Di Renjie and Li Qiao tacitly glanced at each other, and after hearing Yao Chong's words, the big stone in the hearts of the two of them instantly fell to the ground.

After all, this time they invited Yao Chong, the secretary of the ministry, to come, hoping to reach a tacit agreement with Yao Chong on this matter, otherwise in the name and weight of his Dali Siqing and the imperial historian Li Qiaoliang, they would impeach or investigate the dereliction of duty of these more than 500 officials in office, which is more or less not so convincing at this sensitive and urgent moment.

Therefore, once you add Yao Chong, who is in charge of and supervises the achievements of hundreds of officials in the world, and then has the criminal department of Shangshu Province to assist, then these more than 500 officials, even if there are honest and honest people who serve the country and the people, when facing His Majesty's decision, plus the joint impeachment of the four of them, will definitely be able to suppress this matter, which is not conducive to His Majesty's influence to the minimum, at least it will not make His Majesty fall into the embarrassing situation of being scolded by the people of the world.

Therefore, this time, in the name of Di Renjie and Li Qiao, Yao Chong and Wang Xiaojie were invited to the boat of the Luoyang River for a secret talk, which was a plan planned by the two in order to provide Li Hong with as much help as possible under the court.

Dali Temple is the highest judicial organ in the Tang Dynasty, shouldering the heavy burden of criminal prison justice, the Criminal Department of the judicial and trial of cases, for any official of the Tang Dynasty is qualified to carry out investigations, especially now there is the Dali Temple Qing to give a wide open door, so that the Criminal Department in the trial of local cases, can completely ignore whether the Dali Temple in the final trial, obstruction, interference and other things happen, can be free to use the law of the Tang Dynasty, to give these 500 people some trumped-up charges, Or it is to make the rules of officialdom that are accustomed to officialdom strict, so that several people believe that even the most clean officials may be able to find out a problem.

With such a two-pronged approach, presumably any official who encounters trouble with Dali Temple and the Criminal Department will cover his head and cry out for headaches.

And even if the officials feel that there are grievances and untruths, even if they feel that they are framed for the crime they want to add, they want to repay their innocence through the supervision of Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and themselves through the Yushitai, but now this road is completely impassable, after all, the Yushitai doctor has gone through two emperors.

When Li Zhi was in power, Li Qiao was the undisputed doctor of Yushitai, and now the new emperor has been on the throne for more than five or six years, Li Qiao is still sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, from which we can know that Li Qiao is not only satisfied with the court's government affairs in Yushitai, but also valued by His Majesty.

In this way, the court and His Majesty are satisfied people, and now he is willing to share his worries and solve problems for His Majesty, and take the initiative to confront the wealthy nobles with five surnames and seven hopes, at this time, once Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and the Yushitai are targeted by the three divisions, where is there any hope of turning over?

What's more, the impeachment of Fengyan was originally the duty of the Yushitai, but now it is just a sensitive moment, talking about topics that officials are unwilling to talk about, coupled with the intervention of Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, it is unlikely that any official will be able to retreat from the union of the three divisions.

Even if he can get out of the way, even if the three divisions can't form an effective threat or accusation against him, in the end, he has to pass the level of the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials is in charge of the achievements of various local officials, presumably no official has never done anything to offend people in his own office.

Therefore, once Di Renjie and the four of them sit together and want to plot and design which official, then the fate and future of this official will basically have no hope at all, not to mention that in the case of the four of them working together to calculate and unintentional, in this way, I am afraid that in the entire Tang Dynasty, no official will be able to retreat without being stripped of a layer of skin after being tacitly targeted by the four of them.

From the original heavy atmosphere, the four of them showed more and more relaxation and tacit smiles on their faces, and the atmosphere of the whole room began to gradually become relaxed.

The four of them sat together tacitly and discussed the next various ways and means, including some unexpected situations that may arise in the process, how to make up for them, and how the four departments should cooperate tacitly.

In the end, Yao Chong, who was still unhurried, said again: "If you can cooperate with the three adults and solve problems for Your Majesty, you will naturally be very happy in your heart, but ...... Now I have to pour a basin of cold water on the three adults. At the end, Yao Chong looked at the puzzled and puzzled eyes of the three of them, and involuntarily shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Di Renjie was slightly stunned when he heard Yao Chong's words, but he still took the lead in asking: "Lord Yao, if the four of us can work together, we must not dare to say that we are nine out of ten according to the method we just discussed, but at least seventy percent of the certainty is enough, right?" So I also ask Lord Yao to give advice, I don't know where I left out, so that Lord Yao is now worried again? ”

"It's not that there is a problem with our strategy, or that since I have been in charge of the Ministry of Officials, we have been dealing with various local officials all year round, and I really can't think of anyone who can escape unharmed under the calculation of the four of us. It's just that...... Lord Wang listened to me and finished. Yao Chong watched Wang Xiaojie open his mouth to speak, and hurriedly patted Wang Xiaojie's shoulder with his left hand, signaling him to wait for a while.

So Yao Chong continued: "While we are solving problems for Your Majesty, we have forgotten two things, of course, one of them is in the subordinate department, but it has nothing to do with the three adults. Yao Chong looked at the eyes of the three of them, and no longer sold Guan Zi, and hurriedly continued: "One of the things that is related to the four of us is that we should enter the palace by one person and probe His Majesty's tone and thoughts first?" If Your Majesty had other plans, wouldn't it be in vain that we have been discussing for a long time now? So we want to share the worries and solve problems for Your Majesty, even if this matter is not known to Your Majesty for the time being, but we also need to know Your Majesty's intentions, I am afraid that this matter will have to trouble Lord Di to enter the palace in person and probe His Majesty's tone, right? ”

Di Renjie, Li Qiao and Wang Xiaojie heard Yao Chong's words, they nodded in agreement, and then a few people set their eyes on Di Renjie, after all, among the four, the relationship between Di Renjie and His Majesty is now the most harmonious, although Yao Chong or Wang Xiaojie, or Li Qiao can directly see Li Hong when he enters the palace, but in terms of seniority, even Li Qiao does not think that his weight in His Majesty's heart will be much heavier than Di Renjie.

So when the eyes of the three of them looked at Di Renjie, Di Renjie knew that this matter of visiting His Majesty's tone could only be done by him.

So he nodded without hesitation, and agreed to enter the palace early tomorrow morning to explore Li Hong's tone, and then Di Renjie looked at Yao Chong and asked, "What about the second thing?" Although Lord Yao said just now that the second matter is only related to the ministry, it must have appeared because of the strategy I waited, I don't know if Lord Yao can reveal a thing or two, let me wait for Lord Yao to ....... ”

"There is nothing to hide, but I am worried that now with the participation of more than 500 colleagues in today's direct admonition, and our strategy to mediate between them, there is a shortage of local officials...... It's a great headache for the next, after all, this matter is also very important, Your Majesty has a showdown and decisive battle with the wealthy families headed by the five surnames and Qiwang, but the local government affairs must also not be abolished, otherwise, this is also a kind of pressure on Your Majesty to change direction, right? And judging from our strategy, it will take at least two to three months to completely resolve this matter, and for such a long time, the absence of local officials has been vacant, which is not a matter that is beneficial to Your Majesty, to our Datang Society, or to the people. ”

Di Renjie listened to Yao Chong's words, then looked at Wang Xiaojie and Li Qiao, nodded again and said: "It seems that Di's trip to the palace is imperative, but Lord Yao doesn't have to worry too much, just like what you said about the emperor, since you can feel that Your Majesty may have other strategies, then you can't say, Your Majesty has already thought about how to fill these more than 500 vacancies, so Di Mou will enter the palace tomorrow to listen to His Majesty's tone together, and then how about we get together here?" ”

"In that case, thank you, Master Di." Yao Chong heard Di Renjie say yes, so he slowly stood up and saluted Di Renjie and said.

Yao Chong has always been cautious, perhaps also related to the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu, who is the head of the six departments, he has always been meticulous in his words and deeds, never leaving anyone with any handle, and never owing anyone favors.

Now that the four of them were able to talk about it in secret, Yao Chong was willing to accept such a seemingly small favor as Di Renjie, but in fact, he was already submitting a letter of nomination to the three of them, obviously reassuring the three of them that in the next matter, he Yao Chong would not affect the tacit agreement reached by the four because of his own affairs.

Just when the four of them slowly walked out of the room of the painting boat, arguing about who would pay for today's expenses, Li Dan, who was also the priest of the country, walked towards Li Hong's palace under the guidance of the palace maid in the shadow of the palace lights.

Just came out of the Zhenguan Palace, and after learning from his mother that his father had a vertigo attack this time, and there was not much hidden worry, he turned a corner and walked towards Li Hong.

Combined with the fact that he was directly admonished by nearly 3,000 people in Luoyang City today, Li Dan felt that as the younger brother of the Tang Emperor, he should go to the imperial brother at this time and ask if there was anything he could serve.