After Yan Liang heard this, he hurriedly raised his hands and replied: "We respect His Majesty's holy judgment, how can we change it at will? What you call adapting to local conditions is different from resisting the decree!"
Lu Fangxuan saw Qi Zi standing up to refute, so he grabbed him secretly and said calmly: "Servant, although there is something wrong with what you said, Lu feels that it should be considered."
"What are you considering? Okay, you can do it yourselves. If you disobey the decree and you are punished with a severe crime of beheading, you two must be able to bear it!" Yan Liang didn't care about any feelings, and broke up with the two of them. Confrontation.
Qi Zi was furious and was about to draw his sword and scold him, but first he heard Lu Fangxuan say coldly: "Shilang Yan, the policy has not been decided yet. You and I are just discussing a few words in this room. There is no need to take advantage of the emperor." Suppress us?"
Yan Liang was speechless.
"If the emperor says we should move, we have to move. This is beyond reproach; but if the people are moved in such a hasty manner without a written document, there will be natural riots in the city, and there is no guarantee that the court will be troubled by it." Lu Fangxuan looked at his disapproving look and said, A sneer flashed across his face, "What I am most worried about is not this, but that the reputation of the imperial court will be ruined and the emperor will be blamed for no reason. Therefore, as ministers, we must do everything well and don't let the emperor down. Minister Yan, you The first thing to think about is not the execution, but rather not letting His Majesty take the blame. You have been in the court for so many years, so you don’t know this."
Yan Liang was shocked, but he didn't know that Lu Fangxuan would turn an army against him and put himself at a disadvantage.
Having said nothing, he was forced by the pressure from the Mainland Party to press forward at all levels. As an expedient, it was better not to offend the Yue government. He paused, then squinted his eyes and smiled: "Mr. Lu is right, we have to consider it for His Majesty. Is there any good solution?"
"If you want the people to be quiet, you need to help them set up a land deed and move out in a serious manner; you don't want to trick others into using the situation and spread the word in the streets, making the people who are moved feel uneasy."
"Mr. Lu, there are more than thirty relatives of the condemned criminals... They all have signed land deeds. No trouble aside, time is still slow. What does this mean?" Yan Shilang felt incredible and shook his head.
"Oh, then according to your wishes, you have to do it half-heartedly. Your Majesty will be blamed anyway." Qi Zi lowered his head and murmured softly.
"Why am I..."
"Commander Qi speaks rudely, please don't argue with him," Lu Fangxuan pushed Qi Zi aside again, "But everything must be based on reason, words are unfounded, I hope the minister understands."
"It's up to you." Yan Liang slumped on the chair at this time and had no strength to refute anymore.
"Do you... have anything to say to us?" Lu Fangxuan saw that he was impatient and wanted to resign.
Yan Liang couldn't wait to beat the two of them out immediately, and stood up angrily: "No, no. You two want to leave? I'll send someone to take you away."
"Don't bother me. The two of us are leaving today and coming back tomorrow." After that, Lu Fangxuan hurried away with Qi Zi.
'This bastard...' Yan Liang slammed the table and cursed secretly at the two figures behind him.
Yan Liang promptly sent a letter to Liu Zhennian, repeating all the above facts. Zhennian believed it and thought that something was critical, so he urgently summoned Yan Liang back to his hometown to discuss important matters.
Gui Fu was in the garden, facing Yan Liang, and walked towards Liu Zhennian.
"Why did I receive two other memorials before I left?" Yan Liang asked as he walked quickly.
"I'm afraid that the longer it takes, the more beneficial it will be to all parties, so I'll do everything..."
"Oh!" Yan Liang slapped his head, "The whereabouts of the imperial court and my plans are all under his eyes! The captain is totally wrong!"
Guifu felt ashamed and nodded silently.
With that said, the two of them arrived in front of the house and went in to pay homage to Liu Zhennian. Liu Zhennian then asked Yan Liang for advice. Yan Liang said: "Because the eunuchs are fighting for merit, things have gone wrong. To this day, I have nothing to do. If all the parties sincerely help Lu, and attack from both sides, there will be chaos among the people in Donkey Skin Alley. With a little guidance, he will blame the public. Then Nanjing cannot be conquered, and we will be disgraced. If all the thieves are dedicated to internal conflict and focus on the mainland party, the general can get through this incident safely."
Liu Zhennian gritted his teeth unwillingly: "You, the military advisor, are really helpless? Your clever plan lies in that damn eunuch... Order Lu Yingshan to tell Shen Jing to discipline his servants."
"General, Wei Chong has rushed into the mansion." The soldiers outside pushed open the door and knelt behind the threshold.
Liu Zhennian turned around instantly, looked at Yan Liang's expectant eyes, pinched his fingers: "Success or failure depends on heaven..."
Wei Chong walked cautiously towards Wan Heshun's residence. But the windows were closed inside the house, there were no lights anywhere, and a straight passage led to the back room. Looking to both sides, there seemed to be more than a dozen pairs of eyes hidden in the dark and empty space; looking closer, it turned out that they were some people, the confidants of Wanjun Wang, sitting cross-legged on the mat, motionless, with cunning and sinister expressions in their eyes. Ruthless, like an owl standing in the dark night.
"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you." Wei Chong bowed humbly and made bows.
In an instant, Wan He walked out of the back room and sat down in front of all his confidants. Then he smiled kindly, patted Wei Chong and said, "Secretary Office Wei, it's time to continue with the redundancy work."
Wei Chong took out a roster and replied with a smile: "If the adults need it, the little ones can do it."
"Give me the silver first." As he waved, a confidant threw a piece of silverware to Wei Chong, who hurriedly caught it with his hands.
"The silver has to be carried in a box, so it's hard to take it out. It's enough to sell this thing for thirty or fifty taels at least." Wan Heshun looked at him with his eyes.
But Wei Chong's eyes were all fixed on the silverware, and he accepted it happily.
"What does the Lu Party have to say?" Wan Heshun returned to the topic.
"I know a person in Yue Mansion who specially prepared banquets for Qi Zi. He often invited Nanjing famous chefs and bought delicious wine, meat, melons and fruits. He spent almost tens of thousands every month." Wei Chong slowly opened the roster, "He saw that he was in Yue Mansion When he took office, all this money was given to him by Qi Zi."
"Qi Zi likes to host banquets, which are extremely extravagant. I know it, but I don't know how to do it. If he entrusts it to others, he can take the opportunity to expose the crime." Wan Heshun thought deeply.
"What's this person's name?"
"The Yue government consulted Chen Tong."
"Okay!" Wan Heshun clapped his hands and said, "Wei Secretary Office has done a great job. Today I will send people to investigate this move, let Chen Tong and Ma Si end up together, and let the old thief lose his face!"
"Report!!"
When Liu Zhennian heard this, his hands shook slightly, and the tea bowl fell to the ground and shattered. He didn't have time to pick it up, so he went to the door and grabbed the clothes of the soldier who came to report: "Wei Chong left?"
"No," the soldier hurriedly defended, "it was Lu Sijin who told Manager Shen. Manager Shen immediately went to Lupi Alley to lead people, brought the young eunuch back, beat him thirty times, and prepared to report to the emperor that he should die. inform you……"
After hearing this, Liu Zhennian was greatly disappointed and threw him away angrily.
