Nanming Engineer

Chapter 267 Powerful Ministers
The so-called two-skinned person is thick-skinned, vulgar and shameless, capable of doing things that ordinary people despise, and is usually used to ridicule people who have no shame or shame.

However, Li Chengdong and his son were military generals of the Ming Dynasty. When the Qing army went south, they quickly defected to the Qing Dynasty. Considering his strong military strength and tyrannical combat power, he had to be magnanimously pardoned for his betrayal and defection to the enemy. Instead, he was rewarded and named Duke Hui, but secretly, when the courtiers gathered, people laughed at him for being thick-skinned. , reviled its despicable treachery.

Li Chengdong and his son knew that their behavior was inappropriate and had heard about the rumors, but such repetitive people valued face most. Once they heard someone dare to ridicule themselves, they would immediately get angry, regardless of the person's official position or status. , they will definitely kill him quickly. The father and son control the internal and external military power, but no one can resist. Even the emperor, when he saw that Li Chengdong wanted to kill someone, he could only pretend that he didn't see it.

Li Yuanyin was used to being domineering, but when he heard that someone dared to quarrel and refute, his eyes widened, and he turned around angrily, and shouted at Wang Yingxiong and the others: "Who? Who is being presumptuous?"

Liu Yun had no fear on his face, and with a slack in his neck, he was about to stand up and agree.

Before he could say anything, Li Dingguo stopped him. He looked at him and signaled him not to move rashly. His strong body stood firmly in front of Liu Yun, and then he looked at Li Yuanyin expressionlessly.

But Wang Huan glanced back to see who was speaking, and said to Li Yuanyin indifferently: "No one spoke, presumably Admiral Li misheard."

Although Li Yuanyin was angry, he could hear Liu Yun's words clearly. He sneered and shouted, "Misheard? The governor didn't hear me wrong. The person who spoke stood behind, left and right, and took it down with me!"

Several imperial guards around him promised to rush forward to arrest people.

Wang Huan's complexion changed, and when he lifted his foot, he was lying in front of Li Yuanyin, blocking the way of the imperial army, and said again with a blank face: "My army said it, the admiral misunderstood."

The voice was not loud, the tone was not high, but the chill was awe-inspiring. A terrifying murderous intent gushed out from between the words and went straight to Li Yuanyin's face, which made the admiral of the forbidden army take a step back involuntarily.

Wang Huan stood still, holding the long knife at his waist with one hand, and the crossbow arrow at his waist with the other, staring at Li Yuanyin with his eyes fixed on Li Yuanyin.

Li Dingguo and Ma Wannian lined up next to Wang Huan, one on the left and one on the right. They had the same expressionless faces and the same movements of pressing the knife, but their postures were ready to attack, and their eyes were cold and ruthless, as if they could strike at any time. Knife kills.

As for Liu Yun, he was firmly stopped by Li Dingguo.

The three of them stood in a row, although they were small in number, they didn't speak a word, but they seemed to have thousands of troops behind them, and even let the four or five small guards of the forbidden army stand by Li Yuanyin's side and dare not go forward.

Li Yuanyin himself was also intimidated. As one of the most famous generals in Nanming, he has killed people on the battlefield, so he naturally understands how this kind of murderous aura comes from without anger. , the evil spirit that only strong soldiers in hundreds of battles have. Without winning lives with real swords and guns, this kind of momentum cannot be developed.

The scene turned cold, the people on both sides stared at each other, their faces were frosty, and their faces were like a bullfight. Although they were all standing still, the air in front of them seemed to be frozen, so stiff that it made people feel sick all over their bodies. cold.

Wang Yingxiong didn't react at Chuchu, and he was a little frightened by Li Yuanyin's scolding. When he came back to his senses, the two of Li and Wang met face to face. The appearance of the knife slashing.

This posture made Wang Yingxiong's soul fly away. This Li Yuanyin is Li Chengdong's own son. If Wang Huanniu gets angry and hurts him, it will be over. Li's family is in the world inside and outside Zhaoqing, and there are tens of thousands of troops deployed. Let's not talk about many people, and they will definitely be so tired that they will not be able to leave Zhaoqing City.

"Hey, two generals, two generals, what are you doing? We are all ministers in the same palace, don't hurt your peace." Wang Yingxiong hurriedly squeezed his body between the two, smiling all over his face. With one hand and one side, he stopped a few times, and hurriedly said: "Speak well if you have something to say, this person comes from before and after, and the two of you have special identities. Don't lose the face of the emperor because of a momentary misunderstanding."

As he stirred like this, the air full of gunpowder smell dissipated a little bit.

Wang Yingxiong glanced at Wang Huan, saw his stern face, knew that this expression meant that there was nothing to discuss, and felt that it would be better to persuade Li Yuanyin than to reason with this stubborn donkey, so he turned his head and smiled at Li Yuanyin: "Li Yuanyin Admiral, General Wang's people are all from the middle of Sichuan. They are rough people in the mountains and don't know much about court regulations. If there is any mistake, please forgive me. In addition, the emperor will hold a banquet at Shuiyue Palace tonight. General Wang, I heard that Admiral Li is also going to attend, and now it’s past Yinshi, and the time is running out, and it’s okay to delay the emperor’s arrangement, why don’t you ask the admiral to hurry up and finish the inspection, so we can go there together.”

He put his mouth closer to Li Yuanyin's ear, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "This time, when I came to Beijing, I brought some gifts for Admiral Li and your father Hui Guogong, and they have been sent to the mansion in advance. Hui Guogong Your Excellency is very happy. I asked someone from Guangzhou to tell you that you should move around more in the future. What do you say about the relationship between your family and my family? This walking is necessary. From now on, I will prepare small gifts for festivals, birthdays, and weddings. I hope that the admiral will not dislike the frequent visits of the old man."

Wang Yingxiong's words were very level. He made it clear directly that I have given gifts to the head of your family. If anything happens, Li Chengdong will give me face.And Li Yuanyin also knew that Wang Yingxiong, the governor of these three provinces, was very generous with his money. He drove tens of thousands of taels of silver ingots to his home one by one. According to Wang Yingxiong's wishes, this silver would be delivered frequently in the future.

Face is a big deal, and money is even bigger.

This Wang Yingxiong's account has to be sold, so let's treat it as a personal favor.

After thinking about it left and right, Li Yuanyin's face was not so ugly. He forced a smile and said to Wang Yingxiong: "My father mentioned to me Mr. Wang, and this governor is here. I would like to thank Mr. Wang on behalf of my father."

Wang Yingxiong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Where is it? How virtuous and capable is Wang? He can be of great concern to the Duke of the country."

He turned around and said with a smile to Li Yuanyin: "Then please take care of the old man, the admiral, and let's stop today's matter. Let's go to the emperor's call as soon as possible."

Li Yuanyin snorted in his nostrils, obviously very angry. He glanced at Wang Huan and others again, and saw that the three of them were still standing there calmly, with their expressionless faces still in the same position. When he saw that he was looking over , none of them had the slightest intention of apologizing or saying nice things.

In fact, in his heart, Li Yuanyin was a little apprehensive, and secretly frightened. It has been many years, and he has never seen a general in Ming Dynasty with such an aura. The lieutenant general of the army, either has a wine bag and a rice bag, or has an eye for money. The soldiers he leads are all bandits who can fight, and those who can't fight are even worse than bandits. There has never been a three-man army like Kuizhou's general soldier since Zuo Liangyu. Pass.

Look at Wang Yingxiong's more than 2000 guards. I heard that they are all soldiers under the command of the Kuizhou General Army. Like a mess.

In private estimates, Li Yuanyin felt that even if he pulled out his more than 1 Zhaoqing city anti-forbidden troops, he would have to spend some effort to eat up these more than 2000 people. The news of being in the territory is indeed true. Only such a brave soldier can achieve such a record.

If you put your father and son in Hanzhong, in such a complicated and harsh situation, they will definitely not be able to achieve the achievements Wang Yingxiong has achieved so far.

More importantly, Wang Yingxiong has soldiers, plus knowledge, and knows how to give gifts to build relationships, so he can't treat his people as directly as he treats other courtiers and generals.

Thinking about it this way, Li Yuanyin had no choice but to restrain his anger, snorted again angrily, bowed his hands to Wang Yingxiong, and said: "Since that's the case, Yuanyin will listen to Mr. Wang, and we will see you in Shuiyue Palace."

After saying that, Li Yuanyin turned around and left, leading the imperial troops to mount their horses and rush off. Wang Yingxiong sent him a few steps away and waved goodbye from a distance.

Watching the imperial army leave, Li Dingguo also said softly behind Wang Huan: "This man is only an admiral, and his rank is no more than the third rank. Governor Wang is a second-rank civil servant, and your Excellency is a third-rank military attache. How dare he be so presumptuous? Could it be that Chao Gang collapsed?" Is it so bad?"

Wang Huan breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and sighed: "This person is not scary, he is just a fox pretending to be a tiger, what is scary is his father, Li Chengdong is now relied on by the court and controls the military power in the entire Guangdong, the emperor is able to settle down under his protection , It can be said that he wants the emperor to live as long as he wants, and he wants to die as long as he wants, if he wants to be Cao Cao, he will rush ahead of us."

Li Dingguo said puzzledly: "After the general heard that Li Chengdong returned to the emperor anyway, he announced in front of many ministers in the court that he would never become the powerful minister, interfere in the personnel arrangements of the court, and would not take away the court's taxes. , and even took the initiative to provide 1 taels of silver for the emperor's expenses. Such words and deeds should not be such a domineering person."

Wang Huan said with a smile: "If this person is really what he said, he shouldn't have put his son in charge of the forbidden army in Zhaoqing."

(End of this chapter)