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Chapter 32 Good News Comes

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"Your Majesty, Master Xu Guangqi, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, requested an interview!" Wei Chao was also depressed. The eunuchs outside the house heard the sound of beating items in the house and heard Zhu Youxiao's loud voice again. For a moment, no one dared to come in to announce that Xu Guangqi had arrived. Therefore, as soon as Wei Chao went out, Xu Guangqi grabbed Wei Chao tightly. He was trying to curse the number one celebrity around Zhu Youxiao, and pulled back Wei Chao, who was busy going out to handle the work. Wei Chao knew that Zhu Youxiao was in a bad mood now, and he would definitely be criticized when he went in now. However, he thought that if he left the palace to be an official in the future, he would not be able to take care of someone like Xu Guangqi, so he came in to inform Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao was already in a little better mood. He didn't expect that this veteran who created the Tongzhou New Army, also the proposer of the encirclement and suppression of Fu King, came to him by himself. He said coldly: "I originally wanted to ask him to scold him, but now I'm here to see me. Go and recruit Xu Guangqi in."

Wei Chao left the house and saw Xu Guangqi waiting anxiously outside the house. He went up and said, "Mr. Xu, the emperor's anger has not subsided yet. Be careful when you go in. The emperor told me to do something, Lord Xu, go in!"

Xu Guangqi had already made plans in his heart. Today, he was ready to be scolded and replied: "Thank you, Eunuch Wei!" and then walked into the house.

As soon as Xu Guangqi entered the door, he saw the memorials pushed by Zhu Youxiao to the ground. It seemed that Zhu Youxiao was very angry this time, so he said, "My minister Xu Guangqi bowed to the emperor!"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Xu Guangqi coldly, snorted, and then said, "I know you came for the Tongzhou New Army this time. I want to hear your opinion! Let's see how you explain this to me!"

The relationship between the Tongzhou New Army and Xu Guangqi is unusual. First of all, this Tongzhou New Army was founded under Xu Guangqi's hands, so a large number of middle-level officers were promoted under Xu Guangqi's hands. It can be said that the Tongzhou New Army is Xu Guangqi's soldiers, and now Li Zhizao is also recommended by Xu Guangqi, and he is also a friend of Xu Guangqi. Therefore, no matter how you look at Xu Guangqi is the backstage boss of the Tongzhou New Army, of course he should be considered the chairman. It is because of these that Li Zhizao fought such a cowardly battle in Luoyang this time, but Xu Guangqi, a seemingly irrelevant person, jumped out to defend himself.

In fact, Xu Guangqi was furious when he heard this news. The Tongzhou New Army condensed a lot of Xu Guangqi's sweat. Thinking about it, before being valued by Zhu Youxiao, Xu Guangqi went to the six ministries' yamen to ask for military supplies everywhere. Later, under the attention of Zhu Youxiao, the Tongzhou New Army was finally successfully selected and trained. Although Xu Guangqi was later promoted to the cabinet to become a Grand Secretary, he had never felt at ease with this Tongzhou New Army. This time, the Fu King rebelled, Xu Guangqi also tried his best to let the Tongzhou New Army fight, just to make the Tongzhou New Army form combat earlier. At first, the new army won many battles and there was a lot of praise in the court, but Xu Guangqi always felt uneasy and sent people to send a letter to Li Zhizao in a hurry to act carefully, but the result...

"Your Majesty, victory or defeat is common in military affairs. Although the new army was at a disadvantage this time and lost one-quarter of its combat power, isn't the war like this?" Xu Guangqi naturally wanted to defend the new army in Tongzhou. Anyway, he could not escape Zhu Youxiao's harsh scolding.

Zhu Youxiao sneered and replied: "What a victory or defeat is a common military matter. In my opinion, this is an excuse. I know that Li Zhizao is not a general, let alone a famous general. At most, he is just a civil servant who is familiar with military affairs. Therefore, I do not expect Li Zhizao to stage a classic battle of defeating the strong with weak and defeating the more with few. My goal is to hope that he can show the things he practices steadily, but the result is really disappointing me!"

When Xu Guangqi saw Zhu Youxiao say this, he replied: "Your Majesty, haven't Li Zhizao done everything he should do!"

Zhu Youxiao was speechless and after a moment of silence, he said again: "Xu Aiqing should be familiar with military books. Then I ask you, if it was Aiqing instead of Li Zhizao this time, what would you think the result would be?"

Xu Guangqi replied without thinking: "Return to the emperor, I think the result is the same if I personally commanded it. Will the emperor change it? In fact, the lack of generals in the Ming Dynasty has been a long-standing problem. Although Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong General, successfully defended Liaodong last year, I think Xiong Jingluo is not a general. There are many brave soldiers in the Ming army, and many intelligent strategists in the Ming army. However, the soldiers who arrived at the battlefield were full of passion and only knew how to kill the enemy, but the strategists were frightened when they arrived at the battlefield and did not know how to plan. This is the crux of the Ming army." Xu Guangqi successfully expanded the topic. If Zhu Youxiao followed Xu Guangqi's thinking, in the end, regardless of whether Zhu Youxiao agreed with Xu Guangqi's opinion, Li Zhizao would definitely be the biggest beneficiary.

Sure enough, no matter how much knowledge the young Zhu Youxiao had, he still easily got into trouble in front of these cunning old officials.

After hearing Xu Guangqi's words, Zhu Youxiao felt something was right. Why did he ask Li Zhizao to lead the troops? Isn't it because there is no suitable candidate? I remember that Zhu Youxiao had selected all the civil and military officials in the court for a long time, but he really couldn't find any suitable candidate to replace Xu Guangqi, who had left office and worked in the cabinet, to supervise the Tongzhou New Army. Finally, he had no choice but to give Li Zhizao this important position. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao was still worried about Xu Guangqi's control over the Tongzhou New Army too strong!

"Then do you think you are a general?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

Xu Guangqi smiled slightly and replied, "I think it's not, what does the emperor think?"

Zhu Youxiao suddenly felt that the topic was interesting, so he said, "I think I am more suitable to be an emperor, not a general!" Seeing that Xu Guangqi was a little frivolous, Zhu Youxiao said this sentence in a pun.

"I also think so! I think the emperor is the most wisest emperor since Taizu!" Of course, this flattery is to be slapped, and Xu Guangqi is naturally unavoidable. Moreover, once he put on the high hat, Zhu Youxiao and others would not be able to punish Li Zhizao, so he would achieve his goal of rushing into the palace to meet the saint.

"Haha!" Zhu Youxiao was slapped by this flattery and then replied: "Xu Aiqing, I remember that you are a relatively upright official in the court. Today, I am learning from those ordinary people and I am going to flatter me!"

"When the emperor, those ordinary people are short-sighted and can see the emperor's wisdom? Therefore, the words they say are just compliments. The gentle ministers are different from those ordinary people, and the gentle ministers' words come from the heart." Xu Guangqi was happy to see Zhu Youxiao, of course, it was a fuel to the fire.

Zhu Youxiao was even more refreshed. Xu Guangqi was usually very old-fashioned. It was rare to say a few good words. Today, he actually reduced his identity for Li Zhizao. With this, how could he have the nerve to pursue Li Zhizao? He smiled and said, "Okay, it's better to say less. My dear, I sacrificed my principles for Li Zhizao. What else can I say? If I don't pursue this matter, I will blame it for the end. How about it! My dear, please rest assured now!"

Xu Guangqi did not waste his efforts in vain, so he kowtowed happily: "The emperor is wise, I am glad that the Ming Dynasty has a wise monarch like the emperor. It seems that under the emperor's management, my Ming Dynasty's rejuvenation is just around the corner!" Xu Guangqi still flattered him at the end, which was considered a gift this time.

Zhu Youxiao was proud again and was about to speak when he saw Wei Chao sneaking in from outside the door again, holding a copper cylinder in his hand. Zhu Youxiao was very happy at this moment. When he saw Wei Chao coming in, he said, "What I ordered is done, what else should I report to me now?"

However, Wei Chao ran to Zhu Youxiao, looked at Xu Guangqi, and looked at Zhu Youxiao with questions. Zhu Youxiao knew that there must be information from Jinyiwei or Dongchang to report urgently. Logically, the affairs of Dongchang and Jinyiwei could not be known to the ministers in the court, so Xu Guangqi was present, Wei Chao wanted to ask Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said, "It's okay, just say it directly. Can I believe Xu Aiqing?"

When Wei Chao saw Zhu Youxiao say this, he said: "Jinyiwei just received the information sent from Luoyang, saying that it was Liu Sangdu, the former Luoyang garrison general in the rebels of King Fu, and the Jinyiwei spies in Luoyang City, saying that he wanted to surrender."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up, his hand stretched out and said, "Take it to me!"

Wei Chao handed the secret letter in his hand to Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao opened the cylinder and took out the secret letter in it. He looked at it carefully. The happier he became. He slapped the table and said, "I was just talking about this Liu Sangdu just now. Now that Cao Cao is talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives, and he actually offered the city to surrender, and he also said that he would also offer the head of King Fu to me! It seems that King Fu is doing something wrong and is taking it upon himself!"

Then he handed the secret letter in his hand to Xu Guangqi, and said with a smile: "This is the secret letter from the Jinyiwei. It is logical that it cannot be consulted by the ministers in the court. However, it is estimated that the cabinet will receive the news soon. It will take nearly two days for the quick horse to deliver the secret letter to the capital. Now, I'm afraid King Fu's head is also delivering it to the capital!"

Xu Guangqi stepped forward and ended up with the secret letter from Zhu Youxiao. After reading it, he said, "This Liu Sangdu is a hero who knows the current affairs. Finally, he is looking down on the emperor and is the master of the Ming Dynasty. There will be no good end to betray the emperor. However, in this way, Liu Sangdu was a little interested in letting go of the war in the previous battle, otherwise the losses of the Tongzhou New Army might have been greater!"

"Yes, I want to see the culprit who easily destroyed more than 100,000 taels of silver. The silver is gone in less than an hour!" Zhu Youxiao felt heartbroken when he thought of the scattered car camp that was killed!
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