Yan Wen put the prepared memorial in his pocket, hurriedly got into his sedan chair and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss matters. As soon as he arrived at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion and was about to get off the sedan, he saw a small official coming from a distance and walked forward.
Ask the bearer: "Who is sitting in the sedan?"
Before the bearer could reply, he saw Yan Wen lift the curtain and said in response, "It's me."
"Ah, it's Prime Minister Yan!" The clerk hurriedly bowed deeply.
"You seem to have something else to say." Yan Wen stared at him closely.
The junior official reported: "My lord, it's like this. Prime Minister Liu is not here today. If you have something to ask of him, you can teach me to tell him."
Yan Wen frowned: "What did Mr. Liu do?"
"Mr. Liu has been feeling dizzy and feeling extremely unwell in his chest recently. He is unable to handle official duties and has temporarily returned to his private residence to recuperate. He asked a doctor yesterday."
Yan Wen sighed and said immediately: "Okay, I'll come back another day." With a wave of his hand, the bearers lifted the sedan pole and lowered the curtain in front.
Yan Wen returned to the lobby of Zhongshu Province and told everyone about Liu Xiang's recovery from illness and asked about the countermeasures. Niu Yuan did not dare to speak, raised his eyes and looked around, then slowly stretched out two fingers from behind,
Lifting Hong Lisan's sleeves slightly.
Hong Li carefully understood this and stood up immediately: "Yan is participating in politics, and the military grievances are not a trivial matter. If it turns into a mutiny, the country will be in danger, how can we delay it? When you first implemented the new policy, Prime Minister Liu gave you a message
He has the power to exercise power, and his hard work is just to hope that someone can take the lead. Today is the time to make an arbitrary decision." After hearing this, everyone agreed and argued in front of Yan Wen.
Although Yan Wen had some doubts, seeing that there was no one who opposed it, he felt much more at ease, so he fully agreed.
"Still following the original policy?" Niu Yuan asked specifically.
"What?" Yan Wen glanced at him with cold eyes, "Have you thought of a word to agree with the result that I discussed with them all night? That group of forbidden troops were so rampant that they didn't even listen to the emperor's imperial edict. If you don't
If you suppress it with dignity, it will turn upside down in the future! There is nothing wrong with handling it this way."
After Gu Zidi finished speaking, he held up the memorial and told everyone: "I will submit it to the palace immediately. After getting the imperial approval, I will start to deal with the matter. No problem, you all are gone.
stop."
"yes……"
Everyone stood up, bowed to Yan Wen, and walked out of the door one after another. Only Li Wenshou did not want to leave, and sat there in deep contemplation. After a long time, he walked out hesitantly and said goodbye to Yan Shenzheng.
Yan Wen successfully obtained the emperor's approval, and then sent Hong Lisan and two minor officials to the Taisu and Cunzhao camps to post notices and read out orders.
When the soldiers saw Hong Lisan coming to the barracks again, they thought it must be another favor from Zhongshu Province. They all bowed their heads and kept silent, and no one dared to come forward to offend him.
It wasn't until Hong Lizhen read the contents of the proclamation that they noticed something was wrong. They looked at each other in horror, but no one raised any questions yet. Hong Lizhen ignored their expressions and continued reading, and even said one after another, "Those who spread rumors will not be forgiven."
, 'Improper threats to the imperial court and obstruction of the New Deal', 'Senior soldiers should perform their duties and should not interfere in foreign affairs' and other words, and finally the soldiers were
The Dings were all annoyed. Many people did not wait for him to finish speaking, and stood up one after another, pointing at the clerk who was posting the notice and yelling at him. The clerk was so angry that he couldn't help but said something back, but it provoked thousands of people.
The waves made the soldiers become more and more fierce. They immediately swarmed up and scrambled to tear up the notice. The two petty officials were so frightened that they burrowed back and forth among the crowd. Cun Zhao and Tai Su were unable to stop them.
Hong Lizhen stood on the generals' platform and saw from a distance that some soldiers even copied weapons and shouted the name of the junior officer angrily, as if he wanted to use force; his face was earth-colored, and he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Everyone, everyone!
Calm down! Have you forgotten? I brought you gifts a few days ago. You can't just remember the bad things about the court!"
"Then what does this notice mean now!" A person in front of him asked, and everyone behind him also followed suit: "Say it, say it!"
"We are all here under orders, but it was not our intention," Hong Lishen looked troubled, "This is the order of Prime Minister Yan, and we have to obey it. You have been greatly favored by the country, and I hope you can understand the difficulties faced by the court, so please bear with me for the time being!"
"What? Can't Prime Minister Niu Feng come out and seek justice for us? Why should we listen to Yan Wen!"
"We must obey the orders of Fengxiang! Fengxiang will give us an explanation!"
The wave of protests drowned out all sounds. Hong Lisan almost became hoarse, and no one heard what he was saying.
"Are you ready?" Niu Yuan walked into the office of the Ministry of Household Affairs and stared at the bamboo pen in Zeng Liang's hand.
"According to your instructions, five more articles have been added to the impeachment content," Zeng Liang swirled the pen in the inkstone. "If you are asking about the number of signatures, I will tell you that there are already thirty-eight."
"Please Xiangzhi, tell me something about the big shots." Niu Yuan couldn't help but laugh.
"Let me see... among them are Hong Lisan, Li Wenshou, Gao Jizhi, as well as ministers from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment..."
"Where is Ye Tinglong?" He suddenly realized that there was no such familiar name.
Zeng Liang reported: "I tried to persuade him last time, and he said to have a look again, so I stopped contacting him."
"This person must not be missing!" Niu Yuan pressed down on the table, "There is a commotion in the military camp right now. If we don't attack as soon as possible, it will really cause a big mutiny! Xiangzhi quickly go to the Ministry of War to persuade Ye Yongjia, time is not waiting for us!
"
Zeng Liang looked at him and nodded slowly: "I'll go right away."
Cai Xianqing stood outside the office door, listening to the noise in the distance, looking anxiously at every passing official, asking them about the situation from time to time. Just as he was anxious, he saw Zeng Liang walking towards him with a heavy heart.
, and hurriedly greeted him: "Zeng Shangshu, you are following the Prime Minister, do you know what happened in the camp?"
"I'm here for this matter. There is chaos in the ban now, and there seems to be a mutiny. Unless Yan Wen is dismissed, it will be difficult to end it." After saying that, Zeng Liang looked him up and down again, "Master Ye, aren't you in a hurry?"
"I admire him. He is still calm at this time and is playing chess in the yard." Cai Xianqing clasped his hands behind his back and wandered at the door. "I am still upset... Oh, go see him quickly."
Zeng Liang said seriously: "Mr. Cai, at this time of national crisis, Tinglong is an important minister of this dynasty. How can he stay aloof from the banquet while drinking wine? For the sake of the overall situation, Cai Gong should come into the room with me to give advice and order him to be with you and me.
Save the imperial court!"
"Zeng Shangshu, of course I agree to this. But I don't know your intention yet."
Zeng Liang raised his eyebrows and said: "Same as last time, let Ye Shangshu sign the impeachment letter and eradicate the treacherous minister Yan Wen!"