Nanming Engineer

Chapter 265 Wang Yingxiong's Confidence
"My lord, the last general..." Li Dingguo was a little excited, and he also hesitated due to the extreme accident, and stuttered hastily.

Wang Huan took a deep look at him, his face quickly regained his composure, he turned his head back, looked ahead, and said softly: "In the face of a national crisis, Dingguo is willing to join our army to lay down the next one." Great country, reshape a prosperous dynasty where everyone has food, everyone has clothes, rain and rain have houses, droughts and floods have food, and the world is peaceful?"

These words were spoken in a calm manner, not as passionate as the previous words. Wang Huan's body also swayed on the horse, without the imposing momentum of his previous roar, but when it fell in Li Dingguo's ears, his eyes were filled with emotion. It's even more shocking.

Create a new empire?
Reshape a prosperous world?
What does the Kuizhou General Soldier want?
Li Dingguo's heart jumped wildly, and he silently recited the words "there is a house in the wind and rain, and there is food in the drought and flood". A crooked, almost fell off the horse.

He quickly wiped his eyes, wiped away a few drops of water without leaving any trace, cheered up, bowed deeply to Wang Huan's back, his forehead almost dropped to the horse's neck, and replied softly but forcefully: "Li Dingguo , I am willing to follow the military sect, fight against mountains of swords and seas of fire, even to the death!"

Wang Huan didn't look back, but still maintained a straight posture, and slowly rode forward, but the smile on the corner of his mouth became more intense, and an irrepressible ecstasy radiated in the silent smile.

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From Hanzhong to Zunyi, Wang Huan and his party walked for almost a month. This was achieved when all the members were riding horses and no one was walking. This shows that the mountain roads are difficult to navigate. The reason for the bandit den and the delay, anyway, at the end of August, they finally arrived at Zunyi Mansion.

Along the way, they lived in the wind, slept in the open, drank and hungry, enjoyed the scenery of the Southwest, and saw a lot of the sufferings of the people.

From Chongqing to the south, after leaving the territory of the Kuizhou Army, the appearance of the roads and roads has changed. The villages are dilapidated, the houses are empty, the fields are barren, and the weeds are overgrown. From time to time, you can see groups of refugees helping the elderly When I was young, I fled to Sichuan in a group. The corpses that died of starvation, illness, or being killed by robbers abound, lying on the side of the road, unattended.

Li Dingguo's face became more and more gloomy along the way. What he saw and heard brought back his memory. Back then in Shaanxi, his hometown was like this. This is the case everywhere in Shenzhou, but at this time, the towns and villages under the Nanming rule are also so desolate, and the disappointment with the Ming court has deepened.

Correspondingly, the hope for Wang Huan has become more and more earnest. Compared with these places, the Kuizhou territory under Wang Huan's rule is simply a paradise. The fact that no one starves to death is worth Li Dingguo's bet.

Wang Yingxiong, the military affairs cabinet minister of the three provinces of the Governor-General, went ten miles out of Zunyi City to welcome Wang Huan's arrival. He took the officials of the Governor's Yamen, large and small, in fine clothes and waited beside the loess official road, eagerly awaiting his arrival.

The horse neighed and the iron armor clattered. When Wang Huan's figure appeared in the cavalry formation, Wang Yingxiong saw it at a glance. He took a few steps forward, regardless of his status and age, he rushed out of the Shili Pavilion and stood directly on the horse team. In the dust of his face, he smiled and waved to Wang Huan again and again.

"Oh, Mr. Wang, this is enough to kill the last general." Wang Huan dismounted his horse, walked a few steps forward to greet him, with a friendly smile on his face, he bowed his hand to Wang Yingxiong and saluted: "How good is the last general? Yes, I deserve to be welcomed by you in person."

Wang Yingxiong's face was like a flower, and he smiled from ear to ear: "It should be, it should be, Mr. Wang's military exploits are outstanding, the pillar of the country, and sooner or later he will be named king and lieutenant. This old man is just showing the proprietor's gift. "

The two of them pretended to be humble to each other, and Wang Huan approached and whispered into Wang Yingxiong's ear: "The last general came here this time and brought some yellow and white local products, some of which are for your lord. Please don't refuse, my lord."

Listening to the sound, Wang Yingxiong understood the words immediately, the flowers on his face became more gorgeous, his big yellow teeth were exposed, and he kept saying "Okay, okay", and he didn't even say hypocritical excuses.

After drinking dust-cleaning wine and refreshing summer tea at Shili Pavilion, and absent-mindedly introducing several local officials from the Governor's Yamen and Guizhou to Wang Huan, Wang Yingxiong hurriedly led Wang Huan to Zunyi City. Abandoning the sedan chair and boarding the horse, they walked side by side with Wang Huan.

Li Dingguo was in the front with armored guards, and Ma Wannian was patrolling behind with his sword, leaving a space for the two of them that no one else could hear.

At this time, the two put away their smiling faces, and Su Rong chatted about business.

"Sir, I wonder where the emperor lives now? How is the war in the southeast? What changes have occurred in the cronies in the DPRK and China? Please tell Wang in detail." Wang Huan asked directly without any politeness.

Wang Yingxiong put away the governor's pretense and said respectfully like a spy: "Okay, General Wang has been traveling around Hanzhong these days. He is far away from Guangxi and Guangdong, and everything in the court is ominous. I will tell you slowly. "

It turns out that after Emperor Yongli ascended the throne, he was originally supported by Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the southeast, Qu Shixu, the governor of Guangxi, Wang Huacheng, the inspector, and Lu Daqi, a scholar. Desperate, he fled to Guilin, Guangxi, terrified all day long. A few days ago, when he was desperate, he even defected to the warlord Liu Chengyin and went to Wugang, Huguang, where he lived in the Mansion of King Min.

The Qing army continued to pursue, but Liu Chengyin was naturally unable to resist. This man was despicable and shameless, and even wanted to present Emperor Yongli as a gift to the Qing army for wealth, but was discovered by Emperor Yongli. He fled overnight and went straight to Liuzhou. Emperor Li was blackmailed by the local chieftain and robbed most of his belongings.

At this time, Jin Shengheng from Jiangxi rebelled anyway, which immediately attracted the attention of the Qing army. He returned to quell the rebellion, and Emperor Yongli was able to return to Guilin and summon Qu Shichun and others who had been named the leader to regain a foothold.

"So, the emperor is no longer in Wugang?" Wang Huan frowned and asked.

"Yes, the emperor has built a palace in Guilin. He is temporarily living in Guilin and running Guilin as a business. But in a few days, he will return to Zhaoqing." Wang Yingxiong replied: "Because there is another news. It was just this morning. It was reported that Li Chengdong, the Qing general in Guangzhou, was killed ten days ago!"

"What?" Wang Huan's expression changed immediately, and he asked in surprise, "Li Chengdong turned against him?"

Wang Yingxiong nodded, with a determined expression on his face: "That's right. Li Chengdong was originally the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty. He was a subordinate of Gaojie from the four towns in Jiangbei. After he was surrendered to the Qing court, he only served as an admiral. Finally, anyway, in this way, Jiangxi, Guangdong, fell into the hands of my Ming Dynasty. Li Chengdong and Jin Shengheng were both important generals of the Qing court in the Southern Expedition. They held a large army. The Qing army was in the southeast line. In order to alleviate it, and He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi also regained Yuezhou in Huguang, now the emperor is very happy, and he is appointed as an official every day and rewarded every day."

Wang Huan was no longer listening to the few words he said later, and was already shocked by Li Chengdong's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty. It was not because Li Dingguo should not have rebelled, but because it was too early.

Li Chengdong's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty in history should be next year, and Emperor Yongli should be a headless fly in these few months, fleeing wherever he can survive. Chen, you can easily welcome Emperor Yongli to Sichuan.

But once Li Chengdong turned his back, the situation was different. The Ming court was equal to regaining Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces at once, and also brought the main force of the Qing army under its own command. Emperor Yongli will look down on people who point to them.

Wang Huan thought for a while, then asked: "Who is in charge at this time in the court?"

Wang Yingxiong was talking boastfully, when he heard the sound, he replied: "The first shop in the court is still Qu Shisi, who thinks he is the head of the civil servants. Li Chengdong, the Duke of Huiguo, is in charge of the foreign affairs, and is stationed in Guangzhou. There is also Wang Kun, the eunuch who is in charge of ceremonies. He is the head of the internal officials. All three of them are It is Li Yuanyin, the son of Li Chengdong, who is one of the most powerful ministers around the emperor, who is also in charge of the imperial guards and the emperor's guards."

He glanced at Wang Huan, and asked tentatively: "Mr. Wang thinks that the situation is going well now, but the emperor knows nothing about you, and he doesn't understand the big situation in the Northwest?"

Wang Huan looked at him, frowned and said nothing.

Wang Yingxiong showed his face and said: "Wang Zongbing don't need to worry, do you really think that I have swallowed all the silver and gold ingots brought from Kuizhou?"

He smiled triumphantly, and pointed to his heart: "This old man is not a money-greedy person. I put most of the gold and silver into the pockets of Wang Kun and Qu Shixu. They said it for you and me in front of the emperor." There are a lot of good words, all my memorials have been put on the imperial case, the emperor has greatly appreciated you and me, and after this face-to-face, the court rewards will definitely be indispensable, you can rest assured!"

Wang Huan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, looked at Wang Yingxiong and said, "Master Wang, can sending some gold and silver be worth the military merit?"

Wang Yingxiong had an expression of "you're too young", and said bluntly: "Of course, we don't send gold and silver. We are going to kill people outside, and the emperor doesn't know about it. What's the use of that? You and I cooperate, you go outside Conquering and expanding the territory, I will operate internally, just like what was discussed at the beginning, civil and military complement each other, I will definitely be a great scholar this time, you can at least be sealed as a marquis, you and I will help each other, this is Our confidence."

(End of this chapter)