If you casually look around the third floor of Wangjiang Building, you will see that everyone is really a scholar. If you were not a scholar, you would not go to the third floor.
In addition, the terrain here is very high, the field of vision is wide, the scenery is beautiful, and the owner Tang Guangde is also enthusiastic, so it is very popular among scholars. It is so wonderful to be able to sit down, hold wine in the wind, stir up words, and chant the wind and the moon!
For example, not far away, there was a table of scholars discussing something impassionedly——
"Brother Cui and the others have committed a crime, but there is still no regulation. I see that Brother Cui is living like a year, and he is really worried about killing people! Whether it is killing or beheading, there must be an explanation!"
"Who can give an explanation now? What he offended is the imperial envoy. If the imperial envoy doesn't say anything, who else would dare to deal with it without authorization? If it's serious or light, it doesn't suit the imperial envoy's will. Once the complaint is brought before the Holy Emperor, who can afford it?"
Imperial envoy? These two words struck Fang Yingwu's ears, and they immediately cheered him up. He looked at the scenery outside the window with a calm face, but he listened intently to what was said there.
"I heard that the imperial envoy, Mr. Fang, has arrived in Suzhou City and is probably staying in a mansion. So there must be a clear solution in the next few days, but I don't know what will happen to Brother Cui."
"Don't think about it. Cui Xiandi and the others will not end well. They may even lose their fame!"
"You can't kill someone without nodding your head, so why is that?"
"Who do you think the Imperial Commissioner Fang is? He has always hated Suzhou people. I won't mention what he did in Suzhou City six years ago. I heard that in the court, Senior Wang Haowang was also humiliated by him! This time
If Cui Xiandi falls into his hands, he will definitely be punished severely!"
"They say he is an imperial envoy. In fact, he is sent by the imperial court to scrape the land! If not, how could he be an imperial envoy in charge of food supervision!"
"Brother Cui and others went to stop the boat with the intention of praying for the people. Who would have thought that this man named Fang actually slipped and fell into the water. Brother Cui and others were totally unjust!"
"Master Fang really has little contact with us Suzhou people. Even if he wants to find a way to rescue Brother Cui, I'm afraid he won't be able to find him in a hurry."
"If we can't find any favors, we'll just go for it! Doesn't Mr. Fang live in the mansion? He always has to travel from the mansion? When the time comes, we will join forces with our classmates to block the street and ask for orders. What can he do? An official like him,
Do you dare to ignore the public sentiment, morale and public opinion?"
"That's right! As long as there are more people shouting, then there will be no punishment! What's more, it's on land. The imperial envoy must not fall into the water again!"
Wang Ying and Fang Yingshi did not have orders from Fang Yingwu. Even though their stomachs were about to explode, they did not dare to act rashly. They could only suppress their anger and mutter: "These scholars are more likely to fail than succeed. They rely on their face and mouth to stalk and fight.
Like psoriasis."
Fang Yingwu was also speechless. How could he be a scholar? He was just a gang of literary ruffians who caused public harm! Cui Qian and others were obviously trying to gain their reputation as an imperial envoy, but he just didn't want to cooperate and teased them. But they didn't feel that they were the same at all.
What did you do wrong? It seems that the louder the voice when there are more people, it means the truth!
But generally speaking, local officials are really afraid of such groups of unreasonable scholars. Fang Yingwu also realized that an unpopular figure like himself would inevitably face the criticism of these lawless scholars when he came to Suzhou City.
Fang Yingwu couldn't help but smile bitterly. The discussion of this small group of people was not necessarily an isolated phenomenon. It probably represented a trend of thought, because the connection between scholars in the Jiangnan area was very powerful.
Thinking of this, Fang Yingwu let out a long sigh. There were some things that he could not tolerate being merciful about. It seemed that he had to use his trump card to control these scholars.
Scholars who are proud of their arrogance suggest that they are not afraid of anything, but people have weaknesses and do not trust others. Scholars really are not afraid of anything!
Having made up his mind, Fang Yingwu stopped paying attention to the discussion at the table. If he continued to listen, there might be many unpleasant words, which would only make him unhappy.
Then he turned to Wang Ying and ordered: "Go and inform Suzhou Mansion immediately, saying that the Imperial Envoy is unwell and the reception banquet will be postponed for three days!"
Wang Ying took the order and left. At this time, Tang Guangde came up from downstairs again, "Quinzi is still at the school teacher's place, and it will take a while before he can arrive. I dare to come and talk to Mr. Fang first..."
Fang Yingwu asked Tang Guangde to sit down, and then asked casually: "Do you know when the prefect Li came to Suzhou?"
Tang Guangde was slightly startled. He didn't expect that Fang Yingwu would not talk about the local customs, poetry and literature, or anecdotes, but would first talk about government affairs.
It was not easy to answer such words, but he had to answer... Tang Guangde looked around to make sure that no one noticed the conversation, and then replied in a low voice: "If I remember correctly, Li Taishou is probably a grown-up."
I came to Suzhou in the 4th year of my 13th birthday, and I have been here for about 67 years now."
Fang Yingwu was surprised and said: "How long has he been the prefect of Suzhou for so long? It seems that he will have served his third term for nine years."
Tang Guangde shook his head and said: "No, no, when Governor Li first arrived in Suzhou, he served as general judge, and then he was promoted to tongzhi, and then to prefect."
Fang Yingwu was even more surprised, "Even so, it is very rare for someone to be promoted from Tongpan Zuo Er to the Zhengtang Prefecture, especially in Suzhou Prefecture. You are well-informed and familiar with local stories. Is there anything in Lifutai?"
What’s unique?”
Tang Guangde explained: "This is not surprising. With Li Taishou's background, it is more than enough to be a prefect. I heard that Li Taishou was a second-class Jinshi and became a Yuanwai Lang in the Ministry of Justice. However, he disobeyed Wang Zhi, the eunuch of Quan.
He was demoted from a member of the Ministry of Punishment, Wai Lang, to a general judge of Suzhou Prefecture."
Wang Zhi...Fang Yingwu's face twitched slightly, he didn't expect such a cause and effect.
In the 13th and 4th year of Chenghua, it was the time when Wang Zhi had just made his debut, and it was also the time when he was the most unscrupulous, arrogant and domineering. It even directly triggered a purge in the court, and crushing a member of the Criminal Department, a foreigner, was a piece of cake. I'm afraid Wang
Zhi now doesn't even remember that she once repaired a small Yuanwailang.
No wonder Magistrate Li has been promoted from being a general magistrate to a magistrate. Considering that he was a second-class Jinshi and was demoted from the Sixth Ministry, his qualifications to be a magistrate are more than enough, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation for him.
The previous gossip was just a prelude, and Fang Yingwu asked again: "What kind of person is this Li Futai? How is he governing in Suzhou?"
Tang Guangde thought for a moment and then said: "I heard that Governor Li was an upright man, otherwise he wouldn't have disobeyed Wang Zhi..."
Upright? Fang Yingwu found this evaluation very unbelievable. Although he didn't meet him when he passed by Suzhou Prefecture last month, the magistrate's behavior was clearly that of a cunning old man. What does it look like to be upright?
However, Tang Guangde added: "It's just that after arriving at Suzhou Mansion, Prefect Li seemed ordinary. I can only say that he was very considerate. Anyway, no one was offended, and the relationship between the top, bottom, left and right was very good."
That's more or less... Fang Yingwu thought for a moment, it's probably because his character has changed after being hit. (To be continued...)
