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Guo Tang was already in a bad mood. Seeing Guo Wengui's panic, he became even more unhappy and scolded: "Could it be that
However, before Guo Tang turned around, Guo Wengui grabbed his sleeve and said urgently: "Master, the matter is not just like that. Mr. Zhang Bao, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, just secretly sent someone to convey the news. After the shopkeepers of the 'Sitong Shipping Company' were caught in Shuntian Mansion, they were severely tortured by the Shuntian Mansion Yamen. In the end, they all confessed to various crimes of the 'Sitong Shipping Company' under severe torture. , In this way, all the daily expenses of our Guo family come from the 'Sitong Trading Company', so we will naturally be implicated. Mr. Zhang Bao said that we should prepare as soon as possible, maybe when the people from Shuntian Mansion will seize us The Guo family’s property!”
"He dares! As the young master of the current dynasty, without His Majesty's will, Shuntian Mansion has no right to seize my family property!" After hearing Guo Wengui's statement, Guo Tang suddenly became furious and shouted loudly: "No, I must Go and reason with Huo Zhengyuan! He is deliberately taking revenge on me! If Huo Zhengyuan dares to be unreasonable, then I will tell His Majesty the Crown Prince about this matter. If His Majesty the Crown Prince cannot control this matter, then I will expose this matter to Your Majesty. There! I don’t believe it. This is the emperor’s feet, and people from the ‘Zhao Party’ can still be allowed to do whatever they want!”
After saying that, Guo Tang turned around again and planned to go to Shuntian Mansion to question Huo Zhengyuan.
However, just as Guo Tang turned around and took a step forward, he saw a person running quickly towards Guo Mansion. Then his eyesight went dark. Guo Tang and this person collided with each other. It fell to the ground!
After Guo Tang fell on his back, his head hit the ground hard, and it took him a long time to catch his breath.
After finally standing up with Guo Wengui's help, Guo Tang planned to scold the other person, but after taking a closer look, he found that the person who bumped into him was actually his precious grandson Guo Mingtai.
However, before Guo Tang could reprimand Guo Mingtai, Guo Mingtai suddenly wailed, then fell at Guo Tang's feet, hugged Guo Tang's thigh tightly, and started crying so loudly.
Seeing Guo Mingtai's appearance, Guo Tang couldn't help but be stunned.
Could it be that Guo Mingtai was knocked stupid just now? Why is Guo Mingtai holding his thigh and crying so hard?
Then, Guo Tang thought he found the reason!
Yes, Guo Mingtai has a filial character and has always been close to Guo Min. Now that he heard that his second grandfather was kidnapped by Shuntian Mansion, he was naturally panicked and in pain. No wonder he ran here in a hurry just now. He must have known about Guo Min's arrest.
After thinking he had guessed the reason why Guo Mingtai was crying, Guo Tang couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted. For a moment, he didn't bother to blame Guo Mingtai. He just patted Guo Mingtai's head and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, Mingtai. Nothing will happen. Even if my grandfather is... Even if we go to His Majesty, we will definitely seek justice for our family!"
Hearing Guo Tang's relief, Guo Mingtai looked up at Guo Tang with tears in his eyes and said, "But Hu Jiancheng has no mercy at all. Even if his grandson takes your grandfather's name, Hu Jiancheng will still take it." He took away the child's status as a supervisor, and even said that he would inform the Ministry of Rites about this and further take away his grandson's status... Grandfather, his status as a supervisor is just that. If his grandson's status is also taken away, then what will happen to his grandson in this life? Your future is completely over, you must make the decision for your grandson!"
Hearing Guo Mingtai's answer, Guo Tang was a little confused. He only felt that the conversation between their grandfather and grandson was a little inconsistent. The closure of "Sitong Trading Company" and the arrest of Guo Min by Shuntian Prefecture had nothing to do with the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Rites. What does the Imperial College have to do with it? Why does Guo Mingtai cry about his future?
Faintly, Guo Tang felt that the matter was not that simple, and asked: "What Hu Jiancheng? You were deprived of your status as a supervisor? What happened?"
Seeing Guo Tang's inquiry, Guo Mingtai was also stunned.
After hearing what Guo Tang said just now, he thought that Guo Tang already knew about the fact that he spent money to buy articles and was reported, but he didn't expect that Guo Tang didn't know the news yet.
Therefore, Guo Mingtai quickly told Guo Tang his story. The content was naturally evasive, and he only briefly mentioned a few of his mistakes. Instead, he focused on describing the things that Guo Zijian Cheng did not take Guo Tang seriously.
Knowing that Guo Mingtai, the future hope of the Guo family, had been deprived of his status as a supervisor by the Imperial College, and that he would even be deprived of his honorary title, Guo Taunton was shocked again. He felt like a thunderbolt had fallen from the blue sky, and it had dropped two times in a row. Thunderbolt!
Then, Guo Tang fainted!
On this day, Guo Tang was first forced to apologize to Zhao Junchen, and then he basked in the scorching midday sun outside the Zhao mansion for more than an hour. After finally meeting Zhao Junchen, not only did he not even drink a sip of tea, he was also tortured. Having suffered a lot of humiliation, it is natural to be emotional and impetuous. When he returned to his home, he received two pieces of bad news like a bolt from the blue. Not only was the backbone of the Guo family taken away by Shuntian Mansion, but Guo Mingtai, the future hope of the Guo family, was also ruined. I fell down once...
With so many things added together, how could Guo Tang be able to bear it, given his body and age? In the end, he passed out directly!
After seeing Guo Tang fainting, the entire Guo Mansion was naturally in chaos.
In the midst of the chaos, no one noticed. A steward of the Guo Mansion secretly left the Guo Mansion with Guo Tang's personal collection of poems, and then headed towards the Tongji Temple in the south of the city.
On the other side, under the rescue of Guo Wengui, Guo Mingtai and others, Guo Tang finally woke up.
Then, Guo Tang ignored his own physical condition and quickly stood up and ordered everyone in the Guo Mansion: "Hurry and prepare a sedan for me. These things are all Zhao Junchen's revenge on me. I must not let him succeed!"
Seeing that the matter was urgent, Guo Wengui did not dare to let Guo Tang rest, and just asked: "Sir, should you go to Shuntian Mansion first or the Imperial College first?"
Guo Tang gritted his teeth and said: "I will not go to Shuntian Mansion or the Imperial College! Zhao Junchen is obviously behind these things. He just wants to take revenge on me. It will be useless even if I go to Shuntian Mansion and the Imperial College now! I want to Go to the East Palace to find His Highness the Crown Prince and ask His Highness the Crown Prince to seek justice for me!"
Speaking of this, Guo Tang suddenly thought of something and shook his head: "No! I can't go to His Highness the Crown Prince first. We don't fully understand these things. Your Highness the Crown Prince may not help me... I have to go to Du Cha first." Court, meet with colleagues from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then go to the East Palace with them to ask His Highness the Crown Prince for justice!”
As Zhao Junchen commented, Guo Tang does not have great wisdom, but he has some cleverness.
Guo Tang knew very well that the "Sitong Trading Company" did engage in tax evasion and smuggling, and his grandson Guo Mingtai did spend money to buy other people's articles and then signed his own name on them. Therefore, whether it was the Shuntian Prefecture that captured Guo Min, or the Imperial Academy captured Guo Min, The merits of going to Guo Mingtai are all well-founded.
Therefore, if Guo Tang went directly to Prince Zhu Heyu for help, given the upright character of Prince Zhu Heyu, after understanding the details of these things, not only would he not help Guo Tang overcome the difficulties, but he would blame Guo Tang for failing to do so. Discipline your family well. By that time, the Guo family will completely collapse!
Therefore, Guo Tang did not go directly to Prince Zhu Heyu for help. Instead, he planned to find several Qingliu officials who were closely related to him. After unifying his views with these Qingliu officials, they would then go to the East Palace to seek help from Prince Zhu Heyu! And all these things were characterized as Zhao Junchen's revenge on Qingliu! It is the declaration of war by the "Zhao Party" against the "Prince Party"!
In this way, with the support of his colleagues, it was difficult for Prince Zhu Heyu to go against the will of everyone, so he had no choice but to help Guo Tang!
In the evening of that day, Guo Tang led more than a dozen "princeling" officials to the East Palace and cried to Prince Zhu Heyu for help.
"His Royal Highness, you must make the decision for me! Zhao Junchen hated me for impeaching him at court this morning, so he used various means to retaliate against me. Not only did Shuntian Prefecture capture my brother Guo Min, but also The design framed the old minister’s only grandson Guo Mingtai... Your Royal Highness, if you cannot uphold justice for the old minister, the old minister will not be able to survive!"
In the East Palace, Guo Tang lay down in front of Prince Zhu Heyu, wailing loudly and shrillly.
At the same time, after hearing the cry of young master Guo Tang, all the "princeling" officials were filled with indignation and made endless noises.
"Your Highness, what Zhao Junchen did is really too much! Mr. Guo only impeached him for a few words, but he actually avenged his private revenge like this! If we let him do whatever he wants, Chao Gang will be in complete chaos!"
"Your Highness, the 'Zhao Party' is acting so wantonly and suppressing loyal ministers, we must not sit idly by and watch!"
"Your Highness, Mr. Guo's various grievances, if the 'Zhao Party' is allowed to succeed, then from now on good will not suppress evil, and the temple will become even more smoky! Are we going to be able to catch him without mercy?!"
Prince Zhu Heyu looked at everything in front of him expressionlessly, his eyes full of helplessness.
Before Zhao Shancai died, he had been telling Zhu Heyu to ease the relationship with Zhao Junchen, and Zhu Heyu was indeed acting in accordance with Zhao Shancai's instructions. This morning, the people in the upper court impeached Zhao Junchen, but Zhu Heyu did not participate in it, even if Zhu Heyu resented Zhao Junchen for taking concubines to fill the house with great fanfare when Zhao Shancai passed away, but in the end he just chose to wait and see what happened.
It's a pity that people often can't help themselves in temples, even if Zhu Heyu is the prince and crown prince, this is still the case!
Just as Guo Tang expected, now under the excitement of the "Princeling Party", Zhu Heyu has found it difficult to disobey the public opinion. Even if Zhu Heyu does not want to conflict with Zhao Junchen, he cannot help it now. Zhu Heyu chose.
If Zhu Heyu did not agree to the request of the "princeling party" in the end, but chose to let things go and continue to ease the relationship with Zhao Junchen, then Zhu Heyu would completely lose Qingliu's support. At that time, Zhu Heyu would He Yu no longer has a place in the temple!
"Mr. Zhao, I was originally unwilling to go against your will, but now, I have no choice but to continue to be hostile to Zhao Junchen... Perhaps, there is a conflict of fate between me and Zhao Junchen. We can only be enemies, not friends, all of this is fate..."
Zhu Heyu had complicated emotions and thought to himself.
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ps: Well, second update! There will be double updates tomorrow!
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