One stone stirred up a thousand waves, Xu Xun and Gu Dayong were planning to make money, and Shen Yue was busy with Li Qingniang planning to buy an old house to renovate, but there was still chaos in the court. In this case, the most worrying thing for ordinary officials is not anything else, but for fear that the news will not get through and they will be on the wrong side.

There is still a way to find out the attitude of the bigwigs in the DPRK and China, but Zhu Houzhao lives deep in the palace, and those servants in the East Palace are now promoted to the front of the palace, and most of them are in charge of a high position in the yamen, and most of the officials are out of reach, so it is inevitable that some people will think of other ways. For a while, Xu Liang, who was originally just in the former military governor's mansion in front of a governor who did everything at all, immediately became a hot sweetheart, everyone knew that his son was a confidant of the Son of Heaven, and all his colleagues came to him to inquire about the news.

During the two days, Xu Liang ate at home in addition to breakfast, from lunch and dinner, to take out tea and chat, and ate seven or eight meals in various restaurants and teahouses, and early in the morning of the third day, a few invitation posts were sent in the door. It just so happened that on this day, Xu Xun was also able to get a rest, and the father and son had a rare lunch together. In the afternoon, Xu Xun was filial to help his father take a walk in the garden to eat, and a figure suddenly rushed over.

"Young master, master!" Po rushed forward without even taking a breath, and then followed and said, "Outside...... The emperor is here! I originally planned to lead people to the main hall, but the emperor refused, and now I am accompanied by Gonggong Liu to come here. The emperor's face was very unsightly, and he didn't know if he was angry in the palace. ”

Zhu Houzhao was angry?

Xu Xun frowned when he heard this, secretly thinking that the Empress Dowager Zhang had recently lost her husband, and she should not easily have trouble with her son, as for the backlash in the court because of Jiao Fang's earth-shattering book, Xiao Jing, the eunuch who was the master of ceremonies, was the most knowledgeable person, and when the imperial report was abridged, it would be pressed down, not to mention the three cabinet elders, and it was not time to reveal the secret at this juncture. So, what is it that can make Zhu Houzhao run here in such a hurry?

However, at the moment, he is not allowed to think too much, Zhu Houzhao can break in directly regardless of the etiquette of the monarch and ministers, since he knows, he can't help but greet him. He glanced at his father, and saw that Xu Liang nodded and walked out without saying a word, he hurriedly followed, but seeing that his father was walking like flying, the support just now was just a joke. And Po is used to walking, so he followed behind and trotted easily. The three of them just came out of the small garden, walked a stone's throw along the sandwich road, and when they reached the west gate, they almost collided with Zhu Houzhao.

"The Emperor's ......"

"It's free, I'm in a bad mood, and I don't want to stay in the palace, so I'll come here directly!"

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand to interrupt the salute of the three of them, and then said angrily: "Today, the Xuanfu sent an urgent military situation of 800 miles, do you know what was reported?" Those dog Tartars hit Gansu is not enough, now they simply hit Xuanfu, Xuanfu has so many soldiers and horses, and they got spy reports in advance, Governor Li Jin and General Soldier Zhang Junbing wanted to surround the Tartars in five ways, but the result was good, but they were surrounded by others piece by piece! Of the 15,000 people, more than 2,000 were killed and more than 1,000 wounded, and the rest of the rout was easily collected, and more than 6,000 horses were captured by the Tartars. Damn, all damn it! ”

Zhu Houzhao was thunderous there, and the more Xu Liang listened, the more frightened he became, and he hurriedly glanced at Bao. Seeing that the little guy ran out as soon as he slipped away, there was a scolding sound outside, so he saluted Zhu Houzhao deeply and said: "Your Majesty, this is not the place to talk, if you don't mind, the garden is empty, and the pavilion is shady, why don't you go there to talk?" ”

"Good!"

Zhu Houzhao was also confused, and when he saw people, he poured bitter water, and when he heard Xu Liang's words, he realized that Xing'anbo's Mansion was also full of people, and he nodded with interest. When he sat down in the pavilion, he clenched his fist and slammed it into the whole bluestone hewn countertop, and said hatefully: "Those rice buckets! Zhang Juntang, the chief military officer, actually fell from his horse and injured his foot on the way to the army, how could he, the chief military officer, be! There is also that governor Li Jin, isn't he very smooth on paper, this time he was beaten so much that he didn't even have the strength to fight back, this is the biggest defeat after Tumubao!

I just went to the Ministry of War to ask, saying that the Ministry of War is discussing with the Ministry, and there is no result at this time, last time Wang Shouren of the Qingshui Battalion in Gansu Province said that he would send troops, but as a result, these old ministers were refuted, and this time they knew that they were going to fight! Do you feel that the Emperor of Gansu Tiangao is far away and doesn't care, and this Xuanfu is too close to the capital and panics? I don't need these ministers who keep saying that they should be cautious in the use of troops, it's a big deal for me to drive the expedition in person! ”

"The emperor is cautious!"

The more Xu Xun heard Zhu Houzhao speak, the more angry he became, and even the words "Imperial Driver's Expedition" popped out, and he had to interrupt Zhu Houzhao's words. However, before he could think about how to persuade him next, Zhu Houzhao slapped the bluestone table with a bang, and Huo Ran stood up again: "What is there to be cautious about, do you want to say that if I am defeated by the Imperial Commander, if the Tartars hit Yanjing, it will be another Tumu Fort?" ”

Zhu Houzhao had already turned over the examples of Tumubao, even if Xu Xun knew the surname of the little emperor, he couldn't help but gasp at this time, but immediately said categorically: "Your Majesty, at this time and that time, how can the situation in the Ying Temple be compared with today?" Yingmiao had been on the throne for 14 years at that time, and had been in power for several years, but because Wang Zhen was in power, the Chinese and Wuduo were centrifuged, and the command was ineffective, the military situation was lagging and the supply was not available, and all kinds of reasons combined to make the change of the civil fort. Now that the emperor has just ascended the throne and has no brothers, and the Tartars took advantage of the new death of the emperor to send troops, and the whole court and the central government are united, and the situation of the year will not happen anyway. ”

Just now, he blurted out in anger, and at this moment, Xu Xun made such an in-depth analysis in simple terms, Zhu Houzhao gradually lost a little anger, but his face was still very ugly. He clenched his little fist and gritted his teeth and groaned for a while, then suddenly slammed the table harder and said viciously: "That's not all, today Gu Dayong also sent another message, saying that the officials and people in Jiangxi and Nanzhili were on the way to redeem the official grain, and the bandits intercepted 1,300 stones!" In broad daylight, bandits actually intercepted official food, which is simply ...... This is a ridiculous joke! ”

Liu Jin saw that Zhu Houzhao was furious, for fear that the little emperor would shout something shocking again, so he hurriedly coughed lightly and explained: "1,300 stone of grain, which is converted into more than 100,000 catties, calculated at the top of each big car, this must be more than 100 vehicles, if it is a boat, at least dozens of them, such a major official government is just to report how to make up for it, how to put the grain in the Najing warehouse, the emperor is most annoyed by this." ”

"It turns out that the emperor is not annoyed by people robbing grain, but by the government that reported the matter, how to track it down?" Xu Xun understood what Zhu Houzhao meant, and after asking, he saw that the little emperor nodded angrily, and he said, "Your Majesty, if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if the person is observed, there will be no disciples. Manpower is exhausted, so there are countless unsolved cases left from ancient times to the present, and this kind of case is naturally to be investigated, but if in order to trace the whereabouts of 1,300 stone of grain, the price of 13,000 stone of grain is spent, does the emperor think it is cost-effective? ”

"This ......" Zhu Houzhao hadn't thought about this, and was stunned for a moment.

"Of course, you can't just think about whether it's good or not. But the local government refused to make a big effort in this matter, so why didn't the emperor cross them and let Xichang or Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi try it? Usually, the factory guards are just investigating the big cases of officials, and it seems to be overkill to use them in such a trivial matter, but throwing them out at a critical moment is an alternative deterrent to the ministers. The factory guards are not only monitoring their corruption or dissent, but also their inaction as officials! ”

"What a monitor inaction!"

Zhu Houzhao only felt that the bad mood disappeared all of a sudden, and he actually stood up with a slap on his thigh. He thought about asking Xichang to investigate, but Xu Xun's reason for the second half was so high-sounding that he was extremely happy. He almost wanted to laugh at the thought that the old men who were not allowed to do this or that with a rigid face in front of him would be deflated.

"Okay, it's up to you!"

"It's just that now that Xichang is acting at the beginning, Lord Fusi Ye of Beizhen will not mind, but Wang Yue of Dongchang is narrow-minded. In the past Chenghua years, the Xichang detective rode out of the capital, and the freshly dressed angry horse was a Beijing accent, everyone knew that it was the Beijing factory guard, so high-profile Although it was a show of power, it was not the way to really track down things. Since this time he was not going to check the officials, he also asked the emperor to let Gu Gonggong send a capable but low-key person. And ......"

Speaking of this, Xu Xun saw that Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin were listening attentively, so he said word by word: "This robbery of official grain happened to come out of Jiangxi and Nanzhili, the emperor can remember, the person who offered Danfang to Liu Wentai Di Luo, but it happened to be from Jiangxi, why not check it along the way?" ”

"Xu Xun, thanks to you for reminding me, I almost forgot about this important event!"

Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized, his face was relieved and happy, he raised his hand and stood there and wanted to pat Xu Xun's shoulder, but because Xu Liang was here, he was worried about Empress Dowager Zhang's nagging about the emperor's majesty, so he could only put down his hand reluctantly, and took advantage of the situation to learn from his father and put his hand behind his back. Glancing at Xu Liang, he suddenly blurted out an earth-shattering sentence.

"Xu Liang, it is said that Lao Tzu is a hero, you are now the former military governor of the palace, this time the Xuanfu was defeated and lost, if the military department agrees to send troops to help, how about I let you be a chief military officer?"

(To be continued)