This kind of silence is even more dull than the last one.

Everyone's eyes fell on Wang Huan, and even Wang Yingxiong, who was kneeling with him, stared at him with wide eyes and looked at him in a daze.

Ping Liangbo?

Nineteen-year-old earl?

In terms of military merits, it is understandable to give Wang Huan the general of Pingbei, after all, in extraordinary times, there are more generals who have been sealed out by the imperial court, but all warlords who have a little force at hand and can dominate a piece of territory have all hung their seals, and one more and one less is harmless.

It's no problem to command the same knowledge, it's just a false title, just give it.

But this knighthood is different, it is to be given to the Danshu iron scroll, even if it is the lowest second-class earl in the title, it can also be hereditary, and non-Sheji military merits cannot be rewarded, Li Chengliang, the king of Liaodong, died of old age and was just a Ning Yuanbo, who wanted to be promoted to the marquis and could not get it, which shows the preciousness of this knighthood.

Of course, after Chongzhen, Nanming's knighthood was also flooded, and where the emperors fled to the road, the title was sealed, but without exception, the people who were awarded the title were all powerful parties, such as the Zheng family in Fujian, Zhang Mingzhen in Zhejiang, Liu Chengyin in Huguang, etc., either for the local indigenous clans, or for one side of the army, all of them were famous heroes.

And like Wang Huan, the unknown junior is just a general soldier under Wang Yingxiong's account, and this general soldier may still rely on Qin Liangyu's relationship, how can he be in the position of earl?

The officials in the audience looked at Wang Huan's gaze, and most of them were jealous and annoyed, mixed with some envious and greedy people, and none of them were kind.

It was not surprising that they had such a reaction, because Wang Huan's prestige in Sichuan was not known to the ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty who lived on the Lingnan side across the mountains.

Because Jiang Li, a thousand households in Sichuan Jinyi, has become Wang Huan's pawn, and the Yushi Dao Sichuan Yushi Mi Shoutu is Wang Yingxiong's guest, and the central government of the Ming Dynasty has uploaded and issued to the local authorities, except for the governor and other local officials, these two items are counted.

In this way, all the sources and channels of the Yongli court to Sichuan fell into the hands of Wang Yingxiong, forming that whatever Wang Yingxiong wanted to say, Yongli had to believe it.

In the bright news reported by Wang Yingxiong to the imperial court, he was boasting about himself, and he exaggerated the recovery of Sichuan, the wave of Hanzhong, and the rebellion against Gansu as his own efforts.

Therefore, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty thought that Wang Yingxiong suddenly opened his mind and became a generation of famous ministers, and Wang Huan was just a junior promoted by Wang Yingxiong.

But at this moment, Wang Yingxiong looked at Wang Huan's gaze, equally surprised and a little surprised, and the next moment, his gaze moved up again, looking at the high Emperor Yongli in confusion, and it seemed that there was a greater puzzle on Emperor Yongli.

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

Wang Yingxiong thought about it slightly, immediately understood, frowned, and then looked at Wang Huan again, a little apprehensive.

The brief eye contact between the two had different expressions, but it was because Wang Yingxiong told the truth in his secret recital to Yongli.

This secret music is a special channel of Jinyiwei, without going through the cabinet and the General Administration, only Yongli can see it, except for the eunuch Wang Kun, who is the master of ceremonies and the eunuch who holds the seal, no one knows, even the first shop Qu Shiyun, I don't know.

Wang Yingxiong, although greedy for money and mediocre, is essentially loyal to the royal family, and has the unique shrewdness of a sophisticated bureaucracy, he is extremely recognized and loyal to the Yongli Emperor, the grandson of Shenzong. Others don't know how powerful Wang Huan is, Wang Yingxiong knows, and he knows it very specifically, so specific that he clearly understands that in today's world, only by relying on Wang Huan can the Ming court resist the Qing court, and it is possible to recover the lost country.

Therefore, in the secret recital, he bluntly said to Yongli that he must win over Wang Huan, take advantage of his fledgling, control him with high-ranking officials and lords, buy him with his fame, and let him plant the seeds of loyalty to the court in his heart, otherwise, the society will be in danger.

Wang Yingxiong's suggestion is to give Wang Huan a marquis, let him become a lord from a general soldier who is not in the stream, and if possible, he can also marry Wang Huan, anyway, this kid is not married, get a princess for him, everyone has become relatives, Wang Huan is still embarrassed to contribute? In the future, will you be embarrassed to make your father-in-law or brother-in-law rebel?

The idea is excellent, and once successful, the Yongli Emperor can rest easy.

However, there are also difficulties in Yongli.

Even giving Wang Huan an earl was given under huge pressure.

This kind of pressure does not only come from those officials who are kneeling on the ground now, but the real pressure of life and death, and the people who can exert this kind of pressure are so strong that they are so strong that they will be afraid of three points in the eternal calendar.

Yongli slowly opened his eyes, looked at Wang Huan with complicated eyes, and sighed in his heart: I can only give you an earl, no more, I hope you can understand my hard work!

Wang Huan knelt straight on the ground, expressionless, no one knew what he was thinking, he didn't react to the eyes around him, even Xie En, Wang Yingxiong pulled him to kowtow together.

In the cold silence, the announcement of "Emperor Xie Longen" shouted when the two kowtowed to thank him was also a little harsh.

And 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, the adult has such great achievements, but he only sealed a general soldier with a seal, and the earl of Lao Shizi is even more useless, with the merit of the adult, it is more than enough to be a duke, could it be that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the emperor are blind?" ”

Li Dingguo's face was serious, his position was on the outside, a big tree was above his head, and his whole body was hidden in the shadow of the tree, turning into a shadow in the darkness, only two bright eyes, shining with fine light.

"I don't know if the Manchu Dynasty is blind or not, but this emperor is not blind." Li Dingguo shook his head and said slowly: "Just from his ability to disagree with the public and dare to reward the adults in public, you can see a little clue." ”

"Oh?" Liu Yunqi said: "But just now those ministers were arguing about what kind of imperial history court discussion, opposing the emperor to give a reward to adults, 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 they do what they say, the adults will not even get this earl, and it is very likely that they will end up with a general soldier with a seal." ”

"But why?" Liu Yun was even more strange: "Didn't the emperor say that he didn't count?" ”

The coldness on Li Dingguo's face became deeper and deeper, and the words he said seemed to be cold: "The emperor's words may not be accurate now, above this court, I'm afraid it's not the emperor who says it counts, I watched this scene tonight, the drama is very full, all the gods and ghosts are on the battlefield, I didn't expect that the adults entered Beijing this time, and they were actually implicated in so many behind-the-scenes, but I didn't expect it." ”

He paused and said to Liu Yun: "Our military horses stationed outside the city must be in the spirit of twelve points, and we must deal with the unexpected at any time, the sky of Zhaoqing City is not as stable as the sky in Hanzhong, once it collapses, we will rely on ourselves to withstand it!" ”