The news that Emperor Tianqi had ordered a retrial of Zhang Juzheng's case spread quickly throughout the capital. After being surprised, most people were happy. Many rotten scholars who usually clamored no longer spoke at this time.

The news spread quickly, but the trial of the case was very low-key, as if everything was going on quietly. In the following days, Emperor Tianqi did not issue any new imperial edicts, and the city of Beijing seemed quiet again

It's back to the way it was before. But many people understand that the silence is short-lived. When the two cases are completed, the entire capital will once again set off a storm. However, after what happened last time, no one should be too worried this time.

Too surprised.

Everything is calm in Beijing, and there seems to be nothing major happening in Liaodong. Sun Chengzong has stayed in Shenyang Zhongwei for three days. During these three days, Sun Chengzong conducted a comprehensive inspection here and found that the people here are rich, the soldiers are elite, and the military discipline is strict.

, Wu Xiang is indeed a talent.

"Sir, the official is back!" When he came to Sun Chengzong's side, Xiong Tingbi cupped his fist at Sun Chengzong and said in a deep voice.

Nodding slowly, Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Fei Bai. Come, sit down and drink tea!"

"Thank you, sir!" Xiong Tingbi said with a smile after taking the tea handed over by Sun Chengzong.

After pondering for a moment, Sun Chengzong asked quite seriously: "How is it? Have you found out the matter?"

"Sir, let's find out! There are about 60,000 people here. Because the guard Wu Xiang is talented and the soldiers are elite, there is rarely harassment or robbery here. The people here can farm with confidence. Every year

The harvest is very good, and the people's lives are very prosperous. The people here will give part of their annual income

Half of it was used to pay taxes, and some even paid more. Except for the imperial court, the rest was used as military rations. But the military rations could not be used so much, so Wu Xiang sold all the remaining grains.

It was converted into money and used to buy armors and weapons for the soldiers." Xiong Tingbi's expression also changed and he said in a deep voice.

Nodding slowly, Sun Chengzong sighed softly and said in a deep voice: "I have already guessed that this is the case. The people of Liaodong also want to live a stable life. For this goal, they are willing to pay more.

By the way, who did Wu Xiang sell his grain and grass to? And who did he buy the things from?"

"My lord, this is Liu Che, the governor of Jiliao! Wu Xiang usually exchanges grain with him. If you hand over the grain here, he will send you something." Xiong Tingbi sighed deeply, feeling quite helpless.

said.

Sighing softly, Sun Chengzong said helplessly: "It was people like this who harmed the Ming Dynasty! Don't spread this matter, let's just pretend we don't know about it! It's not easy for Wu Xiang, let's be considerate.

Bar!"

"Yes, sir, I understand this humble position!" Xiong Tingbi said with a smile as he hugged Sun Chengzong with a fist.

After thinking for a while with his hands behind his back, Sun Chengzong said in a deep voice: "We have been here for three days. Let's go say hello to Wu Xiang! Let's leave here and go to the next place!"

When Sun Chengzong was about to leave, someone came to He Shixian's place in Shenyang City. With the arrival of this person, He Shixian, who was bored, finally found something to do!

"General, there is someone outside who wants to see the general!" the soldier said loudly, clasping his fists at He Shixian.

He frowned slightly. Ever since Sun Chengzong and the others left Shenyang City, He Shixian had been feeling unhappy. He was not allowed to go to such a thing. He said that he was so virtuous and respected that he should be in charge of Shenyang City. He Shixian couldn't help but feel angry when he thought of this. Hearing someone When Xiong Tingbi wanted to see him, he frowned and said unhappily: "Who is it?"

"Coming back to the general, it's a general who calls himself Zhao Shujiao!" the soldier said loudly, clasping his fists.

Hearing this name, He Shixian frowned. He had heard of this person before, but the two were not from the same faction. Before Sun Chengzong came to Liaodong, the army in Liaodong was roughly divided into three factions, and there were two in Shenyang. One of the factions is led by Yang Yuan. This faction relies on smuggling and collaborating with the enemy to obtain a large amount of money. The quality of the military officers is low, and their combat effectiveness is naturally not to mention. The second faction is the faction led by He Shixian. This faction is full of upright generals. , dare to fight and fight hard, and are not afraid of death. However, they are always ostracized and have terrible equipment, but their combat effectiveness is the highest.

The last faction is the faction led by Yuan Yingtai, the former governor of Liaodong. Yuan Yingtai is a good official, but he doesn't understand military affairs at all. But here in Liaodong, if you don't control some military power, you have no right to speak. In order to have the right to speak, Yuan Yingtai He also won over some generals, but he didn't understand military affairs, so someone gave him advice! This Zhao Lijiao was the number one adviser under Yuan Yingtai. He was originally a staff general, but because he ran away from the battle, he became the general. In fact, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Lejiao's crime was enough to be beheaded, but he didn't know who he found to save his life.

He Shixian looked down upon such people, and was very bored. Since Sun Chengzong came to Liaodong, He Shixian was impressed by Sun Chengzong's ability and character, and He Shixian's faction naturally became Sun Chengzong's faction. Yuan Yingtai's faction mainly concentrated on Liaoyang was naturally taken over by Yang Lian, the newly appointed governor of Liaodong. But Yang Lian seemed to feel that he did not need such people, so he naturally handed them over to Sun Chengzong. In the army, the most admired people are capable people, and Sun Chengzong simply became Since Zhuge Wuhou was still alive, the soldiers and generals all admired him very much, so naturally they had no other ideas.

As for Yang Yuan's faction, most of the officers were arrested and more than 10,000 people were laid off. The rest were all merged into He Shixian. At this time, there were no factions in Liaodong; From Sun Chengzong's faction.

People like Zhao Shujiao were looked down upon by many people in the army. He didn't know what he was doing here at this time. After pondering for a while, He Shixian decided to let him in. He was bored anyway! Look. Glancing at the soldier, He Shixian said in a deep voice: "Let him come in!"

"Yes, General!" the pro-jun replied, turned around and walked out.

Not long after, I heard the sound of footsteps outside, and as the figure flashed, a person walked in quickly. The person who walked in was a middle-aged man in his forties, who was not very tall or burly. , wearing the Ming Dynasty's standard military uniform, with a knife on his waist.

Seeing Zhao Shujiao walking in, He Shixian was slightly startled. Zhao Shujiao seemed to be different from before. Before this, He Shixian had also seen Zhao Shujiao. At that time, Zhao Shujiao always had a smile on his face. The smile was just a common smile but not a smile. It is said that He Shixian once suspected that Zhao Shujiao was not a military commander. No matter how you look at such a person, he looks like a sinister scholar.

After learning that Zhao Shujiao was a martial arts scholar in the 29th year of Wanli, He Shixian was full of disbelief. How did such a timid, scholar-like guy pass the martial arts examination? In He Shixian's mind, the answer

There is only one thing, that is, Zhao Shujiao cheated, which is another reason why He Shixian looks down on Zhao Shujiao.

But the person who appeared in front of He Shixian at this time was different. He was dressed in military uniform. He didn't have that kind of smile on his face, but looked a little more serious. He pressed the handle of the knife with his right hand and walked very calmly, with a look in his eyes.

His expression was also different. It was a kind of indifference, a kind of indifference that always ignored life and death. At this moment, He Shixian knew that he had thought wrong about many things. There must be a reason why Zhao Shujiao was like that before. Zhao Shujiao is now

Teaching is the real Zhao Shujiao.

"Zhao Shujiao, a humble official, has met General He!" Although Zhao Shujiao and He Shixian are about the same age, and may be a few years older than He Shixian, their official positions are quite different. In the past, Zhao Shujiao was a staff general.

He Shixian was the commander-in-chief, now Zhao Shujiao has become the commander-in-chief, and He Shixian has become Uncle Zhongyong. The difference is getting bigger and bigger!

Nodding slowly, He Shixian said in a deep voice: "General Zhao, please forgive me! We are old friends, so there is no need to be so polite!"

"General, you're too polite. I don't deserve the title of general because of my humble position. Now I am just a general!" The expression on his face did not change at all, Zhao Shujiao said in a deep voice.

Smiling indifferently, He Shixian said in a deep voice: "How can a person live without memorizing words? It will get better in the future. Sit down!"

After Zhao led the teacher to sit down, He Shixian pondered for a moment and asked in a deep voice: "Brother Zhao, don't be so harsh. Although we knew each other before, we were not familiar with each other. I just said it bluntly, no.

Do you know what Brother Zhao is here for this time?" No matter who is older, He Shixian is determined to occupy Brother Zhao's position.

Holding a fist towards He Shixian, Zhao Shujiao said in a deep voice: "To be honest, brother, Zhao Shujiao is here to beg me this time! I hope I can help you. Although we didn't have a close relationship before, we have had some problems.

We met several times, and in Liaodong's humble position, the only choice is to come to the general!"

After pondering for a moment, He Shixian hesitated and said: "Brother, I want to ask something that I shouldn't ask. I am following Mr. Yuan Yingtai. Why are you here? Didn't Mr. Yuan Yingtai prepare a way for the wise brother?"

"Brother, I won't hide it from you. Master Yuan did find a job for a humble post, but he didn't go to the humble post. He was a member of the imperial guards of the capital!" Zhao Shujiao said in a deep voice with a soft sigh.

"The Imperial Guard in the capital is a good place. I wonder why Brother Zhao didn't go there?" He looked at Zhao Shujiao in confusion and asked in a deep voice. In his opinion, people like Zhao Shujiao should return to the capital.

Go, just in time to live a long life!

Faced with He Shixian's failure to protect him, Zhao Shujiao said in a deep voice: "General, if the emperor transfers you to the capital, would you be willing?"
Chapter completed!