Although Li Shiwen was stunned, he felt that these two holy decrees were extremely tricky, and after thinking for a while, he brushed his sleeves and left the cabinet hall. Immediately afterwards, news came out that the old Shangshu Li asked that he was sick at home and could no longer go to the ground.

It's just that Li Shi asked why he was sick and what happened before he was sick, and there were different opinions in the DPRK and China, and there was no accurate explanation. The previous few court officials chewed their tongues, and they were all sent to Henan to fill the real shortage of magistrates, if it was before the Apocalypse Dynasty, it would definitely be a good errand. But now is the Chongzhen period, Henan is the hardest hit area of the thieves, except for Luoyang, Kaifeng and other big cities, which county has not been captured by the thieves three or five times, during which the heroic martyrs, the cowardly abandonment and beheading is countless.

Being sent to Henan to fill the vacancy is really an errand with no return. After several court officials learned of this appointment, they begged everywhere, hoping not to go to Henan, even if they went to Liaoxi, they could reluctantly accept it. even finally asked for the first assistant Zhou Yanru's house, and after spending a lot of silver, he finally got the answer.

These appointments were personally handed down by Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the seal. After the Chongzhen Dynasty, although the weight of the eunuchs has been much more restrained than in the Apocalypse, there is little voice for major matters such as the appointment and removal of officials, Wang Chengen actually explained the implementation in person this time, even if anyone can see it without saying it, it must be adhering to the emperor's will behind it, after learning this information, several hall officials also gave up the idea of walking around and asking for help, and returned home to cry goodbye to their families and prepare to go on the road......

This matter spread on a small scale among the cabinet officials, and everyone took it as a warning to prevent disasters from coming out of their mouths, so what happened to the cabinet could no longer be known all over the city overnight as it used to be.

With Li Shiwen's illness, the first assistant Zhou Yanru invited himself to go out of the city to investigate the emperor's mausoleum, because there was a flooding incident in the mausoleum, which had been slow last night, and the matter was not trivial, and the emperor allowed Zhou Yanru to invite. But those two decrees were still on the table in the cabinet hall untouched, and the matter was difficult to delay. Otherwise, the emperor will blame him, and the corpses of several cabinet ministers will be vegetarian, and the charge of prevarication will definitely not be able to escape.

Xue Guoguan, who has always been active, has actually been infected with wind and cold to recuperate at home, and in the end it was Liu Yuliang, who was excluded in the cabinet, and after reading the holy decree, he blocked the first line without saying a word. The second decree is to be sent to the celebrant for approval.

Zhu Youzhen, the great son of heaven, looked at the holy decree that was blocked by Liu Yuliang of the cabinet, he was not angry because of this, and only sighed lightly. This fell on the side of Wang Chenen's eyes but very uneasy, he has served the emperor for more than ten years, often see the emperor tough and angry, but rarely see him sigh weak, and now this sigh can be seen in his inner exhaustion.

Liu Yuliang's reason is also very simple, just eight words, "want to imitate the story of the Marquis of Huaiyin"?

However, the emperor was not angry that the holy decree was blocked, but there seemed to be a hint of appreciation in his eyes. After a long time, Zhu Youzhen pointed to the eight words of Liu Yuliang's reply and said to Wang Chengen: "Tell me, can the Marquis of Zhenyu be the Marquis of Huaiyin?" ”

Although Wang Chengen did not learn and did not know how to do it, he also knew the story of Liu Bang in the early Han Dynasty who made Han Xin the king of Qi in order to calm the land of Qi. Later, Han Xin was executed on charges of rebellion. A prince of the opposite sex who holds a fiefdom of military power, whether guilty or not, is his way to death, the emperor must always be on guard, if the courtiers want to protect themselves, I am afraid that there is only one way to rebel, right? Although this is not the only way, how many people are willing to give up the military power in their hands and tie their hands to be slaughtered?

"Old slave, old slave doesn't know!"

The matter of the marquis of Zhenyu was too sensitive, and although Wang Chengen knew the holy will, he didn't dare to add a word of beak. However, the emperor seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Wang Chengen's caution, frowning and urging: "If I ask you to say it, you can say it, and you don't have to be responsible for what you say is right or wrong!" ”

Wang Chengen saw that he couldn't hide, so he had to say bluntly: "The old slave thinks that Liu Ge's disposal is not inappropriate!" Just ......"

"Just what?"

Zhu Youzhen was anxious, and asked in a hurry without waiting for Wang Chengen to finish speaking. Wang Chengen only felt that his tongue was dry, and he smacked his lips before continuing: "It's just that the second holy decree should also be blocked......

Wang Chengen peeked at Zhu Youzhen's expression, and saw that he didn't mean to be angry, so he simply let go and said.

"Zhang Fangyan is the governor of Zhejiang, and the marquis of Zhenyu is controlled by him, so the old slave thinks that this holy decree of sending troops to level the level should be issued to him."

The air in the hall seemed to freeze, and Zhu Youzhen nodded after a long time, admitting that what Wang Chenen said was reasonable. However, as the emperor, Zhu Youzhen has his own hardships, and he has never been entangled by this person. The holy decree that had been snatched by the thieves was like a thorn stuck in the throat.

"The old slave thinks that the words of those chasing after the wind and shadows in the court are not credible, and the old Liu Ge blocked this holy decree back, which is also a rumor that will never criticize the Hou Hou."

In fact, this is already Wang Chengen's obscure rhetoric, but Zhu Youzhen heard it clearly. In the holy decree that was blocked back by Liu Yuliang, with the merit of recovering the capital of Fengyang, Jin Li Xin was the Duke of Qi, and the rank of general was added, with the seal of the general.

On the surface, this is the supreme honor, but it really threw Li Xin from the hot oil pot to the top of the wind. It's not that Zhu Youzhen doesn't understand the power of this, but he has a bit of anger in it, he simply promoted Li Xinyu to be reckless, but he has accumulated merit to become a military minister in three years. On the surface, he sneered at the bullet seal of the ministers, but in his heart he was like a weed, and when he heard that Gao Keng and the holy decree were robbed, there was an inexplicable relief in his heart, and the holy decree was the result of the "hard persuasion" of the ministers.

However, things obviously will not be so simple, as the rumors spread, the spearhead is even sharper at Li Xin, and Zhu Youzhen feels that he can't grasp the heart of the young general. So, he simply went one step further and made him a very popular minister, and if he was loyal to the monarch and the country, he would be grateful for the picture. If he has a different ambition, this is his talisman.

On the official road to Changping, when Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the court, sat in the spacious carriage and closed his eyes, and sat next to Wu Changshi, who was also a powerful thug in the court.

"The lower officials are foolish, so it is better to approve those two holy decrees, if the heavens make them perish, they must first make them crazy. If Li Xin Naqiu Ba dares to accept the order, he will be one step away from death. Why did the elder relented at this critical point? ”

Zhou Yanru raised his eyelids and glanced at Wu Changshi, "Do you also think that the old man is as weak and deceitful as Li Shiwen?" ”

"The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials don't dare!" Wu Changshi hurriedly smiled and admitted his mistake. Zhou Yanru snorted in his nose, and when he saw Wu Changshi's disapproving expression, he opened his eyes.

"It's not that the old man is soft, it's that the saint hasn't completely lost confidence in Li Xin. If the old man acts forcefully, it is okay, but it is a disobedience to the holy will, Zhang Sizhi still has a lesson from the past, why can't you see it? As a minister, you must be good at observing the general trend to add fuel to the fire, if you only know how to blindly go against the trend, how many days can you last? ”

"Yes, yes, the lesson of the elder is that the lower officials are not thinking properly."

After Zhou Yanru said this, he closed his eyes and stopped paying attention to Wu Changshi, Wu Changshi looked out of the small window of the carriage while worrying, but when he saw the smoke and dust rising all over the road, his heart couldn't help but tighten.

"The general must not be in danger, that Zhang Fangyan's move is clearly not good-hearted, if he suddenly plots, although the Three Guards have tens of thousands of horses, they will not quench their thirst!"

The generals persuaded Li Xin not to cross the river north to go to Jiangdu, and Mi Yan also thought that Li Xin should not go to Jiangdu at this moment.

"The shape is treacherous, and I think that the marquis of the town is better than calling it sick and refusing. Behind Zhang Fangyan's move, there must be another purpose, which must be guarded against! ”

But there are also people who oppose this, and Li Da disagrees with Mi Yan.

"I'm afraid that Zhang Fangyan will not dare to go to Jiangdu if he doesn't go, and if he doesn't go, he will be caught. If he goes to Jiangdu like this, he will definitely break a rumor and prove that the Marquis of Zhenlu is open-minded, and Zhang Fangyan does not have any 'evidence' in his hands, how can he dare to do illegal things against the Marquis of Chaopin? ”

Mi Yan was anxious and pointed out that Li Da had ulterior motives, but was stopped by Li Xin.

"I have made up my mind, what Li Da said is reasonable, if I don't go, it will seem that my confidence is weak. Perhaps, Zhang Fangyan's move is here to test me! ”

"What if the imperial court really has a holy decree that is unfavorable to the great general to Jiangdu?"

Li Xin laughed and said: "Jiangdu to Jingshi, it will take more than seven days to send a quick horse back and forth, even if there is a holy decree, it will not be able to reach Jiangdu at this moment." ”

Finally, at Li Xin's insistence, Li Xin decided to cross the river on the third day of April and go to Jiangdu District to meet Zhang Fangyan. Before leaving, he made some arrangements, and Zhang Shi was in charge of the overall situation of the major affairs in the camp, supplemented by Lu Jiu and Mi Yan. He only took Niu Jinsong and Li Da with him, and a hundred personal soldiers.

On the day of departure, it was overcast early in the morning, and the light rain on the river was dripping non-stop. Someone can persuade Li Xin to delay for a day, this is the day to keep people, and you must obey. Li Xin never believed this, and still ordered the fleet to set off.

As soon as they reached the center of the river, a large ship sailed down the river from the west.

"General, an unidentified ship is approaching, and someone on board has asked to see you."

"Can anyone know who they are?" Li Da asked the pro-soldier for Li Xin.

"The villain asked, and the people on the boat said that his master and the general were old friends, and asked the general to move to the ship......"

Li Da suddenly felt a little funny, how could there be such a reason to ask for a meeting, let the marquis of Zhenyu move to meet, what a big shelf! However, it was precisely because of this that he was curious.

"General, sit upright, go and investigate first, and then make plans!"

When encountering such a thing, if Mi Yan's temper must have driven things away, Li Daqi was a Manchu magnate after all, and his identity makes him much more open-minded than Mi Yan. Li Xin agreed with Li Da's opinion and asked him to see what the situation was, and someone actually asked him to move to Jiang Xin.