Chapter 21: The Beginning of the Conflict (1st Update)
Xue Zha came out of the main hall of the palace and bumped into the team of hundreds of officials led by the imposing Yang Sanyuan.
The two sides stopped in the square where the bluestone slab was rescued, with a distance of 100 meters in between, and the branches rustled around the seal, and a few yellow leaves swayed and fell at Yang Sanyuan's feet, and a feeling of autumn wind arose spontaneously, making everyone present nervous.
Ye Mingchen, the eunuch of the East Factory, stood tangled behind a big tree in the distance, pacing back and forth, and his two deputies stood on the side.
These three people, one king and two people, if they go out, they can immediately help Xue Zha get back his momentum, so that he will not be so lonely and look so depressed.
"Your Majesty...... Why did Your Majesty let King Xuanwu come out alone?"
Ye Mingchen thought about it, this was a truth that he couldn't figure out no matter what.
According to the news some time ago, the old emperor trusted Xue Zha very much, and was also conquered by Xue Zhe's reform proposal, and even the two of them have begun to refine various reform steps.
But today, as soon as Yang Sanyuan was in trouble, His Majesty withdrew Xue Zha, the King of Xuanwu, from the top of the cylinder alone, which made Ye Mingchen unable to figure it out, he felt that His Majesty was not this kind of person.
In addition to the three bosses of the East Factory near the square, the people of the West Factory and the Jinyi Guard are also scattered around, they bear the responsibility of guarding the palace, but they dare not be careless at this time, in case these people move in the direction of His Majesty, these guards are going to escort them as soon as possible.
And His Majesty the Emperor, who these people have always been paying attention to, is lying behind two trees that are very close to each other, and Deng Tao, a first-class member wearing a big red bullfighting robe, climbed a little gap and looked at the center of the square.
"Old Deng, you said that the Xuanwu King I just canonized, can he beat Yang Sanyuan?"
"Uh...... This!"
Deng Tao intuitively heard a slight sense of expectation from His Majesty the Emperor's words, and he said in his heart: Your Majesty, didn't you want to clean up Yang Sanyuan a long time ago?
But this kind of thing must not be asked, a companion is like a tiger, such as the old emperor, a person who has not lived for a few years, the most strange temper, a bad one, the benefits of his years of hard work will be taken away by him in a word, so he gave an ambiguous answer after careful consideration.
"It depends on what King Xuanwu is fighting with Yang Sanyuan, right?"
"You...... It's a slippery old head!"
His Majesty the Emperor poked Deng Tao's head with his finger, and he said in his heart: Then I will take a good look and see if this Xue Zha is more suitable than you to assist my prince.
During the field, when Xue Zhe found that he was alone, he touched the multicolored stone on his waist, and then he let go again, and said in his heart: If you can't come up, you can make a big move, and you will talk about it when you are in a hurry...
He first asked coldly, "What are you doing here?"
"Huh...... This kid doesn't know what we're doing yet!"
Some officials laughed, they liked to elevate themselves by suppressing each other, and when they came up, they first said that Xue Zhe was self-doubting, maybe it would be easier to talk to the old emperor today.
Yang Sanyuan didn't speak, he knew that this little trick would definitely not be able to beat the other party, otherwise it wouldn't be worth his time to lay out.
Sure enough, Xue Zha didn't seem to hear the official's words at all, and pointed at Yang Sanyuan with his hand and said, "You come, tell me what you are doing here?"
"I'm so old, and I'm wearing a purple robe, so my grade is not low, right?"
Xue Zhe hugged his shoulders and nostrils and asked to the sky, that posture, I didn't know that I thought he was the prime minister!
This immediately angered some of the young officials at the back of the ranks, and some of them had a hot temper and shouted directly.
"Don't you know the Prime Minister, the boy is bold, how dare you talk to the Prime Minister in such a tone!"
"Don't you want to live, boy, believe it or not, the Prime Minister will send the Prime Minister's order to destroy your nine clans in minutes!
"I don't know how high the sky is, I don't know how thick the earth is! Is it really a prince who can say big things in front of us? None of us has a few marquis in our hands, hehe...... If you dare to be crazy, you will be charged with crimes every minute!"
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Yang Sanyuan frowned slightly, although he didn't stop these officials from speaking out, he felt that such abuse was not interesting.
Xue Zhe listened with relish, he nodded and said, "Oh, I see!"
"Your Prime Minister has so much power...... No wonder you dare to look for the emperor's brother in a hurry, as far as you are a courtier, it is estimated that if I am your father, I will be angry to death!"
"You...... You, you, you...... What are you talking about?"
There are high-level officials standing behind Yang Sanyuan who are angry but can't stand up, there is no way, Xue Zha's words are too annoying, what he doesn't know is that Xue Zha is arrogant, but those who are sensible know that Xue Zha refers to the word "loyalty and filial piety".
Xue Zha looked at the person who stood up, an acquaintance, Huo Yunpeng.
"Who do I think this is, Lao Huo...... Why, have you written better poetry than my poem?"
"Do you want your grandfather to give you how to write poems, in case the realm of your whole life stays here, and you can't see the Holy Dao at your age?"
Xue Zha's words are very heartbreaking, for any scholar, the Holy Way is something more important than life and fame.
And Huo Yunpeng, after that day, he always felt that there was a mountain in front of his realm, which mountain was unclimbable, it was like a sky in front of him, and such pressure made him unable to calm down and continue to climb the road of Wendao.
Yang Sanyuan saw that his henchman was about to shake his position every minute, so he hurriedly scolded coldly: "Yun Peng, step aside." ”
"As a city and woman, I also have a prince with me, so I won't salute King Xuanwu. ”
Yang Sanyuan swept Xue Zha's position lightly, making it impossible for him to take advantage of his advantageous areas.
Then Yang Sanyuan arched his hand and said with a smile: "Because there are traitors in my country, and the officials in various places say that the people in the rivers and lakes are in chaos, and many people die tragically at the hands of the people in the rivers and lakes for no reason. ”
"That's what you say...... Then go back, needless to say. ”
Xue Zhe waved his hand, he made a movement like driving away flies, and a few officials with a hot temper couldn't help but jump out.
But Xue Zha said: "Because I haven't had anything to do in the past month, I have already discussed this matter with Your Majesty, and we have come to the last step to prepare for the implementation of the reform." ”
"When you share your worries for the old emperor's brother, it is estimated that he will die early!"
Xue Zha's words were like thunder, and everyone present was numb.
"What...... What did he say??Why can't he help the emperor share his worries?"
"He's already told you what we're going to say to Your Majesty, and he's proposing to change it, oh my God!
"Why has he given Xungui the job to rob us of scholars, this is unruly...... We can't spare him, ...... Kill him!"
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The shouting, the confused, the shouting and killing...... More than 300 officials were angry, they couldn't accept that a layman did what they could do, this is like someone robbing their daughter-in-law, it involves dignity!
And Xue Zhe only replied to them with one sentence.
"Why, you don't when you stand in the pit, and you blame others for eating too much, what are you thinking...... How do you feel like you have a child with your daughter-in-law and blame the old king next door?"