"Your Majesty, Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xu Ge are here!"
Lu Fang stepped into the Yangxin Hall and respectfully reported to Jiajing who was sitting on the dragon chair.
"Well, I understand, let the two of them come in!"
After listening to Lu Fang's report, Jiajing nodded and gave the order.
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
After Lu Fang responded, she walked out of the Yangxin Hall.
After a while, Yan Song and Xu Jie followed Lu Fang's footsteps and entered the Yangxin Hall. After Lu Fang brought them there, he stood respectfully beside Jiajing as usual.
As soon as they entered the Yangxin Hall, they knelt on the ground at the same time and saluted Jiajing.
"I bow to your majesty, long live my emperor!"
"Well, everyone, get up."
Jiajing took his eyes away from Yan Song and Xu Jie who were kneeling on the ground, and ordered.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After receiving the emperor's permission, the two slowly stood up from the ground.
"Come here and offer seats to the two pavilion elders!"
As soon as Jiajing finished speaking, a eunuch came forward and prepared seats for Yan Song and Xu Jie.
After Yan Song and Xu Jie sat down on their seats, Jiajing said slowly.
"You two, do you know why I came to you this time?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know this, but I hope your Majesty will speak frankly!"
Even though they already knew the emperor's purpose of summoning the two people here, the two people still had doubtful looks on their faces at the right time and asked Jiajing.
Hearing this, Jiajing's face showed a hint of amusement and continued.
"There have been so many things happening in the DPRK recently. Could it be said that the two cabinet ministers know nothing about it?"
Xu Jie on the side quickly heard the meaning of Jiajing's words, stood up and said in a deep voice.
"Did your Majesty mean that the impeachment trend has become increasingly popular in the imperial court recently?"
Seeing that Xu Jie was willing to stand up and pierce the window paper, Jiajing nodded and said slowly.
"Well, yes, that's what I'm referring to."
"I don't know when, but there was another wave of impeachment in the court!"
"I heard that there are so many impeachment memorials from the Supervisory Council that they can almost no longer be piled up!"
"Now everyone in the civil and military circles of the court is in danger, and the daily operations of the court have inevitably come to a standstill. Many government orders have been left unissued!"
"You two, don't you have anything to say about this?"
After Jiajing finished speaking, he immediately glanced at Yan Song and Xu Jie with an extremely cold gaze.
After the two of them looked at each other, they knelt down on the ground and said in unison.
"Your Majesty, this humble minister is guilty, please punish him!"
Jiajing took in the expressions on their faces and continued.
"One of you is the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the other is the second assistant of the cabinet. You should set an example for all officials!"
"Now that the trend of impeachment is so prevalent in the imperial court, you have an unshirkable responsibility."
"Tell me, how do you want me to punish you?"
As soon as Jiajing finished speaking, Yan Song suddenly paused his head on the ground and cried.
"What your Majesty teaches is that as the chief minister of the cabinet, the minister failed to fulfill his responsibilities and set an example for all officials. He should be punished."
"Wei Chen voluntarily fined him half a year's salary and was banned from home for seven days as punishment!"
After hearing what Yan Song said, Jiajing didn't make any comments. He immediately turned his eyes to Xu Jie and asked.
"What about you, Mr. Xu Ge, how do you want me to punish you?"
After Xu Jie secretly glanced at Yan Song, he suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his heart and responded respectfully.
"Your Majesty, I have also voluntarily fined you a salary for half a year and been banned from home for seven days as punishment!"
Jiajing was seen stroking the dragon head carved on the dragon chair with his hand, and continued to add.
"Well, since the two pavilion elders are so aware, I will grant your request!"
"But, many affairs of the imperial court cannot be left behind!"
"Well, how about asking the cabinet to send people to send the matters that need to be handled by the two of you to your homes?"
Seeing that the emperor had made corresponding plans, Yan Song and Xu Jie could only nod in agreement.
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
Then, Jiajing turned his eyes to the side and continued to add.
"I would like to remind you that tomorrow at the latest, I don't want to see courtiers criticizing each other again. Everything must be back on track!"
"If you can't control your subordinates, then I will consider replacing you with someone who can control them!"
"You two, do you understand?"
Yan Song and Xu Jie naturally heard the meaning contained in the emperor's words, that is, this matter ends here. If anyone dares to provoke a dispute again, then the emperor will take action himself.
Afterwards, the respectful expressions on Yan Song and Xu Jie's faces did not change, and they bowed tremblingly to Jiajing.
"Your Majesty, I know it!"
Seeing that the matter was over, Jiajing waved his hand casually and gave the order.
"I still have things to deal with, you can leave now."
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
After hearing Jiajing's words, Yan Song and Xu Jie immediately felt as if they had been granted amnesty. After saluting Jiajing, they left the Yangxin Hall without stopping, not daring to stop at all.
Jiajing looked at the backs of Yan Song and Xu Jie leaving and couldn't help but cursed secretly.
"These two old guys obviously very much hope that I can stand up and settle the matter, but they have to show their unwillingness."
"If you don't do things well next time, let's see how I deal with you two!"
At this moment, Lu Fang stood up and bowed slightly to Jiajing.
"Your Majesty, the Hai Rui you mentioned earlier has made a lot of contributions."
"Not only did we punish those corrupt officials, but we also took out a lot of money from their homes!"
After hearing what Lu Fang said, Jiajing nodded and said, "Let's let Hai Rui serve as the censor of Youqiandu."
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
After listening to Jiajing's instructions, Lu Fang responded with a stern expression.
…
After coming out of Ziyangxin Palace, Yan Song and Xu Jie breathed a sigh of relief.
Since His Majesty has given corresponding instructions, it means that this matter is over, and the battle between the two sides is about to come to an end!
At this moment, Yan Song and Xu Jie's feelings for the emperor could only be described in four words: gratitude.
It was the emperor who personally came forward to end this fight!
Sometimes, you know that something is wrong, but you still need to carry it through to the end.
The reason is simple, once it stops, people's hearts will disperse!
This time, the battle between Yan Dang and Qingliu involves a wide range of things!
As more and more officials were involved, the hatred between the two sides grew stronger. In the end, no one could stop.
Once it stops, there will be problems within one's own side first, and the opponent will seize the opportunity and eat it up in one bite, leaving no hope of turning over!
Then, Xu Jie turned his gaze to Yan Song and said slowly.
"Mr. Yan Ge, according to His Majesty's previous instructions, it is time to curb the current trend of wanton impeachment in the court!"
"what do you think?"
After listening to Xu Jie's suggestion, Yan Song nodded and responded.
"Yes, this unhealthy trend must not increase and must be stopped!"
"Such evil spirits must not be allowed to spread to the court. Mr. Xu Ge, the burden on both of us is still very heavy!"
(End of chapter)
