When the three grand secretaries heard the news and rushed out of Wenyuan Pavilion, they saw eight or nine censors being chased onto the stone bridge by twenty or thirty eunuchs holding sticks.

"Stop!" Zhang Juzheng was furious and shouted, "Stop them!"

Wenyuan Pavilion was a strategic location, and was guarded by the Jinyiwei. A team of Jinyiwei rushed forward and rescued the censors.

Those eunuchs knew the seriousness of the matter. No one dared to step onto the stone bridge. They didn't even dare to say a harsh word and just slipped away.

"Sir, catch them..." Several officials ran away with their official hats and boots lost, and their official robes were torn. They sat on the ground sweating profusely, but they did not forget to ask the university scholars to catch the criminals.

"Don't worry, they can't escape." Zhang Juzheng said lightly. He would not arrest anyone. It would be passive to arrest anyone at this time.

As long as you get involved in this kind of internal and external contradiction, you are doomed to be unpopular with both sides. The most correct way to deal with it is to hide behind, mediate in the middle, leave after the matter is done, and hide your achievements and fame...

Uh, this seems to be taught by the master.

Alas, the master was really open-hearted and taught me everything he knew... Zhang Juzheng sighed in shame.

Then he continued to think that the imperial guards guarding the city gates probably wouldn't arrest anyone... because they were affiliated with the Imperial Stables.

If things go wrong, there might be someone from the Imperial Stables among the eunuchs who beat people up...

Who knows? Zhao Shouzheng shook his head and asked the Jinyiwei to go out and take the rest of the censors to Wenyuan Pavilion. He also asked the Zhongshu Sheren to prepare a duty room to accommodate the attendants who were arriving one after another.

Then he whispered to the two gentlemen, "Bugu will go to the inner court to inquire about the situation. Please stay here... and watch over them."

"Yes." The two university scholars nodded. They were more than happy to have Zhang Juzheng willing to step forward and solve the problem at this time.

"You two, since Lord Xu is not here, we have to learn to make our own decisions." Zhang Juzheng's expression became serious and he said solemnly, "Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. I don't believe that the three of us are not as good as a teacher!"

"..." Those who can become Grand Secretary are all very smart. Li Chunfang and Chen Yiqin could naturally hear the deep meaning hidden in Zhang Juzheng's words.

Doesn't the Prime Minister want to see us laugh? We must solve all the problems and prove to His Majesty that this cabinet can be turned around without anyone!

The two gentlemen were proud people, and were already irritated by Lord Xu's behavior of treating them like children.

Now that Lord Xu's direct disciple has said this, why are they afraid to follow suit?

The two of them nodded heavily and said in a deep voice: "Okay! Let's listen to Taiyue!"

~~

Without even a guard with him, Zhang Xianggong went out of the back door of the cabinet, went out of the "Dongshang South Gate", crossed Donghuamen Street, and came to the Dongshang North Gate.

The upper north gate is the main entrance to the twenty-four offices of the inner court, and guards from the Imperial Stables and the East Depot are stationed in front of the gate.

Seeing Bu Gu's iconic beautiful beard, the Dongchang guards knelt down quickly and respectfully invited him in, so there was no need for him to report.

Zhang Juzheng had walked a short distance north along the long corridor when Feng Bao received the report and hurried out to meet him.

"So fast?" Zhang Juzheng smiled charmingly.

"I just happened to be in the inner factory, so I can't rush there." Feng Bao pursed his lips and smiled, "If you don't mind, please come over and have a cup of tea."

"Why would I dislike it?" Zhang Juzheng smiled and followed Feng Bao to the duty room of the Inner East Factory.

The East Factory was located north of Dong'anmen, outside the Forbidden City. Feng Bao, as the commander of the East Factory and concurrently the Imperial Horse Supervisor, in order to facilitate the command of the two offices, he ingeniously set up another East Factory on the North Street of Dongshangbeimen, called the Inner Factory. The original East Factory was called the Outer Factory.

Everyone in the inner factory is his confidant, so he can speak to them more casually.

After the tea, Feng Bao took the initiative to say: "Uncle, I'm glad you didn't come to me about the matter of the Tengxiang Four Guards."

"Yongting, we are friends, Bugu will certainly not embarrass his friends." Zhang Juzheng held the teacup and gently skimmed the foam and said, "This time, you should know why I am here?"

"Of course." Feng Bao was so excited that he wanted to open his heart to his uncle, "It was Lü Yong, Gao Xiang, Tao Jin, and Xu Yi. They were resentful after being whipped by the censors yesterday, so they gathered more than a hundred capable eunuchs and ambushed them at Huiji Gate today."

"How did Lu Yong and the others guess that the censor would go to Jimen when he returns today?" Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Wumen Gate was guarded by imperial guards, so it was not appropriate to start a fight. Huiji Gate was an unmanned inner gate, so it was indeed a good place to ambush someone.

But today is not the day for a ceremony, and even Bu Gu could not have guessed that the censors would come to the cabinet in unison.

"I told them." Feng Bao said frankly, "Ouyang Yijing is too fierce, so the Eastern Depot planted spies in his house."

"Is that so..." Zhang Juzheng thought to himself that it was no wonder, the censors had no reason to blame for their loss.

"I also told them to let the censors take action first." Feng Bao said quietly, "This way, we can have an explanation when we go to His Majesty."

"Haha..." Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but laugh, but you have a hundred sticks.

"This matter was instructed by Teng Xiang and agreed to by all the people in the Imperial Household Department." Feng Bao sold out all his colleagues in the Imperial Household Department.

But he believed that Shuda would not harm Yongting.

"Because of the rejection?" Zhang Juzheng asked softly.

"Well, what else could it be?" Feng Bao said with his anger still lingering: "This time the censor really pissed us off, so he gave those brats some advice."

After a pause, he apologized, "I didn't inform you in advance because I was afraid that it would embarrass Uncle."

"Yongting is a considerate person." Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but smile with relief, and asked, "What are you going to do next?"

"What else can we do? We just have to grit our teeth and bear it." Feng Bao said with a wry smile, "I guess His Majesty is also very angry with the censors. As long as the cabinet does not favor them, there won't be a big problem."

"Yongting, you know that Bu Gu has never had a good impression of censors." Zhang Juzheng sneered and said, "But it is the prime minister who can control the six ministries, nine ministers, and all the officials, not us three nominal ministers."

"In my heart, Uncle Da is the real prime minister." Feng Bao said sincerely, and then he worriedly said, "What does Uncle Da mean by that the civil servants will jointly write a letter to speak up for the censors?"

"Of course, when the public is in a state of turmoil, who knows what shocking things they will do." Zhang Juzheng said solemnly, "Maybe they will even beat the drum to report it."

"Ah, the drum that shakes the nine heavens?" Feng Bao's face turned pale, he was a little scared. If the incident really got out of hand, the emperor might throw one or more of them to the outer court to vent his anger.

"I have a suggestion, Yongting might as well listen to it." Zhang Juzheng looked kind-hearted.

"Why did Uncle teach me?" Feng Bao looked at Zhang Juzheng.

"Quick! Report to His Majesty quickly, make a decision quickly, and deal with it quickly!" Then Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "As long as you are fast enough, trouble will not catch up with you."

"Uncle, do you mean that we should get everything done before the civil officials take any action?" Feng Bao understood.

"Yes, Yongting has a high level of understanding." Zhang Juzheng praised, and then said quietly: "Hit your own people more often, since they are your own people. Hit outsiders less... Don't kill anyone."

"I understand!" Feng Bao now understood exactly what to do. He stood up and clasped his fists to express his gratitude, saying, "Uncle, you are such a talented prime minister. You have made such clear arrangements even though you have only tried your hand at this. Thank you very much. I will do as you say!"

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