Nanming Engineer

Chapter 272 The Undercurrent Under the Peak
This kind of silence is even more dull than the last time.

Everyone's eyes fell on Wang Huan, even Wang Yingxiong, who was kneeling with him, stared at him blankly.

Uncle Pingliang?
19 year old count?

In terms of military merits, there is nothing wrong with Wang Huan's General Pingbei. After all, there are many generals who have been appointed by the imperial court in extraordinary times. As long as the warlords have some troops and can dominate a piece of territory, they are all given seals. One more or one less is harmless.

It's okay to command and understand, it's just a false title, just give it.

But this knighthood is different. It is to be given to the iron scroll of Danshu. Even the lowest second-class uncle in the knighthood can be hereditary. Non-sheji military merits cannot be rewarded. Li Chengliang, the king of Liaodong, was just a Ningyuan uncle when he died of old age. It is impossible to get the title of Marquis, which shows the value of this title.

Of course, after Chongzhen, Nanming's titles were flooded. Wherever the fleeing emperors fled, the titles were granted. Zhang Mingzhen from China, Liu Chengyin from Huguang, etc., are all famous heroes, either for the local aboriginal clan, or for one side.

As for an unknown junior like Wang Huan, he was just a general soldier under Wang Yingxiong's tent. This general soldier might have been obtained through Qin Liangyu's connections. How could he be able to occupy the position of earl with such virtue and ability?
All the officials in the field looked at Wang Huan. Most of them were jealous and angry, mixed with some were envious and covetous. None of them were kind.

It was not surprising that they had such a reaction, because Wang Huan's great reputation in Sichuan was not known to the Nanming ministers who lived on the south side of the Lingnan across many mountains.

Because Jiang Li, a thousand households of Sichuan Jinyiwei, has become Wang Huan's pawn, Yushidao Sichuan Yushi Mishoutu is Wang Yingxiong's aide, and the central government of the Ming court has uploaded and issued local officials, except for the governor and other local officials. Just count these two.

In this way, all the sources of information from the Yongli court on Sichuan fell into the hands of Wang Yingxiong, and Yongli had to believe whatever Wang Yingxiong wanted to say.

However, Wang Yingxiong’s public reports to the imperial court were all bragging about himself, exaggerating the recovery of Sichuan, commanding Hanzhong, and rebelling against Gansu as his achievements in one fell swoop. Cheng, it seems that all the courts are up and down, but he, the king, the governor, is the only one.

Therefore, all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty thought that Wang Yingxiong had suddenly become enlightened and became a famous official of a generation, while Wang Huan was just a younger generation supported by Wang Yingxiong, who brought them along to gain fame and gain some military merits so that he could be promoted.

But at this moment, Wang Yingxiong looked at Wang Huan with the same astonishment and surprise. The next moment, his gaze moved up again, and he looked at the Emperor Yongli who was standing above him in confusion. It seemed that there was a greater puzzlement in Emperor Yongli. body.

And Yongli's eyes made slight contact with Wang Yingxiong's eyes, and then he slowly closed his eyes, shook his head lightly, and sighed faintly, looking at that expression, as if he was helpless.

Wang Yingxiong thought for a while, and immediately understood. He frowned, and looked at Wang Huan again, feeling a little nervous.

The brief eye contact between the two, with different expressions, was just because Wang Yingxiong told the truth in the secret performance to Yongli.

This secret memorial is a special channel of Jinyiwei. It has not passed through the cabinet and the Secretary of General Administration. Only Yongli can see it. Except for the eunuch Wang Kun, the eunuch who is in charge of the ceremony, no one knows about it, not even Qu Shixu, the first shop.

Although Wang Yingxiong was greedy and mediocre, he was loyal to the imperial family at heart, and possessed the unique shrewdness of a sophisticated bureaucrat. He was extremely recognized and loyal to Emperor Yongli, the grandson of Shenzong.Others don't know how powerful Wang Huan is, but Wang Yingxiong knows it, and he knows it in detail, so specific that he clearly understands that in today's world, only by relying on Wang Huan can the Ming court be able to resist the Qing court and recover what was lost. As for those warlords of all walks of life who support their own self-respect and put on high-hanging shelves, they can kill a bandit and destroy a thieves. If they really encounter the Eight Banners of the Qing army, they will only collapse and surrender, which is unreliable at all.

Therefore, in the secret memorial, he bluntly said to Yongli that he must win over Wang Huan, control him with a high-ranking official and honor while he is still fledgling, bribe him with fame and rich salary, and let him plant the seeds of loyalty to the court in his heart. Otherwise, the country is in danger.

Wang Yingxiong's suggestion is to give Wang Huan a marquis, let him jump from a low-level general to a lord, and if possible, marry Wang Huan. Anyway, this kid is not married, so get him a princess. As a relative, is Wang Huan ashamed not to do anything?Do you have the nerve to rebel against your father-in-law or uncle in the future?
This idea is a great one. Once successful, Emperor Yongli can rest easy.

However, Yongli also has difficulties.

Even giving Wang Huan an earl was forced under tremendous pressure.

This kind of pressure doesn't just come from those officials who are kneeling on the ground now, but the real pressure of life and death. Those who can exert this kind of pressure are terrifyingly strong, and they are so strong that Yongli will be afraid of three points.

Yongli slowly opened his eyes, looked at Wang Huan with complicated eyes, and sighed in his heart: I can only give you one Earl, there is no more, I hope you can understand, I have worked so hard!
Wang Huan knelt straight on the ground with no expression on his face. No one knew what was going on in his mind, and he didn't respond to the eyes around him. Even Xie En was dragged by Wang Yingxiong to kowtow together.

In the cold silence, the shouts of "Thank you, Your Majesty for your kindness" that the two men kowtowed to express their gratitude also seemed a bit harsh.

In the far corner, Li Dingguo and Liu Yun were also whispering.

Liu Yun was a little angry, and said softly: "This emperor is too stingy. My lord has made such great achievements, but he has only been appointed as the commander-in-chief of the seal. The earl of Lao Shizi is even more useless. With my lord's merits, it is more than enough to be a duke. Are the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty and the emperor blind?"

Li Dingguo's face was serious, he was located on the outermost side, a big tree was just above his head, his whole body was hidden in the shadow of the tree, turned into a shadow in the darkness, only two bright eyes radiated light.

"I don't know if the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are blind, but this emperor is not blind." Li Dingguo shook his head, and said slowly: "Only from his ability to dispel public opinion and dare to reward you in public, you can see some clues."

"Oh?" Liu Yunqi said: "But just now those ministers were clamoring for some imperial court discussion, opposing the emperor's granting of rewards to your lord, aren't they blind?"

Li Dingguo smiled, but he was full of coldness: "They are not blind, but they are talking nonsense with their eyes open, because if you do what they say, your lord will not even get this earl, and it is very likely that you will get a general soldier with a seal. It's over."

"But why?" Liu Yun was even more surprised: "The emperor has said it, but he still doesn't do it?"

The coldness on Li Dingguo's face was getting deeper and deeper, and the words he said seemed to be tinged with coldness: "The emperor's words may not be accurate now. In this court, I am afraid that it is not the emperor's word. Tonight's scene is full of scenes, all kinds of gods and ghosts are in the battle, I didn't expect that my lord's entry into Beijing would involve so many behind-the-scenes black hands, but I didn't expect it."

He paused and said to Liu Yun: "Our army and horses stationed outside the city must be fully alert and ready to deal with unexpected events at any time. The sky in Zhaoqing City is no more stable than the sky in Hanzhong. We can withstand it on our own!"

(End of this chapter)