Ming Huiguang walked to the living room, turned around the screen, and saw a man dressed as an officer talking to Cui Yi. The man turned around inadvertently and recognized him. He immediately put on a smile and stepped forward to say hello: "Secretary Ming, farewell." Are you okay here?"
"Are you... Captain Song?" Ming Huiguang thought for a moment before remembering the name, "I'm in good condition, but my stomach problem is still the same. Why are you here?"
"I heard that you are in a difficult situation, so I came here to see if I could help."
"You seem to know each other very well?" Cui Yi stood up and asked with a smile.
Song Duwei said: "Of course. When Mr. Shi was here in the past, he often sent me to the Ministry of Punishment to communicate or say hello. Zhongshu Province also went there several times and got acquainted with the Minister of Ming Dynasty."
"Okay," Cui Yi nodded slightly to show his trust, "For the sake of Minister Ming, how can you help us this time?"
"I stay in the palace of the guard day and night, so that I can spy on the emperor's wishes at any time. Once I see an edict, I will report it immediately so that all the princes can take action. I can also convey your words to the emperor and advise him on his behalf, so as to calm his mind and strengthen his mind. His ambition.”
Ming Huiguang seemed about to agree, but Cui Yi beat him to it: "No, it's too dangerous. Captain Song, you are an officer and are not suitable for such an errand. It will make His Majesty suspicious. But you should be able to contact the chamberlain." People from the province, right?”
"yes."
"How about I write a letter to Eunuch Shen and you send it to him personally to see what his attitude is before you make the next step. It would be safer to let him intervene in this matter."
After that, he ordered the clerk to get some paper and quickly wrote:
Cui Yiwan, the head of the Criminal Department, paid homage to Chief Shen: A certain Chief Suwen enjoyed the beauty of adulthood but did not want to offend others. Nowadays, the seriousness and evil of the court debate are coming like a tide, and some people have no place to stay. They can only rely on the great virtue of the general manager, and hope that their thoughts will be heard by the saints, so as to save the lives of the people in the world. If you are not allowed, you have no complaints; if you are approved, you must do your best to reward. '
He also sealed ten taels of silver as a gift for meeting and handed it over to Song Duwei. Song Duwei looked serious and felt that he had a heavy responsibility. He did not wait for more greetings and said goodbye.
"You can't rely on this person," Cui Yi looked at that figure, his smile gradually turned cold, "You have to be careful."
Ming Huiguang was puzzled and argued: "I know this man's loyal character very well, and he is definitely not comparable to others. If he and Xun are blindly defensive, I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of righteous men."
Cui Yi sneered several times: "My lord, you are too short-sighted. Temperament is not immutable, not to mention that just after Shi Sijin left, people's hearts will inevitably fluctuate. Let's wait for the news from Zeng Liang. Don't believe it easily. , nor worthy of belief.”
"Ke Zengliang..."
"No more time is allowed to be wasted," Cui Yi waved his hand and interrupted him, "Let's get back to business and talk about the issues of the court meeting."
Only then did Ming Huiguang remember the purpose of coming, and he had no choice but to suppress the anger in his heart, and respectfully reported like a subordinate: "I think that since we have to wait for Zeng Liang to help, we should focus on the word 'drag'. Don’t engage in heated debates, stay put for the time being and hide your edge.”
"No," Cui Yi shook his head decisively, "The destiny must be in one's own hands to be stable. Zeng Liang is the most insidious and cunning person. If we only count on him, wouldn't it mean that he is looking down on us? It must be done Let him know that he relies on us to achieve success, not that we rely on him. So we must strive for it at any cost, and the bigger the noise, the better. I have just written a speech, please take a look at it."
Minghui took a few glances at it and saw that every sentence was arranged in densely packed words. Although it was called "reference details", he could feel the strong commanding tone invisibly. He was extremely uncomfortable, as if his limbs were tied, but he didn't dare to make a sound and handed it back to Cui Yi's hand: "I roughly remember it."
When the time came and the people outside came, Hui Guang appointed two of his close scribes as scribes and followed him to Zhongshu Province. Because Su Zongshan was old and frail and had not arrived yet, everyone gathered outside the hall to wait.
Ming Huiguang was sitting in the duty room on the east side, separated from the outside by a light green curtain. He looked at no one nearby and secretly asked him: "Just now, I saw that when the master was receiving the speech, his hands were shaking. I don't know. Is the villain dazzled?"
Ming Huiguang's expression suddenly became severe, but he regained his composure in an instant, and turned his anger into a long sigh: "Due to the current situation, I have no choice but to do it!"
The confidant then asked: "If your temper was based on your past, you would have broken things off with Cui Yi long ago. Why did you tolerate it? But you made that young man feel more ambitious!"
Minghui Guang said: "You don't know. My greatest wish in life is for this New Deal, but now it has almost become my only thought. I am really afraid that the situation will never recover from this, and that the New Deal will be ruined... Therefore , I can endure any suffering, any hatred, even if Cui Yi wants to take my life, I will just tear open my chest on the spot and take out all the internal organs! I want to keep my eyes open to see all this The ending, as long as there is a little bit of hope left..."
When talking about these, Ming Huiguang seemed to be possessed by a demon, and his two confidants were so frightened that they didn't know what to do. Fortunately, Su Zongshan arrived in time, and the two of them were anxious to persuade him to go out for business and forced him to go out to discuss matters.
Cui Yi's judgment was correct, and Chen Dang indeed launched a thunderous offensive. Guo Xiangren and Ge Ming took out a memorial signed by all the ministers for them, and asked Prime Minister Su Zongshan to sign it and report it to the emperor as soon as possible. They also led more than ten people including attachés and minor officials to block the retreat and knelt down. Crying and persuading requires Su Zongshan’s approval. Seeing this formation, Minghui was not willing to be outdone. According to what Cui Yi taught him, he took advantage of the chaos and pulled Su Zongshan's sleeves and said: "Prime Minister Su! You really can't escape today. You need to protect the new army for the country and keep these rebellious ministers away." Beat all the thieves out!"
After hearing this, Ge Ming's face turned red with anger, and he quarreled with him endlessly. Everyone started to boo, and even threw papers and pens at each other, making a mess. Only the people from Hunan looked on with cold eyes and watched what happened.
Su Zongshan was eager to escape and refused to stay a moment longer. Seeing that the Xiang people had not spoken yet and could be used, he shouted: "The good prince is still calm and speechless. If you are so rude, won't you bring shame to the whole province?"
Everyone quickly stopped and looked at the Xiang people who still didn't say a word, and they were all stunned for a moment. Zongshan took advantage of this opportunity and escaped quickly from the side door. No one could catch up with him, and the palace door was closed. Ge Ming was sweating profusely from running, so he turned around and blamed the Xiang people: "Why didn't you issue an order at the critical moment?"
The Xiang people pretended to be sorry: "I didn't expect you all to start fighting, and you were a little dazed."
"They all relied on your big tree to support them, so they dared to be unscrupulous. How could you...that's all. Now that the prime minister has run away and nothing serious has happened, we have no choice but to file a memorial to punish our sins." Ge Ming was extremely melancholy.
