After the generals followed Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Huachun into the Taihe Palace, they looked at the Han generals who were wearing bright armor and holding weapons with a cold light, standing proudly on the side, and rows of civil and military officials wearing vermilion official robes with solemn expressions.

However, Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Huachun's faces were still the same, as calm as usual, obviously they had long been used to such a scene.

Cao Huachun brought everyone to the main hall and said a few words to the little eunuch standing on the side, the little eunuch nodded, and then shouted in that sharp and thin voice, "Lu Xiangsheng, the right attendant of the military department and the governor of Xuanda, is ordered to bring the generals to ask to see." ”

This sharp voice seemed to have an inexplicable penetrating power, from the end of the main hall to the center of the main hall. This also made Pang Gang, who was standing in the ranks of the generals, amazed in his heart, the voice of this little eunuch was so penetrating, and he had to fight with the sharp whistles used in the army, could it be that this is also the reason why emperors have liked to use eunuchs to pass orders on their behalf since ancient times?

After the voice of the little eunuch was put on, not long after, two Han generals with full clothes walked out of it, came to the front of everyone, and said to everyone expressionlessly: "The emperor has an order, ordering Lu Xiangsheng to bring the generals into the palace!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, turned around and said to the generals: "You must follow closely behind the governor, and if the emperor asks anything, he must answer truthfully, but remember not to talk nonsense, so as not to cause trouble from his mouth." ”

All the generals said yes, and after Lu Xiangsheng finished speaking, he took the lead and walked forward, behind him was a long list of generals, generals and other generals, and beside them were the solemn eyes of the civil and military ministers.

Pang Gang followed behind everyone and found that a general walking in front of him was so nervous that his steps were stiff, and his exposed hands were trembling slightly. Pang Gang was amused and secretly marveled at the power of the imperial power in this era, this is the end of the Ming Dynasty when the imperial power was weak, the aura of the emperor Lao Tzu is still so sufficient, if he meets the two sons of heaven who have more aura during the Hongwu and Yongle years, it will be even more amazing, I am afraid that those generals will not even be able to walk.

After walking for a while, Pang Gang heard Lu Xianggao's report: "Lu Xiangsheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Ministers and the Governor of Xuanda, and the general of the King of Qin, with the general of the King of Fengqin, knock to see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live." After speaking, Lu Xiangsheng took the lead in kneeling, and the generals also knelt down after watching Lu Xiangsheng kneel.

Kneeling for a while, Pang faintly heard a voice just now, "The Qing family is exempt from courtesy." ”

"Long live thanks!"

After all the generals got up, they all stood behind Lu Xiangsheng with low eyebrows, although they are all military generals, but no one is stupid, and they also know the truth that if they talk too much on this occasion, they will lose the truth, anyway, if there is something, their boss Lu Xiangsheng will naturally help them solve it, so they also paid attention one by one, as long as the emperor Lao Tzu did not ask, he regarded himself as a dumb person.

Pang Gang, who was standing at the back, secretly glanced ahead with some curiosity, and saw that there was a high platform twenty steps ahead, on which a middle-aged man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, with a delicate face but a slightly pale face, was sitting on the dragon chair and looked down intently.

"This is Zhu Youzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty." Pang Gang thought silently in his heart.

At this time, I only heard Lu Xiangsheng's report: "Long live the performance, I don't know what the will of Xuan Weichen and the generals will come to meet the saint." ”

Chongzhen smiled and said: "It's not a big deal, I saw Lu Aiqing and the soldiers on the battlefield yesterday on the city gate, forgetting their lives and forgetting their lives and fighting with the Tartars on the battlefield, and I was quite moved in my heart. ”

"Long live the minister!" Lu Xiangsheng lowered his head and bowed to thank him, and then said: "So that Banzai knows, Chen Shi only found out that the Tartars had withdrawn overnight last night, and were about to send troops to chase after them, but Banzai sent Cao Gonggong to announce that Weichen and his generals entered the palace to meet him, and Weichen was very puzzled, what could be more important at this time than chasing Tartars, please long live the confusion!" ”

"This" Chongzhen couldn't help but be a little speechless for a while, he couldn't say that this morning, your boss Yang Sichang and Shoufu Wen Tiren came together to tell me that they were afraid that after you left, the Qing soldiers would come back and surround the Jingshi again, so they found an excuse to keep you.

Seeing that Chongzhen was silent, Lu Xiangsheng remembered what Cao Huachun had said just now, and couldn't help but feel a sense of grief and indignation in his heart, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, on the occasion of the new defeat of the Tartars, it is a good time for our army to bravely pursue and recover the people and property captured by the Tartars. This is extremely unwise! ”

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng with a sad and indignant look on his face, Chongzhen was speechless for a while. At this time, an official jumped out from the side and shouted loudly: "Lu Xiangsheng, you are so bold, you dare to ask the emperor, where have you read the words of your saint?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng turned his head and sneered: "It turned out to be Chen Shilang, don't think that this official doesn't know the good things you did when he is not in the capital, it seems that there is also a share of you among the people who bewitched the emperor to let the Tartars leave safely, right?" I can't imagine that you want to leave 80,000 elites of the imperial court in Beijing for nothing to waste money and food because you are afraid of death, how stupid are people like you! ”

"You're bold!"

The official who jumped out was Chen Xinjia, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, who was told by Lu Xiangsheng that Chen Xinjia jumped up like a cat that had been stepped on by its tail, pointed at Lu Xiangsheng with a red face and shouted: "It is true that the Tartars retreated, but can you guarantee that they will not come back, if the Tartars give us a return and the capital surrounds you, can Lu Xiangsheng afford this responsibility?" ”

"The Tartars are still repelled by our army, how can you have the courage to come to Beijing again, this is clearly your cowardice and shirk." Not to be outdone, Lu Xiangsheng also refuted it.

"The absurdity is so ridiculous, the art of war is cloudy"

Pang Gang watched the two quarrel on the spot in the main hall, but none of the surrounding ministers came out to persuade him, and Emperor Chongzhen also seemed to be surprised, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could it be that the Taiwanese-style Ming Cook in the later generations was staged in the Ming Dynasty in advance?

In fact, this point is rare and strange for Pang Gang, it is not uncommon for officials of the Ming Dynasty to quarrel in the main hall, not to mention quarrels, it is not uncommon to stage all martial arts in the main hall, which runs through the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years.

Lu Xiangsheng and Chen Xinjia quarreled more and more intensely, one said that the other party was greedy for life and afraid of death, and the other said that the other party did not take the emperor's safety to heart, and was about to make a move, at this moment Chongzhen was angry, "Enough, have you made enough trouble, this is the Taihe Palace, not a street vegetable market, if you want to quarrel and disperse, you can quarrel enough, now you have to keep your mouth shut!" ”

Seeing that their boss was angry, Lu Xiangsheng and Chen Xinjia stopped their mouths stupidly.

Chongzhen took a deep breath, held back the anger in his heart, and said with a calm face: "Lu Aiqing, it is my decision not to pursue the Tartars, and you don't blame Chen Shilang anymore." ”

When Lu Xiangsheng heard Chongzhen say this, he had no choice but to give up his hand helplessly: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

After Chongzhen finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the stunned generals who had been standing behind Lu Xiangsheng just now, and said in a deep voice: "Who among you is that Lingshan Wei Qianhu Pang Gang from Qingzhou?" ”

When everyone heard this, Qi Qi turned his head to Pang Gang, who had been standing in the back, and saw the latter in a daze for a while, until he didn't know who pushed him, Pang Gang came to his senses, hurriedly walked out and bowed down to Chongzhen, and said respectfully: "Weichen Qingzhou Lingshan Wei Qianhu Pang Gang knocked on the emperor!" ”

Chongzhen looked at Pang Gang's originally tense face who was kneeling down and soothed, and finally smiled: "Pang Aiqing, let's be flat!" ”

"Long live thanks!"

When Pang Gang stood up, Chongzhen smiled and said: "I saw Aiqing on the city tower yesterday as if he was in a no-man's land, it can really be described as a brave champion of the three armies!" ”

As soon as Chongzhen's words came out, all the generals looked at Pang Gang with envy, this small thousand households seemed to be really remembered by the emperor, and it was estimated that this time it would not be underdeveloped.

"Thank you for the emperor's compliment, Weichen is just doing his duty as a courtier." Pang Gang thanked him neither humbly nor arrogantly, and then continued: "Since Weichen has eaten this bowl of rice, he naturally has to fight for the emperor and the court, and he doesn't dare to praise the emperor." ”

"Hehe" Seeing Pang Gang speaking so straightforwardly, and then seeing Pang Gang's dignified appearance and burly figure, Chongzhen couldn't help but appreciate it more and more, and asked with a smile: "How old is Aiqing this year, do you have a family?" ”

"Long live Lao long, Weichen is twenty and four this year (in ancient times, they were all imaginary), and he has already married his wife Pang Kongshi, the daughter of Yangzhou businessman!" Although Pang Gang didn't know what Chongzhen meant by asking, he still answered truthfully.

"Hmm!" Chongzhen nodded slightly, and suddenly asked: "Pang Aiqing, a few days ago, I received a letter from all the rich gentry in Qingzhou to sue you, saying that you threatened the Qingzhou gentry with their net worth and surname, and coerced the Qingzhou gentry to donate food and materials, this is not counted, you also killed a grain merchant and opened a warehouse to release grain, is this true?" Speaking of this, Chongzhen's tone had become stern.

Chongzhen's words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, and almost everyone, including Lu Xiangsheng, looked at it in surprise, none of them expected that this small thousand households in front of them would be so bold and bold to kill the grain merchant without authorization and open the granary to release grain, this is a big crime!

(To be continued)