Yang He, the governor of the three sides, was already so angry that he couldn't speak, his finger pointed directly at Xu Liang, his face was pale, and his lips trembled!

"Xu Liang, you are too presumptuous!!"

In the face of Governor Yang's reprimand, Xu Liang Shi Shiran turned around and walked away with a group of Tsing Yi guards.

On the official road, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, watched Xu Liang's men and horses roll up in dust and drift away. Then he stomped his feet violently and shouted to the left and right: "Quick, you guys, take people to the border and pick up those officials back!" ”

Governor Yang angrily ordered his subordinates to rush to the border of Shaanxi with men and horses, preparing to take the dozen or so officials selected by the court to serve in Shaanxi into the trilateral governor's palace for protection, so as not to be killed by Xu Liang with a knife under an excuse!

The reaction of the trilateral governors was not unfast, but it was always a beat slower than Xu Liang. When the officers and soldiers of the Governor's Mansion rushed to the junction of Shaanxi and Shanxi, searched back and forth for a while, and finally found the bodies of some suspected court officials in a deserted ravine, but it seemed that they had been dead for two or three days, and their bodies were eaten by wild beasts in the mountains.

When the news reached the Trilateral Governor's Palace, Governor Yang suddenly collapsed to the ground like a deflated ball, his face turned blue and his eyes were blank.

This walking corpse-like appearance frightened several staff officers of the Governor's Mansion, and they hurriedly helped Governor Yang up, pinched people, and poured tea.

After being busy for a while, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, came back to his senses leisurely, looked at the several staff officers around him with lost eyes, and cried out bitterly: "Why is the life of this official so bitter......

The staff officers around him saw that the Governor was so aggrieved. They all felt a little empathy, and accompanied Governor Yang to wipe away their tears. Then a staff officer said indignantly: "Your Excellency. All this was harmed by Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi. Now more than a dozen officials appointed by the emperor have died, and the court blames them. We can't be cheap, Xu Liang! ”

A staff officer echoed: "Yes, Lord Governor, Xu Liang, this person, the wolf is ambitious, what he has done in Shaanxi, which one of them is a big crime to exterminate the nine clans!" We can't spare him! Impeach him! Impeachment to death! ”

"Yes, impeach him!"

"Impeach him!"

Governor Yang was so instigated by several staff officers around him, and his eyes finally became a little focused! Struggling to his feet, he walked towards his study.

Seeing this, several staff officers hurriedly followed behind Governor Yang. Entered the study.

The news of the death of more than a dozen officials selected by the court to serve in Shaanxi returned to the capital, and Emperor Chongzhen received the report of Jinyiwei, and overturned a table in the Yangxin Hall to the ground!

"It's so presumptuous!" Chongzhen scolded: "Xu Liang is determined to rebel!" Then looking at Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi, who had just returned to Beijing from the Nine Sides inspection, and other cabinet ministers, they shouted angrily: "Mobilize heavy troops, I want to kill this fang!" ”

The three cabinet ministers hung their heads and listened quietly, but they did not dare to answer!

Chongzhen shouted angrily for a long time, but did not hear the ministers agree. couldn't help but look at the three of them, and said angrily: "Are you deaf? Have you heard my will?! ”

Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi took a look at Shoufu Zhou Yanru.

Zhou Shoufu sighed secretly, looked up at the angry Emperor Chongzhen, and said stubbornly: "Your Majesty." The situation in the north and Liaodong was tense, and Liaodong and the border army could not be used. The Beijing camp has the heavy responsibility of guarding the Beijing Division, and it is easy not to be transferred...... Ahem. Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, had nearly 100,000 troops, and the court was blindly strong. Once the war has begun, it cannot be ended overnight. And once the war drags on. Dragged a large number of troops in the court, Liaodong and the border defense must be empty, once the Tartars and Mongols take advantage of the weakness, the consequences are unimaginable! Because of this, Caichen thought that Xu Liang Yifu should not be suppressed ......"

"What?" Emperor Chongzhen thought that he had heard it wrong, and glared at Shoufu and shouted, "You say it again? ”

Zhou Shoufu shut up very wisely.

"It is better to caress than to suppress?!" Emperor Chongzhen laughed angrily, pointed at the tip of Zhou Shoufu's nose and cursed: "Xu Liang is acting in Shaanxi and is lawless!" Privately raising troops, killing officials, persecuting hereditary vassal kings, disarming the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp, such a bold and outspoken, you still want me to appease him? ”

Zhou Shoufu lowered his head.

Chongzhen stared straight at him angrily.

At this time, the cabinet minister Xu Guangqi said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the appeasement policy proposed by the first assistant is definitely not the original intention of the first assistant!" But now that the state affairs are difficult, the Tartars in the north, the Mongols are eyeing each other, and the power of the people's army in the northwest is gradually rising, and the court is really unable to use troops against Xu Liang anymore. It is an expedient measure to appease Xu Liang, once the north is stable and the civil unrest subsides, at that time, the court will free up its hands, and it will definitely be the first to clean up Xu Liang! ”

"The emperor is clear, and the old minister also means this." Although Cabinet Minister Wen Tiren hated Xu Liang to the bone, Zhou Yanru and Xu Guangqi said all the truth, and Wen Tiren had to agree with the proposal of the two.

However, if Xu Liang was let go like this, Wen Tiren was very unwilling, thought about it, and then added: "However, there should also be a rule to appease Xu Liang, which can not only limit the expansion of Xu Liang's power, but also not provoke him." ”

Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Xu Guangqi, the second assistant, stared at Wen Tiren, and Emperor Chongzhen also looked at Wen Tiren thoughtfully.

"What is Wen Aiqing's good plan?" Emperor Chongzhen asked in a deep voice.

At this time, the celebrant Bingbi Wang Chengen had ordered the two little eunuchs to reset the table that Emperor Chongzhen had overturned, and Emperor Chongzhen sat back on the dragon chair, propped up one elbow on the table, staring at Wen Tiren.

"Your Majesty, Xu Liang's disobedience has been revealed." Wen Tiren Zhengse said, "However, although this person is young, he is extremely cautious. In the face of no absolute certainty, Xu Liang should not dare to openly rebel. It can also be seen from the methods of Xu Liang's actions in these few times that Xu Liang secretly killed Shaanxi officials and assassinated officials appointed by the court, and he could only do these things in secret, and he did not dare to put them on the surface. It can be seen that Xu Liang was still subservient to the court, at least on the surface. ”

Emperor Chongzhen frowned, thinking of Xu Liang, who was still sending bonus silver to the palace every month a year ago. There was even a heart of disobedience, and Emperor Chongzhen panicked in his heart.

"Your Majesty. The court might as well take advantage of this and maintain this situation for the time being. Wen Tiren continued. On the one hand, it is not appropriate to send officials to Shaanxi anymore, so as not to anger Xu Liang. On the other hand, it is necessary to strictly control the supply of food and salaries to the troops in Shaanxi Province, and the court will not allocate any of the food and salaries of those guerrillas and garrison troops who are loyal to Xu Liang, and let Shaanxi Province solve the problem on its own. ”

"Hehe, Shaanxi has been dry for many years, and the crops are almost no harvest. Xu Liang even mobilized the power of the whole Shaanxi. In order to maintain the supply of 100,000 troops in Shaanxi, it will be extremely difficult. Wen Tiren talked eloquently, looking like he was winning, "And once Xu Liang gets into the trouble of supporting such a large army, he will have no time to develop his power." ”

Emperor Chongzhen seemed to understand a little, and said thoughtfully: "What does Wen Aiqing mean, do you want me to let him go first?" ”

"Ahem...... Wen Tiren coughed twice and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, you are going to maintain the current situation first." Paralyze Xu Liang! ”

Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a long time, nodded, and waved his hand to the three ministers, signaling them to go out first.

Zhou Yanru. Seeing this, Xu Guangqi and Wen Tiren bowed to Emperor Chongzhen. Quietly exited the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair, one hand on his chin and pondering. Si Li Bingpen Wang Chengen carefully packed up the documents on the table on the side. His movements are light. Be cautious, for fear of disturbing Emperor Chongzhen's accident.

However, when Emperor Chongzhen was in a bad mood. No matter how good Wang Chengen did, Chongzhen couldn't look at it, waved his hand irritably, and shouted: "You can also step down, I want to be alone and quiet." ”

When Wang Chengen heard this, he owed a debt, carefully stacked the last pile of folds in his hand, put it on the table, and left lightly.

Only Emperor Chongzhen's Heart Cultivation Hall seemed empty. Emperor Chongzhen looked at the empty Heart Nourishing Palace, and suddenly recalled that in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the Emperor of the Apocalypse died of illness and passed the throne to himself, who was still the king of faith at that time. On the day of his accession to the throne, the palace was so empty, and Emperor Chongzhen also waved away all the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, and quietly ate the oil cakes brought from the Xinwang Mansion alone.

After eating the oil cakes, Chongzhen began to worry that the powerful Wei Gong Guild would harm him again, so he called a room full of eunuchs and palace maids to come in, and made the Heart Cultivation Hall lively, just to prevent Wei Zhongxian from committing a black hand.

At that time, the entire palace was filled with Wei Gonggong's people, and Chongzhen secretly vowed to survive and kill the dead old eunuch.

Chongzhen was still not afraid of Wei Zhongxian when he was alone, and now Chongzhen is sitting on the Ming Dynasty, will he still worry about a small governor of Shaanxi? !

Hmph, impossible!

Chongzhen's eyes regained some brilliance, and he rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, making himself look more energetic. So, Chongzhen decided to look at the fold again, he took the top book of the fold casually, and saw that the name of Yang He, the governor of the three sides, was written on the cover, so he muttered: "What does this Yang He want to say?" Do you want silver again? ”

While speaking, Emperor Chongzhen opened the fold and looked at it, and when he saw half of it, he smashed to the ground angrily and scolded: "Bastard! Yang He's messed up this thing, and he still has the face to sue the emperor! ”

Emperor Chongzhen sat and sulked for a long time, and when he was angry, he began to turn over the next book, but it was the performance of Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui. But it was a twist and turn of the good news: Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui, led his officers and soldiers to block a civilian army of tens of thousands of people half a month ago, killing more than 3,000 enemies, and the rest surrendered.

Emperor Chongzhen was refreshed when he saw it, and the three words "end of the pit" on the fold seemed to penetrate the paper with endless killing intent and shoot straight out. In front of Emperor Chongzhen's eyes, Hong Chengchou, who had starry eyebrows and fluttering clothes, seemed to kneel in front of him, loudly reporting the good news half a month ago.

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes fell on the carpet, and at a glance he saw the twists and turns of Yang He, the governor of the three sides who had just been smashed to the ground by himself, and the figure of Hong Chengchou in his imagination was shattered. The emperor's face suddenly became gloomy, and he looked at the folds on the ground with a very disgusted expression.

On the sixth day of the sixth month of the fourth year of Chongzhen, it rained lightly for two days in Shaanxi, and the air in the entire Chang'an City seemed to smell of earth. Shaanxi, which has been dry for several years, actually had a light rain, and it rained for two days in a row, which is very rare.

Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, sat under the eaves, holding tea and enjoying the rain, and was in a bad mood.

Behind him, the tax collection department lifted Luo Baiguan, and the patrol department commander Tie Tou, the two right-hand men of the governor's yamen, stood cautiously together, as Xu Liang's henchmen, they all understood the reason why Xu Liang was unhappy.

Yang He, the governor of the three sides, served for two years, never made any achievements, sat back and watched the Northwest People's Army sit big, and the crime could not escape, and he was taken into Beijing by Jinyi Weisuo to await trial.

That's the good news. Then came the bad news.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui, succeeded Yang He and served as the governor of the three sides.

On the coffee table behind Xu Liang, there was a document quietly placed, which was the notice of the new trilateral governor Hong Chengchou summoning the high-level leaders of the northwest to Guyuan City for a meeting.

Xu Liang's troublesome place is on this document. He never thought that after the fall of Yang He, the person who replaced him would be Hong Chengchou, and the governor of the three sides was the ambassador of the feudal territory, similar to the governor of Liaodong, and his status was very noble. The candidate for the governor of Liaodong is Sun Chengzong, a cabinet scholar.

Compared with Sun Chengzong, Hong Chengchou is too young, and he is qualified enough to be the governor and the governor of the three sides, but he is not qualified enough.

But it's him!

Xu Liang didn't know which link went wrong, how could the governor of the three sides fall on Hong Chengchou's head.

Xu Liang was entangled in whether to attend the meeting. When Yang He was in power, the relationship between Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, and the Guyuan Governor's Office was very stiff. Now that Hong Chengchou is in charge, with the previous relationship between Xu Liang and Hong Chengchou, Xu Liang should have gone to Guyuan to congratulate him. However, Tsing Yiwei's secret report wrote very clearly that although Xu Liang did not fall into the trap in April of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou also mixed in with it, which is an ironclad fact.

This is where Xu Liang feels uncomfortable.

"Baiguan, Ah Tie, do you think I should go to Guyuan?" Xu Liang asked out loud.

Luo Baiguan and Tietou exchanged glances, and Luo Baiguan's Tietou hesitated and said, "My lord, there is a way with many friends, multiple roads, fewer enemies and fewer walls. Although Lord Hong had also been involved with Yang He before, it was because Yang He was the governor of the three sides, and Lord Hong's duty was to do it as a last resort. In the final analysis, Lord Hong did not cause substantial harm to us, and Lord Hong was able to become the governor of Shaanxi, and Lord Hong also contributed to some extent. Knowing that you don't repay your kindness is not what a gentleman does. ”

Xu Liang listened, pondered for a while, and finally sighed: "Yes, I really can't do ungrateful things." ”

"Notice, this Guyuan Conference, all the high-level leaders of Shaanxi will participate, and they must not be absent!" (To be continued.) )