At this moment, two groups of people had quietly gathered on the road that the group of officials must pass through. One group was Yan Dang, and the other group was Qingliu.
The person responsible for taking the lead on Yan Party's side is Zhang Runde, the Minister of Punishment, while the person responsible for taking the lead on Qingliu's side is Wang Ting, the right minister of Hu Bu.
Before this, the two parties obviously did not expect to meet each other on this occasion. After being stunned for a moment, it was Wang Ting, the right minister of household affairs, who took the lead to break the calm.
He turned his eyes to Zhang Runde, the Minister of Justice, and asked.
"This is what you are doing?"
Seeing this situation, Zhang Runde nodded slightly and immediately spoke.
"We followed the order from the cabinet and came to stop those officials!"
When Wang Ting heard this, a look of confusion suddenly appeared on his face, and then he responded.
"Well, it just so happens that we also followed the order from the cabinet and came to stop those officials!"
On weekdays, the two sides already have deep grievances. If there was not Yan Guan who needed to be dealt with next, these two groups of people would probably start fighting on their own.
Because of this, after saying the above words, the two sides had no desire to continue communicating, and fell into silence in an exceptionally tacit understanding. Not only that, the positions of the two sides were also very clear.
At this moment, Yan Maoqing was shrinking behind the team, trying to reduce his presence as much as possible, and at the same time, his eyes unconsciously looked into the distance, his heart full of regret.
"Well, if I had known earlier I wouldn't have followed. What if there was a conflict between the two parties?"
"Yan Maoqing, Yan Maoqing, you asked for this all on your own. You said that if you had collected less money, how would you be in this situation today?"
While Yan Maoqing was still regretting his past actions, the voice of Luo Longwen, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, sounded in his ears, bringing him back to reality.
"The officials are here, everyone, get ready!"
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but cheer up and looked at Yan Guan in the distance who was approaching them.
On the other side, the officials led by Hu Yingjia also discovered the two groups of people blocking the road. When the officials saw this, they couldn't help but have a look of panic on their faces and asked.
"Sir, there is someone blocking the road ahead, what should we do?"
"What are you afraid of? Let's go over and see the situation first!"
Seeing this situation, Hu Yingjia tried his best to calm his expression, and immediately gave instructions.
"Yes, sir!"
Seeing Hu Yingjia's confident look, everyone suppressed their inner uneasiness and panic, and immediately walked in the direction of Yan Dang and Qingliu with steady steps.
At this moment, everyone in the cabinet was anxiously waiting for news from Yan Guan.
Just when everyone was anxious about this, they heard a rush of footsteps outside the cabinet. Not long after, a subordinate official ran in hurriedly, turned his eyes in the direction of Yan Song and Xu Jie, and reported respectfully.
"Mr. Geng Ge, those officials have appeared near Zhengyang Gate!"
After hearing this, Xu Jie stood up from his seat suddenly and after looking around, he immediately suggested.
"We're finally here. Without further ado, let's hurry over, right?"
Yan Song heard this, nodded, and immediately responded.
"Well, let's go there now. We must not let those officials continue like this. Otherwise, His Majesty will be angered and we will have to walk around with nothing to eat!"
With Yan Song's words, everyone no longer hesitated and immediately marched non-stop in the direction of Zhengyang Gate.
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Hu Yingjia looked at the two groups of people blocking the way to the palace, his face suddenly turned grim, and he said in a deep voice.
"My lords, what are you doing? Why are you blocking my way?"
Hearing Hu Yingjia's words, Zhang Runde, the minister of punishment at the side, stood up first. He coughed twice and tentatively suggested to Hu Yingjia.
"Ahem, Mr. Hu, I advise you to return the same way as you came. How about pretending that I didn't see everything that happened today?"
After hearing what Zhang Runde said, Hu Yingjia just snorted coldly and responded without thinking: "Humph, wishful thinking. Now, His Majesty is being deceived by a traitor. As public officials, how can we sit idly by and watch?"
When Hu Yingjia said this, he squinted at the two groups of people blocking his path and said loudly.
"Since ancient times, solar eclipses have symbolized disaster. Looking at the current situation, it is precisely because His Majesty was deceived by a traitor that God sent a solar eclipse to remind the world that there is a traitor around His Majesty!"
"I would like to ask Mr. Zhang for advice. Your Majesty is talented, decisive and wise. If there were no treacherous ministers to instigate him, how could he do such a perverse thing?"
After hearing what Hu Yingjia said, Zhang Runde's face suddenly became extremely gloomy, because he was really unable to refute what Hu Yingjia said.
After all, the two things that a solar eclipse symbolizes disaster and that heaven and man are connected to each other have already become the consensus of people all over the world!
While Zhang Runde was still thinking about how to refute Hu Yingjia's words, Wang Ting, the right servant of the Ministry of Finance, was already furious.
Although Hu Yingjia never named the traitor from beginning to end, based on the previous friction between Xu Jie and the group of officials, Wang Ting was able to hear the implication without thinking.
The person Hu Yingjia was cursing in a roundabout way was Xu Jie, who was so kind to him!
Thinking of this, Wang Ting could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He stretched out his finger, pointed at Hu Yingjia's nose and cursed.
"Bah, you are a high-sounding hypocrite who talks about benevolence, righteousness and morality. How dare you say anything so brazenly? For the sake of the scholars in the world, I see that you only have your own interests in mind!"
"You obviously want to use this opportunity of the solar eclipse to achieve your own ulterior purposes. Haven't you ever thought that this will destroy the stability of our Ming Dynasty? Hmm, it's really destructive!"
"Tell me, who is instigating you behind the scenes? Did you receive money from the Tatars?"
When Zhang Runde on the side saw this situation, he couldn't help but have a look of surprise on his face, and sighed secretly.
"It seems that Qingliu's ability to blame cannot be underestimated, and he can actually involve Tatar!"
After hearing Wang Ting's unreasonable accusation, Hu Yingjia's expression suddenly became ugly. He had already understood Wang Ting's intention. He wanted to delay as much time as possible!
Before Hu Yingjia could speak, the officials behind him had already become filled with indignation. They looked at Wang Ting and the members of the Strict Party on the side with eyes that seemed to choose others to devour. They couldn't bear it. What they did was being criticized. So stigmatized.
There are even some hot-tempered commentators who have begun to gear up and prepare to persuade the other party through "physical" means!
"Bah, you are using strong words to confuse right and wrong. It is clear that you have something evil in your mind, and you have just stopped us from meeting His Majesty by any means, you bunch of treacherous people!"
"Yes, they are all the same!"
"Why are you talking nonsense to them? Let's all come together and defeat these traitors!"
As soon as the words fell, the officials could no longer suppress their inner anger. Before Hu Yingjia could speak, they stepped forward one after another and started shoving each other with the strict party and Qingliu officials. (End of chapter)
