PS: Thanks to book friend He Cheng for promising the reward.
When we arrived in Nanming, the most valuable title turned out to be the least valuable. Among the top soldiers in Nanming, the lowest rank was marquis, and even kings with different surnames were granted titles.
Liu Heng looked at Yang Yuan with doubtful eyes and did not explain.
Nanming is something in the future. Even if he tells Yang Yuan, Yang Yuan may not believe it. No one will believe that someone can predict the future.
"General, bring the envoy from the capital." The guard outside the door came in to inform.
Two strange figures appeared outside the door. Liu Heng glanced outside and said in a calm tone: "Bring them in!"
The guard retreated from the room.
Soon, Eunuch Li and the accompanying servants were brought into the signing room.
As soon as the two people came in, Eunuch Li's eyes fell on Liu Heng behind the desk.
Although he had never seen it before, he still recognized the person sitting behind the only desk in the room at a glance. It was Liu Heng, the leader of the tiger-character flag.
Moreover, Liu Heng was younger than he thought, and he looked not as old as Wang Ziyi, whom he had interacted with in the capital.
"General Liu, you are polite." Eunuch Li took the lead and bowed his hand slightly towards Liu Heng.
Liu Heng took a look at the fair-faced and beardless Eunuch Li in front of him, and said with a smile: "I am a guest from afar. Eunuch Li, please come and sit down. Zhao Wu, go make a pot of tea."
The last sentence was addressed to Zhao Wu in the room.
"General Liu knows our family?" Eunuch Li was stunned when he heard Liu Heng calling himself Eunuch Li.
Looking carefully at Liu Heng, he found that he had no impression of Liu Heng and could not remember where he had seen him.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Although I have never seen it, I have often heard of Eunuch Li's name. In the past, the tiger-character flag was placed on the shop floor in the capital, thanks to Eunuch Li taking care of it."
"The person in charge of your shop is Eunuch Wei. Our family is just running errands and doing some small things." Eunuch Li said very modestly.
This kind of thing is not something he can take over if he wants to. The relationship between the tiger-shaped flag and the imperial court is not a good thing, so naturally he does not want to get involved.
Liu Heng smiled softly when he heard this and didn't take it seriously. He then asked straight to the point: "Is Eunuch Li coming here to recruit people?"
"I didn't expect that General Liu's ears and eyes are really smart. Our family has already guessed it before he said it." Eunuch Li said, "Our family came here not only to obey the emperor's order, but also to save General Liu from taking the right path."
Before Liu Heng could say anything, Yang Yuan, who was sitting in his seat, snorted coldly and sarcastically said: "What you say is better than what you sing. It's not like you can't beat me. If you want to recruit me, you'll really make yourself look bad." Gold."
"Who is this?" Eunuch Li frowned and looked at Yang Yuan.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw this person sitting on a seat in the room. Although he did not know his identity, he could imagine that this person should have some status in the Tiger Flag.
"He is from my Tiger Flag." Liu Heng simply explained without introducing Yang Yuan's identity to the other party.
Eunuch Li squeezed out a smile and nodded towards Yang Yuan.
However, Yang Yuanli ignored him, which made him feel uncomfortable and his face became a little ugly.
After leaving the capital, on the way to Datong, no matter where I went, local officials would be careful to fawn over them, but when they arrived in Datong, they were disgraced by a bandit.
"Eunuch Li, don't pay attention to him, let's continue talking." Liu Heng greeted Eunuch Li and gave him a step down so that he wouldn't be so embarrassed.
Eunuch Li withdrew his gaze from Yang Yuan, looked at Liu Heng again and said, "Our family has some relationship with Tiger Flag, so we shamelessly accepted the emperor's mission and planned to give it to uncle in advance. Sell well.”
"So the imperial court plans to make me an earl in order to recruit the tiger-character flag?" Liu Heng asked with a smile.
When Eunuch Li saw Liu Heng laughing, he thought he was happy, so he said with a smile on his face: "We would like to congratulate uncle in advance. We have never directly recruited people to be ennobled in the Ming Dynasty. Uncle Liu is the founder of our Ming Dynasty." This is the first time, and it shows that the emperor attaches great importance to his uncle."
"Let's not rush to congratulate you. Let me ask first, what kind of uncle does your emperor want to make me?" Liu Heng asked with a smile.
Eunuch Li pretended to be unhappy and tilted his head, saying, "Uncle, I can no longer talk about you and us. I can only talk to the Holy One."
"I took note of it." Liu Heng followed the other person's words.
Eunuch Li put on a smile again and said: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to you, uncle. In contrast to those who were ennobled in the past, they would just issue an edict and be done with it. But you are different, uncle. Your Majesty values you very much and gave you two choices at will." , one is Ping Lupp, and the other is Yan Bei Uncle, whichever one do you like best?"
"Ping Lupp." Liu Heng muttered it again, and then asked, "Does your emperor want the Tiger Flag to go to Liaodong to help you fight against slave thieves?"
"Uncle, you said it wrong again, it should be us." Eunuch Li pointed at Liu Heng and himself.
At this time, Yang Yuan suddenly interrupted and said: "I have no ability to deal with the slaves and thieves in Liaodong. I want our Tiger Flag to work for you. Your emperor has a really good plan."
"If my uncle accepts Ping Lupp, he will be one of his own. The rebellion of the Liaodong slave thieves has been quelled, which is also a good thing for my uncle. I don't want the Ming Dynasty to continue to be in such chaos." Eunuch Li ignored Yang Yuan , but looked at Liu Heng.
Liu Heng tapped the table with his fingers a few times and said, "If I take Uncle Yan Bei, will the Tiger Flag be unable to enter Yanmen Pass in the future?"
"My uncle can enter Yanmen Pass at any time if he wants. However, in addition to Datong, Shanxi also asks your uncle not to garrison troops. After all, my uncle can stay in Xuanda, which is far better than others. Except for the vassal prince, there are few people in the court." I will let the Lord lead the troops and sit in one place." Eunuch Li said.
Yang Yuan interjected: "I'm afraid it's too late for Eunuch Li to say this. Now, except for Lu'an Prefecture and Zezhou, all of Shanxi has fallen into my hands."
"In the future, my uncle will be an official in the Ming Dynasty. I don't think he will give up the opportunity to go on the right path just because of Shanxi." Eunuch Li said to Liu Heng.
Before coming to Datong, he had already figured out Liu Heng's background, so he believed that Liu Heng would never let go of such an opportunity to be knighted.
"An empty title is not enough to make me give up the whole of Shanxi." Liu Heng picked up the tea jar on the table and took a sip of the tea inside.
Eunuch Li's face did not change at all after hearing this.
It was nothing more than asking for a huge amount of money and paying it back on the spot. He had seen this kind of thing too many times.
Therefore, he said directly: "Uncle, if you have any other conditions, feel free to ask for them. As long as they are not too excessive, I think the court will not disagree."
"I said, I won't let go of Shanxi." Liu Heng said it word by word.
