"There's something fun to watch now."
Wan He held on to the railing in the corridor and spoke to Hu Qi beside him.
"What did Ye Yongjia want to do by deliberately rowing Wei Chong in?" Hu Qi looked at him in confusion.
"He is just muddying the waters now, why should we care about what he thinks? Our main task now is to win over Wei Chong..."
"Prince, Wei Chong is a capricious villain. How can he be loyal to Qin and Mu Chu? It's better to abandon him while we have the opportunity to avoid future troubles." Hu Qi replied decisively.
Wan Heshun showed a kind smile and patted his hands, "You still don't understand. Although this Wei Chong is not a loyal person, if we help him, he can still understand. Lu Fangxuan is now in At a disadvantage, if we seize the opportunity again, we will be able to force the Mainland Party to do nothing."
Seeing Wan Heshun's intention, Hu Qi was too tired to dissuade him, so he said, "I wonder if the prince has any countermeasures for this matter?"
"In order to show my sincerity, Wan Heshun, you can choose a junior official from your side to replace Wei Chong."
Hu Qi's eyes wandered slightly, but he still faced Wan Heshun and said, "My subordinate understands."
Hu Qi gradually walked down the corridor, thinking in his heart: Since Wei Chong had done injustice, why did he treat him like this? It's better to return it to the office first, it doesn't matter if there is any delay in this matter.
He walked slowly to the door of the office and saw two government officials standing there chatting happily. He caught a glimpse of him coming from the corner of his eye and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Have you decided on the redundancy matter?"
"deal."
After Hu Qi finished speaking, the two looked at each other.
"What are you afraid of?" Hu Qi smiled easily, "I have always treated you like father and son and brothers, and I have never treated you badly. Why are you still worried?" After that, he pressed the two words lovingly like an elder. The head of a government official told them not to be frightened and to just feel at ease.
Hu Qi walked through the lobby and stopped at the study. He accidentally looked in the window and saw his most trusted subordinate sitting in front of the desk, holding a pen in his hand and writing something on the paper.
He didn't take it seriously, and just stepped forward and shouted in a joking tone: "I didn't expect you to see me coming! Why don't you greet me respectfully?"
The man got excited and hurriedly stuffed the piece of paper into his pocket. He turned his head and said with a reluctant smile: "Hu... Hu, Mr. Hu, why are you here?"
Hu Qi then glared at him suspiciously and said with displeasure: "Open the door. I'll go in and talk to you."
The clerk walked to the door. He wanted to tear the paper off, but he was afraid that he would see it, so he had to wipe the sweat from his head and stretched out his hand to open the door.
"Take it out." Hu Qi went straight to the point without any politeness.
The subordinate was obviously a little frightened and cowered, "Sir, please don't..."
"You take it out first and then talk about it." Hu Qi stared at him.
He had no choice but to swallow, and nervously took out a piece of white paper and handed it to Hu Shangshu tremblingly.
As soon as Hu Qi glanced at him, he suddenly became furious. He immediately grabbed him by the collar and asked, "You...you bitch! How many benefits did Lu Fangxuan give you, so that you can be a seller for glory? You go Surrender to him and forget how King Wanjun treated you?!"
Seeing that the matter had come to an end and that there was nothing more he could do to defend himself, he knelt down, covered his face, and howled loudly.
"Master Hu... please spare my life... I only did some bad things just to get some money, but I never thought of betraying the prince and you! Please..."
Hu Qi turned around, and suddenly an idea flashed in his head: In that case, why not replace Wei Chong with him?
As soon as this idea came to his mind, he broke into a cold sweat. He turned around and glanced at the subordinate again, and suddenly he didn't know how to make a decision.
Hu Qi's face was solemn and he was silent for a long time. Then he breathed out a sigh of relief and shouted in a low voice: "Get up."
The clerk's face was livid, he couldn't say a word, he just stood up slowly.
Hu Qi approached, forced the paper into his hand, and said in a very stern tone: "Put this thing in the brazier and burn it to show that you will never understand the intentions of the mainland party. Can you do it?"
The junior official knew that Master Shangshu was going to spare his life, but he was still uneasy and looked at him warily: "Young man, go right away!"
Hu Qi followed in and saw him carefully putting the paper into the brazier. In an instant, the paper was rolled into a ball and gradually turned into a pile of charcoal-black ash foam.
"You must never do such a thing out of greed for small profits in the future. If the county king discovers it, the gains will outweigh the losses... Your wife, children, and children are still dependent on you to take care of them. It's better to be careful."
The clerk then relaxed and saw that Hu Shangshu not only did not blame him, but also persuaded him, tears welled up in his eyes. He kowtowed several times and said with a choked voice: "Thank you, Lord Shangshu, for not thinking of the villain's fault! I will treat you very severely." repay……"
After what happened, Hu Qi felt that he could not be cruel to these confidants. He no longer dared to engage in the so-called 'replacement' matter. He only found a few decent excuses to shirk Wan Heshun every day as a tactful way of resisting. This was a headache for the prince, but at this critical moment, he couldn't help himself, so he had to put the matter on hold for the time being.
After a few days, King Wanjun still didn't see Hu Qi showing any intention to repent, so he became more and more angry, and finally couldn't sit still.
Ye Yongjia received a rare order from Wan Heshun in the yamen. What happened last time? He held the cover of the official document and thought, it must have been the time when he was invited to the banquet.
It's definitely up to no good. Ye Yongjia opened the official document nervously. After reading it briefly, every nerve became tense, and his expression was not relaxed at all. He frowned, as if thinking carefully, turned around and fell on the chair, taking a sip of white tea to relieve his messy thoughts.
The letter simply stated that King Wanjun would personally present a merit plaque to Wei Huai and ask the prefect to arrange it as soon as possible; in addition, he was asked to inform the officials to increase Mr. Wei's salary.
But these two short commands left Ye Yongjia with endless aftertaste. Although in the eyes of outsiders, his role in it was insignificant, Ye Yongjia himself still wanted to do his best to curb the party struggle and avoid the inevitable outcome.
He first asked himself, why did Wan Heshun want to see Wei Huai at this juncture, and why did he need to use the word "in person"?
Wei Huai was the first person to petition for the dismissal of officials. Ye Yongjia's eyes moved quickly, indicating that Wan Heshun only had these goals: first, to win over Wei Huai's Sihe Academy and consolidate his power; second, he felt that the current situation needed to be further changed, so that he, as the initiator, could once again Submit a letter.
But it is very difficult to win over Wei Huai. After all, he is a hero among men who does not take hard and soft, and there is a strong-willed counselor like Xia Yuanlong. King Wanjun is so calculating that his efforts will not be in vain.
In this way, there is only one way.
