There was a lot of commotion outside, and Governor Li in the government office was upset. He couldn't help lamenting that it was difficult to be a local official. If there was still a chance to be an official in the next life, then there would be no reason to become a local official.
At this time, the disciple came to report: "The imperial envoy, Mr. Fang, arrived at the government office and said he wanted to see the master!"
Magistrate Li frowned upon hearing this. As far as he knew, Fang Yingwu had not appeared in public during the recent period and had almost disappeared.
Later, I heard that this imperial envoy spent the whole day traveling around the surrounding mountains and rivers, looking for secluded places and sights. It gave the impression that he was discouraged and gave up on himself after encountering a setback.
But at this moment, Fang Yingwu suddenly appeared in the government office. What was the reason? While Magistrate Li was thinking about it, he suddenly heard someone outside the door shouting: "What? Magistrate Li doesn't dare to see me anymore?"
It turned out that Fang Yingwu had already broken into the hall, and the people in the government knew that the imperial envoy was of high status, but they did not dare to stop him.
Then Fang Yingwu broke into the hall from outside the hall. He was wearing a jade-colored gown and holding a folding fan. He did not look like an imperial envoy, but more like a leisure scholar.
Fang Yingwu didn't even bother to show courtesy, so he asked accusingly: "As the governor of the palace, how should we deal with the situation when tigers and wolves dominate the government and the people are in dire straits?"
Magistrate Li was worried about the matter of purchasing eunuchs. Hearing that Fang Yingwu was accusing him, he was very angry and said firmly, "How should I deal with this matter has nothing to do with you? There is no need for you to come and ask."
Fang Yingwu raised his head and laughed loudly, closed his fan with a snap, pointed at Magistrate Li extremely rudely and said, "What does this have to do with me! This imperial envoy just issued a few articles, which caused some rumors.
You couldn't wait to jump out, not only personally petitioned for impeachment, but also encouraged the government to jointly submit a letter. This embarrassed me!
Now this eunuch procurer is openly abusing the people. Before, he blackmailed the government and robbed thousands of taels of silver from your Suzhou treasury. In the face of such facts, you don't show any reaction!"
Magistrate Li was immediately speechless. There was really no excuse for this. His previous enthusiasm for impeaching the Imperial Minister by taking advantage of public opinion could be seen by everyone, and it was in sharp contrast to his submissive attitude when facing Wang Jing now.
After all, Magistrate Li's shame has not yet reached the level of Liu Mianhua, otherwise he would not have stopped being a magistrate.
Fang Yingwu sneered at this and continued to sneer unceremoniously: "What? You have the guts to oppose this imperial envoy, but you don't have the guts to fight against the eunuch Wang? You don't even dare to write an impeachment memorial?"
Magistrate Li argued forcefully: "The time has not come yet, and impeachment by Shangshu may not be useful!"
Fang Yingwu immediately refuted: "Even if the impeachment is useless, it is still a superficial effort. You, Li Tingmei, are not even willing to do superficial things? This is a joke. It will be funny if I tell others. I wish Li Taishou will become famous as soon as possible."
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Bang! Magistrate Li jumped up and said through gritted teeth: "Master Fang, don't try to provoke the generals. It's just an impeachment of a middle-ranking official. What can I not dare to do?"
"Then I'm waiting to read your masterpiece! If you don't keep your word, I will personally report to the emperor to impeach you for your ignorance and dereliction of duty!" Fang Yingwu laughed a few times, turned around and left the government office.
You bastard! Magistrate Li cursed secretly. Fang Yingwu obviously forced him to submit a memorial to impeach Wang Jing, and the last sentence was a naked threat of "chiluo".
But Magistrate Li still couldn't figure out what the purpose of Fang Yingwu's move was. Did he impeach Wang Jing? What was the relationship with Fang Yingwu?
After coming out of the government office, Fang Yingwu was in a good mood and decided to go to Wangjiang Tower to have a few drinks to celebrate. But when he arrived in the lobby of Wangjiang Tower, he saw Mr. Tang standing beside the counter with a worried look on his face, staring at the counter in a daze.
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Fang Yingwu couldn't help but murmured a few times. Tang Guangde looked like this, and Magistrate Li looked like this just now. How come everyone he sees today is frowning?
He then walked forward, patted the counter and asked, "Executive member Tang! Why are you worried?"
Tang Guangde raised his head and saw that it was the Imperial Envoy. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he handed the post on the counter to Fang Yingwu.
Fang Yingwu lowered his head and took a few glances. There was nothing surprising about the post, but the signature was the seal of the eunuch Wang Jing...
Tang Guangde smiled bitterly and explained: "Eunuch Wang sent a message and ordered me to go to Gusu Yi tomorrow to claim at least one thousand salt coins.
I originally thought that it would just be a waste of money to eliminate the disaster. But according to the transfer price offered by Eunuch Wang, one thousand salt coins is approximately one thousand five hundred taels of silver. This is really unbelievable. Where can I get such a lot of silver?
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Fang Yingwu expressed deep sympathy for Tang Yuanwai's experience... He knew that Wang Jing had an attitude of establishing authority and randomly ordered ten merchants, but he did not expect to click on Tang Guangde.
This is really unlucky. There are more than a thousand merchants in the city of Suzhou, and ten of the thousands of merchants are randomly selected. The probability is less than one percent, and Tang Yuanwai will run into this. What else can it be if it's not unlucky?
No wonder Tang Yuan saw Fang Yingwu as if he saw a life-saving straw. In any case, Fang Yingwu was also an imperial envoy, so he might be able to help.
Fang Yingwu came up with an idea and said, "Besides Mr. Tang, do you have some relatives and friends? I think you can ask a group of people to jointly submit a letter to accuse Eunuch Wang to the court. I can help you submit it!"
Tang Guangde hesitated and said nothing. Fang Yingwu's idea was really bad! Submitting a letter seemed to be a relief, but after thinking about it carefully, it was useless.
Firstly, he was worried about the retaliation of Eunuch Wang afterwards; secondly, he felt that it was useless to submit a letter. Could it be that Emperor Shengming just punished the eunuch who trusted him based on a memorandum written by ordinary people?
Even though water from afar cannot quench his thirst, the imperial court is thousands of miles away, and tomorrow he will be forced to buy salt at a high price!
Fang Yingwu knew Tang Guangde's thoughts clearly, and asked with a half-smile: "What? Are you still worried about tomorrow's events outside of Tang Guangde?"
That's great! You need to connect with local celebrities and jointly impeach Wang Jing, and I will write a letter for you to take with you tomorrow.
In the document, I will state that your Tang family has been invited by this imperial envoy to serve as the second assistant, and Wangjiang Tower has also been requisitioned by this imperial envoy to serve as the general accounting office during the autumn harvest! If Eunuch Wang knows this, he will naturally let you go.
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Tang Guangde couldn't help but be overjoyed, this was what he expected! In front of the imperial eunuch, it was useless to find anyone else, so Fang Yingwu could compete slightly in terms of status. With Fang Yingwu's support, the situation would not be too bad.
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Although Tang Yuanwai still didn't understand why Fang Yingwu encouraged him to submit a letter, he still had to do it quickly and try to find more people to increase the momentum and spread the risk at the same time.
After talking to Tang Guangde, Fang Yingwu went straight to the third floor, but he kept thinking over and over in his heart that the fire was almost done, so this should be fine...
PS: I couldn't help but take a nap in the middle. When I woke up, I saw it was almost two o'clock, so I quickly finished this chapter and posted it.