The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 119 I'll be the last

If Yinyu ran to call for help, leaving the fourth son behind would be a big loss. It would always be a big hidden danger in the future.

The way to be a leader is to make decisions promptly and without ambiguity!

So, without any hesitation, Yinyou took out the secret decree and the golden order from his arms and stuffed them into the fourth brother's hand.

"Fourth brother, go call for help, I'll cover you!"

As soon as Yinyou said this, Su Peisheng immediately revered him as a god and looked at him with admiration.

Where in this world can I find such a good brother?
The fourth brother looked at Yinyou and was so excited that he couldn't express it in words.

At critical moments, Fifteenth Brother is still reliable!

"No, how can I let you follow behind?" The fourth brother cast his gaze towards the Eight Banners soldier who was watching the horse on the side, with fierce murderous intent in his eyes.

Yinyou nodded secretly. The fourth brother was indeed a ruthless man who even dared to kill the Eight Banners soldiers.

Perhaps it was because Jiangnan had been peaceful for too long, the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Jiangning had become accustomed to the comfort and ease and had completely lost their vigilance. They only sent one person to watch the horses on the shore.

In fact, Yinyu had long wanted to seize the horse and escape. However, if these words were to be said quietly to guide the fourth child, it would be an inexhaustible treasure trove in the future.

The fourth brother said to kill people, and Yinyou dared to kill people. What kind of nature is this?

Yinyu whispered to Su Peisheng: "Go and divert his attention."

Su Peisheng couldn't help but be overjoyed. Master Fifteen was simply giving him a great achievement for free. He quickly whispered, "I'll go."

In a critical moment, there is no need to talk nonsense.

"Sir, you should be from the Bordered Red Banner, right?" Su Peisheng deliberately spoke in Beijing dialect in Manchu.

Su Peisheng was indeed amazing. He successfully attracted the attention of the man watching the horse as soon as he opened his mouth.

The Eight Banners garrisons near Jiangning were either the Red Bordered Banner or the Blue Bordered Banner.

This is equivalent to using Japanese to get close to the Japanese, which can easily paralyze them.

"Who are you?" The man watching the horses saw Su Peisheng's face full of flattery and no hostility at all, and the hand that was originally holding the knife gradually loosened.

"I followed our master to Jiangning to buy various items needed by the palace."

As soon as the palace was mentioned, Su Peisheng's eloquent speech immediately attracted the attention of the horse keeper.

At this time, under the nervous gaze of the fourth brother, Yinyou stepped extremely slowly on the shadow under the tree and slowly approached the back of the horse keeper.

Based on Yinyou's understanding of Su Peisheng, even if his whereabouts were exposed, the extremely alert Su Peisheng only needed to hold on to the horse keeper tightly to buy him enough time to take action.

He covered his mouth first, then wiped his neck at the same time, and Yinyu did it in one go without any delay.

The horseman twisted his body in pain, trying to break free from Yinyu's hand. However, the blood spurted out from his neck, taking away all his energy.

Soon, the horseman collapsed and stopped moving.

The fourth brother walked over quickly and was really moved when he saw Yinyou with blood all over his face and body.

"Good brother." The fourth brother only said these three words and took the initiative to untie the reins on the tree.

Yinyu became more cautious and reminded them, "Kill all the extra horses."

The fourth brother suddenly came to his senses, immediately drew out the dagger from his waist, and waited for Yinyou's notification.

After leading out eight horses separately, Yinyu pursed his lips and blew a whistle.

Several people worked together and stabbed the bellies of more than a dozen horses with daggers.

"Herodiod..." The painful neighing of the warhorse immediately alarmed the people who were enjoying themselves on the boat.

Yinyou and his companions immediately mounted their horses, whipped their horses, and led the spare horses as they fled at full speed.

By the time the people on the boat chased ashore with knives in hand, Yinyou and his companions had already run several hundred meters away.

On the way, they encountered patrolling Green Camp soldiers blocking their way. Yinyu raised the golden edict in his hand high and shouted sternly: "Someone has assassinated the imperial envoy. Take us to the governor's office quickly."

After taking the initiative, the leader of the Green Camp was immediately shocked.

If Yinyou told the captain-general to get out of the way, there was a high probability that he would not give way.

However, Yinyu ordered them to escort him to the governor's office, and the general believed most of it.

If he really is a bad guy, sending him to the Governor's Office would be courting death, wouldn't that be?
The position of the general was too low. Even if he was shown the secret decree, he would not understand it.

It was not until he met the Green Camp deputy generals, Yinyou and the fourth brother, who had rushed over after hearing the news, that he breathed a sigh of relief.

The secret decree and the imperial edict were sent with extremely complete procedures, and the deputy general of the Green Camp immediately bowed and saluted.

Under the escort of Zhang Chang, the deputy general of the Green Camp, the fourth brother and Yinyou returned safely to the imperial envoy's headquarters.

At the gate of the headquarters, Yinyu ordered his deputy general Zhang Chang: "Move all the people in your camp over here to protect the headquarters."

"Whoo!"

The moment they walked into the main gate, Lao Si suddenly said, "I feel at ease with you leading the troops."

The first thing he did after returning to the headquarters was to write a secret memorial to Kangxi. It was better to file a complaint sooner rather than later!

Soon, a rider on a fast horse came with a box wrapped in yellow silk on his back. He shouted sternly, "Eight hundred miles in a hurry! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" and galloped towards the capital at the speed of lightning.

The express delivery speed of eight hundred miles was the fastest of the Qing Dynasty's Ministry of War. It would not be used lightly except for major military or national events such as treason.

To put it bluntly, once the discount is gone, no one can get it back!
After filing the complaint, Yinyu immediately sent someone to Mancheng to call General Eksun of Jiangning over.

About an hour later, when it was almost dawn, Eksun came in a hurry!

Yinyu took out the secret decree and said coldly, "Yes, there is a decree."

Oksun immediately fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

"Secret order: The fifteenth son of the emperor, Prince Yinyu, is to inspect the military affairs in Jiangnan... The Eight Banners and Green Camps stationed in various parts of Jiangnan are to obey his orders. This is my decree!"

"Your servant, Eksun, accepts your order and thanks you."

Originally, Yinyou didn't want to reveal his cards so early, but plans could not change as fast as they should, so he had to make a decision immediately.

The most urgent task is to control the military power in Jiangning City.

Since Ekesun had already arrived, Yinyu decisively ordered in front of the fourth son: "Call the deputy generals, lieutenant generals and guerrillas in the city to come to me and tell them that there is an imperial decree."

As a result, after Galin and Zhang Boxing learned the news, most of the Green Camp soldiers in the entire Jiangning City fell under Yinwei's control.

After being completely safe, the fourth brother couldn't help but praise Yinyu: "My brother is so handsome and talented!"

The characteristic of the Qing Dynasty's system is that everyone listens to the emperor.

Whether it is Galin or Zhang Boxing, they are all temporary officials.

The characteristic of a wandering official is that he is unable to cultivate a loyal group of people to challenge the imperial court.

Dead people cannot speak.

The fourth brother and Yinyou, who had controlled the situation, only needed to hold their ground. As imperial envoys, they were assassinated, which was a serious crime that cost them their heads.

After dawn, Hedahai, deputy governor of Jingkou, was personally escorted to the imperial commissioner's headquarters by Ekesun.

In the old TV drama, Nian Gengyao led his troops to massacre the entire Jiangxia Town. Not only did he get away with nothing, he was promoted and became rich.

Relying on the support of the fourth brother!
Soon, Kangxi received a joint secret memorial from the fourth prince and Yinyu. He flew into a rage and shouted, "Do they want to rebel?"

Being an imperial envoy and a prince, he was assassinated in Jiangning. What kind of situation is this?

Considering the cheating in the imperial examinations and the instability in Jiangnan, Kangxi decided to settle both old and new accounts. He issued an edict to remove Eksun, Galin and Zhang Boxing from their posts, and allowed the fourth brother to temporarily take over the highest administrative power in Jiangnan.

After the scholar from Suzhou who made the first complaint was sent to Jiangning, the fourth brother, after a careful interrogation, discovered that the scholar Wang who made the first complaint had no evidence at all, and that he had acted solely out of momentary indignation and could not swallow his anger, so he took the initiative to overturn the table.

"Fifteenth brother, what do you think?" The fourth brother asked Yinyou with some headache.

Yinyu did not answer directly, but said indifferently: "Fourth brother, the former Ming Taizu used the North-South list case to deliberately attack the talents in Jiangnan and took the opportunity to win the hearts of the northern scholars..."

After hearing what Yinyou said, the fourth brother immediately made up his mind to reopen the Jiangnan provincial examination to avoid being in trouble both inside and outside.

By reopening the provincial examination, the only people who would be offended would be the one hundred or so scholars who had already passed the examination.

However, if the provincial examination was not reopened, all the scholars who took the examination would have an excuse to criticize the court for being unfair.

In fact, in the Qing Dynasty, the truth of many things was not important.

What is really important is what to do to best benefit the overall interests of the court.

The fourth brother had just sent out his memorial when he unexpectedly received an imperial edict from Kangxi.

There was only one cold sentence in the decree: Hedahai, deputy governor of Jingkou, is ordered to commit suicide!
Yinyou understood Kangxi's thoughts at a glance, but Kangxi didn't care what the truth was.

If the fourth son and Yinyu died together in Jiangning, then the Qing Dynasty would collapse!
Especially since the fourth prince died, once Kangxi deposed the crown prince, there would be no one to succeed him!
When the news of reopening the Jiangnan provincial examination spread, the scholar families in Jiangnan were in an uproar.

Because, most of the more than one hundred people who passed the exam this time were children of wealthy families in Jiangnan.

Once the provincial examinations are reopened, no matter how talented one is, who dares to say that they will definitely pass?

When Zhang Boxing came to see the fourth brother, he said calmly, "Take the test again. The emperor will set the questions and I will personally supervise the test. Then, it will be clear who is truly talented and who is cheating. What do you think?"

All of a sudden, Zhang Boxing was speechless.

The person who was really afraid of the reopening of the Jiangnan County Examination was actually Galin.

Because, among those who passed the imperial examination this time, there were quite a few guys who had nothing in their stomachs.

No matter what, reopening the provincial examination is the best choice for the fourth brother and Yinyou, no doubt about it.

On the day when Hedahai was sent off, Hedahai struggled desperately and asked Yinyou: "Fifteenth Master, I have shed a lot of blood for the Qing Dynasty. Can't you spare my life?" His desire to survive was extremely strong.

Yinyu said calmly: "Hedahai, you can only blame your bad luck. Come, send Hedutong on his way!"

Hedahai lost his life just because he was a little arrogant. Just as Yinyu said, his luck was really bad!
A few days later, Kangxi officially issued an edict, appointing the fourth son as the invigilator and resuming the Jiangnan Provincial Examination at the end of the next month.

In fact, the reopening of the provincial examination was a big trap dug by the fourth prince and Yinyou for the literati families in Jiangnan.

(End of this chapter)