Chapter 856: Treading as If on Thin Ice
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
’Although Huaiyuan Palace looks vigorous in Youzhou Province, it’s actually treading as if on thin ice. It might be at stake at any ti?’
When Zhang Tie heard these words from Zhang Taixuan the provincial governor of Youzhou Province, he almost wanted to touch Count Long Wind’s forehead to check whether he had fever or not.
’Are you kidding ? Huaiyuan Palace is growing pretty well now. How could Zhang Taixuan be so passive?’
It seed that Zhang Taixuan had known what Zhang Tie was thinking about; he then called a clerk to bring a docunt here.
After the clerk left, a docunt appeared in front of Zhang Tie. Count Long Wind then implied Zhang Tie to read it by throwing a glance at Zhang Tie. Out of curiosity, Zhang Tie took up the docunt.
"This is a docunt that Commander Cheng sent to the Xuanyuan Hill. Commander Cheng copied one over here. You can take a look at its contents."
Out of curiosity, Zhang Tie opened it. Only after reading a few lines, he had been shocked. The upper part of the docunt was the imperial to the throne of an impeachnt; the lower part of it was the reply and denouncent of the Northeast Military Region.
Zhang Tie could never imagine that he would beco the main character in the morial to the throne.
——"Su Qianling, the official in charge of the discipline of the public functionaries impeaches Zhang Mushen the dean of the provincial court of Youzhou Province for dereliction of duties"
At the sight of the title of the morial to the throne, Zhang Tie had widely opened his mouth.
After composing himself, Zhang Tie read the contents carefully while growing increasingly furious...
The contents contained two events: first, Zhang Tie rarely handled the public affairs in the court temple after taking the office for over 2 months. He didn’t even know whether the gate of the court temple was facing south or north; those officials in the court temple didn’t even know the look of the new dean of the provincial court in Youzhou Province at all.
Second, Zhang Tie was taking liberties with his beautiful wives and concubines, traveling leisurely, drinking and amusing himself with them every day in Golden Light City; besides, he even bought land and stored wealth and goods in Youzhou Province excessively.
The expressions in the morial were very delicate. After deleting the other relevant reasons and linking the two affairs with each other, the impeacher precisely depicted an image of a newly rich who was fickle, rude, horny, avaricious and lazy. Anyone who caught sight of this person might spit towards him.
Closely after that, he started to criticize Zhang Tie viciously.
"If it were in peaceful ti, it’s good to see the dean of the provincial court being leisure; however, it’s the warti. Given the situation outside Taixia Country, our vast country is constantly being disrupted by demons. War flas could be seen almost everywhere; hundreds of millions of commissioned officers and soldiers are awaiting eagerly the order for battle or fighting forcefully with demons on the battlefields. Given the situation inside the country, the Heavens Reaching Church is making troubles everywhere; crafty and evil forces were surging, afflicting commoners severely...however, in such a chaotic period, the dean of the provincial court of Youzhou Province is only indulged in beauties, drinks, wealth and goods. What a misfortune it is for the commoners..."
"I, Su Qianling now propose to impeach Zhang Mushen the dean of the provincial court of Youzhou Province for the sake of the commoners in Youzhou Province. Please punish him with the cri of dereliction of duties..."
If the nas of Youzhou and Zhang Tie were changed in the morial, Zhang Tie would smite the table and rise to his feet for sure. Besides, he would swear that dean of the provincial court of Youzhou Province for holding down his job without doing a stroke of his work. Given the morial, the commoners in that province under the governance of that dean of the provincial court were definitely living a miserable life. However, when that main character beca Zhang Tie, Zhang Tie was driven extrely furious as his chest rose and fell.
After composing himself gradually, a question occurred to Zhang Tie’s mind, ’Who’s that motherf*cking Su Qianling? I’ve just been to Taixia Country for a few months but I don’t know him at all. What does this guy bite for?’
’I’ve not offended anyone surnad Su, not to ntion Su Qingling. What’s the reason then?’ Although Zhang Tie was longing for the Xuanyuan Hill, before he caught sight of its look had soone in the Xuanyuan Hill started to attack him.
This morial was directly presented to the dasikong, one of the top three chancellors of Taixia Country from the Central Censorate of Xuanyuan Hill. After reading it, the dasikong left no comnt; instead, he directly sent it to the Northeast Military Region for further response. However, the reply from Northeast Military Region was of one word, "F*rt!" What an aggressive reply! At the sight of the reply "F*rt!", Zhang Tie instantly recalled the cold, black face of Commander Cheng. He then imdiately felt warm inside.
After taking a deep breath, Zhang Tie threw a glance at Zhang Taixuan. He knew that Zhang Taixuan must have sothing to say.
"Do you know what punishnt you will face in Taixia Country as a knight with the cri of dereliction of duties?" Zhang Taixuan asked with a gloomy look.
Zhang Tie shook his head. As it was not written in the Laws of Taixia Country, Zhang Tie also wondered about that.
"If a knight commits the cri of dereliction of duties in Taixia Country, he would be chopped off his head in the army; or removed from his post and dispatched to the abyss of the earth-elents realm to fight demons for 6 decades. However, in the abyss of the earth-elents realm, a common knight only has less than 20% of possibilities to survive the battle with demons for 6 decades. As the provincial governor of Youzhou Province, I shall also assu the joint responsibilities because of your deed. I will not promise you any higher post within 6 decades! Additionally, from then on, the key position dean of provincial governor of Youzhou Province will be assud by other people but Zhang Clan."
After hearing Zhang Taixuan’s words, Zhang Tie changed his face, ’What a morial! My mom has been so worried about when I’m above the ground; if she knew that I was punished with the cri of dereliction of duties and dispatched to the abyss of earth-elents realm, she might get scared to death.’
’Even if I returned to the ground after 6 decades, what would my family mbers look like?’ Zhang Tie dared not imagine that.
The vicious intention between the impassioned lines really frightened Zhang Tie.
’What a bloodless massacre!’
Zhang Tie finally understood why Zhang Taixuan sighed that Huaiyuan Palace was treading as if on the thin ice.
"Who’s Su Qianling? I’ve not provoked him; I’ve not even seen him or heard about him before. Why did he fra ?" Zhang Tie asked as he looked straight into Zhang Taixuan’s eyes and tad his anger.
After letting out a sigh, Count Long Wind shrugged, "The 360 censors in the Central Censorate of the Xuanyuan Hill are responsible for supervising all the officials in the territory of Taixia Country. They are called around-the-clock imperial censors. Before reading this morial, I also didn’t know Su Qianling."
"Really?" Zhang Tie replied with an amazed look.
Count Long Wind nodded, "Actually, Su Qianling is not the point as he’s just a tool and piece in the hands of others. However, you’ve missed a point. Su Qianling didn’t target at you, but Zhang Clan of Huaiyuan Palace. If he could defeat you, he would defeat the entire Huaiyuan Palace too. Because you’re the youngest and most hopeful elder in Huaiyuan Palace. They want to humiliate Huaiyuan Palace and further rock the foundation of Huaiyuan Palace by tearing a wound on you!"
"They? Who’re they?" Do Huaiyuan Palace have an enemy in Taixia Country?"
"As we’re in the secular world, each of us has personal enemies." Zhang Taixuan let out a sigh as he watched Zhang Tie seriously, "Have you considered why our ancestor Lord Huaiyuan would leave Taixia Country and lay a foundation in Waii Sub-continent?"
Zhang Tie was shocked once again as he had not imagined that the enemies of Huaiyuan Palace were left by Lord Huaiyuan.
"They were the opponents of Lord Huaiyuan!"
"Besides being the opponents of Lord Huaiyuan, they are also the enemies of the Zhang Clan of Huaiyuan Palace. Because of them, Lord Huaiyuan was killed in the earth-elents realm!" Zhang Taixuan revealed a sense of animosity, "Too many people in Taixia were involved in this event. It’s the secret of Zhang Clan of Huaiyuan Palace. Only elders and so other figures knew it. I planned to tell you about that after a few years; however, I’ve not imagined that they couldn’t wait to fra you in such a vicious way after knowing that Huaiyuan Palace won the position of the provincial governor of Youzhou Province. If I still didn’t tell you about it, you might suffer a big loss." After a pause, Zhang Taixuan watched Zhang Tie with a serious look and continued, "It’s Gobbling Party who frad you and Huaiyuan Palace!"
"Gobbling Party?" It was Zhang Tie’s first ti to hear such a strange na.
"Lord Huaiyuan offended the Gobbling Party in Taixia Country, the head of which has beco the master of the crown prince in the east palace of Xuanyuan Hill. It’s a class I position, the most dignified position below the three top chancellors, naly; dasima, dasitu and dasikong. He might probably promote to one of the three top chancellors. He has nurous apprentices, ears, and eyes in Xuanyuan Hill. His family has hundreds of cities in the upper provinces. His clan forces are dozens of tis greater than that of Huaiyuan Palace..."
After hearing that, Zhang Tie felt like swearing that b*stard...
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