Chapter 348: The Inevitable Situation
As soon as Guo Pu's figure moved, the civil and military officials immediately set their eyes on him, and they understood that as Guo Pu walked out of the team to play to Longqing, the good show they had been waiting for for a long time today was about to be officially staged.
But at the same time as Guo Pu opened his mouth to speak, two people said the same thing at the same time, and this sudden incident suddenly made all the officials stunned, including Gao Gong, the director of today's much-anticipated show, no one thought that it would be like this.
All of a sudden, everyone's eyes were focused on the person in front of Guo Pu.
"Hehe, this is quite unusual," Long Qing didn't have any surprised expressions, but a curious look, and said, "Li Aiqing and Guo Aiqing, both of them are cabinet scholars, and they are my humerus, so now they have their own things to play," Long Qing means that the two of you are both members of the cabinet, and you don't discuss each other's things about how to play, so you just talk about each other, it's really not united."
But he is simply pretending to be confused, the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, how can there be a day of unity and stability, which dynasty's cabinet is not fighting with each other, attacking each other, Longqing is saying this now, it is clear that he wants to satirize them.
Guo Pu showed some embarrassment on his face, but Li Chunfang, who was standing in front of him, did not have any embarrassed expression on his face.
"Back to Your Majesty, the ministers naturally understand this truth," Li Chunfang said with a calm face, "It's just that what Weichen played is not related to the political affairs of the imperial court, but Weichen's private affairs,"
When the officials heard Li Chunfang say this, they all showed a look of expectation on their faces, they had already guessed in their hearts what Li Chunfang wanted to say, but now he and Guo Pu were robbing the performance, but it also made the officials feel expectant.
Now, the development of things and how the future drama will be staged all depends on Longqing's decision, and everyone in the court understands that if Li Chunfang opens his mouth to say that he wants to beg for a rest, with the many things that happened yesterday, although Longqing will refuse, but I think he will definitely agree to Li Chunfang's request.
But if Guo Pu spoke first, the officials also believed that what he was going to say would definitely be enough to impeach Li Chunfang, so Li Chunfang would leave gloomily.
Now it depends on Long Qing's decision and who he lets speak first.
"It turned out to be for private matters," Long Qing said, and then he looked at Guo Pu who was standing behind Li Chunfang, and asked, "What about Guo Aiqing, does Guo Aiqing also want to play private affairs?"
Hearing Longqing's question, the officials couldn't help but smile in their hearts, what Guo Pu wanted to say was the impeachment of Li Chunfang, it stands to reason that this is definitely a private matter, a private matter between Gao Gong and Li Chunfang, but the word "impeachment" is very formal, and it is definitely a public matter.
"Back to Your Majesty, what Weichen wants to say is business," Sure enough, Guo Pu replied like this, and his expression was also very serious, and he didn't look proud.
When the officials heard this, almost everyone felt in their hearts that the next thing should be Li Chunfang's bad luck, business to private affairs, and no matter what it is, Guo Pu has already occupied a high point, in their opinion, Longqing is also an emperor who knows the general situation, he will inevitably let Guo Pu speak first, so that Li Chunfang's tragic ending has almost been determined.
And on the side, Gao Gong, who heard all this, already showed a triumphant smile.
It's just that Li Chunfang, as the party concerned, after hearing Guo Pu's words, his face was still the same as usual, without the slightest change, as if he had already been fully sure, but as if he had accepted his fate.
"In that case," Long Qing spoke, but he stopped after he said this, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he spoke again, "This morning, I have already listened to a lot of official affairs, and I am very tired, besides, Li Aiqing is the second assistant of the cabinet, or Li Aiqing will say it first,"
Long Qing's words came out, and there was a sudden silence in the court, almost all of them were stunned, and after a while, although no one was talking about anything, but almost all the officials were staring at each other, Long Qing's decision was really a big surprise to them, they never imagined that Long Qing would make such a decision, which was really too surprising.
And hearing Long Qing's words, Guo Pu, who was standing behind Li Chunfang, was also very surprised, but the surprised expression did not stay on Guo Pu's face for too long before slowly receding, replaced by a calm and very calm appearance, this is not that Guo Pu has long been prepared for this kind of thing to happen, but he is a person who is relatively easy to accept the facts.
It's just that Guo Pu is easy to accept, it doesn't mean that other people are as easy to accept as him, Gao Gong is such a living example, when he heard Longqing's decision, he had a surprised expression on his face at first, but as time passed, the surprise did not ease, but instead became a kind of annoyance, a kind of unwillingness, and a kind of jealousy.
However, since Longqing has made a decision, no one can change this matter, no matter how powerful Gao Gong is, no matter how powerful he is now, he is just a courtier in the end, and even if Longqing is lustful and incompetent, he is an emperor who inherits the unification after all, the whole world is his, and the courtiers naturally have to obey his orders.
The matter is a foregone conclusion, no one can change anything, Guo Pu obediently walked back to the team again, there was no dissatisfied expression on his face, seeing this, where can Gao Gong, who is very unhappy in his heart, still be able to bear it, and immediately want to raise his feet and go out and talk to Longqing, Guo Pu, who was standing beside him, seemed to have been prepared for this, he grabbed Gao Gong's arm, and somehow, Guo Pu, who was usually very weak, was holding on tightly at this time, and Gao Gong couldn't break away at all.
Feeling caught, Gao Gong turned his head angrily to look at Guo Pu, but found that Guo Pu had a resolute expression, looked at him and shook his head slightly, acting as if asking Gao Gong not to act impulsively, but the expression on his face was absolutely resolute.
Seeing his friend's look like this, Gao Gong's heart suddenly woke up, he understood that he had lost the opportunity, and now he can't change anything if he stands up and says anything, no, not only can he not change anything, but it may also cause some trouble.
Thinking about this, Gao Gong slowly calmed down, besides, now Li Chunfang's return home is inevitable, no one can stop it, although his Gao Gong victory is not good-looking, but after all, it is a victory, the process is not important, the important thing is the ending.
"Your Majesty," Li Chunfang waited until the hundred officials in the hall had basically calmed down, and then began to speak, "Weichen is asking Your Majesty this time, and I also ask Your Majesty to let the ministers go home,"
"Li Aiqing, if I remember correctly, this is the sixth time you have begged for leave from me," Long Qing listened to Li Chunfang's words, frowned and said, "Aiqing's resignation in the past, I have already issued a holy decree to retain, why is this performance today, the minister of Qing Fubi, loyal to the country, I rely on, how can people ask for a rest, it is advisable to serve with peace of mind, and not allow resignation," Longqing heard Li Chunfang's resignation, and refused decisively without hesitation, this is not the first time, and if Li Chunfang does not succeed today, It won't be the last.
"Your Majesty, please listen to Wei Chen's words," Li Chunfang heard Long Qing's refusal, but he didn't have any expression, and said calmly as if he was just a genius, "Wei Chen is now very old, although Wei Chen understands that there are many colleagues in the court who are older than Wei Chen, but Wei Chen feels that he is really a little old.
"Wechen relapsed a few days ago, blood disease was abrupt, I invited Lang Zhong to see, although he has been prescribed a prescription to catch medicine for treatment, but it is not overnight can be cured, although it has not yet reached the point where he can not serve, but Wechen really can no longer occupy this position because of the black yarn name on his head but do nothing, in the future, people will abuse Weichen for dereliction of duty or a trivial matter, if it delays the major events of His Majesty and the court, then Weichen is really guilty of ten thousand deaths, and he will bear the infamy of the ages,"
"This ......" Longqing listened to Li Chunfang's words, and hesitated a little, if Li Chunfang just said that he was sick and couldn't go to the court to work, Longqing would say that the big deal was to let him take a period of leave, and then let the imperial doctor in the palace go to treat him, but Li Chunfang is now taking out the righteousness of the court to talk about things, and this time Longqing can't turn a blind eye.
Speaking of which, Longqing doesn't understand what happened yesterday will make today's outcome, but in the final analysis, Longqing doesn't want Li Chunfang to leave at all, although Li Chunfang is silent on weekdays, but it is his stuffy gourd practice that has made the court really calm down a lot and calmed down a lot of disputes.
"Your Majesty," seeing that Longqing still refused to agree, Li Chunfang spoke again, "Please also ask Your Majesty to focus on the overall situation of the imperial court, it doesn't matter how the ministers are, the important things are the major events of the imperial court, the major affairs of the world," Li Chunfang once again moved out of the righteousness.
Long Qing didn't speak immediately, but fell silent, and there was no sound in the court, as if they were nervously waiting for Long Qing's departure, although the matter was almost a foregone conclusion, but they were still so nervous, as if they were looking forward to the impossible turnaround.
"Alas......" Long Qing sighed and said, "Aiqing, since you have said so, if I don't agree again, I'm afraid it will be too embarrassing for the courtiers, I, quasi-play,"
Finally said it, as soon as this decision came out, the atmosphere above the court was suddenly eased, although the officials seemed to be a little disappointed by this, but for this ending, they can still agree.
And Gao Gong, of course, was happy, thinking about how to celebrate his victory later, but Gao Gong had already walked out slowly, he still had something to do, and this is the highlight of today.