When Li Ling came out of the courtyard, it was already dark, and he had been in it for more than two hours without realizing it. But Lu Zhen, who was waiting outside, did not leave. When he saw him coming out, he quickly stepped forward and asked with concern: "How? Have he agreed to change his words?"

Li Ling was silent for a moment before saying, "Although the Confucian scholar did not agree, I am 80% sure he would agree to this request. He only said he had to consider it, so you just need to wait here next, don't be too urgent, it will only backfire."

"I understand that this matter is very important, and I dare not ruin a major event." Lu Zhen said solemnly. Then, he clasped his fists at Li Ling: "Mr. Li is indeed a skillful method, and I admire him."

"I dare not take credit. To say that I can convince Confucian Master this time, it is because the Imperial City Department has a good news. In just one day, I found out all the inside story I needed."

"Sir, I am too humble, and aren't you also from our Imperial City Division? So, in terms of credit, you are naturally the leader."

Seeing him say this, Li Ling smiled, no longer humble, and just nodded to the other party, then turned around and left. He also hoped that this matter would have a satisfactory result with his efforts.

In fact, there is someone who is more eager to rescue Zhang Hefeng than Li Ling, that is Xu Cang, a disciple. When he finally returned home, he happened to see his anxious friend paced back and forth in the front hall. When he saw Li Ling coming back, he hurried forward and grabbed his hand and asked, "How? You said that there will be a conclusion in the past two days. There is really a turning point. Can the teacher be rescued?"

Before Li Ling could speak, he continued to whine: "If there is something difficult, you can let me do it. Even if I am going to be convicted of it, I will not retreat."

Li Ling sighed and patted Xu Cang on the shoulder: "Zhuo Wu, you don't have to be so nervous. Things have turned around. Maybe in a few days, the Confucian master will be released without acquittal, and maybe he can still be restored to his post."

"Is this... really possible?" Xu Cang couldn't believe it, but after seeing Li Ling's confident appearance, he still believed it at least eight points, "You really did it? What's going on?"

Li Ling then kept a secret: "You will see the truth soon. As for what you need to do, it is better to study and study history in the Hanlin Academy and accumulate qualifications and reputation, so that he can truly have a place in the court in this year, and it is better to help me?"

Xu Cang bowed to Li Ling again with gratitude, "Wen Zhong, what you said is, I will do what you said, and I will not let you down!"

Seeing him so serious, Li Ling laughed again. The officialdom path he and Xu Cang were going to take was completely different. He was destined to do things and take risks. As long as he stayed in the Hanlin Academy, he would have a certain status in the court. Then when the two joined forces, they might be able to create another situation in the court!

...

In a blink of an eye, it has arrived on the fifth day of September.

The Great Yue has been regulated. The Great Court meeting will be held on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. At that time, officials with ranks and above in Beijing will enter the palace to attend. In addition, there are small court meetings held every five days. Compared with the former, although there are fewer participants and only officials with ranks and above are eligible to participate, their importance is stronger than that of the Great Court meeting.

Because after all, the dynasty meeting that the officials in Beijing, who had to gather from the fourth day of the year, were more symbolic, and almost no important national policy was decided to be promulgated through such dynasty meetings. However, the small dynasty meetings that were once every five days were higher in the status of the participants and all held the central authority, which could make more constructive suggestions to the emperor.

Today is the day of the Little Dynasty Meeting. Soon after dawn, a large group of civil and military officials wearing red purple robes lined up to enter the palace in an orderly manner and came to the solemn Chongzheng Hall.

With Wei Tang shouting, "The ministers entered the court..."

The officials then stepped forward and entered the palace. Then they knelt in front of the Danbao for several rows and kowtowed to the ceremony. As a result, today's court meeting officially began.

As usual, the emperor would discuss and decide on some important matters in the country recently, such as a disaster in a certain place, a financial situation in a certain place, or some chaos, which requires relevant yamen to respond one by one and implement relevant responsibilities to a certain official in power.

Whether it is the emperor, the prime minister, or other officials, they are already familiar with these things, so naturally they have no questions and decided quickly.

It was not until an official finally mentioned that there were Luo Tian Cultists gathering in Huaibei that the emperor frowned slightly: "The local government should take strict precautions, and let the local garrisons draw more troops to guard them in important areas, so don't let these sluts really make any trouble. Privy Council, Ministry of War..." As he said that, his eyes fell on the two officials in front of the queue.

The Privy Councilor and the Minister of War took a step forward at the same time and bowed to agree: "I will follow the order, and I will definitely set a prevention strategy after the court meeting, so that those thieves will never cause trouble in Huaibei."

The emperor nodded with satisfaction and quickly glanced over the ministers: "Do you all have any other important things to report?"

The ministers were all silent. Obviously, they had no other important matters to be raised in the morning court for the time being. Seeing this, everyone felt that today's court meeting was about to end. Many officials standing behind didn't feel loose and always stood in the hall with a shelf. This was not an easy task.

But at this moment, the emperor spoke again: "Since you all have nothing to report to me for the time being, I have something to mention here."

His words made the ministers stunned, and then they all responded, and looked at the sound of being so calm. The emperor glanced over everyone with a smile, and his eyes were on Fan Meisheng, the Minister of Rites, for a while, before saying, "A few days ago, some officials in the court jointly submitted a memorial to me, mentioning that they would recall the prince back to the capital. I think you have heard of this matter a lot, right?"

As soon as this topic came out, everyone's hearts were even more shocking. Lu Zhen looked at the emperor with a peek, and always felt that something was going to happen today.

"They said it well in the memorial that the crown prince is the crown prince of a country, and it is hard to say that he is on the frontier. And if he wants to experience it, it is the same in the court, and it is even more conducive to the growth of the prince than in the army. These remarks are really reasonable and well-founded, but I want to ask you all. Is this a question of the rules of our dynasty set by Emperor Taizu?" The last sentence was said, and the emperor's expression suddenly became serious, and his tone became a little sarcastic, which made the ministers below dare not look up to him.

The emperor's words continued: "If you talk about taking risks, my dynasty came from Emperor Taizong, and there were five princes in the northern border supervision army. Which one was recalled before the deadline? Also, I don't know how my ancestors were in the northern border, but I have been in the northern border army for three years, and I have experienced some dangers. But even when there were ghost soldiers and horses at the city, I never thought of retreating and regretting, nor did I think of returning to the capital early.

"Why, Sun Cong can't do what the ancestors and ancestors can do, what I can do? Is it because he is indeed incompetent, or is there another reason? If it is the former, then I can announce the world today that I, Dayue, don't have such descendants to be emperor!"

As soon as these words were said, everyone was terrified and frightened. After a moment, they knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty calmed down..." Especially those officials of the prince's party were extremely panicked and regretted it. They knew that their previous plans had indeed committed a big taboo.

The emperor's face calmed down a little, and he raised his hand and said, "You can calm down. I believe that the ministers here are all wise and will never do such a foolish move. In the northern border, the prince is the rule of his ancestors, and he will never give up halfway!

"But what I really want to say today is not this matter. Some ministers who don't know the inside story and only know how to talk about war on paper are urged to submit a joint memorial, but I never expected that even Zhang Hefeng, the former Minister of Rites whom I have always respected, would follow him and make trouble. Even if he was the prince's teacher, I could not accept such words from him, and he was the one who took the lead.

"In the past few days, I have been wondering why he did this? Is it because of concern for the prince or for other reasons? But no matter how I think, I still can't find a convincing answer. Can anyone give me an answer?"

Faced with the emperor's inquiry, the ministers were silent again. This matter was too sensitive, who would dare to answer casually? Even the two prime ministers and officials who had always had a deep friendship with Zhang Hefeng, all pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Fan Meisheng knelt on the ground, his mind moving quickly. Should he stand up in such a situation? If he stands up, what will happen? Weigh the pros and cons, which side should he bet on?

But before he could reach a conclusion, the emperor spoke again: "It seems that you are the same as me. You are at a loss for this and can't think of the inside story. Well, I don't want to spend more time. Since this joint memorial was led by Zhang Hefeng, then I will ask him directly and know what he is thinking?"

The ministers were stunned, and then everyone understood that the emperor was going to show off with everyone, and he was going to bring Zhang Hefeng to everyone. Is this the rhythm of pursuing his crime?
Chapter completed!