Guo Tang was already in a bad mood. Seeing Guo Wengui's panic, he became even more unhappy and scolded: "Isn't it possible that the sky is falling? How can you be so flustered? Speak up, what happened?"
Guo Wengui did not calm down because of Guo Tang's scolding. On the contrary, his expression became more and more anxious. After running to Guo Tang, he didn't even care about taking a breath and said in a hurry: "Master, is this really a big deal?"
Well! The Second Master’s ‘Sitong Shipping Company’ has been sealed up by the government. Not only the shopkeepers of the ‘Sitong Shipping Company’ have been detained, but the Second Master himself has also been taken away by the government officials!”
Hearing Guo Wengui's explanation, Guo Tang's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately forgot what he had just said, and asked in the same urgent tone: "The government arrested Guo Min? How is it possible?! Which government arrested it?
Guo Min is gone? Why do they dare to arrest Guo Min?"
Guo Wengui quickly explained: "It's Shuntian Prefecture! It seems to have received orders from Shuntian Prefecture Yin Huo Zhengyuan! It is said that the 'Sitong Trading Company' sells fake goods, evades taxes, bullies the market, and bribes court officials. The second master is the 'Sitong Trading Company'
The owner of Xing'an was also arrested by Shuntian Mansion!"
"Huo Zhengyuan of Shuntian Mansion!" Guo Tang gritted his teeth and said, "Zhao Junchen must be the mastermind behind this! No! I will go to Shuntian Mansion to talk to Huo Zhengyuan right away!"
After saying that, Guo Tang was about to turn around and head to Shuntian Mansion.
However, before Guo Tang turned around, Guo Wengui grabbed his sleeve and said urgently: "Master, the matter is not just like that. Mr. Zhang Bao, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, just secretly sent someone to convey the news, saying that
After the shopkeepers of the Sitong Shipping Company were caught in Shuntian Mansion, they were severely tortured by the Shuntian Mansion Yamen. In the end, they all confessed to various crimes of the Sitong Shipping Company under severe torture.
, In this way, all the daily expenses of our Guo family come from the "Sitong Trading Company", so we will naturally be implicated. Mr. Zhang Bao said that we should prepare as soon as possible, maybe when the people from Shuntian Prefecture will seize us.
The Guo family’s property!”
"He dares! As the young master of the current dynasty, without His Majesty's will, Shuntian Mansion has no right to seize my family property!" After hearing Guo Wengui's statement, Guo Tang suddenly became furious and shouted: "No, I have to
Go reason with Huo Zhengyuan! He is deliberately taking revenge on me! If Huo Zhengyuan dares to be unreasonable, then I will tell His Majesty the Crown Prince about this matter. If His Majesty the Crown Prince cannot control this matter, then I will expose this matter to Your Majesty.
There! I don’t believe it. This is the emperor’s feet, and people from the ‘Zhao Party’ can still be allowed to do whatever they want!”
After saying that, Guo Tang turned around again and planned to go to Shuntian Mansion to question Huo Zhengyuan.
However, as soon as Guo Tang turned around and took a step forward, he saw a person running quickly towards Guo Mansion. Then he felt his eyes go dark. Guo Tang and this person collided with each other. Both sides were walking very fast.
It fell to the ground!
After Guo Tang fell on his back, his head hit the ground hard, and it took him a long time to catch his breath.
After finally standing up with Guo Wengui's help, Guo Tang planned to scold the other person, but when he took a closer look, he found that the person who bumped into him was actually his precious grandson Guo Mingtai.
However, before Guo Tang could reprimand Guo Mingtai, Guo Mingtai suddenly wailed, fell at Guo Tang's feet, hugged Guo Tang's thigh tightly, and started crying so loudly.
Seeing Guo Mingtai's appearance, Guo Tang couldn't help but be stunned.
Could it be that Guo Mingtai was knocked unconscious just now? Why was Guo Mingtai hugging his thigh and crying so hard?
Then, Guo Tang thought he found the reason!
Yes, Guo Mingtai has a filial character and has always been close to Guo Min. Now that he heard that his second grandfather was kidnapped by Shuntian Mansion, he was naturally panicked and felt very sad. No wonder he ran here in a hurry just now.
He must have known about Guo Min's arrest.
After he thought he had guessed the reason why Guo Mingtai was crying, Guo Tang couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted. For a moment, he didn't bother to blame Guo Mingtai. He just patted Guo Mingtai's head and comforted him: "Don't worry, Mingtai. Nothing will happen. Even if my grandfather is...
Even if we go to His Majesty, we will definitely seek justice for our family!"
Hearing Guo Tang's relief, Guo Mingtai looked up at Guo Tang with tears in his eyes and said: "However, Hu Jiancheng has no mercy at all. Even if his grandson takes your grandfather's name, Hu Jiancheng will still take it."
He took away the child's status as a supervisor, and even said that he would inform the Ministry of Rites about this matter, further depriving his grandson of his status... Grandfather, his status as a supervisor is just that. If his grandson's status is also taken away, then what will happen to his grandson in this life?
Your future is completely over, you must make the decision for your grandson!"
Hearing Guo Mingtai's answer, Guo Tang was a little confused. He only felt that the conversation between their grandfather and grandson was a little inconsistent. The "Sitong Trading Company" was sealed up, Guo Min was arrested by Shuntian Prefecture, and the Ministry of Rites,
What does the Imperial College have to do with it? Why does Guo Mingtai cry about his future?
Faintly, Guo Tang felt that the matter was not that simple, and asked: "What is Hu Jiancheng? You were deprived of your status as a supervisor? What happened?"
Seeing Guo Tang's inquiry, Guo Mingtai was also stunned.
After hearing what Guo Tang said just now, he thought that Guo Tang already knew about the fact that he spent money to buy articles and was reported, but he didn't expect that Guo Tang didn't know the news yet.
Therefore, Guo Mingtai quickly told Guo Tang his story. The content was naturally evasive, and he only briefly mentioned a few of his mistakes. Instead, he focused on describing the things that Guozijian Cheng did not take Guo Tang seriously.
Knowing that Guo Mingtai, the future hope of the Guo family, had actually been deprived of his status as a supervisor by the Imperial College, and would even be deprived of his honorary title next, Guo Taunton was shocked again. He felt like a thunderbolt had fallen from the blue sky, and it had dropped two times in a row.
Thunderbolt!
Then, Guo Tang collapsed and passed out!
On this day, Guo Tang was first forced to apologize to Zhao Junchen, and then he basked in the scorching midday sun outside the Zhao mansion for more than an hour. He finally saw Zhao Junchen. Not only did he not even drink a sip of tea, he was also tortured.
After experiencing a lot of humiliation, he was naturally excited and impetuous. When he returned to his home, he received two pieces of bad news like a bolt from the blue. Not only was the backbone of the Guo family taken away by Shuntian Mansion, but also the Guo family's family members.
Future Hope Guo Mingtai also had his future ruined, and even fell down hard once...
So many things were added together. With his body and age, how could Guo Tang be able to bear it? In the end, he passed out directly!
After seeing Guo Tang fainting, the entire Guo Mansion naturally became a mess.
In the midst of the chaos, no one noticed that a steward of the Guo Mansion secretly left the Guo Mansion with Guo Tang's personal collection of poems, and then headed towards the Tongji Temple in the south of the city.
On the other side, under the rescue of Guo Wengui, Guo Mingtai and others, Guo Tang finally regained consciousness.
Then, Guo Tang ignored his own physical condition and quickly stood up and ordered everyone in the Guo Mansion: "Hurry and prepare a sedan for me. These things are all Zhao Junchen's revenge on me. I must not let him succeed!"
Seeing that the matter was urgent, Guo Wengui did not dare to let Guo Tang rest, and just asked: "Sir, should you go to Shuntian Mansion first or the Imperial College first?"
Guo Tang gritted his teeth and said: "I will not go to Shuntian Mansion or the Imperial College! Zhao Junchen is obviously behind these things. He just wants to take revenge on me. It will be useless even if I go to Shuntian Mansion and the Imperial College now! I want to
Go to the East Palace to find His Highness the Crown Prince and ask His Highness the Crown Prince to uphold justice for me!"
Speaking of this, Guo Tang suddenly thought of something and shook his head again: "No! I can't go to His Highness the Crown Prince first. We don't completely understand these things. Your Highness the Crown Prince may not help me... I have to go to the capital to investigate first."
Court, meet with colleagues from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then go to the East Palace with them to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to uphold justice!"
As Zhao Junchen commented, Guo Tang does not have great wisdom, but he has some cleverness.
Guo Tang knew very well that the "Sitong Trading Company" did engage in tax evasion and smuggling, and his grandson Guo Mingtai did spend money to buy other people's articles and then published them with his own name. Therefore, whether it was the Shuntian Prefecture that captured Guo Min, or the Imperial College that
The merits of going to Guo Mingtai are all well-founded.
Therefore, if Guo Tang went directly to Prince Zhu Heyu for help, given the upright character of Prince Zhu Heyu, after understanding the details of these things, not only would he not help Guo Tang overcome the difficulties, but he would blame Guo Tang for failing to do so.
Discipline your family well. By that time, the Guo family will completely collapse!
Therefore, Guo Tang did not go directly to Prince Zhu Heyu for help. Instead, he planned to find several Qingliu officials who were closely related to him. After unifying his views with these Qingliu officials, they would then go to the East Palace to seek help from Prince Zhu Heyu!
And all these things were characterized as Zhao Junchen's revenge against Qingliu! It was a declaration of war by the "Zhao Party" against the "Princeling Party"!
In this way, with the support of his colleagues, it was difficult for Prince Zhu Heyu to go against the will of everyone, so he had no choice but to help Guo Tang!
That evening, Guo Tang led more than a dozen "princeling" officials to the East Palace in a hurry and cried to Prince Zhu Heyu for help.
"His Royal Highness, you must make the decision for me! Zhao Junchen hated me for impeaching him at court this morning, so he used various means to retaliate against me. Not only did Shuntian Prefecture arrest my brother Guo Min, but also
The design framed the old minister’s only grandson Guo Mingtai... Your Royal Highness, if you cannot uphold justice for the old minister, the old minister will not be able to survive!"
In the East Palace, Guo Tang lay down in front of Prince Zhu Heyu, wailing loudly with a shrill voice.
At the same time, after hearing the cry of young master Guo Tang, all the "princeling" officials were filled with indignation and made endless noises.
"Your Highness, what Zhao Junchen did is really too much! Mr. Guo only impeached him for a few words, but he actually avenged his private revenge like this! If we let him do whatever he wants, Chao Gang will be in complete chaos!"
"Your Highness, the 'Zhao Party' acts so wantonly and suppresses loyal ministers, we must not sit idly by and watch!"
"Your Highness, Mr. Guo has suffered all kinds of grievances. If the evil "Zhao Party" is allowed to succeed, then from now on good will have to be suppressed instead of evil, and the temple will become even more smoky! Are we going to be able to catch him without mercy?!"
Prince Zhu Heyu looked at everything in front of him expressionlessly, his eyes full of helplessness.
Before Zhao Shancai died, he had been telling Zhu Heyu to ease the relationship with Zhao Junchen, and Zhu Heyu was indeed acting in accordance with Zhao Shancai's instructions. This morning, people in the upper court impeached Zhao Junchen, but Zhu Heyu did not participate in it, even if
Zhu Heyu resented Zhao Junchen for taking concubines to fill his house with great fanfare when Zhao Shancai passed away. In the end, he just chose to wait and see what happened and stand aside.
It's a pity that people often can't help themselves in temples, even if Zhu Heyu is the prince and crown prince, this is still the case!
Just as Guo Tang expected, now under the excitement of the "Princeling Party", Zhu Heyu has found it difficult to disobey the public opinion. Even if Zhu Heyu is unwilling to conflict with Zhao Junchen, he cannot help it now.
Zhu Heyu chose.
If Zhu Heyu did not agree to the request of the "princeling party" in the end, but chose to let things go and continue to ease the relationship with Zhao Junchen, then Zhu Heyu would completely lose Qingliu's support. At that time, Zhu Heyu would
He Yu no longer has a place in the temple!
"Mr. Zhao, I was originally unwilling to go against your will, but now that things have happened, I have no choice but to continue to be hostile to Zhao Junchen... Perhaps, there is a natural conflict of fate between me and Zhao Junchen.
We can only be enemies, not friends, all of this is fate..."
Zhu Heyu had complicated emotions and thought to himself.
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PS: Well, second update! There will be a double update tomorrow!