Chapter 46: Embarrassing Guidance (Third Update)

  Fei Hong's refutation of the imperial court's opinion instantly touched the most sensitive nerve in the heart of Emperor Jiajing, and both sides became deadlocked.

  Liu Xueshi was in a dilemma, although he was a prestigious Hanlin, but after all, he was only a sixth-grade Hanlin, and he couldn't afford to offend the emperor. However, as the chief minister of the hundred officials, he also couldn't be offended.

  Jiang Feng just said a lot of words, although some of the logic is not clear, but after saying it, Liu Xueshi's confusion in his heart was clarified. The emperor has control over the military forces across the country, and the Imperial Guards and the Twelve Battalions in the capital are also under his command. It's really urgent, dealing with these pen-wielding officials is easy as pie.

  The Great Ming Dynasty has many scholars, and it's not that they can't leave these people behind. The imperial court is unable to move forward, with countless people outside sharpening their heads waiting for a chance to get in.

  Liu Shunhua suddenly remembered the big gift case two years ago, when hundreds of Jin Yiwei guards holding clubs rushed to the front of the Meridian Gate and beat up the kneeling and wailing officials. Although he hadn't experienced it personally, thinking about it made him feel as if it were right in front of him. At this thought, Liu Xueshi suddenly shivered with a chill.

  What loyalty, what dying advice were all thrown to the back of his head, the words spoken by this Jin Yiwei Xiaojiao in front of him were indeed true. His own ten years of hard study and the teachings of the sage had finally earned him the honor of being a Hanlin noble, he couldn't let it all be ruined because of something as trivial as clothes.

  Jiang Feng watched Liu Xueshi's face change as he sat upright across from him, unaware of the intense mental struggle taking place in his mind, where loyalty and duty were at odds with the intrigue of officialdom. Jiang Feng thought to himself, "I've gone to so much trouble to speak my piece, but you don't even react - what kind of official are you?"

  As time went on, Jiang Feng started to feel a bit bored and restless, but he also knew that the person opposite him looked poor and he couldn't afford to offend them, so he didn't dare to make a scene, just twisting back and forth in his seat. Just then, someone walked in from outside.

  Backlit by the midday sunlight, Jiang Feng couldn't see very clearly either, but he heard a very familiar rough and loud voice:

  "General, have some tea."

  It seems that Liu Guan's family has called the servant Liu Zheng to serve tea. Jiang Feng, who doesn't understand etiquette, sees a familiar face and stands up, enthusiastically patting the other person's shoulder and greeting him:

  "Little Liu, why is Old Liu's housekeeper waiting for me at the door today!"

  This body was originally sturdy, passionate "pat pat" slender Liu Zheng almost fell down, stumbled a few steps before stabilizing the tea tray in his hand. Jiang Feng himself took over a teacup and didn't notice that Liu Zheng's face had already turned bright red, he was there making faces and saying:

  "I marinated some beef today, let's try it together in a bit."

  Just as they were getting familiar and informal, Liu Xueshi from the other side slammed his hand on the table and shouted.

  "Ridiculous, ridiculous..."

  The commotion over here had already made them forget that Liu Xueshi was still there. Jiang Feng was startled and turned his head to look, only to see Liu Zheng holding a teacup, running to the front of the table with his head down, but saw Liu Xueshi staring fiercely at Liu Zheng, his face full of uncontrolled anger, pointing at Liu Zheng and shouting loudly:

  "What are you doing here? Get out quickly! You shameless thing, get out!"

  Liu Zheng, who was serving tea, put down the teacup and turned his head to give Jiang Feng a sly smile before hastily running out. Jiang Feng nodded, feeling much better all of a sudden. After all, it's more interesting talking to someone of the same age than facing a middle-aged uninteresting person.

  Liu Xueshi's face was now filled with a warm smile, the dignified and serious look he had when he entered the room earlier had disappeared, even the anger he showed when arguing with Liu Zheng earlier was replaced by his current smile, Jiang Feng looked at this expression.

  I felt a bit awkward, and I was stunned there. In my heart, I vaguely felt that Liu Xueshi might have figured out something and changed a bit. Liu Xueshi slowly stood up, his hands naturally clasped together, and he politely said:

  "Brother Jiang, what you just said was truly pearls of wisdom, and I have benefited greatly from it. However, the Chief Grand Secretary Fei is in high favor with the Emperor, so what should I do here?"

  This sentence is clearly a straightforward inquiry to Jiang Feng. If I were to disagree with the Prime Minister now, there must be a close adult for me to rely on. If it's a person in the officialdom, Liu Xue's words should be easy to understand, equivalent to saying it out loud.

  But when told to Jiang Feng, this roughneck actually had no idea what it meant and replied there:

  "It's going along with the Emperor's intention, what else can be done."

  Liu Xueshi had originally been smiling and raised his teacup to take a sip of tea, but when he heard this, the water choked out of his mouth. He didn't know whether the little schoolmaster in front of him was truly foolish or just pretending to be so, yet he couldn't understand such simple words. If he were to follow the emperor's meaning now, he would probably be accused of "flattery and sycophancy" before the imperial court had even made up its mind, and would be sent directly to guard the border in Lizhou.

  Well, since it's come to this, let's just lay it all out and say that Liu Xueshi used vernacular language this time, saying:

  "Jiang Xiaoxiao, who do you think should get along with which adult now?"

  When Jiang Feng said this, he understood what it meant. It turned out that they wanted to change their allegiance, but he himself didn't know who the great officials of this era were. At this time, apart from the Chief Grand Secretary Fei Hong, the next most powerful person was the Minister of War Yang Yiqing, and another was Zhang Zhuo, the Minister of War who rose to prominence in the "Great Rites Controversy" and became the President of the Hanlin Academy and Academician. These two people took turns serving as Chief Grand Secretary and Grand Secretary over the next decade.

  If you stand in line now, it will naturally be smooth sailing from now on. However, you can't expect that the vocational history education of modern China would be so detailed. Jiang Feng still doesn't know about the existence of these two ministers until now, but the words have already been said this far.

  It can't be said that he didn't know, and Jiang Feng regretted his verbosity as he racked his brains. His impression of this era mainly came from Yun Zhongyue's place - what systematic knowledge would be there? Suddenly, however, it made him think of someone, and with a rather excited tone, he said:

  "Director Liu can go and take a walk on Lu Bing's road, it should be passable there."

  "Is it Lord Lu? He's just a commander of the Brocade Guard at present..., and he's only just turned twenty."

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  This is today's third update