Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 179 He is his mother, do you want me to convince others with virtue?

On the red carpet said to be from Persia, Wang Yingxiong received the imperial decree as he wished, under the watchful eyes of many officials and many people in the city.

But he was not happy at all.

He didn't even want to accept this imperial decree.

Some of the content of this imperial decree was indeed as he had inquired before. The Nanjing imperial court conferred on him the title of Great Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, the title of minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of the military affairs of the four provinces of Sichuan, Lake, Yunnan, and Guizhou, as well as the armies of Guangxi and Guangxi. Listen to his restraint and suppress Zhang Xianzhong.

It can be said that this is definitely the biggest official Wang Yingxiong has served in his life.

Even in the seventh year of Chongzhen, when he was only half a step away from joining the cabinet, he had never been so prosperous, and his rights could not be compared with this time.

The problem is that the Nanjing imperial court granted him such a great official, except for giving him a Shangfang sword, the military expenditure was only 3 taels!
He is his mother!

This 3 taels is less than one-tenth of the wealth he has accumulated over the years in his career!
He, Wang Yingxiong, knows how expensive it is to raise soldiers.

Taking [-] soldiers as an example, they consume at least two hundred stones of food every day, and they eat more during the war.

And officers and soldiers, you have to pay, right?
So what can 3 taels of silver do?
You can't support three thousand soldiers for a few months.

What's more, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under the leadership of the Zunyi Military and Civilian Mansion alone.

The other soldiers and horses in Chuanhu Yungui add up to more.

There is not enough money and food to support the envoy, so should he be convinced by virtue of Wang Yingxiong?
"Supervisor Wang, accept the order?"

Just when Wang Yingxiong was furious in his heart that the Nanjing court was not doing human affairs, a high-pitched voice brought him back to his senses.

The angel delivering the decree was a middle-aged eunuch, seeing Wang Yingxiong in a daze, he sounded a reminder.

In the presence of a large crowd, and with such a grand occasion, Wang Yingxiong couldn't help but accept the order.

What's more, although the Nanjing court was cheated, it was difficult to reduce Wang Yingxiong's official addiction.

He immediately accepted the order according to the rules.

Afterwards, he asked Wang Xiang who was by his side to help dismiss the other officials who came to watch, and he himself led the angel to the house, offering tea and refreshments, so as to take care of him.

After the middle-aged eunuch drank tea, Wang Yingxiong said to him politely, "Eunuch, the imperial court only gives 3 taels of silver, how can this be enough?"

The middle-aged eunuch said calmly: "Supervisor Wang, the imperial court also has difficulties, and money has to be spent in all aspects, and even the 3 taels was obtained through many efforts by His Majesty.

Since Your Majesty and the princes of the court trust the king's supervisor, the king's supervisor must also be considerate of the court. "

Wang Yingxiong's eyebrows twitched when he heard this, he wanted to scold the eunuch "nonsense".

If it was said that the Beijing court was in trouble in the past and could only squeeze out tens of thousands of taels of silver for military pay, he could barely believe it.

But the Nanjing imperial court is located in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if you don't count the southern provinces, it is easy to get tens of millions of taels of silver in the city of Nanjing, right?
A mere 3 taels, and you said that it was fought for by many parties, isn't it nonsense?
Angry in his heart, but Wang Yingxiong still had a smile on his face, and asked tentatively: "Is there no other order from the imperial court?"

"Of course there are." The eunuch said so, but stopped and started to drink tea.

Wang Yingxiong looked down, only to find that the eunuch's hands were on his knees, rubbing his thumb and index finger.

To his mother, this is for the benefit!
The scolding turned out to be scolding, but Wang Yingxiong, who has been in the ups and downs of his career for decades, was already prepared for this, and immediately winked at his confidant old servant serving in the hall.

Soon, the old servant brought the prepared hundred taels of silver, put it on a wooden tray and covered it with a red cloth, and put it on the coffee table next to the eunuch's seat.

The eunuch lifted the red cloth and looked at it, showing disgust.

It's not gold—silver is depreciating now.

But when he arrived at Wang Yingxiong's site to pass the decree, he knew that he would accept it when he saw it was good, so he asked the little eunuch who followed him to collect the money, and said: "Your Majesty and all the princes in the court also know the difficulty of Wang Dushi, so I said, Wang Dushi can do it." Do things cheaply and raise money and food for military resources by yourself.”

That's it?

Wang Yingxiong stared, looking at the eunuch wanting to hear the following.

Unfortunately, there is no text.

The eunuch drank another sip of tea, then got up and said: "The decree is finished, our family is very tired from traveling all the way, can Master Wang arrange a place to stay?"

Wang Yingxiong really wanted to yell "Get out".

But he didn't, instead he lost his smile and asked the servants to take the eunuch and his entourage to rest in the hall.

Soon, Wang Xiang and Wang Yingxiong's son Wang Yangxi came in.

Wang Yangxi opened his mouth and said, "Father, the court only gave 3 taels of silver, isn't it a scam?"

Wang Xiang asked: "Master Supervisor, did the angel pass on something else?"

Wang Yingxiong nodded, and said what he was about to spend a hundred taels of silver to buy.

Wang Xiang couldn't help but sneered, "Raise military funds by yourself? This is nonsense. Which army doesn't do this now? But there are too many monks and too little porridge, and the food and salaries raised are simply not enough."

Wang Yingxiong felt that the former obedient servant had changed too much, and he was a little confused, so he frowned secretly.

But he endured it and persuaded: "Now there are too many monks and too little porridge. When Zhang Xianzhong is wiped out and Chongqing and other places are taken back, there will be more porridge."

Speaking of this, Wang Yingxiong remembered some unclear news he had heard in early September, and his brows furrowed deeper, and he asked: "I asked you to send someone to inquire about the news of the First World War in Chengdu. Haven't there been any results yet?"

Wang Xiang showed a strange look, and said: "The spies just saw me this morning, and they brought back quite a lot of news, but not many that sound credible."

Wang Yingxiong said: "Talk about it."

"Zhang Xianzhong was indeed defeated, and he lost very badly. It is said that he himself was burned to death by the sky fire."

"Burned to death by the sky fire?" Wang Yingxiong frowned upon hearing this, and asked anxiously, "What's going on?"

Wang Xiangdao: "What the spies heard was that Zhang Xianzhong besieged Chengdu on August 10,000th and set up four large camps in the east, west, north, south, and north. The next day he and his three adopted sons each led [-]+ men to attack Chengdu without stopping.

As a result, they fought for a whole day but failed to kill them. At night, Zhang Xianzhong's old camp said that a few strange fire-breathing birds had come, which not only caused a big fire, but also sent fire from the sky to burn Zhang Xianzhong to death.

Afterwards, all four camps of the bandit army broke out, and the officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation to attack and captured Zhang Dingguo alive at night, and Zhang Kewang also fled in defeat.

At dawn, Zhang Wenxiu also surrendered for no reason... The supervisor said, this sounds even more bizarre than the stories made up by the storyteller, how can the general dare to believe it, he was so angry that he whipped the spies several times and had them locked up stand up. "

Wang Yingxiong stroked his beard and murmured: "It sounds weird, not believable.

However, it is true that Zhang Kewang led the remnant army back to Chongqing in early September and shrank its troops.

As for Zhang Xianzhong and his other three adoptive sons, no news has come out so far, which shows that Zhang Xianzhong's defeat in the First World War in Chengdu was probably true, and Zhang Xianzhong was indeed dead. "

At this point in the analysis, Wang Yingxiong's old eyes lit up, looked at Wang Xiang, and said excitedly: "Duanwu, this is a good opportunity for us to regain Chongqing!
As long as Chongqing is recovered, not only can most of the money and food problems be solved, but the governor can also establish prestige, so the position of the governor of the four provinces will not be so difficult! "

(End of this chapter)