Chapter 364: A Big Show
What is the content of the letter sent by Peng Yue? It turned out that he told Xu Jie that what could decide the fate of the minister was Zhu Houxi's views and attitudes, and now what can influence Zhu Houyi's views and attitudes the most is the matter of cultivation. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info similar methods Yan Song has also used, and when dealing with Xia Yan, he has used it more than once.
According to Peng Yue's guidance, Xu Jie secretly went to meet a person, this person was a Taoist priest named Lan Daoxing, and he was recommended by Xu Jie to enter the palace before.
The reason why Xu Jie recommended him was because they were both from Wang Xuemen, and in short, the personal relationship between the two was not bad. And Lan Daoxing was recently promoted, and he got a glorious and arduous task, that is, this task became the help to push Yan Song into the abyss of defeat.
This task sounds very mysterious, that is, to communicate with the immortals, which is generally done by Taoist priests that Zhu Houxi trusts, such as Tao Zhongwen who also did this before.
Specifically, Zhu Houxi wrote some questions on paper, sealed them by the eunuch, and then handed them over to a Taoist priest to burn in public, which was considered to be handed over to the immortals.
As for how the gods answered? That is, two eunuchs clamped the two branches on the sand table with their fingers, and when the letterhead was burned, they would make a stroke, which meant that the gods were on their bodies.
Then the two eunuchs will be assigned by the "immortals" to scribble on the sand table with branches, and what comes out is the answer, and it is also Chinese characters.
Things are now clear, this is completely a trick by Taoist priests and eunuchs to deceive Zhu Houxi, but they can't help it, Zhu Houyu has to have a result, if he can't write an answer, Zhu Houyu will lose his temper, then he will be unlucky, so they all came out to mix, and everyone has a tacit understanding not to expose this lie.
And Zhu Houyu also believes it without regrets, because he really wants to communicate with the immortals, whether it is true belief or self-deception, anyway, this thing has a great impact on Zhu Houxi.
And in this trick, the most influential is undoubtedly the Taoist priest who burned paper, because only he knows what Zhu Houxi wrote, so the eunuch's answer was also written under the instructions of the Taoist priest who burned paper, otherwise this trick would really be impossible to play.
And the breakthrough point chosen by Peng Yue and Xu Jie is here, they want to use this absurd trick to influence Zhu Houxi's attitude and judgment.
So when Zhu Houxi was about to ask the heavens again, the absurd trick began again, but this time the difference was that Lan Daoxing had already prepared the answer in his heart.
Of course, Zhu Houxi usually doesn't ask boring questions, such as what should I eat today and where should I sleep today. Nor do I ask philosophical questions that are too deep, such as who am I, where do I come from, and where am I going?
For example, today Zhu Houyu asked a very in-depth question: Why has the world not been governed?
Okay, Lan Daoxing burned this question to the immortals as usual, and the two eunuchs next to the sand table immediately convulsed and began to scribble on the sand table, Zhu Houxi squinted his eyes and quietly waited for the answer to appear.
The answer came out quickly, and it was answered very sharply: the traitor is in charge, and the sage is not!
Zhu Houyu was naturally surprised when he saw this answer from the immortals, but the immortal's answer was unclear, Zhu Houyu must continue to ask, so he quickly wrote down the second question: Who is the traitor and who is the sage?
The second answer of the immortal also came out quickly: traitors are like Yan Song, and sages are like Xu Jie.
Zhu Houyu was stunned for a while, you must know that although Yan Song has become more and more unlikable recently, Zhu Houyu still has some feelings for him in his heart, so he is reluctant to admit this fact, so he asked again: If this is the case, why are traitors not punished by God?
The third answer of the gods is equally wonderful: leave it to His Majesty to decide.
Zhu Houxi was really shocked, because he was really convinced of this way of communicating with the immortals, if the immortals felt that Yan Song was not a good person, and even brought disaster to the country and the people, then why did he keep him? What if I anger the gods and can't approve my immortal report? Yan Song is something, he can't compare to his own cultivation career! At this moment, Zhu Houxi's views and attitudes towards Yan Song changed, and even became clearer...
Xu Jie also gradually felt the change in Zhu Houxi's attitude, so he found a minister named Zou Yinglong and asked him to impeach Yan Shifan.
To say that Xu Jie's plan is really shrewd, he knows that Yan Song still has a status in Zhu Houxi's heart, if he comes up and directly impeaches Yan Song, it is estimated that this matter will not be successful, so he will impeach Yan Shifan instead.
To say that Yan Shifan's crimes are indeed many, corruption and bribery, selling official positions, corrupting life, and messing with the relationship between men and women, it is really difficult to write a lot.
Moreover, at Peng Yue's suggestion, Xu Jie also asked Zou Yinglong to add two serious crimes: first, Yan Shifan used his father's authority to interfere in political affairs, so that the people were known as "the big prime minister and the little prime minister".
Second, Yan Shifan despised the royal power and demanded money from King Yu and accepted gifts.
It turned out that Yan Shifan had always been arrogant, he saw that Zhu Houxi's son was not very well treated by Zhu Houxi, so he secretly ordered the relevant departments to reduce their use, and finally King Yu gave a gift, Yan Shifan restored their use in the palace to normal, and also boasted: The emperor's sons have to give me gifts!
In fact, this matter is Yan Shifan's death, which is not too necessary, but if people's hearts are idle and panicked, they love to have nothing to do, so Yan Shifan will eventually lose in his own character: although he is smart, he is too arrogant, and arrogant people are destined to be a qualified politician.
Therefore, although this letter did not impeach Yan Song, it implicated Yan Song, if these charges were directly placed on Yan Song's head, it is estimated that Zhu Houyu would hesitate, but now that it is Yan Shifan, where will Zhu Houxi leave any face? And under Yan Shifan's charges, Yan Song could not be unharmed.
The ministers who were impeached before made this mistake, they always thought that if Yan Song was found, the Yan Party would naturally collapse, but they didn't expect that if they got Yan Song's think tank son, they would be able to implicate Yan Song, and they would also be able to achieve their goals.
Of course, before Zhu Houxi made a decision, he also summoned Xu Jie into the palace and asked him for advice, how could Xu Jie not seize the opportunity? Naturally, it is said that Yan Shifan, this dog thing, is a clear crime, and it should be dealt with quickly.
However, as soon as he left the palace gate, Xu Jie went to Yan Song's house, not only to test his attitude, but also to paralyze the enemy, but the performance of Yan Song's family just showed that they were really panicked.
As soon as Xu Jie entered the Peng Mansion, Yan Song's family quickly greeted him and asked Yang Yinglong about impeaching Yan Shifan.
Xu Jie smiled slightly, and said slowly, "Today, when I entered the west, the saint asked me about Zou Yinglong's impeachment of the East Building, and I said to the saint that Yan Shou has been in charge of the government for many years, and there is no fault, although the East Building has bad deeds on weekdays, it is not as good as what Zou Yinglong said, please don't listen to the saint, the saint heard this, it is already a little dark, and it must be safe." ”
Yan Song listened to Xu Jie's words, and finally put that heart in his stomach, and hurriedly pulled Yan Shifan to thank him again and again, Yan Shifan was also very attentive, and pulled out his wife and children to thank Xu Jie.
However, to the great disappointment of Yan's father and son, Zhu Houxi's order came down quickly: Yan Shifan can be arrested and imprisoned!
At the same time, he also issued an edict to Yan Song, to the effect that this was your son's mistake and had nothing to do with you, but considering that you are also old, and you should be more or less responsible for education, so you can go home, of course, I will pay you the salary as usual!
Yan Song was really confused now... (To be continued.) )