It turned out that Zhang Juzheng thought that Dayu Mountain had bad feng shui after inspection, and feared that the mausoleum would be uneasy in the future, so he asked the emperor to consider moving it to Xinglong Mountain. However, after Emperor Wanli personally visited the mausoleum twice, he thought that Dayu Mountain was very auspicious. He also used the example of Qin Shihuang and Mount Li to say that there was no need to be too particular about the location, saying that the eternal stability of the country lies in loving the people, not in the emperor's mausoleum.

Zhang Juzheng was very happy after hearing this. He felt that his disciple had grown up and no longer insisted on his own opinions.

In fact, Wanli mainly wanted to compete with Zhang Juzheng. That was the first time he convinced Mr. Zhang, and he was happy about it for a long time.

Now that a stone had indeed been dug out from Dayu Mountain, Wanli was already too depressed. These three guys were shouting that digging out a stone was a bad omen. They were just talking about something irrelevant. Were they going to make the emperor drink three cups of wine as punishment?

The three of them finally understood why Zhao Shouzheng wanted to cover up the discovery of the stone in Dayu Mountain. He was doing this to help the emperor...

"Who the hell gave you this information? Isn't this a trap for us?" As soon as Zhang Cheng left, Ding Qilu stamped his feet in frustration and said, "You too, jumping into a pit that others dug!"

“I’m not afraid of god-like opponents, but I’m afraid of teammates who are like pigs…” Yang Keli blurted out a line from “Twelve Gold Medals” which was recently popular in Beijing Grand Theater and produced by Xu Brothers.

"I..." Li Zhi was speechless and ashamed, so he ran out.

~~

After leaving the Censorate, he did not go home, but went straight to the Sanjin Guild Hall.

Although Li Zhi was born in Jiangdu, his ancestral home was Datong, and he also returned to Shanxi to participate in the imperial examination. Compared with the perverted Nanzhili, the Shanxi imperial examination was much friendlier...

So although he always regarded himself as a native of Yangzhou, he was actually a member of the Jin Party.

Liu Dongxing and Chu Yu both submitted their resignations and spent the whole day in the club. Eating, drinking and having fun for free, isn't that great?

At this moment, the two of them were eating noodles with red faces, sweat dripping down their cheeks, and their mouths sizzling...

Although Lao Xier eats noodles every day, the noodles he had today were different. There was a layer of shiny red oil floating on the soup.

Besides the vinegar bottles and garlic cloves on the table, there is also a glass jar in the most conspicuous position. It is half filled with red sauce, with a striking trademark on it - Chef Wang's Nanyang-style chili sauce!

There was also a picture of a familiar-looking chef, smiling and giving a thumbs-up.

Yes, it was chili sauce. Actually, this magical substance was introduced to China from America via Europe more than 20 years ago. But Europeans, such as Major Alfonso's adjutant, only used it as an ornamental potted plant to decorate the monotonous space on the ship.

Therefore, this magical item has not been included in the diet of the people of the Ming Dynasty, mainly because of its spicy taste and fear of poison. But it was different when Zhao Hao came. He ordered the Nanyang Botanical Research Institute to test, demonstrate and promote peppers.

The agricultural system is already very skilled in this operation, and the strength of the pepper superstar is there. In just a few years, it has become a new favorite on the tables of the people in Southeast Asia. In that kind of perennially humid and hot environment, peppers are simply the savior of appetite and the dehumidifier of the body!

However, because the diet in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong is relatively light, it has not yet been introduced on a large scale in mainland China, and chili sauce is a rare thing that northerners have never seen.

A few days ago, someone suddenly came to Zhaojia Hutong and delivered a few bottles, saying that it was the group's new product and was best paired with noodles. They asked the old folks for their opinions.

Liu Dongxing and Chu Fu were such important people, how could they not understand that the young minister was implicitly reminding them to abide by the agreement.

After Wang Xijue opened fire, they suddenly realized that the chef Wang on the chili sauce bottle was Wang Xijue! They understood completely that this was a fiery warning from the young minister.

But having said that, this stuff tastes terrible!

Eat a spoonful of noodles, and even if Lao Xier's father is shot, he won't feel bad...

~~

The two were eating chili noodles when they saw Li Zhi come in. Chu Yu called him and said, "Here you are. Have you cut it? If you have, get your own tool."

"I don't care!" Li Zhi's face was dark. He questioned Chu Yu, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, without caring about his status: "Did you tell me?! The rocks dug out of Shou Palace, isn't that a trap for me?!"

"Ball!" Chu Yu frowned unhappily and said, "What the hell is this idiot doing?"

"What the hell?!" Li Zhi said angrily, "Don't tell me you don't know, that's the site chosen by the emperor!"

"Of course I know..." Chu Yu said in shock, "Don't you know? I thought this was known to everyone?!"

"Indeed." Liu Dongxing nodded and said, "In the twelfth and thirteenth years of the Wanli reign, the emperor visited the mausoleum twice with great fanfare. Don't you know that?"

"I thought Zhang Juzheng had the final say..." Li Zhi was speechless for a moment, unwilling to admit that he was a county magistrate in Yunnan at the time and was very ignorant. He then angrily asked: "Then why did you tell me this?!"

"Young man, don't take my kindness for granted!" Chu Yu said in a deep voice, "I told you this secret because I saw that you were in a difficult situation. I asked you to come and help the emperor out! As long as you say that digging out the stone is a good omen, the emperor will surely be very pleased, and maybe the emperor will help you get through this hurdle."

As he said this, he glanced at Chu Yu and said, "You didn't say Daji, did you?"

"I want to involve Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Shouzheng, so I say it is a bad omen..." Li Zhi said dejectedly.

"Ah, you, what can I say to you?" Chu Yu shook his head speechlessly and said, "You said I have already submitted a petition to ask for the consolation of Zhao Xianggong, will I let you cheat him again?"

"Alas." Liu Dongxing shook his head and sighed: "How could such a misunderstanding occur..."

"Is it really a misunderstanding? Aren't you trying to trick me..." Li Zhi murmured.

"Yeah." Chu Yu nodded sincerely.

"Just take it as it is..." Li Zhi turned around and was about to leave in a daze.

"Now that you're here, have a bowl of noodles before leaving." Chu Yu said behind him.

"I hate eating noodles the most! You bastards who eat noodles every day!" Li Zhi yelled and walked away.

"This idiot doesn't want to eat noodles? He must not be from Shanxi, at least not a real Shanxi person." Chu Yu shook his head and sighed.

"What does 'se bazi' mean?" Liu Dongxing shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand. After a while, he sighed and said, "Oh, Taehyung is really something. Old Wang sent him home, but he also taught Li Rupei to hook up with the East Factory... Now it's up to you to clean up the mess."

Taehyung is Jang Yang-moong and Yeo-bae is Lee Shik.

"We can't help it. When the young minister gets angry, our railway construction stops." Chu Yu said helplessly, "We should be quiet until the Zhengtai Line is repaired."

"The shota line was repaired, and then he completely pinched our balls." Liu Dongxing was the prime minister after all, and he already understood that Zhao Hao was putting a leash on them step by step.

It's just that they were the ones who took the initiative to put their heads on the dog chain...

"Just hold it if you want." Chu Yu was very open-minded. He added another spoonful of red chili sauce to the noodles and said, "Just for the sake of being able to eat chili noodles every day, I'll accept it."

"Alas." Liu Dongxing sighed, and quickly added a spoonful of chili sauce and said, "Yeah, let alone arm wrestling, there's no room for fence-sitting, so we'd better join in as soon as possible."

"Hey, you are a royalist." Chu Yu couldn't help but laugh.

"Joining early will help you better protect the emperor." Liu Dongxing sighed through his sore lips and said, "If the Holy Emperor can rule the country, it will be a win-win solution..."

"Haha, quite interesting." Chu Yu nodded and continued to eat noodles. He felt that Liu Dongxing was just worrying about something else. For Lao Xier, the most important thing was to quickly repair the railway.

~~

Li Zhi did not sleep all night after he returned, and the same went for Ding Cilu and Yang Keli.

Although the emperor had made arrangements for them, they could still get by with a shameless attitude. At worst, they could retire with a rank of fourth or fifth rank, and go home to bully the people and bully men and women.

But they were like hungry wolves that had tasted blood or gamblers who had lost all their money and were unwilling to leave the hunting ground and the gambling game.

The next day, the trio decided to give it a go and use their trump card. But they were no longer censors and could no longer report rumors. Moreover, it was safer to let the East Factory report such a serious rumor.

Li Zhi sent his servant to contact Zhang Jing's disciples, and then drank with them at home while waiting for news.

The willow branches in the yard had already sprouted green, but the leaves were listless and covered with a thick layer of dust. The capital had been short of rain and snow since the beginning of winter, and the drought had continued to intensify since the beginning of spring. Now it was already the end of April, and there had been no real rain.

The ground in the capital area was cracked, rivers were dry, and wells were dry. A severe drought seemed inevitable.

But the three censors did not care about the drought. They only cared about more important national affairs, such as unswervingly carrying forward the anti-Zhang movement.

As the sun was setting, Li Zhi's servant, who had gone to contact Zhang Jing, returned dejectedly.

"So, what did Eunuch Zhang say?" Li Zhi said, and then he saw that half of the servant's face was swollen. The answer was obvious.

"Who beat it?" he asked anyway.

"Eunuch Zhang beat him himself. He said... the Queen Mother is still alive. If you want to die, don't involve him. He also said that in the future, he will cooperate with the three of you..." The servant had a sad face and almost said "three idiots". He quickly changed his words and said, "If he cooperates with the three masters again, he will be a fool."

"Alas..." The three of them waved their hands helplessly and asked the servants to leave.

After closing the door, Li Zhi sighed and said, "I didn't expect Zhang Jing to be so cowardly..."

"A man without balls is not a man." Ding Qilu raised his head and drank a cup of bitter wine, saying, "Forget it, I accept my fate. I am going to ask for retirement as the Junior Minister of the Imperial Household. It won't be too shameful to go home, right?"

"Hey, let's go together..." Yang Keli paused and said dissatisfiedly: "That's not right. Why should you be the Minister of the Imperial Household and I be the Minister of the Imperial Household? No, no!"

Because the Shaoqing of Taipu was of the fourth rank and the Shaoqing of Guanglu was of the fifth rank, one wore a red robe and the other wore a blue robe, there was a huge difference between them!

"Why not? I've put in so much effort and received so much criticism. It's reasonable for me to have a higher grade, right?" Ding Qilu glared.

"Bullshit!" This sound was from Li Zhi who said angrily, "I am the leader! How dare you let me be the Junior Minister of the Imperial Household?!"

Because the Honglu Shaoqing has the lowest rank, from the fifth rank...

"Come on, that's enough! If you hadn't led the way, would we have all fallen into the ditch?!" Little Lamb and Little Dingding retorted.

The three of them started to curse at each other and soon it turned into a fight. The crackling sound was really lively!

In fact, Emperor Wanli did not mean to kill three officials with two peaches. He thought that these three officials were of the same level...