The team returned from Datong and entered the territory of Daizhou. Sun Chuanting and Liao Wenguang parted ways.
Liao Wenguang called his chief attendant into the carriage and rode all the way back to Taiyuan Mansion.
"Master, where should we go first?" A commander in the team came to the carriage and asked Liao Wenguang in the carriage.
Liao Wenguang opened one side of the car curtain, looked outside, and said, "Go to the Chief Envoy Si Yamen. No, let's go see Futai first."
After saying that, he lowered the car curtain.
The general manager rode on horseback and said to the driver: "Go to the governor's Yamen."
The carriage entered the city, and the coachman drove down the street.
In the city, there is not only the governor's office, but also the Shanxi Governor's Office and the Chief Envoy Office. In addition, there is a county office.
As the carriage came along, there were soldiers from the Fubiao Battalion in front of them clearing the way. People could tell at a glance that the person sitting in the carriage was either rich or noble, so pedestrians on the road moved to the side of the road to leave the road for the carriage to pass first.
The driver skillfully drove to the governor's Yamen.
"Sir, we are here." The previous commander came to Liao Wenguang's carriage and reminded him.
Liao Wenguang glanced at the governor's office outside through the car window before getting off the carriage.
There were several sedan chairs parked outside the yamen gate, and several officials wearing blue official robes were chatting together.
When they saw Liao Wenguang getting out of the car, two officials immediately came over to greet him.
"I have met Councilor Liao."
Officials wearing blue official robes came to Liao Wenguang and bowed respectfully.
Liao Wenguang nodded slightly and responded to them.
The two officials in green robes didn't say much. They knew that their status was too different, so they bowed and took the initiative to retreat to the place where several officials in green robes had gathered.
Not long after, someone came out of the yamen and welcomed Liao Wenguang in.
As for the officials wearing green official robes, they were still guarding the door, watching with envy as Liao Wenguang entered the Yamen.
"Senior Liao, please take a seat quickly and tell me about the situation in Datong." Governor Pan Xiguang saw Liao Wenguang walking in and immediately greeted him warmly.
Liao Wenguang bowed to Pan Xiguang, then walked to the seat next to him and sat down carefully with half his buttocks.
"Serve tea to Senator Liao." Pan Xiguang told the boy waiting on the side.
"Thank you Futai."
Liao Wenguang bowed his hands in gratitude.
"Tell me about your trip to Datong this time. Are there any results? Does Thief Liu agree to go to Yanmen Pass?" Pan Xiguang asked one after another.
Liao Wenguang bowed and said: "This official is incompetent and failed to persuade Liu Thief to go to Yanmen Pass."
Hearing this, Pan Xiguang frowned suddenly.
Seeing this, Liao Wenguang hurriedly defended: "The lower officials have had good talks with each other several times, but it's a pity that Liu Thief didn't have enough money and salt to enter, so he insisted not to come to Yanmen Pass. However, Liu Thief's conditions were somewhat relaxed, and he no longer blocked the troops sent by the imperial court. Officials come to Xuanda to take up their posts."
"So he gave up on the conditions he proposed before?" Pan Xiguang leaned back and picked up the tureen on the table.
Liao Wenguang shook his head slightly and said: "It's not that I gave up, but that I changed the condition of not allowing the imperial court to send officials to announce the university to other conditions."
"What conditions have been changed?" Pan Xiguang picked up the tureen, put it to his mouth, blew on it, and took a sip.
Liao Wenguang said: "Liu Thief only allowed civilian officials to take office in Xuanda University. No military generals appointed by the imperial court were allowed to enter Xuanda University. And he promised not to ask for military pay from the imperial court, but he wanted taxes from Xuanda and Dazhou."
puff!
Pan Xiguang squirted out the tea he just drank.
He casually put the tureen on the table next to him and said: "His conditions are no different from before. They are even better. The last condition was that officials were not allowed to go to Xuanda to take office. This time he didn't even want to pay taxes. Leave it to the court, what does he want to do? Rebellion?"
Liao Wenguang lowered his head.
I was a bit embarrassed to remind the other party that Liu Thief was rebelling, otherwise he wouldn't have had to go to Datong twice to recruit people.
"Your tea, sir." The boy put down the hot tea he had just brewed and stepped aside.
Liao Wenguang did not touch the tea brought by the waiter, but stared at the cup, as if there was something attractive on it.
"What do you think?" Pan Xiguang asked suddenly.
Liao Wenguang quickly looked away from the cup, turned to Pan Xiguang, who was sitting at the top, and said, "I will obey you Futai in everything."
"Just say what you want. You went to Datong twice to meet Liu Thief and tell him what you think." Pan Xiguang didn't give the other party a chance to be slick.
Liao Wenguang knew that he had to say something. He pondered for a moment and said, "I think it is better to send Liu Thief's conditions to the capital and let the capital decide."
Very tactfully, he passed the problem to the capital.
"Such conditions are no different from the last time. They turned Xuanda into a vassal town, and no one in the court dared to agree." Pan Xiguang glanced at Liao Wenguang.
Liao Wenguang noticed the other person's gaze and hurriedly lowered his head.
He knew that the evasive answer he had just made made the other party dissatisfied, but he knew that Liu Thief's request was a fatal matter. Regardless of whether he agreed or not, he, a small fourth-rank chief envoy and counselor, could not afford it.
"I originally wanted to recommend you to the court, but now it seems that I am quite disappointed." Pan Xiguang stared at Liao Wenguang and said.
Liao Wenguang smiled bitterly when he heard this.
Knowing that he couldn't escape, he said: "When I go back to Futai, on the way to Datong from Xiaguan, Sun Boya, who resigned from the Ministry of Personnel and returned home, also went to Datong with me. On the way back, he and Xiaguan Mention a suggestion.”
"What suggestions?" Pan Xiguang asked.
Liao Wenguang sorted out his words and said: "After Sun Boya went to Datong, he kept telling his subordinates that Liu Thief was a big thief and that the court should not recruit him. Instead, he sent out a large army to encircle and suppress Liu Thief, and did not give Liu Thief a chance to develop and grow. .”
"Hmph, to put it simply, if the Liu thief was so easily suppressed, how could the imperial court intend to recruit him?" Pan Xiguang snorted coldly.
Liao Wenguang echoed from the side: "What Futai said is absolutely true. I also think that he is too extreme. He only wants to wipe out the rebels, but he doesn't want to send out a large army to suppress the rebellion. How many troops and horses will be sent and how much food and grass will be consumed. I'm afraid he hasn't thought about these things. He probably only knows that sending a large army to counter the rebellion is enough. If the strength is not enough, more troops will be added until the counter-insurgency is over. As for other things, he doesn't even think about it."
"I used to be quite optimistic about this person, but now it seems that he is nothing." Pan Xiguang sighed in disappointment.
At this time, Liao Wenguang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist. He caused trouble by diverting the water eastward and attracted it to Sun Chuanting, which temporarily relieved him.
