Chapter 403 A Good Man Has Ambitions

In the teahouse of Xiang's house, Wang Qiong sat in the first seat, followed by Ou Zanghua, Zuo Lengchan, Taoist Tianmen, Taoist Wang Chengwu, and Xiang Danian.

"Congratulations, Your Excellency, on your promotion to Governor-General of the Three Borders. It is a blessing for the court and the people. I hope that after you take office, you will bring grace to all directions, ensure peace and stability in the three borders, and prosper the country." Ou Zanghua picked up the teacup and congratulated him with tea instead of wine.

The Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel was of the third rank, and the Governor-General of the Three Borders was of the second rank, who controlled the Governor-General of Hexi, the Governor-General of Hedong, the Governor-General of Shaanxi, as well as the nine generals of Gansu, Liang, Su, Xi, Ningxia, Yansui, Shendaoling, Xing'an, and Guyuan.

It can be said that this position was the most powerful official position in the local area of ​​the Ming Dynasty.

The previous governor-general of the three borders was Yang Yiqing. After returning to the court, he was appointed Minister of Revenue. Based on his merits, he was promoted to Prince's Guardian and awarded gold coins.

As long as Wang Qiong doesn't make any mistakes, he will definitely be able to escape the position of Shangshu when he returns to the court.

"Ou Zhanshi is too polite. There is no need for us to be like this." Wang Qiong smiled and took a sip of tea, looking at Xiang Danian and said, "When we go to the northwest, Danian will serve by my side!"

Xiang Danian was slightly stunned and subconsciously looked at Ou Zanghua.

He remembered that his senior brother had told him to go to Gansu and obey Wang Shouren's orders.

"Hahaha, if I had known that Lord Wang valued Da Nian so much, I shouldn't have made plans for him. Now it's me who has let Brother Yangming down." Ou Zanghua took over the conversation, saying self-deprecatingly.

Wang Qiong understood immediately and said gently, "That's fine. Da Nian is here with me and will be in charge of contacting Wang Yangming. As for Yangming, I will go and explain. It's my fault that I robbed his people. It has nothing to do with Jingyu."

Ou Zanghua looked at Wang Qiong's serious expression and knew that he really wanted to keep Xiang Danian by his side, so he bowed and said, "In that case, thank you very much, Brother Dehua!"

That's right, Wang Qiong, courtesy name Dehua and pseudonym Jinxi, is the second generation of Heavenly Kings. The first generation was Zhang Yanhan, the prime minister of Southern Tang during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, also courtesy name Dehua.
Wang Qiong smiled slightly, and then looked at Taoist Tianmen and Taoist Wang Chengwu who were sitting behind him.

Ou Zanghua sighed secretly. He had originally planned to ask the two Taoist priests for some technical talents and go to Gansu with Xiang Danian to assist Wang Shouren.

Now that Xiang Danian has been intercepted, he can only think of ways to squeeze out some more talents from the two of them: "The two Taoist priests have also seen that the border defense is tense now, and we need some talents to go to the border."

When Taoist Tianmen heard this, he immediately became angry.

He dropped his tea set and said, "Master Ou, it's not that I don't want to help you, but the Taishan Sect is almost out of disciples now. You may not know that Alliance Leader Zuo actually packed up the Taishan Sect and took it to Luoyangwei. Poor Taishan Sect, now even the Taoist priests guarding the mountain are three eighty-year-old uncles, and it's because they are unable to move and can't stand the tossing, otherwise Zuo Lengchan would have carried them down the mountain!"

Ou Zanghua was startled and looked at Zuo Lengchan who was sitting beside him.

Lao Zuo said calmly, "I just provided a better platform for Taishan Sect."

"Then why do you take everything away? What about my Taishan inheritance?"

"Master Tianmen, don't worry about this," Zuo Lengchan looked up at Master Tianmen and said seriously, "Chou Hou and I have already made preparations. We have carefully selected 800 soldiers from the Beijing camp to join Taishan and learn from him. Hmm."

Taoist Tianmen bowed to Ou Zanghua and said, "Hey, Master Ou, did you hear that? He didn't even dare to say what he was learning!"

Ou Zanghua looked at Zuo Lengchan. He also felt that what Lao Zuo did was not fair. Although Lao Zuo told him about this in the letter, he thought Lao Zuo had at least kept a few. He did keep three.
When Wang Qiong heard this, he also looked at Zuo Lengchan and said with a smile: "Then Councillor Zuo must give way to some talented people!"

"This." Zuo Lengchan wanted to refuse. There were still many vacancies in his artillery battalion of the Beijing Camp, so he had no manpower to give to Wang Qiong.

Taoist priest Tianmen on the side noticed Ou Zanghua's eyes. After all, he had been trained in the Ministry of War and had indeed improved a lot. He said, "I agree! Transfer fifty Taishan disciples to go to the northwest with Lord Wang."

Ou Zanghua immediately covered his face. This old guy has made some progress, but not much. "Good!"

"not good!"

Zuo Lengchan quickly bowed and said, "Sir Wang, it's not that I disagree, but there are only so many Taishan disciples in the Beijing camp, and they still need to train the soldiers. They can't spare so many people! Taoist Tianmen knows this."

"So what does Councillor Zuo mean?"

“Five.”

"Ah"

Seeing this, Ou Zanghua said, "Brother Dehua, as far as I know, there are not many disciples in Mount Tai, and even fewer who have mastered Daizong's move. The Beijing Camp really can't spare so many people."

Then he looked at Zuo Lengchan and said, "Uncle Zuo, the Northwest Conquest is a very important part of our dynasty's grand strategy, so please provide more support!"

Zuo Lengchan pondered for a moment, a trace of reluctance flashed across his face, and he slowly said: "Fifteen people is indeed the limit of what I can do. You two adults don't know that His Majesty is reorganizing the Shenji Camp and needs a large number of elite gunners. Looking around the world, only the disciples of Taishan Sect are capable of this task, which is indeed a scarce resource."

After hearing this, Ou Zanghua looked at Wang Qiong.

When Wang Qiong heard that His Majesty needed so many people, he didn't want to force it, so he said, "Then let's have fifteen people! We can expand it after we go to the northwest."

Ou Zanghua smiled and nodded, then looked at Taoist Wang Chengwu.

Taoist Wang Chengwu smiled and said, "My Lords, I can provide 20 disciples to the Northwest to guide the casting of the Zhengde Mother-and-Child Cannon and the Zhengde Divine Power Cannon."

"Thank you, Master Wang!" Upon hearing this, Wang Qiong stood up and bowed to express his gratitude.

Taoist Wang Chengwu waved his hand and reminded seriously: "Master Wang, remember, these two types of artillery can be destroyed, but they must not fall into the hands of the enemy."

"I've got that!" Wang Qiong nodded.

Seven days later, Wang Qiong led a team of one thousand people out of the capital and headed northwest.

At the city gate, Liu Zhengfeng watched his second disciple follow the team away. Turning back, he saw a carriage not far away, and Jiang Yingying, who was dressed as a woman, standing next to the carriage.

Old Liu thought for a while and walked over.

"Master." Jiang Yingying saw Lao Liu coming and quickly saluted.

"Yingying, I'm going to Tongzhou. You are in the capital. In your free time, please visit your mistress more often on behalf of your master. Don't let her get bored in the capital." Liu Zhengfeng had a warm smile on his face and spoke gently.

Jiang Yingying was so smart, how could she not see that Liu Zhengfeng was thinking about her?
She was moved and said, "Thank you for your concern, Master. I will visit Master's wife more often."

"That's good. I'll leave first and you should go back early too." Old Liu nodded, turned around and got on his carriage.

(End of this chapter)