"So what do we do next?"
"Let's eat first. After eating, we'll get a good night's sleep. Tomorrow morning, you go to the Ministry of Justice, bring plenty of money, and have a good talk with those constables!"
"Ministry of Justice?"
Hearing Yuan Xingchi say this, the coachman looked at him with some confusion.
"According to the adult's plan, it won't be long before the adult enters the capital, and it's likely he'll have to stay in the Ministry of Justice for a few days this time!"
"The adult is an official of the imperial court, so shouldn't he be in the Censorate if something happens?"
"There are no places to detain criminals in the Censorate. Whether it's the Crown Prince or Prince Yun, if they want to win over the adult, they will definitely resort to some tactics. We can't give them this opportunity!"
Yuan Xingchi said as he tasted the delicacies sent by Liang Shicheng.
"Sometimes I really don't understand this Grand Commandant Liang. Why does he help us calculate against the Crown Prince with such ease?"
The coachman asked Yuan Xingchi with some confusion as he ate.
"What else could it be? It's because those old ministers around the Crown Prince are tactless! Although he came from a eunuch background, he is indeed the Crown Prince's true protector at this moment. As soon as the Crown Prince's situation stabilized a little, those old guys started thinking about discarding him. Don't you think Liang Shicheng would be scared?"
After listening to his analysis, the coachman finally understood.
After all this talk, that's how it was. But upon reflection, it was indeed human nature. Liang Shicheng's support for the Crown Prince was originally for his own future plans.
However, as soon as the Crown Prince's situation stabilized a little, those people actually wanted to cast him aside and try to separate him from the Crown Prince.
If the Crown Prince really ascended the throne, wouldn't those guys tear Liang Shicheng to pieces!
"Alright, with such delicious food, let's not talk about such uninteresting things. Eating and drinking to our heart's content is the main thing!"
Seeing his thoughtful look, Yuan Xingchi said with a smile.
"You are right, sir!"
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"Useless! A bunch of useless people!"
Back in his mansion, Cai You was completely enraged.
To think that the Minister of Personnel, a Grand Councilor of the state, would cause such trouble! Cai You now hated Bai Shizhong to death.
This guy couldn't even do bribery properly, and when something went wrong, he couldn't even find a scapegoat.
And Xin Zhuo, whom he had considered his confidant, hesitated at the critical moment.
Because of his hesitation, Bai Shizhong's complete downfall was directly caused.
At this moment, to compensate for this loss, he had to sacrifice an actual Vice Minister of Revenue to exchange for a Vice Minister of Personnel.
Although the Vice Minister of Revenue was not as important as the Vice Minister of Personnel, he had painstakingly secured this position.
Once it was lost, getting it back would not be so simple.
After all, the Ministry of Revenue now managed the country's household registration, land, money and grain, and taxation matters.
Both the Crown Prince and Wang Fu were eyeing this position covetously.
Moreover, without the position of Grand Councilor, even if he could secure a Vice Minister of Personnel position.
Wang Fu or the Crown Prince, or even his father who was already semi-retired, would definitely compete for the remaining Vice Minister position in the Ministry of Personnel.
Before, with Bai Shizhong's presence, the Emperor would deliberately consider balance, but now, without the position of Grand Councilor.
He had no one by his side who could take over the powers of the Grand Councilor. He himself was becoming confused about how to continue the game.
However, the only thing that was certain was that if he could not quickly come up with a solution, his influence in the imperial court would be greatly reduced for a long time to come...
Even if the situation were allowed to continue to develop, the forces he had painstakingly gathered would soon completely disappear.
If that were the case, he would likely be ruthlessly abandoned by the Emperor very soon.
"Scholar..."
"Get out!"
As soon as the servant outside knocked on the study door, the enraged Cai You rudely interrupted him.
"Scholar, Minister Fan is here..."
Although Cai You's enraged voice made the servants tremble, the person visiting today was the current Minister of Justice.
Especially at this time, if Cai You refused him entry, the subsequent matters would only become more troublesome.
"Please invite him in!"
Hearing that it was Fan Zhixu, Cai You finally took a deep breath and temporarily restrained his temper.
Now he truly regretted it. If it weren't for the fact that Fan Zhixu had just been put in this position by him, he could indeed have used him as a temporary transition.
Unfortunately, there was no regret medicine in this world. Fan Zhixu had only been in the position of Minister of Justice for less than a month, and it was as difficult as ascending to heaven to push him up.
"Scholar, what is this..."
Seeing the mess in the room, Fan Zhixu coughed lightly and asked somewhat awkwardly.
"Did you hear about what happened today..."
This was his trusted subordinate, and Cai You had no need to hide anything from him now.
"I did hear some things, but I don't know the specific details..."
Fan Zhixu said with a wry smile.
"Let's go to the side hall to talk. Let them clean this up!"
After exhaling a long breath, looking at the mess on the ground, Cai You shook his head and then got up to say.
"As the scholar directs!"
Fan Zhixu didn't say much, as this was Cai You's study.
However, as he was about to leave, Fan Zhixu suddenly glanced at a half-written letter scattered on the ground...
Although it was only a fleeting glance, the two characters "Yelü" at the beginning immediately made Fan Zhixu freeze.
"Let them clean up, let's go!"
Just as he was about to look again, Cai You bent down and put the letter into his sleeve.
"Please, Scholar!"
Fan Zhixu took a deep breath and then hurriedly squeezed out a smile.
As he followed Cai You to the side hall of the Cai family, Fan Zhixu kept trying to recall the details from before.
The surname Yelü had special significance in the Liao Kingdom!
He was very sure that there was absolutely no one with the surname Yelü in the entire Song officialdom!