanzhi be identified by his real name? The meeting between them was unpredictable. Han Yi opened the curtain and saw that Zhan Yuanzhi was already sitting in the room. There was a table of wine and food in the room. He quickly smiled and said, "Brother, I'm late."

Zhan Yuanzhi came up and bowed and smiled, "I'm worried that Brother Han won't come, so I'll let me wait for a fight in vain."

Han Yi smiled slightly and said, "Why didn't I come? How could I not give Zhan Shangshu's face? My brother thought too much and was punished with three glasses of wine."

"It's time to punish!" Zhan Yuanzhi knocked on his head gently, quickly picked up the wine glass and drank three times in a row. The two of them raised their heads and laughed, and the atmosphere in the room immediately became intimate.

The two sat down, Zhan Yuanzhi picked up the wine pot and poured a glass of wine for Han Yi, and asked quietly: "Entertain Goryeo is very annoying! Otherwise, why did Brother Han be busy since noon?"

Han Yi nodded and said, "This Pei Kelian has a cleanliness habit. It took him almost an hour to choose a room. He has a lot of followers and various requests. In short, I am very busy."

Han Yi drank the wine in the glass and picked up another chopstick dish. He asked while eating, "My brother has asked me out, but what's the matter?"

"Actually, it's not me who is looking for you, it's my father who is looking for you." Zhan Yuanzhi said slowly in Han Yi's eyes.

Han Yi immediately put down his chopsticks, looked at Zhan Yuanzhi solemnly and said, "Since it is Lord Shangshu who has given me instructions, please just say it."

"Brother Han also knows that my father hates Li Weizheng deeply and must get rid of him before he can be willing to do so. The Goryeo incident is Li Weizheng's weakness. My father has a few things to ask Brother Han."

Zhan Yuanzhi followed Han Yi's ear and said a few words. Han Yi's eyes showed a hint of fear, "This, I'm afraid this is something wrong!"

"What are you afraid of? My father will take care of you?" Zhan Yuanzhi poured him another glass of wine and said with a smile: "My father said that if Lord Han can do this well, he will be promoted to Lord Han to a pedestrian Si Zheng next year. This is my father's original words."

The officers and officials of the pedestrian were only seventh rank officials, so they could be decided by the Minister of Personnel Zhan Hui. When Han Yixin felt hot, he drank the wine in his glass and said, "Okay! I will do as Lord Zhan said."

After the two of them drank a few more glasses of wine, Han Yi said goodbye and left. He walked out of the pub and found a carriage to go to his home. Just after the carriage was gone, a man slowly walked out of the pub. He watched Han Yi disappear at the end of the road, and calculated the time for the two of them to meet, and rode his horse in the other direction.

About an hour later, night had already arrived. A lieutenant of the Jinyiwei guard rode to Li Weizheng's mansion. More than 20 Jinyiwei guards had been controlled around Li Weizheng's mansion. These were Li Weizheng's old subordinates, and Luo Guangcai sent to protect the safety of the Li Mansion. Not only outside, Li Weizheng's thirty-three personal soldiers were deployed in every corner of the mansion. These personal soldiers were selected from the masters of the Jinyiwei guards, with high martial arts skills and rich experience. Nearly 60 people inside and outside protected the mansion like an iron barrel.

The Jinyiwei who reported the news ran up the steps, shook a bronze medal, and then went straight into the mansion. At this time, Li Wei was in the study. He had just received two letters from the deputy Qianhu Lai Yongguo, who was left in Penglai. The content was a certificate issued by the Dengzhou government, proving that Zhou Ming had died in the fire. There were bright red seals of the government and the seals of Zhou Ming's wife and neighbors around him. This was used to deal with Zhou Ming's possible false accusation against Li Weizheng, which pointed out that Zhou Ming was fake and was guilty of deceiving the emperor. Li Weizheng had sufficient evidence to prove that Zhou Ming was dead, and what evidence did he have to prove that he was true? Tell me some Japanese experiences? But thousands of officers and soldiers in Weihaiwei and Penglai Institute knew about Japan's experiences, how could they prove that he did not get the news from the officers and soldiers in advance?

Li Wei carefully collected the evidence. At this time, the personal soldiers came from outside the door, "Sir, Deputy Luo Qianhu has sent someone to send the news."

"Please come in quickly."

The Jinyiwei who was delivering the letter walked in, and he knelt down on one knee to Li Weizheng and said, "See sir."

"Please get up!" Li Weizheng knew this person, who was Luo Guangcai's confidant, so he smiled and said, "What information do you Lord Luo want to send me?"

The captain took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Li Weizheng and said, "Sir, this is something that happened just now, please check it out."

Li Wei was taking the letter and opening it. It was Jinyiwei who found that Zhan Yuanzhi, the son of Zhan Hui, secretly met Han Yi, the right deputy of the pedestrian department in a tavern. Li Wei was sneering. As expected, he knew that Zhan Hui or the King of Qin would make a fuss about the Goryeo messenger. The person who had the closest contact with the Goryeo messenger was Han Yi, the right deputy of the pedestrian department who served as the translator. Needless to say, Zhan Hui must have wanted to collude with the Goryeo messenger through Han Yi and let the Goryeo messenger make unfavorable testimony to him.

The captain who was delivering the letter next to him continued: "My adults want to ask when is the best time to start?"

Li Wei was thinking for a moment after he said, "You go and tell your lord, and you should not be alerted now, and you should catch people at the last moment."

"I understand, I will report back to Lord Luo immediately." The captain bowed and hurried away.

For five days, Li Weizheng was not idle. With Fei Tian's promise, Luo Guangcai could let go of his hands to help Li Weizheng. Fortunately, Jiang Yan, the commander of the Jinyiwei, was not in the capital. In August, the Huangcai of the county and counties in the world, was made. This was a big event. In order to verify the authenticity of the Huangcai, Zhu Yuanzhang specially sent Jiang Yan to Changsha to verify the authenticity of the Huangcai in Changsha. Therefore, the Jinyiwei of the Beijing Capital City was almost the decision of each thousand households. Today, the three thousand households of Feitingan came back. He did not interfere with Luo Guangcai's actions, which showed that Fei Tian's promise had worked.

Luo Guangcai used 150 people to help Li Weizheng this time, not only protecting his house, but also monitoring the situation of his opponents for him. Although Li Weizheng was weak, he had an advantage in intelligence and provided Li Weizheng with the most detailed information at all times.

Li Weizheng sat down again, closed his eyes and sorted out the clues again. Now, judging from the movements between King Qin and Zhan Hui, the King of Qin wanted to use Zhou Ming's affairs to defeat him, and it is likely that Zhou Ming falsely accused him of having an affair with Japan. They have no evidence and have already had a countermeasure, which is not worth worrying. Zhan Hui seized the "on-the-moment decision-making power" he used in Goryeo and did not relax. This is a troublesome thing. Li Weizheng also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang did not let him go in this matter. Now, as long as he caught Zhan Hui and Han Yi colluded, he could barely deal with Zhan Hui.

In fact, what Li Wei was really worried about was that the King of Yan who was hiding behind the scenes. The use of a flying knife to deliver the letter must be the ones of the King of Yan. If Li Weizheng was not wrong, the fire in Zhou Ming's family was probably burned by King of Yan, and then rescued Zhou Ming and finally delivered it to the King of Qin. Otherwise, how could he know so clearly that he would notify himself the day when Zhou Ming arrived in the capital?

The intention of the King of Yan was very obvious. He used the King of Qin to deal with him, and then secretly helped him deal with the King of Qin, provoking a fierce battle between him and the King of Qin, and finally both sides were injured. He came to make a profit. After all, he still wanted the King of Qin to fall into his hands again to lose the qualification to compete for the prince. Li Weizheng believed that this was the King of Yan's real intention.

From this perspective, the King of Yan would help him at the last moment, or it could be said that he used himself to completely defeat the King of Qin. However, this exploit was what Li Wei wanted. His strength was too weak. He knew that if Zhu Yuanzhang chose between himself and the King of Qin again, he would definitely be biased towards his son, so the King of Yan's move was particularly important.

It’s a pity that he could not get in touch with the King of Yan and could not take the initiative. Li Wei was sighing. He felt like a kite, and the other end of the string was firmly held in his hand by the King of Yan.

At this time, the King of Yan Zhu Di was not in the capital, but was far away in Peiping. The person in the capital was his military advisor Yao Guangxiao. Zhu Di only set a general principle on this matter, and Yao Guangxiao was fully responsible for the manipulation of details. But even so, Yao Guangxiao still slightly changed the general principle set by Zhu Di.

Yao Guangxiao did not live in the Qin Palace at this moment. He lived in a separate house of Zhang Yu, the general under the King of Yan. The house was close to the Qinhuai River. It covers an area of ​​about five acres, with spacious places and many houses. There were more than 40 subordinates living with him, all of whom were all strangers who were the King of Yan’s network.

Yao Guangxiao's room is located in the middle of the house. It is a quiet room. There is only a cushion, a table, and then some paper and pens. There are no other items, let alone luxury goods. Yao Guangxiao is a monk. His life is very simple and he has no spare money. Compared with ordinary monks, Yao Guangxiao is even more diligent. Originally, he was a monk who was well versed in Buddhist scriptures. His general glory and wealth could not touch his heart. But what is different from ordinary monks is that his desire for power, power firmly captures his heart like a demon, and his efforts to King Yan also come from his pursuit of power.

He was indeed loyal to Zhu Di, and Zhu Di trusted him for this and gave him everything with confidence. This was a tacit understanding they had reached over the years, but this kind of loyalty, this kind of trust and tacit understanding have a prerequisite, that is, he cannot violate his bottom line of Yao Guangxiao, and his bottom line is that no one can share his power.

Perhaps Zhu Di made a small mistake in dealing with Li Weizheng. The order he issued to Yao Guangxiao was: Li Weizheng is very useful and will force him to the point of no way out.

The key is that the word "big use" touched Yao Guangxiao's sensitive bottom line. Yao Guangxiao knew Li Weizheng's ability very well. Zhu Di's confidant Han Danding was defeated by this person. After Li Weizheng got the letter, he could still leave calmly under Zhu Di's nose. Finally, he stepped on Zhu Di's shoulder and took up the position of Qianhu, the Jinyiwei, and then a beautiful trip to Guangdong made the King of Qin look dirty. This is not something that ordinary people can do. If he was used by the King of Yan, would he share some of his power?

The answer is yes. If Li Weizheng was used by the King of Yan, he would definitely stand on the one hand in the battle for the King of Yan's throne, making the situation where Yan was only relying on him and the two were equally valued. This result was definitely not what Yao Guangxiao wanted to see. Therefore, Yao Guangxiao made a little change in the principle of Yan's king. Out of selfishness, he slightly moved the line of "forcing Li Weizheng to be desperate and then take him back" a little bit. This little bit became that Li Weizheng might be desperate or a dead end.

Yao Guangxiao sat in front of the oil lamp and released the latest order from the King of Yan, which also came with a pigeon letter. There was only one sentence in the letter, ordering him to kill Zhou Ming at the last moment, which surprised Yao Guangxiao a little. It was not the matter itself, but the King of Yan intervened in the specific affairs. This was the first time. Yao Guangxiao understood the meaning of the King of Yan's order. On the one hand, although he wanted to make the King of Qin lose his final effort and be defeated by Li Wei forehand, on the other hand, the King of Yan was afraid that Li Wei would really die. Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but feel jealous. The King of Yan really valued this person too much.
Chapter completed!