The people in the Heart Cultivation Hall are not only Emperor Chongzhen, but also Cao Yubian, a scholar of the Cabinet University, and Xu Guangqi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

Cao Ge Lao appeared here, it was because he was a cabinet scholar, as long as the palace door was not locked, he could enter the palace at any time, and he still came here with some purposes. And Xu Guangqi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, appeared here, because he was the teacher of Emperor Chongzhen. Although Emperor Chongzhen was young, he respected this erudite teacher very much, and he always liked to call Xu Shilang into the palace when he had nothing to do.

Commander Luo could see that Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood at the moment. Although Commander Luo scolded Xu Liang over and over again in his heart, it has always been the basic skill of a high-ranking official like Luo Yangxing, so although Commander Luo was not happy in his heart, his face naturally showed a flattered expression at this moment, took two steps forward, and said with a smile: "The saint said this, and Weichen was terrified. In fact, what the result of this purging of the forces of the Wenxiang Sect is, Wei Chen is not sure in his heart......"

Next, Commander Luo did his best to tell the story, depicting the clean-up operation in Shaanxi Province in a brilliant way. The detailed process of purging the Wenxiang Sect has already been placed on Commander Luo's table, and at this moment, Commander Luo cleverly packaged it and told it, so that Emperor Chongzhen and others heard it, and they felt that this matter was actually carefully planned by Commander Luo.

Naturally, no matter how reluctant Luo Yangxing was in his heart, Xu Liang's role in it was inevitably heard in the ears of everyone in the house.

Emperor Chongzhen thought that the few letters he had just read mentioned asking for credit for Xu Liang, so he muttered: "So to speak. Xu Liang, the prefect of Pingliang, is really a capable person. ”

Xu Guangqi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who had been silent, smiled appropriately and said, "What the Holy Lord said is very true. Although Xu Liang, the prefect of Pingliang, is young, he is extremely loyal to the monarchy. Does the saint still remember the manufacturing drawings of the Flying Eagle Cannon submitted by Wei Chen? According to Wechen's private inquiry. The advent of the Flying Eagle Cannon was actually the idea of Xu Liang alone. ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Sir, that's right. Alas. It's a pity that the cost of the Flying Eagle Cannon presented by Xu Liang is too high, and now the treasury is empty, and the Flying Eagle Cannon cannot manufacture equipment in large quantities. ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Commander Luo with a smile and said approvingly: "Luo Aiqing has made great contributions to the clean-up of the Smelling Fragrance Sect this time, and he intends to do so. ”

Wang Chengen on the side bowed down and pricked up his ears to listen.

"The commander of the Jinyi Guard made Luo Yang, the official was promoted to one level, and he was given a bullfighting suit and a reward of 10,000 taels of silver! Pingliang prefect Xu Liang. He was promoted to Shaanxi Left to participate in politics. ”

Wang Chengen nodded again and again, Luo Yangxing hurriedly knelt on the ground to thank him, and suddenly heard the cabinet minister Cao Yubian say loudly: "Your Majesty, the old minister remembers that this Pingliang prefect Xu Liang has just turned twenty-two years old this year, so young, if Jian pulls out too quickly, I am afraid it will not be conducive to his future growth." ”

Wang Chengen and Xu Guangqi, Luo Yangxing listened. couldn't help but focus on Cao Ge Lao. Wang Chengen's eyes were a little cold when he looked at Cao Ge Lao, but he concealed it very well, and no one noticed it.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his brows furrowed slightly. Said slowly: "The elder of the pavilion is wrong, I am in charge of the Ming Dynasty, if I want to revitalize my Ming Dynasty." There are clear rewards and punishments. What's wrong with Xu Liang's young age, I am not also young. Now it is different to govern the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Uh......" Emperor Chongzhen took himself as an example and came back, and Cao Yubian was no longer satisfied. Don't dare to speak out anymore.

In this way, Xu Liang's promotion to Shaanxi Left to participate in politics was settled. Elder Cao Ge asked out loud again: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the Holy Lord will do about the matter mentioned by Yang He, the governor of the three sides?" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he stroked his forehead with his hand and sighed: "Now that the treasury is empty, it is extremely difficult for the silver of the household department to cope with Liaodong. As soon as Governor Yang opened his mouth, it was 300,000 taels, and I couldn't take it out. Saying that, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly thought of something, turned to look at Luo Yangxing, and asked: "By the way, the Qingxiang Sect has also found nearly 100,000 taels of silver, I heard that these things are now in your Jinyi Guard Yamen?" Well, this money doesn't have to go to the household department, and it will be allocated directly to Yang He, the governor of the three sides. ”

Chongzhen looked at Cao Yubian again, and said warmly: "Cao Aiqing, you talk to Yang He well, the state affairs are difficult, and the 100,000 taels of silver will save him some flowers." ”

"Well, the old minister obeys." Cao Yubian arched his hand, he felt a beam of resentment in his eyes, and looked up, but it was the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Luo Yangxing, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and then smiled bitterly.

After Xu Guangqi and Luo Yangxing saw that there was nothing to do, they said goodbye to Emperor Chongzhen and retired. And Cao Ge Lao was still grinding in the hall.

After Xu Guangqi and Luo Yangxing left, Cao Ge asked with a shy face: "Your Majesty, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, also mentioned one more thing, you see?" ”

Yang He, the governor of the three sides, mentioned two things in total, one was to ask the court for money, and the lion opened his mouth widely, asking for 300,000 taels at once. Second, it was proposed that Shaanxi Governor Hong Chengchou be transferred to the post of Governor of Yansui.

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were focused on the twists and turns, and when he heard this, he shook his head and said: "Hong Chengchou's term as governor of Shaanxi is still short, and it is not appropriate to adjust it now. I'll think about it later. ”

Cao Ge Lao was disappointed in his heart, and when he saw that Emperor Chongzhen buried his head in the fold again, he thought about it, gritted his teeth, and arched his hand again: "Your Majesty, after Xu Liang was promoted to Shaanxi Zuo to participate in politics, the vacant candidate for the Pingliang Prefect?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were stunned, and when he looked up at Cao Ge Lao's gaze, he was a little impatient, and said coldly: "Isn't there another Tongzhi Lu Yifa in Pingliang Mansion?" This kind of thing will be considered by the officials, are you very idle? ”

Cao Ge's old body trembled, cold sweat broke out on his head, and he arched his hand and said, "The old minister is terrified...... The old minister, the old minister retired. ”

Emperor Chongzhen kept watching Cao Ge Lao retreat in a panic, pointing to the door, Emperor Chongzhen said coldly: "This Cao Yubian is becoming more and more disproportionate!" He has to take care of the affairs of the court, and now he has to intervene in the affairs of a local prefect! ”

Wang Chengen next to him groaned and said softly: "The old slave remembers that when Xu Liang, the prefect of Pingliang, was still the prefect of Zhenyuan County the year before last, he was once taken into Beijing by the Jinyi guard. Elder Cao Ge has always insisted on curing Xu Liang's crimes, and in the end, Your Majesty, you issued an order to acquit Xu Liang. Presumably Cao Ge Lao was about the things of the year. It's still lingering. ”

Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and sighed: "Cao Ge's strength is still a little smaller. ”

Wang Chengen said, "Your Majesty." Forgive the old slave for being presumptuous, Cao Ge is an old man, compared to Mr. Xu, the difference is too far. ”

The Mr. Xu mentioned by Wang Chengen is Chongzhen's teacher, Xu Guangqi, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites. Emperor Chongzhen had great respect for Xu Guangqi, and on informal occasions, he always called him Mr.

Chongzhen thought about it for a while, and then sighed: "The time for Mr. to be promoted to the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites is still short. Otherwise, I will arrange for my husband to enter the cabinet. ”

However, he said that Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Yangxing to come out of the palace, and scolded the troublesome Cao Ge and his family in his heart along the way. Although Commander Luo was quite dissatisfied with Xu Liang's calculation of his own methods at first, but now that Commander Luo has been promoted to make a fortune with this matter, not to mention, he is still extremely hot in his heart for the dozen or so carts of gold and silver artifacts put in the Jinyi Guard's yamen.

Now it's good, Cao Ge, who owes his mouth, said that Commander Luo will take out 100,000 taels of silver, although the value of the dozen or so carts of utensils is more than 100,000 taels of silver. But after digging up 100,000 taels at once, it is unknown how much is left.

Entering the Jinyi Wei Yamen, the more Luo Yangxing thought about it, the more angry he became. He took a sip and scolded: "Damn, the silver hasn't been heated yet." It's going to be sent out! Lao Tzu has become a shopkeeper! ”

In the courtyard of the Jinyi Wei Yamen, Duan Zhigang, the chief flag of the Jinyi Wei Xi'an Thousand Households Office, who escorted the east and west into Beijing, was still waiting by more than a dozen carriages. Seeing Commander Luo walking in with a dark face, Duan Zhigang beat a drum in his heart. Cautiously greeted him.

"Governor!" Duan Zongqi shouted cautiously.

Commander Luo hummed lightly, reached out and took out a handful of mahogany boxes that he opened, squinting slightly to listen to the sound of the gold, silver, and jewelry in his hand falling into the box.

Seeing this, Duan Zongqi became more and more nervous, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

After a long time, when Duan Zongqi's back was soaked with cold sweat, Commander Luo finally opened his eyes, glanced at Duan Zongqi scrutinically, and secretly thought in his heart: Looking at the situation in the Heart Cultivation Palace, Xu Guangqi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, would actually help Xu Liang speak, which shows that Xu Liang still has some connections in Beijing. Xu Guangqi has a special identity, if Xu Liang is good friends with Xu Guangqi, it will not be too offended in the future. The Duan Zongqi in front of him is a good opportunity for him to repair his relationship with Xu Liang.

Thinking of this, Commander Luo nodded at Duan Zongqi and said, "Xiao Duan, you did a good job this time." You escort these things back to Shaanxi to the governor intact, and hand them over to the old puppet of Yang He, the governor of the three sides! Then you will be the deputy thousand households of Xi'an. ”

When Duan Zongqi heard this, he only felt that his mind was blank, and when he came back to his senses, he saw that Commander Luo had paced into the inner courtyard, Duan Zongqi immediately knelt down in the direction of the inner courtyard, kowtowed and shouted: "My subordinates, thank you Lord Governor for promoting!" ”

The news of Xu Liang's promotion spread back to the northwest in just a few days. The result can be described as some people are happy and some are sad. The happy people are a series of officials of Xu Liang and Pingliang Mansion, and the one who is worried is Yang He, the governor of the three sides.

Compared with the benefits obtained by Xu Liang, the two things that Governor Yang deliberately played to the court, it can be said that none of them successfully achieved their goals. Shaanxi Governor Hong Chengchou was still in front of his Shaanxi governor, and the 300,000 taels of silver requested to the court were also discounted by Emperor Chongzhen, and 300,000 taels were only approved for 100,000 taels. And it's not all cash silver, there are also a lot of pearls, agate jade or something, even if Jinyiwei is sent to Guyuan Prefecture for free, Governor Yang still has to find a place to exchange it for cash silver.

Governor Yang can be said that everything is not going well, but he did not dare to make any small moves in a short time, because the cabinet Cao Ge Lao specially sent a letter, vaguely pointing out the emperor's attitude.

When Xu Liang began to learn that he had been promoted to the left of Shaanxi Congsanpin's political participation, while he was happy, he was still worried about the replacement candidate for the Pingliang prefect. Fortunately, not long after, the text of the Ministry came down, and the original Pingliang was promoted to the prefect of Pingliang. Pingliang promoted the official Huang Daozhou, took Lu Yifa's position and was promoted to Pingliang Tongzhi.

From this series of arrangements of the Ministry of Officials, Xu Liang could vaguely guess that this was Wang Xian's strength in the Selected Divisions of the Ministry of Officials. Xu Liang was pleased, so he instructed Yan Qi, the shopkeeper of the carriage and horse shop in the capital, to send a gift to Wang Xian, Luo Yangxing, Wang Chengen, Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua and other friendly officials to express his gratitude.

Today, the lights in the Xu Mansion are colorful, and the people under the command of several stewards of the Xu Mansion are busy inside and out. Xufu is so lively today, one is to celebrate the successful promotion of the lord of Xufu to participate in politics in Shaanxi from Sanpin, and the other is to welcome Feng Suqin, the eldest lady of Xufu who rushed back from Jianchang.

Although Feng Suqin's convoy was still two days away from returning to Xu's mansion, Tsing Yiwei, who had already rushed back in advance to report the news, reported to Xu Liang about Mrs. Xu's itinerary. What surprised Xu Liang even more was that Feng Suqin's trip to Jianchang, although he did not invite Master Chang Hui of Yunshan Zhenru Temple to go down the mountain, Master Chang Hui had passed down the method of detoxification and asked Feng Suqin to bring it back.

At stake in Xu Liang's life, this news made Xu Liang even more excited than Xu Liang's promotion. In the round pavilion in the garden in the backyard of Xufu, a pair of mahjong invented by Xufu is placed on the round marble table, Lu Yifa, Huang Daozhou, Luo Baiguan and others are accompanying Xu Liang to rub mahjong.

Since Xu Liang learned that Feng Suqin had brought back the method of detoxification, he felt that his whole body began to relax, and today the whole house was busy inside and outside, Xu Liang had nothing to do, so he called Lu Yifa, Huang Daozhou, and Luo Baiguan to rub mahjong.

This kind of mahjong play is similar to the way of playing Chengdu mahjong, Xu Liang said the way to play to the three of them, and then tried to play two rounds, and soon Lu Yifa, Huang Daozhou, Luo Baiguan and others were interested in arousing it, only to hear the wooden mahjong in the round pavilion bumping into each other. Xu Liang's face was full of red light, while touching the mahjong seeds with great interest, while eating the desserts brought to his mouth from time to time by the third lady of Xu's mansion, Lou Xian'er, in front of Xu Liang, several ingots of scattered silver had been piled up.

Beside the four of them, several waiting Xu Fu Yahuan were very close, and they also looked at it with novelty and talked in a low voice.

"Hey, you little girls, watching chess and not speaking, ah no, it's watching mahjong and not speaking!" Xu Liang thought that the voices of these spectators were louder, so he shouted, "Hey, don't move 30,000, I touched it!" ”

Guyuan Zhizhou Lu Chengyuan entered the round pavilion at this time, and quietly stood beside Xu Liang for a while, and when Xu Liang shuffled the cards, Lu Zhizhou leaned into Xu Liang's ear and whispered: "My lord, do you know that the court granted Yang He, the governor of the three sides, 100,000 taels of silver?" ”

Xu Liang kept shuffling his hands and nodded: "You know, what's wrong?" ”

Lu Zhizhou asked again: "Then do you know where the 100,000 taels of silver came from?" ”

Xu Liang pouted and said: "Where does love come from, it's my business." ”

Lu Zhizhou listened, leaned closer again, and muttered a few words in a low voice. Xu Liang suddenly slapped the stone table heavily, shaking the mahjong on the table and beating non-stop.

Xu Liang scolded: "Hey, this stinky shameless person dares to eat white food!" (To be continued......)