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Chapter 488 Punishment to kneel at the Meridian Gate

"yes!"

Feng Bao replied, then stretched his head and shouted loudly towards the hall, "Beast, don't you get in, just kneel down in front of the Prime Minister and make it clear."

As soon as he walked into Shen Shixing's pay room, Feng Bangning stood outside and passed by the hall without going in.

Now that he heard his uncle shouting, he hurriedly walked in. Because his hands were tied and had no support, he almost fell to the ground when he knelt down.

"General Feng, where did you drink wine at noon?" Shen Shixing's attitude was extremely gentle.

“In Zhushikou.”

"Do you know that you are guilty of ramming into the sedan chair of the Minister of Personnel?"

"You know your crimes when you are low-ranking, and you know your crimes..."

At this time, Feng Bangning was no longer like Feng Bangning when he collided with Liang Menglong, and his arrogant arrogance had completely subsided. He peeped at him and saw his uncle's face turned pale, and his body was so scared that he trembled like a sieve.

"You beast, you can't stand the mud on the wall." Feng Bao was still cursing.

Shen Shixing has always adhered to the principle of "major things turn into small things, and small things turn into small things" when dealing with things, and hurriedly advised:

"Eunuch Feng, since the matter has already happened, scolding alone cannot solve the problem."

"What do you think you should do?" Feng Bao asked.

"I was just about to ask Eunuch Feng, how should I punish such matters according to the rules of the court?" Shen Shixing asked with a smile, calm as if he was not angry at all in his life.

"There is no prescribed punishment for such things. When Emperor Yongle was the Emperor, a sixth-rank chief was drunk and refused to give Dao'er to the Minister of Rites. The Minister of Rites reported to the Emperor. The Emperor was angry and ordered the chief to be beaten to death by 100 sticks in the court. This was the heaviest punishment. But there were also some minor ones who were fined for three months." Feng Bao said.

"What about the compromise? Neither light nor heavy."

"Something is there." Feng Bao narrowed his eyes and said, "A similar happened when Emperor Jiajing was in power. A fifth-rank censor rushed to the sedan chair of the cabinet's chief minister and was taken to the front of the Meridian Gate by Emperor Jiajing and knelt down for three days and three nights..."

"This is good, I think this is good." Shen Shixing hurriedly took Feng Bao's words, "Eunuch Feng, what I'm doing today may not work without punishment. The punishment is too light, and people will say that you, Eunuch Feng, are too heavy, and people will gossip and scold me for taking advantage of the situation. I think it's better to just ask Nephew Ling to kneel in front of the Meridian Gate now. What's the point of Eunuch Feng's wish?"

"Now?"

"right."

"How long does it take to kneel?"

"It's only three days!" Shen Shixing said, "I heard that Nephew Ling not only did not hide from the sedan chair, but also cursed Brother Liang and said something that shouldn't have been said. Brother Liang must be angry and wanted to complain. If he saw Nephew Ling kneeling at the Meridian Gate, he would feel much better. As long as Brother Liang doesn't study it, he will be deprecated."

"Okay!" Feng Bao nodded, and then scolded Feng Bangning, "The Chief Minister has been very kind to you. You beast, aren't you grateful?"

When he heard that he was going to go to the Meridian Gate to kneel, Feng Bangning suddenly looked like a pig's liver, and begged reluctantly: "I hope the Chief Aunt will give up his humble position and kneel at the Meridian Gate. It's embarrassing to be there."

Seeing that Feng Bangning was still confused at this time, Feng Bao wanted to bargain, so he got up and kicked Feng Bangning in front of him, and scolded with regret:

"You ungrateful dog, how can the imperial court law allow you to bargain? Let me go to the Meridian Gate and kneel down immediately. If you dare to be lazy, see if I don't discount your legs!"

Feng Bangning cried and did not dare to say anything.

"Come."

Shen Shixing shouted, and two soldiers on duty at the door immediately came in.

Shen Shi gave a wink.

The two soldiers on duty understood and pulled Feng Bangning from the ground and staggered towards the Meridian Gate.

Feng Bao did not follow him. He listened to the sound of footsteps in the corridor gradually disappearing. He turned around and rushed to Shen Shixing and said in disappointment: "Hey, the more unpleasant it is, the more trouble this beast will cause us."

It can be heard that Feng Bao's words are full of resentment.

Shen Shixing comforted: "Eunuch Feng, you took the initiative to tie your nephew to the cabinet. When all the officials know about it, they will definitely praise you for understanding the great justice and law and not tolerate it."

Feng Bao hummed lightly in his nose, then smiled sadly, shook his head and said, "Mr. Shen, do you think I am afraid of those officials? I am not afraid of them."

"Then Eunuch Feng..."

"I'm afraid of Master Long Sui!" Feng Bao lowered his voice, "Mr. Shen, Master Long Sui is too strong now. What decision should he make? Even the Empress Dowager doesn't take it seriously. We are really scared!"

"Oh? Is that right?" Shen Shixing looked disapproving, "We have to admit that Your Majesty still seems to be a little afraid of Eunuch Feng!"

"How can Mr. Shen see?"

"This time, the Ming Dynasty investigates and counts Eunuch Feng's property, Your Majesty has not punished you!"

"As Mr. Shin, I should be punished this time, right?" Feng Bao asked back.

Shen Shixing smiled slightly. He thought that he had not donated his previous property, but he took the property found now for example, 500,000 taels of silver... still an astronomical figure. He only relied on the salary of the court and could not save it without eating or drinking for two lifetimes. If Emperor Wanli really wanted to pursue it, it would be strange if Feng Bao was not guilty.

Moreover, this time Feng Bao was indeed suspected of "playing" with Emperor Wanli. It's okay...

Therefore, Shen Shixing judged that Emperor Wanli did not dare to touch Feng Bao and did not dare to completely turn against Feng Bao.

However, Feng Bao did not think so. It was not because Emperor Wanli did not dare. In his eyes, Emperor Wanli was no longer afraid of him. He did not defeat him, but because Emperor Wanli had not yet cultivated a confidant who could carry the banner like Zhang Jing.

After all, Zhang Jing was not here at this moment. If he was taken down by Feng Bao, no confidant could take over him. Emperor Wanli would of course think twice.

This was Feng Bao’s idea, but he didn’t say it nakedly in front of Shen Shixing.

The two were silent for a while.

Shen Shixing smiled and said, "Eunuch Feng, you are really foresight this time! You actually donated your wealth silently in advance, otherwise, there would be a prison disaster!"

"It's all the achievements of Prince Lu..."

The same thing, Feng Bao explained it again in front of Sheng Shen Shixing. He just explained it to Liang Menglong.

...

Just when Feng Bao tied his nephew Feng Bangning to the cabinet to apologize to Shen Shixing, Emperor Wanli in the Western Nuan Pavilion also heard that Feng Bangning did not avoid sedan chairs.

Emperor Wanli immediately came to his senses, mainly because both parties were interested in him.

He was interested in Liang Menglong because of the position of "Heaven Official". Liang Menglong was appointed by him. Although it was transferred from the Minister of War to the Minister of Personnel as a horizontal transfer, it was a fact that the Minister of Personnel was superior to other Ministers.

I am interested in Feng Bangning because Feng Bangning is one of Feng Bao's confidants. Everyone knows that Feng Bao has three major confidants: one is the butler Xu Jue, one is the nephew Feng Bangning, and one is the head of Chen Taihuan, the head of the East Factory.

"This time Feng Bangning did not avoid sedan chairs and ran into Liang Menglong, the Minister of Personnel, drunk, as if he could do something..." Emperor Wanli couldn't help but think to himself.

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