Zhang Jun remained unafraid and asked proudly, "If Your Majesty does not think that these people have been isolating the inside and outside in recent days, given Your Majesty's favor towards these old ministers, why are you asking about this matter now?"

Zhao Jiu was speechless, Lu Haowen was horrified, Kang Lu said nothing but kowtowed repeatedly, and even Yang Yizhong, who was standing inside the palace gate, did not change his expression.

At this moment, the incompetence of Zhao Jiu as an ordinary student was revealed. If you asked him to share weal and woe and humble himself to win people's hearts, he could do it. If you asked him to use some small tricks like in TV dramas, he could do it easily. But if you really asked him to order a punishment... especially since he knew very well that the crime of isolating the inside and the outside was a serious crime no matter where it happened, and it might even result in loss of life... when the time came, he hesitated.

"I just fell into a well, and the prime ministers arranged eunuchs and imperial guards to cover me. They may not have bad intentions." When he thought of this, as if possessed by a ghost, Zhao Jiu started to cover for those people.

Upon hearing these words suddenly, Kang Lu, who had been tense for half a day, almost collapsed to the ground.

"We will know if they have bad intentions once we check." Zhang Jun was definitely well prepared. "Your Majesty, please summon all the ministers and check the memorials to see if any civil or military memorials were intercepted by these traitors! If so, that will be their crime; if not, I am the one who has stirred up trouble and slandered the prime minister without authorization!"

Zhao Jiu and Lu Haowen who wanted to speak were completely speechless, while Kang Lu's emotions were so mixed that he almost collapsed.

It was nothing. Emperor Zhao, who had just come into contact with the Song Dynasty system, might need some time to figure out the ins and outs of it. But the experienced official Kang knew that Zhang Jun's final blow was like a decisive blow on the Cuju field, which basically declared the political death of him and that small group. Even when things developed to this point, Emperor Zhao could no longer control the direction of the future...

In fact, as Yang Yizhong hinted before, the political system of the Song Dynasty is here, the political functions of the censors and Hanlin scholars are here, connected to the prime minister, eunuchs, the Privy Council, and the Imperial Camp, one link after another. Emperor Zhao is neither stupid nor crazy, and it is nothing short of a fantasy for the prime minister and eunuchs to join forces to control the Forbidden City.

Even if Emperor Zhao was really stupid, they would have to have Concubine Pan carrying the royal heir to appear before they could have a chance of success.

But back to the present, what made Officer Kang even more indignant was that, now that things had developed to this point, Wang Yuan and Yang Yizhong might be pardoned because they were "rude warriors", Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan might just be expelled because they were prime ministers, but he, Officer Kang, might very well be killed or exiled to Shamen Island because he was just a eunuch... because he originally had the favor of the emperor, but this favor disappeared without a trace ten days ago!

The day before yesterday, he was the internal minister who held great power and was almost on par with the prime minister; yesterday he was still confident of victory and thought everything was under control; today, an impeachment by an imperial censor in front of a deputy prime minister could cost him his life!

This is the political game of the old days.

Zhao Jiu had already figured out the reasons behind this, but he remained silent because he began to further weigh and analyze the situation in his mind:

At this point, first of all, he wanted to keep Zhang Jun! And he wanted to employ Zhang Jun! Because no matter if it was speculation or sincerity, this was the first serious minister who publicly made an anti-Jin political declaration to him. For this, he was mentally prepared to tolerate Li Gang's domineering behavior, not to mention that he was a smart man who was good at guessing his own intentions?

Fighting against the Jin is the most important task and the core contradiction!

Secondly, if he retained Zhang Jun, it would be difficult for him to stop the attack launched by Zhang Jun this time, and in this case, he would have to protect Yang Yizhong. By the same token, even if the "national hatred and family feud" was fake, this Yang family general was his reliance for personal safety at this time.

However, at the same time, Zhao Jiu had to worry about one person, and that was the official Kang Lukang who was now slumped on the ground in a daze... At this moment, it was not just a simple matter that a modern man did not dare to kill anyone. He also had to worry about whether this person would get any evidence against him when he came out of the well. What was Yang Yizhong's attitude towards this person?

Thinking of this, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but look up at Yang Yizhong who was standing inside the palace gate...but unexpectedly, at this moment, the other party was also staring at him nervously.

The king and his minister stared at each other for a while. While both sides were still guessing each other's intentions in silence, Kang Lu on the ground noticed this scene, and then completely lost his composure, and turned over and kowtowed:

"Everyone, don't trust Yang Yizhong and Zhang Jun. They are the same kind of people. On the surface, they are righteous, but in fact, they are just flattering villains! They are just pretending to be so because they see that Your Majesty has changed his mind! Let everyone know that Zhang Jun is in Tokyo and is afraid of death. When the country is destroyed, he can't die for his loyalty, so he can only hide in the Imperial College and pretend to be dead! Yang Yizhong treats me with great respect in private, and even stands by when I wash my feet! How can you trust such a villain?!"

Zhao Jiu heard this and made up his mind, so he waved to Yang Yizhong. Seeing the clear instructions, Yang Yizhong, who was also determined, did not dare to neglect it, and went forward to hold down Kang Lu, who was not sure what to say, and then pretended to drag him out of the hall.

The man was pinned down, and Kang Lu came to his senses. He was almost in tears, and he forced himself to kowtow to the Emperor Zhao who was sitting in the hall, wailing: "Everyone, save me, I was confused! I only ask that you let me stay by your side, and I will never be greedy for power again!"

Zhao Jiu instinctively opened his mouth to speak, but in the end he held it back. Instead, he winked at Yang Yi Zhong again, intending for him to take the person away quickly.

Seeing this scene, let alone what Yang Yizhong would think, Kang Lu completely collapsed. He did not plead with Emperor Zhao who was sitting in the palace, but grabbed the corner of Lu Haowen's clothes and said absurd words:

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