Yan Rui was implicated in Tang Zhongyou's imprisonment, and Yang Yan didn't know anything about it. At this time, Yang Yizhong had returned, and the family was finally reunited. The construction period for the expansion of Yang Yan's mansion is being calculated, so as to determine the date of Yang Yan's marriage. In the meantime, Zhao Chen came to Yang Yan a few times and brought him a letter from Zhao Qianru, Yang Yan liked this brother-in-law very much, and sometimes taught him a few tricks, and the two got along very harmoniously.

On this day, the family was gathering together, and suddenly a eunuch came and led a few people to deliver the decree, asking Yang Yan to go to the Lin'an Mansion to accept Zhu Xi's questioning. Everyone couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard it, although they didn't know what Zhu Xi was going to ask Yang Yan about, but it would not be a good thing to think about it. However, Yang Yizhong was the first to react and said to Yang Yan: "Yan'er, you go to the hall of Lin'an Mansion once, and Lord Zhu will answer everything you ask, that's it." ”

Yang Yan agreed, cleaned up, and went with the eunuch. Yang Yizhong immediately sent Yang Quan to follow behind to inquire.

After the eunuch brought Yang Yan to Lin'an Mansion, he went back to the palace to hand over the decree. Yang Yan followed the few messengers into the Lin'an Mansion, and Zhu Xi sat upright in the lobby. The officers were lined up on either side.

After Yang Yan gave Zhu Xi a salute, Zhu Xi said: Yang Yan, do you know what happened to summon you to this mansion today? ”

Yang Yan shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Zhu Xi nodded and said: "This government asks you, you have to answer truthfully, on May 23 this year, you led the army to attack Heiyang Mountain on the way to capture a few people, and you ordered someone to tie them to a tree and leave them to fend for themselves." On the 24th of May, after you defeated the Jin soldiers in Fengqiu, you left 19 wounded soldiers behind, but is there such a thing? ”

It turned out that under the secret instruction of Li Dao, Chen Yichao and others went to the Lin'an Mansion to accuse Yang Yancao of taking his life and abandoning the wounded. After Zhu Xi received the complaint, with his moral concerns, he was naturally very dissatisfied with Yang Yan's behavior, and he didn't understand the situation at that time, so he instinctively concluded that Yang Yan was not. However, Lin'an Mansion was not qualified to arrest Yang Yan, so Zhu Xi started another book and sued Yang Yan in front of the emperor.

In fact, although there have been more than a dozen recitals of Yang Yan in front of Zhao Tuan these days, Zhao Tuan knows that these are just the imperial envoys making things out of nothing, or exaggerating the facts. However, Yang Yan didn't care about his impeachment, and he didn't defend himself. This made Zhao Tuan a little dissatisfied, thinking that Yang Yan was a little arrogant and arrogant because he thought he had contributed to the country. Just in time for Zhu Xi to sue Yang Yan in a letter, Zhao Tuan just took this opportunity to knock Yang Yan so as not to be spoiled, so he issued an edict to take Yang Yan to Lin'an Mansion to accept Zhu Xi's questioning.

Yang Yan didn't expect that it was Chen Yichao who sued him, but in fact, he almost forgot about it. Hearing Zhu Xi's question, he thought about it again. However, he did not feel that there was anything wrong with him in these matters, so he replied truthfully: "Yes, it is. ”

Zhu Xi was stunned, he didn't expect Yang Yan to admit it so happily. He thought that Yang Yan would deny it, and if necessary, he would send Chen Jichao to the court to confront Yang Yan, but he didn't expect Yang Yan to admit it. He was also stunned for a while before he said, "Okay, Yang Yan, since you admit it, then let's go through it in detail." ”

Yang Yan nodded, and told everything that happened as it was, and of course why he did it. However, Zhu Xi had a preconceived idea in his heart, thinking that what Yang Yan said was just a quibble for himself. Of course, he didn't say anything on the spot, but just ordered Kong Mu to record everything Yang Yan said, and then handed it over to Yang Yan to draw it.

Yang Yan saw that what he recorded was similar to what he said, so he took a pen and signed it. However, Yang Yan was only ordered to accept Zhu Xi's questioning, and how to deal with him must be decided by Zhao Tuan, seeing Yang Yan signing, Zhu Xi said: "Yang Yan, I want to return this matter to the emperor, you go home first and wait for the disposal." ”

When Yang Yan returned home, Yang Yizhong and Yang Chaoguang were waiting for him to come back. Yang Yizhong was silent after listening to what happened, and after a while, he comforted Yang Yan a few words, asking him not to be competing, that is. Then he sent him back to the east to enter the courtyard.

After Yang Yan left, Yang Chaoliang said, "Dad, is this someone deliberately trying to deal with Zihao, right?" ”

Yang Yizhong nodded and said: "I'm a little strange, although judging from Yan'er's age, the official position is indeed not small, but it is just a pro-martial arts doctor of the sixth grade, and now it is idle, and there is no reason why he has been played more than a dozen times in a row within a few days." Someone must be playing tricks on this. ”

Yang Chaoliang said again: "Zihao is young, who will he make enemies with, and who will deal with him?" ”

Yang Yizhong said lightly: "Does it have to be someone who has an enmity with you to deal with you?" This person may not be against Yan'er alone, or against our Yang family. Our Yang family has been a general for three generations, and if we are tired of the emperor's favor, we will inevitably be jealous, and what is strange about being calculated. ”

Yang Chaoliang nodded after hearing this, and said, "Dad, then what should we do." ”

Yang Yizhong smiled and said: "It's not time to take any measures yet, even if the emperor is trying to announce the marriage of Yan'er and Princess Yongning, it means that the emperor still likes Yan'er very much, so it's not a big deal now, I will teach Yan'er a petition in a few days." It's just who wants to deal with our Yang family, but we must figure it out. ”

Sure enough, just as Yang Yizhong expected, three days passed in a blink of an eye, and everything was as usual. Except for Yang Yan's instruction under the guidance of Yang Yizhong, Yang Yan put on a recital of the guilty plea, nothing else happened.

Zhu Xi waited a little impatiently, and based on his previous experience, the emperor immediately issued an edict asking Yang Yan to go to the Lin'an Mansion to accept his inquiry, indicating that the emperor agreed with him. And Yang Yan also admits what he has done, so now the emperor should also make a clear statement and announce the punishment of Yang Yan, and the process of Zhu Xi's punishment of the corrupt officials in the past is like this.

It is with these few successful cases that Zhu Xi is very confident in his judgment ability. At the same time, he also gave him the illusion that the emperor would definitely agree with his opinion. Although he didn't know Yang Yan, he had heard of it, and in all fairness, Zhu Xi also admired Yang Yan's feat of expedition to Heiyang Mountain. This time, he participated in Yang Yan, not so much because Yang Yan's approach was inconsistent with Zhu Xi's moral concept, but because of the practice of emphasizing literature over military force and guarding against military generals that the Great Song Dynasty had been pursuing since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The Great Song Dynasty was basically very lenient towards civil officials, and generally speaking, the severe punishment was only exile. But the precautions against the generals are very strict, only the generals show a little edge, the ministers, the officials, and the emperor will wonder if he will rebel, or whether the soldiers under him will come to the yellow robe again. Even a generation of famous ministers such as Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, and Han Qichou are no exception.

Although Zhu Xi also advocated the use of troops against the Jin State to recover the lost territory, under the inertia of this inertia, as soon as he received Chen Yichao's complaint, he immediately thought that Yang Yan, a military general, had the need to take precautions. Therefore, he immediately put down Tang Zhongyou's case and arrested Yang Yan. He has been an official for too short a time, and he is not very proficient in the way of officialdom, and he does not understand the real purpose of the emperor's edict to ask Yang Yan to come to Lin'an Mansion to accept his inquiry. I don't understand that after I asked Yang Yan, the emperor ignored it, which actually showed the emperor's attitude towards this matter with the scriptures.

But at this moment, Zhu Xi heard another shocking news: ** Yan Rui, who was imprisoned by himself, actually had an affair with Yang Yan.

"Yan Rui? Is this Yan Rui again? Zhu Xi couldn't help but be surprised and forgiven, "This ** is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, and it actually has fornications with many court ministers." ”

This news was naturally spread by Li Dao. Li Jinzhong was because of the conflict between Yan Rui and Yang Yan. Li Dao naturally sent people to pay special attention to the whereabouts of Yang Yan and Yan Rui. During that period of time, Yang Yan went to Ruyi Fang to find Yan Rui almost every day, and he didn't deliberately hide it, so he was naturally known by Li Dao. He didn't know the inside story, so he could only conclude that there must be a private affair between Yang Yan and Yan Rui. However, this kind of thing is not a big deal among the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, and the emperor is afraid that he will turn a blind eye to deal with the past if he knows about it. It's just that Zhu Xi is the most unaccustomed to this kind of thing, so it only has an effect if he stabs this matter to Zhu Xi.

Sure enough, Zhu Xi sent someone out to inquire, and there was indeed this rumor. Zhu Xi immediately ordered: "Ascend to the hall and take Yan Rui to the hall." ”