Forbidden City, Hall of Nourishing Heart.
There was no one around, Jiajing sat cross-legged on the futon, absorbing the purple energy surrounding him. Since the last time he used the technique to absorb the purple energy, it had brought great benefits to Jiajing. Not only the meridians in his body were The purple energy washed away again, and even the milky white magic power in the dantian cyclone gradually turned into lavender.
Jiajing closed his eyes tightly and entered a mysterious and mysterious realm.
"I understand!"
Jiajing opened his eyes suddenly, a ray of light bloomed from them, and then he made hand seals and muttered words. The originally sunny weather suddenly turned into dark clouds, thunder rolled, and then it started pouring rain in the sky.
"It seems that what I saw before was not false!" Jiajing stood up from the futon, walked out of the Yangxin Hall, looked at the pouring rain outside, and said silently to himself.
When Jiajing was exhaling purple energy, he accidentally entered the illusion and saw a real dragon! The dragon was exactly as described in the mythical story. Even the scales on its body could be seen clearly, and Jiajing watched the whole process of it swallowing clouds and spitting out mist and raining rain in the form of his soul.
After Jiajing woke up from the illusion, he realized something. He imitated the dragon, made seals with his hands, and tried to make rain fall, but he didn't expect it to succeed.
"Let's name this spell the Rain Prayer Technique for the time being. In addition to the thunder technique I have mastered, it would be great if I could learn how the dragon soars into the clouds and rides on the mist. Then maybe I can fly in mid-air and use the thunder technique. Kill people." Jiajing thought so and returned to the Yangxin Hall.
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Since officials from the Qingliu faction began to impeach Gao Hanwen, the Yan Party was not to be outdone and wrote letters to impeach officials from the Qingliu faction. Even Tan Lun, who was far away in Zhejiang, was affected and impeached.
Gradually, both sides got really excited. Today you join me, and tomorrow I join him. Today you resign, and tomorrow I return home! Some things about Chen Zhizhi and rotten millet were also uncovered and criticized, and several officials were imprisoned for this. In this process, the supervisory censor Zhao Zhenji was undoubtedly the busiest.
Zhao Zhenji looked at the pile of impeachment memorials in front of him and felt troubled. He did not dare to send the memorials to the cabinet as before.
The previous impeachment scandals were not very involved, just one or two matters, but the current impeachment scandals involved a wide range of people, ranging from seventh- and eighth-rank magistrates to second- and third-rank court officials, whether it was Yan Dang. Still clean, no one can escape, they are all subject to impeachment.
"Sir, this is a new batch of discounts, please..."
While Zhao Zhenji was stunned, his subordinates sent him a lot of information.
"Alas! Send someone quickly to verify whether what was said in the previous memorials is true." Zhao Zhenji said, sighing helplessly.
"Yes, sir!" After the official beside him accepted the order, he left the Inspectorate without stopping.
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Although the officials outside have been beaten into pieces because of the impeachment, countless officials have been impeached, falsely accused and imprisoned, and many tasks in the court have stalled, the entire cabinet is still calm, without a single ripple in sight.
"Send all these memorials to the Supervisor of Ceremonies!" Yan Song put down the corrected memorials in his hands and said to the waiting officials.
"Yes." The clerk took the order, and after taking the fold from Yan Song, he rushed to the ceremonial supervisor without stopping.
"Hey, today's papers are finally approved. Why are there so many things going on recently!" Xu Jie said, picking up the teacup on the table, taking a sip and complaining.
"There have been a lot of things recently, especially the news about impeachment. I heard that the Supervisory Council can hardly let it go! Many officials are in panic all day long and have no intention of working." Yan Song put his hands on the stove to bake, responded.
"I don't know how it happened. Recently, there has been a sudden wave of impeachment. Many officials have been imprisoned because of this. The efficiency of the court has been greatly reduced. This is not the way to go!" After Xu Jie said this, he also imitated Yan Song's behavior. , came to the stove to warm up.
"If you ask me, let them stop! If this continues, the court affairs will be delayed and His Majesty will be angered. The two of us will be responsible." After Yan Song said this, he turned his eyes to Xu Jie.
"Mr. Yan Ge is right. Such an evil trend cannot last forever and must be stopped!" Xu Jie did not avoid Yan Song's gaze at all, and looked at him with a smile on his face.
"Okay, then it's settled, eh? What's going on with the weather? It was fine just now, why is it raining so heavily all of a sudden?" Yan Song said, turning his eyes to the window, and saw heavy rain pouring, lightning and thunder outside. .
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At the home of Shen Yishi, the richest man in Zhejiang, four people, Zheng Michang, He Maocai, Shen Yishi, and Ma Ningyuan, gathered together. Tonight's banquet was hosted by Shen Yishi.
"Everyone, please!" Shen Yashi said, taking the lead to drink all the wine in the cup and showing the bottom of the cup to everyone.
"Please, please, drink!" Soon, others drank all the wine in their glasses.
After a few glasses of wine, everyone started talking.
"Well, things have finally calmed down for a while. Just a few days ago, I had something to do in person at the Hedao Yamen. Guess what? The original chief there has been replaced by someone I don't know!"
When He Maocai said this, his face turned red. After a moment of pause, he continued to add: "Then I asked him, where is the original chief of the Hedao Yamen? Then he answered me that he was impeached. After the matter was done, I When I sent a subordinate to get the information, the subordinate came back and reported to me that the Hedao Yamen had changed people again and the new chief had not yet arrived."
"Tell me, what is this? If we continue like this, the court's affairs will still be handled." He Maocai said, pouring himself another glass of wine and drinking it down in one gulp.
"I have a deep understanding of this matter. During this impeachment, many of my former colleagues were either removed from office or imprisoned. Their families spent all their wealth and were unable to fish them out. What a tragedy! Later, I couldn't help but think that if I contributed money to help a few people, it would also make their families' lives easier." After hearing this, Zheng Michang sighed deeply, his tone full of helplessness.
"Well, you are lucky that you have not been impeached. It is different for me. I was impeached by those officials who fabricated many trumped-up charges for me. Later, the imperial court sent people to investigate and found out nothing, and then they Let my officer be reinstated." Ma Ningyuan heard the complaints from his two colleagues and felt the same way.
"By the way, is Gao Hanwen okay?" Zheng Michang then changed the subject, looked at Ma Ningyuan, and asked.
"It's okay. He is a student of Xiaoge Lao Yan Shifan. Without conclusive evidence, who dares to touch him?" Ma Ningyuan put down the wine glass and replied.
"Oh, that's good." After hearing Ma Ningyuan's answer, Zheng Michang breathed a sigh of relief, then changed the subject and said.
"By the way, there is news from Mr. Yan Ge and the others. There is a small matter that I need your help with."
"What is it? If I can do it, I will definitely help!"
Zheng Michang and He Maocai exchanged glances with each other, and then revealed everything.
"What? You can't do this! If the dike is destroyed, it will endanger the people of the nine counties and the hundreds of thousands of acres of land they own, which is all good farmland!"
After listening to Zheng Michang's story, Ma Ningyuan refused without thinking.
"Master Ma, you listen to your teacher, and your teacher listens to Mr. Yan Ge. This is Mr. Yan Ge's idea!"
"And by doing this, you are also reducing the burden on your teacher. Besides, you don't need to do it yourself. You only need to make some small mistakes when supervising the river."
"This...let me think about it first..." Ma Ningyuan hesitated for a long time and then said.
"Okay, you can think about it as long as you want! Anyway, it will be done until the end. Even if you ask your teacher, you will get the same answer."
