The Fuwang Mansion in Luoyang City was built by Emperor Shenzong for his most beloved son when he spent 280,000 taels of silver during his reign.

Finally, when they came to the welcome hall of the Luoyang Palace, King Fu sat on the gilded throne that was one size larger than the usual chair with the support of four eunuchs and palace maids, and his son, the historical Emperor Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty, sat on his left hand.

Two long rows of desks were placed on both sides of the main hall, and as soon as everyone entered the hall, the palace maids led everyone to their respective tables one by one, and sat down in turn according to their respective officials, according to the principle of civil left and military right, the civil officials sat on the left, and the military attache sat on the right, which made Pang Gang feel a little surprised that he actually sat on the first seat on the right, which also attracted him a lot of jealous optometry.

All the desks were filled with exquisite wine and food, and soon more than a hundred singers dressed in light palace clothes poured out of the main hall, singing and dancing in front of everyone, and the soft and gentle voice seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts.

"Damn, it's too luxurious to have a meal and the singer to dance in front!" Many people were indignant while drinking.

In fact, it is not uncommon in officialdom to have singing and dancing during meals, but more than a hundred of them suddenly poured out, and it is rare to see a beautiful and faintly dressed palace costume singer dancing in front of you, and what is even worse is that they have heard of it for a long time.

Not to mention the officials in Luoyang at the scene, even Pang Gang, who came from the era of the information explosion in later generations, couldn't bear it. Pang Gangping said that at most, he listened to his concubine Chen Yuanyuan sing and sing a little song in his spare time, and by the way, he danced a dance that she choreographed herself.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, King Fu put down the wine glass in his hand, squinted a pair of eyes that only saw a thin slit and asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, although the widow has lived in the palace for a long time, he has also heard about some things outside, and it is said that the thieves are besieging the city, and the situation is very critical, I don't know what the current situation is?" ”

The eyes of everyone in the hall were on Liu Yuliang, who had the highest status, Liu Yuliang stood up and bowed his hand to King Fu and said: "So that His Royal Highness King Fu knows that yesterday it was a crisis for the thieves to attack the city, but fortunately, General Pang led his troops to rush to repel the thieves, and led the army into the city. ”

At this time, Liu Yuliang's eyebrows fluttered when he said this, as if he was the one who led the army to inflict heavy losses on the thieves.

"Good!"

A cheer came, it turned out that King Fu's father and son were applauding together, only to see King Fu's son Zhu Yousong asked with great interest: "May I ask Lord Liu, which general is in command today?" ”

"Ugh"

Listening to Zhu Yousong's words, the expression on Liu Yuliang's face was sluggish for a moment, no matter how thick his skin was, he didn't dare to put gold on his face, so he hurriedly pointed at Pang Gang and said: "Well, it is General Pang who is responsible for commanding the soldiers to kill the enemy. ”

Zhu Yousong looked at it and asked Pang Gang with great interest: "General Pang, although I have lived in the deep palace for a long time, I have also heard of your prestige, not only have you followed Lu Xiangsheng to break the Tartars in Julu, and beat the Tartars with their heads, but now you are beating the thieves in Luoyang, this credit is very great, I think the emperor will definitely praise you heavily, right?" ”

"Hmm"

When everyone heard this, their faces became a little unnatural, Zhu Yousong This is really a pot that can't be opened, Pang Gang doesn't have the official document of the Ministry of War and the emperor's holy decree, everyone knows about secretly coming to Luoyang, but in order to save their lives, everyone just turns a blind eye, but if the court knows, it is not a trivial matter.

At best, this matter is said to be an unauthorized transfer of troops and horses, and at worst, it is a rebellion, and now that Zhu Yousong openly brought it up, everyone's faces were a little unpleasant.

Compared with the stagnation on everyone's faces, the initiator didn't care, Pang Gang smiled faintly: "The son of the world is serious, and the last general just did what he had to do." It is the honor of the last general to be able to follow Lu Inspector to resist foreign humiliation, and the last general only hates that Julu failed to follow Lu Inspector and die on the battlefield, so that he has now fallen into an embarrassing place, and is hated by the villain in the court, and he is helpless! ”

Zhu Yousong is very interested in the mighty general in front of him, he grew up in the deep palace since he was a child, he was raised as a pig, he didn't know much about the outside world, everything he knew was told to him by the people in the palace, and naturally he didn't know that the most suspicious of him at the moment was Emperor Chongzhen, the son of today.

Yi also comforted: "General Pang doesn't have to be frustrated, don't be jealous of others, after a while, the son of this world will give the emperor a book, and a few good words for you will be fine, you can rest assured!" ”

"The son of the world is not allowed!"

It didn't matter if Zhu Yousong said this, but he frightened the surrounding Luoyang officials almost into distraction, and hurriedly stopped them in unison.

"Hmm!" Zhu Yousong couldn't help glaring at everyone dissatisfied, and shouted, "What do you mean? General Pang has made such a great contribution, if you don't defend him, can't this son of the world help him? ”

"This"

Liu Yuliang hurriedly smiled with a smiling face: "His Royal Highness the Prince has filtered, it's not that all my colleagues are unwilling to help, but the time has not yet come, and we will naturally not stand idly by when the thieves are repelled." ”

"Well, that's pretty much it." Zhu Yousong nodded with satisfaction, "General Pang has made such a great contribution, but he can't be wronged anymore." ”

Pang Gang on the side was a little crying and laughing, this famous "toad emperor" in history didn't expect to be quite righteous, and he actually wanted to fight for himself, what is this called, but Zhu Yousong can have this heart Pang Gang still admits his affection.

Pang Gang raised his glass and said to Zhu Yousong: "The last general thanked the prince for his kindness, but the last general still had a reluctant request for His Royal Highness King Fu's permission." ”

King Fu, who was sitting on the throne and munching on a chicken leg, said without raising his head: "Oh, General Pang still has something to ask for this king?" This is rare, let's say, as long as you don't ask the king for food, grass and military salary, this king doesn't mind helping you. ”

"Damn, this iron rooster!" Pang Gang couldn't help but curse in his heart, and before he spoke, he not only closed the door, but even blocked the window.

Pang Gang glared angrily at Lu Weiqi, who was sitting next to Liu Yuliang in front of him, the original silver and food were agreed by you and Li Xianfeng, if you can't bring things to Lao Tzu, then don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite.

Looking at the evil aura in Pang Gang's eyes, Lu Weiqi knew very well that this evil star not only dared to kill the Tartar Liukou, but if he provoked him, the entire Luoyang City would have to be made by him, and it was not clear that this bold Qiu Ba would really set up troops to loot.

And Liu Yuliang on the side was also anxious, what is the combat power of the Qingzhou Army brought by Pang Gang, he can see it clearly today, those rogues are like three-year-old children in front of them, not at the same level at all, but he still has to rely on Pang Gang to drive those rogues out of Henan, if he picks a son because King Fu is too stingy, who will he cry to.

Therefore, Liu Yuliang hurriedly said on the side: "His Royal Highness King Fu, the current enemy is current, but the soldiers in Luoyang have not been paid for half a year, and they can't even eat. ”

Liu Yuliang also specially accentuated his tone when he said the word "mutiny", and his meaning was self-evident.

Hearing this, King Fu was holding the hand of the chicken leg and paused in his mouth, obviously Liu Yuliang said a certain word that made him have some scruples, Liu Yuliang couldn't help but feel happy when he saw this, he knew that there were not many things that could make the superior taboo since ancient times, but the army mutiny must have occupied an important position in it.

Think about it, how did Tang Guifei die, she was forced to die after the army mutinied, how did Zhao Kuangyin become the emperor, or did she take advantage of the situation after the army mutiny, with these lessons from the past, can future generations not guard against it?

Sure enough, King Fu slowly put down the chicken leg and complained dissatisfiedly: "Why do you reach out to the widow for everything, are you the widow here is the treasury?" Luoyang is not alone, and there are many big families in the city, so can't you ask them for it? casually stretched out a few hundred thousand taels of silver and came out, don't they want to come out of this little thing? There are thousands of people in the widow's palace, and the expenses are also very large, and they have long been unable to make ends meet. ”

Liu Yuliang didn't answer, but just stood up and walked to the center and knelt down to King Fu, shouting in his mouth: "Please Your Highness take the people of Luoyang and the country and society as the most important." ”

Lu Weiqi and all the Luoyang officials also came out of the ranks, knelt down and shouted: "Please Your Highness take the people of Luoyang and the society of the country as the priority!" ”

Seeing that he knelt on the ground in front of him, King Fu was not happy this time, and repelled the fight in his hand and said angrily: "Are you forcing the widow, the widow said that there is no is no!" ”

Pang Gang looked at the scene in front of him coldly, and just felt very funny in his heart, one of these two groups of people was reluctant to pay out of his own pocket, and the other was that he didn't want to offend the gentry and wealthy families in Luoyang City, and wanted to transfer the risk to the head of King Fu, the unjust boss, and the two sides were very happy, but they also had to add a fire in the middle.

Thinking of this, Pang Gang said loudly: "Okay, His Royal Highness King Fu, Lord Liu, Lord Lu, don't quarrel, please listen to the last general's words first." ”

When everyone heard this, they all turned their eyes to Pang Gang's face

(To be continued)