At this juncture, Zhang Tongchang and Ran Lin came to Kunming in October 1649.

Before Zhang Tongchang finished reading, Yang Xuan Huo Ran stood up, snatched the holy decree and asked: "This, this, this is a forged holy decree, didn't the emperor crown me as the Duke of Qianguo 1 month ago, the town of Yunnan Province, hereditary replacement?" Didn't the emperor order me to take care of the affairs of the country, promote all kinds of soldiers and horses, and be the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangzhou?

Why is this decree different? ”

Zhang Tongchang looked at Yang Xuan with a blank face and said, "Penghou, I came from the imperial court, and the emperor personally issued a holy decree.

The emperor agreed to the request of the lord, and entrusted him with the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Ganyun, and the hereditary prefect of Mahu Prefecture. ”

Yang Xuan's face was full of iron, and he shook his head again and again, exclaiming incredible, how could he be connected to different holy decrees in two months?

Zhan Tianyan woke up from his panic and admonished: "My lord, this, this Hu Zhigong is not in Kunming, the lord will find out when he sends someone to summon him." ”

Looking at Hu Zhigong, who looked in a hurry, his face was full of iron and blue: "Hu Zhigong, this, what's going on with this holy decree?" Didn't you bring an emperor's decree to Gu 1 month ago?

Tell me, what's going on with this decree? ”

Hu Zhigong shook his head and said: "My lord, you lead your troops to attack Sun Kewang, and Sun Kewang leads your troops to attack my Guang (Western Ming Army.

I heard that Sun Kewang wanted to reconcile with the Volunteers and return to the Ming Army, so we discussed with the Duke of Qingguo and decided to use the emperor's empty edict to seal the Lord as the Duke of Qianguo, and let you supervise the troops and horses to fight the Tartars.

My lord, I just want to reconcile with you.

My lord, you expelled Zhang Xianzhong with the remnants, Sun Kewang, and restored the land of Si (Sichuan) and central Yunnan.

You defeated Haoge's 100,000 army, Nikan Wu Sangui's army, and killed Haoge, Luo Luohun, Nikan and other barbarian princes and nobles.

My lord, you have made outstanding achievements, and now that the Duke of Qianguo has surrendered, the Liukou should have been removed, and the adults have been guarding the clouds for generations. ”

Yang Xuan sighed and said: "You, you Hu Zhigong speaks better than you sing, you are not the emperor, what's the use of you saying these?"

That's not right, Lone was also Penghou in the past, and he also had the identity of a fake festival, why didn't Lone have an empty edict, this Qingguo Gong actually had an empty edict.

You, you lied to me, didn't you?

You played Gu as a child, first named Gu as the Duke of Qianguo, and later regretted it.

Lonely and exhausted, dedicated to the Eastern Expedition to the North, for the sake of self-security, only seeking to be a local official, only to be a governor, in a few months regretted it? ”

Zhang Tongchang admonished: "My lord, you have misunderstood. You can ask Senator Ran, what I brought this time is really a holy decree issued by the emperor himself, my lord, I hope you will be aware of everything. ”

Yang Xuan was quite annoyed, pointed at Zhang Tongchang with his finger and said, "Zhang Tongchang, shut up Lao Tzu."

So I have been thinking about it for more than 3 months for an ordinary request, this, how is this possible?

I just asked for a hereditary appointment as a local official, just asked for a decree to go to the front line to kill the enemy, and the emperor and ministers actually thought about it for three months?

Except that the emperor is very suspicious of me, except that the ministers are constantly slandering, how can it be otherwise?

Also, there is an empty edict, I also have the identity of a fake festival, I also command the soldiers and horses of Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi and Gansu, why did the emperor not send me an empty edict, this is obviously deceitful. ”

Zhang Tongchang sighed and said: "My lord, this is indeed the case, as long as you calm down and think about it carefully, it is indeed the case." ”

Yang Xuan said angrily: "Zhang Tongchang, you haven't learned anything about Zhang Juzheng's legacy, what is the truth?"

Lone only believes that Feng Gu is the Duke of Qianguo, Xiangli is a fact, Lone only believes that Lone is also a false festival, why does Lone have no empty edict, how can Chen Bangchuan have it?

It's really unreasonable, the tiger doesn't make a name for himself and thinks he is a sick cat, and he retreats again and again, thinking that a hereditary prefect has caused so much right and wrong.

For the public to be the king, the people can admit it, why use this holy decree that today is this and tomorrow is that, the order is changed every day, so that the children in the market will laugh.

Come on, take Zhang Tongchang, Ran Lin, and Hu Zhigong down for me, put them in prison in the Guogong Mansion, and interrogate them well. ”

After Zhang Tongchang and the others pulled out of the main hall, Yang Xuan pointed to the two completely different holy decrees in front of him, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, opened his eyes for a long time, felt his eyes swell, and said in a bitter voice: "Gentlemen, you, tell me what we should do?"

Zhan Tianyan stepped forward and said: "My lord, I felt a little wrong that day, and this holy decree came too quickly."

The news of Mu Tianbo's death should not have reached the emperor's ears so quickly, and it would be difficult for the emperor to crown the lord of Qianguo.

Also, Xiangli government, tearing the soil and sealing the king, with brothers, this is almost more than the prince's reward. Hong Wuye did not seal the princes that day. ”

Yang Xuan was furious, slapped the table and said, "Zhan Tianyan, what should I do if I ask?" Not asking about this.

There must be a conspiracy in this, and there must be a big conspiracy.

I can't imagine that I will encounter such a big conspiracy when I abide by my courtesy. Falsifying the Holy Decree, how can you think you can deceive people like you make up false stories?

Besides, with such a big position as my hereditary prefect, even if Qin Hui was in power, Yue Wumu would not be so suspicious.

What kind of empty edict, lonely is also a fake festival, so far away, why is there no empty edict?

Make it up, make it up for me. Even if you want to be Qin Hui, you have to defeat the Tartars, and it's not too late to do Qin Hui's business.

Now he is actually plotting to kill Zhongliang, it is really painful and hateful, and it is painful and hateful. ”

Zhan Tianyan sighed and said, "My lord is loyal, and we are convinced of it."

Your Excellency, what are you going to do with these two decrees? ”

Yang Xuan's voice trembled: "You, tell me, how to deal with it?" ”

Zhan Tianyan pondered Yang Xuan's thoughts and said, "My lord, with humble observation, these two holy decrees are true, how can they be fake?" A gentleman is worth a thousand gold, let alone the emperor?

Besides, the edict of the Lord Ren Qianguo has already spread all over the country through the "Popular Magazine", if someone is suddenly sent to say that the edict is fake, so where is the face of the Duke of Qianguo, how will the world comment on the emperor and the lord.

For the sake of the present time, my lord, we will obey the first decree, and you can have two copies of the decree be copied to the court, claiming that you have received two genuine but contradictory decrees, and you do not know which decree will be carried out.

I can tell the emperor that our "Popular Magazine" has published the holy decree of the Duke of Qianguo, and now the people of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan and Guizhou have already known the holy decree of appointing the Duke of Qianguo. ”

Yang Xuan nodded and said, "Everyone, what do you think?" ”

Yun Nan pressed Lei Yuelong and said with a smile: "My lord, this Zhang Tongchang is Zhang Juzheng's grandson, Zhang Juzheng's three sons, the eldest son Jing Xiu left a pen and died, the second son Mao Xiu went into exile to Yun (Nan and died, the third son Yun Xiu was over seventy years old Although the world was restored, Zhang Xianzhong captured Jiangling and wanted to use the reputation of the Zhang family to force him to come out, Yun Xiu's father and son committed suicide.

This Zhang Tongchang is not easy, after his grandfather Zhang Jingxiu committed suicide, his grandmother Gao was disfigured and raised his father Zhang Chonghui, so there was Zhang Tongchang. ”

Yang Xuan thought for a moment, and said to Ma Wannian beside him: "The Zhang family is also a loyal martyr, its ancestors followed Hong Wuye to fight in the south and the north, although he was unknown, but he made meritorious contributions to the expulsion of the Tartars and the restoration of China."

Ten thousand years, tell the cell boss not to treat these three people badly.

The day after tomorrow, I chose a better car to transport Zhang Tongchang out of Kunming City, and I had enough entanglement on the road, and remember to bring Mr. Zhan's note to the imperial court."

When Ma Wannian heard this, he nodded again and again.

Zhang Tongchang was taken into a darkly lit prison, and scolded as he walked, why did this Yang Xuan be so indistinguishable from wrong.

It was impossible to see anything obvious, but his arms were no longer able to reach his thighs, and he was pushed into a dimly lit room.

The room was only more than a foot wide, with a small window, through which Zhang Tongchang was surprised that the cell was still very clean, with a small bed made of a few pieces of wood and a small desk in front of it.

The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table are complete, and there are several thick books on it, Zhang Tongchang feels particularly novel, and when he opens it, he finds that it is "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", "The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", "Mengxi Pen Talk", "Tiangong Kaiwu" These books, looking at these, Zhang Tongchang had a big headache, and knocked on the heavy wooden door again and again.

A guard hurriedly came and shouted, "What are you doing, what are you doing?" ”

Zhang Tongchang pointed to the books on the table and said, "These things, do you want to show me these things?" ”

The guard smiled, "yes, what's wrong?"

Our adults said that you people are too deeply poisoned, so we just want you to be sober and sober, so that they have a rare opportunity to learn and learn? ”

Zhang Tongchang said angrily: "Yang Xuan, this traitorous minister, this governor is Zhang Taiyue, and this governor only reads the book of saints. ”

The guard smiled and said, "Three months ago, there were also two scholars who were imprisoned, and they were the first to shout, you see, it will not take ten days and half a month to be obsessed with these books."

Adults say that readers are good at everything, but they don't know how to be flexible, read more of these books, understand the changes of things, so that readers don't just know moral articles.

You study hard, adults have long been stipulated, if anyone can pass the 80 points, who can go out? ”

Zhang Tongchang was quite angry, slammed his hands on the wall, and felt a pain in his heart as he watched the blood leave from his hands.

At night, the cells opened the doors and windows, looked at Zhang Tongchang, who was still tired in the corner of the room, and said, "You, are you Zhang Taiyue?"

Originally, you people can eat 2 side dishes per meal, but the adults just instructed that you should live a good life, add 1 side dish, add 1 cup of tea, and there is 1 lamp here, you can read a book at night. ”

Zhang Tongchang glared at this cell fiercely, too lazy to talk to this kind of obscene embryo.

But the long nights, especially in the cell, could not sleep in front of the candlelight, and in the end Zhang Tongchang still opened the books.

At first, I didn't think about it, but the more I looked at it, the more surprised I became, so much so that it was late at night.

After staying like this for two nights, early on the morning of the third day, the cell door was opened, and seeing four or five people coming to the door, Zhang Tongchang was quite annoyed and said, "You guys, what do you want to do? Yang Xuan figured out that the holy decree was fake? Now do you want to ask the Governor? ”

Ma Wannian smiled and said, "Governor Zhang, our lord said that these two holy decrees are true. So transcribe these two decrees and let the envoy go with Governor Zhang to meet the emperor. ”

Zhang Tongchang smiled and said, "Oh, since you recognize that this governor is the envoy of the Son of Heaven, does Yang Xuan treat the envoy of the Son of Heaven like this?" ”

immediately tidied up his clothes, ignored Ma Wannian, and walked out of the cell.

But to Zhang Tongchang's surprise, this time he didn't go to the main hall, but came to the side door, looking at this scene, Zhang Tongchang was quite surprised: "You, what are you going to do?" ”

A forty-year-old civil official next to him said: "Governor Zhang, my name is Gong Wanjing, and I am a senator under my lord.

The lord said that he had received two genuine decrees with different contents, and he did not know what to do with them, so he specially transcribed the two decrees, wrote them down, and asked the holy lord to adjudicate them. ”

Zhang Tongchang shook his head and said: "Gong Wanjing, do you have any brains, Hu Zhigong is an edict, and what this governor brings this time is the real holy decree." ”

Gong Wanjing shook his head and said, "What Governor Zhang said is not entirely right, what Hu Zhigong issued is also a genuine holy decree."

Chen Bangchuan has the merit of supporting, he is a close minister of the emperor, and the envoy sent by him is also a tributary earl, how can this be a false holy decree?

Our adults have made great achievements, and everyone in the world knows that our adults have been named the Duke of Qianguo, how can they be belittled for no reason? ”

Zhang Tongchang originally wanted to debate with Gong Wanjing, but was pushed into the carriage by several men shouting, and then walked away.

Standing on the city tower and looking at the carriage in the distance, Qian Bangqi shook his head and said: "My lord, Zhang Tongchang is the messenger of the Son of Heaven, and he returns to Zhaoqing like this, and the emperor may be furious at that time." ”

Yang Xuan shook his head and said, "Everyone, in a hundred years of life, am I greedy for this hereditary position of the Duke of Qianguo."

It's just that the court is so suspicious of important ministers, which makes people feel sad.

Ladies and gentlemen, if I don't do this, it will give people a feeling of greed for fame and fortune, and I am afraid that on the day of the Righteous Warriors' crusade, many traitors will attack us behind our backs, so that I will not be able to do all the work.

Wang Jian and Xiao Hegong are highly shocked, and it is not easy to learn from self-humiliation, let alone Guo Fenyang.

Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, our Chinese nation has been bullied by other nations, not because I have no one in China, but because the emperor is jealous of the heroes. ”

Zhan Tianyan, the political envoy of Yunnan, nodded and said, "Yes, someone like an adult is so upright, and others suspect that he has different intentions."

In order to protect themselves, adults can only pretend to be people in the market, giving people the feeling that they are greedy for fame and fortune, and they want to be a powerful minister, and they also want to leave a huge feudal country for future generations.

And the imperial court only appointed the lord as the governor of the four provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Yunnan, which is difficult to implement at all. ”

Ren Su said: "The imperial court has done so many things that are smoky and miasma, Li Chengdong's adopted son Li Yuanyin became the commander of the Jinyi Guard, controlled the government and formed the Chu Party, and fought with Yan Qiheng, Wu Zhenyu, Chen Bangchuan and other Wu parties in order to compete for fame and fortune, and fight to the death.

I heard that after Li Yuandong died in battle, the emperor named him the king of Ningxia, and let Li Chengdong's dozen concubines go to cremation. It's cruel to ask for more than a dozen concubines to be buried now.

The emperor is still so generous to the rebel generals, but why is he alone with our volunteers. ”

Yin Chengqi shook his head again and again and said: "Also, after Li Chengdong was killed in battle, Liu Yuansheng, a squire of the military department, went to Guangzhou to comfort the generals with the emperor's hand, and originally took advantage of the relationship between Liu Yuansheng and Li Chengdong to take over the position of governor of Liangguang.

Unexpectedly, Du Yonghe held the Great Seal of the Governor of Liangguang and opened the seal, and this matter was almost deadlocked.

According to me, if it is really for the sake of Zhongxing's great cause, Li Yuanyin can be ordered to go to work, this Li Yuanyin still has the means to deal with several rebellions. ”

Ouyang Zhi shook his head and said, "This time, the Holy Lord treats the adults like this, and it is estimated that there must be someone chewing their tongues behind their backs, slandering the adults, and slandering the new policy."

Since the lord led the army, the establishment of the township office, the clearing of the land, the cleaning of the hukou, the resettlement of the homeless, the cultivation of the tun, each mu of paddy field endowment is not more than 6 buckets of rice, dry land is not more than 6 buckets of wheat, Ding endowment is only 1 money and 2 cents, although in the troubled times the people live and work in peace and contentment, the people support the adult, some traitorous people are jealous of the ability of the adult to govern the place.

Since the lord took charge of the locality, the merchant endowment has been collected from the hands of the local ruffians to the government, and all merchants and workers only need to pay the commercial endowment according to the third class and nine rules, and those local ruffians are not reconciled, and those corrupt officials and corrupt officials have no less money.

Although the government treasury has been enriched, and the army's salary and silver have been sufficient, there is less collusion between officials and businessmen, and those powerful salt merchants, big miners, and big corrupt officials have less income and no money, they are not willing to fail, and they bewitch the saint day and night, saying that the lord sells his fame and reputation to buy people's hearts, and let the court let the saint have doubts about the adults. ”

Everyone was shocked, this insistence is to tell the world that whoever opposes Yang Xuan is against the New Deal.

Everyone used to have doubts about the new policy, but the Chinese have always been realists, and after seeing that the new policy has so many benefits, although everyone has such and such doubts, how many people are really against it?

Qian Bangqian was trying to comfort the other party, who expected Yang Xuan to suddenly become very irritable, and waved his big hand and said: "These things are not enough to succeed and more than to lose, and now the state affairs are difficult, they used to bewitch the emperor to exempt the powerful and powerful businessmen from the business taxes that should be paid, and they actually desperately put three salaries on the heads of the poor people, causing chaos in the world and still not repenting, and now they actually say bad things about me in front of the saint."

Resolute has been decided, this cloud (Nan I don't want to stay anymore, lest everyone chirp crookedly, lest some people say that I Yang Xuan is greedy for this Qianguo public title. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and some wanted to enlighten each other, but seeing Yang Xuan's excited face, they thought about it and quickly shrank back.