Impeachment will make me stronger, and I will be invincible on the road to death.

Chapter 407 Imperial Examination and Official Career

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "Yan Zhang, your grades in cultural classes are average. However, your talent in running a country is much better than Zhuge Liang. Look at Sun Tzu's Art of War, it's quite similar to Zhuge Liang's original military style.

In particular, the article "The Duke of Zhou vomits food and the world returns to its heart" is a masterpiece. Moreover, Yanzhang, you are very talented in the art of war, so you don’t have to worry about the imperial examination. From now on, Yanzhang can take the imperial examination as an official career. "

After hearing this, Yang Yanzhang's face became solemn.

The emperors of all dynasties feared most that their son, who was excellent in literature, Taoism and martial arts, would seize power and usurp the throne.

However, Zhao Zhen was not afraid of Yang Yanzhang's intelligence.

"Yanzhang, I know that you are very famous in the military. However, I hope that you can focus on the imperial examination and don't indulge in power struggles."

"My son, please remember your father's teachings."

"Well." Zhao Zhen nodded slightly, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Yan Zhang, your navy has conquered the Japanese pirates, and this time it repelled the Japanese invasion. This is a great achievement.

Therefore, I have decided to grant you the title of fourth rank to highlight your achievements. In addition, you will also be rewarded with 1000 coins. This is my hard work. "

Yang Yanzhang was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him. Although he benefited a lot from this incident. But he also took big risks. You know, the navy under his command basically has no combat power.

The Japanese pirates are different. The Japanese pirates have many warships. Moreover, the Japanese pirates' boats were loaded with artillery and crossbows. When the Japanese pirates are on board, they have powerful lethality.

This time Yang Yanzhang personally led the troops. Although he won by luck, he also paid a heavy price. The navy under his command suffered thousands of casualties.

Among them, seven to eight hundred people were killed, and thousands more were injured or injured. These injured people need to take a good rest. This time, Yang Yanzhang was in a serious deficit, so he did not recruit the navy into the infantry camp. Otherwise, the Navy's losses this time will definitely be even more shocking.

As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days for the injured soldiers under Yang Yanzhang's command to recover in less than half a year. As a result, the overall strength of the navy was weakened.

The Japanese pirates did not suffer any serious losses. Although the Japanese pirates suffered heavy casualties, they also plundered more than a hundred merchant ships. Those more than one hundred merchant ships are worth a lot of money.

And hundreds of horses. The horses of the Japanese pirates are not cheap. Each horse can be sold for 20 yuan. More than 200 horses were sold for more than yuan. This trip made a lot of money.

Of course, Yang Yanzhang also made a lot of money.

The Japanese pirates took away almost all the gold, silver and jewelry, leaving only a little copper coins and food. In addition, a lot of furs, porcelain, and silk were also taken away. In addition, they also took away many cattle and sheep.

Yang Yanzhang's battle established his prestige in Jiangnan. He has a high reputation in both the government and the public.

Emperor Zhao Zhen named him King of Qi and rewarded him with 2000 yuan and the position of commander of the Imperial Guard.

Moreover, he also allocated a hundred acres of farmland to Yang Yanzhang.

In the Ming Dynasty, King Qi was the second-rank prince. However, the King of Qi did not have any fiefdom, only a salary and a house. The area of ​​the house is not too big, about 10 acres. Such a reward is not expensive.

After Yang Yanzhang received the title of King Qi, he still kept a low profile. However, he secretly began to train the navy and prepare for water transportation from Guangzhou to Jiangning.

During this time, everyone was busy and no one cared about it at all.

After all, now that the Japanese pirates are invading, everyone is nervous. Who dares to cause trouble at this time?

It’s the end of March in a blink of an eye. After Yang Yanzhang stayed in the palace for a month, he felt bored. So, he decided to go outside for some air.

So, he rode his mount "Red Rabbit Horse" and led his guards out of the capital. Then, go all the way west, go north along the Yellow River, and go straight to Jiangning. He found a piece of grassland to camp on the south bank of the Yellow River and built several cabins. Then, he ordered his men to take turns to guard against Japanese pirates.

Yang Yanzhang built five small wooden buildings on the south bank of the Yellow River, housing a total of about 5 households. Every day, dozens of women and children come here to cook and take care of these injured soldiers. These small wooden buildings are the navy's medical stations.

As for Yang Yanzhang, he was fishing by the river.

Fishing is also boring. No one in this world knows how to fish. Because ancient people did not know the secrets of fishing, and they did not even know how to fish.

Therefore, fishing in ancient times relied on blindness.

Although Yang Yanzhang can fish, he can only fish. He has no way to judge the quality, depth, distance, etc. of the bait through fishing. All he knew was that the fishing line in his hand was made of fishing net.

However, the quality of fishing nets in this world is very poor. Once the fishing line is broken, you can no longer catch fish.

Yang Yanzhang doesn't know this technique, so fishing is no fun. So, he simply wandered on the shore and took a look at the scenery here. This place is called "Yunyang Village", less than 2 miles away from Chang'an City.

"Your Highness, there is someone in front of me asking to see you!"

Yang Yanzhang frowned. He was walking on the shore just now and didn't notice anyone. As a result, someone suddenly appeared.

This is a young man wearing Tsing Yi. He knelt in front of Yang Yanzhang and said: "Little citizen Yang Yilian

I pay my respects to Your Highness and ask Your Highness to save the lives of my family, young and old. "

"You should get up first." Yang Yanzhang said. He looked at Yang Yilian and asked, "Is your surname Yang?"

"Yes, I am a direct descendant of the Yangzhou patriarch. Yang Yilian, a commoner, is a squire of Yangzhou Prefecture. This time the Japanese invasion broke out, and my ancestor was captured by the Japanese pirates.

Now, the family ancestor has surrendered. However, the Japanese pirates did not allow us to redeem it. My Yang family is willing to spend 300 taels of silver and ask your highness to help redeem our ancestors. "

When Yang Yanzhang heard this, he snorted coldly.

Yang Yilian was stunned and said: "Does your Highness have any doubts? If so, feel free to ask."

Yang Yanzhang said coldly: "I really don't understand. Why did the Japanese pirates capture the head of the Yang family but not allow the Yang family to redeem him?"

Yang Yilian sighed: "Hey! My Yang family's ancestral home is Shandong, in Ruyang County, Henan."

Yang Yanzhang suddenly realized, no wonder.

These pirates are all pirates. They plundered passing fleets and looted their cargo. However, once they encounter a fleet belonging to rich people or officials' families, they will let it go.

Rich merchants like this kind of country gentry would usually be robbed by pirates. It is customary to then let these people redeem them.

Yang Yanzhang thought for a while and said, "This is simple. You send someone to tell me, and I will send someone to Ruyang County immediately. When the time comes, your family will just send the money."

Yang Yilian was overjoyed, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"Well, since you have come to ask for help, I can't stand idly by. Send someone to tell your family leader to wait in Ruyang County. When the time comes, I will send officials to Ruyang County to handle the matter." Yang Yanzhang ordered.

(End of this chapter)