Chapter Eighty-Fifth: The Officials Kneel at the Palace Gate
Li Lin waved him over and said that the news obtained by the personal guard was the special paper he used to send the news to Ling Yue'er. He also knew that this might not be made public yet.
The personal guard came over and whispered something in Li Lin's ear. Li Lin's face changed several times when he heard it.
Li Lin waved his hand to let the guards go down, and then fell into deep thought.
The fourth person still in the room didn't know whether he should go out or stay, and they all saw that Li Lin looked wrong now, so he could only stand in his seat.
After a cup of tea.
"Everyone, there have been some changes in the capital. Now I have to go back and deal with it. You still need to be in charge here."
Li Lin spoke gloomily.
"I (the last general) will do my best!" The four of them shouted at the same time. Although they didn't know what happened in the capital, they knew from Li Lin that it was definitely not a trivial matter.
"Things here are basically stable now. Just let the next few people arrange things properly according to my instructions."
Li Lin then assigned tasks to each of the four.
"Thank you for everything! When I come back, we will continue our expedition to Beixue!"
"I (the last general) will definitely live up to the prince's high expectations!"
The four people bowed again and promised that Li Lin divided the tasks very carefully, so there was nothing they could not understand. As long as they worked diligently, nothing would go wrong.
"Okay, you go and do your work, I will set off today!"
The four of them bowed and left.
Li Lin immediately walked out, giving orders to the guards in the courtyard on the way.
"You, write a letter to Ling Yue'er and tell her to protect my prince's palace and no one is allowed to enter. Then ask her to surround the palace and go back with the seven doctors first. She must be angry with me.
"
The guard turned around and was about to do it.
"Slow down! Let Ling Yue'er tell the news to Duke An, Duke Wei, and Duke Li, and do it in a hidden way! Go ahead!"
"I am going to catch you all this time!" Li Lin was frightened and angry.
Ten days later, in front of the Meridian Gate of the Imperial Palace in Daxia Capital.
A group of ministers were kneeling at the entrance of the palace. Some ministers were swaying, and they had obviously been kneeling for a long time.
A group of common people gathered around this group of officials and talked incessantly.
"What's wrong with these officials? They're all kneeling here?"
"Looking at the clothes, they are all high officials!"
"Look, look, the red official uniform at the front is still a first-class official!"
"It's really true!"
The people around were ignited again.
"General..."
"Drive it away, drive it away! I'm so annoyed. Have you done anything at home?"
The commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, Haicheng, has been very agitated recently. Ever since he went on a mission to the imperial palace, all these ministers have come here like flies seeing shit, saying they want to see the emperor.
Haicheng had received a strict order from Li Lin, and no one could be allowed in. So they blocked these ministers from the palace. Who knew they would kneel here, and they would kneel there for several days.
He didn't know the level of power here. He was a fourth-rank official. There was a first-rank prime minister and two second-rank ministers in the kneeling area. If these people had any accidents, he couldn't afford it.
He served delicious food and drinks every day, and one day it rained. He also asked his soldiers to build an awning. These people knelt for three days. During these three days, there was an endless stream of people watching. In order to prevent
It was not good for these high-ranking officials to mix in the crowd at this moment, so he could only disperse them in waves.
Today is already the eighth wave. He is so tired. He wants to smash it. But his head belongs to him, and he will feel bad for whoever loses it, so he can only work hard.
"Master Fang, please take all the adults back first. It will be very difficult for me to keep kneeling here."
This is also the tenth time today, and I don’t know how many times he has come to persuade Fang Xin in the past three days.
"General Hai, I will not withdraw. Whether your lords want to stay or not is of their own free will and has nothing to do with the truth. The truth is that Your Majesty has not come to court for a long time, and you are blocking the palace gate to prevent us from entering. The truth is
I’m worried that someone will do harm to His Majesty!”
"I'll second the proposal!" The people behind the Prime Minister immediately followed up as soon as the Prime Minister finished speaking.
"It has nothing to do with you? What the hell if it has nothing to do with you. These civil servants are all very evil!" Haicheng cursed in his heart, but he still had a flattering smile on his face.
"Prime Minister Fang, ah, come on, come on, have a drink of water."
While Haicheng was talking, a maid happened to fetch some water and brought it to these officials. These people were not polite when they arrived. They picked up tons of water and drank it. Haicheng took a bowl of water and handed it to Fang Xin in a flattering manner.
passed.
Fang Xin pushed the water bowl with one hand.
"General Hai, that's no need. You must see your Majesty for your true identity, otherwise you won't even think about eating and drinking!" Fang Xin pushed away Haicheng's water bowl with a serious look on his face.
Haicheng sighed, said nothing, got up and left.
Because Haicheng was used to it, Fang Xin was the only one who really didn't think about food and drink in the past three days. But then again, Fang Xin was the most important among this group of people.
At first, he would say a few words of complaint or threats, but later he would try to persuade someone to get up and leave after being pushed away. After a while, he would repeat it again, as if he was talking to someone else.
"You saw it, you saw it. I persuaded him. There is nothing he can do if he doesn't drink it."
Of course, if these people don't leave for a day, he can't leave here for a day. He has been sitting in front of the palace gate for the past three days. He has never entered the palace gate except for convenience.
It's strange to say that these people have no intention of being convenient. Do they all use their pants as a toilet?
At this time, three more people came over. They were all old men with gray beards, but their heroic spirit condensed on the battlefield was not affected by age at all.
Haicheng looked at the three of them and his heart trembled.
"Aren't these three people planning to come here and kneel down? My dear mother, it's going to cost her her life."
Thinking in his mind, Haicheng hurried forward to greet the three of them, and when they were five steps away, he quickly bowed and saluted.
"The last general to command the imperial army in Haicheng! Meet the three princes!"
The people who came were none other than Duke An, Duke Wei, and Duke Li. These three people, together with the previous Duke Ning, were known as the four pillars of the Jin Kingdom.
The three of them looked at Haicheng, who was saluting respectfully in front of them, and then at the group of kneeling officials behind them.
"The Admiral of the Sea is such a powerful official. Does my own prince also want to kneel there and talk in the dark?"
One of the old men was the first to speak. This man was Li Dang, Duke of Anguo. He was the only one of royal blood among these Dukes, and also had the highest status among them.
"Huh, I don't know who I learned some bad habits from. I'm young but have a lot of airs."
Another one said, this is Chen Lan, Duke of Li Kingdom, a man with a bad temper. The army he leads has always been the fastest vanguard army in Jin Kingdom to attack cities and forts.
Haicheng listened to the three people's words and secretly cried out aggrieved, but did not dare to say anything.
"I don't dare, I don't dare. It's really these adults who want to kneel down, and I can't stop them."
"Hmph! Haicheng, what you said is so good! If you leave yourself completely alone, if these adults go in, will they still kneel here?"
Chen Lan glared at Haicheng with an angry face.
"The last general, the last general is also following orders!"
"Acting on orders? Which order are you following?"
"Yes...yes..." Haicheng wanted to say it was Li Lin's order, but considering that the sarcasm implicit in these two words was clearly directed at Li Lin, there would definitely be no good results if he said it himself.
Eat, so I don’t know what to say.
"talk!"
"frame!"
While Chen Lan was still questioning Haicheng, the closed palace door slowly opened with a loud friction sound.
"General Haicheng is following the order of this king. Does Duke Li have any objections?"