At that moment, a small red bean tugged at the heartstrings of more than two dozen ministers in the main hall. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Everyone almost forgot to breathe for a while, Wen Tiren was still taunting Xu Liang, but at this time, it was as if someone suddenly grabbed his throat, and he couldn't speak.

The adults are shouting in their hearts, who voted for this vote?!

The emperor leaned forward, and glanced at the ministers around him suspiciously, and he was also wondering who did not listen to the greetings and dared to vote for the Zodiac Zhou, and the faces of the ministers below looked over one by one, and they were all shocked.

Then the emperor saw that Xu Liang was there, and the old god was there, and he was not surprised at all, and the emperor understood in a blink of an eye, even if the ministers in the court did not choose Huang Daozhou, but today due to the arrival of Xu Liang, Huang Daozhou's vote is indispensable no matter what. The emperor couldn't help laughing, and secretly wondered if he was too nervous, and he didn't even think of this link.

Well, this red bean must have been thrown into it by Xu Liang himself!

"Go ahead." When the emperor thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, and then his mood gradually became a little better, so he said in a deep voice.

The emperor spoke, and the eunuch went on to pluck out the beans.

More than twenty pairs of eyes stared at the eunuch's every move without blinking, and the red beans in front had already surprised many ministers.

Under the expectant gaze of everyone, the eunuch took out the fifth, soybean.

"Qian Shisheng, three votes!"

With the singing of the officials of the General Administration, the ministers were greatly relieved, and many people secretly patted their chests, and there was no danger.

Wen Tiren began to be arrogant again, glaring at Xu Liang and shouting angrily: "Lord Xu, you voted for Huang Daozhou's vote yourself, right?" It's a shock! But, hehe, Zodiac Zhou is such a pitiful vote at best! ”

“…… Zodiac Week, Two Votes ......" The voice of the official of the General Administration Department sounded out very inopportunely.

"Uh......?" On the top of the main hall, the eyeballs of the ground were suddenly shattered. If the previous red bean can be interpreted as Xu Liang's own vote, then this red bean undoubtedly announced to everyone that Xu Liang secretly won over allies.

Wen Tiren was stunned for a while, and the emperor's face turned dark, and he looked at the red bean that was quietly staying on the edge of the white plate in annoyance.

The emperor was shouting in his heart: Who? Who is it?

Is it Xu Guangqi? The emperor stared at Xu Ge Lao, but Xu Ge Lao was also surprised, it didn't look like it.

The emperor thought of the officials who had a deep relationship with Xu Liang in the court for a while, and then remembered Li Tengfang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and then looked at Li Tengfang.

Li Shangshu was also a little surprised by this second red bean, and then he felt more than a dozen pairs of eyes staring at him, raised his head in shock, and met the cold gaze of Emperor Chongzhen.

Li Tengfang was startled, then understood something, and waved his hand again and again at a loss: "I...... Not me! I didn't vote for red beans! ”

Then Li Shangshu's explanation sounded so pale and weak, not only did the ministers not believe it, but even the emperor didn't believe it, the emperor glared at Li Tengfang with indifferent eyes, and then turned away, and scolded in his heart: "Old guy, I'll clean you up later!" ”

"It's really not me...... Li Tengfang wanted to cry without tears, and then turned to look at the adults, "Who voted for the red beans?" Dare to act and stand up for yourself! ”

However, all the ministers looked away, just as if they hadn't heard Li Tengfang's words.

Wen Tiren couldn't say anything cruel anymore, the facts are here, except for Xu Liang who voted for red beans, it seems that there are other people who have already been bought by Xu Liang and temporarily turned back.

"Go on!" Emperor Chongzhen almost gritted his teeth and said it.

Next came mung beans, then soybeans!

Just as the emperor and the ministers were comforting themselves that the scene just now was purely an accident, the third red bean once again blinded the eyes of the emperor and the ministers.

The Emperor was on the verge of rage, and his whole body leaned forward sharply, staring at the white plate viciously.

So far, Qian Shisheng has four votes, Zodiac Zhou has three votes, and Tang Shiji has two votes.

The emperor was very angry, and Sun Chengzong and Wen Tiren of the cabinet were very surprised, because the two of them had greeted the officials below a few days ago, and in the face of the two cabinet ministers, no one should dare to secretly use knives and fight against the water!

Then the facts were in front of us, and the results of the Bu were greatly unexpected by everyone, and there were some trends beyond the control of the emperor and the cabinet.

When the fourth red bean appeared, and Huang Daozhou and Qian Shisheng had the same number of votes, the emperor and the three ministers of the cabinet could no longer maintain their composure, staring at the beans on the white plate with wide eyes.

Wen Tiren was extremely annoyed, glanced at the ministers with cold eyes, and sneered: "It seems that some adults in the court like to play one thing in front of one and one thing behind their backs!" Lord Xu, you're looking for a good helper! ”

Xu Liang smiled and arched his hand: "The market methods cannot be put on the stage, so that the emperor and the adults can laugh." ”

"Humph!" Wen Tiren snorted angrily: "It is not known who killed the deer!" ”

The ministers in the hall were shocked one by one, looked at each other, and asked in a low voice, "Did you vote?" ”

"I didn't!"

"Lord Wang, it can't be you, right?"

"Ouch, Lord Liu, don't talk nonsense, this official and that Huang Daozhou haven't even said a word, how can you choose him!"

"Who's going to vote for that?"

The ministers below were suspicious of each other, the emperor watched coldly, saw all this in his eyes, and then looked at Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, who was there, and saw that this guy had no surprised expression at all, and he actually gave his hand to the surrounding ministers very enthusiastically, and said with a smile: "Thank you, thank you, thank you......"

The officials beside Xu Liang listened and quickly moved away from Xu Liang, indicating that they had drawn a line with him.

The emperor secretly felt that something was wrong, at this time he finally remembered a matter that Dongchang had reported to him, a few days before the court push, as one of the candidates, the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, Huang Daozhou, had personally visited the mansions of the lords with generous gifts, and even the old family of Wen Ge, who had always hated Xu Liang, did not let go. Although Dongchang's report said that most of the officials politely rejected Huang Daozhou and even returned the gifts sent to the door, it seems that there are indeed a few who are not very clear!

The emperor's heart suddenly struck, could it be that Huang Daozhou had really secretly found a helper?

The emperor was uneasy in his heart, and looked at the faces of several suspicious ministers over and over again, and several ministers felt the emperor's scrutinizing eyes, and they were busy laughing with pale faces, shaking their heads again and again, and almost said on the spot: It's not me!

The results of the Divination continue to be revealed. Then there was a dramatic scene, soybeans and red beans began to bite each other tightly, you up and down, basically remained flat, when the beans on the plate reached more than twenty, finally, the number of red beans exceeded soybeans.

The final vote result was 12 votes for Zodiac Zhou, 10 votes for Qian Shisheng, and 5 votes for Tang Shiji. Zodiac Zhou won.

The General Administration Department read out the final result, and there was silence in the Jinluan Palace, and the breathing of the emperor and the ministers was very heavy.

Xu Liang smiled slightly, and he was not in a hurry.

The three cabinet ministers, you look at me, I look at you, and they all see the shock in each other's eyes. The emperor sat stunned for a long time before he raised his hand and said, "Bring the white plate, I have to count it myself!" ”

Wang Chengen came down, took the white plate from the eunuch's hand, and carefully put the results of the divination on the dragon case of Emperor Chongzhen as if he were holding a treasure.

Emperor Chongzhen put on his dragon robe, lowered his head, and began to count the beans one by one seriously.

……

Outside the noon gate, the sound of horses' hooves is fast, and some people come straight to the noon gate with a horse.

"Who dares to trespass on the palace? Take! "The general guarding the noon gate saw that in broad daylight, someone actually broke into the noon gate, and couldn't help but be furious, shouted loudly, and ordered the guards to take it down.

The man on horseback held the reins in one hand, and when he was five or six steps away from the noon gate, he turned over and dismounted, pedaled straight into the noon gate, and at the same time held high a gold medal and shouted: "Cao Huachun, our east factory, there is an emergency face saint!" Get out of the way! ”

"Ah, it's the factory governor!" The guard of the noon gate screamed, and hurriedly ordered the guards to get out of the way, only to see Cao Huachun's footsteps not stopping, running all the way to the direction of the inner palace, looking at the posture, as if he was going to fight the fire.

The horse of Grandpa Cao's horse suddenly lost its owner, and he couldn't hold back his steps for a while, and rushed straight into the crowd of guards, knocking down seven or eight guards.

The guards saw that it was the mount of the Governor of Dongchang, and even if he was knocked down and injured, he didn't dare to do anything to the horse, so he carefully led it aside, and only waited for Gonggong Cao to use it when he left the palace.

The noon gate guard looked surprised, scratched his hands and muttered, "What's wrong with the factory governor today?" What's so in such a hurry? ”

Just as he was puzzled, he suddenly heard a loud sound of horses' hooves, and the guard looked up, and saw a eunuch galloping over on horseback, looking at the frame, and was about to rush into the noon gate.

The guard general was also annoyed, his grandmother's, Cao Huachun is the supervisor of the Dongchang factory, we don't dare to provoke, can a dead eunuch ride a horse to break through the noon gate, we can't take it down? !

"Come on, take down this deadly eunuch for me...... Hey, wait, why is it Gonggong Liu? ”

Fortunately, the guard general's eyes were good, and after this meeting, the guard general recognized the person who came, and it turned out to be the third gear head of the East Investigation Factory, Liu San. This one can't be provoked by the guard.

Before the noon gate, it is forbidden to ride a horse, this is the palace rule, Liu San is obviously aware of this, he is not as domineering as Cao Huachun, before the noon gate, he stopped riding, turned over and dismounted, and asked the guard general breathlessly: "General Guo, the factory governor has entered the palace?" ”

The guard nodded, "Gonggong Cao just entered." Eh, Gonggong Liu is in such a hurry, is he also going to rush into the palace? ”

Liu San put his mind at ease, stood aside to rest his breath, and shook his head, "Since the factory supervisor has already entered, there is no need for our family to follow." Let's rest here for a while, and when our people arrive, our family will enter the palace again. ”

The guard general listened, but he didn't ask too much, the matter of the East Factory, the guard general thought that the less he knew, the better.

Liu San waited in front of the noon gate for about a quarter of an hour, and then saw four Dongchang fans running over sweating. Seeing Liu San, the four fans grinned and shouted: "Ouch, third master, the subordinates have arrived, and they are almost dead when they run." ”

Liu San snorted lightly, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and shouted, "Since you have arrived, you will finish your business and rest." Now enter the palace with our family, and arrest Luo Bing's dead eunuch first! ”

In the Jinluan Palace, Emperor Chongzhen counted the three kinds of beans on the white plate back and forth three times, counted and counted, the number was still so much, and Huang Daozhou still won. The emperor felt a sense of regret for falling into Xu Liang's calculations for a while, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot for a while.

"Your Majesty, you have counted all the eyes of the ministers, have you counted them clearly?" Xu Liang asked with a smile after a long time.

The emperor's face darkened, and he shouted angrily, "I do things, do you still want Xu Aiqing to teach?!" ”

Xu Liang rolled his eyes, "Then have you counted?" ”

The emperor was speechless for a while, and he had the heart to say that he couldn't count it, but this old face really couldn't hang it, there were a total of about twenty beans on the white plate, as long as he wasn't an idiot, he could count them three times.

The emperor looked left and right, and saw the three cabinet ministers in the audience hanging their heads, looking faceless, and couldn't help but curse, the emperor stared at Xu Guangqi, and asked curtly: "Elder Xu Ge, I didn't hear the rules of this divination clearly at first, who do red beans, soybeans, and mung beans represent?" ”

Xu Ge Lao sighed lightly and arched his hand: "Back to the emperor, red beans represent Zodiac Zhou, soybeans represent Qian Shisheng, and mung beans represent Tang Shiji." ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows and said, "That's not right, soybeans represent Zodiac Zhou, right?" After all, the zodiac Zhou Cai's surname is Huang ......"

Xu Liang's eyes widened suddenly, and he sneered again and again: "Your Majesty, Lang Lang Qiankun, everyone is watching, dozens of pairs of eyes are watching, dozens of pairs of ears are listening, you are playing tricks on the spot like this, this is not interesting!" ”

The emperor was provoked by Xu Liang, even if he wanted to pay the bill, his old face couldn't hang up, his face was red for a while, and he waved his hand in a wrench, asking Wang Chengen to quickly take away the eye-catching white plate in front of him. The emperor sighed, glanced at the ministers with a resentful expression, and then asked several imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who were responsible for supervising the court's promotion: "Ahem, for this result, what is the opinion of the six departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" Well, court push is a major event in the court, and there is no room for any difference, and you are responsible for the supervision of the office, if you have any doubts, just raise it! After that, the emperor looked at several six or seven imperial historians with expectant eyes.

In the six sections, several imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate looked at each other, although they understood the potential meaning of the emperor's words in their hearts, but this kind of thing of talking nonsense with their eyes open, several imperial historians still had the cheekiness, and they didn't dare to talk nonsense, so they lowered their heads one after another to avoid the emperor's eyes.

The emperor couldn't help but feel disappointed, and scolded angrily in his heart: "How did I take care of you waste! Couldn't help at all!

The emperor's attempt, the ministers in the Jinluan Palace were like mirrors in their hearts, the emperor was so obviously delaying time, wanting to play tricks, several ministers with a conscience turned their heads and did not want to look at the emperor again.

Xu Liang laughed angrily: "Your Majesty, the supervision officials have no opinion, do you have to ask the three cabinet elders next, and then ask the six Shangshu?" It's best to ask the palace maids and eunuchs waiting on both sides of the main hall? If none of these people have any doubts, do you still have to summon Huang Daozhou in and ask him if he is willing to give up joining the cabinet on his own initiative? ”

"I ......" Emperor Chongzhen's face turned red, embarrassed and abnormal, and after a long time, the emperor spread his hands helplessly and said: "Ahem, since the results of the divination show that Zodiac Zhou won, then ......"

Bang! Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the door of the originally closed Jinluan Hall was slammed open from the outside, and a purple figure rushed in. (To be continued.) )