However, Liu Yuliang likes fencing and his physique is indeed good. Although he is dark in front of him, he still doesn't faint after blinking his eyes, so he has to face the reality.

No matter what, the crimes mentioned in the memorial cannot be admitted no matter what. When he was about to use his brain to make excuses, Emperor Chongzhen did not give him a chance and shouted sternly: "As the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, why did you do such shameless things? You even thought about revenge against the strong enemies of the Qing Dynasty and protecting the good officials of the people of Jinzhou? Is this the chief minister's demeanor?"

"Your Majesty, I am wronged!" Liu Yuliang had never experienced such a thing, and he was afraid in his heart and stuttered a little while speaking, "I am indeed loyal to serving the country, how dare I commit such a crime of deceiving the king! It was Lu Xiangsheng who believed in favoritism, and I am..."

"Enough!" Emperor Chongzhen shouted violently, interrupting his quibbling, then turned to look at Cao Huachun and asked, "Who is the general who follows him?"

Cao Huachun had been to Liu Yuliang's army and naturally knew it, so he immediately replied: "Your Majesty is Zu Kuan, the general officer of Liaodong!"

Zu Kuan led his troops into the pass to suppress the thieves in his early years. However, this man was arrogant and domineering. The army he led was corrupt and harmed the people, and no one could control it. However, the Guanning army he led was indeed powerful, and often caused the thieves to run around. Therefore, when the court was employed, he turned a blind eye to him.

It was not until Lu Xiangsheng came out of the mountain and Zu Kuan belonged to Lu Xiangsheng that he restrained himself and did not dare to be arrogant and domineering in front of Lu Xiangsheng. But later, after Lu Xiangsheng was transferred to the position of governor of Xuanda to resist the Qing Dynasty, Zu Kuan no longer belonged to Lu Xiangsheng and let himself go again.

Zu Kuan's behavior was heard even in the original impression of Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen heard that the general was Zu Kuan, he turned to look at Liu Yuliang and shouted sternly: "I have tolerated it again and again. Do you really think I am easy to deceive? Since you refuse to admit it, that's fine!"

After saying that, he ignored Liu Yuliang, who was pale-faced, turned to Cao Huachun and ordered: "Send someone to send the chief minister back to his house to rest well. He cannot give me my will, cannot go out, and cannot contact the outside world. In addition, to arrest Zu Kuan and find out who is telling the truth about this matter. Also, Zu Kuan's crimes were collected for me. The face of the court was defeated by these unscrupulous scum. I must give an explanation to the people of the world!"

Although he believed that Lu Xiangsheng was true, no matter what aspect, he could not ignore Liu Yuliang's cry for justice. After all, he was still the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and this was appointed by the emperor himself. Although he was the former Emperor Chongzhen, since he inherited everything, he must also inherit the blame. Therefore, the normal process must be done. Fortunately, Cao Huachun has been punished and is clear about the truth. He knows it, and he does not dare to cheat.

"I obey the order!" Cao Huachun immediately received the order without hesitation. Then he turned around and looked at Liu Yuliang, reached out to signal, and said coldly: "Sir, let's go!"

The matter has come to this point, and Liu Yuliang knew that it would be useless to defend himself. He could only be honest and obedient and go back to his house under Cao Huachun's arrangement, and be under the supervision of foreign soldiers.

This matter soon spread. Then it was revealed that Lu Xiangsheng's memorial for victory was also published. Therefore, although this matter was not finalized, everyone knew that the chief minister was over. It depends on how the emperor sentenced him. Should he really be dealt with as a crime of deceiving the emperor or to be lenient?

So, many people began to discuss who would take over the position of Prime Minister?

Now in the cabinet, Fang Fengnian is sick and recuperating at home. If his illness cannot be cured soon, there will be only two people left in the cabinet, namely Xue Guoguan and Yang Sichang, and the chief minister is likely to be promoted among these two people.

Since it is two-choose one, many officials immediately had a tendency to say that it would be better to let Yang Sichang be the prime minister! After all, Xue Guoguan has a nickname called Xue Manzi.

Sometimes, Xue Manzi would say everything he should say or not. For example, at the last court meeting, he actually exposed the refugee incident, which caused officials above the fifth rank in the capital to have an extra mouth for eating at home!

Based on this, many officials began to move. There were a lot of sedan chairs at the gate of Yang Sichang's mansion. There were all kinds of people who came to make friends, show their goodwill in advance, or show their loyalty.

However, Yang Sichang, as the person involved, was not so optimistic because he knew more about the inside story than others.

He knew that Xue Manzi had random ideas, but it had already aroused the interest of Emperor Chongzhen, and it had not been triggered now. Even if he was the chief minister, if Xue Manzi's idea was finally implemented, it would be that Xue Manzi would be roasted on fire and offend all the civil and military officials in the court, as well as the imperial palace nobles.

In this case, even if Yang Sichang can be the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, he will not be happy to be.

Why did Fang Fengnian get sick? Others don’t know it, but he knows it clearly. He is simply afraid that once that happens, as the auxiliary minister of the cabinet, he will be resentful.

At this time, what bothered Yang Sichang the most was that Lu Xiangsheng was fine, and he seemed to be very capable. He could use his limited military power to restrain the 100,000 Qing troops, making them unable to be as rampant as they had just entered the pass!

If the Qing army really did this in the end, it would have to go out of the gate in shame. In this way, Lu Xiangsheng's reputation would inevitably be improved by a few levels and the holy family would be even more prosperous. From then on, the emperor would only rely on Lu Xiangsheng for military affairs. So what should he do in the future?

Thinking of these things, Yang Sichang was very angry and even privately scolded Dorgon. Wasn't he very powerful before? Governor Wu Aheng was killed by you, why is it just Lu Xiangsheng? You have no choice but to have a strong army in your hand? What are you doing?

However, no matter how much he scolded, he had no choice. As he said in his reply letter to Chen Xinjia, the emperor now trusts Lu Xiangsheng very much and has a bonus for good news. Who can shake Lu Xiangsheng's status?

He was upset about this, and some people were anxious about it. This person was Fan Yongzheng, the owner of Fan Ji Money House. After repeatedly confirming the situation, he couldn't help but say to Fan Fu a little regretful: "Isn't the Qing army very strong? Why can't I deal with Lu Xiangsheng? If my brother and the others know about this, they will probably be anxious. No, we must do something!"

While he was talking, he ran around in the study. After a moment of anxiety, he finally had an idea. He stopped and looked at Fan Fu and began to instruct him to do things.
Chapter completed!