Hong Chengchou was not very concerned about the whereabouts of Huang Daozhou, and after Xu Liang came to the door and explained the reason in detail, Hong Shenzheng happily agreed, and within two days, Xu Liang signed the fold and sent it to the Guyuan Trilateral Governor's Palace.

The trilateral governor Wu Zhiwang had long been disheartened and had no interest in political affairs, and it was only because the court had not approved his request for a resignation that he had to reluctantly remain as the governor of the trilateral province. Governor Wu casually flipped through the folds, and saw that the signature of Hong Chengchou, who participated in the politics of Shaanxi, was impressively on it, and he didn't think about it, so he signed it casually and ordered someone to submit it in a normal official document.

The recital was submitted to the General Affairs Department, and the General Political Envoy saw that it was about the vacant officials of Pingliang Province and presented it to the Cabinet first. At that time, the cabinet happened to be the first assistant of the cabinet, and Li Biao, a scholar of the East Pavilion University, was on duty, Li Shoufu took the fold and looked at it for a long time, remembering that Emperor Chongzhen had always paid more attention to the accident in Pingliang Mansion, so he took the fold into the palace to face Emperor Chongzhen.

In the palace of Yangxin, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty looked at the folds presented by Li Biao, twisted his eyebrows and groaned for a while, raised his eyes and asked Li Biao: "What does Li Aiqing think?" ”

Li Biaoshang didn't figure out the true attitude of Emperor Chongzhen, so he naturally didn't dare to talk nonsense, and replied in a decent manner: "Your Majesty, Pingliang has just been recovered, and the top priority is to stabilize the situation." The vacant officials in Pingliang Mansion should be calculated prudently, and it is advisable to appoint local officials in Pingliang. ”

Chongzhen listened, nodded at Li Biao and said: "Li Aiqing, this is an old man's words." ”

Although it was an ordinary sentence, Li Biao was nervous and broke out in a cold sweat when he heard it. Chongzhen did not agree or object, and the ministers who were familiar with him knew that most of them did not make Emperor Chongzhen like it.

"Cheng En, Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, and Cao Yubian, the left capital of the imperial history. Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Yangxing to enter the palace to discuss matters. Emperor Chongzhen didn't stay on Li Shoufu for long, and then turned his head to Wang Chengen, the celebrant who was waiting on the side, and ordered lightly.

Wang Chengen responded, and as soon as he collected the law, Shi Shiran went out to find someone to spread the will.

Emperor Chongzhen put the fold aside and chatted with Li Shoufu about other things.

Half an hour later. Wang Yongguang, Cao Yubian and Luo Yangxing came in together, and after bowing to Emperor Chongzhen three times and nine times, they got up and looked at Emperor Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what to tell you when you summon your ministers?" Cao Yubian is older. It was up to him to ask the question.

Emperor Chongzhen signaled the little yellow gate to send the folds to the three of them for review. When he returned to the desk, Emperor Chongzhen said faintly: "You Aiqing have figured out what is going on, and it is difficult for me to decide in my heart, so I want to hear your Aiqing's opinions." Which Aiqing said first? ”

Wang Yongguang and Luo Yangxing both looked at Cao Yubian, the imperial history of the left capital. I thought, Master Cao, you have started horizontally and vertically. I'll let you say it first.

Seeing this, Cao Yubian straightened his chest, took two steps forward on the ground, and arched his hand: "The emperor inquired, and the old minister did not dare to shirk." ”

"Cao Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to say."

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is very inappropriate for the vacancy in Pingliang Mansion to be arranged in this way." Cao Yubian said in a deep voice. "Regardless of the side for the time being, just the Zhengqi product of the Huangdao Zhou District of Zhenyuan Zhixian County, he was promoted to the Pingliang Governor of the sixth product. It is extremely inappropriate to upgrade two levels in a row. Huang Daozhou, the original magistrate of the town, has been staying in the original county seat of the town in the process of recovering Pingliang, which can be said to have not made an inch, but has been promoted without merit. ”

"Ahem. Lord Cao, play the fold on Pingliang to recover the first battle. One is to rely on the soldiers of the Liang army in the front to fight bloodily, and the other is to rely on the rear to deploy grain and grass and military supplies. Although Huang Daozhou, the magistrate of Zhenyuan County, failed to go into battle in person, he lived in the rear to dispatch grain, grass and soldiers, and to treat the disabled soldiers, which can be regarded as meritorious. Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the ministry, heard that Cao Yubian, the imperial historian of the left capital, degraded Huang Daozhou to worthless, and his heart was not happy, and he said.

Wang Yongguang couldn't even tell who Huang Daozhou was, but what Wang Shangshu valued was the signature of Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides. The reason why Wu Zhiwang, who was too old, was promoted to the governor of the three sides was the result of Wang Shangshu's strong recommendation.

However, Cao Yubian, the imperial historian of Zuodu, did not intend to give Wang Shangshu this face, and snorted coldly when he heard this, and said: "Even so, it is enough to raise some grades to Huang Daozhou, and it is too much to upgrade two levels in a row." ”

Wang Yongguang felt uncomfortable again when he heard this, and said again: "Since Lord Cao does not agree with the promotion of Huang Daozhou to the official of Pingliang, then regarding the appointment of Guo Tianxu and He Cheng, Lord Cao should agree, right?" ”

Cao Yushi shook his head and stroked a long beard under his chin, "Not necessarily, Guo Tianxu was originally the county governor of Zhenyuan, and it is reasonable to be promoted to Pingliang County." It's just that He Cheng, the original history of the town, was originally born in Xiucai, and was promoted to the original history of the town with the appreciation of Hong Chengchou, who participated in the politics of Shaanxi, and was promoted to Chongxin Zhixian of Zhengqipin with a miscellaneous position that did not enter the stream, so what is the difference between the promotion speed and the zodiac Zhou who was promoted two levels in a row? ”

Wang Yongguang brushed his sleeves and said unhappily: "Hmph, what Lord Cao means, what is played on this piece is useless?" ”

Cao Yushi sneered, with a look of disdain on his face, and said: "Judging from the style of words on this letter, this should be the origin of that person...... Oh, this son is already written by Xu Liang, a fellow knowledge of Pingliang who was born in the same jinshi. Xu Tongzhi was originally from a humble background, reckless in handling things, and not skilled in political affairs, so it is not surprising that he proposed such an unobtrusive construction. After that, Cao Yubian, the imperial historian of Zuodu, faced Emperor Chongzhen, who was listening attentively, and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of Pingliang is related to the overall situation of the northwest, and you should be cautious, and there can be no mistakes in selecting and employing people." In order to stabilize the chaos in Pingliang Mansion as soon as possible, the old minister dared to recommend Zhang Fengqi, the governor of Guyuan, to be the prefect of Pingliang. ”

"Guyuan Zhizhou?" Emperor Chongzhen thought about it in his mind for a while, and vaguely remembered such a person. Then he said: "Is this Guyuan Zhizhou Zhang Fengqi very prominent?" Why don't I have any imprints? ”

Wang Yongguang took a step forward and said: "This Guyuan Zhizhou Zhang Fengqi was transferred to Guyuan Zhizhou in the second year of the Apocalypse, and the emperor had not yet ascended to the throne at that time, so naturally he didn't know very well. Xia Guan remembered that Zhang Zhizhou was a Jinshi in the forty-second year of Wanli, and he was personally admitted by Lord Cao back then. ”

Although Wang Yongguang stated a fact in a flat tone, he was actually pointing out the teacher-student relationship between Cao Yubian and Zhang Fengqi.

"It turns out that he is still Cao Aiqing's student!" Emperor Chongzhen suddenly looked at Cao Yubian with a smile.

Cao Yubian was very dissatisfied with Wang Yongguang's relationship with Zhang Fengqi in front of the emperor, and stared at Wang Shangshu who he had never seen indignantly, and met Emperor Chongzhen, and said with a very calm face: "The so-called external actions do not abandon hatred, and internal actions do not lose relatives." The old minister only thought about promoting useful talents for the court and the emperor, but as for whether they had anything to do with the old man, he didn't think about it. ”

Wang Shangshu sneered and sneered: "Lord Cao is really high-spirited, but I don't know what is so special about Zhang Fengqi, the governor of Guyuan, who can take on the important position of the prefect?" ”

Cao Yushi was righteous and awe-inspiring, and he said: "Zhang Fengqi, the governor of Guyuan, was transferred to Guyuan Zhizhou in the second year of the Apocalypse for more than six years, although he did not have very outstanding political achievements during his tenure, but Zhang Zhizhou served as Guyuan Zhizhou for six years, and Guyuan never had any chaos when the people were in turmoil in the northwest, which shows how capable Zhang Zhizhou is. Moreover, Zhang Zhizhou has been in Guyuan for a long time, and he is familiar with the personnel and government affairs of Pingliang Mansion, and the customs and customs, so it is the best choice for him to serve as the prefect of Pingliang. ”

Wang Shangshu was speechless when he heard it, in fact, he didn't know about this Zhang Fengqi at all, so he could only let Cao Yubian speak to himself, even if he said something wrong, there was no reason to refute it, he snorted lightly at the moment, his eyelids were closed, as if an old monk was settled, and he simply ignored it.

The commander of the Jinyi guard next to him made Luo Yangxing hear that Cao Yubian actually said that there had been no civil unrest in Guyuan Prefecture for six years, and he couldn't help but scold Old Man Cao for being shameless in his heart. Who doesn't know that Guyuan Prefecture is one of the nine sides, where the yamen of the governor of the three sides is located, and there are heavy troops stationed in the city, and there are more soldiers in the city than the people.

However, although Luo Yangxing knew the inside story, he couldn't say it right away. Because he is the commander of Jinyiwei and the head of the secret service of the court, without the permission of the emperor, Jinyiwei has no right to participate in the decision-making of national affairs.

Those who want to refute are struggling to find a reason, but those who have a reason in their stomach are inconvenient to open their mouths because of their special status. In this case, Cao Yubian put on a full shelf, and said that the prosaic Guyuan Zhizhou Zhang Fengqi was a mess, and he praised it as rare in the sky and difficult to find on the ground.

In the entire Heart Cultivation Palace, Old Man Cao had to give a speech in that wah-la-wow-la. (To be continued)