The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1288 Good idea

When Sheng Yuan firmly took the third seat in the cabinet, the aftermath of the farce at the grand court meeting had not yet subsided.

The bell that rang for no reason in the palace's Baosheng Tower was like the beacon fire that King You of Zhou used to tease the princes, causing the emperor's image among the officials to suddenly decline a lot.

The officials' impression of Emperor Yanping, who liked to compete with his ministers but was still reasonable, turned into a fool with no bottom line who would do anything to achieve his goals... Oh no, a tyrant.

This made many court officials unbelievable, but also calmed them down a lot; after all, you can argue with a rational monarch; but when the emperor is more unreasonable than you, you have to be rational. After all, the life of a superior person is wonderful, so why bother to play a game of Nine Clans Match 3!

Of course, when some people were timid, others would take force. Memorials impeaching the emperor for toying with court officials, disrespecting the country, and being unjust filled the cabinet like snowflakes.

Well, it was originally going to be sent to the Lanzheng Hall, but Emperor Yanping had anticipated this situation, so he submitted a memorial in advance to refuse to accept it, and directly threw these memorials that scolded the emperor back to the cabinet, the transit station.

"Wenzhen, you have just joined the cabinet and hold an important position as one of the three assistants, so... you should try to deal with these rumors and remarks, just as a practice." Gu Yuncheng, who was acting as the first assistant, did not want to take over, but it was not easy to push the trouble to An Suiyun, who was preparing to retire but was forced to act as the second assistant. He had no choice but to find Sheng Yuan, who was reading the documents, and let her handle it herself.

Sheng Yuan looked at the other person's back as he left in a carefree manner, his eyes full of envy.

It turns out that being a boss is better than being a subordinate!

However, she is not bothered by the things that are pushed onto her shoulders. No matter how difficult things are, there is always a solution.

Just like these memorials piled up like a mountain, they seem to be a lot, but it becomes much simpler if they are classified by author, place of origin, and position.

Sheng Yuan felt that since she was respectfully addressed as "Mr. Sheng", she must have some responsibilities and make some contributions, so she carefully prepared a stack of invitations and wrote dozens of them herself.

"Do you want to hold a seminar with this group of people?" Gu Yuncheng put down the tea bowl, glad that he didn't drink tea because of the itchy head.

Sheng Yuan put down the plan and explained to the other party very seriously: "Your Majesty, it is indeed inappropriate to ring the bell of Baosheng Pavilion, but your colleagues compared it to playing tricks on the princes with beacon fires, which is a bit too much. However, at a time when most people are trying to protect themselves, they still insist on correcting Your Majesty's shortcomings. Maybe some of them are seeking fame, but most of them should be loyal and honest ministers... and such people are stubborn. If Your Majesty is unwilling to respond, I am afraid that more and more memorials will be piled up in the cabinet. Instead of dodging them blindly, it is better to call them together for a frank talk." "Then what do you want to talk about?"

"I think there must be a reason for impeachment. We can discuss the causes and consequences of the bell ringing incident at Baosheng Pavilion, the impact it had, the necessity of its occurrence, and the potential hidden dangers... Both the monarch and his subjects are responsible for the occurrence of this incident. How can we improve it in the future to prevent such incidents from happening again?"

Sheng Yuan spoke seriously, but Gu Yuncheng's mouth corners were almost trembling.

My goodness, he didn't expect Sheng Yuan was really planning to have a good talk with that group of people. He thought she wanted to lure him into a trap, call them over and unilaterally convince them with martial virtue.

However, although he realized that he was wrong, he didn't think that Sheng Yuan's discussion would have many good results.

"Wen Zhen, your idea is good, but, as you said before, most of these people are stubborn. If you want to change the opinions of stubborn people, hehe..." Gu Yuncheng smiled and shook his head, "Otherwise, in this world, hehe, there would be no such saying as 'It is easy to change the country, but difficult to change one's nature'."

"Master Prime Minister, who said I want to change their minds?" Sheng Yuan blinked in confusion. "They are court officials, and they are doing official business. I have no friendship with them, and I meet with them to discuss official business. What does it have to do with me whether they change their tempers? I want them to make improvements to the impeachment they raised. I can't just ignore everything when they raise issues, right? Whoever raises the issue is responsible for following up and improving it. Isn't this normal? They can't write long memorials to curse people just to vent their anger, right?"

"..." Gu Yuncheng pursed his lips and wanted to ask Sheng Yuan, how can you be sure that he is not going there just to satisfy his desire?

"Okay, if you are motivated, just do it. If it works, it will be your achievement." Gu Yuncheng swallowed the rebuttal words that were on the tip of his tongue and just asked Sheng Yuan to give it a try.

After all, no matter how many times you teach someone, they won't respond, but teaching someone once will do the trick. No matter how much he says, Sheng Yuan may not understand. It's better to let reality teach her.

Seeing that Gu Yuncheng had no objection, Sheng Yuan immediately went back with great interest and sent people to invite everyone.

After receiving the invitation letter and seeing the topics to be discussed and the key content noted on it, everyone was stunned: No, this, this Third Assistant Sheng, Lord Sheng... is she holding on?