Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 289 The Emperor Must Back Down?
After Liu Yizhen summoned Wang Hong, Xie Hui, and Cai Kuo, the court became strange.

The administrative efficiency of the central government suddenly became sluggish.

Either you ask for leave today, or I get injured tomorrow.

This kind of naive and low-level method is very unapproachable, but it works very well.

Sitting in the Yamen of the Household Department, Gao Yun, Shangshu of the Household Department, was a little annoyed at the scene where one-third of the officials were missing: "Everyone is dead?"

The framework of the household department was slowly built by Gao Yun, and many of them had to open the back door for them to enter the household department.

And now, is this how they repay Gao Yun?
"Is Zhou Tong not there?"

The Zhou Tong mentioned by Gao Yun is a young man he is more optimistic about. He has a very high talent for mathematics.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Tong also disappeared this week, which undoubtedly made Gao Yun feel even more chilled.

A colleague who was familiar with Zhou Tong whispered an excuse: "Gao Shangshu, it's not that Zhou Tong didn't come by himself. It's..."

Gao Yun understood what the other party meant.

In this clan-focused era, these family officials would put the interests of the family first.

Even if it is not their intention, the surrounding environment will force them to make a choice.

Who can bear the reviling of relatives and ancestors?
Who can bear the exclusion of relatives and clansmen?
Who can bear the consequences of being despised by the mainstream class?
No matter who it is, the opportunity to make their own decisions is often very small.

Sometimes you think you are making the decision yourself, but it is actually just a decision made by your education, the environment you are in, and the difficulties you face.

In the trend of the times, individuals have to do their best to catch a piece of driftwood adrift without being involved. How can we talk about successfully going ashore?

Gao Yun closed his eyes and decided to visit other departments first.

He went to the Ministry of War first, because he had the best personal relationship with Wang Maide and the deepest relationship.

Fortunately, the Ministry of War is fine.

The real power of the Ministry of War is not here, but stems from the military power in Liu Yizhen's hands.Even if the aristocratic family wanted to fight in the Ministry of War, they couldn't move.

Seeing that Wang Maide was not affected, Gao Yun went to visit other departments.

Among them, the Ministry of Industry did not have too many tasks because of the Great Court Conference. Even if there were fewer people, Liu Zhan could handle it. It was regarded as the least affected department except the Ministry of War.

The Ministry of Rites is similar.

Because Liu Song was established at the beginning, the rules and regulations have not yet been finalized, the work of the Ministry of Rites itself is not too heavy, and the family's small methods are naturally useless.

Only the Ministry of Officials.

The Ministry of Officials, later known as Tianguan.

In charge of the appointment and dismissal, examinations, promotions, awards, and transfers of civil servants all over the world.

The weight of authority far exceeds that of the other five departments.

Therefore, the number of officials here is also the largest among the existing central institutions, which often means that there are mixed fish and dragons among them.

In addition, Yin Jingren had just taken over as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and his prestige in the Ministry of Officials was not enough. Once the aristocratic family tried their best, the Ministry of Officials was almost paralyzed.

Seeing Gao Yun approaching, Yin Jingren naturally stepped forward to greet him as if seeing a savior.

Although Yin Jingren himself can be regarded as Liu Yizhen's faction, but behind him is the power of the northern family after all, so his color is not pure.

On the other hand, Gao Yun.

Although Gao Yun came from the Gao family of Bohai, Gao Yun's own fortune has nothing to do with the Gao family of Bohai. .

Yin Jingren complained when he came up: "Gao Shangshu, the daily government affairs are becoming more and more important. If they accumulate for a day, there will be a lot of troubles. What should I do?"

Gao Yun glanced around at the office of the official department, which obviously lacked [-]-[-]% of the officials, and pulled Yin Jingren's wrist without saying a word: "Let's go! Let's go find Wang Shangshu!"

Wang Shangshu is naturally Wang Hong.

Gao Yun, as the Minister of the Household Department, of course has the qualifications to have a direct audience with the emperor.

Even if Liu Yizhen is not there, there is still an old acquaintance, Wang Xiu who is currently Zhongshu Ling.

But everyone knows what's going on now.

Family.

At this time to find Wang Xiu, Wang Xiu is obviously powerless.

Going to find Liu Yizhen is almost like exposing the conflict between the imperial court and the aristocratic family to the people of the world.The aristocratic family is shameless, Gao Yun still wants it, and the imperial court still wants it.

Only Wang Hong is the most suitable to be the middleman.

Moreover, the affairs of Shang Shu Sheng must be handed over to the chief of Shang Shu Sheng, and it is against the rules to go to Zhong Shu Sheng or report to the higher level.

Wang Hong knew what was going on when he learned that Gao Yun and Yin Jingren, the two real power ministers, and the most important household and official ministers came to him.

When he learned about the aristocratic family's deeds from the two of them, Wang Hong's head grew dizzy a few times.

If he could, he would pretend to be sick and hide now.

But no.

"What are those bastards doing to provoke the emperor at this time?"

Even the emperors were willing to give each other a step down and let the aristocratic family breathe. Didn't expect the aristocratic family to raise their tails instead?

Unlike those people, the more high-ranking he is, the more Wang Hong knows how important a peaceful era is to the aristocratic family.

Wang Hong was also afraid.

What Wang Hong was afraid of was that Liu Yizhen would turn the table over.

The emperor is not scary.

It's not scary to flip the table.

But when the emperor lifted the table, it would be a disaster for everyone.

Not every emperor in history has the ability to turn tables, but Liu Yizhen, who holds military power in his hand, definitely has this ability.

It was precisely because of this that what Wang Hong hoped more was to play open cards with Liu Yizhen at the poker table, winning or losing depends entirely on his own ability.

This is not only to leave a step for the emperor, but also to leave a way out for himself.

Wang Hong also really wanted to know where Liu Yizhen's bottom line was, but he definitely didn't use this kind of indiscriminate method to destroy the foundation of the imperial court!

"Not a human being!"

Wang Hong cursed a few times, but still used his identity to put pressure on other families.

At the same time, some rumors were released vaguely—the emperor would not back down in the face of such dirty methods.

There are many ways to achieve victory, but definitely not including the things you are doing now!

To Wang Hong's surprise, the voice of the aristocratic family was particularly tough this time.

Some people even shouted the slogan "the emperor must back down".

This made Wang Hong furious, and went to visit some of these families in person, and those families also gave their own reasons:

"My lord, you Langya Wang family and Chen Jun Xie family have great achievements, so naturally you have enough bargaining chips on the table to negotiate with the emperor."

"But what about us?"

"Cut five cities today and ten cities tomorrow, in exchange for a night of sleep?"

"Those who are qualified to be released as prefects are the mainstays of our family, and they are only released to gain enough qualifications to return to the center and gain authority to protect the family."

"If they fall, we will be gone!"

"If you don't give it a try at this time, in the future... I'm afraid you won't have another chance!"

(End of this chapter)