saw Xu Liang's so-called gift, which was actually three heads. Hong Chengchou was shocked and angry in his heart, but there was still a hint of happiness. The people involved in this matter, Yu Huatian, Song Stalltou, and General An are all dead, but he, the governor of the three sides, is still alive. Although it seems that from now on there will only be the fate of being a puppet, but it is better to die than to live, which is really not wrong at all. Hong Chengchou would have such thoughts for the rest of his life, and this kind of thinking made him feel ashamed.

In the Governor's Palace, all the subordinates and guards were replaced by officers and soldiers of the Patrol Division, and the few staff officers who were the only ones left gathered in Governor Hong's study in panic. Although no one said it explicitly, several staff officers knew in their hearts that the trilateral governor's palace had indeed become Xu Liang's subordinate prisoner, and only the façade of the trilateral governor's palace existed, and the real power was concentrated in the Shaanxi governor's yamen.

The trilateral governor's palace was disarmed by the governor's yamen, Hong Chengchou was placed under house arrest in the governor's palace, and Yu Huatian, the governor of Dongchang, died in Shaanxi for unknown reasons, and the news of the death of King Qin, whose body had just been sent to Chang'an, spread to Beijing. The court was shocked, and Chongzhen was furious.

In the anger of Emperor Chongzhen, he convened the cabinet, the military department, and the household department to discuss countermeasures. Cabinet Minister Wen Tiren vigorously shouted that the court would send a large army to wipe out Shaanxi in one fell swoop, and return Shaanxi officials and the people of Shaanxi to a prosperous situation. This idea was very much to the taste of Emperor Chongzhen, so the ministers in the palace full of hearts began to discuss how to transfer troops, how to raise grain and grass, who was the vanguard, and who was the commander.

After discussing and discussing, the military department finally came to a conclusion: to conquer Shaanxi, the court needed at least 100,000 troops. With the current situation of the court, it is very reluctant to deal with Jiubian and Liaodong, and there is no ability to send another 100,000 elite soldiers to fight the civil war. The household department followed closely and also made a kick, and the household department Shangshu Bi made an abacus with a bitter face: once Shaanxi starts fighting, with Xu Liang's military strength and financial resources, the war will inevitably be protracted, and once the war drags on, it will last for a year and a half, and the financial resources of the court will not be sustainable.

Xu Guangqi, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, also agreed: Although the governor of Shaanxi has a bad attitude, does not listen to commands, and is fooling around, Xu Liang is very good at leading troops to make money, and with him guarding the town in Shaanxi, at least on the surface, Shaanxi will not be in chaos. And once there is a civil war with Shaanxi, the outcome of the war is unpredictable, and now the civil unrest in Shanxi has not subsided, once Xu Liang is forced to be anxious, in case he colludes with the people's army in Shanxi, the two sides echo each other, which is undoubtedly worse for the court.

After discussing and discussing, Chongzhen was very disappointed to come up with such a result. However, after swallowing this breath, Emperor Chongzhen was really unwilling, and sat on the dragon chair angrily, glaring at the group of ministers below.

Zhou Yanru is the first assistant of the cabinet in the end, and his ability to observe faces and looks is unmatched. Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was unhappy, he immediately suggested that it was unrealistic to send troops to Shaanxi. Allowing Xu Liang and Hu to come will damage the dignity of the court. Zhou Yanru suggested: Please ask the emperor to issue an edict to severely reprimand the hateful behavior of Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi! Xu Liang was ordered to restore the freedom and power of the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou, bury the Qin king Zhu Cunshu who died in battle, and immediately withdraw his troops from the territory of Turpan and so on!

Chongzhen was very helpless, but with the current situation of the court, it seemed that there was no effective measure except for reprimanding. I had no choice but to agree.

A letter of reprimand organized by Emperor Chongzhen and with the participation of all the powerful ministers of the court and the central government, with severe wording, was freshly issued and sent to the governor of Shaanxi at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

When the holy decree arrived at the yamen of the governor of Shaanxi, after Xu Liang received the holy decree, his face became strange, and he sent away the person who delivered the decree.

Wang Qinian and Tietou followed behind Xu Liang, looking at Xu Liang's expression, the two asked, "My lord, what does the emperor mean by this?" ”

Xu Liang snorted boredly, "Your Majesty, this is too idle, I want to find someone to quarrel." Well, this kind of thing is left to Qi Nian. Tietou and I are still busy with the expansion of the Liang army. I really didn't have the time to pay attention to the court. ”

Since Xu Liang killed Yu Huatian, the governor of Dongchang Factory, and General An, the guard of Suzhou Pass, Xu Liang simply took over the border defense of Suzhou Pass, and the three cities of Suzhou, Chijin and Shazhou relied on each other.

Now He Huchen and He Renlong's soldiers and horses have to stay in Turpan to guard Chijin and Shazhou, so the troops in Shaanxi Province will be reduced accordingly. Xu Liang decided to restore the size of the Liang army in Shaanxi, so he ordered conscription in Hanzhong, Pingliang, Gongchang, and Chang'an. As for the attitude of the court, Xu Liang really didn't care, he had done everything horizontally and vertically, and he was not afraid of Emperor Chongzhen's overreaction.

Wang Qinian listened, but frowned, looked at Xu Liang in embarrassment, and said with a smile: "My lord, the subordinate officials are confident that they can handle political affairs with ease, but this war of words, the subordinate has never done anything before, you let the subordinate deal with the court, this, this subordinate has no way to start." ”

Xu Liang said with a smile: "Qi Nian is humble, since ancient times, this kind of thing has been fighting, no matter whether it is reasonable or not, you have to rely on yourself to a reasonable place." Even if it is unreasonable, it is necessary to argue three points. ”

Wang Qinian humbly arched his hand and said: "Please also ask the adults to set a direction, so that the lower officials can do things better." ”

Xu Liang glanced at him helplessly, squinted at the holy decree that was casually thrown on the table, and said: "For example, if the court thinks that we have put Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, under house arrest, we will never agree with it." Although the main force of the people's army has now arrived in Shanxi, Shaanxi may not be too peaceful. The governor Yamen was worried that the guards of the trilateral governor's palace were insufficient, so he specially arranged for a capable person to go to protect it. If there is the burial of King Qin, there are old precedents to follow in the Zongren Mansion, and it can be done according to the rules, and there is no need for the governor of Shaanxi to come out. As for Yu Huatian, the governor of the East Factory, who died in Shaanxi, he also had to be responsible for the governor of the Yamen, which is even more ridiculous, Yu Gonggong is the governor of the East Factory, and no matter how great the power of the Shaanxi Governor Yamen is, he can't control the affairs of the East Factory. Besides, his feet are on Yu Gonggong's own body, he wants to run around in Shaanxi, and he doesn't know where he offended any great enemy, and he was killed...... this kind of thing, the governor yamen is at best the responsibility of territorial management."

Listening to Xu Liang Zhenzhen's refuting of the guilt on the holy decree one by one, Wang Qinian and Tietou listened with straight eyes, and looked at Xu Liang with their mouths wide open.

Wang Qinian suddenly wanted to worship Lord Xu's feelings.

Wang Qinian was inspired, and went back to write a rebuttal to the court.

Xu Liang was busy recruiting soldiers, and after more than ten days, Xu Liang had just returned to Chang'an from Hanzhong Mansion, entered the governor's yamen, took a bath, and rested on the bench, and the third lady of Xu's mansion, Lou Xian'er, brought a snack over, put it on the coffee table next to Xu Liang, fed Xu Liang, and then said: "Xianggong, I think that now that our relationship with the court is so tense, it is not suitable for Sister Feng to stay in Jingshi." Xianggong should take Sister Feng back to Shaanxi, Shaanxi is our territory, no matter how you say it, it is safer. ”

Xu Liang slapped his forehead suddenly, glanced at Lou Xian'er gratefully, and said, "Recently, I have been busy with the affairs of Turpan and the court, and I almost forgot about Feng Suqin's safety. Xian'er, you're right, I think Emperor Chongzhen has a tendency to jump over the wall in a hurry, so in order to be sure, he still took Suqin over. When I turn around, I will send someone to Jingshi and let Yan Qi take over the business in the north. ”

Lou Xian'er said with a smile: "It's good that the prince has an arrangement." Two days ago, my sister wrote to me, saying that Dongjiang Villa was targeted by Dongchang and Jinyiwei again, and my sister wanted to leave Beijing quietly, but I was afraid that it was not so easy. ”

Xu Liang snorted and said: "Xianggong, I killed Yu Huatian, the factory governor of the East Factory, if the East Factory has no action, it will be looked down upon." ”

Xu Liang thought for a while and said, "There will be a way." ”

Xu Liang and Lou Xian'er rested in the inner courtyard for a while, then came out and went to the living room of the governor's yamen, saw Tietou, Wang Qinian, and Duan Zhigang were all waiting there, and when they saw Xu Liang coming, everyone got up to salute, Xu Liang smiled and waved his hand: "It's all your own people, you don't have to be formal." ”

After Tietou and others were seated, they greeted each other for a while, and Tietou first reported the recruitment of recruits in Pingliang, Chang'an and other places, and now Xu Liang's prestige in Shaanxi is in full swing, and the people of Shaanxi are very enthusiastic about joining the Liang army, Chang'an recruits 30,000 soldiers, and Pingliang recruits nearly 40,000 soldiers.

Xu Liang nodded and said: "This official inspected Gongchang and Hanzhong, Lu Chengyuan, the prefect of Gongchang, and Ding Shiyou, the prefect of Hanzhong, both of them were very careful in recruiting troops, Gongchang recruited 38,000 troops, and Hanzhong recruited 32,000 troops. Now that the recruits are recruited, the next step is training. This official has ordered the tax collection department in Chijin to raise Luo Baiguan, and ordered him to return to Chang'an to preside over the armament, grain and grass affairs of the whole army. ”

Wang Qinian arched his hand and said: "My lord, Shaanxi political envoy He Zhun and according to the inspection envoy Deng Shuiqing according to the arrangement of the adults, one repairs water conservancy and opens up wasteland, and the other uses the original capital to command the name of the guard to produce a large number of tuntian, and now the people of Shaanxi are stable, but there is no big deal." ”

Xu Liang nodded approvingly.

After Wang Qinian's report, he rubbed his hands awkwardly, his face was slightly red, and he arched his hand to Xu Liang and said: "There is just one more thing, the last time Emperor Chongzhi issued a reprimand decree, the lower officials refuted one by one according to the meaning of the adult, and the court stopped for a while, and issued another holy decree two days ago, this time it was to reprimand the lord for coercing Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, to go to war, causing the Ming generation of vassal kings to die in a foreign land, which is a great disrespect to the Ming royal family." Moreover, the holy decree reprimanded your Excellency for deliberately provoking an incident and raising troops to crusade against Turpan, a friendly neighbor of the Ming Dynasty, for no reason, which greatly harmed the friendly relations between Turpan and the Ming Dynasty. Hehe, my lord, now the envoy sent by Turpan Sutan has already sued you in Beijing. ”

Xu Liang heard this and sneered: "The old man of Tulu Pan Sutan can't defeat the Liang army on the frontal battlefield, can it be useful to sue behind his back?" Amusing. Then tilted his head to look at Wang Qinian, smiled and asked, "Then how do you plan to respond to this reprimand?" ”

Wang Qinian laughed for a while, smiling very sinisterly, he said: "Xiaguan has some drafts, just when you come back, my lord, you are an expert in verbal battles, you can refer to it for details!" ”

Xu Liang scolded with a smile: "Say it quickly." ”

"Hey." Wang Qinian smiled, looked at the expectant eyes of everyone in the hall, shook his head and shouted: "First of all, my lord, you raised troops to crusade against Tulupan, that is the adult's discernment, and found that Tulupan dared to steal the Ming frontier layout map, which is the third prince of Tulupan, and now the Shazhou Mansion can testify that Tulupan actually intends to plot against my Ming Dynasty, and my lord, as a member of the court of the three products, has the obligation to maintain the dignity of the Ming Dynasty!" The crusade against Turpan was intended to teach Turpan Sutan a lesson, letting him know that he knew that the heavenly might of the Ming Sect was sacrosanct. ”

Xu Liang nodded with satisfaction, the others, Tietou, Duan Zhigang listened, and nodded one after another, Wang Qinian's rhetoric sounded reasonable, and there were people with physical evidence, which sounded very convincing.

Wang Qinian was encouraged by everyone's eyes, and couldn't help but dance even more, and then said: "As for the death of Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin in the Ming Dynasty, outside the city of Shazhou, the lower officials believe that the court should not only not question the death of the prince of Qin, but should be rewarded greatly. We have been established in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and there has always been a fine tradition of the Son of Heaven guarding the country and the king dying in the society, and Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, as the king of the Ming Dynasty, is an example of defending the prestige of the Ming Dynasty! With the respect of the vassal king, after hearing that Tulupan actually wanted to plot against the Ming Dynasty, he did not hesitate to unite with the governor of Shaanxi, Lord Xu, to send troops to Tulupan, and he himself personally took command and led the troops to the battle. Prince Qin took the lead on the battlefield and made many miraculous feats, successively capturing Chijin City and Shazhou City, opening up territory for the Ming Dynasty! Such a miraculous feat, rare for the vassal kings of the past dynasties, such a great feat, even if he dies, he should be posthumously crowned as a prince to show his merits! ”

Wang Qinian said eloquently, especially the suggestion to posthumously seal the King of Qin, which shocked his eyeballs, iron head, Duan Zhigang looked at Wang Qinian in shock, and even Xu Liang couldn't help but sigh when he heard it: Stream, hooligans are not terrible, they are afraid of streams, hooligans are educated! Wang Qinian is undoubtedly a very literate rogue.

Before Wang Qinian finished speaking, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Poor Qin Wangye's generation of heroes, they were plotted by villains and died in a foreign land!" Speaking of the death of the prince of Qin, although the killer who assassinated the king of Qin was killed by Lord Xu himself, the master envoy is still at large, and the tens of thousands of Liang troops can clearly see that there are two people who assassinated the prince of Qin that day, but all of them are Han pretend. This can't help but make people wonder who has a deep hatred with King Qin and wants to put King Qin to death! Besides, the origin of the killer, Tsing Yi Wei has also found out. After that, Wang Qinian looked at Duan Zhigang and said, "Duan stall, next you report the results of the killer's investigation to the adults." ”

Duan Zhigang listened, and arched his hand towards Xu Liang and said: "My lord, Lord Wang is right, after many investigations by the Tsing Yi guard, the identity of the killer has been clarified." The killer is a well-known heavenly killer on the rivers and lakes of the Central Plains, and his flying knife stunt is unrivaled. ”

Xu Liang became serious and asked, "Have you found out the origin of that killing?" ”

Duan Zhigang nodded and said, "It's been found out, Heaven Kill is from a hidden sect on the rivers and lakes, Sichuan Tang Sect!" In addition to the flying knife stunt, the heavenly killer also has an unguardable unique secret weapon "Rainstorm Pear Flower", it is rumored that as soon as this secret weapon is shot, hundreds of highly poisonous silver needles are sprayed out, and the one will definitely die. (To be continued.) )