Seeing Mao Wenlong walking away, Yuan Chonghuan took a long time to come to his senses, and squeezed out four words from between his teeth: "Damn it!" ”

Zu Dashou answered: "The Supervisor dares to be so rude, it's really damned, but I can't figure it out, why didn't the Inspector let the last general kill him?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan sighed and said: "I said that he deserves to die, not because he is disrespectful to me, but because he is unruly, does not listen to greetings, and acts recklessly, sooner or later it will ruin our plan to restore Liao."

However, he has a heavy army in his hand, and he holds the sword of Shang Fang given by the first emperor, if we kill him, how can we deal with the aftermath? And how can his soldiers be controlled? The Ningjin defense line is soaked with the hard work of Inspector Sun and me, how can I destroy the Great Wall by myself? ”

Zhao Shu taught: "However, if you continue to keep him, sooner or later, one day, all the generals of Liaodong will follow suit, wouldn't it be troublesome?" ”

He Kegang said: "We must not let that situation happen, we must find a way to get rid of him as soon as possible." ”

Yuan Chonghuan groaned: "However, opportunities and opportunities are very important. A few of you, don't just focus on being ruthless, you have to pay close attention to the design infiltration, once the time is ripe, no, you must quickly promote the opportunity to appear. ”

As soon as the words fell, the Chinese army hurriedly came in and said: "Qiyu Supervisor, the military department has a fast horse transmission of 800 miles, and orders the supervisor to enter Beijing immediately, and the emperor will summon the supervisor again." ”

"Summoned again? What does it mean? Yuan Chonghuan was stunned for a moment, secretly speculating, and before he could speak, Zu Dashou had already pulled his throat and said: "If you say the right call, you will call the right, this emperor thinks that we are playing idle in the border cockfighting and walking the dog." ”

Zhao Shu taught: "I'm afraid it's not so simple, although we have worked hard for more than a year, Fuliao has not had much effect, and there were more rumors that the superintendent secretly talked to Houjin out of thin air, I'm afraid the emperor will believe it." However, it just so happened that the inspector took the opportunity to explain it to the emperor. ”

Zu Dashou sneered: "Hmph, it's good to be able to explain it clearly, in my opinion, the superintendent is going here, I'm afraid it will be more auspicious." ”

He Kegang said: "Ambassador Houjin's plan to divide the line, and after being provoked by the old men in the court, the emperor is suspicious of ironclad, but the emperor will never move the superintendent, why?" Shaanxi is already in turmoil, and the current imperial court has been attacked by the enemy, and the emperor must urge the superintendent to make meritorious contributions as soon as possible, so as to free up his hands to solve the Shaanxi problem. ”

Zu Dashou said: "There is also some truth, hmph, if you really want to move Inspector Yuan, does he also have to consider our Kanto Iron Cavalry?" ”

Their words, although a bit coarse, are not lacking in reason. By the way, let's hurry into Beijing and report to the emperor sincerely, in order to win the emperor's trust, maybe we can solve Mao Wenlong's problem. If that's the case, Liaodong will be safe. ”

After making up his mind, Yuan Chonghuan rushed to Zu Dashou and said, "Hugh has to talk nonsense again, you wait and follow the established policy, I will get up and go to the capital." After speaking, he simply packed up and drove his horse straight to the capital.

On this day, I finally arrived in the capital. Although it was late, Yuan Chonghuan did not dare to delay a little, and went straight to the palace to meet him.

After Chongzhen made a decree, he didn't do anything anymore and concentrated on waiting for Yuan Chonghuan in the Baohe Palace.

He said that he would not do anything, but in fact, he was thinking: "If those rumors are true, he will definitely not obey the edict." However, what if he was ordered to enter Beijing? Well, that means that he has no ambitions, so I will try my best to appease him, rely on him to solve the problem of Liaodong, and realize the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, I can't let him turn Liaodong into his home world, lest he be too big in the future. How can he not be allowed to turn Liaodong into his home world? Naturally, it has to be mixed with sand, and mutual constraints can be truly balanced. ”

He thought about it every day, obviously, countless times, but he couldn't help but think about it, or he would be restless.

Just thinking about it, Wang Chengen said softly: "Your Majesty, Yuan Chonghuan has arrived, and he is now waiting for the decree outside the palace." ”

"Arrived? Well, it seems that he doesn't have any ambitions yet, and I have to hold him in first. When Chongzhen heard this, he thought secretly, got up, and greeted him in person.

At that time, although it was still cold in spring, Yuan Chonghuan ran wildly all the way, inevitably getting hot all over, and the cloak slipped off unconsciously.

When Wang Chengen went in to report, he just wanted to get dressed, but he saw Chongzhen personally greet him, he was flattered, where can he take care of it, he knelt on the ground with a puff, and said in his mouth: "Minister Yuan Chonghuan asks the emperor for peace, may the emperor live long live, long live, long live." ”

"Well, yes, he's pretty docile." Chongzhen said secretly, his mood improved, he came over to help him up personally, pulled his cloak for him, and said with concern: "Spring is cold, pay attention to keeping warm, don't hurt your body, it will affect the plan to restore Liao." ”

Hearing him say this, Yuan Chonghuan was relieved and was about to thank him, but he said again: "Aiqing has been away from Beijing for more than a year, and I'm afraid I don't know that there are thieves in Shaanxi again." My opinion is that Ann is the first to go outside. Therefore, the implementation of the plan for the restoration of Liao must be accelerated so that we can free up our hands to settle down. This is also the main reason why I summoned Aiqing again. Aiqing let's talk about the situation. ”

"He went straight to the point like this, and it was clear that he was blaming us for working for nothing this year, and it seems that we need to report it. But what to say? It can't be said that you are tired of running for food. I can't help it, I can only boast about it properly. ”

After paying attention, Yuan Chonghuan said: "Your Majesty, for more than a year, the minister has been thinking about sharing worries for the emperor all the time, for this reason, the minister has built a Guanning iron cavalry, the current Guanning defense line can be said to be unbreakable, once the time is ripe, the minister will personally lead the Guanning iron cavalry to recover Liaodong." ”

"Hmph, you merged Ningyuan and Jinzhou into one town without authorization, and arranged all the important passes for your cronies to guard, do you think I don't know? What is your heart? I won't expose you, see what you say? Thinking about it, Chongzhen said: "Is there no other problem?" ”

"He must have listened to the slander, and all the justifications are of little significance, so it is better for us not to give a positive answer and continue to speak sufficiently." Thinking about it, Yuan Chonghuan said: "No, because the minister got Zu Dashou, Zhao Shujiao, and He Kegang, the minister's five-year plan to restore Liao depends on these three people to realize, if it is not realized after five years, the minister will personally kill these three people, and the minister himself will go to the judicial department to accept the guilt and accept death." ”

"Hmph, the last thing I'm afraid of is that you are full of words, even if you don't say full words, I will force you to speak full." Secretly said, Chongzhen said: "Okay, Aiqing said so, I don't have to worry about it." I decided to crown Aiqing as the crown prince and give me a python coat and silver coins. ”

Yuan Chonghuan didn't want to be like this, and his heart swelled with emotion, and he said: "How can the minister be so virtuous, he has been so favored by the emperor, and the minister must bow down and die." ”

Chongzhen smiled against his will: "For loyal ministers and good generals, it should be so." ”

Yuan Chonghuan didn't know what he was thinking, he became more and more moved, and said sincerely: "The minister has suggested to the emperor before that the minister is in Ningyuan, and the enemy must not cross the pass to the west; Jizhou is weak and should be heavily armed, but I don't know why the emperor only transferred one Zhu Mei?

However, Jimen Lingjing shouldered and did not increase the number of troops. In case Yi (referring to Mongolia) is the guide, and Tongnu (referring to Houjin) is invasive, there will be unknowable disasters. ”

"Hmph, what are you talking about? The people you recommended to me are all your cronies, and you want to control Jizhou, so I'm not so stupid. Thinking secretly, Chongzhen said: "I know, Aiqing doesn't need to say anything." ”

"He's still wary of us, how can he do that? That's true. Yuan Chonghuan was greatly disappointed, and wanted to say more, but Chongzhen had already said: "Aiqing is thousands of miles away from now, don't you have anything to say to me?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan knew that it was useless to say more, but he remembered Mao Wenlong again coldly, and said tentatively: "There is still one thing in Liaodong that must be decided by the emperor, and that is Mao Wenlong of the Dongjiang River......"

"Hmph, Mao Wenlong, this guy is really not good, and I know it, but he is the only person in Liaodong who can contain you, if you want to get rid of him, how will I get rid of you in the future?" Thinking of this, Chongzhen interrupted him and said, "He is that kind of person, and he has the Shang Fang Sword of the First Emperor in his hand, there is no way, let's take a look." ”

"What does he mean by that? Does he not even have the most basic standards of right and wrong? Thinking secretly, Yuan Chonghuan secretly went to see Chongzhen, but seeing that he had no room for negotiation, he sighed secretly and said: "The emperor's lesson is that the minister must remember it in his heart, and if the emperor has no teachings, the minister will rush back to Liaodong." ”

"Remembered? Hmph, if you can remember a little bit of a star, I will burn high incense. Chongzhen said in his heart, and said politely: "Don't be in such a hurry, Liaodong is not as good as the capital after all, take a good rest for a few days and then come back." ”

Having said that, the person had already gotten up, came over to take Yuan Chonghuan's hand, personally sent him out, and said: "The border pass can't be handsome for a day, if Aiqing can hold on, go back." ”

Yuan Chonghuan was busy responding, but he heard him say again: "Remember, I will hand over Liaodong to Aiqing, and Aiqing must not live up to my trust." ”