I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 318 Unyielding

Everyone cursed a few words out of righteous indignation, and then fell into a long silence.

They knew in their hearts that the king of the regent had the final say in the current court, and if the king of regent wanted to dismiss them all, it would be impossible for them to stay in the court.

However, who can accept returning home to provide for the elderly at an age when they are in their prime?

Han Chuang studied hard for more than ten years, and finally had a bright future, but was completely destroyed by a single mistake.

now.

Most of the officials began to regret, why didn't they go out of the city to meet Her Majesty the Empress yesterday?

In fact, they didn't go out of the city to greet them, it was all on purpose.

I want to use this to express their attitude towards the court headed by the regent!

I thought, this is just a trivial matter, which not only expresses my attitude, but also won't cause too serious consequences.

Who would have thought that the regent would use this method to deal with them.

"Hey, if the regent insists on going his own way, what should we do?"

At this time, Uiro, a member of the etiquette department, let out a long sigh and asked.

The voice fell.

Everyone was lost in thought.

Apparently they couldn't answer that question either.

After a while.

Everyone suddenly thought of something, and all set their eyes on Gao Yu.

Gao Butang invited them to be guests, he must have already thought of a countermeasure.

Moreover, after all, Gao Butang is the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, a second-rank official, and he and Xie Ge are close friends.

There is nothing wrong with listening to Kobetang.

Thinking of this.

Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Rituals, said: "Gao Gong, you have experienced ups and downs in the court all these years, you are used to seeing big scenes, and you also give advice to the subordinates, how to overcome this difficulty?"

On the side, everyone echoed.

"That's right, Mr. Gao, give your subordinates some advice."

"Whether it's to go to the palace to plead guilty, or to argue with the regent and Mr. Xie Ge, the subordinate officials will listen to you, and the subordinate officials will do what you tell them to do."

For a moment, everyone pinned all their hopes on Gao Yu.

On the first seat.

Gao Yu still looked calm, picked up his teacup slowly, took a sip, and said indifferently: "The main purpose of Fang Xiu's entry into Beijing is to show his authority by killing chickens and monkeys, so he will use such a Take advantage of trivial matters to get rid of so many pillars!
That being the case, no matter whether it is pleading guilty or begging for mercy on the knees, it will not have any effect, but it will hit his hands! "

As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts sank.

But they all knew that Gao Yu's words were justified.

Fang Xiu's confidant Bai Qi sits in Jinnan City, so there is no need to worry about troubles.

But he still chose to visit Jinnan in person, the biggest purpose must be to establish his own majesty, and pave the way for the so-called meeting of the great cadres and the great Zhou deliberative ministers.

In the future, there will not be too many people in the imperial court who will oppose the decision made by this meeting of ministers.

Since it is to establish majesty, killing chickens and monkeys is undoubtedly the best choice.

It was a coincidence that they just hit the muzzle of the gun.

"If you can't plead guilty, then you only have to fight with reason."

Member of the Ministry of Rituals Wailang looked worried and said in a low voice.

"No!"

Gao Yu looked at him, and said decisively: "Based on the old man's understanding of Fangxiu, to him, fighting with reason is like playing the piano with a cow. He doesn't care what you say or what you do, what he wants to do You won't stop doing things just because you have a reason, that's what is called domineering!

In the Qian Kingdom, he was just a prime minister, so he acted arbitrarily and domineeringly, and could not listen to other people's opinions. Now in my Great Zhou Dynasty, he is the regent king, has the right to approve reds, and his status is no less than that of the emperor. Naturally, he is even more arbitrary. How could he let you go just because you argued hard with him? "

These remarks are well-founded and convincing.

After hearing this, the hearts of all the people present sank to the bottom of the valley.

A head of the household department said almost desperately: "So, wouldn't it be inevitable for us to be dismissed?"

Gao Yu looked at the head of the household department and said, "Not necessarily."

Those four short words brought hope to everyone present.

Everyone looked at Gao Yu with eyes full of hope, and said impatiently: "Grandpa Gao taught me!"

Gao Yu picked up the teacup calmly again, took a sip, cleared his throat, and said, "In my opinion, the only thing you can do now is not to fight but not to surrender."

Not fighting but not surrendering?

Everyone was slightly taken aback, thinking, what kind of solution is this?
Just as he was wondering, he heard Gao Yu continue: "The so-called non-resistance means not making trouble in front of Fang Xiu and Xie Qian, and the so-called non-submission means not obeying the so-called dismissal order.

For the next few days, you just need to enter the palace to be on duty as usual. If someone obstructs you, you will pretend that you did not see it. If someone uses strong methods, you will wait in front of the palace gate.

With so many officials dismissed at once, the court will not be able to fill these vacancies for a while. After a while, when Fang Xiu leaves the capital, Xie Qian will still have to use you. "

"This"

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, and they could see the suspicion in each other's eyes.

Is it possible to do this?

For a while, everyone was silent.

at this time.

Gao Yu continued: "As for the old man, I don't have so many worries. The old man will argue with Fang Xiu and Xie Qian to the last moment on behalf of you. If Fang Xiu still insists on his own opinion, the old man will go on a hunger strike and die. At that time, the old man A letter will be left to warn all officials and students not to shed blood for this old man."

The tone was very flat, as if he was describing a trivial matter that was not worth mentioning.

When everyone heard this, they were stunned.

Die from a hunger strike?

So, is Gao Butang ready to die?

After only a moment, everyone came to their senses, looked at Gao Yu, and persuaded: "Don't do this, Duke Gao."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Gao Yu waved his hand and said firmly:
"You don't need to persuade me any more. This old man has already made a decision. At this old man's age, it's time to die. If this old man's death can make Fang Xiu and Xie Qian make some changes, it can be regarded as a great Zhou court. Final contribution.

A person's death is either heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather. I only hope that my death will not be lighter than a feather. "

The voice fell.

The whole hall fell into silence.

When everyone looked at the gray-haired old man in front of them, they all felt sad from the bottom of their hearts, and at the same time raised respect.

"Mr. Gao."

"High Department Hall"

Everyone looked sad and sobbed.

at this time.

The housekeeper of the Gao Mansion came to Gao Yu's side, and said softly: "Master, your and Xie Ge's articles are being circulated outside, and some reporters are waiting in front of the mansion, and want to ask you why you did it. articles like this."

When Gao Yu heard the butler's words, his vicissitudes of life showed a daze, and he asked, "What article?"

The steward said: "It's the article you wrote on the Jiangyue tabloid, titled "Thanks to Thousands of Directors for Discussing Political Affairs."

Gao Yu was dumbfounded when he heard this.

Obviously, he never expected that the article he sent to Jiangyue Tabloid would actually be published.

"What about the Jiangyue tabloid, show it to the old man."

Gao Yu looked at the housekeeper and urged him eagerly.

"Let's get it, little one."

The butler responded and left quickly.

In just a moment, a newspaper was brought out and handed to Gao Yu.

After Gao Yu reached out to take it, he looked at it from top to bottom.

The headline on the front page of the newspaper was "Feelings from watching thousands of political councilors", signed by Gao Yu.

The article is indeed the one he wrote.

At the beginning, congratulate Xie Qian, who successfully became the only political council member of the Great Zhou, and has the same status as the Minister of Rites, Minister of Household and Minister of War of Qian Kingdom.

Immediately afterwards, the topic changed, and Xie Qian, the chief minister of the cabinet who started the war with Qianguo, was puzzled to become a council member.

Then, I asked again, why the so-called meeting between Dagan and Dazhou's political ministers, only one of the four political councilors was from Dazhou.

At the same time, he raised a series of questions about Xie Qian's identity and camp, and then extended the questions to the regent.

Inside and outside the words, Xie Qian was accused of being a traitor and seeking glory. As the chief assistant of the cabinet, after losing the war, he turned around and surrendered to the enemy, helping the enemy eliminate dissidents, and helping the tyrant.
On the surface, it is praised, but in fact it is belittled.

Right below this article, there is another article.

The title is "Benevolence".

Thousands of words are eloquent, mainly preaching how the empress implemented a benevolent government after she ascended the throne, and the many achievements she has made.

In addition, there is also a small column, which is Xie Qian's exclusive interview with Jiang Yuege reporter, responding to Gao Yu's doubts about him.

Many examples were cited to illustrate that the alliance between Dagan and Dazhou is an excellent thing for the people of both countries!

Among them are the reductions in the prices of daily necessities such as sugar, monosodium glutamate, and cloth.

Justified and convincing.

After Gao Yu finished reading Xie Qian's article, there was a hint of trance in his eyes.

Not to mention others, even after reading this article, he felt that the empress's ascension to the throne and the alliance between the two countries would be an excellent thing for the common people.

Even the anger brought by the other party's Xiu has weakened a bit.

But he knew in his heart that Xie Qian's article was avoiding the important and only talking about the advantages, not the disadvantages!

There was a few breaths of silence.

He put away the Jiangyue tabloid in his hand, looked at everyone, and said slowly: "I know that you have doubts about the old man's method, but there is nothing else to do now, please do this for now when you go back. If it doesn’t work, try another method.”

As of now, it can only be so.

Everyone sighed in their hearts, got up and saluted one after another, and left Gaofu.

After they left, Gao Yu was the only one left in the main hall.

He was sitting on the grand teacher's chair, his vicissitudes of face were neither happy nor sad, and his whole body was like a sculpture.

time flies.

In a blink of an eye, it was the second day.

The official document of the imperial court dismissing many officials has been approved and sent to the yamen everywhere.

The officials who received the notice were still on duty as if nothing had happened.

If anyone obstructs them, they will wait in front of the palace gate.

So, it was noon.

There are as many as [-] officials waiting outside the palace gate.

Even if they didn't intend to make trouble, it looks like they are making trouble now.

Of course, they didn't do anything, they didn't say anything, and they didn't show righteous indignation.

Even the guards guarding the palace gate didn't know what to do with them for a while.

After all, the imperial court has never stipulated that ordinary people cannot stand in front of the palace gate.

Thirty people.

Standing at the front was the gray-haired, elderly Gao Yu.

different from others.

From the very beginning, he never thought of returning to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry.

She has been standing in front of the palace gate, and someone came to persuade her.

He was just silent too.

Sit cross-legged when you are tired from standing.

When I got tired of sitting, I stood again.

Snow has stopped for more than a day.

The snow in front of the palace gate was cleaned by a special person, so it looks very clean.

Even so, the weather is still cold.

At Gao Yu's age, even in fox fur and several layers of clothes, his face would turn pale after being frozen for a period of time.

As time goes by.

More and more people heard about what happened in front of the palace gate.

Many officials who had been taught by Gao Yu finally couldn't stand it anymore and came to the palace gate to persuade them.

It's just that Gao Yu still persisted as if he couldn't hear it.

Time passed minute by minute.

Soon, the day will pass.

Jinnan has no curfew.

So Gao Yu still stood in front of the palace gate.

into the night.

The people of Gao Mansion put a stove beside Gao Yu.

Bring him warmth.

The temperature dropped sharply at night, and if there was no stove, he would freeze to death in just one night.

It was like this for two days.

More and more people know Gao Yu, the dismissed minister of the Ministry of Industry.

The scholars in Jinnan City also knew the reason why Mr. Gao stood in front of the palace gate.

Master Gao used this method to express his dissatisfaction with the regent's arbitrariness!
and!

I heard that Mr. Gao hasn't had a bite of food for two full days!

As long as the regent doesn't take back his order and still insists on dismissing many pillars of the court, he will starve to death in front of the palace gate!

This is to use your own life to fight against the regent!
a time.

The scholars in Jinnan City were overwhelmed, and they flocked to Gao Yu's side one after another, and went on a hunger strike together!
It has been two days since Gao Yu went on hunger strike.

noon.

In the Nuan Pavilion of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Zhang Xinyuan, a scholar of the cabinet and Minister of the household department, frowned and said anxiously: "Mr. Xie Ge, those scholars now regard Gao Yu as a hero who fought against the regent, and followed suit one after another. Do we just watch them like this when we are fighting against the regent?" Starve to death in front of you!"

Xie Qian sat on the teacher's chair, without any expression on his face, just silent.

aside.

Dongge University scholar Guo Kui also couldn't help but said: "Mr. Xie Ge, Gao Yu is your friend, don't you just have the heart to watch him go on a hunger strike and die like this? Gao Yu and those dismissed officials were wrong, but Don't die!"

Hearing this, Xie Qian opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

Before he could speak, he heard voices coming from outside the house.

"If Gu remembers correctly, the court didn't prohibit them from eating, right?"

The voice fell.

The few great scholars in the hall were all shocked, and they all stood up and saluted.

"See His Royal Highness the Regent!"

Fang Xiu stepped into the Nuan Pavilion, looked around, and said indifferently: "It's their business that they go on hunger strike, so what have you got to do with it? Why are you in such a hurry?"

(End of this chapter)