The ministers were gone, and Xu Liang was the last to leave the Jinluan Palace. As soon as he left the palace gate, a little eunuch in Tsing Yi who was waiting at the door bowed down and said, "Lord Xu, the emperor is waiting for you in the Palace of Nourishing Hearts." Please come with me. ”

Xu Liang guessed that Emperor Chongzhen must have some explanations to him, so he followed the little eunuch towards the depths of the palace, and arrived at the Yangxin Hall a quarter of an hour later. The palace is the place where the emperor summons ministers and deals with government affairs on a daily basis, and the guards outside the palace are also very strict, with three steps and one post, and five steps and one sentry. Two small yellow doors at the entrance of the hall waited with a whisk of dust. The little eunuch who led Xu Liang to come motioned for Xu Liang to wait outside the hall, and he walked in lightly.

After a while, the eunuch's chant came from the hall: "Xuan Pingliang and Xu Liang are in the same place." ”

Xu Liang straightened his clothes and walked in with his head slightly bowed.

Entering the hall, I saw the eunuch Wang Chengen grinding at a glance, and Emperor Chongzhen was holding a golden brush in his hand, and he was writing something on the desk.

Xu Liang bowed head-on: "Minister Pingliang knows that Xu Liang knocks to see my emperor." ”

"Hmm." Emperor Chongzhen hummed lightly, did not raise his head, continued to finish writing the Zhu Criticism in his hand, put the pen on the inky black pen holder on the table, sighed lightly, raised his head and saw that Xu Liang was still bowing, so he beckoned and smiled: "Xu Aiqing, hurry up and be exempt." He also said to the little eunuchs standing on both sides of the hall: "Give Xu Aiqing a seat." ”

Xu Liang panicked and said, "Emperor Xie." When a little eunuch brought a small brocade pier, Xu Liang sat lightly next to half of his buttocks, carefully keeping his eyes steady.

Chongzhen saw Xu Liang sitting solemnly, and couldn't help but smile on his face, Emperor Chongzhen was young and vigorous, and he was more concerned about the attitude of his courtiers on weekdays. Like Xu Liang's humble and cautious appearance, Emperor Chongzhen was most satisfied. And old ministers like Cao Yubian, the imperial historian of the left capital, brought some expressions of people who came over when they saw that they were nothing, and they went online at every turn. Either Taizu became a law or the court was regular, and Emperor Chongzhen was extremely disgusted.

"Alas, I originally wanted to make you a prefect. However, the minister objected. Now that he has sealed the same knowledge, what does Xu Aiqing think? Emperor Chongzhen leaned his whole body on the wide chair. Posing in the most relaxed posture, he asked leisurely.

Xu Liang said with a panicked face: "Weichen is panicked. It is really the sin of the micro-ministers to make the emperor embarrassed because of the affairs of the micro-ministers. Weichen is already trying his best to be a peaceful and cool Tongzhi, how dare he be ambitious and greedy for the prefect. ”

"Hmm, it's great that Xu Aiqing can think like this." Emperor Chongzhen nodded approvingly and said, "Aiqing, rest assured, Pingliang Mansion has removed the prefect Hong Chengchou, and there will be no more prefects in the past two years." Nor is it the same as the other. In other words, Xu Aiqing is the biggest official in the Yamen of the Pingliang Prefect. Pingliang prefect, Aiqing can do everything boldly. ”

Xu Liang was pleasantly surprised, so although he was in the name of the same acquaintance, he chose the prefect's errand? I can't help but say another word of gratitude.

Wang Chengen had already put away his pen and ink at this time, and interjected: "Lord Xu is young and promising, this time he was ordered to rescue Pingliang Mansion from danger, can he have a good plan in his heart?" ”

Xu Liang was stunned, shouldn't this kind of thing be asked by the emperor? Look up at Emperor Chongzhen. Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was not angry, he looked at Xu Liang intently. Obviously, this is also the purpose of the emperor to find himself.

This is the order to make a military order.

Xu Liang pondered for a while. Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen arched their hands and said: "Back to the emperor, although this time the thieves are known as 100,000 soldiers, their combat power is only 12/12, and the thieves are not subordinate to each other, and they do not trust each other. ”

"That's a good plan!" Emperor Chongzhen stroked his palms and smiled, "Aiqing's plan coincides with my thoughts. He smiled at Wang Chengen again: "Chengen." Look at it, I just said that I didn't see the wrong person this time, right? ”

Wang Gonggong smiled and said, "The emperor is sage." Lord Xu had such courage at a young age. It's really a blessing for me! The emperor has such a loyal minister and a good general, which is really a blessing for the society. ”

"Hahaha." Emperor Chongzhen laughed. Chao Xu Liang said: "This prince still has doubts about my special promotion of Xu Aiqing, and now after listening to Aiqing's plan to break the enemy, I am relieved." After a while, Aiqing accompanied me to lunch, and then went to the official department to get the official uniform and seal the letter, and resigned in the morning. ”

Xu Liang was stunned, and seeing that Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything else, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The emperor is tolerant, the minister's idea is like this, but when it comes to Pingliang, it is far from being so simple." ”

"Oh, Aiqing said, if there are any difficulties, I will solve them for you today." Emperor Chongzhen said.

Xu Liang spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, to solve the siege of a city, no matter how exquisite the strategy is in the early stage, the winner will be determined in the end, and there will be a battle." At present, the ministers have neither soldiers nor horses, nor money and food, and their hands are empty, even if they reach Pingliang, they are helpless. ”

Chongzhen smiled when he heard this, frowned and said, "Aiqing, when the country is in difficulty, the court is not rich. ”

Xu Liang glared and said: "The minister doesn't ask for much, 6,000 soldiers, two months of grain and grass, and 30,000 taels of silver." ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his eyes were bigger than Xu Liang's, and he shook his head again and again: "Now that the war in the north is tense, it is impossible to mobilize troops and horses, and the household department has been in deficit for many years, and the ministers in Beijing have not received the silver for two months. ”

Xu Liang ate and said: "This, the emperor, there are no soldiers and no salary, how can you let the ministers recover Pingliang?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen pouted and said, "This has to be done by Aiqing herself." ”

Wang Chengen said: "Lord Xu, the court really can't come up with money to deal with the northwest at the moment, Lord Xu is very smart, and he will definitely be able to come up with other methods." ”

Xu Liang was stunned for a long time, he couldn't imagine that Emperor Chongzhen was so stingy and stingy, and the iron rooster didn't pull out a hair, both wanting the horses to run and not giving the horses grazing. This has no money and no soldiers, even if I am a bare-bones commander, even if he is covered in iron, how many nails can he hit?

After being silent for a long time, Xu Liang sighed as if he was resigned, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, since this is the case, you have to promise a few conditions to the minister, and the minister dares to go to Pingliang to quell the chaos." ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Aiqing, please speak, only if you don't spend money and food, don't transfer troops, I am all right." ”

Xu Liang looked at Emperor Chongzhen and counted his fingers and began to ask for policies.

"There is a minister's family property in Zhenyuan County, and after the minister leaves Zhenyuan, it must be the county Cheng Huang Daozhou who takes over as the governor of Zhenyuan. Huang Xiancheng has worked with the minister for more than half a year, and the minister gets along well on weekdays, with him in the town of the original county, taking care of the minister's home, the minister is also at ease in Pingliang. ”

"It's a trifle, I'm right." Emperor Chongzhen was very generous and authentic.

"To quell the rebellion of Pingliang, the minister must have a soldier and horse who can fight a tough battle. The soldiers and horses of the Anton Zhongwei are extremely weak and unusable, and the minister wants to transfer the Liang army in Zhenyuan to go to the battle, although this is the soldiers and horses recruited by the minister temporarily, but the emperor also has to give a name and recognize the name of the Liang army. ”

"Well, if you want to quell the chaos, it's really inappropriate to have no one under your command, so I will notify the military department and recognize the existence of the Liang army." Emperor Chongzhen groaned.

"If the minister goes to a foreign country, there must be a good general stationed in Pingliang City. The ministers requested the establishment of the post of Pingliang guerrilla, and Dai Feng, the former garrison general of Jinan Prefecture, served as a guerrilla and cooperated with the ministers to defend the city. ”

"It's all up to you!" Emperor Chongzhen said.

"The ministers have no soldiers and no salaries, empty-handed, self-made, in order to pacify the Pingliang Rebellion, when necessary, some extraordinary means must be used, the ministers look at the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Cao Yubian and Zhang Nianyun have quite prejudices against the ministers, the ministers are willing to invite the emperor, and during the minister's tenure, the emperor has to fully believe that the ministers are loyal to the emperor and the court, and ignore the false accusations of the imperial history."

"I'm tired of looking at those officials on weekdays, and this one is also accurate."

Xu Liang suddenly perked up when he heard this, he didn't expect the emperor to be quite interesting, what to give, so he wanted to strike while the iron was hot, make persistent efforts, and said: "When the minister was an official in Zhenyuan, he had a deep misunderstanding with the Han Wangfu, and the Han Wang's fief was in Pingliang, if the Han Wangye was still in Pingliang, the minister's plan would be difficult, and the minister was willing to ask the emperor to decree that the Han Wang's fief would be changed to another place." ”

"Quasi-...... Uh, wait. Emperor Chongzhen listened to Xu Liang's first few things that cost nothing, and he promised to rise up for a while, and was about to respond smoothly, when he suddenly came to his senses, looked at Xu Liang, shook his head in embarrassment and said: "Xu Aiqing, Uncle Han Wang has built a mansion in Pingliang for more than a hundred years, and the fief was set by Emperor Taizu. Mention something else. ”

Xu Liang was stunned, wanted to fight again, and said: "But the emperor, if Lord Han is in Pingliang, the minister's errand can't be done?" ”

"Nope." Emperor Chongzhen said.

"Lord Xu," Wang Chengen said: "Lord Han is the emperor's uncle in terms of seniority, and the emperor has been on the throne for less than a year, so he issued an order to move his fiefdom. Moreover, the demolition of the palace is not a trivial matter, and the money and grain spent are not small. ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he hung his head and said, "That's it, then forget it." The minister didn't ask for anything else. ”

Emperor Chongzhen listened, and recalled a few requests made by Xu Liang in his heart, and found that none of them cost silver, and couldn't help but be very happy, he could not help but be very happy, he could calm the thieves without spending money, saving trouble, too much trouble! Seeing Xu Liang is also becoming more and more pleasing to the eye, seeing that the lunch time has arrived, he asked Wang Chengen to pass on the meal.

After Xu Liang came out of the Heart Nourishing Palace, he walked back to the vicinity of the Huangji Gate, and saw the Jinyi Guard commanding Luo Yangxing to sit in the shade of the door from a distance. Commander Luo waited for Xu Liang to approach, got up and said with a smile: "Lord Xu has been here for a long time, but he can be regarded as coming out." (To be continued)