If you want to talk about the famous ministers of the Chongzhen Dynasty, Sun Chuanting must be on the list.

Liu Ximing has dealt with him, and he also feels that this person has outstanding ability and noble conduct, so he wants to give full play to his talents, and at the same time see if he can make more friends.

However, because of the matter of discussing peace with the Confidant, this duke had deep contradictions with Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian and others.

When the Kou Pass was built last year, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were both recalled to King Qin, but Yang Sichang only arranged for Hong Chengchou to enter Beijing to face the saint and put Sun Chuanting aside.

This is not over, although a plausible peace agreement was reached with Jianyu, but the imperial court still had to deploy defenses in Guanning, and Yang Sichang had a bad idea to arrange the Qin army under Sun Chuanting to be stationed in Guanning.

This naturally caused Sun Chuanting to be very angry, and later the imperial court transferred Sun Chuanting to the military affairs of Baoding, Shandong, and Henan, but because Yang Sichang obstructed him from facing the saint, Sun Chuanting was so angry that he said that he was sick and returned home.

As a result, Yang Sichang was not satisfied, and sued Sun Chuanting for pretending to be sick, but in fact, he was afraid of thieves and shirked it, which caused Chongzhen to be angry and depose him as a commoner.

At this time, Sun Chuanting was staying in his hometown in Shanxi.

It is precisely because Sun Chuanting's qualifications are old that Xie Cheng has no objection to his reinstatement.

However, daring to ask Chongzhen for Sun Chuanting to be a helper also attracted the attention of many courtiers, and they had a deeper understanding of Liu Ximing's courage.

You must know that compared with Liu Ximing, the difference in qualifications between Sun Chuanting and Liu Ximing is not a little bit.

Anyone who is an official does not want his subordinates to have qualifications and fame that are not inferior to their subordinates, because it is not conducive to command.

didn't expect Liu Ximing to have such courage, but this incident also attracted many courtiers to secretly ridicule, this new Amber is really a fierce Zhang Fei in the officialdom.

Things can't be done, according to him, sooner or later there will be bad luck, how can it be like me, no fault is a credit.

Seeing that Liu Ximing no longer made requests, Chongzhen, who was in a better mood, smiled and asked, "Aiqing is all about these requirements?" But what else is there missing? ”

"No, the minister will do his best to do a good job."

Liu Ximing bowed solemnly and replied.

"Okay, then let's disperse."

As Wang Chengen's clear voice sounded, hundreds of courtiers withdrew from the Imperial Palace in an orderly manner.

"Hehe, Xin Anbo bravely carries the heavy burden, which really makes me admire."

Before he walked out of the main hall, Zhu Chunchen and the other nobles came over with a wicked smile.

Regarding their gloating words, Liu Ximing smiled contemptuously and said: "In a huge court, someone must do something." ”

"Hehe, then I wish the new Amber a triumphant return."

Seeing that Liu Ximing was still stiff-mouthed, a group of Xungui wearing python robes bent a few words and turned their heads to leave.

"Three years ago, Xin Amber was just a filial piety, but now he is already the respect of the ministry, which is really terrifying."

Liu Ximing was squinting at Zhu Chunchen and the others leaving, and Xie Chen, the secretary of the ministry, came up and sighed.

"Hehe, it's just doing your duty, Xie Butang praised it." , for Xie Xi, the official of the ministry, Liu Ximing is still quite polite.

Xie Cheng waved his hand and laughed: "There are talented people in the country, each leading the way for hundreds of years, it is indeed like the poem made by Xin Amber back then, this goes to the Central Plains, the people of the Central Plains will rely on you, I wish you a victory." ”

Liu Ximing was promoted to a second-class member in court, and he had already entered the power circle of the highest level of the Ming Dynasty, and before Xie Cheng finished speaking, even Xue Guoguan and others came over to congratulate him, which made others envious.

After finally entertaining these colleagues, Liu Ximing gave Huang Zonghui and Du Liangji and others, who deliberately slowed down, and several people tacitly went their separate ways.

That night, Huang Zonghui and Du Liangji, who had dressed up in disguise, rushed to the new Amber Mansion again.

As soon as they met, Huang Zonghui rushed over in a hurry.

"Oh, you, you, this matter is obviously a big hole, why do you want to jump into it yourself?"

"President, this is indeed a hot potato, if we don't do it well, our hard work will be in vain."

Du Liangji was also anxious.

Who knew that Liu Ximing's face became heavy, "If you don't go, I won't go, what will the people of the Central Plains do, do you have to watch them struggle in the plague?" If this is the case, then how is our Datong Society different from other mediocre people? ”

"But this ......, hey", Liu Ximing's words made Huang Zonghui and Du Liangji very entangled, and in the end they could only turn into a long sigh.

At this time, Liu Ximing laughed instead, he patted Huang Zonghui and Du Liangji on the shoulders, and walked towards the study with his arms around them.

"Don't sigh, this matter is both a trouble and an opportunity, and it is not necessarily a good thing for our Datong Society."

"What's that?"

Huang Zonghui was about to ask questions, but saw a tall but bright-eyed brocade-clothed woman walking in with two equally pretty maids.

"The two gentlemen are here, and the concubine is here to serve tea."

The woman was not angry, and gave a blessing to Huang Zonghui and the two of them, and then commanded the two maids behind her to come forward to serve tea.

Liu Ximing grabbed the tall woman and said with a smile: "Madame came at the right time, lest I neglect the guests." ”

This woman has a straight nose, red lips and white teeth, and bright eyes, it is Cao Wenzhao's concubine, Cao Wanyi, and Cao Bianjiao and Cao Dingjiao's cousin.

The Cao family was much more concerned about marrying the Liu family than Liu Ximing, and Cao Bianjiao negotiated this matter with Liu Ximing when the Dongyu entered the Kou last year, and it only took a few months to send people over.

Of course, Liu Ximing did not treat Cao Wanyi badly, although he was afraid that Chongzhen would not dare to make a big deal out of it, but Liu Ximing still invited various friends to go through the marriage procedure.

In recent years, there are actually not so many rules for taking concubines, and Liu Ximing's practice is obviously to give the Cao family a lot of face.

Fortunately, Cao Wanyi is indeed outstanding, after all, she is from a big family, not only is her appearance and figure a first-class beauty, but her etiquette and demeanor have nothing to say.

What's even more commendable is that because of Cao Wenzhao, Cao Wanyi has also practiced some martial arts, so naturally she will not have such a bad habit as foot binding.

Liu Ximing's own conditions are extremely good, and now he is even more famous, and anyone who mentions it has to say that he is a heroic boy.

Coupled with the human rights thought in his bones, Cao Wanyi had not been married for a long time, and her whole heart had already poured into Liu Ximing.

As soon as he saw Cao Wanyi, Liu Ximing remembered today's events again.

"Wanyi, you hurry up and prepare your luggage, this time you will not be able to go out of Beijing for a few months, just for your husband to take you back to Sichuan, so that you can meet your mother."

Nowadays, transportation is inconvenient, and officials in Beijing often take the opportunity to go home to save their relatives on business trips, and Liu Ximing's move is not illegal.

Hearing that she was going back to Sichuan, Cao Wanyi suddenly felt a little apprehensive, and it was not easy to speak in front of Huang Zonghui and others, so she could only smile and nod and walk out of the study.

"Brother Wujiang is so blessed, I also said that Cao Dudu's sister is so big-shouldered and round-waisted, but I didn't expect it to be such a beauty." The door of the study was closed, and Huang Zonghui, who had always been unruly, opened his mouth and laughed.

Liu Ximing scolded with a smile and kicked over, "You bastard, then you still talked about this that day, you didn't marry your own daughter-in-law, right?" ”

"Hahaha", Du Liangji laughed heartily.

"Okay, okay, it's important to get down to business", after a joke, Huang Zonghui smiled and returned to the topic.

"What the hell are you going to do?"

Liu Ximing didn't answer directly, but thought about the two best friends who looked at him.

"What do you think of the situation today?"

Huang Zonghui and Du Liangji glanced at each other, and finally Huang Zonghui came forward and nodded: "It's not too much to say that it is dangerous, this tomorrow is already hopeless." ”

"Yes", Du Liangji is in the Ministry of Officials, and he is the most well-informed here, he nodded and sighed:

"Who would have thought that the Liukou had only been resurrected for a year, and the momentum had grown to the point that the military department should know that on the battlefield, the imperial court officials and the Liukou had already achieved defeat, which was rare in the past."

Liu Ximing had a complicated look on his face, but he smiled slightly in his heart.

Speaking of which, there is a lot of credit for the Liu family.

Originally, the revival of the rogues should have been severely damaged by the officers and soldiers because of the lack of soldiers and major generals.

But who called Liukou to have such a demonic force as the Liu family secretly support.

Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and others had sufficient food and ordnance, and in less than a year's effort, several provinces such as Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, Sichuan, Nanzhili, and Shandong had already caused trouble.

Yang Sichang took the Central Plains soldiers and fully experienced the situation of Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others back then, and could only run for their lives.