Chapter 505: No matter how many reasons he has, I will punch him!
Yesterday's trash can had been emptied out long ago, and there was another rush. The young eunuch on duty started rummaging through it, and it took more than an hour to find the dirty memorial again.
Holding back his nausea, Fang Congzhe opened the memorial and read it carefully.
"Huh!" With an angry roar, he threw the memorial to the ground heavily. Several other people raised their brows and looked at each other. Gao Panlong asked: "What is the request that makes Mr. Fang so angry?"
"Hey, this Wang Xuan is so shameless. He actually asked Qi Hongliang to give an excerpt saying that Guangdong and Guangxi were peaceful, counterattacked Annan and recovered some land, and made great contributions to the court. He asked for a title of marquis. Not being granted a title is not enough to reward meritorious service. It is simply unreasonable."
"What?"
"How can it be!"
"Why!"
Several big shots in the court immediately quit their jobs and sat up angrily. Since ancient times, no one can be granted a title without military merit. This is for sure. Their aristocratic families are very brilliant in other aspects, but only in the title of nobility.
If you don't take action, don't look at everyone who talks and looks down on the warrior, but to say that you don't envy the title is nonsense, but you can't get jealous.
Now Wang Xuan is talking about the war in Annan and asking for Qi Hongliang to be granted a title. Although it has no impact on them, it really makes them unable to overcome the hurdle in their hearts.
"Not only that, but also three counts!" Fang Congzhe said with a livid face.
"Absolutely not, it's too much!" A group of people began to object.
"Make way, give way!" At this moment, there was a noise outside the door.
This is the palace, an important place for the cabinet. Who would dare to make a noise here if there is nothing important? A group of big guys stopped making noise and looked towards the door. The door was pushed open from the outside, and a dusty man came from the outside.
A cool breeze mixed with wind and snow came in from outside.
Entering the house, he knelt down on one knee with a 'pop' sound, opened his chapped lips and said, "Sir, six hundred miles urgent!"
As he spoke, he took out a bamboo tube from his arms with stiff black hands and handed it over. Fang Congzhe quickly took it and took a look. The paint was intact. After opening it, he pulled out a note. When he unfolded it, he was shocked.
His chest kept rising and falling, and it took him a long time to catch his breath. The atmosphere suddenly became heavy. Gao Panlong and others couldn't hold their breath, and couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong, Mr. Fang?"
"Wang Xuan sent 30,000 troops to enter Zhejiang, what can be done!?" Fang Congzhe opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice.
"..." Everyone looked at each other in confusion for a moment, and their hearts became heavy. What on earth is this man named Wang going to do?
Before everyone could come up with a countermeasure, there was another noise outside, and someone from 600 miles away was rushed over. When they opened it up, they saw that Wang Xuan's army of 40,000 was marching into Jiangxi.
The atmosphere in the room became dead silent for a while. No matter how noisy Wang Xuan was before, even if he occupied Guangxi and Guangdong, he was using Annan's excuse. He didn't really fall out with the court, and he didn't invade everyone's nest. Generally speaking, he didn't get hurt.
If you put it on your neck, you won't feel anything at all.
It's different now. Seventy thousand troops entered Jiangxi and Zhejiang at the same time. This is a posture of all-out war. If one fails, the war will spread to his hometown. By then, the soldiers will be fierce and dangerous. Who knows how much impact it will have. If one fails, the war will spread to his hometown.
The bad thing is that the family will be overthrown. Thinking of this, it feels like a bucket of cold water has been poured on it for three or nine days, and I can't help but shiver all over.
"Is Wang Xuan crazy?" Gao Panlong's voice began to tremble.
"Guangdong and Guangxi have not stabilized yet, so now they are entering Jiangxi and Zhejiang, so they are not afraid of unstable foundations."
"Even if we want to march, we should go to Huguang. That is the upper reaches of Jiangnan, a strategically important place!"
"Fart!" Guan Yingzhen exploded upon hearing this. He shouted regardless of his demeanor: "What are your intentions when you talk like this!"
Only then did Yang Lian react, and for a moment he didn't know how to defend himself.
"Okay, okay, what time is it? What are you arguing about? What do you mean by this Wang Xuan? The first one issued a memorial asking for a reward, and then the army crossed the border. Is this memorial a tactic to delay the attack?"
"Bang!" The door was pushed open again, and another group of knights walked in. Everyone's hearts skipped a beat, and their eyes couldn't help but look back and forth between Yang Lian and Guan Yingzhen.
Guan Yingzhen didn't wait for the knight to speak, and then said directly, "Where does the rush come from!?"
"Sir, this is Huguang."
Hearing this, Guan Yingzhen shook his body and almost fell to the ground. The good thing didn't work and the bad thing didn't work. He stabilized his body and glared at Yang Lian. He turned around and found a chair to sit on. He held his chest and began to breathe.
Yang Lian took the urgent letter from the knight and opened it. Sure enough, it was Wang Xuan who sent 30,000 troops from Guangxi to Huguang with unknown intentions.
After a long silence, another person spoke up and said: "This memorial may not be a delaying tactic. There is another possibility. Wang Xuan is forcing the palace to force us to agree to the reward."
As soon as this point of view was raised, the atmosphere became more lively. "It is very possible. After all, he has acquired three new provinces and his foundation is unstable. Judging from his usual style, he only takes the next step after stabilizing his foundation. So this time,
It should be forced into the uterus."
A group of people discussed for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that the possibility of forcing the palace was greater. Of course, it was not impossible to catch the court by surprise. They also had to be careful and guard against it. Moreover, they had no idea in which direction the focus of his attack would be. It was very difficult here.
It is difficult to defend.
"That's right!" Fang Congzhe suddenly shouted, attracting everyone's attention, "Didn't that old thief Li Shantang tell us to read the memorial? Now that we've read the memorial, let's go and see what he has to say."
As they spoke, the group of people left the palace and went straight to Li Shantang's residence. The group moved together and immediately attracted the attention of all parties. For a while, the contents of Qi Hongliang's memorial were spread among the dozen or so clerks in the cabinet.
, that day, everyone with status in the capital knew about it.
Wang Xuan's name spread quietly among the high-level officials of the Ming Dynasty. After asking each other about the relevant deeds, everyone knew about them. For a while, everyone became slightly worried.
, Jiangnan is the most taxed area of the entire Ming Dynasty, and the grain output supplies most of the consumption of the Ming Dynasty. If war breaks out, the entire Ming Dynasty will be in chaos.
Quietly, prices across the capital began to rise, and merchants began to quietly stock up on goods.
From the Li Mansion, Fang Congzhe and his party came in a hurry, and all the other people in the living room left, leaving only them.
"Li Shantang, I have read Qi Hongliang's excerpt, but you have invaded three provinces. Tell me, what does Wang Xuan mean? Is it possible to completely launch an army to rebel?" It's not surprising that Fang Congzhe was a little anxious and missed the point immediately.
It's just that Wang Xuan stabbed them in the vital point, and they were defenseless.
It can be said that if Wang Xuan exerts his strength at this time, he can definitely defeat the three provinces. However, under the resistance led by these top aristocratic families, these three provinces will have to be beaten to pieces. Furthermore, even if he is defeated, he will not be able to defeat them.
There is no ability to rectify it. Swallowing three provinces with one province has already made Wang Xuan a little bloated. If he takes over the three most elite and most resistant provinces of the Ming Dynasty, it will be like a snake swallowing a whale, and he will be strangled to death.
No.
"Just take a look. My master said this is just an 'actual military exercise'. If there is no external force, nothing else will happen." Li Shantang raised the corners of his mouth slightly, quite condescendingly.
Although they have never heard of the term "actual military exercise", the literal meaning can be understood. The exercise is not really about going to war, it is just a demonstration for them.
Thinking of the joints, several people looked at each other and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that they believed Li Shantang's words, but that they themselves had judged it this way, and the combination of the two made them more confident.
"The matter of making a marquis has gone too far. Since Zhengde, no marquis has been made for many years. Furthermore, you know very well what the war between Guangdong and Guangxi is like. If you still allow the court to grant a marquis, how can the court lose its face!"
After confirming Wang Xuan's intention, they immediately became interested in bargaining.
Of course, there is also a sense of probing in it. If Li Shantang slowly starts arguing with them, it may be that Wang Xuan has bad intentions, and the possibility of making trouble will greatly increase. If Li Shantang's attitude is tough, it means that Wang Xuan is indeed trying to force the palace.
The scale is very familiar to these guys who have been playing politics all their lives.
Li Shantang glanced at several people and suddenly smiled.
"Why are you laughing?" Gao Panlong frowned. This old thief Li Shantang was becoming more and more annoying.
"In the words of my master, you guys are just like genjiujiu. You are holding back and pushing back. It's really annoying to have to go back and forth on something that is very obvious."
"You...!" A group of people's faces became even more ugly after being scolded.
"I have to either agree to something that is obvious or have a fight. What about the court's face? It's ridiculous. When have you ever cared about the court's face? You are the only ones from the four major parties who embarrass the court the most. Just do it.
As I said before, he will get angry if he doesn't agree!" Li Shantang sneered. Back then, he was also a person whose edges were smoothed by officialdom, and was no different from these people. Now, he seems to have regained some of the boldness and passion of his youth.
Wang Xuan told them that these so-called big guys in the court, if you reason with them, they will act like hooligans with you, you will act like hooligans with them, they will tell you about the law, you will tell them about the law, and they will tell you about the law.
Relationship, you talk to him about guanxi, he talks to you about loyalty to the king, you talk to him about loyalty to the king, he talks about all peoples to you, you talk to him about all peoples, he talks about Lao Tzu to you, you talk about Lao Tzu to you, and he pretends to be a grandson to you!
So, don't be polite, let him have any excuses, I will punch him in the face!
A group of people from the four parties exchanged glances for a while, and finally Fang Congzhe said: "The imperial court will issue an order, but since Wang Xuan forced the imperial court like this, everyone in the world will have their own judgment."
After that, a group of people walked out without looking back.