"What did you say? The emperor asked Chen Hong to bring a message to the people in your palace, and the people in your palace withdrew?" Qin Yan was greatly surprised when he heard this. He stared at Gong Youwei, as if to verify the truth of this matter. .
Gong Youwei said: "Chief Assistant, it's true, evacuate! Wu Yurong and his people have already packed up and are preparing to leave Beijing!"
"Did the Emperor warn them?"
"I don't know!"
"Then go find out. Go and find someone to ask Chen Hong!"
Gong Youwei didn't say anything, just turned around and walked out!
…
In the watch house on the side, Wang Pei, the secretary of the Central Committee, also told Wu Xingbang what he heard.
Wu Xingbang was also quite surprised: "Chaoming, what do you think the emperor said to the people in your palace?"
"I don't know, Chen Hongfeng rode back to the palace immediately, without any chance to speak!"
"Go and find out what's going on!"
…
Qiu Teng, Xiao Jingxun and officials from the Imperial Academy and the Ministry of Etiquette who came after hearing the news knelt on the ground outside the Meridian Gate.
The people in the General Affairs Department were so nervous that their palms were sweating, and they were urging these people to go back.
Unexpectedly, someone ran all the way and shouted: "The people from your palace are gone!"
At first, Qiu Teng and others, who were already kneeling so dizzy, thought they had heard wrongly.
Unexpectedly, when the man ran over, everyone discovered that it was Lu Xi, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites.
When everyone saw it was him, they quickly asked: "Master Lu, what's going on? You said the people from your palace have evacuated?"
"Exactly, I just heard when I was in Wenyuan Pavilion that the emperor asked the eunuch to come out of the palace and said something to the chief historian of your palace, and the chief historian took his people and left in despair!"
When Qiu Teng heard this, he was moved to tears: "Your Majesty~~~~Your Majesty~~~~"
"Your Majesty~~~~~Your Majesty~~~~~" Xiao Jinxun and others who were kneeling around him all bowed their heads.
Yu Menglin, the general envoy of general affairs, said with emotion: "This is the emperor's sympathy for the veterans, Qiu Butang and Mr. Xiao, this is the emperor's sympathy for you veterans!"
After everyone heard this, they bowed three times and bowed nine times to the palace, and then they helped each other happily.
The people who were watching from a distance all cheered when they heard the news.
"Long live the Emperor!"
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
The people talked a lot and praised each other.
Qiu Teng pointed at the people and said to the officials present: "Look, everyone, the emperor is a wise man. Even the common people can tell the difference. Then there will be no evil spirits in the court. Even if there are, they will be nowhere to be seen!"
"Qiu Budang is right!"
"That's right. If there are traitors who do illegal things again in the future, we will go outside the Meridian Gate and beat the drums. Everyone will say, right?"
"yes!"
"yes!"
"That's right!"
"This is a good idea!"
Good guys, this group of people found a new way to achieve their political demands, but they frightened General Yu Menglin.
But he didn't dare to speak, for fear that if he said "no" at this time, the excited crowd would push him to the ground, scold him for blocking his speech, and beat him violently.
At night.
As soon as Xu Song returned to his mansion, he saw Xie Kun, Xu He and Gu Shouyuan, the Imperial Academy's attendant, sitting in the hall talking.
Seeing Xu Song getting off duty, the group quickly raised their hands and said, "Thank you for your hard work, chief assistant (uncle)!"
Xu Song smiled and pressed his hand and said, "Sit down, Mingshan, why are you free to come to my house today?"
Gu Shouyuan smiled and said: "Liangsheng won the first prize, I came here to congratulate you!"
Xu Song was obviously in a good mood. He laughed and said, "Mingshan, what you said is really embarrassing him. You are his tutor for the provincial examination and a good friend of Li Zhijie and Xie Kun. How can you, an elder, come to congratulate a junior?" Already?"
At this time, Gu Shouyuan no longer had the aloof attitude of being the examiner of the provincial examination as he did when he was in the capital. When he returned to the capital, he had to correct his position. He was just a small editor of the Hanlin Academy, even though he had the title of Chunfang. You can't treat it like an ordinary scholar, but there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the capital, so it's always better to keep a low profile.
"Although Liangsheng is my student, he will soon serve as an official in the Hanlin Academy with me. We are not only teachers and students, but also colleagues. It is only reasonable to come to congratulate!"
Xu He was a little speechless, boss, where was your arrogance back then? I still like you then!
You'd better do this with me. I call you brother, and you call me dad. Brother, what are you looking for? Did dad find the trick for you?
Naturally, Xu He did not dare to make excuses. He stood up for a while and expressed his disapproval. He also explained his firm belief that "one day is a teacher, always a teacher". This brought the matter to an end and everyone was happy!
After the greetings were exchanged, Xie Kun said: "Brother Mingshan, you have been waiting for His Excellency to come on duty this time. Is there something wrong?"
The topic was back on track. Gu Shouyuan stopped being polite this time, but nodded and said, "I'm here to fill in the gaps for Mr. Ge!"
When everyone heard this, they looked at each other. Xu Song smiled and said, "Mingshan, what do I lack?"
Gu Shouyuan smiled slightly: "The elder Ge's move drove the tiger to swallow the wolf. It was really wonderful. He made the guards deliberately rob King Ji, and then used King Ji's example to beat other vassal kings."
"The emperor happened to be tired of the greed of these relatives, so he took advantage of this incident to drive away the people from your palace. Next, he should order a strict investigation of the gangsters who robbed King Ji. It is best to bring trouble to the world. Everyone knows it, it’s better if everyone knows it!”
"When the vassal kings heard about this, they were furious, but they were also worried that the persecution would be too much and that something like King Ji would not bear to be said!"
"Right?" After Gu Shouyuan finished speaking, he turned around and smiled at the three of them.
Hearing this, Xu Song, Xie Kun, and Xu He looked at Gu Shouyuan in disbelief, their faces turned earthy.
Gu Shouyuan quickly smiled and said: "Don't worry, only you and I know about this matter. No, the emperor should have guessed it too!"
Xu Song frowned and said, "Mingshan, how did you know that?"
"It's a coincidence that my old servant happened to be buying fish outside the city today. When he was resting in the tea shed, he heard two messengers from Huguang talking about this at the next table! He told me when he came back."
After everyone heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief.
But then I thought about it, I guess someone will know about it soon. Although it is impossible to know such details like Gu Shouyuan and Emperor Zhizheng, it can't be hidden.
Xu Song looked at Gu Shouyuan at this time and said: "Mingshan, what did you just say, pick up the missing pieces and fill in the gaps?"
Gu Shouyuan smiled and said: "How could such a stupid thief say those words in front of the suffering owner? When I learned about this, I thought that the emperor must be as I thought and laughed it off, but then I thought about it. , The person who came up with this plan is amazing!"
When he said this, Xie Kun looked at Xu He with a strange expression.
Gu Shouyuan paid no attention and continued: "The wonderful thing about this plan is that even though Your Majesty knows that someone did it deliberately, he will still use the donkey under the slope to take the opportunity to beat the people in your palace!"
"What's even better is that in order to achieve the knocking effect, His Majesty must issue a hush-hush order, prohibiting the palace and Huguang from spreading this matter again."
Xu Song said: "So..."
"So, the person who benefits the most is you Mr. Xu Ge. Your Majesty will soon guess that it was you. Why don't you take the things stolen from Prince Ji's Mansion and send them to the palace. In this way, the monarch and his ministers will understand each other tacitly, and your Majesty will not I will think about it again, next time Mr. Xu Ge encounters trouble, will he use the vassal king or even him as a tactic again?"
"Of course, a reprimand is indispensable! But I think it would be better for the monarch and his ministers to have a secret that only each other knows."
After speaking, he looked at Xu Song with a smile.
