"Jingluo, as you expected, Sun Chuanting continued to add fuel to the fire."

At the end of August, when a person's voice sounded beside the mountain post road in Yongchang Mansion, a piece of news about Sichuan also appeared in Hong Chengchou's hands.

Thirty-six-year-old Hong Chengchou is in his prime, and he looks very young in appearance, and he looks like he is just a young man.

What he was holding in his hand was a newspaper about Sun Chuanting's punishment of corrupt officials in Kuizhou Mansion and Chongqing Prefecture.

The simple words on the newspaper were gathered into a string of extraordinary numbers.

[One hundred and seventy-five officials on the offense......]

"It's a pity......

Looking at the newspaper, Hong Chengchou put it down and said sorry words in his mouth.

Standing next to him, Mu Yi, the son of Mu Zeng, also complimented:

"If this Sun Chuanting writes a letter to Jing Liu, as soon as Jing Luo makes a move, he may be able to lower the fire, but now he has started to arch the fire himself."

"It's a pity...... Hong Chengchou threw the newspaper into the tea stove on the side, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Hong Chengchou is different from Sun Chuanting, Yang Wenyue, and Wu Aheng, his goal is not a small strategy, but the first assistant of the cabinet.

If he wants to be the chief assistant of the cabinet, he naturally has to have his own forces, especially civilian forces.

It was impossible to take refuge in the Gu Party, he had long seen that King Qi was very dissatisfied with the Gu Party, and the Yanshan faction could not integrate with him.

He originally wanted to use Sun Chuanting's handwriting to connect Sun Chuanting, Wu Aheng, and Yang Wenyue to make a small party, and then the four of them went to the cabinet together, but now it seems that it will not work.

He can be sure that as long as the four of them form a small party, it is a sure thing for the four of them to enter the cabinet.

Now because of Sun Chuanting's stubborn temper, this plan has come to naught, and he naturally regrets it in his heart.

The Qi Wang Party couldn't participate, the Yanshan faction couldn't join it, and the Zhejiang Party and Donglin couldn't touch, which made him a little embarrassed.

In his estimation, it is estimated that he will almost be able to enter the cabinet after cleaning up Donghu, so there is not much time left for him.

entered the cabinet without any power, and in the end Sun Chengzong was his end, even if he entered the cabinet, no matter how capable he was, he was still a marginal person.

He had to find a way to cultivate some of his civil power before entering the cabinet.

"Wait and see......

Hong Chengchou narrowed his eyes and silently extended Sun Chuanting for a while in his heart.

He still felt that Sun Chuanting would not be able to withstand the pressure in the end, and chose to ask the three of them for help, because this was the choice that would have the least impact on the balance of civil and military affairs, unless King Qi made a move.

The biggest variable in this is Zhu Youzhen, or a person in a high position.

The so-called conspiracy, to put it bluntly, is that a person in a high position orders one thing, and the following racks his brains to think about it and fight.

The unintentional words of people in high positions also have hearts, and the words of hearts are even more hearted.

In short, if the King of Qi did not make a move, Sun Chuanting basically had only two ways to retreat, either to take refuge in the northwest, or to write a letter for help.

Hong Chengchou, Yang Wenyue, Sun Chuanting, Wu Aheng......

The combination of these four of them is no weaker than any of them.

As long as the governor's office of the five armies does not make a move, what is the courtier in Beijing......

"You can do the affairs of the Gunpowder Bureau, and choose a place far away from the city."

"Yes!"

Looking at the scene where the newspaper was burned out in the furnace, Hong Chengchou explained to Mu Yi, and Mu Yi responded honestly.

Hong Chengchou retracted his gaze and set his gaze on the mountain post road next to the post station, which was less than seven feet wide.

In any case, the most important thing for him is to build the road and then take Donghu.

Taking down Donghu is the most critical stepping stone for him to enter the cabinet, and it will not be too late to take Donghu first, and then form forces.

As for Sun Chuanting's predicament?

The situation is of his own making, what the consequences are, he knows better than Hong Chengchou, and it is not him who should be anxious now, but ......

"Bang!"

"Lao Tzu

I'm going to go up today, even if the king of heaven is here, it's useless!"

In Xining City, the sound of Cao Wenzhao's case sounded, and this military general who guarded the western region for the imperial court and worked with Sun Chuanting for several years couldn't help it.

What Sun Chuanting did and who he helped, he didn't believe that the people in Beijing didn't know.

If others don't help him speak, he Cao Wenzhao has to help.

It's just that he just started the case, and his younger brother Cao Wenyao immediately stopped him and dissuaded him repeatedly:

"Big brother, Wu doesn't interfere in politics! Besides, isn't His Highness helping to pull the bias frame in the capital?"

In September, Xining City was windy and sandy, and the whirring wind was blowing noisily, which made Cao Wenzhao a little "behind his ears".

"I don't interfere in politics, I just feel that the northwest lacks a strategy."

Cao Wenzhao knew that he couldn't interfere in politics, but he also knew that Sun Chuanting was different from ordinary civil officials, he was a person who could get on a horse and lead troops to fight.

Since the southwest has a strategy and the northeast also has a strategy, the northwest strategy must also be indispensable.

"I want to ask the governor of Mandu to ask the imperial court to arrange a strategy for the northwest!"

After Cao Wenzhao shouted, he asked people to draft a recital, and Cao Wenyao was not qualified to stop him when he heard it.

Soon a team of Tang cavalry ran from Xining City to Ningxia with a note, and within a day, this note appeared in the Ningxia Northern Army Governor's Mansion and appeared on Man Gui's desk.

"This group ......"

Looking at the five or six notes on the desk, Man Gui felt a headache.

Some of these songs came from Xining, some from Suzhou, and some from Shuofang, Jiuyuan, and Wuyuan.

Anyway, the purpose is very simple, that is, there is a lack of a strategy in the northwest, and the generals of the Governor's Mansion of the Northern Army asked the imperial court to transfer a strategy to the northwest.

Although this is equivalent to adding a blockage to Man Gui, the people below also know that if Sun Chuanting really comes to the northwest as a scripture again, then Man Gui is probably the first person to applaud.

What does it mean? It means that there is a war!

Transferring Sun Chuanting over, whether it is to fight Wusizang, or to fight the Western Regions, or to fight Mobei, in short, there are many places where the Governor's Mansion of the Northern Army can fight.

In this way, Sun Chuanting is fine, the Northern Army Governor's Mansion has made war achievements, and the capital has also stopped, killing three birds with one stone.

However, Man Gui also knows that even if he wants to fight, it is not the Northern Army Governor's Mansion that will fight at the moment, but the Eastern Army Governor's Mansion and the Shangzhi Governor's Mansion to fight.

The Jianyu in the Northeast has been alive for several years, and if he doesn't fight, he will become a fine.

The reason why it did not fight was because the money and food of the imperial court were not enough to support a major war in the northeast.

Not in the Northeast, let alone in the Northwest.

However, it's okay if he doesn't fight, he doesn't want to fight for the time being, anyway, he has to support Sun Chuanting, who is also a former colleague.

Thinking of this, Man Gui could only push the song in front of the military of the Governor's Mansion with an embarrassed face:

"Alas, everyone below says so, I can't be arbitrary, let you send it to the capital."

"Yes!" Joining the army knew it, and he also followed the embarrassed look to take the song away, and instead asked Tang to ride 800 miles to send the song to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Tang cavalry ran wild day and night, and finally sent the song to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies on the fifth day of the ninth month.

The generals who stayed behind in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies did not delay, and the next second that Song Shu arrived, they let Song Shu send it to the Qi Palace.

In the end, the effect was that this performance was rushed many times, and even mixed with the yellow sand in the northwest, so it appeared on Zhu Youzhen's desk in embarrassment.

Looking at this recital, Zhu Youzhen was also speechless.

But if you think about it carefully, I'm afraid this is also the only "proper" excuse that can come up with in the brains of these big bosses in the northwest.

"Reject all these notes for me, and tell Man Gui not to take the lead in fooling around with me."

Zhu Youzhen raised his hand and pushed the song to Lu Wenzhao, and Lu Wenzhao was also embarrassed:

"Your Highness, if you don't give them an explanation, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to stop."

"If you can't stop it, let them plant trees, don't do it

Looking for trouble, Sun Chuanting's affairs, the court will take care of it itself."

Zhu Youzhen couldn't say it too clearly, but the meaning in his words was also obvious.

"Yes, I know how to reply." Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Lu Wenzhao rarely showed a smile on his face.

He slowly retreated after making a gesture, and Zhu Youzhen also took the opportunity to turn his head to look at the empty tables and chairs.

Li Dingguo and Zhu Ciran were taken to the Metropolitan Procuratorate by Chengde today, and without the company of the two of them, this hall was a little deserted.

It's just that it's cold and cold, Zhu Youzhen quickly got used to this kind of coldness, lowered his head and continued to deal with it.

Things are ambiguous on his side, but the news that comes back to the palace is always certain.

The matter of the Northern Army Governor's Mansion really made Zhu Youxiao a little nervous, and he was afraid that the military generals would interfere in politics.

However, after hearing that his younger brother easily dismissed the recital, he relaxed again.

Sitting in the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, the music handled by his hands was stacked high, but there was no impeachment of Sun Chuanting.

Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian stood outside the Yangxin Palace, Liu Ruoyu accompanied them in the hall, and Wang An stayed behind to guard the ceremonial supervisor.

Since the political downfall of Cui Chengxiu of the eunuch party, Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian have also been frightened for a while.

However, it turns out that as long as the owner does not want to use the knife, no matter how domineering the eagle dog in the family is, it will not be the turn of others to punish him.

On the one-acre and three-point land of the ceremonial supervisor and the inner court, Wang Tiqian and Wei Zhongxian were still in power.

As the old dogs who were punished, these two old dogs are estimated to be the best outsiders to see the current situation of the "Gu Party".

The two sent out a batch of songs, and then chatted not far from the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

"Look at this Gu Party, does it look like Cui Chengxiu before?"

"Like, it's just that Gu Bingqian, the old dog, is smarter than Cui Chengxiu."

Wang Tiqian asked, Wei Zhongxian replied, and the two of them spoke in the tone of outsiders.

Eunuch Dang and Wei Zhongxian are actually proving one thing.

It's not easy to create a black glove that is easy to control and take the other person offline.

At least in the matter of eunuchs and Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youzhen has messed up.

He neither used Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party to unite the five parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, nor did he eliminate the eunuch party and the five parties of Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun and Kun in one go.

Zhu Youzhen is using a knife, but the Zhejiang Party is not stupid.

Before he moved the knife, Fang Congzhe saw through Zhu Youzhen's thoughts, and Yao Zongwen and Shi Fenglai even jumped back in an instant under Feng Quan's guidance.

In the end, although Zhu Youzhen cleaned up the eunuch party and many members of the five parties, in the end he did not achieve the situation of completely cleaning up the Zhejiang party.

On the contrary, the eunuch party withdrew, the Zhejiang Party and Donglin declined, and the Qi Wang Party began to dominate.

Now it's okay, I originally wanted to clean up the Zhejiang Party, but now I have to clean up the swelling Qi Wang Party, or "Gu Party".

said that it was Gu Dang, but Gu Bingqian was also a character who was set up and roasted by the people below.

Authority will be divided, and whoever swallows more after the division will become the biggest bird.

The Zhejiang Party fell, a Donglin rose, Donglin fell, a eunuch party rose, the eunuch party fell, and another Gu party rose.

Zhu Youzhen's methods are very vigorous and resolute, but the party cannot be eliminated, and it is the same in any dynasty and generation.

Whether or not to clean up the Gu Party is an issue that needs to be dealt with in front of Zhu Youzhen.

After cleaning up the Gu Party, whether there will be another Yanshan Party is also a question he needs to consider.

Officials need to change blood all the time, and the same is true for political parties, but this blood change is somewhat draining the energy of the people in power.

Zhu Youzhen helped Zhu Youxiao to govern, and it was only nine years, and in nine years, he had already defeated several parties and several figures.

Although the situation is changing, the pace of political struggle is getting faster and faster.

At the moment, he is still young and can hold on, but when he can't hold on, I'm afraid that at that time, Daming will repeat the same mistakes again.

"Wow......"

Zhu Youxiao put a red pen on the pen holder and kneaded his eyebrows, obviously a little mentally exhausted.

"Hooray, or ...... Take a break, shall you?"

Seeing this, Liu Ruoyu, who was standing next to him, wanted to persuade Zhu Youxiao to rest and rest, but Zhu Youxiao raised his hand and said no:

"The music in my hands is less than half of my brother's hands, and if I have to rest to deal with this, what should my brother do?"

"Go on......

After that, Zhu Youxiao continued to deal with the recital, and the next one was a recital from Guiyang Mansion, Guizhou.

[Guiyang prefect Yuan Chonghuan is sparse, Yunnan-Guiping Burmese topic]

[To meet the minister, today's southern soldiers rely on the food, Sichuan grain, but the road is dangerous, this is an inconvenience, the minister thinks that the adjustable Ryukyu grain straw bead water to support Yunnan. 】

[The domestic drought, Sichuan is tired, this is two inconveniences, the minister thinks that when the whole territory of Sichuan is exempted from taxes, and the people are more started. 】

[Jiaozhi grain straw by land into Yunnan, this is three inconveniences, you can take the sea, around the Zhushui to Kunming Mansion. 】

[Jiaozhi Xinfu, but Hong Jingluo is slightly harsh to the Jiaozhi Nanren, this is the four inconveniences, the minister thinks that he should love the local people, and serve the people with the king. 】

[According to the minister's view, if these four inconveniences are solved, with the weakness of Burma, there is no need to dig a road, just send a general to lead 30,000 troops, go straight to Burma by land, and recover the entire territory of Burma immediately. 】

"Rhetoric......"

When Zhu Youxiao saw the performance of Yuan Chonghuan, the prefect of Guiyang, his first reaction was "boasting".

If it was him before, he wouldn't have bothered to reply to such a recital, but now after Jin Xuan's direct advice, Zhu Youxiao is a little more modest, so although he looks down on the other party, he still reproaches:

[Purpose: Ryukyu grain is transferred to Yunnan, how should the victims of Guangdong and Fujian be appeased? 】

[Exempt the whole territory of Sichuan from taxes, how to appease the victims in eastern Sichuan? ] 】

[Jiaozhi enters Yunnan by land but more than 1,200 miles, and the detour to the bead water needs to take more than 5,000 miles by water, which is time-consuming and laborious, and it is a big move. 】

[The people of Jiaozhi Nan have rebelled many times, if the king subdues the people and the people rebel again, how should the court deal with itself? 】

[Burmese has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and the mountains and dense forests are several times better than Yungui, if you don't build the road and go deep alone, and the thieves attack and disturb the grain road, how can our army deal with itself? Thou shalt be able to win the war, and there is no talk of victory. 】

[The strategy of the king of Qi is already perfect, you should spare it, and do it well]

In the face of Yuan Chonghuan's boasting of 30,000 Ma Keping Burma, Zhu Youxiao ended with "The strategy of the King of Qi is already perfect, you should spare it, and you will do it well".

The meaning of this sentence is that King Qi's strategy is already the best, as the prefect of Guiyang, you should first manage Guiyang in a down-to-earth manner, and don't talk about these things that are useless with your own jurisdiction.

It can be said that Zhu Youxiao has already given Yuan Chonghuan a lot of face.

He didn't reject it directly, but instead wrote so many things, which was already telling Yuan Chonghuan not to be ambitious.

"Send this song back, although this man's ideas are good, but most of them are utopian, and that's it."

Zhu Youxiao pushed the music aside, and Liu Ruoyu also nodded and asked people to send the music back.

However, after sending it back, Zhu Youxiao remembered some of the contents of the song, so he asked Liu Ruoyu:

"After Sun Chuanting inspected Guangdong, he asked the imperial court for grain, but did the grain from the Ryukyu Prefecture go to Guangdong?"

"Long live, there is not so much grain in the Ryukyu Prefecture, His Royal Highness the King of Qi ordered people to transfer 3 million taels from the state treasury to buy grain from Luzon and Jiaozhi and transport it to Guangdong, and now the victims have eaten the relief grain."

Liu Ruoyu replied, and Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly to express satisfaction after hearing it.

"It's still my brother who is thoughtful, which reassures me."

"This year's money and grain collection has already begun, right?" Zhu Youxiao asked while taking out the next notebook.

"Long live Hui, it hasn't started yet, we still need to wait for an autumn rain, and the officials of the Qin Heavenly Prison said that it will probably start in the middle of September."

Liu Ruoyu

responded honestly, and then laughed and said something light:

"Since the beginning of autumn, there have been several rains in various places, even in Shaanxi and Shanxi, which have been dry for three years."

"In Sichuan, after Governor Sun punished corrupt officials, it rained heavily for three days in the province, and even grass grew."

"Look at this, maybe the drought will go down next year."

Liu Ruoyu's words made Zhu Youxiao's tired face show a smile:

"If the drought subsides, the imperial court will be able to free up its hands to clean up the building."

"I've let them work as slaves for five years, and I heard that they are barely self-sufficient with sweet potatoes and millet seeds."

"If you let it go any longer, I'm afraid the old slave will go south again."

After all, Jianyu let Daming reap a few big defeats, and it is not surprising that Zhu Youxiao has always been obsessed, Liu Ruoyu knows it in his heart, so he also smiled:

"If the drought in the next year can be controlled within the three provinces, maybe there is no need for you to speak, and Your Highness will hand in a copy of the "Pingyu Songshu".

"Hehe, it's ......" Zhu Youxiao smiled and closed a note, but when he closed it, he also remembered Sun Chuanting, so he asked:

"You just said that Sun Chuanting cut down a lot of corrupt officials in Sichuan?"

"Yes, long live, since July, Governor Sun has cleaned up more than 400 corrupt officials and corrupt officials in Kuizhou Mansion, Chongqing Mansion, Tongchuan Mansion, Zunyi Mansion, Luzhou Mansion, Xuzhou Mansion, Yongning Mansion, and Shunqing Mansion, and copied out more than 700,000 taels of silver, more than 160,000 stones of rice and wheat, and all the money and grain have been used for local disaster relief." Liu Ruoyu replied honestly.

"So many?" Hearing this amount, Zhu Youxiao was taken aback.

After all, at the beginning of the great drought in eastern Sichuan, Hong Chengchou was given work for relief, and he went south as a military man, and lived and worked in peace and contentment in the local area.

After careful calculation, although many people moved in from Hanzhong in the future, the people in eastern Sichuan have not exceeded two million.

In the land of eight prefectures, more than 1.9 million people, how can people covet more than 700,000 taels of silver and more than 1.6 million rice and wheat?

"How many people are involved?"

Zhu Youxiao asked, and Liu Ruoyu also replied:

"The song sent to the celebrant by the Qi Palace's Mansion seems to involve more than 3,000 people, and they are all assigned to Shuofang Mansion to make cement."

"Make cement ......" Zhu Youxiao nodded lightly, and asked again:

"How many people has Sun Chuanting arrested since last year?"

"Back to Banzai, the specific situation is not clear, but I heard that there are more than 3,000 people, and more than 50,000 people are involved......

Liu Ruoyu's words made Zhu Youxiao sigh slightly:

"With so many people arrested and so many people involved, it's no wonder that so many people are looking forward to him leaving."

"Yes......" Liu Ruoyu also sighed a little, and Zhu Youxiao asked rhetorically, "Brother, don't you have any arrangements?"

"Except for the arrangements made a few days ago, there have been no arrangements recently." Liu Ruoyu replied first, and then added:

"Recently, Gu Ge took sick leave and recuperated at home for two months, I don't know if he is dissatisfied with this matter."

"......" Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, he didn't respond to Liu Ruoyu immediately, but lowered his head to deal with a note, and then diverted the topic and said:

"When will Yang Ho return to Beijing?"

"It is said that he departed from Seoul on the third day of the winter month and arrived in Dengju on the fifteenth day of the winter month, but His Royal Highness did not order him to return to Beijing, but asked him to go home for the New Year first, and then prepare to canonize him as an earl."

If Liu Ruoyu's words are listened to by others, I am afraid that many people will have opinions.

Thanks to the rumors spread by Ding Yingtai and others during the Battle of Korea, many people thought that the combination of Yang Hao and Ma Gui could not be played.

As a result, taking a closer look at the results of the Battle of Ulsan, Yang Ho and Ma Gui Shangshuzhong, the Ming army actually killed more than 1,000 people and wounded more than 3,000 people, and among the Japanese army, their own records are nearly 20,000 dead and wounded out of 60,000 people.

As for the battle of Salhu, with the number of soldiers and horses, power, and money that Yang Hao had in his hands at that time

Grain, not to mention Yang Hao, even if you pull the current Zhu Youzhen, Hong Chengchou, and Sun Chuanting up, you will have to lose, and whoever is on will lose.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to chase the earl to Yang Hao, which was to thank him for helping Emperor Wanli take the blame in the First Battle of Sarhu, and for the fact that he had been in charge of North Korea for a few years.

Zhu Youxiao had heard Zhu Youzhen's defense to Yang Hao, and naturally knew the role of Emperor Wanli in the Battle of Sarhu, so he naturally would not refuse to give Yang Hao the title of uncle.

"Let's canonize Yang Hao as Uncle Yu Cheng."

"Yes......"

Zhu Youxiao promised Yang Hao so many years of hard work a Yu Cheng Bo, and he was named a civil official, and he was also the second person in the Apocalypse Dynasty besides Xiong Tingbi.

After hastily appointing an earl to Yang Hao, Zhu Youxiao suddenly said when Liu Ruoyu turned around and was about to give instructions:

"By the way, I will grant Sun Chuanting the sword of Shang Fang."

Zhu Youxiao's words made Liu Ruoyu stunned, but he quickly reflected and hurriedly said, "Yes."

Obviously, Zhu Youxiao was ready to stand on the platform to support Sun Chuanting first, and Hong Chengchou's idea was destined to miscalculate......