Li Ling shook slightly, and quickly agreed, slowly looked up and saw the emperor behind the imperial desk staring at him with a bright look, his face calm, and there was no sign of joy or anger.

But he knew that this problem would determine his entire future, so he did not dare to slack off at all. His brain was running quickly, and he prepared countermeasures and words, and he was determined: "I think those adults who wrote memorials to ask Your Majesty to recall the prince were really wrong this time, including Mr. Zhang Ru!"

"Oh? Didn't you say that you respect your teachers? Since Zhang Hefeng is half of your teacher, how dare you say that he is wrong now?"

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, respecting teachers and respecting the Tao is not a blind obedience. If a teacher makes a mistake, he should also promptly dissuade students. This is a true good disciple, so that the teacher will not make any actions that ultimately make him regret.

"Take this incident as an example. Ruochen knew earlier that this would happen, he would try his best to stop Zhang Ru from participating in this matter."

"Is that so? Do you really think their advice was wrong this time?" the emperor still said with a suspicion.

Li Ling looked back at his scrutiny gaze and nodded slightly: "That's right. From the overall perspective, our dynasty has made the rule that the prince had been guarding the northern border for three years since the time of Taizu. Now the prince has only been in the northern border for more than a year, and it is far from this time. If he rashly recalled it, wouldn't it violate the laws of the ancestors?"

Seeing that the emperor's expression had indeed eased a little, Li Ling felt certain and continued: "In addition, the practice of gathering people to submit memorials is often inappropriate, and it seems to be a threat to the palace! It also posed a difficult problem for Your Majesty. If you don't follow their advice, the people might have a saying that is unfavorable to Your Majesty. This is not something that the ministers should do. And what is particularly worrying about is that their approach has a negative impact on the prince and the soldiers in the northern border of Vietnam."

"Hmm? How do you say this?" The emperor had never expected this before. He became interested immediately. He looked forward slightly and asked at Li Ling.

Li Ling sorted out his thoughts and said: "In my foolish opinion, if this matter is spread to the northern border, it will naturally make the prince embarrassed, especially if His Majesty truly follows his advice and issue an order to recall the prince, the prince will face a dilemma. If he returns to the capital according to the order, he will inevitably be discussed as not following the ancestor's teachings; but if he wants to follow the ancestor's teachings, it is to resist the order. Wouldn't this harm the prince?

"Also, once this matter spreads in northern Xinjiang, how do those soldiers guarding the border think? Maybe some people will think that the prince has no intention of sharing weal and woe with everyone, and think that our Greater Vietnamese North Xinjiang cannot ensure its safety. In this way, the morale of the border soldiers will inevitably be frustrated.

"Even if these ideas are guessed by the villain, it is hard to guarantee that Gui Rong will see through and use them to disrupt our military morale. There is no trivial matter in the army, and once this concern comes true, it will inevitably be another big disaster. Therefore, in my opinion, their memorial is really wrong. Zhang Rushi should be deceived by him and will act for them!"

After saying this big statement, the emperor not only had his expression calmed down, but his eyes were even more appreciative. To be honest, he has been in a very bad mood in the past few days. Faced with the joint memorials of these ministers, he wanted to punish them severely, but was worried about causing greater problems or causing adverse effects on his future reputation. This can be seen from the fact that he only put Zhang Hefeng under house arrest in the Imperial City Department.

In fact, the emperor had not figured out how to deal with this matter. But now, after Li Ling's words, he felt that a flash of clouds could bring out these many great principles to suppress the ministers, which was enough to completely dissipate the impact of this matter.

However, there is another problem, that is, Zhang Hefeng's attitude. As an old minister of the two dynasties and a famous scholar in the world, his attitude towards this matter is enough to influence many scholars. Only by asking him to change his words is the only way to completely solve the problem.

Seeing that the emperor suddenly frowned after smiling slightly, Li Ling quickly guessed his concerns and spoke again: "Your Majesty, I always thought that Zhang Rushi would do something wrong this time, so as long as Your Majesty can be blessed, I believe that he will understand his fault at that time and thus announce the truth in the world!"

The emperor narrowed his eyes and immediately understood what Li Ling meant. In fact, he should have listened to it the other way around. If I could convince Zhang Hefeng to declare that the world was deceived, could Your Majesty let it go?

After looking at Li Ling deeply, the emperor asked slowly: "Are you really sure to convince him?"

"Your Majesty dare not boast about your favor, but I am willing to give it a try."

"Okay, if you really can let him come forward and admit that he was deceived, I will not make any mistakes. Not only that, I will also remember you for your achievements!" The emperor was immediately excited and made a promise.

"I dare not ask for any reward. I have done all this just to prevent the conspiracy of some people from succeeding!"

"Well, you're very good. Since that's the case, you can continue to hold the gold medal. Also, if you have anything to use in this matter, just tell Wei Tang that as long as you do this, you can ask any help you want."

"I obey the order, I do have some things that require the assistance of the Imperial City Department." Li Ling finally felt relieved this time. At least Zhang Hefeng himself was 70% or 80% sure that he could save it.

When Li Ling kowtowed and left the hall, Wei Tang followed him at the emperor's instructions. After accompanying Li Ling for a while, the old eunuch breathed a sigh of relief: "Wen Zhong, you really scared our family this time. Do you know that just now, Long Yan was furious when His Majesty heard that you had gone to the Imperial City Master."

"The officials were frightened. They were just thinking about meeting the Confucian Master at that time, but they forgot that this matter might have implicated Eunuch Wei. Please forgive me..." As he said that, Li Ling turned around solemnly and bowed to him.

It is not inconsistent to say that the two of them are doing this at the moment. After all, Li Ling is still dressed as a little eunuch. When Wei Tang thought of this, he didn't feel a smile on his face, and then waved his hand: "Forget it, you are also unintentional. Our family is not that narrow-minded person."

"Thank you."

"By the way, our family still wants to ask you, can you really convince Zhang Hefeng? Our family has had some contacts with him. This old guy has always been stubborn. As long as it is something he recognizes, even the nine-headed cow may not be able to get back."

"Although it's a bit disrespectful to say this, in the eyes of Xiaguan, many things in the world cannot be done because the method is wrong and cannot convince someone, because he has not found the weakness he cares about. Although Mr. Zhang Ru is a little stubborn, as long as he grasps certain flaws, he can still change his original ideas."

"So, have you found a way to change his mind?"

"I already have an idea, but I still need some assistance from the Imperial City Department..." As he said that, Li Ling expressed some of his requests.

Wei Tang listened carefully and finally smiled: "What is my problem? It turns out that it's just a few trivial matters. You can rest assured that you will be able to hand over the relevant matters to you tomorrow."

"Then the official will wait for the good news. I will go to the Imperial City Department tomorrow."

Li Ling and the other party parted ways. After leaving the palace gate, they changed their clothes in the carriage and rushed home.

When he returned home, this holiday was just in the evening. For the sake of Zhang Hefeng, this day that should have been resting made Li Ling busier than usual in the yamen...

...

In the southeast of the inner city of the capital, in a very grand mansion, several young officials looked at the owner of the place with dissatisfaction, Fan Meisheng, Minister of Rites.

"Shangshu Fan, the official asked you the last time. Are you really not going to sue Zhang Rushi?" The young official with a square face and high nose blushed because of his anger. He couldn't help but suddenly get up and asked at Fan Meisheng who was sitting in front of him.

As he asked, the other people also looked at Fan Shangshu, but saw the other party smiled bitterly: "I have already said that this matter should be discussed for a long time, not to act irritably. I am naturally clear about your mood to save the teacher, but sometimes being too impatient will backfire."

"Shu Fan, don't forget that you were also promoted by the teacher. If it weren't for him, how could you have the highest position today..."

"Xiao Changqing, pay attention to your own words! This official is indeed the old subordinate of Zhang Rushi, but the reason why I can be the Minister of Rites is His Majesty's grace. What does it have to do with him?" Fan Meisheng, who was already ashamed, looked cold at this moment, and his eyes became cold. He swept over the five small officials in front of him, "For today's affairs, I know that you are also in a way to protect the teacher. However, private relationships are private relationships, but you must not abolish the public for personal gain! This official said this. If you really refuse to listen and want to submit a memorial, then you will go.

"But don't blame me for not reminding you. Whether this will save or harm people, you'd better understand it yourself!" After saying this, he had already picked up the teacup and signaled to see off the guests.

With the butler beside him, "Send out the guest-!" the few people could only rise up in disappointment, snorted coldly, and then strode out, obviously he was quite disdainful of his actions.

After they left, Fan Meisheng sighed: "Do you think I don't want to save Zhang Rushi? But the current situation still needs to welcome the prince back to the capital first and let him stay in the Imperial City Office to stir up public opinion in the court. This is the only way to make Your Majesty change his mind.

"Shi Zhang Ru certainly wants to protect him, but compared with His Royal Highness, the prince is still more important! I think even if he knows, he will agree with my move..."
Chapter completed!