Everyone had a whole day of eating and having fun in Beijing before returning to Yutian City with Xu Liang.

At this time, Sun Chengzong led 50,000 court officials and troops to capture the last city in the Houjin garrison, Yongping City. The results of the battle were very brilliant, killing more than 4,600 enemies, and the Houjin soldiers, under the leadership of the Great Bel Amin, withdrew from the border in a panic.

So far, since November of the second year of Chongzhen, the Jin attacked the Ming Dynasty, to February of the third year of Chongzhen, the Ming army repelled the Houjin soldiers, which lasted four months, and the Ming Dynasty finally ushered in a short victory.

When the news reached Yutian City, not long after Xu Liang and others returned to Yutian City, Hong Chengchou received the battle report and happily called Xu Liang, He Huchen, Sima Qiudao, Huang Daozhou and other Shaanxi officials to the Yutian County Ya Hall, and read aloud the battle report from the front in front of everyone.

"Won, finally won!" Hong Chengchou looked up to the sky and sighed.

Xu Liang and the others saw that Hong Chengchou was so excited, and they couldn't help but put on an excited expression at the right time, although Sun Chengzong won a big victory, and there was nothing to do with the Shaanxi soldiers, but he won anyway, didn't he?

He Huchen's lips trembled, and he was about to step forward to report something.

"Uh-huh!" Xu Liang coughed heavily, glared at He Huchen fiercely, and pulled He Huchen back alive.

Fortunately, Hong Chengchou was completely immersed in the great victory of the Ming army, and did not notice the abnormality of Xu Liang and He Huchen.

Haosheng encouraged everyone, and Hong Chengchou waved his hand to let everyone leave.

Xu Liang went straight back to his residence, He Huchen followed with a puzzled face, and chased Xu Liang into the house, He Huchen scratched his head and asked: "My lord, we arrested the matter of Amin's youngest son, why don't you let the last general report to Hong Zhongcheng?" ”

Xu Liang glared at him angrily and said, "General He, who arrested Little Bel Gulkhin?" ”

He Huchen said: "Of course it's you, my lord." ”

Xu Liang said quietly: "Since it was arrested by this official." Why do you want to tell Hong Zhongcheng? ”

He Huchen was puzzled and said, "However, if this kind of situation is not known to Lord Hong, we can't report our military exploits!" ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he sighed uncontrollably, and dusted off the crimson three-grade court clothes on his body. Said: "I think that my Xu Liang is also a member of the Sanpin Dynasty, so why should I fake the hands of others?" The official will play the court by himself. Of course, the credit for this must be indispensable to General He. ”

He Huchen blinked his eyes, and suddenly realized: "It's that the last general has not thought it through." ”

Xu Liangruo looked at He Huchen meaningfully and said: "General He, this official is not the kind of person who eats alone, your credit, this official will not be without you." However, you are in front of Hong Zhongcheng. You have to keep your mouth shut. ”

He Huchen's expression was solemn, thinking that when he entered Beijing this time, in addition to following Xu Liang out and capturing Amin's youngest son, he really had no remarkable achievements, so he pinned his hopes on Xu Liang for official reinstatement, and naturally agreed to Xu Liang's explanation.

Xu Liang looked at He Huchen scrutinically for a while, and saw that his expression did not seem to be fake. He nodded in satisfaction and took out a dozen silver tickets from his bosom. Hand it to He Huchen.

He Huchen's eyes suddenly opened to the maximum, and the dozen silver tickets in his hand shook his eyes, and at a cursory glance, there were more than ten silver tickets of one thousand. Since He Huchen became an official, it was the first time that he had held so much silver at one time, and he couldn't help but breathe heavily.

"Your Excellency. This, this is? Although he had already guessed a little in his heart, He Huchen still couldn't help but ask.

Xu Liang said indifferently: "Those things we robbed in Wulan Town, the shopkeeper Yan has exchanged most of them for cash, which is 15,000 taels of silver. It's your share. ”

When He Huchen heard this, he immediately grinned and became happy, stretched out two fingers and put some saliva in his mouth, and counted happily in front of Xu Liang. I counted it twice, and there were fifteen silver tickets of one thousand taels, one was not much, and one was not much.

"Hehe, the last general, the last general is not welcome." He Huchen smiled and said, "Thank you, sir." If you mix with adults, you will have a head. ”

Seeing this, Xu Liang scolded with a smile: "General He, look at your little interest, just two pieces of silver can make you happy like this!" In the future, as long as you follow this official, there will be more opportunities to make money. ”

He Huchen nodded like a chicken pecking rice, "Yes, yes, I will entrust the next hundred catties to the adults." ”

"Yes." Xu Liang told again: "God knows about this silver, you know me, do you understand what I mean?" ”

When He Huchen heard this, he hurriedly put the silver ticket into his sleeve, straightened his expression, and nodded solemnly: "Yes, don't worry, my lord, I will save it in the end." ”

He Huchen got a huge benefit, and immediately walked out of Xu Liang's residence briskly.

Xu Liang waited for He Huchen to go away, so he called Sima Qiudao, Tietou and Huang Daozhou in, told several henchmen about the capture of Houjin Xiaobeile, and rewarded each of them with 20,000 taels of silver tickets. A few henchmen were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths shut.

Everyone got benefits, and naturally solemnly promised to keep their teeth tight and keep their mouths shut in front of outsiders. Huang Daozhou heard that Xu Liang was going to personally present Houjin Xiaobeile to the court, so he actively made suggestions.

"My lord, let's dedicate little Bel Gulkhin to the court, just to Sun Chengzong, or the military department yamen is not suitable, people are handed over to them, and finally in front of Your Majesty, I don't know how many hands we have to pass in the middle, and in the end the credit falls on us, and it's hard to say how much is left." Zodiac Zhou must analyze.

Xu Liang said: "This is exactly what the official is worried about. Our officials of the Ming Dynasty are all thick-skinned and black-hearted, and when they encounter difficulties, they hide back, and when they see the benefits, they rush forward! Therefore, we have to think of a safe way to present little Baylor directly to His Majesty. ”

Huang Daozhou's eyes flickered, and he added: "Capturing Houjin's little Baylor, this is a great achievement. It's best to make this credit known to everyone. He groaned and said, "This time Sun Chengzong has achieved such a big victory, His Majesty must reward him lavishly. When His Majesty the Golden Luan Hall is rewarding meritorious deeds, it is the best time for us to offer little Baylor. ”

Xu Liang stroked his palms and laughed, and said, "It's still Dao Zhou's thoughtfulness." That's a good idea. ”

Sima Qiudao on the side, the two of them are laymen for these doorways of the court, when Huang Daozhou talked eloquently, the two of them only stared dryly, and heard Xu Liang praise Huang Daozhou's strategy. The two laughed and praised.

"It's just ......" Huang Daozhou paced in the room, spun in circles, frowned and said, "This timing is extremely difficult to grasp. Your Excellency, you are a magistrate, and you are not allowed to enter the palace or participate in the daily court meetings unless you have been edicted. We have no way of knowing the time of Your Majesty's meritorious deeds. And even if they knew, there would be no way for adults to enter the Jinluan Palace. ”

Xu Liang also felt that this matter was tricky, and couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Is there nothing to do?" ”

Huang Daozhou said slowly: "If you want to fully grasp the heat of the court meeting, unless the adults can buy off the father-in-law in the palace, and there are eunuchs in the palace to pass on the news, it will be much easier for the adults to do this." ”

Xu Liang listened, didn't think for a while, but stretched his frowning brows. "It's not that difficult. ”

Immediately, Xu Liang discussed some details with several confidants, and then took leave from Hong Chengchou, saying that he would go to the capital to live for a few days.

Hong Chengchou thought that the war was over, and there was nothing important in Yutian City, so he agreed.

So Xu Liang took Tietou and a group of Tsing Yi guards back to the Dongjiang Courtyard in the capital.

Yang Laohan, the housekeeper of the other courtyard, was happy when he saw Xu Liang coming back again, and seeing his granddaughter Rou'er coming back with him. shouted and arranged for people to sprinkle and sweep the courtyard.

Xu Liang took a comfortable hot bath under Rou'er's waiting, and changed into a set of brocade cotton robes. He ordered someone to prepare a generous gift, rested for a while, and then went to Wang Xian's mansion in the official department, stayed in Wang Xian's mansion for an afternoon, gave a generous gift, and returned to the Dongjiang Courtyard with satisfaction.

A few days after that. I lived in the Dongjiang Courtyard with peace of mind, and when I had nothing to do, I took the pretty girl Huanrouer to wander around the inner city of Beijing, and visited the White Pagoda Temple, the Imperial Temple, Chongxuanguan and other scenic spots.

Meantime. Emperor Zhengzhi also took the officials of the six departments in Beijing to the Taimiao Temple collectively to pay tribute to their ancestors, congratulate the court for driving away the Houjin soldiers, and preserved the Jiangshan Sheji of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Xu Liang sat in the teahouse facing the street, looked down from the second floor, and watched a team of Han generals hugging Long Yuan over, hundreds of nobles in Beijing, and the ministers of the six ministries went with them, and those silver-haired old ministers of the court followed the team tremblingly and walked to the Taimiao.

Xu Liang snorted, took a sip of tea, and then gestured to the purple-clothed girl next to him with his eyes, sat comfortably, watching the old ministers slowly advance in the cold wind, and couldn't help but sigh that he was living this life! Look at what the grown-ups downstairs are called!

Until that day, Tietou hurriedly came back from outside and reported to Xu Liangyu: "Young Master, Lord Wang has come to the exact news, and the reward court meeting will be tomorrow." ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he happily said: "After waiting for so many days, success or failure is here." ”

Immediately ordered Doron to bring the little Baylor over, and when he checked it and saw that the little Baylor was in good spirits, he instructed the iron head to take a good look at it, and only waited for tomorrow, and then escorted him into the palace.

Little Bel Gulkhin felt that Xu Liang looked at him as if he was looking at a fattened animal, and his little face couldn't help but turn red with anger. Staring at Xu Liang, Gurkhin grunted.

Xu Liang looked at Duolong blankly.

Since Duolong was rewarded by Xu Liang with a woman as his mother-in-law that day, his heart to be loyal to Xu Liang has become more and more determined, and he has been taking care of this little Belle Ye of Houjin for a while, when he explained to Xu Liang: "My lord, Gurhin is asking, when do you plan to let him go back?" ”

Xu Liang asked in surprise, "When did the official say that he was going to let him go back?" ”

Duolong's face turned red, rubbed his hands and explained: "That, my lord, at first, this kid went on a hunger strike, and his subordinates couldn't help it, so he said that as long as he was obedient and didn't make trouble, the adults would let him go back." ”

Xu Liang looked at Duolong strangely and said with a smile: "You will deceive children." ”

Doron laughed wryly.

Nagulkhin stared and saw Duolong and Xu Liang muttering there, but he couldn't understand it, so he cried out in dissatisfaction.

Xu Liang said: "You tell him that tomorrow I will take him to see the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he does what I ask, after tomorrow, I will let him go back to Houjin!" ”

Doron immediately explained Xu Liang's meaning to Gurhin in a vivid manner.

Gulkhin listened with joy and nodded his head again and again.

Before dawn the next day, Xu Liang took Gurhin to the outside of the palace, and on a remote street corner, calmly watched the officials of the three or five congregations enter the palace through the noon gate. Among them, several of Xu Liang's old acquaintances got down from the official sedan chair, such as Cao Yubian, the cabinet minister, Qiao Yunsheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Xu Guangqi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, but Luo Yangxing, the governor of Jinyi and Wei, came on horseback. When the officials arrived outside the noon gate, the civil officials got off the sedan chair and the military generals dismounted, and they all had to walk into the palace.

After a while, Xu Liang saw Sun Chengzong, the cabinet minister and secretary of the Ministry of War, who had returned victoriously, surrounded by several civil and military officials, and slowly entered the noon gate. Scholar Sun's face was calm, and in the face of the smiling faces of the officials around him, there was no smile on his face, as if someone owed him a lot of money. The stinky expression was the same as when I first saw Xu Liang.

Xu Liang waited for a long time, and only waited for the bell of the court meeting to sound in the palace, and then led people to the outside of the noon gate, where a little eunuch was looking at it with his head probed.

Seeing Xu Liang, the little eunuch stepped forward and saluted Xu Liang: "The little one has seen Lord Xu." ”

Xu Liang chuckled, stuffed a silver ingot of ten taels without a trace in his right hand, and asked, "What is the name of my father-in-law?" ”

The little eunuch smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits, and he said to Xu Liangzuo: "Lord Xu has lifted up." The small surname is Du, and you can call a little Duzi. ”

Xu Liang said: "It turned out to be Du's father-in-law. There's Father-in-law Laudu. ”

Du Gong said fairly: "Lord Xu is polite, and the little one is also acting under the instructions of the prince." After that, Du Gonggong said to Xu Liang: "The hour is not early, Lord Xu will go in with the little one." ”

Xu Liang nodded, and then ordered the others to wait outside the noon gate, and he took Duolong and little Bel Gul Gurxin to follow Dugong towards the noon gate.

The Han general outside the noon gate saw the waist card handed by Du Gonggong, glanced at Xu Liang and Gur Xin, and waved his hand to let him go.

The group of three followed Dugong Du in the heavily guarded palace avenue for a long time, and Duolong and Little Baylor were deeply shocked by the magnificent and majestic momentum of the palace, and the two looked around curiously as they walked.

Seeing this, Xu Liang coughed lightly and shouted at Duolong: "Don't look around, follow Du's father-in-law." ”

After walking in the palace for a long time, everyone came to the outside of the Jinluan Palace, Du Gonggong led Xu Liang and others to wait outside the hall, nodded to Xu Liang, Du Gong said: "Lord Xu, you wait here first, and the little one goes in to have a look." ”

At this time, on the Jinluan Palace, the atmosphere of the court meeting has reached its climax. After half an hour of discussion, Emperor Chongzhen had already agreed on the first few state affairs, and was rewarding the great victory of the Houjin soldiers for this successful repulsion.

Sun Chengzong, a scholar of the cabinet and a scholar of the Ministry of War, was awarded the title of prince and teacher, changed from a scholar of Jianji Hall to a scholar of Wuyingdian University, gave a python robe, and sat in a sedan chair in the forbidden palace, and the grace and glory were not two for a while.

As the eunuch Wang Chengen, who had pronounced the decree, finished reading the last word of the holy decree, Sun Chengzong bowed three times heavily, Xie En accepted the decree, got up, and felt the hot eyes of the Chinese military ministers of the palace, envious, red-eyed, congratulatory, all kinds of eyes. Even Emperor Chongzhen on the dragon chair looked at Sun Chengzong's eyes with kindness.

However, Scholar Sun is worthy of being through the wind and waves for a long time, and he is old-minded, and in the face of such grace, he still does not mess up, except that his face is ruddy and vivid, and it is not easy to see it on the side.

Hearing the voices of His Royal Highness's courtiers gradually getting louder, Wang Chengen shook off the dust and said in a deep voice: "Respectful! ”

The courtiers quieted down and looked at Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "All the soldiers and ministers who accompanied Scholar Sun on this expedition will be rewarded. As he spoke, he gestured to Wang Chengen.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen took out another holy decree and slowly unfolded it, glancing at the ministers who were staring at the holy decree, waiting to read it. Suddenly, a small footstep came from outside the hall.

A little eunuch trotted into the hall, knelt down in front of the hall, and reported: "Your Majesty: Shaanxi Politics Xu Liang has a military aircraft report!" (To be continued......)