In one day, the capital was suddenly enveloped in a panicked atmosphere, and the case of Li Yong's embezzlement of public money suddenly involved dozens of officials of the DPRK and China, which was unexpected by many people. In the end, the case also deviated from the initial habits of officialdom such as embezzlement of public money, embezzlement of property, and abuse of power for personal gain, and was slowly led to arbitrarily discuss the government and form a party dictatorship.

Under torture, anything can be said. In order not to suffer, the arrested officials could only confess according to Yang Shenjin's wishes, and slowly deviated from the nature of the entire case.

In the early morning, Wang Yuan had just gotten up and was still exercising in the yard. Huang San hurriedly trotted from the front into the back house, and reported: "Erlang, go out to meet the guests, Yang Duzhilang is here." ”

Wang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and said while wiping his sweat: "Why did he come so early." ”

"I don't know, I look like I'm in a hurry."

Wang Yuan hurriedly went back to the room to dress, wash and tidy up and came out to meet the guests, and when he arrived in the front hall, he saw Yang Zhao walking in the hall with his hands in his hands, looking very anxious.

"Dujiro, why are you here?" Wang Yuan smiled with a smile.

Yang Zhao raised his eyes and saw Wang Yuan, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Wang Yuan's arm and said, "Come with me into the palace." ”

Wang Yuan was surprised: "What's the matter?" What happened? ”

Yang Zhao stomped his feet and said, "Don't you know? Yang Shenjin went crazy and arrested more than 20 officials last night and tortured them in the lobby of the criminal department. This morning, these more than 20 people have climbed out a lot of officials, and now they are taking people in the capital again. This guy is crazy, if you continue to do this, everyone will be in danger and the capital will be chaotic, you accompany me to see Your Majesty, please Your Majesty stop his behavior immediately. How can he be so domineering? ”

Wang Yuan really just learned about the follow-up news, yesterday morning he learned the news that Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan were dismissed and belittled, and he went home in the afternoon and didn't inquire about the next thing. Because as long as Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan are not capital crimes, Wang Yuan is relieved. Wang Yuan didn't want to see Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan being killed by Li Linfu like Wei Jian and Huang Fu Weiming.

But now when I heard Yang Zhao say this, I suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. If Yang Shenjin just wants to take the opportunity to involve many people, it is another matter if he changes the nature of this case. Once the nature of the case changes from corruption and fraud to the crime of conspiracy within the party, and once the crime is confirmed, Li Shizhi and Pei Kuanke will not be able to leave the capital alive. Li Linfu was obviously dissatisfied with the punishment given by His Majesty to Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan, and he wanted to let Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan die in front of him, this is the real prestige.

And Yang Zhao is so concerned about this matter, not because he cares about the life and death of Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan, Wang Yuan understands his thoughts, he thinks about it for himself. In fact, if it comes to official duties, Yang Zhao should not have taken care of this matter, but at this time, when everyone is unwilling to stand up to stop this matter, if Yang Zhao can stand up to prevent the development of this matter, he will instantly establish prestige among officials, and many officials will feel that Yang Zhao is responsible, not afraid of Li Linfu, and is a figure that can be relied on, and will invisibly win over many officials who are sympathetic to Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan. And all of this is crucial for the upcoming race for the left minister.

Wang Yuan agreed with Yang Zhao's approach, whether it was from the perspective of the left prime minister's candidate, or from the perspective of preventing Li Linfu from finding a reason to kill Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan, this matter was imperative.

Wang Yuan didn't say much, and immediately ordered someone to prepare a horse and follow Yang Zhao out of Jing'an Fang. Walking to the street outside the fang, I feel that the atmosphere on the street is quite tense. From time to time, you can see a group of officials and soldiers and horses galloping on the street, and a large number of people outside several people's squares are tied up and escorted by ropes, crying and crying miserably. The people on the street looked sideways and looked frightened.

Yang Zhao cursed Yang Shen again and again on the horse for being bold and reckless, and hurried to the palace with a whip in his hand. Wang Yuan frowned and followed him, and quickly ran to the side of the East Market, but Wang Yuan suddenly reined in the horse's head, and the horse stood still with a neigh.

Yang Zhao turned his horse's head in surprise and asked, "What's wrong?" It's almost there, don't rub it off. ”

Wang Yuan approached Yang Zhao and said, "Du Zhilang, I suddenly thought of a problem, I don't think we should go to see Your Majesty to solve this matter, we should go to see another person." ”

Yang Zhao frowned and said, "Who?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "Yang Shenjin is obviously instructed by Li Linfu to do this, we should go to Li Linfu and let him come forward to stop it." ”

Yang Zhao was surprised: "Looking for him? Will he stop? Isn't it possible to report to Your Majesty? ”

Wang Yuan said: "It's naturally okay to report to Your Majesty, but do you think Your Majesty doesn't know what happened?" Even if Your Majesty listened to our advice and ordered to stop it, what would Li Linfu think in this case? ”

"I don't care what he thinks. This matter is at his behest, will it be useful to find him? ”

"Of course it works, you just pretend not to know that it was Li Linfu's instructions, and only put the blame on Yang Shenjin's head, and ask Li Linfu to stop it quickly, otherwise the courtiers will jointly ask Your Majesty to solve this matter. Li Linfu is a smart person, and he will come forward to stop at the right time. ”

"But what's the point of doing that?"

"It's called saluting before soldiering. If you go and ask Your Majesty to come forward now, Li Linfu will think that you are using Your Majesty's hand to suppress him, and he is already very dissatisfied with you now, which will intensify the contradiction between you and him, which is not conducive to your pursuit of the position of left minister. You have to understand that if Li Linfu is determined to put yourself in a difficult situation, it is no fun for you to be the left minister. There are too many candidates suitable to be the left minister in the DPRK, and Du Zhilang, you have only been in the capital for a few years, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public in terms of meritorious service and qualifications. Although Your Majesty favors you, if Li Linfu instigates the majority of people to oppose it, Your Majesty will also be embarrassed. Therefore, what we need to do now is not to deepen the contradiction with Li Linfu, but to repair the relationship, even if it is superficial respect. ”

Yang Zhao frowned and thought: "What you said is reasonable, go and inform him first, let him feel that he has overdone it." If he stops, he will stop, and if he does not, we will go and ask His Majesty to come forward. ”

Wang Yuan said: "It's best not to go through Your Majesty, it's better if you can persuade him, so that both sides have room for maneuver." Especially at this time, Li Linfu and Yang Shenjin are red-eyed, if you desperately pull your hind legs and prevent you from becoming the left minister, Your Majesty may not be able to help you. You know Your Majesty's attitude towards Li Linfu, Your Majesty actually relies on him very much. Between you and him, who do you think His Majesty will choose at the moment? ”

Yang Zhao scratched his head and smacked his lips and said: "That's it, I'll go to see him, but he may not see me, during this time, he didn't even look at me when he saw me, and he hated me to the core." ”

Wang Yuan said: "I'm afraid I can't even get in the door if I go like this, it's best to have someone mediate and persuade from it, so it's much easier." ”

Yang Zhao said: "Is it difficult to find someone to mediate, the person you are looking for must be able to speak beside Li Linfu, and the persuasion must have weight, but it's a pity that Ji Wen is dead, otherwise it may be possible to find him." ”

Wang Yuan said in a low voice: "I remember that Du Zhilang said, isn't Wang Ji on good terms with you?" Can you ask him to come forward? ”

Yang Zhao patted his head and said, "Oh, how did I forget Wang Jie." He and I have always had a good relationship, but in this situation, I don't know if he will come forward. ”

Wang Yuan thought for a while and said, "You once said that he and Yang Shenjin were at odds, if this is really the case, he will definitely be willing to come forward." ”

"How can you be so sure?" Yang Zhao was puzzled.

Yang Shenjin's errand in Beihai was smashed, and after he came back, Li Linfu still trusted him so much, Wang Ji must be very unhappy in his heart. If he was dissatisfied with Yang Shenjin, this was the time when he was most angry. Do you still remember that morning, he was competing to go to Beihai on an errand, but was robbed of his errand by Yang Shenjin? He must be extremely disdainful and annoyed with Yang Shenjin in his heart now. What Yang Shenjin is doing now is to make up for Beihai's mistakes. If Yang Shenjin can stop him from making up for his mistakes, will Wang Ji not do it? ”

"Makes sense. I'm also confused, I should have thought of taking advantage of this, in fact, Wang Jiao I should have co-opted more. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, it will definitely be good for us to win him over more, but for now, you need to convince him to help with this." ”

Yang Zhao nodded and said, "That's right, let's go find him here." ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "It's you who go to him, I can't go." Wang Ji and I have had a conflict, at this juncture I don't want him to see the person he doesn't want to see, you have a good relationship with him, and it's best for you to go by yourself. After this is over, you can help us mediate the relationship if necessary. ”

Yang Zhao thought for a while and said, "It's okay, then I'll go to him myself, and I will discuss with you when I go back." Then he went with his entourage in a hurry.

Wang Yuan dialed his horse to the north, entered the Daming Palace alone and went to the Hanlin Academy, and was a little hesitant when he came to the gate of the courtyard. The day before yesterday and yesterday, the masters of the Hallym Academy did not say a word to themselves, treating themselves as air. Although Wang Yuan didn't care, he didn't feel comfortable being isolated.

Wang Yuan had no interest in the idle days here, and although he could read some books, he didn't really have much practice to do. Wang Yuan was considering whether to accept Yang Zhao's suggestion yesterday and give him a substantive post in the Sixth Department or the Political Affairs Hall.

As they were on the tour, they saw the potted flowers blooming on the flower bed by the courtyard gate, and at this moment they were arranged in an eye-catching flower shape, and they were shocked. This is exactly the signal that Li Fuguo and himself agreed to meet.

It's been three days since he returned to Beijing, and it's time for Li Fuguo to come to find him.