When Chongzhen heard this, he also felt that this was the truth, and then he felt a burst of annoyance, the dignified Ninety-Five Supreme, he actually had to consider a court official, and he was only afraid that he was the most troublesome emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen held his breath in his heart, and his heart was panicked, so he stared at Xu Guangqi and asked how to deal with Xu Liang. However, Xu Ge Lao was struggling for a long time, but there was no specific way, Chongzhen was a little regretful, looking at the dark night outside, understanding Xu Ge Lao's hard work, so he waved him back.

After the dispersal of the dynasty the next morning, Emperor Chongzhen summoned the ministers of the cabinet, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials, and the Jinyi Wei to the Yangxin Hall again, and threw Xu Liang's return to these ministers for circulation, and then asked about countermeasures.

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, thinking that Xu Liang is strong in Shaanxi, and the court wants soldiers and no soldiers, and if you want money or not, how else can you deal with it? Cold salad.

There was silence in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the ministers who used to talk about it in the court suddenly became stuffy gourds.

The emperor was very angry, slammed the table and asked angrily: "Xu Liang is so unsightly, don't you have any way at all?" ”

No one answered, and everyone bowed their heads.

Often at this time, the emperor will take Shoufu out of anger, and this time is no exception, the emperor's eyes are like knives, staring at Shoufu Zhou Yanru, and asked in a deep voice: "Shoufu, what is your opinion?" ”

Shoufu Zhou Yanru sighed in his heart, trembling and slightly arching his hand: "Xu Liang is so arrogant, he will be severely reprimanded at the moment. ”

"Huh?" The emperor was greatly dissatisfied in his heart, "Severely reprimanded? Since Xu Liang arrived in Shaanxi, has the court reprimanded him less? What effect has it achieved?! Stern rebuke, severe rebuke! The first assistant is severely reprimanded! Can't you just be a little new?! ”

Shoufu Zhou Yanru lamented again and pleaded guilty: "The old minister is incompetent!" ”

The emperor snorted lightly, and his dissatisfaction with this Zhou Shoufu was clearly written on his face.

"What about you?"

The ministers couldn't help but shrink their necks and remain silent. However, there are always exceptions, and the cabinet minister Wen Tiren smiled gloomily and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has a plan." ”

The emperor looked at Wen Tiren happily, "Aiqing, please speak." ”

Wen Tiren glanced at Shoufu Zhou Yanru proudly, and said: "Your Majesty, all the ministers, the government and the opposition are all rumored that Xu Liang is secretly colluding with the people's army and preparing to plot a rebellion!" The court questioned the governor of Shaanxi's yamen, and Xu Liang actually replied: There is no such thing! Although I don't know much about etiquette, it's an attitude in the end. In this case, in order to show the loyalty of Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, to the court, the old minister thought that the court might as well issue a decree and order Xu Liang to lead the officers and soldiers of Shaanxi out of Shaanxi and enter Shanxi to exterminate the people's army together with Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier of Shanxi. Hehe, didn't he Xu Liang swear that there would be no such thing? In that case, he should show sincerity, otherwise, who would dare to believe it? ”

When the emperor listened, his eyes suddenly lit up, and after thinking about it carefully, as long as the court gave an order, if Xu Liang sent troops to attack the people's army, then the court would save a lot of effort, and if Xu Liang did not send troops......

The emperor couldn't help frowning: "What if Xu Liang insists on not sending troops?" ”

Wen Tiren almost blurted out: Then he is against it! Suddenly recalled the last time the things in the Heart Cultivation Palace, his old arms and legs could not afford the felony of forcing Xu Liang to rebel, so he stopped his mouth and said hesitantly: "This ...... For the time being, the old minister only thought that he could try Xu Liang's attitude, as for whether he would send troops or not, the old minister had not yet come up with a way to deal with it, and asked the emperor to forgive him. ”

The emperor looked very generous, and waved his hand with a smile: "It's okay, it's very rare for Wen Aiqing to come up with this idea." As he spoke, he glanced at Shoufu Zhou Yanru angrily, and snorted coldly: "Unlike our Shoufu, Lord Shoufu, there is only one way to scold this trick over and over again!" ”

Shoufu bowed his head: "The old minister is terrified......"

A few days later, the court asked Xu Liang to send troops to Shanxi to quell the rebellion and suppress the bandits to the Shaanxi Governor's Yamen, and at the same time, the detailed experience of Huang Daozhou, the imperial historian of the Imperial Procuratorate, about what happened in the Yangxin Palace a few days ago was also sent to Xu Liang's desk by the secret channel of Tsing Yiwei.

Xu Liang stretched out his fingers, flicked Huang Daozhou's letter, and couldn't help sneering: "Old Man Wen is quite good at calculus!" The court's will, whether I Xu Liang sends troops or not, is a big problem. ”

Shaanxi Politics Wang Qinian asked tentatively: "My lord, the father-in-law who delivered the decree is still waiting outside, how should we reply?" ”

Xu Liang got up and walked outside, with Wang Qinian following behind.

In the front yard of the governor's yamen, a middle-aged eunuch and several palace guards were sweating profusely under the scorching sun. If the decree is delivered in another place, the local official who receives the decree must have a large ingot of silver as a hardship fee, plus good wine and good food to wait, but this is the yamen of the governor of Shaanxi, and even the factory governor of the East Investigation Factory can die in vain, even if it has been more than an hour since he entered the door, the father-in-law who delivered the decree has not even had to drink cold water, and the father-in-law does not dare to have any dissatisfied look.

Because, the two rows of Tsing Yi guards were standing with their hands on the hilt of their knives, looking at it with fierce eyes, so that the father-in-law never doubted that if he was dissatisfied, he would never go to the capital again.

The father-in-law wiped his sweat again, and saw Xu Liang and Wang Qinian walking out of the inner courtyard one after the other.

The father-in-law hurriedly half-bowed, with a sincere smile on his face, and greeted him: "The slave has met the governor. ”

Xu Liang saw his father-in-law who was delivering the decree, and his face was surprised: "Yo, why hasn't my father-in-law left yet?" It's not early, is it? ”

The father-in-law looked embarrassed and angry, but his face was more respectful: "The governor laughed, the servant conveyed the holy will to the king, what does the governor mean, please tell the minion, and the servant will return to the emperor." ”

Xu Liang raised his head and thought about it, and asked suspiciously, "What does my father-in-law want to ask?" ”

"......" The father-in-law was speechless for a while, and he bowed his hand to Xu Liang helplessly, and said with a sneer: "The emperor ordered Lord Xu, the governor of Shaanxi, to lead his troops to go out to fight and fight the bandits together with Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier of Shanxi, that ...... When does the governor plan to send troops? ”

The father-in-law is also a bright-minded person, he did not ask Xu Liang if he would send troops, but directly asked Xu Liang when he would send troops. Potentially implicitly, it is tacit that Xu Liang will definitely send troops.

Xu Liang glanced at the father-in-law in front of him in a slightly surprised manner, then nodded, sighed lightly, and said slowly: "What's the matter...... The officer got it. ”

"Huh?"

What is the answer? The father-in-law looked at Xu Liang with wide eyes, hesitated for a while, and asked again, "Can the governor, can you be more specific?" ”

My father-in-law wanted to cry without tears in his heart: Lord Xu, you always have heavy troops in your hands, you can not put the court and the emperor in your eyes, but our family is just a little eunuch, and the instructions pressed down from above must be asked for you to give an accurate answer.

Xu Liang raised his eyelids, glanced at the father-in-law, and said, "Could it be that the official didn't speak clearly enough?" ”

As he spoke, there was already a look of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

The father-in-law was so startled that he couldn't even say anything: "No, it's not." The Governor was concise and to the point, and it was already very clear. ”

"So what are you waiting for?"

Facing Xu Liang's gloomy face, the father-in-law suddenly felt that his life was threatened, and he gave a salute in a panic, turned around and withdrew in a hurry.

Drove away the father-in-law who passed the decree, Xu Liang stood in the shade under the eaves for a long time, Wang Qinian quietly accompanied him, and muttered for a while, Wang Qinian still said out loud: "My lord, although we are now strong and strong, but it is far from the time to turn against the court. ”

Xu Liang couldn't help but sigh: "Qi Nian said it well. Although our Liang army occupies Chijin and Shazhou, where several nitrate and sulfur mines have also been expanded, they are still far from our demand. In addition, as a special economic zone, the construction of Chijin has just begun, and businessmen from all over the country are still hesitant about whether to set up a business in Chijin City. Well, we have to think of a good way. ”

The eunuch brought Xu Liang's answer back to the capital, and naturally Emperor Chongzhen, who was furious by the thunder, waited for him.

The emperor's lungs are about to explode, I want you to send troops, you say: I know! What the hell is this answer? If you can't send troops, you can give a letter!

Several cabinet ministers, the secretary of the military department, and the secretary of the ministry were once again summoned into the palace of raising the heart, and the ministers discussed and discussed Xu Liang's response, and they all felt that Xu Liang's specious answer was very troublesome.

The emperor asked Xu Liang to send troops, but Xu Liang neither said that he would send troops nor that he would not send troops, but responded with a sentence that I knew. So whether to send troops or not? The ghosts don't know.

Since Xu Liang's response was ambiguous, there was no way to implement the court's next response.

Emperor Chongzhen suppressed his anger and asked the ministers for their opinions again, and not surprisingly, Lord Shoufu once again attracted the angry eyes of Emperor Chongzhen.

At this time, Cabinet Minister Wen Tiren once again stood up and offered advice to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Xu Liang is really cunning! He is so specious, his ministers are incompetent, and he really has no proper way to deal with it. However, Weichen suddenly remembered a person, and he was hopeful that this person could have a way. ”

"Who?"

The emperor and the ministers all focused their eyes on Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren said in a deep voice: "Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Wuyingdian University and the governor of Jiliao! Weichen remembered that sending Xu Jiang to Xi'an Mansion to take up the post of Tongzhi was also Sun Gelao's proposal, and Sun Gelao was resourceful and must have a good way. ”

The emperor listened, nodded slowly, and then frowned slightly, if anyone in the court can give Emperor Chongzhen a headache, Xu Liang of Shaanxi ranks first, then Sun Chengzong, the cabinet minister and governor of Jiliao, can be ranked second. Xu Liang is self-respecting and lawless, and the court has no way to take him. Although Sun Chengzong can't talk about supporting the army and self-respecting, this person's prestige in Liaodong is too high, and the generals of the Liaodong Department are all above the top, and they recognize people but not organizations, without him Sun Chengzong, Liaodong will be out of control. What worries Chongzhen even more is that since Yuan Chonghuan's death, Sun Chengzong has self-exiled in Liaodong, and as a cabinet minister, he often rarely goes to Beijing once in a few months.

Even if he returned to Jingshi and entered the palace to face the saint, when facing Emperor Chongzhen, Sun Chengzong did not have a good face.

In a word, Xu Liang is a thorn, and Sun Chengzong is not easy to fiddle with.

Chongzhen frowned, Wen Tiren had the heart to share the emperor's worries, and he didn't dare to interject indiscriminately at this time, after all, Sun Chengzong's prestige was too high, and he had never bought much of himself. In case he said the wrong thing at this time, and it reached Sun Chengzong's ears, Old Man Sun started a fire, and Old Man Wen Ge was also stunned in his heart.

Elder Wen Ge didn't dare to speak out, and Shoufu was sad. Seeing this, Xu Guangqi, the second assistant, began to make peace with the mud: "Cough, Your Majesty, Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, replied like this, although there was a perfunctory element, but he did not assert that he would not obey the holy decree and resolutely not send troops!" If he was in a hurry to summon Sun Ge Lao back from Liaodong at this time, cough, with Sun Ge Lao's fiery temper, Lao Chen was worried that the situation would deteriorate. ”

The emperor was also a little hesitant in his heart, so he asked Xu Ge Lao: "What does Xu Aiqing want to say?" ”

Elder Xu Ge groaned and said, "In the opinion of Weichen, the matter of summoning Elder Sun Ge to Beijing may as well be postponed for a while, and first give Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, some time to observe and observe the situation." ”

"Hmm......" the emperor thought.

Seeing that Elder Xu Ge had intervened, it seemed that there was a tendency to stir up his proposal, so he couldn't help but glance at Xu Guangqi with dissatisfaction, and sneered: "Elder Xu Ge, this official knows that Elder Xu Ge has some friendship with Xu Liang's guy, and this official has no objection to giving Xu Liang some time to observe and observe, but there should be a time limit for this time, could it be that Xu Liang will not send troops for a year, so we should be stupid to observe for a year?" A year later, Shanxi still doesn't know what it will be like to be plagued by the people's army! ”

Xu Ge Lao listened to Wen Tiren's sneering, and he had already seen that Wen Tiren was not pleasing to his eyes, glared at Wen Tiren fiercely, and arched his hand towards Emperor Chongzhen above, and said with a straight face: "Emperor Mingjian, the old minister's suggestion is completely out of public intentions, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty's country. Elder Wen Ge was so sarcastic, which really chilled the old minister's heart. Your Majesty, please call the shots for the old ministers! ”

Seeing that Xu Ge Lao actually said so seriously, the emperor couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Hey, Xu Aiqing is too worried, I believe Xu Aiqing." However, he rebuked Wen Tiren: "Wen Aiqing, Xu Ge Lao is not only the second assistant of the cabinet, but also my mentor." You don't have to doubt Xu Aiqing. ”

Wen Tiren's heart sank, and he suddenly remembered Xu Guangqi's other identity, the Emperor of Heaven! He restrained his sneer and bowed his hand to the emperor and said, "Yes." The old minister obeyed. ”

The emperor nodded, thought about it, and said to Xu Guangqi: "However, what Wen Aiqing said is not unreasonable. I can give Xu Liang time, but this time can't be too long, well, let's limit it to ten days, and in another ten days, if Xu Liang still doesn't move, I will summon Sun Ge Lao to Beijing! ”

The emperor set the tone, and the other ministers had no objections. Xu Ge sighed secretly in his heart: Xu Liang, Xu Liang, the time that the old man can buy for you is these ten days! You've got to hold it! (To be continued.) )