Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 500: Moving trees and moving dead people alive
Soon, many eunuchs rushed forward and carried Wan'an's things outside the duty room. They threw some away, burned some, and packed the rest into boxes.

"These are public property..."

Liu Ji was still classifying them.

Wan'an was hiding from everyone at first, wanting to wait until Huai'en left before coming out.

As a result, he hid in the dark and observed, and found that Huai En was actually serious. Finally, he got anxious and rushed out of the cramped data room. He went to the front yard, pointed at Huai En's nose and shouted:

"Huai, please don't go too far! You slandered me maliciously and deliberately tried to sow discord between me and His Majesty, causing His Majesty to expel the important ministers entrusted by the late emperor to govern the country when he first ascended the throne. What is your intention?"

Huai En narrowed his eyes and looked at the aggressive Wan An, sneering: "Oh, who was I thinking? It turns out that our 'bird-washing husband' who is proficient in the affairs of men and women has appeared?

"What? You heard we were coming, so you went to the toilet to figure out how to disgust us, and then came out to confront us? Someone, this guy is not a public property, throw him back to where he belongs!"

Following Huai En's order, several eunuchs surrounded Wan'an.

Wan An held an inkstone in his hand and shouted, "A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. Let's see who dares to act rashly!"

He looked murderous, as if he was holding a brick to hit someone, which was indeed very intimidating at first glance.

But Wan'an is an old man over 70 years old after all. With his physique, it is difficult for him to deal with a group of strong eunuchs.

Without waiting for others to make a move, Huai En took the lead and walked in front of Wan An. Before Wan An could react, he snatched his ivory card.

"What...what are you going to do?"

Wan An originally thought that Huai En was of the same age as him, and that he would definitely be able to defeat the eunuch in front of him.

But he didn't know that Huai'en had been out for training in the past year and was in very good health, which was totally beyond his reach.

After one round, Wan'an was completely at a disadvantage.

Huai En said sternly: "His Majesty gave you the tablet, which means you are a court official. Now His Majesty has decided to take it back, so you don't have to stay in the court anymore! Wan'an, considering that you are a veteran of four dynasties, His Majesty has shown mercy outside the law and allowed you to resign voluntarily. All regulations are in accordance with the prime minister's retirement, and you can also enjoy generous treatment when you return home.

"If you don't know what's best for you, the last bit of respect between the monarch and his subjects will be gone, and anything could happen! Now I am only representing the emperor, ordering you to resign and leave the palace, and I am only mobilizing eunuchs. If you want to resist, I will have to call the guards to hold you at knifepoint and take you to the imperial prison."

"Imperial Prison!?"

When Wan'an heard this, he started to panic.

Liu Ji said in horror: "It's not that serious, is it? Let's talk it over!"

Although he said that, Liu Ji almost laughed out loud.

How is this trying to mediate?
He wished Huai En would use some tough measures to drive Wan An away immediately.

As long as Wan'an leaves the court, it would be Liu Ji who would be appointed as the Prime Minister based on seniority. From then on, the decision-making level of the Ming Dynasty would follow the lead of Liu Ji.

If the second-in-command wants to be successfully promoted to the top-in-command, he must add insult to injury to the former top-in-command, right?

Huai En said, "Wan, when you submitted that memorial yesterday, you should have thought of the outcome today! You disregarded your duty as a minister, used foul language, and still wanted His Majesty to forgive you? What's the point of keeping you in the court? Do you expect you to continue to poison the loyal and upright ministers in the court? Come on, escort him out of the palace!"

"no need!"

Wan An straightened his back and said with a solemn expression, "I can walk on my own, so you don't need to do anything! Humph, when I return, I will report this to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to support me... For those who were disrespectful today... all of them will be punished according to the law, and no pardon will be given!"

When Liu Ji heard this, he quickly covered his face with his sleeves.

Because I couldn't help it, I almost laughed.

I was thinking in my heart, our Lord Wan is really unique. Even after things have come to this, he is still fighting for the little bit of face he has left?
With your shameless behavior, it seems that you should kneel down now, kowtow to Huai En directly, and beg for his forgiveness...

You are glaring at Huai En, maybe you have chosen the wrong person?

……

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Wan'an was expelled from the court.

When he left, he looked back every three steps, and his eyes revealed a deep attachment and reluctance that was difficult to conceal.

Liu Ji and Xu Pu, in order to show their friendship as colleagues, hurried after Huai En left, wanting to see him off, but Wan An didn't pay any attention to them at this time. "Forget it, don't go forward."

Liu Ji seemed to be very sensible and understood people's hearts, and wanted to leave Wan'an with the last bit of face.

Xu Pu stopped and sighed.

Liu Ji looked at Wan An's hunched back in the distance and said with emotion: "This scene seems to be not much different from that of the resentful woman waiting for her husband to return from the village."

"..."

Xu Pu originally thought that Liu Ji was a man of affection and righteousness, but when he heard this, he was speechless for a moment.

I guess the reason you didn't go over to say goodbye is because you were afraid that Wan'an would cling to you and ask you to plead for him, right?
Once Wan'an leaves, you will be the Prime Minister and Grand Secretary. Doesn't that mean... you will be the one making the decisions in the cabinet from now on?

Even if Wan'an is a good-for-nothing, your reputation, Liu Ji, is not much better.

"Lord Liu, why don't we raise this matter to our superiors?"

Xu Pu asked.

Liu Ji frowned upon hearing this: "What do you want to mention?"

Xu Pu said: "The previous emperor often used imperial decrees to decide court affairs, which has always been criticized. Now that the new emperor has just been established, expelling the prime minister in this way will probably cause a strong backlash among the scholars, which will not benefit your majesty's reputation."

"Humph."

Liu Ji snorted, "You think too highly of him!"

After saying that, Liu Ji turned and walked towards Wenyuan Pavilion.

Xu Pu was puzzled, who is he you are talking about?

Are you criticizing the current emperor?

Or……

Do you think Wan'an has no reputation at all, or even only a bad reputation, so that scholars don't feel sorry for him?
But the etiquette is there. To dismiss a cabinet chief, instead of going through the court discussion, just relying on the emperor's words and sending a eunuch from the Imperial Household Department to drive him away, don't you think this is a blasphemy against the court rules?
……

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On the day Wan'an resigned, Zhang Luan finally left the mansion and went out to "work".

Accompanied by Qin Ji, he went to the Jinyiwei Beizhenfusi Yamen. On that day, the two of them were going to release a prisoner. It might be that the emperor's son-in-law wanted to accumulate some reputation for his father-in-law and show that Zhang Luan "a great man does not care about the mistakes of a small man", so he asked the good man Qin Ji to accompany Zhang Guozhang.

"Li Wenxiang lived there for a month and was not treated badly." Only after arriving at the place did Qin Ji explain the purpose of this trip.

Zhang Luan was leaning on a cane, and even though he wasn't walking very fast, he was still walking quite steadily.

He asked curiously, "Li Wenxiang? The one who previously impeached me... ahem, the eunuchs and some powerful officials in the court?"

Qin Ji smiled and said, "It's him... His Majesty's previous order to put him in the imperial prison was more of a protection for him. Mr. Zhang will personally pick him up today, and he will definitely be grateful."

"is it?"

Zhang Luan looked somewhat unhappy.

Although my son has always taught me to be a tolerant person, should I still help someone when he impeaches me?
Am I being stupid or a jerk?

The two waited in the lobby of the Northern Pacification Office for a while before Jinyiwei Commander Zhu Ji came in person, escorting people forward.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Qin, the people have been brought here."

Zhu Ji bowed and saluted.

Zhang Luan looked at Li Wenxiang carefully and wondered how his spirit had become so bad after only being in the imperial prison for a month?
Where did the confidence to impeach me and the eunuchs go?
This is what outsiders often say, scholars are only good at talking, and they will become obedient after being hit with a stick?
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