Was Huaiyuan Hall walking on thin ice in You Province? Could it become perilously precarious at any moment?
When those words came from Zhang Taixuan, the newly appointed Governor of You Province, Zhang Tie nearly wanted to feel Earl Changfeng's forehead to see if he had a fever.
What kind of joke was this? Everything in Huaiyuan Hall was flourishing splendidly. Such alarmist nonsense should not have come from a man like Zhang Taixuan.
Zhang Taixuan seemed to know what Zhang Tie was thinking. Without saying anything, he summoned a records officer serving nearby in the Governor's Residence, quietly gave him some instructions, and had him bring over an official document.
The records officer bowed and left. Before long, an official document appeared before Zhang Tie. Earl Changfeng gave him a look, and Zhang Tie, curious, picked it up.
"This is an official document sent by the Chief Governor of the Northeast Protectorate to Xuanyuan Hill. When it was sent to Xuanyuan Hill, the Chief Governor also had a copy forwarded here. You may take a look at what it says."
Zhang Tie opened it curiously. Yet after reading only a few lines, he froze. At the top of the document was the original text of a memorial of impeachment, while below it was the Northeast Protectorate's reply and rebuttal.
No matter how Zhang Tie had imagined it, he had never expected to become the central figure in that impeachment memorial himself.
—<Memorial of Impeachment by Su Ganling, Supervising Censor of the Censorate at Xuanyuan Hill, Against Zhang Mushen, Newly Appointed Judicial Minister of You Province, for Dereliction of Duty, Indolent Governance, and Neglect of Office>
That was the memorial's title. Just reading it made Zhang Tie's mouth fall open.
Steadying himself, Zhang Tie read the text below, and rage