"After all, the governor of Nanzhili can't control Zhejiang in terms of terms of authority, so it's better to let Sun Ji act as the governor of Zhejiang!"

Before the emperor's words fell, there was another uproar in the hall. It is said that this year is a strange thing, first of all, a Li Xin, by a horse thief suddenly closed the altar to worship the general. Now there is another Sun Jie, who has jumped from a person to a two-level jump, and has jumped directly from the governor to the governor and the important minister of the local military and government.

Usually the governors of several provinces will hang the title of secretary of the military department, but fortunately, Zhu Youzhen did not let Sun Ji lead the secretary of the military department, in fact, the clue can be seen from this acting. The position of temporary acting governor means that Sun Jiao, the governor of Zhejiang, is a special case, and once the case of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau and the Municipal Department is thoroughly investigated, I am afraid that he will still be the governor of Nanzhili.

One million pieces of silk is not a small amount, if eighty percent of it can be recovered, it will at least increase the income of more than four million taels of silver for the treasury, so Li Shiwen raised this matter, and Zhu Youzhen knew the stakes and was naturally happy to see it.

However, among the ministers kneeling under the Danqi, there was a person whose face changed greatly, and this person was Xue Guoguan, the secretary of the Ministry of War. Previously, he turned his face with Zhang Sizhi for this case, and even brought Li Xin out.

The other person was relieved, Zhang Sizhi kowtowed again and said: "This is the words of seeking the country, and the old minister seconded it!" ”

Zhang Sizhi smiled secretly in his heart, others don't know that you Li Shi asked, but I see you cleanly, and there are words to seek the country, but this trick is to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, but it is extremely beautiful to kill people with a knife. That is to say, in Zhang Sizhi's judgment of Li Shiwen, Li Shiwen proposed that Sun Jiao go to Jiangnan, and the first consideration was not for the public, but to cut off a way for Li Xin to live.

In the morning, an 800-mile express had already arrived from Shanhaiguan, informing Li Xin of the urgent situation in Jinzhou, hoping that the imperial court would consider sending troops to give appropriate assistance. Only the cabinet knows about this matter, and it is not yet in the future, and it will be sorted out and handed over to the emperor for preview, after all, it is not an imminent matter, but it is just a martial artist.

If Sun Jian is allowed to be the governor of Liao, with his relationship with Li Xin, he will inevitably insist on sending troops to aid Li Xin, then Li Xin is very likely to keep Jinzhou, and the entire western Liaoxi of Jinzhou will return to the hands of the imperial court and be regained. This great achievement in recovering the lost territory is much more than fighting the Mongol Tatars in Shanxi and Datong, and who else can stop Li Xin's promotion to the rank of knight at that time?

But letting Hong Chengchou go to the post of governor of Liao is very different, others in the cabinet may not know, but Zhang Sizhi knows that Hong Chengchou has secretly hacked Li Xin several times, but it has not succeeded. Now that he has the chips that stuck Li Xin's neck, how can he let go of this God-given opportunity. Therefore, according to Zhang Sizhi's judgment, as long as Hong Chengchou supervises Liao, he will inevitably stand still and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, I am afraid that it is not surprising to make some dramas that make Li Xingong fail and then be driven by him.

Regarding Li Shi's question's dark thoughts, Zhang Sizhi thought that he could see it clearly, of course he was happy to see it, not to mention that even if Li Shi's question appeared, it solved the problem of the emperor chasing and beating him. While breathing a sigh of relief, he was also secretly praising this Li Shiwen for being a lovely old man.

"Okay, this matter will be decided for the time being, and after Hong Chengchou and Sun Ji enter Beijing, they will discuss it in detail!"

Zhu Youzhen was really tired this time, and the eunuchs sang loudly and asked the ministers to retreat. Until there was only one emperor left in the hall, Wang Chengen suddenly walked up from behind, "Holy Lord, the spies are reporting ......"

Wang Chengen's voice was as thin as a mosquito, and the words behind him were not heard by the eunuchs who were standing a little farther away, but when he saw Zhu Youzhen hearing the back, his face suddenly changed.

"How daring!"

In the evening of the same day, Hong Chengchou and Sun Ji arrived in Beijing, and the imperial court held a small welcome ceremony for the two, which ended hastily as the sun set quickly. It's not that the ministers don't do it, but the household department of the court really has no money, although the emperor has repeatedly explained that he wants to do a big special job, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, so he has to do this.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Ji didn't care about this, because they could return to Jingshi again, and let the courtiers of Jingshi treat them as a gift of triumph, especially Hong Chengchou, whose heart should not be known to outsiders, and only his own family knew the bitterness and sweetness.

Thinking of the time when he suddenly became a prisoner of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Dolgon pretended to be a corporal several times, and for a while he couldn't even stand it, and kept telling himself that as long as he held on for a while, he would descend to the Manchu Dynasty, Dolgon seemed to be an open-minded and far-sighted hero, and he seemed to be much stronger than the Chongzhen Lord in the Forbidden City.

"Brother Heng, Brother Heng?"

It wasn't until someone called his name again and again that Hong Chengchou struggled out of the painful memories. When I looked up, it was Xue Guoguan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who didn't have much intersection with these ministers on weekdays, and looked at Xue Guoguan's enthusiastic appearance on a deliberate expression, and he knew that this person was afraid that he had something to ask for.

So, Hong Chengchou also responded to the story in vain, but he complimented the ministers comfortably, and they were obedient. Only Sun Ji followed behind alone, coldly watching the meaningless greetings of the ministers.

"Huh? This, this is the governor of Ningyuan? ”

Finally, a court official from the ministry recognized Sun Jie, in fact, it was not that the courtiers of the court deliberately alienated Sun Jie, but Sun Jie's dress, which really did not match the boundary with the governor. The cloth clothes on his body are white and shabby, his face is dark like a soldier who has been exposed to the wind and sun all year round, the ravines on it are vertical and horizontal, as if the wind blows out, and his hands are full of calluses, looking horizontally and vertically like a military general escorting Hong Chengchou back to Beijing.

Fortunately, when Sun Ji went to Liaodong, he went to the Ministry of Officials to take the examination, and the one who received him at that time was the official who recognized him just now.

"It's down there!"

Sun Ji replied lightly. At this time, the big guy noticed that the black, thin, dusty, and dusty military general was actually Sun Chengzong's second son, Sun Ji, and this person was about to become the governor of Nanzhili and the acting governor of Zhejiang, and his position was extremely high, which made people envious.

The ministers generally invited Hong Chengchou and Sun Ji into the city of Beijing, and at that time, the city had already prepared a banquet to wash the dust with the two. Although it is set up in the open field, it can be regarded as a formality, and the wine and food are even more shabby and pitiful. The household department couldn't come up with the money, and Li Shiwen covered his money bag no matter what, no matter how anyone said it, he didn't have half a penny, and it was already good to have such a Cheng dù. Fortunately, it was the ministers who made up their part and finally bought a banquet, which can be regarded as barely coping.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Ji didn't care much about this form, but they still couldn't help but lament, the decline of the state was so weak, and even the banquet to welcome the triumphant heroes was so shabby, when did the Ming Dynasty fall into such a situation, does the emperor know it?

After the two returned to Beijing, the cabinet chose an auspicious day and decided to meet the emperor three days later. There was a gap in the middle, but this could not be idle, because according to the routine, the two of them had to report to the cabinet, during which Zhang Sizhi, as the de facto leader of the cabinet, revealed that the emperor planned to appoint Sun Ji as the chief inspector of Zhejiang to handle the Jiangnan silk corruption case. Sun Ji was anxious after hearing this, he originally planned to finish his debriefing, and after seeing the emperor, he bluntly said that he would go back to Liaoxi to help Li Xin hold Jinzhou and protect the last line of defense in front of Shanhaiguan for the imperial court, the Liaoxi Corridor.

However, I don't know who came up with the bad idea and actually sent him to Jiangnan, how good is this. Looking at Sun Jie's face full of worry, Hong Chengchou, who came with him, even had a little envy, the governor of Nanzhili and the governor of Zhejiang, what a position of power, Zhejiang's taxes accounted for more than 30% of the country, and he went here to supervise the military and politics, doesn't it show the importance of the emperor? And it is far away from the flames of war in the north of Cyprus, and no matter how many people ask for it, they can't ask for it.

In the eyes of the cabinet ministers, it is the governor Liao who has become a fragrant glutton, in fact, Hong Chengchou does not want to go to Liaoxi again in his heart, and the experience of becoming a prisoner has become a faint pain in his heart and may attack at any time.

Li Xin knew that he was captured, but he didn't know what the purpose was, this person not only did not fall into the ground, but even helped cover it up in many ways, so that there was a triumphant return to Beijing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Sun Ji is a junior, but he has to tell the truth when he is in the body. Li Xin, the Three Guards, held on to Jinzhou, and the imperial court had to immediately send troops to meet it, in case the Manchus recaptured Jinzhou, and once Jinzhou was lost, the land south of it and up to the Shanhai Pass would fall into the hands of the enemy. ”

From everyone's mouths, Sun Ji also heard that it had become a foregone conclusion that he would go to Jiangnan, but the hidden worries in his heart could not help but say, otherwise wouldn't he be ashamed of Li Xin's good intentions, if he only cared about personal gains and losses, wouldn't the sage books of more than 40 years be read in vain?

However, the cabinet members just played haha with Sun Jiao, and ambiguously pointed out that this matter should ultimately be decided by the emperor, and if they had to deal with Li Xin, they could only write to the emperor and speak bluntly. Sun Ji thought of his own words, and hoped that a few important ministers would stand up and write to the emperor.

The naïve Sun Ji didn't understand that among the pillars of the country in the cabinet hall, none of them had a ghost in their hearts, under the banner of serving the public wholeheartedly, and rushed to seek their own interests.

After a long time, there was still no response, and Sun Ji looked disappointed at Hong Chengchou, who had returned to Beijing with him. On the way, the two had a deep conversation, and he could feel that this person had the heart to serve the country, but he really couldn't do it, so he could only drag Hong Chengchou to go to the book with him.

But Hong Chengchou didn't seem to dare to look at Sun Jie's eyes, looking at him left and right, he was even flickering when he spoke, but after all, he couldn't stand Sun Jie's hot gaze.

“…… In his position, seek his government, if this matter is appointed by the emperor, Hong is duty-bound! ”