The most powerful minister in the world

There was a brief silence in the warehouse. Mu Sheng walked down from the high platform, holding the jade belt around his waist and whispering in Jing Xi's ear.

"Second Young Master, what are you doing? Now that he has handed over his military power and is willing to leave Jiangnan, it will benefit us without any harm."

Wang Xishan's face turned red with anger. Hearing Mu Sheng's words again, he argued at the top of his lungs. Jing Xi ignored him and poured a bowl of water.

"What are you shouting for? I'm trying to save you, sir. Stop yelling at me here!"

"What the hell? Save me? How can you have such a heart? It took me half a lifetime to get the glory and wealth, but you have only been here for a short time and you have ruined it all for me!"

Jingxi raised the corners of his eyes and rolled his eyes. He didn't like him, so he threw the bowl in his hand to the ground, jumped up, pointed at his nose and started to curse.

"You are really kind-hearted. If you hadn't seen how bloody you were when Xu Shuhe suppressed the bandits last time, I wouldn't care about you. You still dare to curse in front of me."

"You are awesome, you can take your little one to wander around the world now and see if your former master in Jingli will let you go!"

Wang Xishan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, thought about it in his heart, and immediately came to his senses. He glanced at his daughter with some fear, and his overwhelming grief and anger turned into a long sigh.

He knelt down on the ground without any reluctance, cupped his hands and said: "I have been a soldier all my life. Although I have not made any great achievements, I have been able to maintain peace in the south of the Yangtze River for many years. I hope that the second son can save my family. I am willing to do it for him." The young master is following your lead!"

Seeing Wang Xishan lower his body and kneeling humbly on the ground, Jingxi kicked away the broken bowl at his feet, walked up to him and cursed: "Young Master, I am the right general of the Jing family army, but I still need you to lead the army?"

Wang Xishan knew that they were going to negotiate terms, so he raised his head and looked directly at Jing Xi and said, "Second Young Master, just tell me what you want me to do. I will never be vague."

The corners of Jingxi's lips curled up, and he glanced at Wang Xishan's twenty-sixth-year-old daughter, and said with a wicked smile: "I still need a few maids to serve tea and water. Your daughter is still good-looking. How about it? Are you willing to give it up? ?”

Wang Ningning, who originally wanted to bite Jingxi to death, heard Jingxi hitting her attention, her face turned red immediately, and she rushed towards him.

Fortunately, Wang Xishan stretched out his hand to stop him. He clenched his fists and bit his lips as he said, "I promise."

Naturally, Wang Xishan would not believe that the Jing family of the dignified First-Rank Military Marquis Mansion would be short of maids. This was just Jing Xi's trick.

"Hahaha, come on, although your daughter can barely see, she can't catch my eye. You can keep it for other people's homes in the future."

Although Wang Ningning was young, she was also sensible and knew that now was not the time to lose her temper. She just puffed up her cheeks and pinched her hands in her sleeves, cursing his eighteenth generation ancestors.

"Enough joking," Jing Xi helped Wang Xishan up, "Let's talk about business."

Wang Xishan's little boy was helped to rest. Wang Ningning glared at Jingxi and walked away. Everyone sat down. Jingxi called for food, which made Wang Xishan confused. He didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd. .

After burning the incense, Wang Xishan put down his bowl and chopsticks and said in surprise: "You want me to continue leading the army?"

Not only was he surprised, but Mu Sheng, Liu Huangying and the others were also dumbfounded and wanted to go over and test whether Jing Xi had a high fever and was burning up his brain.

Jingxi smiled and said, "Why are you so surprised? You are at the end of your rope now. I'm afraid you have soldiers in your hands?"

"This doesn't make sense, does it?" Wang Xishan looked at Jing Xi suspiciously, "Once I have soldiers in my hands, it will be the end of the road. Aren't you afraid that I will betray you again?"

Jingxi spit out the bones in his mouth and said with a smile: "Do you think you have lived in my government office for so many days and handed over all your military power? If you betray me again, do you think that person will still believe you?"

It's true, people's hearts are something that can't stand speculation.

"You don't have to think too much. If I want to harm you, why go to all the trouble and leave you to continue to command the army? It's just that you have been working here for so many years and are familiar with military affairs, so you can save me a lot of trouble. "

"Besides, your daughter is in my hands, am I still afraid that you will rebel?"

As soon as he heard about his daughter, Wang Xishan took a few breaths and muttered: "My daughter can't be your maid. You behave like a prostitute. I don't know how many brothels you have visited and how many girls you have slept with."

"Hey~ I don't care about your daughter. Let her live in the yamen. I'll just find someone to look after her."

After weighing the pros and cons, Wang Xishan picked up the wine glass and said sincerely: "Second Young Master, I would like to attach myself to the Jing family. I only want peace for the rest of my life."

Jing Xi held up the wine glass but refused to touch it, so Wang Xishan moved forward. At this time, he smiled and said, "It's not that you are attached to the Jing family, but that you are attached to me!"

Wang Xishan was stunned and said, "Is there any difference?"

"The difference is huge. Do you think that if something happens to you, what will my old man do for a general soldier?"

Only then did Wang Xishan finally understand. He held the wine glass in both hands and drank it down in one gulp: "Then I will listen to the Second Young Master!"

Today, the officials of Jiangnan Province, regardless of whether they were civil or military officials, were all very ignorant. They gathered at the door of Li Chang's government office and asked what was going on and where was the wind blowing?

They are suffering, and Li Chang, who is the governor of Jiangnan Province, is suffering even more damningly. What kind of thing is this?

He originally planned to follow Wang Xishan and seek refuge with the eldest prince, but in less than a month, why has everything changed?

Li Chang was so anxious that the folding fan in his hand broke. He held his forehead with his hand and seemed to have aged a lot in an instant.

From the corner of his eye, he looked at his trusted aide standing in the study, pacing back and forth. After such a good spring, he broke into a cold sweat.

"Sir Governor, please say something when the time comes. Wang Xishan is a bastard who has committed a crime. He handed over all the military power and settled in Dancheng. Yang Mingyi didn't write a letter. How can we just wait? "

"That's right, Lord Governor, without the soldiers in hand, aren't we all lambs to be slaughtered? Then the second young master of the Jing family, doesn't he just kidnap anyone he wants?"

"I heard that his people have been visiting various prefectures and counties to check the warehouse accounts. Are they really going to attack us?"

Li Chang was even more disturbed by what they said to each other. He knocked the broken folding fan on the table angrily.

"Let's go, let's go. Don't bother me here. Can you get the military power back here? Can you stop that second master from investigating us?"

As soon as these words came out, those cronies understood that Li Chang was at his wits' end and immediately gave up the challenge.

"My Lord Governor, if you say that, then don't blame us for protecting ourselves!"

"What do you want to do?" Li Chang slapped the table, stood up and shouted.

"What do we want to do? Then of course we need to go to Dancheng!"

"Who dares! Don't act rashly. Even if he gathers all the troops, it won't be a big deal. Two groups of more than 100,000 bandits can be destroyed by soldiers alone. They don't have to rely on us to maintain them. ?”

It has to be said that Li Chang has been in the officialdom for so many years, but he can calm people's hearts with just a few words.

"Now that Wang Xishan has surrendered, we can only rely on you. Mr. Governor, you cannot leave us alone in the end."

Li Chang stroked his beard and said with sharp eyes: "As long as I'm here, Jiangnan can't change the world!"