Chapter 484 All officials knelt down to make a petition, and Gao Gong vomited blood!

Capital.

Changping Academy.

Thanks to the development and construction in recent years, Changping itself has a group of craftsmen who are proficient in construction.

When the academy decided to expand and include the entire mountain that had been named Shuyuan Mountain by the emperor, the craftsmen immediately started construction.

Today, Shuyuan Mountain has been surrounded by a thick wall, and the branches are getting taller day by day and are about to be completed.

The sound of mahjong in the academy has never stopped since Grand Tutor Yan retired.

This time.

The sun is just right.

In the academy, the sound of mahjong continues.

With the latest news, Xu Wei walked into the private mahjong room that belonged exclusively to the old Grand Tutor and the three old masters.

"Grandmaster, the latest news sent back by the guests from the south."

Xu Wei was very respectful and stood aside holding some news.

Yan Song leaned back in his chair with his eyes narrowed, and threw the mahjong tiles he had been rubbing for a long time onto the table: "Ten thousand."

Wang Ji, who had been waiting for many days, immediately spread out two ten thousand cards and said, "Bang!"

He threw out another twenty thousand.

Then he looked at Yan Song and said, "Listen."

But Master Yan smiled slightly and waved his right hand towards the deck of cards in front of him: "Hu."

Wang Ji opened his eyes wide, watching Yan Song's winning hand of 20,000, with a trace of shame and anger on his face.

He asked somewhat unwillingly: "Can this card be calculated?"

Yan Song laughed and said nothing.

Under Wang Ji's angry gaze, Yan Song turned back and looked at Xu Wei with a smile: "What letter did Shao Ting write in Nanjing?"

Xu Wei nodded: "The guest replied that from now on all his salary would be given to the Grand Tutor as gambling money, and there was nothing else to say."

Yan Song said, "Is that boy so filial?"

Master Yan asked, but he was still shuffling the cards. "What does he want me to do for him this time?"

Xu Wei smiled and said, "Grand Master, you have a keen eye. Nothing can be hidden from you."

At the poker table, it is time to draw the cards.

Yan Song arranged his cards, then laughed, looked at the other three people at the table with an ambiguous expression, and pushed his hands forward.

"I'm sorry, everyone."

"Tian Hu!"

"Hahahahaha!"

The loud laughter of Grand Master Yan burst out from the roof, startling the craftsmen who were working around and making them look sideways.

But in the house, there were several angry curses.

The curse was very dirty.

Xu Wei looked at Master Yan, who was having a great time playing cards, and didn't dare to look up for fear of being stared at by the three old masters who had completely lost everything. He quickly said, "The guests said that the Governor-General of Zhejiang and the Governor of Zhejiang, Zhao Zhenji, was an honest official and capable in his duties. He should be mentioned."

Yan Song, who had already started counting money, ignored the anger of the three people at the table.

Put the copper coins into your purse one by one.

"Then let's wait until Zhao Zhenji submits his memorial and then let him join the cabinet."

After getting the answer, Xu Wei bowed and hurriedly fled.

Wait until Xu Wei leaves.

Nie Bao narrowed his eyes and looked at Yan Song: "Now the position of the cabinet can be decided by the Yan family. Aren't you afraid that people outside will say that the Yan family controls the government?"

Look what's going on now.

Zhao Zhenji, the Governor-General of Zhejiang and the Governor of Zhejiang, wanted to advance himself and join the cabinet.

When the news reached the capital, Yan Song made the decision without even thinking about it.

But with so many officials in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Zhenji was not the only one who was qualified to join the cabinet.

Yan Song's expression remained unchanged: "My beloved grandson said that Zhao Zhenji is honest and capable, so why can't he be allowed to join the cabinet? I am recommending talents for the country, which is beneficial to the country. Who can say that I, an old man who has retired, am in control of the government?"

This retirement allowed Yan Song to see another side of being an official.

original.

official.

It's still possible to do this.

Although he was not in the court, his shadow could be seen everywhere, which meant that even the Prime Minister Gao Gong could ignore his existence.

However, no matter what movement or disturbance there was in the court, it could not affect him.

Who made me a retired old man now?

I am just an old man who enjoys his retirement at home.

Nie Bao chuckled and said nothing more.

After all, he was still a generation younger than Yan Song. In the 12th year of Zhengde, he had taken Yan Song as his teacher.

Wang Ji was unhappy because he lost money, "But Donglou and Runwu are both in the court, and Xiaoqueer also has the title of Dragon and Tiger General. If this goes on for a long time, they will be caught by someone in the court."

Qian Dehong immediately spoke up: "Xiao Que'er is your majesty's lucky general. He is in the court but is outside the court, and is not affected by cause and effect. Runwu is even more of a minister favored by your majesty. Now, the one who is really worried is Donglou."

Yan Song nodded in agreement: "Speaking of which, if Your Majesty wants to let Donglou go to the Hanlin Academy to edit books in the next two years, it will be a good job."

The three of them looked at Yan Song together.

Because his words already contained the implication that Grand Tutor Yan had determined that the emperor would die within a few years, and when the new emperor ascended the throne, Yan Shifan could go to the Hanlin Academy to compile records for the emperor.

Wang Ji immediately asked, "Will Donglou be willing?"

According to his understanding, Yan Shifan was not someone who would willingly stay away from power and hide in the Hanlin Academy to compile records for the emperor.

Yan Song snorted, "Even if he doesn't care about his son now, he should at least think about his grandson. The honor of the family and the prosperity of the country, how can he be allowed to do whatever he wants!"

This is to use Yan Wuyou to tie up Yan Shifan, the grandfather.

The three of them stopped talking.

Wang Ji reached out his hand to the purse in front of Yan Song.

Not long after.

The sound of mahjong continued as usual.

And in the city of Beijing.

A huge storm has been brewing to the end.

Because the court was discussing the new policy, supporters and opponents started out arguing about the new policy and ended up engaging in direct personal attacks on both sides.

Countless impeachment memorials surged in the court like a tide. Officials from various ministries and government offices had lost interest in state affairs and were caught up in the situation of impeachment and self-defense.

There was a lot of disturbance.

It’s not lively.

However, the people in the Ministry of Revenue's B-Store, who were in charge of preparing paper for the superiors' memorials, were extremely busy.

After all, when these court officials impeached each other and defended themselves, they had to produce the paper for the memorials.

This day.

After another wave of impeachment and self-defense in the court in the morning.

At noon, all the ministries and government offices started cooking on time so that the officials could have their fill and continue to attack the opponents with pen and paper.

However, today is destined to be a different day.

When officials in various ministries and government offices who supported the new policy wrote memorials arguing that the new policy would benefit the country and the people, or impeachment memorials attacking opponents, or self-defense memorials in response to their own impeachment, they prepared to send these memorials to the cabinet.

But I found that my opponents suddenly disappeared.

Not long after.

Word spread quickly.

People finally knew the truth.

Led by the Minister of Rites Yan Ne, assisted by some censors from the Six Ministries and the Censorate who opposed the new policy, a group of officials from the court who opposed the new policy left the government office after lunch and rushed to Xi'anmen Street in Xiyuan. Nearly 500 officials from the capital knelt in front of Xi'an Gate in an orderly manner according to their rank!

Advice!

All officials advise!

The familiar scene once again appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

This scene is extremely familiar to everyone.

Since the Zhengde period, officials in the capital have knelt down and made remonstrances at the palace gate countless times.

Even in this dynasty, ever since the dispute over the Great Ceremony started by the Emperor himself, there have been countless times when officials knelt down to make representations.

The results are clear.

At that time, the emperor launched court beatings against officials who knelt at the palace gate to make remonstrations. During those years, countless officials were beaten to death because of kneeling at the palace gate to make remonstrations.

Decades have passed.

Now, is it going to happen again?
cabinet.

Prime Minister Gao Gong, who had just received the news that all officials were kneeling in front of the palace gate outside Xi'an Gate to make a remonstration, suddenly felt dizzy and fell into his chair.

Yuan Wei and Li Chunfang were so frightened that they hurriedly got up and rushed over to support Gao Gong, whose head was filled with blood and energy.

The officials who came to report the news lowered their heads and dared not move at all. Several Zhongshu Sheren who worked in the cabinet were even more timid and dared not utter a word.

"Motosuke!"

"Yuan Fu, wake up!"

"Send! Send the imperial physician to check Yuan Fu's pulse!"

Yuan Wei and Li Chunfang watched Gao Gong faint immediately after hearing the news and his face turned black. They were also frightened and worried that something might happen to Gao Gong at this time.

Today, the incident of hundreds of officials kneeling to protest at Xi'an Gate has occurred.

If a situation happens again where the prime minister dies of anger due to officials kneeling to make a remonstrance, this matter will never be resolved completely.

The dignity of the court and everyone's face will be completely lost.

Yuan Wei called out several times, but there was no response from Gao Gong. He looked at Li Chunfang in panic, then gritted his teeth, reached out his hand and grabbed Gao Gong's philtrum.

Lord Yuan was really frightened.

The strength of the fingers is immense.

In the blink of an eye, Lord Yuan's nails had sunk deeply into Gao Gong's philtrum.

There's already blood!
Li Chunfang kept shouting at the side: "Yuanfu! Yuanfu, wake up!"

The secretaries of the Secretariat also rushed out in panic, shouting, "Imperial Physician! Call the Imperial Physician! Go find someone!"

In the classroom.

Gao Gong was finally woken up by Yuan Wei's pinch. He was supported by two people, leaning softly, and opened his eyes softly, but two lines of tears had already fallen.

Gao Gong, who used to be strong and tough, now had tears all over his face and a worried and sad look on his face: "Why is it like this... Why is it like this..."

Yuan Wei was so frightened that he lost even the ability to think. Looking at Gao Gong crying and sighing in sorrow in front of him, he just wondered if this Prime Minister was really going to die.

Gao Gong suddenly sat up straight in his chair, stared, waved his hands, and pointed straight ahead.

Everyone around only heard a roar.

"Are you trying to force me to death?!"

puff.

A mouthful of blood spurted out from Gao Gong's mouth, spilled all over the table and fell to the ground.

Blood stains.

Yuan Wei was startled.

But Li Chunfang smiled, and hurriedly poured a cup of tea for Gao Gong, and brought it to his mouth: "Just spit it out! Just spit it out! Yuanfu, drink some water quickly, you'll be fine once the blood comes out..."

Yuan Wei looked at Gao Gong, who was fed a mouthful of water by Li Chunfang, with a dull face. As expected, Gao Gong's originally gloomy face gradually recovered a little. He asked anxiously: "Is this really okay?"

Li Chunfang shook his head, but his face was full of worry, and his palms kept stroking his high and arched back.

Gao Gong's eyes widened, his breath heavy: "I can't die yet! I won't die now!"

There was blood on his lips.

Yuan Wei's eyes twitched as he watched.

Li Chunfang reacted the fastest. Seeing that Gao Gong had woken up and spat out the blood, he immediately turned to look at the cabinet secretary in the room and said, "Go! Get all the soldiers in the military department to go to Xi'an Gate and make sure to surround those idiots!"

Yuan Wei finally reacted at this time and added hastily: "Go find someone quickly! We must not let the Jinyiwei and Dongchang people do it!"

The two looked at each other, both feeling extremely helpless.

Although those officials went to Xi'an Gate to kneel and protest, they were also there for the new policy.

But the two of them were working in the cabinet, and they couldn't let those people get into trouble at this time. They said that they asked the military officers to surround the officials who were kneeling and remonstrating at Xi'an Gate, but it was also to protect these people from being beaten by the Jinyiwei and Dongchang people.

Gao Gong's face was gloomy and his brows were furrowed, but he did not deny it.

Even though he fainted and vomited blood because of these people, he just couldn't let anything happen to them.

The people in the cabinet were extremely busy because of today's sudden incident.

After taking a long time to relax, Gao Gong finally felt that he had regained some strength and stood up with the help of Li Chunfang and Yuan Wei.

"go!"

"Let's go to Xi'an Gate together!"

Gao Gong almost uttered these words through gritted teeth.

All the officials knelt at Xi'an Gate to make remonstrations. As the prime minister of the dynasty, even if he vomited blood, as long as he didn't faint completely, he had to rush to the scene as soon as possible.

Yuan Wei and Li Chunfang didn't dare to say anything to persuade Gao Gong. They could only support Gao Gong on both sides and stagger out towards Xi'an Gate.

As the three cabinet members started to move.

The entire city of Beijing had already heard about the commotion outside Xi'an Gate where officials knelt to protest.

The first to come were naturally the people of Beijing who were curious and lived near Xi'an Gate. Although they did not dare to get close, they still surrounded the intersection in front of Xi'an Gate Street.

Next was the Xicheng Bingmasi, which was closest to Xi'an Gate. Even before receiving any news from the cabinet, they had already rushed to Xi'an Gate Street. They blocked the way for officials in front to continue approaching Xi'an Gate, and stopped the people at the street corner in the back, shouting and driving them away.

After all, those present were all officials from the court. With such a big incident happening, who knows what outrageous words these people would say. If the common people heard it, God knows how they would talk about the court.

Finally, officials from various departments in the capital rushed here from all over.

When Gao Gong, supported by Yuan Wei and Li Chunfang, arrived at Xi'an Gate with a large group of cabinet officials and eunuchs from the palace.

Xi'anmen Street was already crowded with people.

In front of the palace gate, hundreds of officials, wearing official robes and holding tablets, knelt upright on the ground.

I saw Gao Gong and all the cabinet members had arrived.

The Minister of Rites Yan Ne, who was kneeling in the team, immediately looked at his colleagues on both sides.

"If there are treacherous officials in the court, the whole country will be in turmoil. If the ruler ignores them, the country will no longer be a country!"

"I, your humble servant, will die in protest. I hope your Majesty will correct your mistake!"

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