Sun Ji was angry for a while, as if he knew Hong Chengchou for the first time, he took a few steps back and looked up and down, left and right, and looked at the person in front of him who was still talking about joy just now, but was extremely strange at the moment.

"You, you, you ......"

Sun Ji wanted to say something more, but suddenly he shook his head and smiled bitterly as if he was deflated. At this moment, he suddenly remembered what Li Xin had said when he was in Jinzhou, no matter what was the abyss of Wanzhen or the minefield in front of him, he would move forward.

Li Xin was just a horse thief who made a living by robbing houses and houses a year ago, and later he was even squatted in the prison of the imperial court, and even almost looked at his head. But such a person, a vulgar warrior who was almost illiterate and did not know what the benevolence and righteousness of the sages were, could say such things. Wouldn't it make thousands of people in the world ashamed?

As a result, Sun Jian also determined Li Xin's determination to hold Jinzhou, and strategically speaking, keeping Jinzhou regardless of one qi qi was the most beneficial way for the imperial court. And if the imperial court implements this strategy with all its might, with Li Xin as the sharp knife and the imperial army as the backing, step by step, it may be able to recover the decline that has continued in this battle to this day, and it is not impossible to even win a few battles that have been rare in the past twenty years.

Based on this understanding, Sun Jian was unwilling to choose to return to Shanhaiguan for his own comfort, but Li Xin tried his best to send him back to Shanhaiguan, which of course Li Xin did not want him to spend in Jinzhou City with him in vain, and may even burn the jade in the city. It was not until later that he vaguely realized Li Xin's good intentions, and Sun Jiao's return to the imperial court and staying in Jinzhou City could play a greater role in the current situation in western Liaoning.

From the beginning of his arrival at Shanhaiguan, Sun Jiao planned to lobby his father Sun Chengzong to use the 50,000 or 60,000 imperial army in Shanhaiguan as the backing for Li Xin's defense of Jinzhou. But before the details could be discussed, the envoys of the imperial court had already urged him to leave for Beijing.

Along the way, Sun Ji and Hong Chengchou had a very happy conversation, but they had a great feeling of seeing each other and hating each other. He had a hunch that Hong Chengchou might also be a big help for Li Xinshou Jinzhou.

Unexpectedly, as soon as this person stepped on the land of Jingshi on his front foot, his attitude began to become ambiguous, and he even threw the ball to the emperor. That's it! When His Majesty saw it, he fought hard to refuse the errand of the governor of Nanzhili and the governor of Zhejiang, and he must get the errand of the governor of Liao.

After making up his mind, Sun Ji looked at the faces of the ministers with hypocritical smiles, and couldn't help but feel sick, and he was no longer interested in staying here for a moment longer. got up and bowed his hand, turned around, thanked and apologized, and then turned around and left with a flick of the sleeve of his robe.

"Hey, Sun Zhongcheng, Sun Zhongcheng......"

It was the official of the ministry who had dealt with Sun Jiao, and while calling, he chased after him.

Sun Jie's disappointment made everyone happy, and Hong Chengchou's face also hung an embarrassing smile, Sun Jie's change in attitude confirmed his disdain for himself, and this disdain deeply hurt Hong Chengchou's heart.

But Hong Chengchou has his own reasons, if he and Sun Ji are in unison on the surface at this moment, won't they push this full of ministers to their opposites. At that time, the Manchu Dynasty will be their opponents, and they will come to the local government to supervise the military and government, and these people will spit on each person in Beijing, and the small shoes turned into will be enough to smash him to death.

Sun Jiao's onlookers are short, and the edges and corners on his body are still obvious, and he doesn't know the pain of being restrained. Then, Hong Chengchou sighed softly, I heard that when Sun Ji was in his hometown Gaoyang, he was generous and benevolent, but it was very different from the uprightness of the current appearance, it seems that this officialdom is really a strange big dye vat, which can make people have all kinds of unexpected changes. Just like this Sun Jiao, he is jealous and hateful, and he dares to admonish him bluntly, I am afraid that he will go away angrily, and most of them will attack and drive overnight.

"I hope he won't anger the Emperor!"

Hong Chengchou looked at the back of Sun Zhen who disappeared on the street and said a word silently.

Sun Ji snatched the reins of the horse from the hands of the family members, turned on the horse and galloped away, startling the soldiers patrolling the city on the street, but he could clearly see the generals who followed behind. entered the inner city, and then entered the imperial city, thanks to that team of generals, otherwise it was inevitable to be punished for the crime of being a master of the horses.

Outside the Donghua Gate, the eunuch was clearly defined, and Sun Jie, the governor of Ningyuan, was ordered to return to Beijing to see the driver. Originally, it was already dark, and if it was an ordinary person, the eunuchs would have sent it away. However, the emperor passed on the matter of Sun Jiao's return to Beijing, and the eunuchs did not dare to slack off in the slightest, so they went to the emperor as soon as possible.

Although it was already dark, Zhu Youzhen was still working on official documents at night. Wang Chengen sensed the movement outside the palace, which was a code signal for the communication between their young eunuchs in front of the car, in case they rashly offended the holy driver.

After a while, Wang Chengen's face was solemn, he turned back to the palace, and whispered in the emperor's ear: "Long live, Sun Ji Sun Zhongcheng is back and is waiting outside the palace to be summoned!" ”

Zhu Youzhen paused the pen in his hand, but still didn't look up, and said: "Didn't you decide to see your majesty the day after tomorrow, why did you just come to the city to ask for a meeting?" ”

Wang Chengen said cautiously: "Long live, what Sun Ji and Sun Zhongcheng said is that there is an urgent military situation to pay attention to, and it cannot be delayed for a moment!" ”

This is Sun Jie's original words, Wang Chengen personally asked what is the important matter, but unexpectedly Sun Jiao refused, bluntly saying that only the emperor can hear about it. Although touching the nail made Wang Chengen unhappy, after all, he has been in the deep palace for many years, and he has always accompanied the emperor, so he can have today's status, and this city is the first element to bear the brunt.

Therefore, Wang Chengen didn't care about Sun Jie's nail that was neither soft nor hard, but what he cared about was that Sun Jie's light and incomparable military situation could not be paid attention to with others, and he was afraid that after Sun Ji saw the emperor, he would have a headache again.

However, after all, Wang Chengen did not dare to delay the important affairs of the military state, so he had to come to see the emperor hard.

Zhu Youzhen thought about it for a while, put the pen on the imperial case and said: "Since this is the case, let him come to see it, it is really rare for this Sun Jiao scholar to have such loyalty and bravery!" ”

The eunuch soon brought Sun Ji into the palace. Although the hall was large, the emperor only lit a candlestick on the imperial case beside him. Seeing this, Sun Ji didn't feel it closely, the emperor was so frugal and diligent in political affairs, why is the state still in decline?

Sun Jian couldn't figure out the reason for this, and the emperor didn't give him more time to think.

"Sun Qing get up quickly, Wang Chengen will move a stool over."

Wang Chengen hurriedly moved the stool prepared for the minister, placed it in front of Sun Ji, and softly invited him to sit down. Although it was not the first time Sun Ji had met you, he was still very polite and refused to sit down. In the end, the emperor ordered him to sit down, and then he gently pressed the little half of his ass on the stool, which was considered to be sitting.

"Say, what a militaristic matter, I have to come to see it overnight, you must know that this will cause unnecessary disturbances in the government and the opposition?"

Sun Ji understood that this was the emperor reproaching him for ignorance of the overall situation and acting recklessly, but he had already made up his mind when he left the banquet place of the ministers, ready to persuade the emperor to support Li Xin. Then he got up again, knelt on the ground and knelt three times and knocked nine times, "Holy Lord, the minister has something important to play, which is related to my Ming national fortune!" ”

This was said very seriously, Zhu Youzhen's brows couldn't help frowning, he had always hated ministers who talked too much, but he couldn't imagine that Sun Ji, who seemed to be stable and stable last time, actually had such a problem, so he just sat and looked at Sun Ji, neither answering nor asking.

Sun Ji waited for a while, but he didn't see the emperor asking, so he took the initiative to speak.

"Qi Shengshang, Jinzhou outside Shanhaiguan is the gateway to the Shanhaiguan of the imperial court, it can be said that Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan are safe, Jinzhou is lost and Shanhaiguan is in danger, Shanhaiguan is in danger, and Jingshi is also in danger! At present, the general army of Shanxi Town is leading more than 10,000 people to defend Jinzhou City, and the main force of the Tartar army has been surrounded by the dilapidated Jinzhou City after the main force of the Tartar army has withdrawn from Shanhaiguan, if the imperial court takes this opportunity to rely on Shanhaiguan, take Li Xin as a sword, step by step, and recapture Jinzhou! ”

Zhu Youzhen only knew that Li Xin had arrived in Liaoxi, but he didn't expect that he would occupy Jinzhou regardless of his own strength, which is indeed a heart of loyalty and courage for the country, but if you are not careful, you may fall into a dangerous situation for the imperial army, after all, the imperial court has failed to return several times before......

But under Sun Jie's very contagious persuasion, Zhu Youzhen's mind was actually lively, and the blueprint planned by Sun Ji for him was too attractive. If it is really as he said, as long as he does not travel to Chi, he can recapture the western Liaoning corridor, recapture Jinzhou, and even threaten eastern Liaodong, which is an out-and-out victory.

Then, winning this battle can sweep away the stale and sluggish atmosphere caused by the successive defeats of the imperial court. Of course, the more important point is that there is also Li Xin, the lucky general, at least he has not tasted defeat since he joined the imperial court, and he will not lose this battle. At this time, although Zhu Youzhen didn't believe in the strange power of chaos, he also chose to believe in this kind of thing that seemed to have a certain number in the dark.

"Okay, the day after tomorrow will be held, and this matter will be discussed!"

Seeing that the emperor agreed, Sun Ji was overjoyed, and he had already gotten up and put half of his buttocks back on the stool, and hurriedly got up and knelt down to thank him.

"The emperor is shengming, thank you Lord Longen."

Zhu Youzhen was in a good mood, so he said: "You are dedicated to the court, is it difficult to return to Beijing this time?" I'll do it for you! ”

The emperor was in a good mood, so he began to make a wish, Sun Ji was not willing to miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he kowtowed again: "Please the Holy Minister, return to Liaodong to supervise the war, recover Jinzhou, and strengthen my Ming national prestige!" ”

As soon as Sun Jie's words came out, Zhu Youzhen was stunned, the charter agreed by the cabinet had been drafted, and it was almost approved, if Sun Jiao was allowed to return to Shanhaiguan, would he let Hong Chengchou go to Jiangnan?