I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Soon, Zhang Runde also had a general understanding of the ins and outs of the whole matter under the narration of the subordinate official.

And what surprised him the most was that the group of officials actually thought of using the solar eclipse as an excuse to persuade His Majesty to take back his order!
After that, Zhang Runde came back to his senses and assured the subordinate official.

"Please go back and tell Mr. Xiaoge that I know what to do, so he can rest assured!"

Hearing this, the subordinate could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately responded respectfully.

"Yes, my lord, I will definitely bring your words to Elder Xiaoge exactly!"

After that, the subordinate didn't stop at all, and immediately turned and left the room.

After the subordinate staff left the room, Zhang Runde had no intention of dealing with the remaining affairs.

At this moment, he couldn't help showing a trace of hesitation on his face. After all, according to what the subordinate staff said earlier, he would have to face the group of speech officials head-on next!

Elder Yan Ge and Elder Xiao Ge have high positions and are deeply trusted by His Majesty, so they don't have to care about the criticism from the speaker.

But I'm just a servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and my foundation in the court is still shallow, so I can't compete with those officials. What's more, my ass is not clean. If I am caught by the officials, I'm afraid... …

Zhang Runde tried to continue thinking along this line of thought, and after he predicted his end, he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

But, then again, this is an order personally issued by Mr. Yan Ge. If he retreats before the battle, his fate will not be much better.

Finally, after weighing the pros and cons, a resolute expression gradually appeared on Zhang Runde's face, and he clenched his fists and muttered to himself silently.

"Damn it, I'm going to risk my life today, and I'm going to fight the Yanguan!"

"If something happens at that time, Mr. Yan Ge and the others will definitely not sit idly by!"

After comforting himself in this way, Zhang Runde quickly calmed down. Immediately afterwards, he called a few cronies and gave orders.

"Go, call Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing to me, and tell Mr. Yan Ge and the others that we need to do something, go quickly!"

Seeing Zhang Runde's eagerness, those cronies did not dare to neglect him in the slightest, and immediately responded in a deep voice.

"Yes, my lord!"

After those cronies left the room, Zhang Runde sat back on the chair again, lowered his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

Zhang Runde didn't wait too long, Luo Longwen, Yan Maoqing and other key members of the strict party all arrived at the scene after a while.

Seeing the crowd coming, Zhang Runde immediately got up from his seat, nodded, and said.

"Well, everyone is here!"

As soon as Zhang Runde finished speaking, someone couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked him.

"Master Zhang, dare to ask Mr. Yan Ge and the others, what do they need us to do, and it takes so much trouble?"

Zhang Runde didn't intend to go around in circles with everyone, after thinking for a while, he immediately described the ins and outs of the matter.

"The thing is like this, not long ago, Xiaoge Lao sent someone to inform me..."

After Zhang Runde recounted the cause of the incident, he successfully caused an uproar.

The first person who couldn't sit still was Yan Maoqing. Seeing that his face was full of horror, he immediately spoke up and confirmed to Zhang Runde.

"What, you said we're going to confront those speech officials head-on next time!"

Zhang Runde met Yan Maoqing's gaze, nodded and responded.

"Well, that's right, Xiaoge Lao sent people over just now, just for this matter!"

After being confirmed by Zhang Runde, the last trace of luck left in Yan Maoqing's heart disappeared, and soon after she came back to her senses, she asked Zhang Runde with a smirk.

"Then... that, can you not go?"

As soon as Yan Maoqing's words fell, several officials responded immediately.

"That's right, Mr. Zhang, what Mr. Yan said makes sense. If we rashly confront those speech officials, we won't be able to please them!"

"That's right, this matter should be discussed in the long term, or let's go and persuade Yan Ge and them!"

"It makes sense, Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xiao Ge have nothing to fear. After all, we are just small characters. If the time comes to anger the group of speech officials, we will not be able to bear it. !"

Zhang Runde did not comment on this, but just watched with cold eyes.

The reason why Yan Maoqing dared to stand up, on the one hand, was because he felt that he was worthy enough of the Yan family. After all, last time, he successfully completed the task of collecting salt tax. Not only that, but also got rid of Qingliu for Yan Song There are several key members around.

On the other hand, it was because he was afraid of angering those officials!
After all, it can be said that the matter of his corruption has already been known to the whole court. If the time comes, those speech officials are accidentally angered, and those speech officials are desperate to rush to impeachment. Bian will also have to come forward to deal with himself.

It was also because of this that Yan Maoqing wanted to remain neutral and try not to offend anyone!
Just when Yan Maoqing was still thinking about what kind of rhetoric to use to deal with this matter.

Luo Longwen, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, couldn't sit still, he stepped forward, pointed at the noses of the officials who wanted to escape and cursed.

"Bah, what a bunch of ungrateful things, have you forgotten that in recent years, if Mr. Yan Ge hadn't been protecting us all the time, would we be where we are today?"

When Luo Longwen said this, he paused for a moment, then continued.

"Let me ask you again, if Mr. Yan Ge's illness had not been cured by His Majesty last time, what would have happened to those waiting for us?"

"Don't talk about sitting firmly under the buttocks, none of us can escape Qingliu's reckoning!"

"Right now, Mr. Yan Ge only asks us to do some trivial things, and you push back and forth. I, Luo Longwen, really look down on ungrateful villains like you!"

After Luo Longwen's voice fell, the room fell into a dead silence. Maybe it was because of guilty conscience or other reasons. In short, no one stood up to refute.

I don't know how much time has passed, but Zhang Runde, who has been watching coldly, speaks and breaks the silence.

"If you want to go, stay and go with me later, if you don't want to go, you can leave now!"

After Zhang Runde's voice fell, those officials who had wanted to back down couldn't help but feel a little moved, but after thinking about it, they still didn't take any action, and just stood there with tangled faces.

After all, if this walk is not complete, Mr. Yan Ge and the others will be offended. Just when they were hesitating, Zhang Runde's voice sounded again.

He turned his eyes to Yan Maoqing and asked in a cold voice.

"Yan Maoqing, what about you, what do you think?"

Seeing this situation, everyone's eyes fell on Yan Maoqing in unison, waiting for his answer.

After thinking about it for a long time, Yan Maoqing seemed to have made a decision, she gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice.

"I... I will go with you!"

Hearing this, Zhang Runde didn't have too much trouble in his eyes, but after looking Yan Maoqing up and down, he withdrew his eyes and spoke instead.

"In this case, let's start preparing!"

……

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and the officials quickly inquired from various channels about the two orders issued by Zhao Zhenji in the Inspectorate.

Zhao Zhenji's sudden backstab undoubtedly caught the group of speakers by surprise. At this moment, an indescribable sense of crisis shrouded everyone's hearts.

"This Zhao Zhenji is really an idiot. Pooh, shameless!"

"Yes, that's right, shameless, he, Zhao Zhenji, actually did such a disgraceful thing in order to flatter the cabinet, you bastard!"

"Fortunately, Zhao Zhenji is still the supervisory censor, and he can't even tell right from wrong at the very least. This shows how seriously His Majesty has been deceived!"

"Yes, after this matter is over, we will impeach Zhao Zhenji together!"

Seeing those people getting more and more excited and speaking more and more freely, Hu Yingjia's eyelids twitched and he quickly changed the subject.

"Everyone calm down, don't forget what our purpose was in the first place!"

After Hu Yingjia's reminder, everyone's emotions gradually calmed down, and they began to think about the next countermeasures.

After all, they originally just wanted to persuade the emperor not to add the subject of arithmetic to the imperial examinations in the coming year.

But now, the development of the matter has long been out of their control, and has gradually evolved into a rivalry between two political forces, and there is no possibility of stopping.

Thinking of this, Hu Yingjia sighed helplessly, and after putting aside all the complicated thoughts in his heart, he turned to everyone and said in a deep voice.

"Everyone, right now, Zhao Zhenji of the Procuratorate has handed over the list of officials impeached by Shangshu to the cabinet. In other words, we have no way out!"

"Because of this, we can't continue to sit still like this, we must take the initiative to attack, and take advantage of the gap when the opponent has not yet accumulated strength, and catch them by surprise!"

Hu Yingjia's words quickly aroused the support of many speech officials present. After all, before this, their speech officials had never encountered any setbacks in this regard. How could they swallow this breath?
Seeing that no one raised any objections to this, soon after Hu Yingjia looked around, he immediately started a specific division of labor.

"Master Wang, you are responsible for publicizing this matter, Mr Li, you are responsible for keeping an eye on the cabinet's movements, Mr Zhang..."

After Hu Yingjia finished the division of labor, he looked away from the many officials present and said loudly.

"Everyone, success or failure depends on one action. What we do today will be written in history and praised by future generations!"

After Hu Yingjia's words fell, the speech officials present all spoke in unison.

"Yes, it will be extolled by future generations!"

"Let's go, let's meet His Majesty!"

Soon, under the leadership of Hu Yingjia, this group of officials set off in a mighty way, and they wanted everyone to see the strong character of the scholars!
……

At the same time as the Yanguan's official departure, an extremely turbulent public opinion quickly spread among the government and the opposition, and aroused great discussion.

The Ministry of Rites, at this moment, the extremely turbulent public opinion in the court also made many officials indifferent to deal with the government affairs at hand, and began to gather in small groups to discuss carefully.

"Hey, have you heard that the group of speakers seems to be clamoring to petition His Majesty to make him take it back?"

"I've heard it a long time ago. Alas, I don't know whose slander His Majesty has listened to, and actually thought of adding the subject of arithmetic to the next year's imperial examinations. Such absurd things have never happened in all dynasties. matter!"

"Does it need to be said? It must be a good thing done by the cabinet assistant Xu Jie. Didn't you see that group of speech officials clamoring to impeach him?"

"Hush, keep your voice down, do you dare to say such things in public?"

"What are you afraid of? There is no one else here. If you want me to tell you, those speech officials really deserve to be role models for our generation!"

Seeing this situation, I saw a white-haired old man tremblingly put down the brush in his hand, and interjected: "Hmph, these officials nowadays don't have the strength of a scholar at all. It's really not as good as one generation after another. Think about it." When the old man was young..."

While the old man was still bragging to everyone about his "glorious deeds" when he was young, he didn't notice at all that those colleagues who had looked curious before had silently looked back at this moment, and began to pretend to handle the official documents in their hands.

When the old man came to his senses, he suddenly realized that at some time, Li Chunfang, Minister of Rites, had quietly appeared behind him.

At this moment, Li Chunfang was looking at the old man jokingly with her hands behind her back.

Seeing this situation, the old man was frightened to the point of death. He stood up suddenly from the seat and saluted him in fear.

"Xia...Xiaguan has met Lord Shangshu!"

Li Chunfang didn't make any comment, just nodded slightly, and gave orders.

"Well, sit down!"

"Thank you, Master Shangshu!"

Hearing that, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately returned to his seat gratefully.

Just when everyone thought the matter had come to an end, after looking around, Li Chunfang calmly reminded her.

"You'd better not talk about this matter, otherwise, if something happens, don't blame me, understand?"

Seeing that Li Chunfang, the Minister of Rites, spoke in person, how could everyone dare to continue this topic, they all fell silent, and started to deal with their own affairs, everything seemed to be back to the usual time.

Seeing this situation, Li Chunfang nodded slightly, and immediately turned and left with her hands behind her back, just like when she came.

After Li Chunfang left, everyone had this thought in their hearts: "This incident actually provoked Li Chunfang, the Minister of Rites, to come forward in person. Could it be that something big will happen next?" (End of this chapter)