Yuan Shao couldn't help but tremble as he held this memorial. He must know that once this memorial is confirmed, countless people will be implicated, and even Li Zongmian and Chen Longzhi will not be able to escape.
The matter was so important that Yuan Shao called Ding Chang to him and asked, "This memorial of yours impeaches Chen Guiyi for conspiring to rebel. Where is the evidence for such a crime? Bring it to me."
"No evidence."
Ding Chang was unexpectedly crisp and said no, leaving Yuan Shao stunned and motionless.
"Nonsense!"
Yuan Shao was furious and scolded Ding Chang angrily, saying: "You dare to impeach someone for a crime like rebellion without evidence. What are you doing as an official? What are the laws of the court for you?"
Ding Chang didn't take it seriously, sneered and said, "When do we, the censor's adviser, start asking for evidence when impeaching people?"
After Ding Chang finished speaking, he threw away his sleeves and left, leaving Yuan Shao with a face that turned blue and black for a while and was speechless.
Then, this memorial was placed in front of Zhao Yun's bookcase. Zhao Yun opened it and looked at it, and he was also surprised.
I only saw one section of Ding Chang's writing: "Chen Guiyi clearly presided over the new law, but in fact he took advantage of the new law to win over people's hearts and eliminate dissidents. Nowadays, all the officials in the court may be bribed by him, pretending to be submissive. Or they may take advantage of his majesty and retreat. The center of the hall
, it actually became a one-word hall, how ridiculous!”
For the first time, Chen Guiyi was attacked so harshly. The previous impeachment memorials were somewhat tactful, but this time, they were pointing at Chen Guiyi's nose and scolding her.
Faced with such a memorial, Zhao Yun closed his eyes and meditated.
After a long time, Zhao Yun put the memorial into a drawer and kept it without publishing it!
Immediately, the news spread like wildfire that Zhao Yun had not dealt with Ding Chang. Everyone speculated whether Chen Guiyi had lost Zhao Yun's trust and could the new law be maintained?
This speculation was like a shot in the arm, causing officials whose interests were harmed by the new law to start activities one after another. They frequently organized poetry gatherings and banquets to discuss the current situation and explore how to bring down Chen Guiyi.
On this day, Wang Jin took the lead and gathered some frustrated officials and students together to bewitch them.
Although Wang Jin had a bad reputation before, everyone was unwilling to associate with him, and even felt that saying a word to him would be an insult to themselves.
However, the people invited by Wang Jin at this time were all people with poor official careers and no financial background. They were even worse than Wang Jin. Now they were greedy for profit and soon formed a group with Wang Jin and began to work for Wang Jin.
I am in high position and meditate hard.
In their view, as long as Wang Jin can rise to power, they can be reused and prosper.
An official named Zhang Menglong didn't come up with any strategies. He sighed: "Nowadays, the officials are in their prime years and they are very discerning. It is not easy to pull down Chen Guiyi, Yuan Shao and Qiao Xingjian."
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Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, except for one person who was confident and had a smug smile on his lips.
When everyone dispersed without any results, the man finally caught up with Wang Jin's carriage halfway.
"Please move slowly. I have a plan that can relieve your troubles."
Wang Jin lifted up the curtain of the carriage and took a look, it turned out to be Marco.
Wang Jin knew about Ma Ke, who was originally a Jinshi of the Ning Zong Dynasty. Unfortunately, he had bad luck. During the last period of Han Tuozhou's power, he unfortunately joined the ranks of Han Tuozhou's party.
Not even a month later, Han Tuozhou was assassinated by Shi Miyuan. He was also implicated and was dismissed from office and imprisoned. His family dispersed their wealth before he was fished out.
If he had joined a few months earlier, he could have at least become a minister. Then, like many others, he would switch sides from Han Tuozhou's camp and choose to join Shi Miyuan, and he might even be promoted.
And if he had been a month late, he could have escaped this disaster and would not have been implicated as soon as he entered.
But he happened to be stuck at that point in time and took refuge with Han Tuozhou, which ruined his career and emptied his family fortune.
What is fate? This is fate.
Wang Jin was very happy to hear that he had an idea and invited him into the carriage.
After Ma Ke sat down, Wang Jin hurriedly urged him, and Ma Ke said: "I know someone, his name is Zhou Zhu. He is very talented and knowledgeable. He is familiar with the meaning of Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. If you ask me
I will find a way to introduce him to Chen Guiyi, who is preparing for the compulsory teaching method at this time. If he is thirsty for talents, he will definitely take Zhou Zhu under his command."
Wang Jin listened for a long time, but didn't understand what Marco meant.
Wang Jin asked in confusion: "How come I have been listening to you for a long time and I don't know what you mean? As you said, Zhou Zhu is so talented and knowledgeable. If you introduce him to Chen Guiyi, wouldn't it increase Chen Guiyi's strength? What benefit will this bring to me?"
"
Marco raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, "I don't know what I'm talking about. Just listen to me and tell me slowly."
Marco introduced Wang Jin for a while, and finally Wang Jin clapped his hands excitedly and praised: "Wonderful, wonderful, your plan is so clever. As long as Chen Guiyi takes the bait, there will be no room for maneuver. It depends on what happens to him."
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Before dawn on that day, Chen Guiyi left the mansion, sat in a sedan chair, and prepared to enter the palace for duty. He continued to discuss the new law with Chen Longzhi and Li Zongmian.
However, Chen Guiyi frowned. The compulsory teaching method was complicated and he had been thinking about it so much that he didn't know what to eat.
At this time, I saw a voice coming from the road, "If you don't hurry up, Mr. Zhou will get up early. If you are late and don't give Mr. Zhou a good impression, you will never be able to be his disciple."
It turned out that there was an old man outside with his two sons, who were going to study together.
Chen Guiyi didn't take it seriously and the sedan did not stop.
Unexpectedly, after walking for a while, I heard a woman say to the old man: "Master, do you think that by selling our cow, you can get together the apprenticeship ceremony and let your grandson study under Mr. Zhou?"
The old man replied: "This is not certain. Mr. Zhou is a great talent. There are countless people who want to study under him. I'm afraid it will depend on luck."
Chen Guiyi was slightly surprised. He opened the curtain and saw an old couple driving cattle into the city. It seemed that they wanted to sell the cattle to raise tuition fees as they said.
Chen Guiyi couldn't sit still anymore, stopped the sedan, walked down, and said to the old couple: "The officials are determined to innovate and implement reforms. The court will soon implement the compulsory teaching law so that children from ordinary families can study for free. Why do you need to
Selling cattle?”
However, the old man was unmoved and waved his hand and said: "Officials don't know what they do. Mr. Zhou is a very talented person. How can a gentleman who doesn't need money compare to him? I finally met Mr. Zhou in the past two days and wanted to recruit students.
, if we don’t sell the cattle quickly for money, I’m afraid we won’t be able to catch up.”