When Wu Jie thought of this, his body shook violently, and he hurriedly rushed into the crowd to attract those from Dongchang, shouting loudly: "Don't do anything!"
"What are you doing!"
"Stop!"
There were sticks and whip shadows everywhere. I wasn't prepared for it, and I got two marks on my body.
The weather is cold in winter, so I wear thick clothes, but it doesn¡¯t hurt. It¡¯s just that the official robe was torn by the whip.
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But Chen Hong's voice was still shouting, full of madness: "Beat, beat to death. Hai Rui wrote a letter insulting Long Live, which is disrespectful and tantamount to rebellion. It is an ironclad case. You speak for Hai Rui, He is also a traitor to the party, and he will be beaten to death without any hesitation."
Wu Jie turned his head angrily: "Chen Hong, what do you want to do? Is there anyone who can do this to the Chief of Ceremonies? When such a big event happens, you don't want to calm down the situation, but instead fan the flames. What do you want?"
Chen Hong shouted loudly: "Wu Jie, do you also want to be a rebel and get the imperial staff? Hehe, although our family is the chief of etiquette and the pen, don't forget, I am the governor of Dongchang. Got it, you He is also a scholar. Don¡¯t you scholars always take it as an honor to get the imperial staff? Today our family will help you. Beat me, beat me!"
Since the factory owner spoke, one of the gangsters picked up the whip and whipped Wu Jie on the head.
Wu Jie shouted: "How dare you!"
In the past six months, Wu Jie has commanded the army and charged into battle, naturally carrying an aura with him. After all, he had seen blood on the battlefield, so Dongchang Fanzi's heart trembled, and his hands softened.
The whip grazed Wu Jie's forehead. Although Wu Jie's skin and flesh were not torn open, it still left a trace of blood, which was burning and painful.
Wu Jie covered his forehead and looked at Chen Hong fiercely: "Chen Hong, good, very good!"
This whip has completely wiped out the friendship between the two.
Chen Hong was also shocked and turned his head away.
"Stop!"
It was a murder before my eyes. Suddenly, a group of people hurried over there. The leader was Xu Jie, the second minister of the current cabinet, followed by Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng. The three senior officials of the cabinet all arrived at the same time.
Seeing the three cabinet ministers appearing at the same time, the people in Dongchang stepped aside.
No matter how much of a bastard Chen Hong was, he did not dare to act stupid in front of the three prime ministers. He just closed his mouth and stood there gloomily.
Seeing Xu Jie arriving, more than a hundred people did not bother to wipe the blood from their faces and bodies. They just knelt on the ground and raised the folds in their hands above their heads.
"The state affairs are like this because our cabinet didn't do a good job. I'm sorry for the court. I'm sorry for the emperor and I'm sorry for you. You have to do it step by step and don't overdo it. Nowadays, the country's finances are like this, and everyone knows it. The salary owed to everyone is the fault of the cabinet and the fault of Xu Jie. You should not have come here and alarmed the emperor. How can you bear with me?"
¡°Yesterday, the cabinet and the emperor stayed up all night and didn¡¯t even bother to go home, so they all came here. Today, Xu, Gao and Zhang's eyes are still red.
"Mr. Xu Ge, we don't know how many times we have heard this before, saying that we will do it step by step, but how long will it take? We are all officials of Qingshui Yamen, but we have no income, and we all rely on a meager salary to maintain our capital. It¡¯s been half a year, aren¡¯t you going to starve me to death?¡±
Xu Jie sighed: "It's our fault that this happened to you. But the treasury is so empty, what can we do? Half a year's salary. Tens of thousands of officials in the capital, which adds up to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Now. It¡¯s a snowstorm again, and we need to provide relief everywhere. The court has more places to spend money, don¡¯t these things mean more to our salary?¡±
"What kind of snow disaster?" Some officials sneered: "We don't have money to pay salaries, but we have money to build palaces and temples. The problem lies in Zhongnanhai. The root of the problem lies with the foolish emperor. Everyone, let's rush in today and make a fool of ourselves in front of His Majesty. , we must ask the emperor to stop the Xiyuan project and replenish our salaries. If we don¡¯t see the emperor today, we won¡¯t go back!"
Wu Jie understood clearly and said for a long time that the reason why these people were making such a fuss was to ask for salary.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and when it comes to eating, no wonder they get angry.
In an instant, someone wanted to rush into Xiyuan.
"Who dares!" Chen Hong shouted.
Xu Jie waved his hands to everyone: "Everyone, His Majesty is resting. If you really want to see the Holy Spirit, just wait here. Why bother to rush in?"
He glanced at the attendant beside him.
The attendant took out a maza from behind and stretched it open.
Xu Jie sat down, blocked the door, and said slowly: "How about I wait with you all? You guys should feel relieved now."
? ?Ju Zheng and Gao Gong also stood behind Xu Jie and said at the same time: "We are also waiting here together."
Everyone looked at each other and nodded at the same time: "Since the three elders are here, let's wait."
Wu Jie breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Xu Jie's prestige was still high and he could control everyone. Otherwise, if everyone really breaks into the palace, there will really be no way to deal with the matter.
Just as he was about to go back to Xiyuan, Jiajing had woken up. When he passed by the three of them, Zhang Juzheng suddenly glanced at Wu Jie.
Wu Jie was shocked, and suddenly realized that there was no need for him to run to see Jiajing now.
Zhang Juzheng must have given him this look to tell him to go see him. Yes, that¡¯s definitely the case!
This matter has caused such a big fuss, which shows that they are asking for salary, but in fact, someone is trying to drag He into the water. Because of his status, the Third Prime Minister cannot give advice to the prince at this time, and if the situation is like this, he can't get away with it.
Now, Tan Lun from the palace has gone to Fujian to become the governor, and no one has any ideas.
I guess I don¡¯t know what kind of chaos the mansion is in now.
To be honest, Wu Jie has never been to the palace before, in order to avoid suspicion.
¡°But things have reached a critical moment, but they can¡¯t care about so much.
Although I don¡¯t know how to deal with this matter, I still need to see the prince and discuss it with everyone. Moreover, I had just returned to Beijing for a day, and the information and information at hand were limited. The most important thing now was to find out the situation clearly.
Thinking of this, Wu Jie stopped going in immediately, turned around and ran out.
When he ran outside, he waved for a sedan, told the direction, and urged the bearer to leave quickly.
When leaving, he still glanced outside through the gap in the curtains.
When I looked over, I happened to see three familiar figures standing on the corner of the street.
These three people were all wearing casual clothes, with their heads and faces hidden in their furs, obviously not wanting anyone to see their true colors.
But Wu Jie was so familiar with these three people that he could recognize them at a glance no matter how they disguised themselves.
These three people are none other than King Jing, Lin Tingchen and Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang.
In an instant, Wu Jie suddenly understood: "This scene in front of me was caused by Xu Wei, and only he can offer such a vicious plan!"
Officials¡¯ salaries have not been paid for half a year. It was a long time ago that Hai Rui was arrested.
" Hundreds of officials are making a big fuss in Xiyuan. If it doesn't happen sooner or later, it happens today. Who else could it be if it wasn't Xu Wenchang?
"It seems that Xu Wei has become King Jing's staff."
This opponent is very powerful!
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