The envoy from Guangdong who came this time was Xu Yingyuan, who joined the army in the military marshal's office, and his official position was the official of the Ministry of Industry of Xingping.

Unlike Guo Shao and their victory last time, Xu Yingyuan swaggered, directly from Cangwu County, Zhaoqing, to Wuzhou Mansion in Guangxi, and then went all the way through more than ten checkpoints of all sizes from Guangxi directly into Yunnan. The reason why this is the case is that he has an official document issued by Tang Sanshui, the new governor of Guangdong, in the name of buying tea in Yunnan and selling it in Guangdong.

Yunnan Pu'er tea is famous all over the world, and the price is extremely low when bought from the locals, but it can be multiplied dozens of times when it is transferred, and the profit is extremely amazing. Although the Ming and Qing dynasties were fighting, whether it was Ming or Qing, the big guys all wanted to eat, so this private business was never broken. Thousands of miles of officials are only for money, and the picture of tying his head to the waistband of his trousers is not famous for thousands of years, and the people are healthy. Officials protect each other, how can the matter of making a fortune block other people's way, not to mention that their own business needs to be taken care of by others, so the people sent by the governor of Guangdong, Lord Tang, Guangxi officials did not dare to make things difficult, but had to help take care of them, lest any blind-eyed robber rob Lord Tang's silver.

Xu Yingyuan was born in a noble family, and he was also a county magistrate, and he was able to abandon his name and become a traitor, and he was definitely not a pedantic person, so along the way, the money that should be made was still used, and it was not his silver that was spent anyway. Along the way, scattered silver all the way, the more than a dozen checkpoints in Guangxi held Xu Yingyuan high, eating and living were attentive, and the little lady also had the enjoyment, compared to Guo Shao and others who went to Yunnan for the first time to report the victory, Xu Juren did not know how much blessing he enjoyed. That's it, when he arrived in Kunming City, Xu Juren still had complaints in his mouth, and the reported Lao Shi Zijie was so tired that the old man's legs and stomach cramped. He didn't want to think about how much strength he had spent on those little ladies along the way, and it would be good to overindulge?

The scale of Kunming City is not comparable to that of Guangzhou, but the population of the city is much larger than that of Guangzhou. Although Guangzhou has been recovered, many people have not cut off the braids on the back of their heads, and the clothes are half of the Han and Manchurians, so when they see so many well-dressed people in the Ming Dynasty, Xu Juren is still somewhat emotional, as if he returned to his youth, when he was also a beautiful son, holding a paper fan, lingering in Yangcheng every day, I don't know how many sisters in Qinglou were fascinated.

As the number of soldiers guarding in front of him increased, Xu Yingyuan gradually smelled an inexplicable coercion, and his heart immediately straightened up, what he wanted to see was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

After following the leading officials into the hall with a little uneasiness, Xu Yingyuan made a decent salute and said: "Xu Yingyuan, a subordinate engineer of Chenxing Pingbo, has come to report the great victory to my emperor by the order of Xingping Bo!" ”

The royal voice of the Ming Emperor sounded in his ears, "Xu Qing is exempt." ”

On the side, an official of the Ministry of Etiquette reminded Xu Yingyuan that he could recite the document of the victory, and according to the rules, he needed to report the victory to make him play.

Xu Yingyuan hurriedly opened the report paperwork, and his eyes inadvertently glanced ahead, but this glance was immediately shocked: Zhu Youlang was born so majestic, he is the dragon among people!

He didn't dare to look at the emperor more, so he immediately raised his voice and said: "Chen Xingpingbo, Zhou Shixiang, the chief soldier of Guangzhou Town, is respectful...... In March, the puppet Jian Wang Jidu led the Mongolian banner captives and 22,000 green battalion soldiers to invade Huizhou, and the ministers guarded Lufeng first, and the captives were trapped in the city.

Recovering the Xuanwu Mountain, Jidu led 16,000 of his soldiers to attack with the Manmeng banner. The 8,000 officers and soldiers of the ministers fought with the captives for three days, and the soldiers all looked up to the grace of heaven, and repaid the service with their death, and killed 7,000 under the puppet general Wu Liuqi and Yang Zhenwei, and the remaining 3,000 soldiers of the ministers. The captives were absolutely extinct, Jidu retreated from the stone guard, and the ministers sent Guanghui soldiers to build a fortress to surround it. Over the month, the captives Liu Zhong, Zhang Chao, the Mongolian Ezhen Surile, the leader of the Zuo Commanda, the Han army co-leader Cai Yuanfeng, and the Manchurian co-leader Eduo were poor and surrendered. The minister attacked the thief's camp, and obtained the following Jidu, the pseudo-Belle Dueryou, and the true captives below the Dutong Nahai were three hundred and seventy-five levels, and the captives were wiped out.

The ministers inherited the emperor's majesty and martial arts, and the soldiers were grateful to the soldiers, and they were fortunate to win the victory, which was not the work of the ministers alone. However, the beggar emperor's ministers and soldiers were seriously injured and rewarded, and the ministers could not repay the emperor's kindness if they died! Today, I would like to list the names and surnames of the meritorious soldiers, and ask the emperor to take a clear look! ”

After reading the official document, Xu Yingyuan waited for the emperor's pleasant and surprised voice and the cheers of the courtiers in his ears, but he didn't want to, but he didn't move for a long time. Confused, he boldly looked up, but found that the emperor was staring at him as if he was in a fixed state, and he was immediately startled, and he was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head.

"Your Majesty, Guangdong's great victory, beheading the prince of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, is actually a great victory for the first dynasty since Wanli, and the ministers congratulate the emperor and congratulate the Ming Dynasty!"

Guo Zhiqi fell to the ground, with an uncontrollable smile on his face, he never dreamed that the Taiping Army would be able to annihilate the Jidu army! But all annihilation, the official document said clearly, beheaded a prince of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty alive! There are still so many Manchurian soldiers and Mongolian soldiers who surrendered, this is really the first achievement of the Liao Affair in the past 40 years! More importantly, as soon as the Jidu army is destroyed, the Qing army in Fujian will inevitably lose courage, and the Taiping army will be able to withdraw from Guangdong to Qinwang in Guangxi without the threat from the north. No matter how bad it is, it can always break the trend of the three-way Qing army encircling Yunnan.

"Congratulations to the emperor and congratulations to Daming!"

The ministers who were shocked for a long time also reacted, and knelt on the ground to congratulate Yongli, everyone had joy on their faces, and Guangdong had an extra army of soldiers and horses that could fight, which was a great thing for the imperial court! For them, the Yongli courtiers, it is a lifesaver, as Guo Zhiqi said, the rise of Guangdong, Yunnan is not guaranteed, and the court can also be moved to Guangdong, instead of going to the Jedi in western Yunnan to kill themselves. Many courtiers followed Yongli when he ascended the throne in Zhaoqing, so they supported the imperial court's move back to Guangdong.

Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, was also so shocked that he couldn't keep his mouth shut, and there was only one repeated question in his mind: How could Guangdong fight like this?

Ma Jixiang was standing there, feeling very uncomfortable, he just accused Guo Zhiqi here, and there was a big victory in Guangdong over there, Shoufu only felt that someone slapped him in public, which was really embarrassing.

Yongli finally reacted, he looked at Guangdong's envoy with a slight stunned, and subconsciously said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Guangdong Xingping has made such a great contribution, and he should be rewarded, you see, what kind of reward should be given?" ”

In terms of grade, Zhou Shixiang is the chief military officer of Guangdong Town, and in terms of title, he is Xingping Bo. The single chief military officer is only a second grade, but with an earl, it is a super grade, and the previous holy decree gave Zhou Shixiang the power to open six officials, which is actually the opening of the mansion and the construction of the government, which is the same as Zheng Chenggong of Jinxia. At present, the imperial court is in difficulty, in order to let the warriors serve the country loyally, the Yongli imperial court will be indiscriminately sealed by the princes, resulting in the famous weapons of the imperial court like child's play. At the beginning of the country, the knighthood was extremely strict, and the great merit was only promoted step by step, and it was already difficult to be crowned uncle, not to mention the marquis and duke. Now the prince has been sealed three, the county king has been sealed four, the prince is no less than dozens, the marquis is hundreds, and the uncle is many, I am afraid that the Yongli court itself can't figure it out. If you don't add a knighthood, you can only add a general's number. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the title of military general was extremely strictly controlled, and it was easy not to have a general, even if it was a general in a major town on the nine sides, it was not an all-powerful general. Now the general is also flying all over the sky, and there are no less than ten generals in Guangdong alone, so the general is even more worthless than the prince.

beheaded the prince, annihilated more than 20,000 troops in the Qing Dynasty, killed dozens of Qing governors, general soldiers, Ezhen, and Dutong, and had to be full of thousands of soldiers to vote, this great achievement, the prince and the marquis will definitely not be able to take it, and the court really wants to reward and punish Gongming, so he can only be crowned king.

Yongli now feels similar to Ma Jixiang, he feels like he has been slapped in public, he doesn't dare to look at Guo Zhiqi at all, just in the morning, he also said that he will not be crowned king, although he did not say it explicitly, but he made up his mind to wait for the Guangdong war report to come out and then reward. Now the results of the war in Guangdong are out, a great victory, a great victory that he could not even imagine. Now, Yongli can't say anything if he doesn't become a king, but he can't say it in his mouth. This is a nature, but it is difficult to change.

Guangdong is so great that it is clear that it is necessary to reward the king, and then let the Guangdong soldiers come to the king, but the emperor has to ask the opinions of the ministers, combined with the words of Ma Jixiang and Guo Zhiqi just now, the ministers are not stupid, and they know that there must be something hidden in this. There is an organic spirit has thought of a few days ago Guangdong Xingping held the merit and the court officials, as a result, the emperor was angry and demoted his prince to the earl, can't help but be bright, it seems that the emperor is unwilling to give Guangdong the king, but he can't say it, so he wants to borrow the mouth of the ministers to stop this matter.

No matter how incompetent the ministers are, but those who can insist on following Yongli to the present day are mostly truly loyal, so they don't want to fall into the reputation of framing Zhongliang, so they are all silent.

Seeing this, Guo Zhiqi knew that the emperor couldn't get over it in his heart, so he thought about how to let the emperor step down, so that Zhou Shixiang could be satisfied, the emperor would be satisfied, and the king of Jin would also be satisfied, so that Zhou Shixiang would bring troops into Guangxi to rescue the imperial court. was about to speak, but saw that the emperor's eyes suddenly fell on Ma Jixiang, and directly named him, and said: "Ma Jixiang, you are the first assistant of the cabinet, how do you think Guangdong Xingping should be rewarded for this great achievement?" ”

When Ma Jixiang heard Yongli call his name, he immediately shuddered, walked out of the queue hard, looked at Yongli's face, and couldn't see any joy or anger, and then looked at his colleagues around him, gritted his teeth, and said hesitantly: "Shengshang, Guangdong Xingping's record this time is too appalling, and it has to be checked before it can be approved. (To be continued.) )