Listening to Ma Jixiang's dictation of Yongli's will, Wang Yingxiong was stunned for a moment, kneeling on the ground with his eyes wide open, his mouth open and at a loss, and there was no movement in the middle of the sound.

Ma Jixiang frowned: "Governor Wang, still don't receive the order?" ”

Seeing that Wang Yingxiong seemed to be deaf to him, still kneeling, Qu Shiyun coughed heavily and stretched out his hand to push it.

Wang Yingxiong woke up like a dream, knocked two heads on the ground, groaned, and received the will, and then asked with a bitter face as if swallowing a fly: "Lord Shoupu, Lord Commander, how difficult is the emperor's will!" ”

He licked his lips and raised a finger and swayed it again and again: "It's easy to give Jiang Huang an edict, as long as Wang Huan can fight in Shanxi, he will have the opportunity to do this." The difficulty is to control the silver mine and peek at the formula of the extermination bullet, both of which are Wang Huan's lifeblood, heavily guarded, and the manufacture of the exterminating bullet is carried out by the Kuizhou Military Bureau, and no one can enter the place except for the insiders with the waist card; Not to mention the silver mine, don't get close to the idlers within a radius of ten miles, otherwise you will not be guilty, although Weichen is Wang Huan's boss and is in charge of the military affairs of the three provinces, but when it comes to Wang Huan, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it. ”

Hearing this, Ma Jixiang and Qu Shiyun's faces were a little ugly.

Qu Shiyun leaned back in the chair, frowned slightly, and said coldly: "Governor Wang, the compromise you presented to the cabinet is not written like this, you said that Wang Huan is your hand, treat him like a father to raise children, support and help in every way, so that this son can do the current situation, the relationship between you, such as Hou Sui and Zuo Liangyu back then, even if Wang Huan is no one can take care of it, he will listen to your words." Compared with Zuo Liangyu, Wang Huan is extremely obedient to the court, as his mentor and official, can't you do these two things? Nominally, Kuizhou and Shizhu are comforting envoys, but they are your territory. ”

Ma Jixiang also looked at Wang Yingxiong with a smile, and asked Sen Ran: "Could it be that Governor Wang has some scruples in his heart, and he excuses himself and does not want to serve the imperial court?" Lord Wang, don't forget, although the governor is leading the troops, your family is still in Zhaoqing City, Jinyi Wei can't kill Wang Huan, and it is still feasible to kill some family members. ”

Wang Yingxiong's body trembled suddenly, as if he had shrunk a few points, curled up on the chair and looked at Qu Shiyun and Ma Jixiang in fear, and regretted it very much, regretting that he should not be clever to grab credit, exaggerating in the recital to the imperial court, and Hua Tuan Jinsheng described a lot of achievements belonging to Wang Huan for himself, so that now up to Yongli, down to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, they all think that although Wang Huan is strong, once he leaves Wang Yingxiong, he is a member of the reckless man.

It's like Lu Bu is fierce, but he doesn't listen to Chen Gong's words, which means that he will end up ruined.

That's why Emperor Yongli thought about it, after all, Wenchen is more reliable than military generals, and holding Wang Huan's foundation in Wang Yingxiong's hands can avoid creating the next domineering Li Chengdong, otherwise the emperor's prestige will always be a joke.

But the fact is that Wang Huan is the one who helped Wang Yingxiong to the altar, others don't know, Wang Yingxiong himself knows very well.

He can't control Wang Huan, let alone go to Wanshou Valley, no one else is allowed to enter that place, without Wang Huan's permission, no outsider will be put in the checkpoints everywhere.

At this moment, Wang Yingxiong was very annoyed, but no one believed it, Wang Huan came out too suddenly, as if he suddenly appeared from the ground, as soon as he appeared and was known, he occupied Sichuan cleanly, and then regained Gansu in Hanzhong, according to common sense, this is impossible, even the pride of the sky can not do the transformation from ordinary people to powerful people, and Jinyiwei's secret report also mentions that this Wang Huan is a homeless person who fled from Yangzhou to Sichuan, which adds infinite credibility to Wang Yingxiong's twists and turns.

Although Wang Huan is smart and brave, he was cultivated by Wang Yingxiong, there is no doubt about it.

"No, no, no! How dare the lower officials resign to the emperor? No, no, but, this, I ......" Wang Yingxiong was sweating profusely, he couldn't speak, he had the intention to defend but didn't know how to speak, he kept touching his forehead, his panicked eyes wandered around, like a child who had done something wrong, in a hurry, he forgot that he was also a first-class official, how could he claim to be a subordinate official in front of Qu Shiyun and Ma Jixiang.

What kind of character is Qu Shiyun, he knew something was wrong when he swept his eyes, his brows furrowed deeper, he pondered for a moment, and said, "Lord Wang, could it be that what you played in front of you is all fake?" ”

Wang Yingxiong was overjoyed in vain, and was about to raise his head and nod, but he heard Ma Jixiang continue coldly: "Your emperor has read all the folds, so he has this message, if you write it falsely, you are a bully!" This official will definitely play the emperor, and the emperor will come and go, Lord Wang, you have to think about it! ”

Faced with the stares of the two of them, Wang Yingxiong's psychology that wanted to confess suddenly collapsed, this posture seems to be that once he said that he was a puppet of Wang Huan in the court, he didn't do anything, and the consequence of relying on Wang Huan's light talent to coax him must be the end of his head falling to the ground and being angrily punished by Emperor Yongli!

Wang Yingxiong's brain was in a hurry, thinking about all beings, and finally a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, which made him make up his mind, and the old bureaucrat's cheekiness and acting talent that had been immersed in the sea for many years immediately came into play.

He slowly raised his head, wiped the cold sweat on his head, and said to Qu Shiyun and Ma Jixiang resolutely and resolutely: "Two adults, this official is deeply favored by the emperor, and the far town side, how can they play a false thing and fool the court?" Categorically not, the two adults can rest assured. ”

What he said was sincere and sincere, and he couldn't help others not believe it, Qu Shiyun looked at him suspiciously, and asked puzzledly: "In this case, why can't Wang Huan let you know the details of the silver mine and the exterminating bomb?" I heard that the weapon is extremely powerful, and there is no one who can defeat the enemy, and Wang Huan should reveal this kind of divine object to him. ”

Wang Yingxiong sighed and said in a low voice: "Lord Shoupu, Wang Huan is a person with outstanding talent and lofty ambitions, and he is really a handsome man, but he is arrogant and narrow-minded, and he can't see that others are not as good as him and his power is higher than him. How could he be willing to hand over the proceeds of the silver mine and the recipe for the extinguishing bomb to the imperial court? It's not because the official doesn't want to do it, it's really not easy to do. ”

After that, he shook his head in embarrassment, and stopped talking about it.

The meaning of this is very clear, unless Wang Huan is given an official and knighted, otherwise this matter will not be easy to do.

Qu Shiyun and Ma Jixiang glanced at each other, half-convinced.

Let's believe it, Wang Yingxiong's words are inconsistent, and I don't know which one to believe him; Say it or not, what he said is reasonable, today's military generals are outside the town, isn't that the master who doesn't see the coffin and doesn't cry, and doesn't see the rabbit and doesn't scatter the eagle? The court did not give him food and salary, and did not give him assistance, and when the edict with empty words and white teeth was rushed to obey the order, it was long gone, and all that the court had was the official hat thrown on all sides, if this was not given, Wang Huan would not listen to Wang Yingxiong, and it would be forgivable.

"I see, this is the truth, if Wang Huan sees Jiang Hao's edict, he will indeed have resentment." Qu Shiyun groaned, touched the beard on his chin a few times, and said to Ma Jixiang: "Didn't the emperor seal Wang Huan with any words?" ”

Ma Jixiang spread his hands: "Wang Huan was only named an uncle a few months ago, he is only less than twenty years old, if he is given a marquis again, I don't know how many people will hate him out of jealousy, and the emperor will not risk the public opinion of the ministers to openly give him a knighthood." ”

Qu Shiyun shook his head and said awe-inspiringly: "Extraordinary times do extraordinary things, Wang Huan sits in two provinces, and there are many tigers and wolves under his command, although Governor Wang can still restrain him, but over time, when he grows stronger, he will definitely be much more terrible than Li Chengdong and his ilk, give him a few hats, what's the matter?" I will attack the face saint tomorrow in this matter, and I will definitely convince the emperor before leaving. ”

I have to say that this evaluation is very pertinent, Wang Yingxiong looked at Qu Shiyun with admiration, although he only saw Wang Huan, this first shop accurately judged Wang Huan's future prospects, and it can be said that he knows people well.

"My lord is wise, admire and admire!" Wang Yingxiong said to Qu Shiyun.

Qu Shiyun wrinkled his brows and looked at Wang Yingxiong again, to be honest, he didn't have a good impression of Wang Yingxiong, and his understanding of each other made him faintly feel that it seemed that Wang Yingxiong's initial reaction tonight was the real reaction, Wang Huan might have escaped from the control of Wang Yingxiong and the imperial court, and became a foreign town that was even more free than Li Chengdong.

As the first shop, the concept of the supremacy of Wenchen is deep-rooted, from the bottom of his heart Qu Shiyun does not look down on those who only recognize money and do not recognize people, rude and arrogant generals, the Ming Dynasty has suppressed military affairs for hundreds of years, no matter when except for Tan Lun and a few other strange people who are civil servants from martial arts, military generals are respectful when they see the same level of civil ministers as if they see Shangguan, but they have fallen one by one in their own generation, Qu Shiyun is deeply ashamed.

But now it seems that shame can only be hidden in the heart, the fist is big in troubled times, and Wenchen's scheming is not a fart in front of the butcher's knife of the big soldier.

Therefore, in Qu Shiyun's heart, the desire to build a strong army obeying the orders of the imperial court is strong, although the Ming Dynasty's wealth is exhausted, but Qu Shiyun has intercepted a batch of silver from the taxes of the old base in Guangxi, and has created a team of tens of thousands of people for the henchmen, but the strange thing is that the silver is smashed down in batches, and people are recruited, but they are completely useless, and the Ming army in armor is armed with steel knives and birds, but even the rest of Li Zicheng, who has wandered to Guangxi, can not beat, lose the city and lose face, In the end, it was only by He Du and the two of Huguang who appeased the thief army that the matter was over.

After this incident, Qu Shiyun had already lost confidence in the Ming army, but Wang Huan's sudden rise made him feel strange, Wang Yingxiong's men had been beaten to the mountains of Guizhou, where could they suddenly become an invincible strong army, so he secretly inquired, and the news of the extermination bullet reached his ears.

Although he hadn't seen the exterminator with his own eyes, the vivid description of the person who heard the news was enough to fascinate him, so grabbing this artifact in his hand and arming his team became a thing that Qu Shiyun attached great importance to.

"Lord Wang, you and I are both members of the imperial court, and the people that the emperor relies on should be loyal to the country and the king." Qu Shiyun earnestly faced Wang Yingxiong and said: "I will go to Jiangxi, although the soldiers are small, but I will never hesitate for half a step, I hope that the Lord will also do his best, and strive to bring Kuizhou Yiying wealth and military equipment into the control of the imperial court, which is not only to add wings to the country, but also for Wang Huan's sake, so as not to swell him, young and impetuous, listen to the slander of others, and become the next Li Chengdong." ”

Ma Jixiang interjected: "What Lord Zaipu said is extremely true, although Wang Huan is now an eagle dog under Lord Wang, when he is full of wings, he doesn't know what will happen, Zuo Liangyu was also the ear of the chief soldier under Hou Xun at the beginning, but later it became a scabies that cannot be lost at the end of the court, tracing back to the source, it is not habitual!" ”

Wang Yingxiong responded again and again, humbly accepted the teachings of the two, Qu Shiyun and Ma Jixiang said a few more words, and then began to greet dinner and drink, although Wang Huan's affairs were not arranged smoothly, but Li Chengdong left, as if dissipating the haze in Zhaoqing City, Qu Shiyun had a big appetite, and Ma and Wang clinked glasses again and again, and drank a lot.

The three of them said goodbye to each other, rode horses in a sedan chair, and returned to their respective homes.

Wang Yingxiong drank a lot, but after sending Qu Shiyun and Ma Jixiang away diligently, he staggered into his sedan chair, and as soon as the sedan curtain was closed, his face flushed by alcohol suddenly sank, his brows were tightly locked, his eyes were shining, and he was still half drunk.

"These fools in the court actually want to attack Wang Huan, but they don't know that it is difficult to win people's hearts and lose people's hearts!" Wang Yingxiong rubbed his temples hatefully, and said to himself: "Li Chengdong is terrible, Wang Huan is even more terrible than him, I want to kill the silver mine, I want to destroy the bomb, isn't this to touch Wang Huan's scales?" Qu Shiyun is crazy! ”

He shook his head and patted his thigh: "That's it, this Zhaoqing City can't stay any longer, there are these guys around the emperor who are not successful enough to do more than anything, and they will be finished sooner or later!" Prepare tomorrow, and you have to send your family's little secret to Sichuan to keep the peace. ”

(End of chapter)