Seeing Liu Guoneng's overjoy, Sun Chuanting was actually happy in his heart. Hidden in the government and the opposition, he jumped to become a feudal official who commanded the military and political power of one side, how many people in the world can do it?

In the original history, if you remove the end of the dynasty, that is, the end of Chongzhen, this kind of promotion is indeed very rare, and Sun Chuanting's pride is also a matter of course. What's more, he understands that Liu Guineng's transfer to the south is for him, which is conducive to his control of the place.

Liu Guoneng wants to hug his thigh, why don't he use him as an eagle's claw. Where the interests of the two are, they immediately talked happily.

After a long while, Sun Chuanting stood up and said: "You have to do a lot of things, select the elite, and do a good job of handing over with the white pole army, and then you will enter the capital with this official to face the saint." ”

The smile on Liu Guoneng's face has never been broken, and he said again and again that he will do his best, although Sun Zhongcheng can rest assured.

After Sun Chuanting left Liu Guoneng's tent, he went to visit Hong Chengchou's side.

Hong Chengchou also learned about the will of the imperial court from Lu Ruipeng, and when he heard that Sun Chuanting was coming, he immediately went out in civilian clothes to the door, smiled and said: "There is a magpie calling on the branch, it turns out that Boya is visiting!" Oh, please come in, please come in! ”

Sun Chuanting still has a good impression of Hong Chengchou, not to mention his ability, just Sun Chuanting is still white, but when Hong Chengchou is in a high position, he still treats him with a smile and sincerity. This is particularly rare in the officialdom, where if you advance, you will be flattered, and if you retreat, you will fall into the ground.

Therefore, for Hong Chengchou's invitation, Sun Chuanting's dead fish face also rarely showed a smile, and he also arched his hand: "I heard that Hong Zhongcheng is about to return to Yansui, and Boya has come to see him off from now on." ”

Hong Chengchou smiled and stretched out his hand to signal, and asked Sun Chuanting to enter with him and said: "Don't want to see outside, now Boya is also a governor, meet in private, not involved in official affairs, and also call Heng Jiuke!" ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head and instructed the guards who followed behind: "Come on, the Plum Blossom Pavilion will set up wine, and I want to get drunk with Boya before resting!" ”

When the guards heard this, they immediately bowed down to receive the order, and immediately went to set up the banquet.

Hong Chengchou turned his head and said with a smile to Sun Chuanting: "Now that the elm plum blossoms are blooming at the right time, it can be regarded as an elegant matter for the two of us to cook wine and enjoy the plums!" ”

Sun Chuanting responded with a smile and did not object.

Under the guidance of Hong Chengchou, when I turned around a few corridors and entered a courtyard, I saw that the courtyard was full of elm plums, which are unique to Shanxi, and almost all of them were in full bloom. In a sea of flowers, smelling the fragrance of plum blossoms, people can't help but feel relaxed and happy, and the mood can be a little better.

In the pavilion in the middle of the courtyard, the guards arrived first, and the banquet had been arranged, in fact, it was only the position of the two people.

Hong Chengchou invited Sun Chuanting to sit down, and did not want the guards to wait, let them go down, personally cook and pour wine, the two sides talked about the wine, tasted the wine and appreciated the plums, and said some interesting stories about plum blossoms.

In ancient times, most of the wine was drunk rice wine, and after boiling it, it was hot and drank hot wine, and the strength of this wine was not obvious at the beginning, but the stamina was very large, and it was slowly reflected in the two of them.

No, after three rounds of wine, Hong Chengchou put down his wine glass and said with a little emotion: "Boya, if you talk about age, we were born in the same year. And I am a Jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, and you are a Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, with a difference of only three years. Now we have both been on patrol for less than half a year, and so on are all fate! ”

However, there is a difference. After Hong Chengchou was admitted to the Jinshi, he was cautious all the way, and while being an official with his heart, he also worked hard to do a good job in officialdom, so he was promoted all the way, and finally became the governor of Yansui.

And after Sun Chuanting won the Jinshi, although his ability was strong, he was not good at handling interpersonal relationships, and his temper was a little rushed, so that he resigned and returned to his hometown during the Apocalypse, and now he has caught up with Hong Chengchou's official position by gambling with his life by virtue of the thief who sent him to the door.

It can be said that Hong Chengchou is on the right path in officialdom, but Sun Chuanting is on the wrong side. Originally, two famous ministers in history appeared on the political stage of the Ming Dynasty in different ways in the first three years of Chongzhen.

At this time, Sun Chuanting heard Hong Chengchou's emotion, but he was arrogant. He also put down his wine glass, looked at Hong Chengchou and said conceitedly: "In this world, there are many people who do big things and spare their lives, and forget their lives when they see small profits. Only you and me, both of whom have real talents and real learning, are the pillars of the country, and he will definitely be able to join the cabinet together one day. ”

As soon as he heard this, Hong Chengchou's wine woke up a little. He didn't care about Sun Chuanting's words, and hurriedly smiled and waved his hand: "Boya is exaggerating, how can it be ...... in this world?"

Before he finished speaking, Sun Chuanting interrupted him with a serious face and said, "How can it be exaggerated!" ”

After finishing speaking, he pointed at Hong Chengchou and said: "Let's just say Heng Jiu, the thief left to hang, Miao Mei led the troops to attack Hancheng, the governors of the three sides were panicked, only Heng Jiu was just participating in politics, but he was able to lead the family Ding miscellaneous servants to defeat the thief army and relieve the siege of Hancheng." is so bold and knowledgeable, this position of governor of Yansui, who can afford it, only Heng Jiu! ”

This is a proud thing in Hong Chengchou's heart, and it was with this credit that he became famous, and finally got the position of governor of Yansui. He heard Sun Chuanting praise him about this, although he was happy in his heart, he still wanted to humble himself.

However, Sun Chuanting didn't give him a chance to speak, and pointed to himself and said: "The thieves in Qin and Jin raided my Dai County, and the county order was terrified, if it weren't for Sun, Dai County would have been broken long ago." That rat Wu Xiang, you are my Earl of Daming, or the general soldier of Datong, with heavy troops in hand, but only one rat gall, he did not dare to fight in battle, and even defeated in front of the battle. Sun had the courage to lead 300 soldiers to sneak out late at night to defeat him. Although there are many thieves, Sun sees them, and the local chickens and dogs are also ......"

When Hong Chengchou heard this, his face showed approval, and he nodded again and again, but he knew in his heart that Sun Chuanting had drunk too much.

"Heng Jiu, you say, in my Ming Dynasty, who else can have the courage of you and me? What Sun said before is true! When Sun Chuanting said this, he picked up the wine glass again and drank it all.

Immediately afterwards, he put down the wine glass, a wine burp came up, and he was arrogant, and said again: "You and I will join the cabinet and assist the government, and sooner or later!" ”

Hong Chengchou was a little afraid to pour wine for Sun Chuanting, when he went to get the wine glass, he saw that there were still some wines, and while Sun Chuanting was not paying attention, he poured them to his side under the table, and then said with a smile: "I drank with Boya today, and in a blink of an eye, it was another pot down." Hehe, the interest has arrived, but it's almost there. ”

When he had finished speaking, he put down the flask and shouted to the guards standing at the entrance of the courtyard, "Come, serve the decanting soup!" ”

Sun Chuanting still didn't give up, and wanted to drink again. However, Hong Chengchou took words to divert his attention: "Boya, there is another person in my Ming Dynasty, who is an outlier, and he can't say that he will be able to enter the cabinet before you and me in the future, but it is convincing!" ”