Not only that, the memorial in the official's hand was thrown directly onto the already wet ground after he said this.

It was obvious that Emperor Zhao was angry.

Upon seeing this, almost all the civil and military officials, close ministers, eunuchs, and even the soldiers on duty at the martial arts school who had gathered here for the Northern Expedition simulation were stunned into silence.

Even the ministers who came hurriedly had serious expressions.

The people in front were more or less frightened by Emperor Zhao's rage. As for the ministers who had read the memorial, it was not that they were cowardly, but Li Gang and Li Boji were really too much this time. This memorial could almost be said to be a break between the two sides.

The political consequences of a prime minister who had peacefully abdicated and whose political influence had not yet disappeared publicly breaking up with an incumbent prime minister were self-evident... After all, according to the rules, if an imperial censor publicly impeached a prime minister, the prime minister would have to resign as per the routine procedure and then hand over the decision of whether to stay or go to the government... This was an important means for the court system to control the prime minister.

Although Li Gang was not a censor, his impeachment had greater political power than that of a censor!

To put it bluntly, ordinary people cannot afford to write this memorial, not even the prime minister can bear it, only Emperor Zhao can bear it.

To be more specific, in this memorial delivered through public channels, Li Boji directly impeached Zhang Deyuan as a villain who had been promoted due to luck, a person who had brought misfortune upon the country, and a person who had formed a clique and tried to control the Censorate by "colluding with the villains", "expelling the loyal and upright", and forming an illegal clique!

Faced with such a direct attack, apart from other things, the person involved, Zhang Jun, had to make a swift and direct political response. It is no wonder that after reading this memorial in Chongwenyuan, several ministers hurried to Emperor Zhao who was watching the Northern Expedition simulation at the martial arts school.

But no one expected that Emperor Zhao would be so angry after reading this memorial, and even flew into a rage in public... It can only be said that this emperor's temper is indeed getting worse.

"Look at what he wrote!" Zhao Jiu turned around and snatched the muddy memorial from Lan Gui, the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who had just picked it up, and then shook off the water droplets on his sleeves. "Who is a bunch of villains?! Who is loyal?! Does not doing things according to his ideas mean 'having ulterior motives'?"

After saying this, the official threw the memorial to the ground again and turned his back again.

Chief escort Lan Gui had no choice but to bend down to pick up the memorial from the soaked ground and then tidy it up a bit.

Facing the emperor's back, to be honest, the scene was still a bit weird... Zhang Jun bowed his head and said nothing, of course, but the matter involved the prime minister, the other three ministers, including Wang Yan and many others who were here before, although they had a lot to say and some were willing to say it, they just didn't want to interrupt.

The rain was getting heavier. Zhao Jiu, who was wearing only a wingless cap and casual clothes, looked up at the sky full of raindrops. It took him a long time to catch his breath, but he turned back and looked at him:

"Come in, don't get wet in the rain, and put away the sand table in the hall... There's no rush."

However, although he said he would go in, the official did not walk towards the martial arts hall in front of him. Instead, he snatched the memorial from the guard Lan again, turned around and went out, and finally walked towards Xinggang, not far from the martial arts hall.

The people around looked at each other in bewilderment. How could anyone really go into the martial arts hall to take shelter from the rain? From the Prime Minister of the capital province, Zhao Ding, almost everyone followed Emperor Zhao out. Even Wang Yan, who was originally in charge of the simulation here, ordered the sand tables to be put away and hurried to Xinggang to chase after them.

It is said that on top of the Apricot Hill are the finest apricot trees transplanted from all over the country during the reign of Emperor Taishang Daojun. They almost cover the entire hill. It is now March, and the apricot flowers are in full bloom, filling the hill with green and red. Not only does it shield the people who climb the hill from most of the spring rain, it also creates a truly spectacular March scene.

However, Emperor Zhao liked to come here recently, or at least he came here today, obviously not because of the apricot blossoms on the hill, because after he came to the apricot hill next to the city wall, he entered the thatched pavilion on the top of the hill, and stood outside the pavilion with his hands behind his back. Then, regardless of the rain, he looked beyond the apricot blossoms on the hill to the distance.

This is the best bird's-eye view point for the entire imperial city and even the northern part of the inner city.

On clear days, you can even see the edge of the inner city from afar. Emperor Zhao has actually been here several times.

However, looking from here in the drizzle, only the outlines of the buildings in the entire imperial city were visible, and the entire inner city of Bianliang was also hidden in the mist and rain.

However, in the northeast direction, the Kaibao Temple Iron Tower, far outside the inner city wall, is still visible from afar.

Moreover, the noisy sounds outside Donghua Gate can still penetrate the drizzle all over the city and the misty fragrance of Xinggang and reach the thatched pavilion.

It has a unique flavor.

After looking for a while, perhaps the misty scenery suppressed his inner anger, Emperor Zhao finally turned around, but still did not enter the thatched pavilion. Instead, he stood outside in the rain and read Li Gang's memorial in his hand again.

But to be honest, even after he recovered, when he looked at it again, Zhao Jiu didn't look at it for long before shaking his head in public, but he was not as angry as before.

After reading it, Emperor Zhao handed the memorial to Wang Yan, who had the highest status at the time except for the four prime ministers, and asked Wang Yan and others to pass it around for reading.

At this time, these people finally understood why the government was so angry.

Because this memorial contained much more than what Zhang Jun had said in the previous memorial at the Military Academy...Li Gang not only attacked Zhang Jun personally and impeached Zhang Jun, he also directly attacked Emperor Zhao personally and issued direct advice to him.

Of course, there were also criticisms of Zhang Jun's package.

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