Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty
Chapter 110： You settle accounts again
Chapter 110 You settle accounts after autumn
In the Forbidden City, as always.
Early in the morning, Emperor Hongzhi arrived at the Nuan Pavilion. Immediately afterwards, the cabinet scholars headed by Liu Jian met with them and began to discuss the day\'s government affairs.
Emperor Hongzhi\'s complexion was obviously not good.
As for the result of the whole fraud case, Liu Jian and others are well aware of it.
Although I feel that in this case, Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing are really wronged, and it has been clearly verified, but His Majesty still has not rehabilitated them. Although Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing were allowed to escape, they were also wronged up.
For the face of the palace and the court, but the majesty of the palace and the court cannot be violated.
Even Liu Jian, although sympathetic, knew that he could not persuade His Majesty to change his mind and rehabilitate the two of them.
So, everyone has a tacit understanding, and today they will never mention the fraud case.
Emperor Hongzhi had been frowning all this time, so naturally he didn\'t want to mention this matter. This has become a thorn in his heart. This case can only be muddied in this way. Emperor Hongzhi was unavoidably a little uneasy.
But what can be done, let the whole world know that the emperor also made mistakes? Once people know that the emperor is not a sage, won\'t the emperor\'s other will also be criticized and questioned? The son of heaven, who is ordered by the sky, can\'t make mistakes.
But no matter how he comforted himself, Emperor Hongzhi still seemed a little uneasy, listening to Liu Jian\'s views on the suppression of Milu rebels in Guizhou.
But at this time, a **** came in cautiously, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Fang Jifan is asking to see you."
"Fang Jifan?" Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly. He is a small general flag, what is he running here at this time? Shouldn\'t you be on duty at Zhan Shifu today?
"What\'s the matter?" Emperor Hongzhi was in a bad mood today, so he just asked calmly.
The eunuch\'s face was slightly disturbed, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "He is outside the Meridian Gate, and he keeps saying that he wants to speak out..."
"Pfft..." Xie Qian sat firmly on the side. Emperor Hongzhi has always been generous to several university scholars. Not only did he give them a seat, but he also served them tea. Originally, Xie Qian was holding a teacup and sipping tea at this interval. , Who would have expected that the tea had just been taken in, and when he heard the words "Zhengyi Zhiyan", he spewed out the tea in a sip.
You are a banner official of the Habayashi Guard, and you are not a Qingliu. What does it have to do with you?
You, Fang Jifan, are the target of the righteous speech, and the righteous speech comes from your mouth, isn\'t this... a joke?
At this time, Liu Jian\'s reaction was only to purse his lips, and didn\'t say anything.
The last time Fang Jifan\'s three disciples shined brilliantly in the general examination, which made him feel honored. As a result, Fang Jifan\'s views changed somewhat.
Li Dongyang was smiling, but no one could guess what he was thinking at this moment.
"Speak out of righteousness?" Emperor Hongzhi couldn\'t help crying and laughing: "What does he want to speak up for?"
The **** carefully glanced at Emperor Hongzhi: "Fang Jifan claimed that it was for the case of imperial examination fraud."
"..."
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the warm pavilion suddenly cooled down.
This matter can now be regarded as the emperor\'s rebellion, and the three of them, Liu Jian, are well aware of it.
But this Fang Jifan is really itchy, dare to touch this kind of reverse scale?
Even Liu Jian and the others dare not expose this scar now.
Sure enough, Emperor Hongzhi was full of anger, and said sharply: "Is he, the chief banner official, able to criticize the affairs of the court? It\'s a big joke in the world. I usually indulge him too much, so that he relies on his cleverness. Just showing off everywhere, if it wasn\'t for the sake of his brain disease, I must punish him severely, go back and tell him, so that he will not cause trouble, I will not see him."
So the **** quickly bowed and saluted, and hurried away.
Emperor Hongzhi\'s face was still cloudy and uncertain, showing that his anger had not subsided.
To tell the truth, Fang Jifan also had a brain disease fortunately, and he was still a junior, too young. If someone else dared to come here to touch the tiger\'s butt, Emperor Hongzhi, who was ashamed and angry, would have been punished long ago.
Now that Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing were released from the imperial prison, it is already lenient. This matter must not continue to be messed up.
However, when Fang Jifan wanted to speak up for Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing, the three of them, Liu Jian, were all slightly taken aback. Fang Jifan...why did he do this? It\'s good that this guy doesn\'t mess around, but... he has such courage?
Even Xie Qian, who could not help laughing just now, is now serious. In any case, in his heart, Fang Jifan\'s behavior today needs to be taken seriously and is worthy of respect.
After such a incident, Emperor Hongzhi became even more restless, but he thought the matter was over, but who knew that the **** would go and come back, knelt down in panic and said, "Your Majesty, Fang Jifan refuses to leave."
"Then ignore him, hum!" Emperor Hongzhi said with a straight face.
The **** hesitated for a moment, before he said bravely: "This servant thinks so too, but...he knelt outside the Meridian Gate without saying a word. , Many people were watching there, Ou was whispering, the slaves thought... thought... if he continued to mess around at the Meridian Gate like this, I\'m afraid it would be unsightly..."
Hoo...
All of a sudden, Emperor Hongzhi was completely angered, and said angrily: "Fang Jifan turned against him!"
After finishing speaking, he stood up angrily, paced back and forth, with an angry look on his face.
Fang Jifan\'s words and deeds obviously hurt Emperor Hongzhi\'s self-esteem and provoked a certain sense of guilt deep in Emperor Hongzhi\'s heart, but this was extremely dangerous, because there is a saying called anger from embarrassment, and the emperor made a decisive decision. But when he lost his mind and gave an order, his life would be over.
At this time, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian looked at each other. Even Fang Jifan dared to speak up. If the three of them didn\'t say anything, they would be ashamed to gain a foothold in the temple.
I saw Liu Jian said seriously: "Your Majesty, why don\'t you call him here and listen to what he has to say."
"Yes." Xie Qian said: "Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, why bother to get angry with a child?"
Li Dongyang was thoughtful, he vaguely felt that Fang Jifan was a very smart person, on the surface he was absurd, but inwardly, he would never do such a foolish thing!
But why would he do this?
"Hmph!" Emperor Hongzhi said still angrily, "Okay, I\'d like to hear what he has to say, pass it on!"
Then the **** hurried out again, and the deathlike silence returned to the warm pavilion.
Monarchs and ministers, everyone has their own concerns. Liu Jian\'s brows are faintly worried. He has no prejudice against Fang Jifan, and Fang Jifan\'s actions today are impressive, but...
Liu Jian is well aware of the fraud case, and there are too many things to worry about. Your Majesty has His Majesty\'s difficulties. If Fang Jifan chatters endlessly, isn\'t he courting death?
A moment later, Fang Jifan stepped into the warm cabinet.
Before he came, he actually made some preparations, for example...he put a steel plate in his underwear, which was inspired by the prince.
At this time, Fang Jifan stepped forward and said: "My minister has seen His Majesty, long live my emperor."
Emperor Hongzhi pulled his face, with a slight sharpness in his eyes, he glanced at Fang Jifan very impolitely, and said in a cold voice: "You are not on duty in Zhan Shifu, why are you here?"
From the voice, Fang Jifan could hear that His Majesty was still angry.
Fang Jifan said sternly: "My minister came here to report something."
Emperor Hongzhi said coldly: "What\'s the matter, don\'t hide it."
Fang Jifan took a deep breath, and then said: "I heard that Cheng Minzheng, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Jing, a Gong student, have not found any real evidence for the case of fraud in the imperial examination."
If you observe carefully, it is not difficult to find that Emperor Hongzhi\'s hands trembled slightly!
I’m really afraid of what will happen. I’m not mean to you, Fang Jifan, and I’m usually generous to your Fang family. How many things have you done in the past and were impeached? Didn’t I protect you? It\'s all right now, but your wings are hardened, and now you come here to be a clear stream, to accuse and question me?
Emperor Hongzhi said coldly: "Fang Jifan, can you count how many memorials about your impeachment have been kept in the palace of the Qing Dynasty, have they not been released?"
"..."
Uh, this is out of routine.
The matter is very important. In fact, before Fang Jifan came here, he had imitated it long ago, just like in the drama. Fang Jifan\'s general routine is that he mentioned the fraud case himself, and then the emperor asked, what\'s the matter with Qianqing, and then Fang Jifan started again. Eloquently explain your point of view.
But... what I thought, in reality, it turned out to be a different scene.
I just listened to Emperor Hongzhi\'s word for word: "Do you want me to count them out for you to see?"
Emperor Hongzhi spoke calmly, but every word hit Fang Jifan\'s seven inches.
This... is a bit embarrassing.
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan with a half-smile, and the expression on his face was probably \'Come on, let\'s hurt each other\'.
Fang Jifan, who was originally full of enthusiasm, suddenly weakened a bit, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, what I want to play is a matter of the moment. Can you please let your majesty let the minister finish speaking, and then settle accounts after the autumn."
Settle accounts after autumn!
Emperor Hongzhi snorted coldly, this guy even said the word Qiu Hou to settle accounts, doesn\'t this mean that I am petty and settle old accounts with him?
Fang Jifan seized this gap, and quickly said: "Your Majesty, since there is no clue and no real evidence for this case, why not fan Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jingping? It\'s really not right to lose their student status, in my heart, His Majesty is a holy king, how could he do such a thing."
Actually, Fang Jifan didn\'t know how to persuade him. He was really unfamiliar with words and sentences.
So Liu Jian and the three of them sighed in their hearts when they heard Fang Jifan\'s words. This guy is not trying to persuade, he is fighting His Majesty.
(end of this chapter)
In the Forbidden City, as always.
Early in the morning, Emperor Hongzhi arrived at the Nuan Pavilion. Immediately afterwards, the cabinet scholars headed by Liu Jian met with them and began to discuss the day\'s government affairs.
Emperor Hongzhi\'s complexion was obviously not good.
As for the result of the whole fraud case, Liu Jian and others are well aware of it.
Although I feel that in this case, Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing are really wronged, and it has been clearly verified, but His Majesty still has not rehabilitated them. Although Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing were allowed to escape, they were also wronged up.
For the face of the palace and the court, but the majesty of the palace and the court cannot be violated.
Even Liu Jian, although sympathetic, knew that he could not persuade His Majesty to change his mind and rehabilitate the two of them.
So, everyone has a tacit understanding, and today they will never mention the fraud case.
Emperor Hongzhi had been frowning all this time, so naturally he didn\'t want to mention this matter. This has become a thorn in his heart. This case can only be muddied in this way. Emperor Hongzhi was unavoidably a little uneasy.
But what can be done, let the whole world know that the emperor also made mistakes? Once people know that the emperor is not a sage, won\'t the emperor\'s other will also be criticized and questioned? The son of heaven, who is ordered by the sky, can\'t make mistakes.
But no matter how he comforted himself, Emperor Hongzhi still seemed a little uneasy, listening to Liu Jian\'s views on the suppression of Milu rebels in Guizhou.
But at this time, a **** came in cautiously, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Fang Jifan is asking to see you."
"Fang Jifan?" Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly. He is a small general flag, what is he running here at this time? Shouldn\'t you be on duty at Zhan Shifu today?
"What\'s the matter?" Emperor Hongzhi was in a bad mood today, so he just asked calmly.
The eunuch\'s face was slightly disturbed, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "He is outside the Meridian Gate, and he keeps saying that he wants to speak out..."
"Pfft..." Xie Qian sat firmly on the side. Emperor Hongzhi has always been generous to several university scholars. Not only did he give them a seat, but he also served them tea. Originally, Xie Qian was holding a teacup and sipping tea at this interval. , Who would have expected that the tea had just been taken in, and when he heard the words "Zhengyi Zhiyan", he spewed out the tea in a sip.
You are a banner official of the Habayashi Guard, and you are not a Qingliu. What does it have to do with you?
You, Fang Jifan, are the target of the righteous speech, and the righteous speech comes from your mouth, isn\'t this... a joke?
At this time, Liu Jian\'s reaction was only to purse his lips, and didn\'t say anything.
The last time Fang Jifan\'s three disciples shined brilliantly in the general examination, which made him feel honored. As a result, Fang Jifan\'s views changed somewhat.
Li Dongyang was smiling, but no one could guess what he was thinking at this moment.
"Speak out of righteousness?" Emperor Hongzhi couldn\'t help crying and laughing: "What does he want to speak up for?"
The **** carefully glanced at Emperor Hongzhi: "Fang Jifan claimed that it was for the case of imperial examination fraud."
"..."
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the warm pavilion suddenly cooled down.
This matter can now be regarded as the emperor\'s rebellion, and the three of them, Liu Jian, are well aware of it.
But this Fang Jifan is really itchy, dare to touch this kind of reverse scale?
Even Liu Jian and the others dare not expose this scar now.
Sure enough, Emperor Hongzhi was full of anger, and said sharply: "Is he, the chief banner official, able to criticize the affairs of the court? It\'s a big joke in the world. I usually indulge him too much, so that he relies on his cleverness. Just showing off everywhere, if it wasn\'t for the sake of his brain disease, I must punish him severely, go back and tell him, so that he will not cause trouble, I will not see him."
So the **** quickly bowed and saluted, and hurried away.
Emperor Hongzhi\'s face was still cloudy and uncertain, showing that his anger had not subsided.
To tell the truth, Fang Jifan also had a brain disease fortunately, and he was still a junior, too young. If someone else dared to come here to touch the tiger\'s butt, Emperor Hongzhi, who was ashamed and angry, would have been punished long ago.
Now that Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing were released from the imperial prison, it is already lenient. This matter must not continue to be messed up.
However, when Fang Jifan wanted to speak up for Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing, the three of them, Liu Jian, were all slightly taken aback. Fang Jifan...why did he do this? It\'s good that this guy doesn\'t mess around, but... he has such courage?
Even Xie Qian, who could not help laughing just now, is now serious. In any case, in his heart, Fang Jifan\'s behavior today needs to be taken seriously and is worthy of respect.
After such a incident, Emperor Hongzhi became even more restless, but he thought the matter was over, but who knew that the **** would go and come back, knelt down in panic and said, "Your Majesty, Fang Jifan refuses to leave."
"Then ignore him, hum!" Emperor Hongzhi said with a straight face.
The **** hesitated for a moment, before he said bravely: "This servant thinks so too, but...he knelt outside the Meridian Gate without saying a word. , Many people were watching there, Ou was whispering, the slaves thought... thought... if he continued to mess around at the Meridian Gate like this, I\'m afraid it would be unsightly..."
Hoo...
All of a sudden, Emperor Hongzhi was completely angered, and said angrily: "Fang Jifan turned against him!"
After finishing speaking, he stood up angrily, paced back and forth, with an angry look on his face.
Fang Jifan\'s words and deeds obviously hurt Emperor Hongzhi\'s self-esteem and provoked a certain sense of guilt deep in Emperor Hongzhi\'s heart, but this was extremely dangerous, because there is a saying called anger from embarrassment, and the emperor made a decisive decision. But when he lost his mind and gave an order, his life would be over.
At this time, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian looked at each other. Even Fang Jifan dared to speak up. If the three of them didn\'t say anything, they would be ashamed to gain a foothold in the temple.
I saw Liu Jian said seriously: "Your Majesty, why don\'t you call him here and listen to what he has to say."
"Yes." Xie Qian said: "Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, why bother to get angry with a child?"
Li Dongyang was thoughtful, he vaguely felt that Fang Jifan was a very smart person, on the surface he was absurd, but inwardly, he would never do such a foolish thing!
But why would he do this?
"Hmph!" Emperor Hongzhi said still angrily, "Okay, I\'d like to hear what he has to say, pass it on!"
Then the **** hurried out again, and the deathlike silence returned to the warm pavilion.
Monarchs and ministers, everyone has their own concerns. Liu Jian\'s brows are faintly worried. He has no prejudice against Fang Jifan, and Fang Jifan\'s actions today are impressive, but...
Liu Jian is well aware of the fraud case, and there are too many things to worry about. Your Majesty has His Majesty\'s difficulties. If Fang Jifan chatters endlessly, isn\'t he courting death?
A moment later, Fang Jifan stepped into the warm cabinet.
Before he came, he actually made some preparations, for example...he put a steel plate in his underwear, which was inspired by the prince.
At this time, Fang Jifan stepped forward and said: "My minister has seen His Majesty, long live my emperor."
Emperor Hongzhi pulled his face, with a slight sharpness in his eyes, he glanced at Fang Jifan very impolitely, and said in a cold voice: "You are not on duty in Zhan Shifu, why are you here?"
From the voice, Fang Jifan could hear that His Majesty was still angry.
Fang Jifan said sternly: "My minister came here to report something."
Emperor Hongzhi said coldly: "What\'s the matter, don\'t hide it."
Fang Jifan took a deep breath, and then said: "I heard that Cheng Minzheng, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Jing, a Gong student, have not found any real evidence for the case of fraud in the imperial examination."
If you observe carefully, it is not difficult to find that Emperor Hongzhi\'s hands trembled slightly!
I’m really afraid of what will happen. I’m not mean to you, Fang Jifan, and I’m usually generous to your Fang family. How many things have you done in the past and were impeached? Didn’t I protect you? It\'s all right now, but your wings are hardened, and now you come here to be a clear stream, to accuse and question me?
Emperor Hongzhi said coldly: "Fang Jifan, can you count how many memorials about your impeachment have been kept in the palace of the Qing Dynasty, have they not been released?"
"..."
Uh, this is out of routine.
The matter is very important. In fact, before Fang Jifan came here, he had imitated it long ago, just like in the drama. Fang Jifan\'s general routine is that he mentioned the fraud case himself, and then the emperor asked, what\'s the matter with Qianqing, and then Fang Jifan started again. Eloquently explain your point of view.
But... what I thought, in reality, it turned out to be a different scene.
I just listened to Emperor Hongzhi\'s word for word: "Do you want me to count them out for you to see?"
Emperor Hongzhi spoke calmly, but every word hit Fang Jifan\'s seven inches.
This... is a bit embarrassing.
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan with a half-smile, and the expression on his face was probably \'Come on, let\'s hurt each other\'.
Fang Jifan, who was originally full of enthusiasm, suddenly weakened a bit, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, what I want to play is a matter of the moment. Can you please let your majesty let the minister finish speaking, and then settle accounts after the autumn."
Settle accounts after autumn!
Emperor Hongzhi snorted coldly, this guy even said the word Qiu Hou to settle accounts, doesn\'t this mean that I am petty and settle old accounts with him?
Fang Jifan seized this gap, and quickly said: "Your Majesty, since there is no clue and no real evidence for this case, why not fan Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jingping? It\'s really not right to lose their student status, in my heart, His Majesty is a holy king, how could he do such a thing."
Actually, Fang Jifan didn\'t know how to persuade him. He was really unfamiliar with words and sentences.
So Liu Jian and the three of them sighed in their hearts when they heard Fang Jifan\'s words. This guy is not trying to persuade, he is fighting His Majesty.
(end of this chapter)