Half a month has passed, and the surprising event of filling the vacancy in the imperial history of the capital has gradually been forgotten by many ministers with the arrival of Huang Daozhou.

Yet some people keep it in mind.

In mid-June, an official of Guanglu Temple was impeached by the Ministry of Household Affairs for a trivial matter, and lost his office, and then there were several small incidents, Guanglu Temple was impeached by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Xu Liang knew that this was Cao Ge's revenge. Although the impeachment of the officials under the Guanglu Temple has not affected Xu Liang for the time being, the Guanglu Temple Secretary has not affected the body, but as the old saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, and the purpose of impeaching the officials of the Guanglu Temple in the matter is to demonstrate to Xu Liang.

Although this kind of small action that cannot be put on the table has little effect, it makes Xu Liang very annoying. A few days after Huang Daozhou arrived, Xu Liang specially called Huang Daozhou into the Dongjiang Courtyard, and instructed with a calm face: "There are more and more bottomless things in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the officials under my Guanglu Temple quarrel with his wife at night for such a trivial matter, and they can also take it to the court to talk about things!" You are the imperial history of the capital, and you must kill this unhealthy trend fiercely! ”

Huang Daozhou is still lean, standing in front of Xu Liang, he looks even more weathered. He said embarrassedly: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate has long been run by Cao Ge Lao, and the lower officials are outsiders, and they have been in office for a short time, and there are no available people at the bottom. ”

In fact, Huang Daozhou did not say some things, since he took office as the imperial history of the capital, Cao Ge Lao has reprimanded him three times in person under the pretext of the yamen.

Xu Liang said impatiently: "Dao Zhou, you have to get started as soon as possible, otherwise, I'm worried that it won't take long." Those things will get me on the head. ”

Huang Daozhou said: "Xiaguan try your best." ”

Xu Liang glared and said, "It's not as much as possible, it's certain!" Seeing Huang Daozhou, he smiled wryly. Xu Liang groaned and said, "Those are in the matter." The grade of the imperial history is low, and there must not be many Yulu, plus the court is only issuing half of the Yulu now, so their life will definitely not be much better. Dao Zhou, you take some money from the shopkeeper Yan, give some benefits to those people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and win a few people to come to our side. ”

Huang Dao was stunned, looked at Xu Liang, and said with a wry smile again: "My lord." Don't look at the officials, although they are poor, they are very good people, and they can't be bought with silver. ”

Xu Liang said hatefully: "The forest is big, there are all kinds of birds!" The Metropolitan Procuratorate is not full of hard bones, there are always a few Sven scum, Dao Zhou, you have a little heart, and you can fight for a few. ”

Huang Daozhou listened to it and had to respond.

Xu Liang thought for a while, and then said, "If you have time, you can go to Guozijian for a few circles and pick a few alternate officials who are willing to follow us." Report the list to me. ”

Huang Daozhou looked at Xu Liang in amazement, and asked, "My lord, what are you going to do?" ”

Xu Liang sneered, gritted his teeth and said, "The imperial historians in the Imperial Court have lived a hard life for several years in a row. I want to kick a few people out and make up a few more of our people to go in. ”

Huang Daozhou's eyes lit up, and he stroked his palms and praised: "This is a good way." ”

Thereupon. Huang Daozhou walked around the Guozi Prison, and a few days later handed Xu Liang a list of six people. Xu Liang turned to take the time to invite Wang Xian in the guest house. The two of them had a meal. A few more days passed, in the midst of a filling of vacancies by local officials. There were several people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate who were sent to local posts in the middle of the matter, and at the same time, six fresh faces were squeezed into the ranks of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's officials.

All this was done unconsciously, and after a while, there were many fewer impeachments against the officials of Guanglu Temple.

Cao Ge Lao, who reacted, scolded his mother angrily in the duty room, because several people who were willing to act as Cao Ge Lao's impeachment vanguard were all sent to local posts by their subordinates. And these people are all petty officials of the seventh and eighth grades, although Cao Ge Lao is a cabinet minister, he can't control the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials below the fourth grade, so Cao Ge Lao scolded and scolded, but he was helpless.

Wen Tiren, the cabinet minister on duty in the same room, saw that Cao Ge Lao was sitting in his position and gritted his teeth, so his expression moved, and he said in a quiet tone: "Why should Ge Lao be angry? Xu Liang is an insignificant Guanglu Siqing, even if he can toss again, where can he benefit? ”

Cao Ge Lao said hatefully: "Wen Ge Lao doesn't know, Xu Liang started to fight against me three years ago, and in the past two years, the official has become bigger and bigger, if I don't punish this fang, I can't feel at ease!" I can only hate Xu Liang, although he is treacherous, he is extremely cautious, the old man has been staring at him for more than a month, and he hasn't even caught a little trick! ”

Cao Ge Lao sighed secretly in his heart, Xu Liang didn't know which master he had been instructed by, since the Bu incident, his behavior has become extremely low-key, and he went out of the court on weekdays, that is, he hid in the yamen of Guanglu Temple, and went home at the end of the day, and his whereabouts were extremely regular, but it also made Cao Ge Lao helpless.

Wen Ge Lao looked at Cao Ge Lao's depressed appearance, and he was disdainful in his heart, but on the surface, he was extremely enthusiastic and said: "Cao Ge Lao is in a situation. If he wanted to get rid of this person, Elder Ge had to look a little farther away, and he had to find Xu Liang's mistakes from other places. ”

"Huh?" Cao Ge Lao was shocked in his heart, and when he saw Wen Tiren in his chest, he couldn't help but give his hand in surprise: "What is the best way for Wen Ge Lao?" Please give me some pointers. ”

Elder Wen took a leisurely sip of hot tea, looked at Elder Cao Ge with a smile, and said, "Xu Liang is a Guanglu Siqing, a Qing official who manages the banquet for the court, what can the elder see if he stares at him?" If you want to find Xu Liang's mistakes, you might as well check Xu Liang's home, I heard that Xu Liang just entered Beijing soon after he bought a big mansion in Dongjiang Rice Lane, which is called Dongjiang Courtyard, which receives an endless stream of visitors on weekdays, officials, businessmen, rich gentry, coolies, Jianghu rangers, and all kinds of characters can enter and exit the Dongjiang Courtyard at will. ”

Wen Ge said faintly, but his eyes were staring at the tea in his hand, and he said lightly: "I remember that Xu Liang's hometown is a small county town below Ji'an Mansion in Jiangxi, right?" People who come out of a small place, with only a few acres of land, can't support such a big expense anyway, right? ”

Cao Ge Lao suddenly had a feeling of being sudden, looked at Wen Ge Lao happily, and laughed: "Thank you Wen Ge Lao for reminding me." ”

Cao Ge Lao explained to the henchmen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate went to turn over Xu Liang's old bottom. A few days later, an unexpected incident attracted the attention of Cao Gelao.

This thing is: Xu Liang of Guanglu Temple. actually ran to the prison of Shuntianfu to save people.

The prisons in Suncheonfu were no different from those in other places, they were as dark and wet as they were. There was a strange smell in the air.

Xu Liang was personally accompanied to the prison by Yin Gu Dacheng of Shuntian Mansion, and saw the locked up Tietou and four Tsing Yi guards in a cell.

Gu Zhifu hurriedly gestured to the prison guard. Leave the cell door open. Tietou and the four guards walked out with their heads bowed and stood in front of Xu Liang, with a face full of shame: "Young master, I have embarrassed you." ”

Xu Liang suppressed anger in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about it when we go out." ”

So, Tietou and the others followed Xu Liang all the way out of the prison without saying a word, and Xu Liang turned around and thanked Yin Gu Dacheng of Shuntian Mansion: "Lord Gu, Xu has appreciated today's matter." ”

Gu Zhifu waved his hand with a smile and said, "Lord Xu is polite, some trivial things." Not worth mentioning. ”

Xu Liang gave up his hand again, and led Tietou and others out of the Yamen of the Shuntian Prefect's Mansion.

When they came to the street outside, the Tsing Yi guards who had been waiting for a long time stepped forward, helped the Tietou people to get into the carriage, and returned to the Dongjiang Courtyard.

Several people returned to the Dongjiang Courtyard, and the iron head and others took a bath, and the injured place was shown by the doctor, and herbs were applied. Xu Liang called a few people to him, and asked with a calm face, "What's the matter?" Who beat you like this? And in prison! ”

"Young Master. The matter of Quang Ninh Gate is prickly! Iron Head said angrily.

With Tietou's narration, Xu Liang gradually understood the reason. Since the business of Xishan Coal Mine has been booming, it has secretly aroused the eyes of some people. Some people are red-eyed, and some people want a piece of the pie. Recently. The shopkeeper of Xishan Coal Mine, Mr. Xia, reported to the board of directors a case of counterfeit honeycomb coal: a factory for the production of honeycomb coal was quietly built in the white paper mill near the Guangning Gate in the outer city of Beijing, and the factory was called Guangning Coal Yard. Quietly stealing business with Xishan Coal Mine, and this factory is very domineering. Order the well-known restaurants and inns in the capital. They must buy their coal, otherwise they will inevitably attract troublemakers from unknown people and make it impossible for the business to continue.

The market was so disrupted by the Quang Ninh Coal Yard that the business of Xishan Coal Mine in the capital fell by 30% all of a sudden. Shopkeeper Xia had no choice but to report to the board of directors.

At that time, Xu Liang, Wang Xian, Yu Dacheng and others pondered and thought that the China General Chamber of Commerce would seize the coal yard. As a result, Yan Qi from the Beijing branch took someone there, but he was beaten back before he arrived at the ground. It happened that Tietou knew about this, and he was angry, so he took four Tsing Yi guards to go with Yan Qi for the second time, and the result was very shocking: the Guangning coal yard was obviously prepared, not only ambushed hundreds of thugs in the coal yard, but also had a master sitting in the formation, in the midst of the chaos, Tietou and four Tsing Yi guards were captured by the masters of the Guangning coal yard to cover the evacuation of Yan's shopkeeper, and they were beaten up and thrown into the Shuntian Mansion prison on the charge of fighting in the city.

Fortunately, Yin Gu Da of Shuntian Mansion became a smooth person, and he didn't want to offend Xu Liang because of this little thing, so he sent someone to Guanglu Temple to spread the word and asked Xu Liang to go to the prison to lead people.

Xu Liang listened and was silent for a long time. At the end, he stared at the iron head and asked, "According to what you said, what kind of coal yard is there still a master who can take you down?" ”

Tietoufang's face flushed, and he said embarrassedly: "Young master, blame Ah Tie for being incompetent." ”

Xu Liang listened, but was taken aback. The skills of the iron head, Xu Liang knows more or less: he followed himself to learn the Great Prajna Gong, and followed Dai Yingying to learn the Dai knife technique, although the practice is not satisfactory, but the martial arts are also among the best in the entire Tsing Yi Guard.

And now the iron head has actually been taken down by the opponent's master?! That shows that the other party is indeed a master.

After a while, Yan Qi also rushed to the Dongjiang Courtyard in a hurry, saw Xu Liang, and carefully checked the injuries of Tietou and others, so he angrily arched his hand at Xu Liang and said: "My lord, the Guangning Coal Yard is too bullying, we can't swallow this loss." ”

Xu Liang groaned for a while, then raised his head and asked Yan Qi: "How many thugs are there in the Guangning Coal Yard?" ”

Yan Qi said: "There are about 100 people. ”

Xu Liang got up and said in a deep voice: "Yan Qi, order two hundred good hands, follow me to meet the Guangning coal yard!" ”

Yan Qi heard this, nodded excitedly, and hurriedly ran out to arrange people.

Feng Suqin and Lou Xian'er heard that Xu Liang was going to personally take people out to fight, so they stopped Xu Liang worriedly and said: "Xianggong, the capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, if we take people out with such fanfare, will there be too much movement?" Let the heart have a grasp of the handle, that is also troublesome. ”

Xu Liang smiled, raised a gold medal in his hand, and said, "It's okay, I asked for this thing from Emperor Chongzhen, that is, to do an errand by order!" I want to see who dares to seek out my bad luck! ”

Feng Suqin and Lou Xian'er looked at the gold medal in Xu Liang's hand, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "How can there be a royal gold medal in the hands of Xianggong?" ”

Xu Liang said proudly: "After Your Majesty agreed to participate in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce that day, in addition to a secret decree, I specially asked Your Majesty to give this gold medal for the convenience of my future actions!" ”

Feng Suqin and Lou Xian'er couldn't help but smile at each other and put their minds at ease.

Xu Liang changed into a strong outfit, took more than a dozen Tsing Yi guards, and went out to meet Yan Qi and the others in a carriage. The group walked out of Zhengyangmen and came to the vicinity of the white paper workshop, where the two hundred good players who had already gathered were ready to go.

Yan Qi pointed to a roadway in front of him, and said to Xu Liang on the carriage: "My lord, follow this alley, and there is the Guangning coal yard in front." How do we act? ”

Xu Liang glanced in the direction Yan Qi pointed, and sure enough, he saw a brick house at the end of the road in front of him, and two greenhouses were exposed, and from that direction, the sound of cars and horses was faintly heard.

Xu Liang thought for a while and said, "There are only about 100 people on the other side, Yan Qi, you directly bring people over, give me a beating first, and then I will go over and end up after I am done." ”

Yan Qi was stunned for a moment and asked, "My lord, aren't you going up?" ”

Xu Liang glanced at Yan Qi, waved his hand and said, "I'm more or less an official, how can I be rude with people casually." ”

"But...... The other party has a master sitting in the formation. ”

Xu Liang said: "What are you afraid of, two fists are hard to beat four hands, heroes can't stand up to wolves, there are many of us, just fight to the death." ”

When Yan Qi heard this, he smiled bitterly and gave up his hand, then walked in front of the two hundred good hands, waved his hand vigorously, and took the two hundred good hands and went straight to the Guangning coal yard with murderous spirit.

Xu Liang sat in the carriage, and saw Yan Qi beat over with two hundred good hands, and then there was a sound of fighting in the coal yard, and after a while, twenty or thirty people who were working in the coal yard ran out of the coal yard in panic, shouting all the way: "Beat people, beat people!" "Ran past Xu Liang's carriage.

Seeing this, the Tsing Yi guard who was guarding the carriage stepped forward and asked softly, "My lord, shall we go over?" ”

Xu Liang listened carefully for a moment, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, wait!" ”

After three more waves of fleeing people, the sound of fighting in the direction of the coal yard gradually became much quieter. Xu Liang smiled slightly and beckoned: "It's almost, let's go over and take a look." ”

Hearing this, Tsing Yiwei drove the carriage and rushed towards the coal yard.

At this moment, they suddenly heard the sound of heavy footsteps behind them, Xu Liang and the others looked back in amazement, only to see a group of murderous officers and soldiers led by a military general on horseback, heading straight to the coal yard.

Xu Liang was stunned: "Who reported to the official so quickly?" (To be continued.) )