Li Guang remained silent... Although he remained silent, he already felt in his heart that what his son said was right.
As an old friend of several decades, Chen Gongfu understood him, and he also understood each other. Li Guang knew very well that Chen Gongfu was not a villain who changed his mind according to the situation. A villain who changed his mind according to the situation would not insist on criticizing Chengxue for decades when Taoism was flourishing, and would not see the light of official career in his fifties or sixties like himself because of opposing Cai Jing and advocating war.
But then again, just as Chen Gongfu believed that Li Guang was just being irrational and seeking fame, Li Guang had also long noticed a big problem in Chen Gongfu's character - perhaps because he had wasted a lot of time in his early years, this person was often willing to compromise on some small issues for the sake of the so-called overall situation that he approved of in his heart.
This is exactly what happened. Chen Gongfu was probably persuaded by Zhang Deyuan and agreed that the Northern Expedition was related to the foundation of the country's survival. He believed that the Northern Expedition was the top priority at the moment. So for the sake of this overall situation, he was willing to accept various extraordinary actions such as asking the two saints to write a letter of apology and sending troops to the south to suppress the opposition in order to facilitate the smooth implementation of the matter.
Relatively speaking, Li Guang was also somewhat convinced by Zhang Jun and recognized that the Northern Expedition was the trend of the times, but his problem was that he was unwilling to accept those extraordinary actions.
The two have had such personalities for a long time, and similar differences have always existed, but what Li Guang could not have imagined was that this difference would actually reach the point of severing their decades-long friendship.
Am I really wrong?
Or was Chen Gongfu wrong?
Or maybe both of them are right, but Emperor Zhao's attitude towards Zhang Jun's words has already indicated that the situation has reached a new point, one where Emperor Zhao must abandon the opposition in order to carry out the Northern Expedition, or maybe the opposition has already reached the point where it is no longer a force to be reckoned with?
Of course, it is possible that Chen Gongfu was deliberately trying to scare me, right?
In short, Li Guang couldn't sleep all night.
The next day, the first day of March, was the day of the grand court meeting, so although he was not in good spirits, Li Guang still got up early and prepared to go to court. But at this time, the Chief Censor was surprised to find that the memorial he had prepared long ago but which had brought him great trouble had disappeared.
The memorial that was placed on the table in his study disappeared out of thin air.
Li Taifa was stunned at first, then he felt relieved, and finally under time pressure, he hurriedly put on his official uniform and walked out of the door. Looking at his three sons waiting at the door, he finally came to his senses... It turned out that Chen Gongfu came here yesterday not to scare him, but to scare his sons?
An old man who is almost sixty years old is bullying three young men who have just reached adulthood. Does he still have any moral principles?
However, on this morning, Li Guang once again refreshed his understanding of his old friends. Some people really did not abide by the ethics of martial arts - this Minister of Personnel was the first to step forward and submit a memorial after the court meeting began, suggesting that several censors who had served in the Censorate for a long time be transferred out of the prefectures and counties, and then new people be promoted to the Censorate!
The first one was Li Jing.
What’s interesting is that Li Jing did not object, but went with the flow and accepted the arrangement of the Ministry of Personnel to be the magistrate of Xingqing Prefecture.
In addition, at the grand court meeting that day, because the Minister of Justice Ma Shen wrote a letter saying that the memorial submitted by Prime Minister Zhang Jun was inappropriate, Emperor Zhao issued an edict in court, ordering the important ministers of the Secret Council and all officials to discuss the matter publicly.
Among them, 27 important officials of the Secret Cabinet agreed with Prime Minister Zhang Jun, and 6 thought it was inappropriate; among the officials, 136 agreed with Prime Minister Zhang Jun, and 17 thought it was inappropriate.
Immediately, Emperor Zhao showed the list of those who agreed to the proposal to those who thought it was inappropriate, and officially issued an edict: "The court has reached a conclusion. We will act according to what Prime Minister Zhang Jun said."
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