When Fang Yingwu heard Mr. Yan's shameless words, he didn't get angry. Instead, he thought about it and said, "I don't know what you want. I know what you want.
However, as long as the Liu family breaks the engagement, there is nothing I can do, and the marriage will be over. So why do you come to me? Just let Liu Ge regret the marriage!"
Mr. Yan took this doubt as a sign that Fang Yingwu was giving in, which at least meant that Fang Yingwu was beginning to consider ending the engagement. He couldn't help but smile and said: "Both of you, the Liu Ge elder is the most respected, and the Fang family is the humble.
If Mr. Liu Ge regrets his marriage, it will not sound good and will damage his reputation, but if your Fang family takes the initiative to break off the engagement, you can preserve the dignity of both parties, and others will not say anything about you."
Fang Yingwu didn't comment on Mr. Yan's words, but asked: "I heard that your words mean something else. Could it be that Mu Bulang treated my father harshly, and Yin Tianguan deliberately instigated it? In order to create trouble, manipulate and threaten our Fang family?"
Mr. Yan's expression became serious, "I don't know why Mr. Fang thinks this way, but I can say with certainty that Dr. Mu's disrespect for your father has nothing to do with my proprietor, Mr. Yin. My proprietor has high aspirations and will definitely not deliberately lower his status.
You are in trouble with your father!"
"That's good..." Fang Yingwu responded casually, but his mind wandered to nowhere. Mr. Yan waited for a moment, but did not see any clear reply from Fang Yingwu, so he urged: "Fang Yingwu
Have you figured it out, sir?"
Fang Yingwu suddenly changed his face, slammed the table and scolded Mr. Yan: "Fang Yingwu comes from Tsinghua University, a family that has been on the gold list for generations, and behaves upright and aboveboard, and has never been threatened by despicable things.
!
You are just a low-level helper, but you dare to work for someone else, show your teeth and show your claws! Get out of here! Otherwise, you will not tarnish the appearance of our family!"
Mr. Yan was stunned. I don’t know why Fang Yingwu fell out so quickly. He scolded him so fiercely... But if a scholar like him was scolded by a man like Fang Yingwu, a father and son who were both Jinshi, only those with low self-esteem would be scolded.
He couldn't even retaliate.
His face also changed again and again. In the end, Mr. Yan could only say: "Don't say you didn't predict what you said. Just do it yourself. When you come to ask for help! Don't think that fame is a talisman!"
Fang Yingwu waved his sleeves, stood up and returned to the inner courtyard without even seeing off the guests.
The next day was another day when the Metropolitan Procuratorate was summoned for questioning. Today, Fang Yingwu did not escape. And he once again rejected the method proposed by his father to "please stand under a thorn bush and cut off the tail to survive" and headed to the capital with high spirits.
Procuratorate.
Unexpectedly, Ying Wu was surprised after entering the Imperial Court. Mo Daojun left early, and there were even more early travelers. Mu Wencai came earlier than himself. In addition, the various censors who came to watch did not
Young Master, even Dongchang sent eunuchs to sit in the hall and observe.
Fang Yingwu greeted the people around him easily. There were many acquaintances of him among the imperial censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. But others could only remain silent. I really wasn’t optimistic about Fang Yingwu’s outcome today. This calmness was more of a fearlessness.
Just the attitude.
A dispute of this level between Fang Yingwu and Mu Wencai should have been heard by the deputy capital censor, but the left deputy capital censor said he was ill, and the right deputy capital censor Tu Fu and Fang Yingwu were from the same hometown. They needed to avoid suspicion, so
In the end, Li Yu, the censor of the imperial court, came to inquire in person.
Master Li understood Fang Yingwu's nature, and when he saw Fang Yingwu's comfortable appearance, he secretly thought to himself, could Fang Yingwu have some idea to get through?
In this way, Li Dazhongcheng sat in the middle of the hall. Next to him was the eunuch from the East Factory sitting sideways. Fang Yingwu and Mu Wencai stood in the corridor. A group of people who came to watch stood outside in a half circle at the steps.
Li Dazhongcheng cleared his throat, and after calling the names of Mu Wencai and Fang Yingwu, he said directly: "Fang Shiyi, Mu Bulang reported that you refused to accept the election in the official department and committed murder and hurt others. Is this true?"
Fang Yingwu nodded simply and said: "It is indeed true! I admit it and am willing to bow my head and plead guilty!"
Li Yu was stunned. He looked at each other with the eunuch working in the East Factory. Everyone in the hall was in an uproar. Even Mu Wencai himself was a little surprised.
No one expected that Fang Yingwu would admit his guilt so straightforwardly, without hesitation and without any room for maneuver!
Under normal circumstances, shouldn't he defend himself endlessly? Fang Yingwu is not bad at words, and although he was unreasonable this time, he was understandable.
Li Dazhongcheng had selfish motives and intended to help Fang Yingwu exonerate him. But how could he open his mouth when Fang Yingwu confessed his crime so quickly and decisively? Could he still confuse right and wrong in public?
After thinking for a long time, Li Dazhongcheng had no choice but to be reminded by the other party: "This matter has alarmed the Holy Emperor, and he has issued an edict to pay attention to it from the palace. If he is really guilty, he must be severely punished to set an example to others." This means that there is someone watching this matter.
Wait, please take it easy and don't let it slip, the emperor will not show mercy to you!
But Fang Yingwu remained indifferent and did not defend himself at all. Li Yu could only sigh. It seemed that Fang Yingwu didn't bother to defend himself, and he clearly had the intention to leave. He had to turn to Mu Wencai and asked: "Mu Bu Lang is still there?"
What can you say?"
Unexpectedly, victory came so easily... Mu Wencai glanced at Fang Yingwu, stepped forward and said, "I just ask Dazhong Cheng to make a fair decision and submit the memorial."
The censors who were watching in the hall booed when they heard this, but Mu Wencai turned a deaf ear. His dignified chief of the literary selection department was beaten in public in the yamen. If he didn't recover, how could he have any face? How could he be the chief of the literary selection department?
It doesn't matter if you get booed a few times here. When it comes to the election of officials, there will still be a lot of people who come to flatter you. This is reality! And after taking care of Mu Xiu Yu Lin's father and son, naturally some people will appreciate him.
The fading friendship between teachers and students cannot be eaten as food!
Li Yu waved his hand and said, "That's it for today. We'll make further plans after my official report."
That was the end. Mu Wen raised his hand to bow, and then left. But Fang Yingwu on the other side stood still and shouted: "Wait a minute!"
I knew it wouldn't end so easily... The people watching also stopped, and then listened to Fang Yingwu say: "The official also wants to remind Dazhong Cheng, can I use the example of eight opinions?
"
The so-called eight discussions refer to discussing relatives, discussing causes, discussing virtues, discussing abilities, discussing merits, discussing nobles, discussing diligence, and discussing guests. When interrogating crimes, if these eight situations are encountered, the punishment can be reduced or reduced according to the situation. Of course, most of them
This is always an excuse used by the emperor to show mercy at his discretion.
Hearing Fang Yingwu take the initiative to bring up the Eight Strategies, everyone present couldn't help but think about it. Fang Yingwu would definitely not mention the Eight Strategies without any reason. In the eight words "relatives, virtuous people, meritorious service, diligent guests", what exactly is he?
Which one can be hung?
Moreover, the eight arguments are generally raised by a third party and not by the parties themselves, otherwise it would be a bit self-proclaimed.
Before everyone could think of anything, Fang Yingwu said loudly: "In the fourteenth year of Chenghua, Xiaguan proposed border strategies in Yulin, and the northwest border is now peaceful. This is one thing; in the fifteenth year of Chenghua, Xiaguan
Reporting the case of Zhejiang seawall to prevent the sea tide from breaching the embankment and turning thousands of miles of fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River into a swamp country. This is two things;
In the 16th year of Chenghua, the lower official proposed a surprise attack on Weininghai. The army beheaded the leader of the northern captives and returned. They presented the prisoners to the emperor's spirit and were humiliated in front of the snow-covered fort. These are three things;
In the 20th year of Chenghua, the national treasury was depleted, and the subordinate officials were ordered to supervise the supply of food in the south of the Yangtze River, relieve the crisis of the treasury, and ensure sufficient food for the capital. These are the four things! The above four items are all recorded in the merit book of the imperial edict room of the cabinet.
Check it!"
Fang Yingwu finished speaking in one breath and paused for a while, waiting for others to digest. At this time, everyone could hear it. Fang Yingwu listed these four items, and he must have gone to the "discussing merits", so he immediately came to the court.
There was an uproar next.
The so-called Qingliu refers to the likes of Ci Lin Kedao, who are good at clearing discussions and supervision, and rarely have particularly significant achievements, but Fang Yingwu seems to be a special one.
Everyone fell into inertial thinking, looking at Fang Yingwu with the ordinary Qingliu template, but almost forgot that Fang Yingwu actually carried many great achievements.
The most important thing is that these great achievements have not been formally rewarded, and are only registered in the imperial palace's merit book. Of course, this is not a deliberate suppression of Fang Yingwu by the imperial court, but there are objective reasons.
After all, Fang Yingwu is too young. If he is promoted based on his merits, coupled with Fang Yingwu's high starting point, and is rewarded one by one, he might be directly promoted to minister. Is this possible?
Not to mention the minister, who could accept Fang Yingwu's age as a minister? Not to mention Fang Yingwu's enemies, even Fang Yingwu's biological father, Lao Taishan, teachers, relatives and friends, no one dared to let him
When Fang Yingwu was twenty years old, he became the Minister of the Secretariat.
Faced with this situation, everyone in the imperial court could only pretend to be confused. Even Fang Yingwu himself could only pretend to be confused and accept the embarrassing situation of not being rewarded for his merits. However, many people forgot about it after pretending.
Since it is inconvenient to use it as a reward, how about using it to pay for the crime? Li Yu was fine in the hall, and he kept talking in low voices with the eunuch of Dongchang who was sitting in the hall to hear the trial; the censors and officials from the Ministry of Personnel who came to watch seemed to have exploded, and their voices
The noise even spread outside the courtyard, attracting more onlookers.
Listing these achievements, even the emperor sitting here would have to hold his nose and recognize them. For example, when Weininghai killed the chieftain and sued the temple, it was done with great fanfare to comfort the spirit of the late emperor in heaven. How dare the emperor disrespect his ancestors?
At this moment, the only person who remained silent was Mu Wencai... Actually, he was not silent, but stunned.
Of course, there are also people who are afraid of chaos in the world, such as Xiang Chengxian and Xiang Da Yushi, who stood in the crowd and shouted loudly: "There is also a fifth one. In the seventeenth year of Chenghua, Fang Shiyi found the Empress Dowager's youngest brother, Yuan
If the Holy Mother and the family are harmonious, this counts as one!” (To be continued)
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