Looking at the good news presented to the emperor, Liu Yuliang said with a smile: "Your Majesty Shengming, the wisdom of promoting capable ministers, Lu Shangshu lives up to the holy hope, congratulations!" ”

While saying this, he forgot that the reason why he asked for the superintendent was that he felt that Lu Xiangsheng was not capable enough and had negative expectations.

Emperor Chongzhen quickly swept the recital, then looked up at Liu Yuliang, and said with a smiling face: "Does Liu Qing know what is mentioned in this recital?" ”

Seeing the emperor's face, Liu Yuliang's bad premonition suddenly came out again, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart, and just as he was about to answer, Cao Huachun, the governor of Dongchang, arrived.

Seeing that he had arrived, Emperor Chongzhen didn't bother to pay attention to Liu Yuliang, looked at Cao Huachun, and said with a serious face: "Cao Daban, you went to inform Liu Shoufu at my behest before, and I want you to tell me everything you saw here." ”

Looking at the slightly puzzled look on Cao Huachun's face, he added: "Liu Shoufu said that after he left Beijing, he fought with the Manchu army, and because of him, he was able to relieve the siege of Lu Shangshu. Later, he also impeached Chen Hongxu, the governor of Jinzhou, for refusing to obey the order and wanting to trap him in danger, which was suspected of being a Manchu internal response. All the things out there, I only need the facts, there should be someone who deceives me, and I will never spare it! ”

When Cao Huachun heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Liu Yuliang slightly, he was very clear in his heart, the emperor had already sent a very clear signal, if he dared to make up nonsense and talk nonsense, it would be the crime of bullying the king, and he could only speak with facts. It seems that the emperor is going to cure the crime of bullying the first assistant!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel sad for Liu Yuliang in his heart. After returning to Beijing, he didn't inquire about the situation in Beijing in advance, the emperor was already a lot more shrewd after Taizu's dream, how could he be as easy to coax as before?

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So, Cao Huachun immediately received the order, and after he left Beijing, he saw Liu Yuliang's movements, as well as every word and deed he heard in the army, all of them had one thing and two words.

And when Liu Yuliang heard what Emperor Chongzhen said to Cao Huachun, he already knew that something was wrong. Suddenly, the face turned completely white.

An unspoken rule in the Ming officialdom is that everyone will deceive and induce the emperor for their own interests. However, this kind of thing cannot be put on the table. If this is put on the table, then the matter will be serious.

In the end, it depends on the emperor's attitude, you can let it go gently, but you must not feel comfortable in your heart; If you don't let it go, then you will be punished for the crime of bullying the king, this is a great sin!

What does it mean to be heinous? That is, the ten cardinal sins of rebellion, great rebellion, rebellion, surrender, evil rebellion, immorality, disrespect, unfilial piety, injustice, and civil strife are not forgiven. Among them, disrespect refers to disrespecting the emperor's words and deeds; This crime of deceiving the emperor is more serious than the words and deeds of disrespecting the emperor.

In fact, if it is investigated, the crime of deceitful is the crime of killing the head. Because daring to deceive the king and make the king make a misjudgment generally lead to serious consequences, which are strictly forbidden.

Thinking about these consequences, even if it is the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, in the Chongzhen Dynasty, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty has not been killed. At this moment, Liu Yuliang's body was full of cold sweat, he didn't know why things had become like this, but no matter what, he couldn't admit this crime of bullying the king.

When he listened carefully to Cao Huachun's words, he was immediately thinking about how to explain and refute in his heart.

"Your Majesty, what the slave said is all the truth, and there is not a trace of discrepancy with the facts." After Cao Huachun finished speaking, he immediately promised, "As for the matter of Jinzhou Zhizhou, the slave has already left and returned to Beijing, and I don't dare to talk nonsense if I don't know the truth!" ”

Liu Yuliang listened, and without waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to speak, or before Emperor Chongzhen made a decision, he immediately took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is just using his body as bait, thinking about attracting the Manchu army to come." Unexpectedly, the Manchu army finally came to attack Wechen, so Wechen thought that the strategy worked. ”

Greedy for life and afraid of death, he is far away from the Manchu army, but he can honestly and shamelessly think that he is using himself as bait to attract the Manchu army over, and he is really thick-skinned enough!

Emperor Chongzhen thought so, sneered in his heart, turned his head and explained to Chen Baoting, who was serving beside him: "Take Wang Chengen's report to Shoufu to see!" ”

"Yes!" When Chen Baoting heard this, he immediately agreed, turned around and found the piece and handed it to Liu Yuliang. On this piece of music, he made a detailed account of the process of breaking the siege, and this credit cannot be erased by Liu Yuliang with just a few empty words.

When Liu Yuliang saw it, he immediately felt a little dizzy, and hurriedly forcibly explained: "Your Majesty, maybe Weichen misjudged, but it is also a fact that Weichen used himself as bait to attract the Manchu army to attack!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't bother to answer his words, and asked Chen Baoting to show him Lu Xiangsheng's report.

At this time, Liu Yuliang was already very nervous in his heart, and his hand holding the piece was trembling slightly, and he finally unfolded the piece and looked at it.

In this recital, Lu Xiangsheng vigorously praised Chen Hongxu, the governor of Jinzhou, for mobilizing the gentry of the whole city and countryside under the siege and attack of 100,000 Manchu troops, and defending the city and preserving the people of Jinzhou when the army of the guard was eroded and unavailable.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng promoted Chen Hongxu in the recital, and suggested that Chen Hongxu's measures should be immediately disseminated to Gyeonggi and neighboring provinces, so that all local government officials could learn from it. As long as the Manchus could not take the city and could not get supplies, this Manchu army had nothing to worry about.

By the way, Lu Xiangsheng also mentioned the conflict between Liu Yuliang, the first assistant, and Chen Hongxu, the governor, and described in detail the causes and consequences of the events at that time, as well as the dialogue between the two sides in the city and under the city.

From his point of view, he explained to Emperor Chongzhen the possible consequences if the army led by Shoufu was allowed to enter the city. Lu Xiangsheng's conclusion was that for the sake of the safety of the people in the city, it was necessary not to let the army with sloppy military discipline enter the city. He bluntly said in the recital that Chen Hongxu was a responsible person, and suggested that the emperor should deal with it as appropriate.

Or in order to illustrate this, Lu Xiangsheng also played a concert to Emperor Chongzhen, revealing the current situation of the Ming army. Many armies have been plagued like thieves because they have no pay, and of course there are other reasons. I hope that the emperor will rectify the army as soon as possible to revitalize the reputation of the official army.

If Liu Yuliang can still quibble about the previous recital of Wang Chengen, Lu Xiangsheng's recital is completely different. He is the military commander, commanding the army of the king of the world, and has a very high authority for the military part. In the recital, they are all on Chen Hongxu's side. In and out of words, he not only blamed Liu Yuliang for being greedy for life and afraid of death, but also for being incapable of leading his army.

Before he finished reading all of Lu Xiangsheng's recitals, Liu Yuliang felt that his eyes were dark.