Chu Shimao, who was in prison, had known that his heart was now biased towards his side, or the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, since he received a message from the third prince, Jiang Wenyue.

Chu Shimao's face was square, and his son didn't follow him at all, but Chu Shancheng's mother, Gu Liuliu, had the face of a small melon seed face with delicate eyebrows and eyes.

When Chu Shimao was young, his father said that he had the face of an official. Although everyone in the middle of the move relied on the Four Books and Five Classics to pass all the way to get the first place.

However, a square face can also be invincible in officialdom.

It is easier to gain the trust of colleagues, the coveting of His Majesty, and the support of the people.

Chu Shimao has such a face that is particularly easy to believe and rely on.

The face is square, thick eyebrows, big eyes, thick lips, high nose bridge, and he is not angry and arrogant.

Since Chu Shimao received the message from the third prince, he received batch after batch of bureaucrats and attendants in prison.

He had to take advantage of Chu Shancheng's injury to hurry up.

If he is an old fox, then Chu Shancheng is a little fox.

Although Chu Shancheng has the support of his father-in-law's family, there is also the support of the seal behind him, which adds a lot of confidence to him.

However, Chu Shancheng has been domineering in the capital for so many years, maintaining his image of being a gentleman and not being oppressed.

It all depends on his wise judgment, and his strategizing, and the calculations of the army.

Every time he, Chu Shimao, the head of the cabinet, personally goes down and makes a move against Chu Shancheng, he often ends up.

He was always one step slower and one step less than his son thought.

Thinking of this, Chu Shimao couldn't help but chuckle again, worthy of his son, he should have such a means.

This time, he wanted to see if his front wave was slapped on the beach, or if he could directly suppress Chu Shancheng's back wave.

The Gu family, who has an enmity with him, is bound to be overthrown! Even his own son Chu Shancheng is on the opposite side of him!

He first asked Dali Siqing, who was also his former classmate and friend Yan Yingzhong, and received a group of civil officials.

There are more than a dozen civil official groups who can speak in the court, such as Gu Feng, the squire of the Criminal Department, Yan Qing, the political envoy of Shandong, and Zuo Minghe, the envoy of Shaanxi.

Most of them are former classmates and friends, or close friends they have met in the course of their tenure.

After the group arrived, except for Chu Shimao who was sitting on the edge of the bed in the cell in prison clothes, the others were wearing official uniforms and stood in a circle around Chu Shimao.

Dali Temple Qing Yan Yingzhong took the lead in speaking: "Ge Lao, are you finally ready to go out?" ”

Chu Shimao smiled kindly and replied, "It's time to go out, otherwise I'll have bedsores in this damp prison." ”

Gu Feng then said: "Elder Chu Ge, the price of your move to retreat is too great. The sin that kept you alive in prison for so long. ”

"In the silk tax case, the emperor has to find someone to take the blame down, no, the old man will bear the brunt!"

"Elder Ge is really broad-minded and focuses on the overall situation!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Chu Shimao smiled, and then said: "The silk tax case is unclear, it is unclear, it is the dirt of the Liang Dynasty for decades. ”

"But the people complained loudly, and the emperor couldn't help but rectify it. It's okay to push the old man out. It can be regarded as sharing the emperor's worries! ”

"Now that the limelight of the tax case has passed, I have heard that the court has begun to quarrel again over the matter of the treasury. The emperor also hopes that I can go out to the mountain again to help him. ”

Chu Shimao said, and took out a secret letter from his arms. Stand up and raise it above your head: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said".

The ministers knelt down in the cramped cell one after another.

Chu Shimao also paused for a while, giving everyone time to step down and kneel.

Seeing that everyone was almost kneeling, he unfolded the secret decree again and continued to read.

"This tax case involves a wide range of things. It is helpless to implicate Chu Ge. Today, the treasury is empty, the imperial examination is imminent, and everything needs to be handled by the elders. Wan Wangge abandoned his previous suspicions and continued to bow. Chin this. ”

All the ministers knelt down in unison and shouted, "The minister receives the order." ”

When he got up again, he faced Chu Ge Lao with a completely different face.

If you say, when you came to this prison just now, there was still a little helplessness and discomfort in slapping a prisoner's ass. Now it's all gone, and I'm completely flattering and smiling, but I'm glad I'm in this cell.

The emperor's secret decree not only reversed the fact that Chu Shimao was imprisoned and shared the emperor's worries, but also showed that many things in the court are still inseparable from Chu Shimao, and he must preside over the overall situation.

This honor is the first of the few cabinet assistants of the Liang Dynasty for decades.

Flattering smiling faces lifted up from their kneeling bodies one by one. The sycophants also offered it one after another, "Elder Chu Ge is really loyal and courageous!" ”

"My court can't do without Chu Ge Lao, Chu Ge Lao is the mainstay of my court!"

Several old courtiers who are all old and have a certain weight in the court don't care about face at all.

They all almost lifted Chu Shimao to the sky, and they all stretched out their thumbs and raised them in front of Chu Shimao's face, for fear that he would not see it.

Chu Shimao still had a loyal smile, and even had some disdain in his heart, interrupting everyone's compliments to him, and said: "Although there is a secret decree of the emperor, the recovery still depends on the help of your colleagues. ”

"The emperor's secret decree also hopes that my return to the cabinet is what everyone expects and the people want. Not his dry decree. ”

The meaning of Chu Shimao's words is obvious, and I hope that everyone present can give the cabinet and the emperor a few ways to let him out, or even return to the cabinet.

In this way, it is not that he wants to go out or that the emperor needs him to go out. Instead, the civil and military representatives of the Manchu Dynasty begged him to be released from prison and return to the cabinet.

"So, I still have to ask my colleagues more."

As he spoke, Chu Shimao bent down and gave a deep bow to the ministers.

The others hurriedly helped him up, "What did the elder say!" ”

"It's our honor to be able to help the elders."

"The court is indeed indispensable!"

One after another, they began to praise the stinky feet of Chu World Trade Center.

Chu Shimao felt that the matter was almost finished, and gave Dali Temple Qingyan Yingzhong a look, meaning to quickly get this group of people away for me, and there should be a limit to please.

If this group of people doesn't stop, they can keep pleasing him all night.

This group of people is not tired, he is still tired.

Yan Yingzhong quickly recognized Chu Shimao's eyes, and forcibly interrupted the endless admiration of the ministers who were about to rush out to the elder. "Ladies and gentlemen, our Chu Ge Elder also has to make some preparations for the recovery, shouldn't we bother him anymore."

"Go home early and rest, and tomorrow I will help the elder Ge Lao hand over the folds, right?"

Everyone was also running out of words, ready to take out the compliments just now and turn them upside down, and no one dared to intervene first to stop.

Fortunately, Dali Temple Qing Yan Yingzhong made a start, and withdrew from the cell one after another, and kept making a good appearance for Chu Ge Lao in his hands.