After receiving Xu Liang's message, he ordered the housekeeper of Liang Mansion to rush from Jingzhou to Pingliang Mansion in a hurry, wanting to stop Liang Dagongzi from doing something stupid. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xu Liang didn't wait for Feng Suqin to rush back from Guyuan Prefecture, and after he left a message for Feng Suqin, he hurried back to Chang'an. Compared with the troubles in the Liangzi period, the troubles in the capital are even more tricky.

In Chang'an City, the governor's yamen was heavily guarded, and Xu Liang's carriage drove all the way into the gate of the governor's yamen, and before the carriage stopped, Xu Liang jumped off the carriage.

"Your Excellency!" Shaanxi political counselor Wang Qinian came back a few days earlier than Xu Liang, and was waiting at the door at the moment, his expression was unprecedentedly grim.

"I'll talk about it in detail when I go to the study." Xu Liang waved his hand and went straight into the study.

Wang Qinian followed closely and ordered the Tsing Yi guards to closely guard the surroundings of the study before presenting a secret letter to Xu Liang. Xu Liang took it in his hand and looked at it for a while, his face was cloudy. Sitting on the Taishi chair, a trace of exhaustion appeared on his face.

"This is a secret letter sent by Lord Huang of the Imperial Capital of the Jingshi two days ago." Wang Qinian explained: "Although Lord Xu Guangqi did not give us a clear answer, judging from Lord Huang's letter, it is obvious that there is no consensus between Lord Xu and Wen Tiren. ”

Xu Liang stroked his forehead with his hand, extremely annoyed: "Without the support of Elder Xu Ge, where did Wen Tiren get the confidence to sit in the position of first assistant?" ”

Wang Qinian pondered for a moment, then hesitated and said: "Perhaps, Elder Wen Ge has received other support, even without Elder Xu Ge's support, Wen Tiren is completely sure to control the situation of the court. ”

Xu Liang knocked on the table with his hand and muttered and analyzed: "The number of adults who are qualified to vote in Beijing can also be counted, and the people who support Xu Ge Lao account for about thirty percent, plus Wen Tiren has been unable to get along with Shoufu Zhou Yanru before, and there will not be many people who want to come to Beijing to take the initiative to support Wen Tiren." Without the support of Xu Gelao, no matter how I calculate, Wen Tiren can't go up. Unless ......"

Xu Liang said, his eyes couldn't help but pause, and then he glanced at Wang Qinian, and the two of them shouted in unison: "Sun Chengzong!" ”

Wang Qinian looked shocked: "Sun Chengzong has a very high prestige in the court, if he stands up to support Wen Tiren, then Wen Tiren really doesn't have to pay attention to Xu Ge Lao." ”

"Damn it!" Xu Liang was annoyed, walked around the room irritably, and said angrily as he walked: "Sun Chengzong doesn't rub sand in his eyes, and he has always been very dissatisfied with the fact that this official holds military power. This old man has sabotaged our affairs twice, if Sun Chengzong intervenes in the court push again this time, then the matter of Huang Daozhou's entry into the cabinet can be stopped. ”

Wang Qinian followed Xu Liang with his eyes and asked with some incomprehension: "My lord, my subordinates remember that when Sun Ge Lao was the governor of Jiliao, my lord also cooperated with Sun Ge Lao once, and provided Sun Ge Lao with 100,000 taels of silver in three years. It stands to reason that there is such a relationship, even if Sun Ge Lao does not support adults, there is no reason to stand up against adults? Sun Chengzong did this, which is really incomprehensible. ”

Xu Liang sneered angrily a few times, and said: "You don't know this, Sun Chengzong, this old guy has always regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he saw that the power in the hands of this official is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more soldiers under him, he began to worry that this official will be unfavorable to the Ming court!" The old guy is in Liaodong, but his eyes are always on guard against his own official! ”

Wang Qinian was silent and sighed lightly: "This seems to be Sun Ge Lao's style." ”

Then Wang Qinian was also embarrassed, "If it is really Sun Ge Lao and Wen Tiren who have joined forces, then it will be really difficult to do this matter." ”

Xu Liang gritted his teeth and scolded: "Now that the situation of this official in the emperor and the court is delicate, if there are no more of our people in the cabinet, and Wen Tiren is the first assistant, the life of this official will not be able to pass in the future?" ”

Wang Qinian paused and sneered: "My lord, isn't there still a Xu Guangqi in the cabinet who supports your lord?" ”

Xu Liang glanced at him, snorted and sneered a few times: "Although Xu Ge Lao looks at this official more pleasantly, but this person actually has a virtue with Sun Chengzong in his bones, he can take care of small things for us, once it is related to the vital interests of Da Ming, Xu Ge Lao will definitely not take care of this official." If you bet everything on Xu Ge Lao's protection, it would be too unreliable. ”

Xu Liang turned around a few more times, and finally made up his mind, a fierce look flashed on his face, and asked Wang Qinian in a deep voice: "How much time is there until the court push?" ”

Wang Qinian thought for a while and said, "I heard that it was in mid-May. ”

Xu Liang gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "The affairs of Shaanxi will be handed over to you for the time being, and this official will enter Beijing in person!" This time, no matter what, we must also arch the Zodiac Zhou into the cabinet. ”

Wang Qinian was startled and hurriedly shook his head: "My lord, don't do it!" Now the emperor has been suspicious of the adults for a long time, and the adults enter Beijing alone, in case the emperor has bad intentions, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

Xu Liang groaned and said confidently: "Qi Nian is too worried!" As long as Emperor Chongzhen is not stupid, he will never dare to touch me. ”

Wang Qinian was still not at ease, and persuaded: "Even so, but He Huchen, He Renlong, the two generals, are now leading the army to fight with Turpan Sutan, how can your lordship, as the commander of the first army, leave easily?" ”

Xu Liang pondered for a while before sighing lightly, and said to Wang Qinian: "The war in Turpan has been going on for almost two months, and if the Liang army wants to take Turpan in one fell swoop, I am afraid it will be impossible in the short term. You will send an order to the past, and order He Huchen to shrink his forces and garrison Chijin and Shazhou with Luo Rucai. Linghe Renlong led 20,000 troops back to Shaanxi. Cao Bianjiao made the Liang army ride and attacked Turpan Sutan without stopping, not giving Sutan a chance to breathe. Everything will be said when I put Huang Daozhou in the position of cabinet minister. ”

Wang Qinian saw that Xu Liang had made up his mind, so he took back the words of persuasion, and asked about the deployment of Shaanxi, Xu Liang told Wang Qinian in detail about the arrangements after he left, and called Tietou and Duan Zhigang, took two hundred Tsing Yi guards, traveled lightly, and set off overnight to come to Beijing.

Two hundred Tsing Yi guards escorted a black carriage, non-stop, and hurried to the Beijing Division, even so, when Xu Liang arrived at the Beijing Division, it was five days later. Xu Liang went to Tongzhou first, met Dai Feng, the general soldier of Tongzhou, and stayed in Tongzhou for a long time before rushing to the capital.

Entering the Yongding Gate in a low-key manner, the group first rushed to the Tongtian carriage near the Fahua Temple. Yan Qi saw Xu Liang's iconic carriage parked in the courtyard of the carriage and horse shop, and immediately trembled, seeing Xu Liang standing in front of him with a smile, his face turned white, and he exclaimed tremblingly: "Ouch, my Lord Xu, why did you enter Beijing at this time?!" How dangerous! ”

Xu Liang chuckled, "This official is the third rank of the imperial court, and it is normal to enter the capital to face the saint if there is something." Who would dare to disadvantage the dignified court officials? ”

Yan Qi stomped his feet when he heard this: "My lord, this is not Shaanxi!" This is Kyoshi! It's the Emperor's territory! Cabinet, Six Ministries, Jinyi Wei, Dongchang, Jingying, Five Cities Terracotta Division! These are the Emperor's men! If the emperor wants to deal with adults, we people may not be able to protect adults! ”

Xu Liang raised his eyelids, "Shopkeeper Yan has a point, why don't you turn around and go back to Shaanxi now?" ”

Yan Qi smiled bitterly: "It's too late!" I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at the vicinity of this carriage and horse shop, and the news of the adult's entry into Beijing will probably spread to the palace long ago. ”

Xu Liang laughed loudly, patted Yan Qi's shoulder affectionately, and comforted him: "That's it." The horizontal and vertical officials can't leave, so they simply enter the palace generously, maybe the officials want to surprise Emperor Chongzhen and the cabinet! ”

When Yan Qi heard this, he only smiled bitterly, turned to look at Tie Tou and Duan Zhigang, and complained: "Lord Xu is in danger alone, and Lord Tie and Lord Duan are not persuaded?" ”

Tietou scratched his head, and said with a smile: "What the young master wants to do, where can we persuade him." ”

Yan Qiyi thought, too, Xu Liang is the master, and they are only subordinates at best, and the things that the master decides, the only thing to do is to execute, where can they be persuaded.

Xu Liang said: "Okay, shopkeeper Yan, you don't have to be bitter, mobilize all the forces that the Jingshi can use, and wait for the official's instructions at any time." ”

Yan Qi's expression was complete, and he gave up his hand solemnly.

So, Xu Liang came out of the carriage and horses, simply stopped hiding his whereabouts, swaggered into the inner city through the Zhengyang Gate, and then entered the Dongjiang Courtyard.

The Tsing Yi guard who stayed behind in the courtyard saw Xu Liang, and was naturally surprised and delighted, and the housekeeper of the courtyard immediately mobilized all the subordinates in the courtyard, Yahuan, to sprinkle and clean the courtyard inside and out, although the courtyard was actually quite clean inside and out.

Xu Liang ordered someone to summon the imperial history of Huang Daozhou to come to the other courtyard to discuss matters, he first took a hot bath, changed into clean and comfortable clothes, lay on the bench, closed his eyes and recuperated, while patiently waiting for Huang Daozhou to come.

The footsteps came from far and near, and a Tsing Yi guard stood respectfully in front of Xu Liang and reported carefully: "My lord, someone is in the palace!" ”

Xu Liang opened his eyes slightly, and said in surprise: "The reaction is quite fast." He got up leisurely, stretched his waist, and shouted: "Come on, bring the official uniform of this official, this official wants to enter the palace to face the saint." ”

Xu Liang changed into a crimson official robe, Shi Shiran walked to the door of the Dongjiang Courtyard, and saw a little eunuch standing by the door in fear, stomping his feet while carefully looking in, but he did not dare to enter the Dongjiang Middle Courtyard, just looking at the two rows of fierce guards at the gate of the courtyard, the little eunuch beat the drum in his heart, although behind him, there were also four palace guards.

However, the little eunuch was still afraid.

Raising his eyes and seeing Xu Liang Shi Ran coming over, Xiao Tailin stepped forward with an arrow step, his face was instantly full of smiles, and he bowed his hand to Xu Liang, with a sincere expression: "The slave has seen Master Xu!" ”

Xu Liang's gaze stayed on the little eunuch for a moment, nodded lightly, and said, "The emperor ordered you to summon this official into the palace?" ”

The little eunuch looked surprised, and bowed his hand again and again: "Lord Xu is really like a god." It was at the emperor's behest that the slave specially summoned Lord Xu into the palace to face the saint. ”

Xu Liang smiled slightly, and said to himself: "Less than an hour after the official came to this Dongjiang Courtyard, the emperor knew that the official had entered Beijing, and the emperor's news was well-informed." ”

The little eunuch's neck shrunk, he didn't dare to answer, and said with a smile: "The emperor's holy will is unpredictable, and the servants don't know either." ”

Xu Liang laughed, waved his hand and said, "Okay, lead the way." ”

The little eunuch suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and went down the steps, leading the way in front. Xu Liang turned his head towards Tietou and said, "Inform Elder Xu Ge, and say that this official has entered the palace to face the saint." ”

The Iron Head nodded, turned and walked away.

Duan Zhigang led a team of Tsing Yi guards to escort Xu Liang's carriage to the noon gate, but he couldn't go any further. Xu Liang got out of the carriage and instructed Duan Zhigang: "Zhigang is here to stay." ”

"Yes." Duan Zhigang nodded.

The little eunuch and the four palace guards were waiting outside the noon gate, and when they saw Xu Liang coming alone, they laughed and said, "Your Excellency, please." ”

Xu Liang nodded, strode into the noon gate with his head held high, and after walking more than ten meters, the little eunuch walked around to Xu Liang, and arched his hand and said, "My lord, stay and walk." ”

"How?" Xu Liang stared at him and asked.

Maybe it was because of the reason that he was in the palace, the little eunuch didn't look very flustered, looking at Xu Liang, the little eunuch said in a deep voice: "Lord Xu, according to the palace rules, local officials must be searched before entering the palace to face the saint. ”

Xu Liang was stunned, surprised, and shook his head with a sneer: "Father-in-law, this is to deceive me Xu Liang doesn't understand the palace rules." When the official was in Beijing as the secretary of Guanglu Temple, he ran to the palace more times than he went home, but he had never heard of this rule. ”

The little eunuch's face changed, and his face sank, "This is a new rule, and I ask Lord Xu to cooperate." The little eunuch said, and the four palace guards who followed the little eunuch out of the palace surrounded Xu Liang one after the other, looking at Xu Liang with fierce eyes.

Xu Liang glanced at the little eunuch and the four palace guards with sharp eyes, and understood something in a blink of an eye. He raised his head and sneered in the direction of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

The little eunuch said coldly: "Lord Xu, the slave is also acting on orders, Lord Xu should not make it difficult for the slave." ”

Xu Liang restrained his smile, then stretched out his hands flatly, and said to the little eunuch: "Okay, this official will let you search." ”

The little eunuch looked at Xu Liang in surprise, he didn't expect that Lord Xu, the famous governor of Shaanxi, would be so easy to talk at this moment. Seeing that Xu Liang was willing to be searched, a look of pride appeared on the little eunuch's face, and he bowed to the two palace guards beside him: "Search!" ”

The two guards stepped forward with a sneer, and began to carefully search the inside and outside of Xu Liang's official robe. From beginning to end, Xu Liang maintained a posture with his hands open and remained motionless.

Some pieces of silver, a handful of silver tickets were found, and there was nothing else. The little eunuch stared at Xu Liang for a long time before taking the silver ticket presented by the guard, stuffing it into his pocket, and waving his hand stupidly: "The emperor is in the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, and Lord Xu will go with our family." ”

In the blink of an eye, the self-proclaimed title of the little eunuch changed from a slave to our family. Xu Liang glanced at the little eunuch's bulging pocket, and asked with a smile: "Father-in-law, the silver ticket in your pocket seems to belong to the official." ”

The little eunuch's face was displeased, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Lord Xu's things are temporarily kept by our family, and after the Lord Face Saint comes out, our family will naturally return the things to Lord Xu!" Could it be that Lord Xu will think that our family will privately swallow Lord Xu's silver ticket? ”

Xu Liang stared at him deeply and grinned: "My father-in-law is really convincing when he does this." (To be continued.) )