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At the city gate of Nanjing, Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, with a group of officials, was waiting for Su Tiancheng and his party.

The head of the old Hui Ma Yingshou, as well as the situation of this campaign, has been sent to the capital, this time, the holy decree came very quickly, Zhu Youzhen commended the Jiangning battalion, known as the great victory of Michi, and gave Zhu Xianxin the order of Mrs. Xin.

This is the highest reward and affirmation for Su Tiancheng.

Lao Hui Hui was denounced by the imperial court as a character who repeatedly sniped and was not evil, it can be seen that the court is a headache, and Lao Huihui's position in the thirty-six battalions of the Liukou is also unusual, after Zijin Liang was exterminated, King Gao Yingxiang became the number one person among the Liukou, Lao Huihui's status is second only to Gao Yingxiang, and even greater than the fame of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings.

Of course, there are also secret recitals, saying that Su Tiancheng indulged Lao Huihui to commit suicide, refused to directly surrender prisoners to the imperial court, and even after talking with Lao Huihui, he took care of Lao Huihui's face, did not continue to kill the rogues, and allowed some of the rogues to escape, which is a great crime.

Of course, this is a secret music passed on by some people in the guards of the Jin Palace.

The imperial court exterminated the Liukou, consumed too much silver taels, so far, the record is not very good, at least some of the important leaders of the 36th Battalion of the Liukou are alive and well, that is, Chongzhen's five-year victory in Western Australia, killing Du San and Yang Laochai, is just an ordinary leader, its importance, far from being comparable with Zijin Liang, Lao Huihui and others. Moreover, the exterminated rogues were thousands of people, but the imperial court consumed a lot of grain and grass.

Look at Su Tiancheng, he didn't consume a tael of silver in the imperial court, but he won the great victory of Yingshan and Michi one after another, and captured the leader of the Liukou, Zijin Liang. What a great credit it is to make Lao Huihui, an important leader of the Liukou, forced to commit suicide, and if there are a few more such officials in the middle of the court, Zhu Youzhen has nothing to worry about.

Zhu Youzhen didn't care about the secret performance of impeaching Su Tiancheng, and he was a little annoyed, I don't know what some people in Lu Dao are thinking. If such an official is punished, then who dares to do something.

He had already acquiesced to Su Tiancheng's practice of killing the leader of the Liukou, and in his heart, he felt that this was a bit excessive, but the benefits of doing so were also obvious, and the leader was killed. The rest can't make much of a storm, and the strength of the rogue is overwhelming. It's bound to get weaker and weaker.

With Su Tiancheng and such an important force as the Jiangning Battalion, Zhu Youzhen's opinion was somewhat reassured, and he thought that according to such a trend, he would exterminate the Liukou. Not too difficult to do. Of course, in his heart, Liukou is not the most important problem, but Houjin in the north is the biggest problem.

Houjin made several long-distance raids. The invasion of the capital has already made Zhu Youzhen tremble.

Several successive victories made him a little unbearable, thinking about giving Su Tiancheng a bigger task, but, after thinking about it, he still didn't make a decision directly, Daming was full of holes, there were too many problems that needed to be solved, it was not possible to do a good job in a moment, nearly seven years have passed, he has suffered too much tempering, and he has long understood that there are many things, and there is no way to be anxious, so you can only take your time.

He was originally in a bad mood, but now he sees hope and his mood is much better.

The capital was shaken again, and it was unthinkable that Su Tiancheng led two thousand soldiers to defeat the six thousand Liukou led by Lao Huihui, and Lao Huihui committed suicide in defeat, which was a major victory, and it was a rare victory for the imperial army to exterminate Liukou everywhere.

Of course, there are also officials who took a fancy to the opportunity and asked the emperor to reward Su Tiancheng, the magistrate of Jiangning County, thinking that Su Tiancheng was talented, although he was young, he could take on more important official positions.

None of this is the point.

The imperial court is in a delicate atmosphere, the cabinet chief assistant Zhou Yanru, obviously lost the emperor's trust, the previous court meetings, the emperor's attitude towards Zhou Yanru, there has been a significant change, in fact, the head of the household department Bi Ziyan was dismissed and imprisoned, which is an obvious sign.

Bi Ziyan was deposed and imprisoned, in fact, it is not a big deal, it is nothing more than to protect the imperial history Zheng Youyuan, when Zheng Youyuan served as the magistrate of Huating County, there were 2,900 taels of gold and silver that were not handed over, Bi Ziyan said that he had handed it over, inspected Taicang, and found that it was not handed over, just because of this incident.

Almost all civil and military officials know that Bi Ziyan is Zhou Yanru's confidant, and Chen Yutai can be the top student in high school, which has a great relationship with him, and it is precisely because of such things that Bi Ziyan has suffered many impeachments.

Although Bi Ziyan has been released from prison, he has been slumped and stayed away from the court.

Zhou Yanru, as the first assistant of the cabinet, recommended the household secretary twice, but was vetoed by the emperor.

This is a very obvious signal, indicating that Zhou Yanru's position as the first assistant to the cabinet has been crumbling.

On the contrary, Wen Tiren, the second assistant of the cabinet, is more and more showing his victory, and the emperor trusts Wen Tiren very much, and at several court meetings, in front of many ministers of civil and military affairs, he consulted Wen Tiren on the handling of relevant matters.

Many people believe that it won't take long for the first assistant of the cabinet to be Wen Tiren.

At such a moment, Su Tiancheng made a great contribution again, and when he was newly married, he killed Lao Huihui, the leader of the Liukou, and with the non-muddy killing before, he captured Zijin Liang alive, so it seems that Su Tiancheng is the nemesis of the Liukou.

Everyone's speculation is that Su Tiancheng has truly become a rising political star, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, it is impossible for them to have no action, this time the holy decree is issued so quickly, it is rare, maybe both of them are playing games, and they are both fighting for Su Tiancheng.

The Zhou Mansion in the capital.

In the past, it was a place where cars and horses gathered, and it was very lively, but now, it is indeed cold, and few people come to visit.

Zhou Yanru sat in the study, looking very haggard, and the housekeeper Zhou Kang stood beside him.

"Zhou Kang, this time, I'm afraid I will take the initiative to resign, otherwise, being dismissed by the emperor as the first assistant to the cabinet will also seem too faceless, Wen Tiren is aggressive, I am really unwilling."

"Master, you can explain it to the emperor, things may still turn around."

"Okay, don't say these words, you know the situation, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, there is no chance, I know the emperor too well, instead of taking humiliation on myself, it is better to push the boat down the river, save face for each other, there will be a chance in the future, otherwise, this time I will tear my face and lose everything."

Zhou Kang lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Two days later, in the morning, I will hand in the resignation, you and Su Tiancheng have met a few times, and they have some friendship with each other, wait for me to hand in the resignation, and after the emperor approves it, we will set off, go to Nanzhili, find Su Tiancheng, talk about it, don't say anything else, it is to climb the friendship, if Su Tiancheng has a cold attitude, he is also such a big deal, if Su Tiancheng treats him politely, you must answer cautiously, according to my estimate, Su Tiancheng will definitely treat him with courtesy."

"Master, it's not bad to set off now."

"No, wait until the emperor approves me to go to the position of chief assistant to the cabinet, and then you go, at that time, he must have received a report from the imperial court, and the attitude at that time is the real attitude."

"It doesn't seem like there's any need to do that."

"It's necessary, it's a rainy day."

Zhou Kang looked at Zhou Yanru and found that Zhou Yanru's eyes burst out with unconvinced eyes, and he quickly understood that the master was retreating and advancing, and he was not completely dead.

If you want to say that your own master, you think far-reaching enough, when Su Tiancheng captured Zhou Shunqing, he didn't show mercy to his subordinates, in fact, he had offended Zhou Yanru's authority, and if he was someone else, he would have been angry a long time ago, if he didn't do it, he would come to the dark, Su Tiancheng's life must have been difficult, but his own master didn't choose this, on the contrary, he directly supported Su Tiancheng and sent himself to do the work, which is not simple, he was still a little strange at the beginning, what is the magistrate of Jiangning County, now it seems that the master has seen it really far.

To say that Su Tiancheng's impression of his master is not too bad, so it is particularly important to visit Su Tiancheng this time.

The Wen Mansion is very lively, and there is an endless stream of officials who come to visit.

Wen Tiren, who was sitting in the study, had a smile on his face, this time the struggle, he was completely victorious, I believe that Zhou Yanru is smart, and he should take the initiative to resign from the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, I have been looking forward to it for three years, and the goal is finally being achieved.

He is already sixty-one years old, at such an age, it is unrealistic to think about continuing to struggle in the court for decades, in the year of the sixtieth year, it is also a matter of course to be able to jump to the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhou Yanru is too young after all, and his ambition is rampant, and he is finally defeated in his own hands.

Although there are many officials who come to visit, he is still very cautious, after all, Zhou Yanru is still the first assistant of the cabinet, at this time, what he needs is to keep a low profile, besides, over the years, the struggle within the leading court has solved a lot of grievances, but he can't be caught at a critical time.

Jiang is old and spicy, and when he picks up political schemes, Zhou Yanru is still a little tender.

At this moment, Wen Tiren thought of Su Tiancheng.

This young man is not simple, not to mention that he took the initiative to ask for release, but to say that since he took office for a year, he has made sensational things one after another, handed over more than 20 million taels of silver to the imperial court, and made the imperial court successfully overcome the difficulties.

But Su Tiancheng did it.

Wen Tiren's heart is a little complicated, Su Tiancheng is unruly, knows everything, and will never easily attach himself to anyone, such an official, he wants to control it, it is too difficult, and if he doesn't do it well, it will cause the emperor's dissatisfaction, fortunately, Su Tiancheng is young, but he is the magistrate of Jiangning County, in the future, he can slowly think of a way, or to lift or suppress, always let Su Tiancheng understand that after being soft, there will be a better future. (To be continued.) )