Mu Yuling came to the mansion, Yin Shigang and the others retreated with knowledge and interest, there are still some things in the Sihai Warehouse, plus in recent times, there are many materials from various news channels, which need to be dealt with by Yin Shigang, so Yin Shigang greeted Cao Wuxian and left Zhu Mansion in advance.

There is already a hint of spring in the wind, and I see that the trees on the roadside have also grown new shoots, and the pace of spring is coming unhurriedly.

The streets are still crowded, in the afternoon, although the inner market has ended, but there are still many palace officials lingering on the streets, this is a rare opportunity after all, many people do not want to return to the palace too early.

At the corner not far from the warehouse, there was suddenly a middle-aged man in a gray robe in front of him, dressed plainly, with a white face, and a smile on his face stepped forward, "Dare to ask, but Mr. Yin is in person?" ”

Yin Shigang looked at the uninvited guest in front of him, but the two attendants around him quietly moved two steps forward, firmly protecting Yin Shigang behind him.

"Brother Tai is ......?" Yin Shigang asked calmly.

The man was still smiling, oblivious to the wary gazes of the two attendants opposite. "I came from Yixing, and the head of the family instructed that there was a letter to be handed over to Mr. in person!"

"Yixing!" Yin Shigang's eyes suddenly narrowed. "Then why don't you wait at the Inn?"

The man said softly: "Recently, there have been more spies in the Beijing Division, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I made my own decisions, and instead of going directly to the Sihai Warehouse, I waited for Mr. to be interviewed nearby!" ”

Yin Shigang nodded, pointing to a tea shop on the street. "In that case, please come with me!"

It was almost dinner time, the tea shop was empty, and when he saw Yin Shigang, the old customer, coming over, the owner of the tea shop hurriedly came up to say hello, and directly invited him to a secluded position in the back.

The two members of Yin Shigang's entourage then sat down at a table at the door of the tea shop, drinking tea while looking at the surrounding situation.

After the owner of the tea shop served the tea and left, the man found out his identity, and it turned out to be Zhou Yanru's confidant Liu Cunhui. It is also the contact person with Zhu Ping'an's side that Zhou Yanru determined after he left Beijing. Liu Cunhui took out the pre-agreed certification token. Yin Shigang was relieved.

Liu Cunhui's purpose in infiltrating the capital this time is very simple. Zhu Ping'an's letter had been handed over to Zhou Yanru. Zhou Yanru was very interested in the construction he proposed. If the implementation is effective, it is expected that it will not take more than a year for Zhou Yanru to return to the capital again. This is also the reason why he can't wait to send his henchmen to Beijing to contact.

"The elder of the pavilion instructed that as soon as he qiē was implemented, he would implement the strategy mentioned in Lord Zhu's letter. The exact timing of the launch is in the hands of adults. When the time comes. Mr. Yin just needs to give the next signal. ”

Yin Shigang nodded, "Please Brother Liu tell the elder of the pavilion, my family will definitely do his best!" ”

Liu Cunhui smiled. The beard at the corner of his mouth also curled, "Lord Zhu's ability pavilion is always trustworthy, otherwise he would not have entrusted such a major matter with full authority." And you, Brother Yin, Ge Lao is also full of praise! ”

Yin Shigang's heart moved, and his intuition told him that Liu Cunhui's words were by no means groundless. Sure enough, Liu Cunhui secretly looked at the two entourages of Yin Shigang who were sitting at the door, and then lowered his voice, "When I came, Elder Ge still had a few words to tell Brother Yin. Before the cooperation in Jingshi, I was greatly impressed by the talent of Brother Yin, Brother Yin was originally born as a scholar, if he was willing to develop in his career, Ge Laoyuan did his best to help! ”

When Liu Cunhui said this, he peeked at Yin Shigang's reaction carefully, until he saw a flash of light in Yin Shigang's eyes, and then he put his mind at ease. But at the same time, there was a little pantothenic acid in my heart, and I didn't know what was so good about this surnamed Yin, who was so favored by Zhou Yanru that he wanted him to win him over in person. This is all scholars, a few are unwilling to take this career, ten years of cold windows, once high school, famous all over the world, return to their hometown, this is the ultimate ideal of the Ming scholars. It is expected that this Yin Shigang will not be able to pass this level, what future can a down-and-out person have by the side of a low-grade military attaché!

Yin Shigang thought about it, and a sense of gratitude appeared on his face, "Ge Lao is very loving, Yin is really deserved." In the future, the elder of the pavilion has orders, and Yin will definitely do his best! ”

The words were not said thoroughly, but the meaning of gratitude and promise to take refuge was already revealed. Liu Cunhui looked at Yin Shigang with a little contempt, and then put on a confidant smile, nodded again and again, patted his chest and said, If Elder Ge knew about this, he would definitely be overjoyed.

After drinking two cups of tea, the two said goodbye and left like an old friend reunited.

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Contrary to most people's expectations, today's court meeting was not as chaotic as in the past, and the various factions unexpectedly did not fight at this court meeting, and the process of the court meeting was unexpectedly calm and uneventful.

Lu Xiangsheng, who has faded out of sight since returning to Beijing, also appeared in the court this time, but he only came to the court without any action.

It wasn't until Emperor Chongzhen praised him and issued a reward for him that Lu Xiangsheng stepped forward and kowtowed to thank him. Sure enough, as Zhu Ping'an expected, Lu Xiangsheng was given the title of secretary of the Ministry of War, and was also awarded the honorary title of Prince Shaobao, but he was not assigned a position with real power. Regarding the sealing of "Shaobao", some of the imperial historians and Liuke Yanguan who were attached to Yang Sichang planned to take this opportunity to make trouble and embarrass Lu Xiangsheng, but they were stopped by Yang Sichang and others in time.

Because although the crown prince Shaobao is an honorary title of the second grade, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been extremely strict requirements for the awarding of this title, so there are few winners. The more famous winners are Yu Qian in the Jingtai period and Yuan Keli in the Wanli and Tianqi dynasties. And Lu Xiangsheng's acceptance of the title this time is the record of annihilating 20,000 Tartars in one fell swoop under the city of Julu City.

However, the honorary title is an honorary title after all, except for the promotion of Yu Lu, which sounds better to say, but there is no other real power at all. Therefore, Yang Sichang and others saw that the goal of excluding Lu Xiangsheng had been achieved, so they did not want to make any more extraneous branches, so as not to make Emperor Chongzhen unhappy.

Just after kowtowing to thank him, Lu Xiangsheng asked the emperor to play. Last year, my father died of illness in his hometown, and as a son of man, he should be filial piety at home, with the intention of being a son of man, but because the military is imminent, he has to wear filial piety to go out. Now that the Qing army has withdrawn from Guanwai and handed over the appointment of the governor Qinwang soldiers and horses, he Lu Xiangsheng still has to return to his hometown and make grass for his home. Filial piety for his father. Lu Xiangsheng's words were earnest. Emotionally, I couldn't help but burst into tears, which moved the ministers and the emperor a little.

But Yang Sichang didn't expect Lu Xiangsheng to retreat so categorically, especially when Lu Xiangsheng asked to quit the court in the name of returning to his hometown and keeping filial piety. But it was really like a slap in the face to him and Gao Qiqian. The two looked at each other. It's a little uncomfortable.

As early as last year and the year before last, Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian's fathers also died of illness one after another. When Lu Xiangsheng was guarding filial piety at home, the imperial court decreed that he should return to the army immediately. At that time, Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said that the military and political affairs of the DPRK and China were all in charge of these three ominous people, which would inevitably have an impact, so he specially pleaded with Emperor Chongzhen to temporarily guard filial piety at home. But because of the urgency of the army, he had to rush back to the army later.

The "three ominous people" mentioned by Lu Xiangsheng refer to him, Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian.

Therefore, as soon as Lu Xiangsheng's words came out, the ministers immediately discussed, and many people turned their eyes to Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian, so that the two of them had the meaning of "love stacks don't go" in the eyes of others, and the two of them were suddenly embarrassed, and their hatred for Lu Xiangsheng suddenly increased a few points.

Emperor Chongzhen was full of emotion, but he really felt a little indebted to Lu Xiangsheng in his heart, and he gave a lot of rewards at the moment. Looking at the embarrassing appearance of Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but relieve the siege for the two, stating that now the imperial court is the time to employ people, and it is difficult to achieve both loyalty and filial piety, so it is natural to focus on the country's social welfare. Lu Xiangsheng was because he repelled the Qing army and handed over the envoy, and the emperor took care of his hard work, so he specially allowed him to return to his hometown to guard filial piety, but the other court officials could only be temporarily retained by the emperor because of their many affairs, so they stayed in the court. In this way, it can be regarded as saving some face for the two.

Next is the reward for Gao Qiqian, Wu Sangui, Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu and other generals who participated in the war, and even Wang Pu, who was sniped by Zhu Ping'an, is also among them. There was no way, for the sake of the face of the court, Wang Pu also received a reward.

Gao Qiqian was the supervisor of King Qin's military horses, so he also received some rewards, but they were all false titles and wealth, and Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu were upgraded in rank. Only Wu Sangui was the biggest beneficiary of this, at least in the eyes of the Manchu civil and military. Because, he was directly promoted from the position of deputy general of the Liaodong Forward Battalion to the chief soldier of Ningyuan, which can be said to have jumped two levels in a row, especially since he is only less than thirty years old now, it is really rare to be promoted by leapfrogging in this way.

Wu Sangui exchanged tears, kneeling in front of the imperial stairs and thanking him. Emperor Chongzhen didn't care, but admired his "straightforward" martial artist character very much, and instructed Huaide to step forward to help him up, and said good words to persuade him.

While everyone was envious, they were whispering to each other. The generals who participated in the war went up to the governor, down to the general generals have all been rewarded, but they have not seen the promulgation of the will of Zhu Ping'an, who ranks first in the battle merits, what does this mean?

Zhu Ping'an stood at the end of the military attache queue, and he was really a little apprehensive in his heart, and peeked at Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian, Lu Xiangsheng, He Fengsheng and others in front of the queue, and saw that they were also surprised, and knew that this was what Emperor Chongzhen meant. I just don't know what kind of medicine is sold in this emperor's majesty's gourd?

Today's court meeting was unusually smooth, and it only took half a day to determine the future government strategy. Hong Chengchou was appointed as the governor of Jiliao, commanding the battle outside the pass, and he would soon arrive in Beijing. Sun Chuanting assisted Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, to pursue and suppress the Liukou with all his might.

Yang Sichang is still in charge of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, and is still the actual controller of the cabinet, but Liu Yuliang unexpectedly did not mention the matter of the new cabinet chief assistant after Liu Yuliang proposed Zhishi and Emperor Chongzhen's permission, which made the ministers inevitably in an uproar.

Just now, some courtiers wanted to play on this matter, but Emperor Chongzhen had already waved his hand and was ready to retreat. Wang Chengen said loudly: "According to the emperor's command, Zhu Ping'an, the commander of the Central Capital Guard-behind Division, will stay in the audience to see him, and he will see him!" ”

Chao Chinese Wu suddenly twisted his head to the back, and hundreds of envious eyes suddenly shot towards Zhu Pingan at the end. (To be continued......)