Most officials in the officialdom were planning before taking action, because they were afraid of being retaliated if they could not defeat the enemy with one move. Therefore, even with the protection of the palace servants, many officials in the court still wanted to kill Yuan Kai.
"Your Majesty, even if you eat shit, it doesn't prove that you are really crazy. It would be bad if Yuan Kai is pretending to be crazy."
After hearing this, Zhang Ren's lips curled up. Fortunately, the young master was prepared.
Zhang Ren shook the cloth bag in his hand and asked the official who spoke: "My lord, you are right. I happened to pick up some dog poop on the way here. How about you eat it in public like Yuan Kai did?" Two bites, if you eat it with gusto and still swallow it, then Yuan Kai must be pretending to be crazy."
Hearing that Zhang Ren's bag was filled with dog excrement, the officials who were close to Zhang Ren moved away in disgust.
The official who just spoke also looked at the bag in Zhang Ren's hand. Eat shit? Are you kidding me? He hurriedly rebuked: "You are so bold, where do you think this is? You brought shit to the court! Where do you put all the officials? Where do you put His Majesty? You are deceiving the emperor. No matter what, you should be punished for your crime!"
Zhang Ren curled his lips, looking very disdainful, and said: "My lord, please don't blame me. I am just arguing a fact with the mentality of getting rid of falsehoods and seeking truth. Besides, Your Majesty is in court. The hall is not only facing the dog shit in my hand, isn’t it also facing some dog shit that has a nose, eyes, and barks?"
It took the official a long time to react. He pointed at Zhang Ren with a trembling finger and said, "How dare you say that the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty are bullshit?"
Zhang Ren quickly raised his hands, pretending to be innocent, and said, "Don't accuse me wrongly. I didn't say that. The shit I said only refers to you."
How could this official endure it? This is a court, and people call this a place like shit. If Yuan Kai cannot be proven guilty today, he will become a laughing stock wherever he goes in the future.
I saw this official looking upright and saying: "Zhang Ren! You are really insulting to gentlemen. No matter how eloquent you are, there is justice in this world. Even if I really become shit, I can't absolve Yuan Yuan." Kai’s crime.”
This time Zhang Ren stopped pretending. He put away his cynicism and said coldly: "I've really given you face, and you still have the nerve to be fair? Are you looking at Li Shanchang's death? You want to take this opportunity to increase your sense of presence. You see that Yuan Kai has no power and has spoken for Li Shanchang, so he plans to step in and use it as capital for promotion. Who doesn't want to get promoted and make a fortune? But he has to take the right path. You have evil intentions, and you actually do all kinds of crooked things. Calling you a piece of shit is just to flatter you!"
There are many disgusting things in the officialdom, and there are many people who use people as stepping stones to climb up, but this layer of window paper has never been pierced by anyone. Seeing Zhang Ren reveal his little thoughts, the official's eyes widened and he said viciously: "Zhang Ren! You...you..."
It's a pity that he "you" for a long time and couldn't find anything to say back to Zhang Ren.
Zhang Ren also snorted coldly, directly raised the bag in front of the official, and said: "Stop talking nonsense, this shit is here, if you can swallow it, I will chop Yuan Kai up today, and then I will do it again." I kowtow to you and apologize. If you can’t swallow it, shut up your stupid mouth as soon as possible and walk around when you see me in the future. I see you are upset!”
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This official comes from a scholarly family, and his family is well off. He can't even eat a slightly inferior meal, let alone shit? Now he was riding a tiger and couldn't get off. He knew that he couldn't speak loudly, so he could only kneel down in the hall and complained to Zhu Yuanzhang with an aggrieved look on his face: "Your Majesty, my heart can be seen from the sun and the moon. I still ask your Majesty to be my minister." Make the decision."
Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that it would be bad if he remained silent at this moment. This was the imperial court after all, and it was really not very decent to have shit in every sentence. Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes have been like a bright mirror in the court these years. He knows all the characters of these officials, and he can clearly see the fights between officials. To be honest, it is a good thing that these officials are not at odds with each other, otherwise all the officials in the court will be of the same mind. It's easy to dismiss him as an emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang cleared his throat and said to the official: "Zhang Ren is a Jin Yiwei. Now the Jin Yiwei and the chamberlain say that Yuan Kai is crazy, but you say that Yuan Kai is not crazy. I think Zhang Ren's method
That's very good. If you eat the shit, I will punish Yuan Kai and Zhang Ren severely. If you can't eat it, I will also punish you for bullying the emperor and neglecting the superior. "
Zhu Yuanzhang's words were equivalent to putting this official on the fire. It was not that Zhu Yuanzhang was partial to Zhang Ren, but that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to sound a warning to all courtiers. Reasonable suppression and struggle were allowed, but too much It won’t work after that. Don’t think of any of you treating me as a fool.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had spoken, the official was dumbfounded. Now it was too late for him to regret it. He could only look at the bag in Zhang Ren's hand as if he were mourning for his concubine. It was not easy for him to gain a firm foothold in the court. He was not willing to give up this official position no matter what, but if he were to eat shit, it would be even worse than killing him.
The official looked at Zhang Ren with resentment and felt indescribable sadness and anger in his heart. Zhang Ren didn't pity him. If you had good intentions, how could you end up in this situation?
Zhang Ren raised his eyebrows and urged: "Hurry up and eat, I have to go to James Mansion to study later."
The official was finally so humiliated that he fainted without taking a breath.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the throne, shook his head and said softly: "Bring him down. It is a serious crime for him to deceive the emperor and ignore his superiors. I am generous and will not take his life. I will punish him by dismissing him and never hiring him."
Zhu Yuanzhang's sentence can be regarded as determining the outcome of this official, so sometimes it is better to have kind thoughts in his heart. Even if he is greedy, he must think about whether it will hurt others.
The whole court was quiet, but Zhang Ren saluted Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Your Majesty is wise."
The ministers in the court looked at me and I looked at you, and they all began to agree. They were saying that His Majesty was wise, but in their hearts they were thinking about what Zhang Ren had done. This guy didn't play by the rules, so it would be better not to provoke him easily in the future.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's stop here for the court meeting. Zhang Ren, you come with me to the study."
After the court meeting dispersed, Zhang Ren followed Zhu Yuanzhang to the study room as instructed. Zhu Yuanzhang had just sat down and asked Zhang Ren, "What tricks did you use?"
Zhang Ren pretended to be curious, "Your Majesty, what means were used? I don't understand."
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