"Godfather."

Seeing Chen Hong coming in, the four eunuchs in the camp hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Chen Hong ignored them and went straight to Teng Xiang, threw the pile of memorials into his arms, and shouted, "This is outrageous!"

"What are you yelling about? As long as His Majesty is here, nothing can happen." Teng Xiang couldn't help but frown. He always felt that these eunuchs lacked respect for him. Now, they started yelling in front of their disciples.

But when Teng Xiang saw the memorial at the top, he didn't bother to argue with Chen Hong. "Hey, 'Please return the four Tengxiang guards to the Imperial Horse Administration...', this isn't the memorial from Duke Cheng, how come it's back?"

"You'll know when you see it!" Chen Hong had a long face to begin with, and he became like a donkey in anger.

Lu Yong and the other three were originally planning to leave and come back after the first and third ancestors had finished their talk.

But when they heard Teng Xiang read the name in the memorial, their hearts skipped a beat and they could no longer move their legs.

The four of them knew what this memorial from Duke Chengguo meant to them.

Means everything.

Teng Xiang frowned and unfolded the memorial. He jumped up from the tiger-skin chair and shouted, "Reject?!"

Then I saw a signature ticket pasted on the last page of the memorial.

There was a big blue stamp on the ticket with the words "rejected". The reason for rejection was written in blue pen:

'The regiment system was established by the late emperor. During the reign of Emperor Jiajing, the regiment was abolished and the old system of the three major camps of the second ancestor was restored. Officials have a fixed number of people and eunuchs are not used. This is a rule that will never be changed. The legacy is clear, and it cannot be changed now! Therefore, I have the audacity to seal and return the memorial. I will die and ask Your Majesty to reconsider.'

Then came a long list of names of the Censors, which made the father-in-law feel a headache.

"This, this, can we still play like this?"

Since Teng Xiang entered the Imperial Household Department, he has never seen this kind of gameplay!

In his opinion, once the imperial edict was drafted by the cabinet and approved by the Imperial Household Department, it would become law. How could it be rejected?

Shocked, Teng Xiang couldn't help but ask, "Does the Sixth Department have this power?"

"Ministry Six does have this power, but it is not often used." Chen Hong secretly rolled his eyes when he heard this, thinking what a fool, why would he let him be the seal-in-chief?

But this was not the time to laugh at the joke, so Eunuch Chen said with a stern face:

"I'm afraid it hasn't been used for decades."

"Why? Are you bullying the weak and afraid of the strong?!" Teng Xiang angrily threw the memorial to the ground and said, "Do we look like we are easy to bully?"

Chen Hong thought to himself, yes, it is precisely because you are an idiot and His Majesty is a pushover that those officials are so unscrupulous.

He waved his hand, asking the pale-faced Lu Yong and the other three to leave first, then he picked up the ill-fated memorial and sat on his own rosewood armchair.

"Before, my brother, you have never seen a rejection because the cabinet and the six departments communicate well. According to the rules, on the first and fifteenth day of each month, the heads of the six departments will go to the cabinet to hold a meeting with the Grand Secretary. Whenever there are disagreements between the two sides, they will make their positions clear. If they can be negotiated, they will naturally pass smoothly. If they cannot be negotiated, the cabinet will not vote on it again. Otherwise, if it is rejected by the six departments, it will be the emperor who loses face, but the Grand Secretary will be punished."

"We all know all this..." Teng Xiang twitched his lips, but he also felt relieved and said, "We all followed the draft, so let the cabinet go and discuss it with the six departments."

"It won't produce any results." Chen Hong shook his head decisively and said, "Brother, don't you understand that the six departments' rejection this time is not only a demonstration to His Majesty, but also aimed at the three Grand Secretaries in the Cabinet."

"Hey, isn't it said that Kedao is a dog raised by the cabinet? Why did he turn against his master?" Teng Xiang asked in confusion.

"Because the real master is not in the cabinet now." Chen Hong said softly.

"Oh, you mean Lord Xu?" Now even Teng Xiang finally understood. He lowered his voice and asked, "Could it be that this was all directed by Lord Xu from the beginning to the end?"

"Yes, this play is called killing the chicken to scare the monkey. It is to let the three grand secretaries know that the cabinet cannot move without him." Chen Hong sighed: "But we have become the poor chicken."

"What an unprovoked disaster... What's the crime of the chicken?" Hearing this, Teng Xiang sighed in conviction and said, "If I had known this, I would have advised Your Majesty to stay for a while."

This was simply hilarious. He seemed to have forgotten how anxious he was when he heard the emperor agree to send the memorial down.

"Anyway, let's report this to His Majesty first." Chen Hong pointed to the other memorials and said, "Oh, there's another chicken."

~~

In the eastern warm room of the Qianqing Palace, Teng Xiang and Chen Hong dared not breathe, waiting for Emperor Longqing to finish reading the pile of memorials.

After reading it, Emperor Longqing leaned back on the pillow in a depressed mood, looked up at the sky and said, "I should have listened to Master Zhang and stayed in the palace. It seems that I am really not capable enough..."

"Alas, Your Majesty, please don't blame yourself. Who could have thought that the Six Departments would suddenly attack? In the past, we only saw them seal the decrees of the six ministries, but never saw them take action against the imperial edict." Chen Hong hurriedly whispered to comfort him.

"Yes, Your Majesty, why not let the Cabinet go and have a meeting with the Six Departments... and wait for them to come up with a result." Teng Xiang also whispered.

"Well, this is the only way for now." Longqing threw the memorial on the table and ordered: "In the future, if you see any memorial impeaching Zhao Hao, keep them all and don't bother bringing them to me."

"Yes..." Teng Xiang and Chen Hong couldn't help but feel envious when they heard this. What does this mean?

This means that Zhao Hao is basically immune to magical attacks... uh, no, it's just that the censors can't do anything to him.

Because all the memorials impeaching him would be kept by the emperor.

Since the ministers can't see it, it's naturally the same as not existing.

However, this method also has a mocking nature, and I am afraid that it will bring about more fierce attacks from Zhao Hao.

Moreover, the censors were not limited to submitting impeachments. They could also impeach the emperor on the spot during court meetings!

Of course, if the emperor was determined not to attend court, the censors would be helpless...

For example, the late emperor had used this method to make the censors lose their temper.

~~

As the Imperial Household Department had expected, when the Censors learned from the Cabinet that all the memorials impeaching Zhao Hao were kept by the Emperor, they immediately became more eager to fight.

Several section chiefs gave instructions that from today on, each person would submit a copy of the book a day, and all the secretaries would submit a memorial to impeach Zhao Hao.

If eight or ten books are useless, then use a hundred or a thousand books. Even an iron rod can be ground into a needle!

This was not enough, they also informed the Censorate and asked the censors to take action as well, so that the joint efforts of the imperial examination authorities could create momentum!

There are extremely smooth communication channels between departments.

Soon, the Censorate received the news. Seeing that the time for the much-anticipated gang fight had arrived, the censors were ready to give it a try.

However, there is a difference between the Censor and the Secretary. The latter is relatively independent and only responsible to the emperor, so they have the final say on how to submit the report.

The former also has his immediate superior, the Left Censor-in-Chief.

ps. Third update, please give me monthly tickets and recommendation tickets~~