Seeing Hu Chonglian walk out of the house, the Minister of Industry asked, "Do you recognize him? This Mr. Cui is an old acquaintance of yours?"
Hu Chonglian leaned down and said: "My lord, when I met this man, I realized that he was an old friend, so I decided to help him. However, I am so humble that I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to write a letter. After thinking about it, I can only ask your lord to bear with me."
The two of them went to Zhongshu Province to meet with the prime minister and asked him to write the memorial on his behalf."
The Minister of the Ministry of Industry was overjoyed when he heard this. He no longer had any doubts and nodded straight away: "After all, Cui Shilang has been my colleague for many years. I will never bear the suffering of his descendants. I will allow you to go, but I have other arrangements for you.
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"Just say it." Hu Chonglian was not surprised.
"While you were discussing just now, I wrote him a letter." Shangshu glanced back, and a clerk hurriedly came over and handed over a folded letter, "All the content I want to say is in it. You
Just go to Zhongshu Province and ask to see him directly in my name."
Hu Chonglian looked at Cui Yi calmly, immediately received the letter and said goodbye to the minister.
"Has the clock been repaired?"
Su Zongshan was sitting in the lobby of Zhongshu Province, holding a gauze hat in his hand and putting it on in front of the mirror. He also looked at the clock repairman outside, and a bunch of officials gathered around to watch and talk.
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"Prime Minister," the people from Guoxiang heard Su Zongshan calling them and quickly came out to report, "The Western clock has been taken apart, but what is wrong with it has not been found yet. I'm afraid it will take some time."
"But I have to go to the main hall for a meeting. How can I not know the exact time?" Su Zongshan stood up and said, "Lianghou, go to the next room to see the clepsydra."
The man from Guoxiang smiled and replied: "I don't mind, Prime Minister. I've gone to see it many times. There is still about half an hour before the meeting."
"Half an hour?" Su Zongshan's hand holding up his sleeves suddenly stopped. He hesitated for a while, then shook his head at the Xiang people, "No, after all, this matter is closely related to us. We must go there early to investigate.
Let’s look at the situation. Call all the officials in the province, don’t worry about the clock, and let’s go together.”
After receiving the order, the Xiang people turned around and passed the order to their colleagues, urging them to step up their preparations and set off together. After hearing this, the officials dared not delay any more, and dispersed one after another to get the documents.
Su Zongshan also walked out of the hall at this time, and bumped into a small official. He heard him report urgently: "Prime Minister Su, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry has sent Hu Chonglian to come with a letter to discuss important matters with you."
"Oh," Su Zongshan clicked his tongue twice and sighed helplessly, "all these important things happened together, how could it be such a coincidence... Go back and tell Hu Langzhong that you don't want to meet me but I am just busy with official duties.
, it is difficult to get away for a while. Please sit here for a while and wait until I finish the meeting before coming back."
The clerk saw that the prime minister was very anxious and did not dare to say anything. He just said yes and bent out.
Cui Yi and Hu Chonglian had been waiting in the guest room for a long time. Suddenly they saw a group of people wearing official uniforms and hats gradually walking outside the door. They suspected that Su Zongshan was among them. They eagerly took a look, but they did not stop the group for a long time.
Determined to let them leave one by one.
Just when he was doubting, the clerk came back to report again. Hu Chonglian felt relieved, so he grabbed his arm and asked: "Secretary, have you found Prime Minister Su?"
The clerk smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, you two. It's really unfortunate that today there is still a selection discussion. Prime Minister Su cannot come to see you. He has already gone to the main hall to discuss the matter with the prince. Please wait a moment.
I will serve you some tea and fruits."
"You..." Cui Yi got angry and stood up suddenly, but was stopped by Hu Chonglian.
"We can understand Mr. Su," Hu Chonglian also smiled. "Just wait here. I don't need to trouble you to bring tea and water. Let's go and have a rest."
After waiting for Zhizhi to leave the book office, Cui Yi couldn't help but grabbed Hu Chonglian's sleeve and asked him: "You just let Su Zongshan go like this? If the meeting is over, it will be too late! By then you will
How can you send a second bus to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry!"
"Master Cui," Hu Chonglian said in embarrassment, "if you ask me to stop the Prime Minister, won't it cost my life?"
"Then you have to help with an idea!" Cui Yi shook him again.
"I'm helpless now. Even if He Xun kills me, there's nothing I can do!"
Cui Yi sighed heavily, then let go of Hu Chonglian, turned around and thought: "I'm afraid this person only thinks about the errand given to him by the Ministry of Industry. Mr. Ye has nothing to do with him, and he must not be very concerned about the election; but I can't wait with him any longer."
...'
So he gritted his teeth and said to Hu Chonglian: "Master Hu, at this moment of great urgency, I can't sit still no matter what. You can wait here with peace of mind. I will go back to the Ministry of War to report to Master Ye first!"
"Why bother..." Hu Chonglian just started to speak when he saw him running out of the guest room in a few short steps, making him unable to move at all.
Ye Yongjia heard that Su Zongshan had left Zhongshu Province and wanted to go with him. Unexpectedly, there was a sharp sound of stone slabs outside the door, and Cui Yi suddenly came in, sweating profusely.
"Master Ye," he gasped, bowing his body slightly, unable to even complete the ceremony, "I was a few steps late, and I didn't see Prime Minister Su!"
Ye Yongjia understood it as soon as he heard it, but knew that he couldn't panic first, so he showed calmness, patted his shoulder and said: "Fortunately, the time is not very tight, Ye has other things. Don't worry about He Xun, just calm down.
Go back and ask Zhongshu if there are any confidants left in the province, and ask them to come to the palace and tell them, and then all the difficulties will be solved."
"There are a few minor officials here..." Cui Yi looked at him blankly, "What will happen if you don't agree?"
Ye Yongjia had never thought about this outcome at all, so what should he do? It seemed that he could only resign himself to fate. But he kept such thoughts in his heart and answered categorically: "This is Ye's plan that has been in mind for a long time. How can it not work? If it really doesn't work out,
, I am willing to resign and go into hiding!"
Seeing that he was so determined, Cui Yi relieved eight percent of his worries and said to him, "I understand." Without any time to rest, he turned back to the capital.
"Mr. Cai, Mr. Cai," Ye Yongjia hurriedly entered the study room and threw his gauze hat on the table, "your wishful thinking finally came to nothing! Su Zongshan left early, and Cui Yi didn't even bother to catch up.
We are really at the end of our rope!"
Cai Xianqing almost lost his balance and stumbled: "Then...then, oops!" He sat back on the armchair and patted his forehead several times, feeling annoyed, "It's my fault for being careless. Then what should we do now?
what to do?"
"Now? Let's be bold and make a desperate move! Their deliberations must be indispensable to me. I simply won't participate in the election. I will use this method to delay it for the time being!"