Chapter 461 He is still outputting!
Bang!
There was a loud bang.

The Xu family's study was suddenly in a mess.

Xu Kun was seen standing in the corner with his head down, looking at the tea sets, cups, bowls and precious porcelain that were swept all over the floor by his father.

And in front of the tea table with a window overlooking the view, Xu Jie's face was flushed and full of anger. He no longer had the bearing and self-control of the empire's second minister in the past.

"How dare you bully me, an old and weak man?"

"Crazy man!"

"Damn the maniac!"

"..."

Burning with anger and cursing angrily, Xu Jie felt as if there was a fire burning in his chest, and he couldn't calm down no matter what. He also felt as if his whole face was slapped hard, and it was burning with pain.

The staff, housekeeper and servants who were originally guarding outside the house were so frightened when they heard the noise coming from the house that they shrank like quails.

After some deliberation, the aide finally had no choice but to step into the house under the gazes of everyone.

Hearing footsteps behind him.

Xu Kun immediately turned around and waved his hand cautiously to stop his staff who were about to go in.

In front of the tea table.

Xu Jie's face trembled with anger. When he heard the footsteps of his staff, he immediately raised his head, revealing his bloodshot eyes filled with anger and hatred.

"go with!"

"Going right now!"

Xu Kun frowned and whispered, "Father, what do you want us to do?"

"doing what?"

Xu Jie sneered, and the tone of his voice sounded murderous, causing Xu Kun to shudder.

This was the first time in his life that he saw his father so angry and resentful.

Xu Jie sneered repeatedly and said angrily: "Send a message back to Huating, and ask them to deal with the fields at home! Otherwise, do we really have to wait until that lunatic submits a petition to impeach me?"

Xu Kun was startled and stepped forward immediately: "Father, are you really going to follow that lunatic's wishes and give away all the land in our family?"

Xu Kun knew clearly how the Xu family had carefully and with great difficulty accumulated half of the family property over the years.

If Xu Kun really wanted to make the Xu family of Huating in Songjiang Prefecture spend all their wealth just like the Yan family did in the past because of Hai Rui, he would never be able to do it.

Without these properties that were accumulated with great difficulty, what would the Xu family in Huating have left?
How are these people going to live in the future?
Although Xu Jie was extremely angry now, his years of experience still allowed him to see what his son was thinking at a glance. He snorted coldly, "Idiot! Stupid!"

Although he was being scolded by his father.

But Xu Kun was delighted and took another step forward: "Father, have you come up with a solution?"

While speaking, Xu Kun also waved to the staff behind him.

The staff stepped forward and asked quietly, "What does the Prime Minister want students for? Now that Hai Rui has come to visit, I'm afraid he will have other tricks up his sleeve. We must be prepared."

Xu Jie looked at the two coldly, "This lunatic just wants to pick a fight with me, and I just happen to be in this position. He just wants to use my land clearance to benefit Yan Shaoting and others over there. In this case, let Huating distribute those lands to everyone. As long as these lands are not in the name of my Xu family in Huating, neither Hai Rui nor Yan Shaoting, who is eyeing Nanjing City, can do anything!"

Xu Kun's expression tightened again: "But if that happens, those who got the land deeds will sell the land..."

"They dare!"

The person who spoke was not Xu Jie, but the staff member who walked in.

The staff member smiled at Xu Kun and said, "Don't worry, Second Young Master. The Prime Minister is only doing this to prevent Hai Rui and his men from holding us hostage. Although the land deeds have been distributed, can those people still leave Huating? Even so, do Huating County and Songjiang Prefecture really dare to accept the documents for the resale of the land deeds?"

Xu Kun was stunned for a moment, then he smiled again, looking at Xu Jie with sparkling eyes: "Father is very smart! Once this is done, even if Hai Rui really wants to appeal, the court will not be able to find any problems! As long as father is still in the cabinet, as long as my family does not fall, then Huating... No! In Songjiang Prefecture, only my family can speak!"

Xu Jie's eyes were still gloomy as he looked at his aides and advisors: "Go and make arrangements now. Also, tell the censors in the capital whether Hai Rui's words and actions today are against the rules. Shouldn't the court also take care of the officials' words and actions?"

This means to retaliate against Hai Rui.

We still need to catch Hai Rui's mistakes in etiquette.

The staff immediately clasped their fists and nodded, "How can someone as rude and unruly as Hai Rui be able to hold a high position in the court? The court has always valued impartiality and harmony. If everyone acts like him, how can the court last long? I think the censors in the court will certainly speak out to correct Hai Rui for the sake of the court's stability and to prevent him from going astray."

Xu Jie sneered: "Then do it..."

……

"Hahahahaha!"

"Cool!"

"My son has never been so happy in his life!"

Probably at the same time, in the Yan family, a burst of heroic laughter came from the study of Yan Song, who had been promoted to the old master of the Yan family.

Yan Shifan's face was filled with excitement, and his laughter almost broke through the doors, windows and roof of the study.

However, Yan Song, who was sitting on the throne, was obviously not as excited as his son.

It can even be said to be extremely calm.

Seeing that the old man did not respond.

Yan Shifan also noticed it, and laughed awkwardly twice, then sent a cup of tea to Yan Song: "Dad, do you still have any hesitations?"

Yan Song shook his head, stretched out his hands to hold the teacup, looked up at his son, and said calmly: "What do you think of the emperor now?"

Yan Shifan immediately looked suspicious: "You mean..."

This question was so broad that Yan Shifan couldn't find an answer for a while.

Yan Song sighed softly, "It was today that I called Guo Pu and Ouyang to go to the West Garden to ask for an audience with His Majesty. When we entered the inner hall, we smelled a faint scent of herbs. At first, His Majesty's complexion was not very good. But later it got better, and then he gave the child Fusun the name Wuyou."

Once the solution to the problem was given, Yan Shifan's cleverness immediately came to fruition.

His eyes widened immediately, and then he looked back as if he felt the wall had ears, then leaned forward and said, "You mean... Your Majesty doesn't have much time left? So now for Your Majesty, how to ensure a smooth accession to the throne for the new emperor is the most important thing?"

Yan Song nodded, but then shook his head.

Yan Shifan immediately became anxious.

"father!"

"You are nodding and shaking your head. What on earth do you mean?"

Yan Song sighed again: "You are neither right nor wrong. No one knows how your Majesty is doing, not even your Majesty himself. Therefore, when the new emperor will ascend the throne is an unknown. But your Majesty is old after all, and is no longer the emperor he was before. Xuanzong established the Kaiyuan Era, and what happened afterwards, don't you remember it from reading history books?"

I saw the old man start to talk about Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

Yan Shifan couldn't help but frown: "So what you mean is... even if we can use Hai Rui's criticism of the Xu family to bring down Xu Jie at this time, Your Majesty might let it go for the sake of less trouble?"

Yan Song sat upright on the imperial chair, his eyes shrewd. After a while, he spoke again: "There is no perfect plan. We cannot force the court and His Majesty to make a decision. It is impossible to overthrow Xu Huating at this time."

"But Hai Rui had previously gone south to serve as the governor of Yingtian. This time he was summoned back to Beijing. It's obvious that he has set his sights on the Xu family."

Yan Shifan was somewhat unconvinced.

After much difficulty, the opinions of Yan and Xu in the court changed quietly.

How could he miss such a good opportunity to bring down the Xu family and Xu Jie.

otherwise.

Over the past so many years, our family has been attacked and the Yan family has squandered all their wealth. All these years of working honestly and wholeheartedly for the Ming Dynasty, isn't it all in vain?

Yan Song just shook his head and said, "It depends on whether Hai Rui is really as good as his name suggests and whether he can really continue to do this thing. It also depends on whether the Xu family will make mistakes in other places. Otherwise, do you really think that just a crime of occupying farmland can easily bring down the second assistant minister of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty?"

Yan Shifan originally wanted to open his mouth to refute a few things.

But when I think about it, for so many years, officials and gentry have been encroaching on the land of the people. Is it really only a few people who are doing this? Is it really unknown to anyone? At this time, I studied and became an official.

The purpose of this is to get promoted and make money.

Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste of time to read this book and hold this official position?
That's the truth.

Everyone knows that others are encroaching and exploiting the people, everyone understands that being an official is for personal promotion and wealth, and everyone knows that there are no saints in this world.

It’s just because everyone is doing it, so things like wealthy families encroaching on the common people’s land has almost become an unspoken rule and a recognized tacit understanding.

If the people are not used as fish on the chopping board, can they still be considered the people?

The people who cannot be bullied are not good people!

This.

Let’s take a look!

Yan Shifan couldn't help but sigh. It was just as the old man said. The mere matter of occupying farmland could not possibly become a condition for overthrowing Xu Jie and the Xu family.

Yan Song also explained: "The occupation of farmland can only be one of the many reasons for overthrowing Xu Jie. Even if the number of acres is huge, it cannot be the most critical reason. Do you understand?"

Faced with reality, Yan Shifan could only nod and put away the smile on his face.

At this moment.

He also felt that today's incident was not so pleasant.

But soon, Yan Shifan said with his eyes twinkling, "But didn't Hai Rui say today in front of the Xu family that he would file a petition to impeach the Xu family and Xu Jie? Can we make use of this matter again?"

Yan Song shook his head and said, "The Yan family will do nothing. Not only will they do nothing, they will also tell their subordinates not to take any action. This time, let Hai Rui do it alone. This way, this matter will not be linked to the Yan family, and people will not secretly make it seem like my Yan family is causing factional strife in the court."

Seeing that the old man had already made a plan, Yan Shifan finally sat aside in submission and said, "Okay, okay, you have already figured out what to do. As your son, I will just follow your arrangements."

Seeing that his son was relatively obedient, Yan Song breathed a sigh of relief.

With Hai Rui's return to Beijing, it was obvious that the chaos in the south would be transmitted to the court in the capital through Hai Rui.

At this time, the one who takes action first may not necessarily be the final winner.

Thinking about it.

Yan Song couldn't help but think of his eldest grandson who had gone south for a long time.

If my eldest grandson were in Beijing, I could arrange some things for him.

Now that I only have my son by my side, I can only play it safe.

Find a stable way to win.

……

Just when the Yan and Xu families were both happy and sad.

Hai Rui, who finally entered Huitong Hall after leaving Xufu Lane, immediately closed the doors and windows.

He was really preparing a memorial to impeach Xu Jie and the Xu family, just as he said.

Silent all night.

The next day.

Before dawn, when officials from various departments in the capital were preparing to go to the government office to report for duty, carrying food with them as usual.

However, the eunuchs from the Western Garden were told to come out together.

Soon all the officials knew that the emperor was going to summon all officials of the third rank and above in the capital to the Wanshou Palace in the Western Garden to discuss state affairs.

God knows what the emperor is up to.

The emperor, who had not attended court for decades, suddenly summoned officials of the third rank and above to discuss state affairs at the Wanshou Palace in the Western Garden. This was already considered a court meeting.

The officials had doubts in their hearts, but they still followed the emperor's instructions obediently. Officials above the third rank all went to the Western Garden.

Wait until it gets dark.

Officials of the third rank and above in the capital have already gathered in the Wanshou Palace.

The cabinet ministers, officials from the six ministries, five temples, and three judicial departments entered the Wanshou Palace main hall, while the rest, such as the vice ministers and junior secretaries of various ministries, could only stand outside the palace gate.

Although the space inside the hall is large enough, this kind of political meeting, which is equivalent to the morning court, still needs certain rules and style.

If anyone can enter the Wanshou Palace, then what is the point of the cabinet ministers, chancellors and ministers?

There are many people.

The usually quiet and elegant Wanshou Palace suddenly seemed a bit noisy, like a vegetable market.

But soon it quieted down after Lu Fang's call.

As the emperor walked out of the inner hall, he sat on the throne in the front hall.

It was completely quiet inside and outside the hall.

Inside the palace.

Yan Song still had a soft stool given to him to sit on.

The others stood in line.

Recalling that he was about to go to the cabinet today and received the news that the Emperor would hold a meeting in the Wanshou Palace today, Xu Jie frowned.

He already had a premonition that today might not be a good day.

Could it be that the emperor summoned all officials above the third rank in the capital to discuss state affairs today after learning about what happened at his doorstep yesterday because of Hai Rui?

Could it be that the emperor also wanted to suppress himself and the Xu family?
This made Xu Jie feel a little uneasy.

But no matter what.

When he suddenly heard footsteps outside the hall behind him, Xu Jie's heart tightened.

Not long after.

There has been a voice coming.

"I am Hai Rui, the Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, the Censor of the Northern Zhili Provincial Surveillance Department, and the Prefect of Shuntian."

"Submit a memorial to impeach the current Junior Tutor, Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince, Grand Secretary of Jianji Palace, and Deputy Assistant of the Cabinet, Xu Jie."

"Xu Jie has been an official for many years and has committed three serious crimes!"

"I beg Your Majesty to take a wise look at this matter and, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, severely punish the guilty minister Xu Jie to set things right, to rectify the government, and to reassure the people!"

boom!
There was a sudden loud noise inside and outside the Wanshou Palace, and the whole hall was in uproar.

Everyone looked at the figure standing at the palace gate in shock.

The man's official robe was old and dark in color, his appearance was upright and his demeanor was majestic.

It’s Hai Rui!
Yesterday, Hai Rui was ordered to return to Beijing and completed his tasks at the Ministry of Personnel and the Censorate. Then he went to block the door of Xu's house to hold Xu Jie accountable.

Today, he is still outputting!

He even took only one night to write the memorial impeaching Xu Jie for three major crimes!

He is still there!
He was still the same as yesterday, fearlessly confronting the empire's second in command!

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