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This hand is played smoothly, and I have to admit that Liu Yuliang was able to survive in the officialdom to the step of entering the cabinet, and he has been perfect in being an official and writing. [No pop-ups]

If it were an ordinary king, maybe he wouldn't have fooled him.

In the end, he was held responsible, and it was none of his business with Liu Yuliang.

It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen is not only not ordinary, but also an extremely shrewd person. There is a very interesting point of view in the historical research of later generations, if Emperor Chongzhen was not so shrewd and anxious, if he was still a hands-on shopkeeper like Wanli and Tianqi, maybe the Ming Dynasty could last a few more years.

A weak crown age ascends the throne, and he can quietly kill a generation of powerful eunuchs nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, an emperor who gathers great power, and is in the prime of his forties, if Liu Yuliang's little abacus can be hidden from his eyes.

The ending can be imagined.

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Liu Yuliang rushed to Xiyuan without lunch, and listened to Emperor Chongzhen and hundreds of officials discussing the battle against the enemy, and listened to the ******** of Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Yanlin, and Yang Sichang. Before the water entered, by now, it was evening, and I was already hungry.

He is also a little old, and some time ago he suffered from thirst quenching disease, which is what modern people call diabetes, and he can't go hungry.

In addition, he was scolded by the emperor again, and came out of it in despair, only to feel that his eyes were blackened, and his body was oozing out with bursts of sweat.

He didn't know how to get out of Xiyuan, he couldn't support it anymore, and when he tilted his head, he was about to fall to the ground.

At this time, a person hurriedly stepped forward and held him up: "Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang...... What happened to you...... Hurry up, hurry up, help Liu Xiang to get into the sedan chair. ”

Listening to the voice, this person is his closest servant in the cabinet.

Soon, several bookstores rushed up, helped him into the sedan chair, fed a small piece of sugar into Liu Yuliang's mouth, and poured a mouthful of water.

After a long time, Liu Ge Lao eased up.

When I opened my eyes, I found that the sedan chair had been swaying forward, and the servant was by his side, and asked, "Liu Xiang, do you still need to use some?" ”

"There is a limit to the deeds, but it is too much, it's okay." Liu Yuliang shook his head tiredly, this sentence was not only talking about this, but also as if he was talking about himself.

Yes, I am too enthusiastic today, but I don't want to cause a lot of trouble for myself, this is really too much!

That's when he woke up and hurriedly put away the sugar. Liu Yuliang's illness is also strange, he can't eat sweets, but once he faints, he has to feed some sugar water to save it: "Liu Xiang, do you want to invite Lang Zhong to the house to have a look?" ”

"Where are you taking me?" Liu Yuliang asked hurriedly.

"Old Ge is unwell, so naturally I will send your old man home."

"Go home, no, no, no."

The sedan chair stopped, and the servant asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Go to the Imperial City Cabinet." Liu Yuliang looked tired: "Today, the old man is on duty in the cabinet, and the key to the cabinet is still in my hand, and I am still waiting for the old man to lock the cabinet!" ”

It turned out that according to the system of the Ming Dynasty, cabinet ministers would generally work in the imperial city cabinet, close to the emperor's forbidden middle school, so as to facilitate the inquiry of the Son of Heaven. It's just that Emperor Zhengde lived in Xiyuan all the year round because he was afraid of heat. In order to facilitate the handling of government affairs, the cabinet had no choice but to set up a duty room in Xiyuan.

Coupled with the duty room of the celebrant and the six ministries over there, invisibly, the political center of the empire moved out of the imperial city and moved to the Xiyuan.

However, the official yamen of the Six Ministries and the Cabinet was still in the imperial city.

According to the rules of the cabinet, there must be two cabinet elders on duty every day. One of them is in charge of the secret key of the cabinet, and when it is time to leave, the cabinet minister in charge of the key must personally lock the door before everyone can go home, which is called the lock cabinet. This half of the key is not fixed in the hands of one minister, but is held in turn.

Today, Liu Yuliang was delayed in Xiyuan for a long time, but he forgot about returning to the cabinet to lock the cabinet. If he hadn't locked up, none of the cabinet staff would have thought of going home today.

Liu Ge Lao is kind and steady, and he speaks softly and softly with people, even if he is a small official in the cabinet, he is not willing to reprimand and offend easily. The people who can be on an errand in this important place, who are not standing behind a few big people. If you are offended, you will inevitably have a lot of trouble in the future, which is not the way of being an official.

Therefore, along the way, Liu Yuliang couldn't help urging the sedan chair man to leave quickly, and he also thought in his heart how to comfort the officials who waited to see the cabinet later, so as not to make them resentful, but also to lose their own cabinet appearance.

But after thinking about it, Liu Yuliang suddenly became depressed in his heart, he touched the beard on his chin, sighed lightly, and secretly thought: I am estimated to be a cabinet minister for a few days, Liu Yuliang, Liu Yuliang, you are almost sixty years old, you have been mixed in the officialdom all your life, even if a leaf fell from your head, you were scared like a frightened bird, and after thinking about it for a long time, someone was dissatisfied with you. Now, things have become like this, maybe, in a few days, your career will come to an end, what do you still care about doing so much?

Thinking of the emperor's terrible expression when he was in Xiyuan just now, Liu Yuliang felt like he was in a hot soup, and he only wished that there was a gap in the ground to get into.

The Son of Heaven clearly sensed that he had changed his concept, and his expression was disappointed, sad, and angry.

When Liu Yuliang saw it, he knew that it was bad, and he was also ready to meet the emperor's stormy reprimand.

However, the expected thunder did not appear, but this made him even more uncomfortable.

Chongzhen only spit out one word: "Get out!" ”

The dignified minister, an old minister, was humiliated like this, what face do I Liu Yuliang have to live in the world.

So, Liu Yuliang didn't care about listening to the advice of the officials, saying that the emperor did not respect the old ministers, and he didn't look like a human king, so he stumbled out like a walking corpse.

Usually, when ordinary officials encounter such a situation, they will directly ask for resignation, which may save face.

Liu Yuliang also planned to say this, but after arriving at the cabinet, he didn't bother to take care of his subordinates who were already waiting impatiently for work, so he went into the signing room alone, polished the ink, picked up the pen and began to write.

At these, he suddenly remembered the strictness of his parents' expectations when he was a teenager, the hard work of studying in the cold window of his youth, the high spirits of Zhongjinshi, and the smug ambition when he entered the cabinet.

But all this may immediately come to naught.

Could it be that in my life, I came to such an ending?

As soon as I thought of sadness, there were muddy old tears falling on the paper.

At this time, suddenly a small official walked in quickly, his face flushed as if he was drunk: "Emergency military report, emergency military report, great victory on the front line, beheading 1,200 levels." ”

This voice immediately attracted several secretaries who were still in the cabinet.

After all, this battle was fought outside the capital, which was directly related to the safety of everyone in the city, and it was difficult to care about it. Moreover, the army of the Ming Dynasty fought too aggrievedly, and it can be said that it went from one defeat to another, and there was no comforting news at all.

Now I heard the good news, and almost everyone gathered around.

But he was afraid of Liu Ge's old man, so he didn't dare to enter the house, but only hugged the door and listened.

"One thousand two hundred!" Liu Yuliang was taken aback, and the first reaction in his heart: The grandson below is too fucked, and he has made such a fool of himself, if the battlefield is in Liaodong or Huguang, we can't check it, but this battle is fought outside the city, and he doesn't use his brains to deceive people?

After taking a look at the good news, Liu Yuliang can already be sure of this. It was the Xuanfu Formation that reported the victory, saying that yesterday morning, the Xuanfu army attacked the old camp of Jiannu at night, and because of the lack of troops, it was forced to retreat. But the Tartars were arrogant, and they chased after them relentlessly, and Sun Yuan, the general of the Bohai Institute of Xuanfu Town, led two thousand Ningxiang troops to fight back, defeated five thousand Jiannu pursuers, and beheaded more than 1,200 people, including more than 500 Zhenyi.

Liu Yuliang knew that his career had come to an end, and he said that if he didn't know the sunrise city, he would die on the battlefield. He now changed his cautious temperament in the past, and sneered: "It's so bold, just two thousand border troops dare to behead 1,200 in vain, and more than 500 are really ruined." This good news is full of loopholes, Sun Yuan of the Bohai Institute lost his mind and went crazy, and deceived the cabinet, which is extremely disgusting, disgusting! ”

What kind of place is the cabinet, dealing with local officials and excerpts sent by the yamen of various ministries all day long, especially the cabinet elders like them, who were born in the two rankings, have long been trained with a pair of sharp eyes, and any document, as long as it is scanned by his hand, can immediately pick out the problem from it, and can also distinguish the true from the false.

As usual, such a ridiculous good news came up, and the other clerks also laughed. But today is strange, not only did those little officials not show a mocking face, but they all turned red: "Good Sun Taichu, good Sun Taichu!" ”

"My Ming army finally won, so good, very good. Although it may not be possible to retreat, Jiannu has suffered setbacks in this battle and is demoralized, so he will not attack the capital again. ”

"Yes, yes, as long as Jiannu doesn't attack the capital, it's okay, they can't stay here for a long time, and after a while, they will return north. Amitabha, Amitabha! ”

"It's really good news, there's nothing to say, don't leave later, little brother is the east, please have a few drinks as a celebration!"

"In this way, it is better to be respectful than to obey fate!"

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Everyone blushed again, stomped and applauded, completely forgetting Liu Yuliang, the elder.

Liu Yuliang was also inexplicable, and couldn't help but ask the bookstore next to him: "What, is this good news true?" Two thousand Ningxiang troops can destroy five thousand Jiannu, is it possible? ”

The clerk's face was happy: "What others say may be false, but if this victory is from Sun Yuan's hand, it is absolutely true." The elder of the pavilion can rest assured that after the head of the head was appraised by Yang Guozhu, the chief military officer of the Xuanfu, it was sent up again, and the military department had already sent someone to inspect it, and it was all true, and it was definitely not a killing of food. ”

Speaking of this, the secretary suddenly sighed: "This Sun Taichu is really too sincere, if others have such a gain, it will definitely be exaggerated by ten times, and it is possible to say that it is ten thousand." He is good, a level is a level, and he will never overreport. ”

At the door, a clerk said with a smile: "Only this kind of stunned and simple-minded person has become a battlefield general, otherwise he Sun Taichu is not only a general, maybe he is already a seven-rank Zhengyin Zhi County." ”

Someone laughed and said: "A military man is a military man, and only this kind of stunned person can go into battle and kill." He is not a reading seed, what is printing seven products. ”

Everyone chuckled.

"Sun Yuan, Sun Taichu, this person's name sounds familiar." Liu Yuliang rubbed his temples with his fingers, and only after a moment did he hesitate to say: "Is it the Sun Yuan who fought in Chuzhou and captured the thief Kou Gao Yingxiang in Sizhou." ”

"Exactly, exactly, the elder doesn't even remember."

Liu Yuliang smiled awkwardly, he was not in the cabinet two years ago, and he was not Zaifu yet, how could he know this person?