Chapter Eighty-Seven: Deliberation and Repentance (5)
Out of the warm pavilion, the officials were silent from head to toe, from the inside out. They did not respect Niu Yuan, and naturally they would not succumb to his majesty, but they were afraid, like a man is afraid of a tiger, and if anyone put it in an iron cage, they would surely break it to pieces.
They had already been persuaded by Zeng Liang and others before, and they were forced by Niu Yuan so much, so that many of them thought that they were now standing on a desperate road, and it was better to fight against the water than to sit and wait for death!
Even those who have always wavered can't help it at the moment, after all, Zeng Liang and Liu Dang still have some friendships, and they will be retaliated against by Niu Yuan, not to mention that they can't be attached to it like this? So the forces of all parties hated the same enemy, and successively resisted and alienated the words, and even used his close feelings of casually promoting his henchmen as a handle and wrote it in it.
Niu Yuan heard about the impeachment in the capital province, but he didn't take it to heart, and dealt with Wu Sijing's problem wholeheartedly, but said calmly to the henchmen: "There are some people in the court who are really not afraid of death, I just warned them once, I think they can stop, and they dare to act so boldly!" Anyway, the Imperial Observatory is in our hands, and when the old man finishes arranging the things in front of him, we will give them some color to see. Alas, this is called not seeing the coffin and not crying......"
He sighed deeply, then didn't pay attention to it anymore, and immediately ordered the secretary to go to the prison to pick up people, and sent another cronie to inform Lian Chongwen, telling him to quickly pack his bags, go to meet him, and wait for the Ministry of Rites to approve Guan Wen to come out, and then he could leave the capital.
Thirty or forty pieces of music were handed over first, but after an hour, there was no reply, which made the ministers very afraid. They were afraid that Liu Zhennian was favoritism and withheld all the books, which made many people begin to waver and have the intention of retreating. However, Zeng Liang was the first official to be impeached, and he made such a big battle, it was already difficult to ride a tiger, and he had no way to retreat, so he could only fight for his life. Adhering to this idea, he retained officials from all walks of life in the early morning, stood in the shade of a towering giant tree next to the main hall, and called: "What we said is a matter of urgency, and it has been sent to the Ouchi for a long time, but there has been no reply, someone must be secretly doing it!" Those performances may be pinched in Niu Yuan's hands, if we fail, we will inevitably settle accounts one by one, I don't know if you have thought about it? ”
When everyone heard this, they stopped their steps and made no more noise. In the crowd of people coming and going, Gao Jizhi and Chen Tongpao were silent and stood with their hands down; The people of Guoxiang looked around proudly and snorted softly; Ye Yongjia stared at Zeng Liang with a cold gaze; Lu Zhixian pretended not to hear it, and was gagging with Cai Xianqing, but his eyes involuntarily turned to the palace door, for fear of being heard by the guards there.
"There is no room for retreat now," Zeng Liang saw that the time had come, and then said, "We must explain our truth to the prime minister!" I don't want to force everyone, agree with me, immediately form a team to the prime minister's mansion, kneel down and ask the prime minister to admonish! If you don't agree, you can go back with peace of mind, but no one can guarantee what will happen in the future. ”
"Don't you even think about it! This is the most important thing in life, who dares not to obey! All go with Zeng Shangshu! Guo Xiang raised his arms and shouted, alarming the prince who had just come out of the hall, he frowned on the corridor and watched for a moment, and glanced at the eunuch: "Look at it." ”
"Princesses, princesses!" The little eunuch ran down quickly, shouting as he went, and it could be seen that the officials had turned around and rushed towards the prime minister's mansion.
"Come back!" The prince shouted from a distance, beckoned, and said, "No need to chase anymore." ”
The eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead, gasped and replied: "I look at the head as if it is Lord Zeng, but somehow, I left in groups, not to return to the office." ”
"But there are still people who follow them?"
"There are more than a dozen, and there are not many of them."
"You call them back and ask what's going on!"
One hundred and twenty-eight ministers knelt down in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion in turn, occupying almost the entire street from east to west. They stood up like sculptures in the scorching sun, allowing beads of sweat to run down their cheeks, and their faces did not change. The secretary's office of the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly went out to inquire, and Zeng Liang burst into tears and told him about the impeachment experience before and after. The clerk was also quite moved, and after calming everyone down in a good voice, he went back to the house.
"Prime Minister, that's it."
After listening to the report, Liu Zhennian twisted his neck and looked at his left hand side, and those mountains of music seemed to collapse the table.
He smiled lightly and sighed with emotion: "This is all the result of his arrogance and arrogance." If he had reined in his temperament a little, he would not have reached the point where it is difficult to return today......"
"Prime Minister, do you really want to listen to them and take down Niu Gong?" The secretary didn't dare to say anything, so he had to ask.
"Niu Yuan is still a willing to do practical things, if I withdraw him again, there will really be no available people around me. As long as he can control the scene, I won't consider replacing him," Liu Zhennian pinched the bridge of his nose and said slowly, "But the hundred officials have been grudging against him for a long time, and I can't protect him anymore." I withheld those pieces before, just to let everyone endure it and pass...... Who knows, this group of officials have all blocked the door of the old man's house, doesn't this mean that the contradiction has completely exploded? ”
He pondered for a while, then got up and said, "In this way, you go and tell them that the contract will strictly order Niu Yuan to renegotiate and make him take back his fate." But I will not allow them to take an inch, to raise the matter of rejecting the prime minister, and to punish the violators. ”
"Yes!" The clerk's office took the order.
"Fengxiang, it's not good, it's not good!" A scribe panicked, awkwardly climbed the steps, and shouted towards Niu Yuan in the hall, "Duke Liu sent someone to send an order, saying that you are asked to renegotiate the contract, and you are not allowed to open a special case for Fanbang!" ”
"What?" Niu Yuan stood up, heard the news, and fell back heavily, his eyes straightened, "This is ...... What do you mean? ”
"I don't know very well, I only heard that hundreds of officials came to the Prime Minister's Mansion to admonish, so that Liu Gong agreed to their request......"
Niu Yuan's eyes widened, and the sharpness in his eyes suddenly disappeared at some point, and all the decisiveness, fierceness, and all kinds of unbeatable arrogance were all swallowed up by the hollowness of his pupils. He was stunned for a moment, and then a nameless fire surged into his heart, and his head felt like it was about to explode.
He couldn't suppress his anger, blushed, and yelled: "Bastard! Then he swept the pen holder, inkstone, etc. to the ground, causing a commotion; But he still didn't feel relieved, so he raised his two hands and lifted the table to the side, and slammed it on the cabinet and the cabinet door open.
"Tell them that this official will never change his fate! I'm still going to do what I promised! ”