On the Jingshi Wen Tiren Mansion, Liang Tingdong entered Wen Tiren's study under the leadership of the housekeeper with a worried face, Wen Tiren was not writing this time, but was already waiting for him at the door.

Liang Tingdong knelt down to worship Wen Tiren according to the official salute, Wen Tiren still looked that thin, but after staying in the top position for a long time, his bearing became more calm, he personally went to help Liang Tingdong up, and the two entered the study together.

Liang Tingdong waited for the housekeeper to close the door, so he said directly to Wen Tiren: "Old man, today it is said that Xiong Mingyu has entered the palace directly, and I heard that it is a matter of Jianzhou to discuss peace. Xia Guan felt that this matter needed to be discussed with the old gentleman, so he asked the lord to set the following strategy. ”

Wen Tiren nodded gently, and invited Liang Tingdong to sit down, Liang Tingdong is still in his faction, and the position of the secretary of the military department has been in charge for many years, and he wanted to change to the secretary of the ministry several times, but in the end he was rejected by the emperor.

"The matter of the establishment of the state and the peace talks, a few days ago, it was spread in Beijing, and the teahouses and storytelling places everywhere were said in a good way, and the news of the partial birth only arrived today, and the people who spread this rumor behind it should have quite a history."

Liang Tingdong said in a low voice: "According to the rough inquiry of the lower officials, Xiong Mingyu and Fang Yizao have already sent a secret recital in advance, saying that Jianzhou handed a letter to Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, to ask for peace, and the money and conditions have been exchanged between Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan several times. Xiong Mingyu had already reported in advance at the beginning, so as to avoid the suspicion that he was negotiating peace in private, and he could talk with Jiannu several times later, it should be the emperor's agreement to see Jiannu's conditions. ”

Wen Tiren stroked his beard and said gently, "Discussion of peace is just discussion, but there is still a big gap between discord and discord, Jianzhou has been stealing Liaodong for more than ten years, and he has long regarded Liaodong as his forbidden body, and the old man is very suspicious, what can they give to the imperial court." Moreover, at this time, the group discussion of the Jingshi was surging, so it was impossible to just discuss it. The emperor hated Jiannu even more, and it was impossible for Jiannu to make peace if he did not withdraw from the border wall in his early years. ”

Liang Tingdong also said: "What the adults said is that the streets and alleys have already said that they have already said that the court officials who built slaves gave money and money sent millions of gold and silver, dozens of unique **, egg-sized night pearls, etc., and also said that they were all the people who were snatched from the left side of the capital when they were in the middle of the year, and the people were naturally angry. ”

Wen Tiren smiled and said: "The rumors in the market have always been more and more bizarre, and the absolute ** son sent it is a human witness, how can anyone dare to accept it, but this kind of thing, the people are willing to believe it." Looking at the rumors, the whole city knows for a few days, and you know that the person behind it is extremely powerful in Beijing. ”

Liang Tingdong knew who he was talking about, because he was in charge of the affairs of the military department, and his own business also had a lot of intersections with the Four Seas Trading Company, so Liang Tingdong's private relationship with Dengzhou Town was closer than Wen Tiren.

He heard that there were some other flavors in Wen Tiren's words, so he said carefully: "Xiaguan also feels that someone is stirring up trouble in it, if Liaodong is a peace negotiation, then Liaoyuan will be suspended, whether it is local or Beijing, there will be a lot less benefits, so it is the first step." ”

"Liao's salary is suspended?" Wen Tiren smiled, "The old man just said that Jiannu can't negotiate anything with him, Jianzhou has always been a soldier and a citizen, and now he is still farming, and he is a pawn in the future, even if Huang Taiji said that he would be relieved and returned to the field, and an order was tens of thousands of troops, who would dare to believe it, how could the emperor dare to stop levying Liao's salary." ”

Liang Tingdong laughed together, and Wen Tiren shook his head slightly and said: "The slave chief's move is just to see that Dengzhou is powerful, and he wants to take advantage of the imperial court to take advantage of Dengzhou Town." He also saw some clues, since Dengzhou occupied southern Liaoning, he has been doing his own thing in southern Liaoning, Jinzhou and Lushun Qianhu are still in accordance with the rules of the Wei Institute, and there is no civil jurisdiction for the time being, and the generals of the Wei Office are all from Dengzhou Town, and Liaonan is actually the exclusive occupation of Dengzhou Town, and Dongjiang Town now has many people who have taken refuge in Chen Xin, which can't help but make the emperor a little dissatisfied. ”

"What the old gentleman said is, but these places are still at war, and this time the state is not less, in case of Jiannu ** Liaonan, Fuzhou is not yet known. As far as the soldiers and horses in Dengzhou Town are concerned, in Liaodong is still stronger than the Jianzhou Department, before Chen Xin sent a Tang newspaper, after the beginning of the spring, Dengzhou went to fight as usual, and returned in Gaizhou and Lianshan Pass, which shows that the strength of Jiannu is still there, and the emperor seems to be more worried. ”

Liang Tingdong said it more vaguely, and also secretly changed a concept, that is, it was limited to fighting in Liaodong, and the external line of operations was subject to the ability of troop projection and logistics supply, if Jiannu came to Dengzhou to start a war, it would definitely not be Dengzhou's opponent. Wen Tiren didn't know much about things in the army, so he didn't say anything after listening to it.

Wen Tiren smiled noncommittally, and said to Liang Tingdong, "You and I don't have to guess, a few days ago, it was said that Xiong Ming met the corpse vegetarian meal, but Wang Tingtry repeatedly reported success in Denglai's office, and should be appointed as the Jiliao Governor with the title of Secretary of the Ministry of War. ”

"Is that Lu Zhi ......?"

Wen Tiren shook his head, "Lu Zhi is a person from the internal official supervisor, and the appointment is all in the celebrant supervisor, and it will be changed if he says it." ”

Liang Tingdong also heard the rumors, and the emperor seemed to have determined that Denglai was colluding with the civil and military forces, and that Wang Tingxuan was a civil official system and a governor level, and he could appoint and remove the officials. Liang Tingdong thought in his heart that the emperor was really doing too much, and the core of Dengzhou was no longer a civilian official, but the general military office of Dengzhou Town, no matter how many civilian officials and supervisors were replaced, it was useless.

Wen Tiren turned his head to look at Liang Tingdong, "This soldier doesn't need to pay attention to the meeting and this matter, now that rumors are spreading, no one dares to take it out for discussion, let alone anyone dares to agree, you and I can just ignore this matter." ”

"The lower officials will take care of it."

"But there is another matter, this soldier has to do some planning first."

"Sir, please."

"This time Dengzhou Town is approaching Liaozhong, Chen Xin Natang reported that the number of beheading Zhenyi and Wuzhen Chaoha is more than 2,000, and the emperor sent someone to the Ministry of Rites before the morning to pass on the edict, to let Chen Xin, the chief soldier of Dengzhou, come to Beijing to offer victory, and I heard that he will also give Chen the title of chief soldier."

Liang Tingdong raised his eyes in surprise and looked at Wen Tiren, Wen Tiren frowned and sighed: "Dengzhou's military is strong, and the emperor's move is not a temptation or a ...... Still**cut some. ”

Liang Tingdong knew what Wen Tiren was worried about, there was already an ancestor in front of him who couldn't make a few moves, and became a blatant warlord, and now he used this trick to deal with Chen Xin, which was actually of no benefit to the imperial court, if Chen Xin didn't come, the imperial court would not be able to transfer troops to fight him, but there would be a second warlord on the surface, if Chen Xin came, there would still be tens of thousands of troops in Dengzhou, and the imperial court would also throw a mouse.

Others don't know the system of Dengzhou, but Liang Tingdong has some understanding, his shop pù also participated in last year's grain speculation, just the organizational strength of the Four Seas Trading Company made him secretly shocked, Chen Xin has been operating in Dengzhou for nearly ten years, has long been a system of its own, its prestige is like Zhongtian, the tens of thousands of Dengzhou soldiers and millions of tunhu behind him are by no means something that the imperial court can swallow.

With Chen Xin's style, there is no reason to enter the Beijing division without preparation. Liang Tingdong recalled slightly, the soldiers and horses along the canal are guarding against the Liukou in the direction of Henan, Shandong has few soldiers, if Dengzhou sends tens of thousands of people to deploy on the border of Qingzhou Mansion, the canal can be cut off within ten days, plus Wendengshui camp control zhì sea road, then not a grain of rice will be transported into Beijing, the imperial court recruited Chen Xin into Beijing is to take a hot potato.

Liang Tingdong secretly glanced at Wen Tiren's face, in fact, Wen Tiren deliberately leaked the news to himself, and now he said that the edict has only arrived at the Ministry of Rites, and the official decree will take a few more days, Chen Xin will have a few more time to analyze the pros and cons, which shows that Wen Tiren is actually quite contradictory. He is deeply involved with Chen Xin, and everyone knows that Chen Xin is a Wen party, relying on Dengzhou as foreign aid, Wen Tiren's position can be very stable.

But Wen Tiren now knows the emperor's current attitude, his status and power rely on the imperial power, so he has to turn himself into a lonely party to help the emperor suppress Donglin, which is a realistic benefit, and Dengzhou Town has also shown strength beyond the imperial court, and the prospects in the future are also very optimistic, so Wen Tiren is more difficult in the middle at this time.

Liang Tingdong said tentatively: "Can the old gentleman persuade the emperor during the cabinet discussion, this matter is not beneficial in the eyes of the lower officials. ”

"How can I persuade it, can the old man say that tens of thousands of strong soldiers in Dengzhou Town are looking at the canal? Or will Chen Xin bring 10,000 soldiers and horses? Wen Tiren put down his hand stroking his beard, "The emperor is the most dignified person, once he says it, he will think that the old man is threatening the court, but he has to be like this." It's still not good, the outcome of this matter is unpredictable, the soldier has to make some plans, if the emperor asks, you have to understand how to reply. ”

Liang Tingdong bowed down to express his clarity, and Wen Tiren sighed: "It's an eventful autumn, and the world is difficult. Now the old man can't understand that Mr. Chen, this soldier thinks, can Chen Xin come to Beijing? ”

Liang Tingdong shook his head firmly after thinking about it, "He won't come, Chen Xin has always been cautious, and the lower officials want to come now, Chen Xin scolded Cui Chengxiu in the military department back then, which seemed to be very dangerous, but in fact, the situation was delicate at that time, Chen Xin saw the opportunity, and grabbed his reputation one step ahead of those imperial histories." This person likes to be in the battle camp in person, but as far as the subordinate knows, he is heavily guarded every time he travels. The old gentleman said that this is an eventful season, and he will not come to Jingshi. ”

Liang Tingdong lowered his eyebrows after speaking, after he thought about it, he did think that Chen Xin would not come to Beijing, this person was both bold and cautious, as the core of Dengzhou's organization, he would not go into danger lightly, the court may not dare to deal with him openly, but once a person arrives in Beijing, there will be many other means to deal with it, such as sealing a false title and detaining, and blaming bandits and thieves after intercepting and killing on the way.

The emperor may want to detain Chen Xin's division in Beijing, and then accept the huge military strength and wealth of Dengzhou Town, this trick can deal with ordinary general soldiers, but it has no effect on group forces like Zu Dashou and Chen Xin.

Dengzhou's military strength is Chen Xin's most important bargaining chip, and he also has a self-contained civil administration, he is stronger than Zu Dashou, there is a huge trading company, which is an invisible huge force, and the officialdom and shopping malls are intertwined, it is not easy to deal with this trading company alone, both of them re-evaluated Chen Xin's strength in last year's food price hike. Strength is diplomacy, and Wen Tiren used Liang Tingdong to send a message at this time, which did not leave a way back for himself.

Wen Tiren paced a few steps to the window, looked at the window paper in front of him, and muttered, "Eventful, eventful." (To be continued.) )