Fang Yingwu did not break his promise. At dusk, he changed into casual clothes and took Xiang Chengxian out of the county office, saying that he was going to meet Li Yu, the right deputy censor of the capital, Li Zhongcheng.
Xiang Chengxian was a little excited and asked as he walked: "Where are we going to meet?" Fang Yingwu replied: "Senior Tu's home in this province."
Mr. Xiang understood that the Senior Tu that Fang Yingwu was talking about was naturally Tu Fu, the censor of Youqian City, who was also from Zhejiang. Tu Jian was an official of both Zhejiang and the Procuratorate, so under Fang Yingwu
It is very suitable to be a middleman between Li Zhongcheng and Li Zhongcheng.
Of course, Mr. Tu is not unmotivated. If Li Zhongcheng can be promoted to the imperial censor, then it is logical that he, Tu Jian, can be promoted from the fourth rank to the imperial envoy to the third rank and deputy censor. In the imperial court, once he reaches the third rank,
, then it will be considered as officially entering the ranks of senior officials.
Fang Yingwu is happy to see this happen. He is a familiar fellow countryman and has no conflict with his father. Naturally, the higher he gets, the better. They can help each other at critical times! And Fang Yingwu knows that Tu Jing
He is a person with great future, and he has reached the level of minister in history. There is no harm in building a good relationship with him.
Mr. Tu is not a rich man, and he has always been a Taoist official in the Fengxian Branch. He has strict self-restraint, so the area of the mansion is not large, only about the same as the east courtyard of the Fang family.
Therefore, Master Tu could only entertain guests in the front hall. When Fang Yingwu saw Tu Yu, he smiled and said: "Senior Tu is really entertaining guests at home this time? I thought he was going to build a plank road in secret to lead the juniors into the depths of the flowers!
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Old Tu Jian blushed. Last month, the official Zuodu Censor Wang Yue wanted to see Fang Yingwu, but he borrowed a famous post from him and called Fang Yingwu to the alley of Jiaofang Branch. He was so embarrassed that he saw Fang Yingwu.
Fang Qingzhi gave a good explanation.
After chatting for a while, a servant of the Tu family came to report: "Master Li came to visit."
This is where Li Yu, Li Zhongcheng, the right deputy imperial censor, comes. Fang Yingwu and Xiang Chengxian go out to greet him along with Tu Jian.
The guests and hosts sat down again and began to chat again. They talked about poetry, especially commenting on Fang Yingwu's works. This process made Mr. Xiang feel extremely boring, and he almost couldn't sit still.
Li Zhongcheng looked very unfamiliar to Xiang Chengxian and felt strange. Today was a very private conversation. Why did Fang Yingwu bring a stranger over? He asked, "Who is this?"
Fang Yingwu took the opportunity to introduce him: "This is a fellow countryman of Xiaguan, and he is also a Jinshi. Now he is observing politics in Taipu Temple, and an official has not yet been officially selected. Xiaguan boldly recommended him to Lao Zhongcheng. I wonder if he is lucky enough to be selected as the censor?"
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Li Yu caressed his beard and pondered for a moment, then replied: "The selection of officials is done by the Ministry of Personnel. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is not the official government office. Mr. Fang, you should go to the Ministry of Personnel. If you tell me this, I'm afraid you are asking the wrong question."
Temple gate."
Fang Yingwu continued: "That's what I said, but if the Metropolitan Procuratorate wants to name someone, the staff should show some respect. Anyway, there are hundreds of censors in the two capitals and thirteen roads, and there are no less than these one or two.
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Li Zhongcheng replied again: "Then the chief official of the court, the censor, must come forward to speak. I am only the deputy censor, how can I speak to the officials to gain favor?"
Fang Yingwu smiled and said, "People in the Ming Dynasty don't tell secret stories. Please listen to the meaning of Lao Zhongcheng's words. As long as Lao Zhongcheng can become the censor of Shangdu, will you be willing to help? Is that right?"
Li Yu responded: "The royal censors of the imperial dynasty have always been selected from officials who are both young, powerful and experienced. There are very few precedents for new scholars to be directly selected as censors. Where do you sit and say what you want to do? If you want to break this precedent, it is indeed
Only the censor of the capital can speak."
Fang Yingwu nodded and said, "I understand."
That's pretty much it. Tu Yu held a banquet at his home and entertained everyone with simple meals. Fortunately, the wine was not bad. In fact, if the conversation can be carried out, eating and drinking is not that important. In this way, everyone went back to their own enjoyment.
When saying goodbye, the host, Tu Yu, responded to the other party sincerely: "If I can reach a higher level this time, it is because of you. I am really too slow to treat you today. I will have another banquet to entertain you another day."
The next day, Fang Yingwu called Wang Ying and ordered: "Take my name card to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and make an appointment with Mr. Dai, the censor of Youdu." Wang Ying was originally responsible for keeping the county magistrate.
The seal was sealed, but Fang Yingwu was short of manpower, so he had to run errands.
Fang Yingwu made an appointment with Dai Jin, and naturally he wanted to have another talk with Dai Dazhongcheng. The topic was to persuade Dai Dazhongcheng to leave on his own initiative, so that he could be safe and free up space. It could be said that it was good for you, good for me and good for everyone.
But he said that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is located in Xicheng, just within Wanping County, and it is quite convenient to come and go. After more than an hour, when the sun was approaching noon, Wang Ying came back and replied to Fang Zhixian: "I went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Master Dai didn’t see me, and he didn’t say anything back!”
Fang Yingwu was full of suspicion when he heard this. He had never thought that Wang Ying would be rejected and didn't even send a word back. What does this mean? It means that Dai Jin is avoiding him!
So why did Dai Jin avoid him? After much deliberation, Fang Yingwu had only one guess: Dai Dazhongcheng probably had ulterior motives and was no longer in love...
Previously, I didn't want to make enemies on many sides, nor did I want others to distract me from my main goal, so I concentrated on Shang Ming, while letting Dai Jin go, and even gave Dai Jin a chance to fight anyway.
Could it be that Dai Dazhongcheng now thinks that the fall of Shang Ming means that the matter is over, and he is lucky enough to survive, so he wants to try to see if he can stay in his position as the censor of the capital? It has to be said that judging from Dai Jin's opportunistic character
, Fang Yingwu thinks this is very possible...
By doing this, Dai Jin broke the previous tacit understanding. As long as this person could escape unscathed, he was absolutely willing to do so, and the official position was optional. Now that he has relaxed a little, he wants to be greedy and keep the official position?
Fang Yingwu couldn't help but feel bored! But he didn't want to make the matter a big deal, so he just wanted to persuade Dai Jin to resign voluntarily, and then according to the normal promotion procedures in the officialdom, Li Yu and Tu Yu could each take their place.
Otherwise, just like before the fight with Shang Ming, when the whole city was in turmoil, others took the opportunity to start a war and intervene, and the situation would be out of control.
After a hasty lunch, Fang Yingwu called Fang Yingshi out of the county office. He wanted to visit the Metropolitan Procuratorate in person to see if Dai Jin was there or not!
Fang Yingwu arrived in person, but Dai Jin couldn't bear to be rejected again, so he invited Fang Zhixian into the inner room next to the capital censor's hall.
Fang Yingwu was unceremonious and asked: "Dazhong Cheng, you are too greedy. You have already saved your wealth, do you still want to keep your official position?"
This is not like what a sixth-rank magistrate said to the censor of the second-rank chief court. It would really shock the world if it were spread. But in Fang Yingwu's eyes, Dai Jin was Wang Zhi's former party member, and he was Wang Zhi's lover.
He is also a counselor and currently the talker in Beijing who replaces Wang Zhi. From this perspective, he can certainly look down on Dai Jin.
A look of embarrassment appeared on Dai Jin's face, and he replied slowly: "It's not that I don't want to resign, it's because someone won't let me resign."
Fang Yingwu frowned and said, "Who is it?" Dai Jin sighed deliberately and said, "Wan Shoufu has spoken, telling me not to resign." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!
