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At the mention of Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting couldn't help frowning, and only said slowly after a while: "Since he became the governor of Yansui, the ministers have dealt with Governor Hong a lot. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThis person has been an official for many years, the city government is very deep, and the battle against thieves can be based on the overall situation, rather than sticking to the gains and losses of one place and one battle, these are his strengths. But in order to achieve his goals, he sometimes unscrupulous means and cannot push himself and others, which the minister does not dare to agree with.

"For example, as the governor of the three sides, he is the immediate boss of the ministers. After the minister arrived, he found that the original officials and troops of Yansui were still seriously in arrears, not to mention the food and salary of the Qin soldiers. For this reason, the minister sent several letters or went to Xi'an to find Governor Hong, asking him to solve the problem of grain and grass, even if it was a part of it first. However, Governor Hong always promised very happily on the surface, but when he actually carried it out, he found all kinds of excuses to shirk the blame, and if it didn't work, he pushed the household department. In fact, the minister knew very well that the Shaanxi officials and troops such as He Renlong and other departments had never been short of food and salary since the arrival of Governor Hong. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen said thoughtfully, "Since the trilateral governors are in charge of the military and political affairs of Shaanxi, Yansui, Ningxia, Gansu and other places, why do they favor one over the other? ”

"The minister thinks it's probably because he can directly command He Renlongbu, but he can't directly command Hao Yongzhong and Dingguo!" Sun Chuanting smiled slightly, "Governor Hong once sent someone to bypass his ministers and directly issued an order to Hao Yongzhong. But Hao Yongzhong didn't listen to him, and he had to give orders from his ministers. It may be because of this incident that the minister offended Governor Hong, so he was repeatedly troubled in terms of food. ”

"He's so eccentric, isn't he afraid that you will impeach him, or his subordinates mutiny because of unpaid wages?" Zhu Youzhen said.

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said with a wry smile: "This is Hong Chengchou's superiority, he expects that his ministers will definitely not care about him in order to take care of the overall situation of the thief, and he has the ability to suppress his subordinates." ”

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but admire: "Mr. sees Hong Chengchou very clearly!" That's what he is. He almost couldn't hold back and told the story of Hong Chengchou's surrender to the Manchus in history.

"Now he is sponsoring his ministers to be the governor of Shaanxi, I'm afraid it is also to set up the ministers, so that he can directly command the generals of the Qin army." Sun Chuanting said with some apprehension.

"This gentleman doesn't have to worry." Zhu Youzhen said, "The general will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected." He Hong Chengchou can't fly, how can he keep an eye on the Qin soldiers in various places? How should we train our troops, how we should train our troops, and we can fight as we want, and we don't have to pay attention to Hong Chengchou at all. Moreover, after the expansion of the Qin army, the combat effectiveness will far exceed that of other officers and troops in the northwest, and Hong Chengchou, the governor, has to beg us if he wants to be stable. As for Mr. being appointed governor of Shaanxi, there are also certain benefits. For example, the left light front is the object we can fight for, and it is not certain who will be empty at that time. ”

Sun Chuanting nodded and continued: "In addition, the minister felt that Hong Chengchou last night was also a little abnormal. Yichen's understanding of him, he is a person with a deep sense of the city, his joy and anger are invisible, and he does not belong to any faction in the officialdom, which is also his way of being an official. But at the banquet yesterday, why did he reveal that he didn't want to go to Liaodong, and why did he say such things as 'Your Highness ascended to the heights, and the ministers led the generals to respond'? Listening to this sentence alone, it is very easy for people to misunderstand! Could it be that Hong Chengchou also opposes the eunuch party and wants to climb on the big tree of His Highness? ”

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a long time and said: "This possibility is not impossible. But it's also possible that he was testing me, so I pretended to be drunk and perfunctory. In addition, when he was about to go out, Hong Chengchou whispered a few words to a person, do you know that person? ”

"The minister also noticed." Sun Chuanting recalled and said, "Xi'an officials and ministers all know each other, but this person has never met. And looking at the person's outfit, it shouldn't be an official, but like Hong Chengchou's staff. However, the minister visited Hong Chengchou many times in the governor's palace, but he never saw this staff member. ”

"You haven't seen him, but I've seen him!" Zhu Youzhen sneered and said, "I played a game of chess with him in Xi'an!" ”

It turned out that the person who looked like a master was the mysterious middle-aged scribe he met at the Xi'an Tea House the day before Zhu Youzhen returned to Qinwangzhuang! Why did he spend 10,000 taels of silver to play against himself? And why do you speak disrespectfully to yourself? Since Sun Chuanting hadn't seen him before, it means that he only came to Hong Chengchou's side not long ago. I wonder what the plan is for this move? When he came to the palace this time, why did Hong Chengchou whisper to him? Of course, when playing chess, Zhu Youzhen was disguised, and he was confident that he would not be seen through by others; But before the man left the palace gate, he glanced this way, and his sharp eyes were the same as the day he played chess!

Zhu Youzhen was irritable, and always felt that there was a faint and extremely inappropriate feeling, as if there was some secret hidden in this person. But on second thought, who doesn't have a secret, as long as it has nothing to do with themselves. It may also be that he was assassinated by Wei Zhongxian and became nervous, and no one looks like a good person.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "Let's not talk about these things first." In short, the will of the imperial court has not yet come, and Mr. is still the governor of Yansui. We should seize the time and make a good start in recruiting troops and tuntian. In this way, even if Mr. is transferred, it will not affect the overall situation. ”

While the two were talking, Rui'er's voice sounded outside the door: "Your Highness, Lord Sun, you haven't slept all night, it's really hard." Rui'er boiled white fungus lotus seed soup for you, and you can talk while eating. ”

The two of them were stunned, and when they looked out the window, it was already dark. Zhu Youzhen hurriedly opened the door and welcomed Rui'er in.

Rui'er was carrying a tray with two bowls of carefully boiled soup on it. Zhu Youzhen was really a little hungry, picked up a bowl of food and ate it, and said: "Rui'er is really a good craft, it's so delicious!" You're welcome, sir, you can taste it too. ”

"Thank you, princess, for the soup!" Sun Chuanting gratefully took the bowl handed over by Rui'er and ate it carefully, but he choked up a little.

Zhu Youzhen and Sun Chuanting talked for a while, and finalized the recruitment of troops in Tuntian, starting with Hao Yongzhong's department, and the two of them went to preside over it in person. Because Qingyang, where Hao Yongzhong's department is located, has the most ownerless wasteland, the most prisoners, and the military discipline is relatively poor among the generals. If he can rectify it here, Li Dingguo and them will not be a problem.

After Sun Chuanting said goodbye, Rui'er looked at Zhu Youzhen's pale face because of staying up late, and persuaded distressedly: "The prince has just returned to the house, and everything is complicated, how can it be done at once?" Let's go and rest for a while! ”

Zhu Youzhen let out a long yawn, and just wanted to listen to Rui'er's words and go to sleep for a while, Yan Ling came over to report: "Your Highness, Qin Wangwei commanded Lord Lin to rush back at the fourth watch last night. Because His Highness had an order, I didn't let him in at that time. Would you like to see Your Highness now? ”

"It looks like I can't sleep!" Zhu Youzhen smiled bitterly and said, "I've snubbed this old friend a little, please invite him in!" ”