The quarrel in the court continued, and while everyone admired the quarrel between Fang Zheng and Jiang Zhongcheng, their eyes couldn't stop glancing at the emperor. What happened today was extraordinary, and none of the ministers came out to stop the quarrel between the two, because their own minds were constantly working, and they needed time to digest this sudden event.

In the past, the emperor who paid the most attention to rules and etiquette in this golden palace, but now I don't know why, seeing that the two of them are arguing like shrews buying vegetables in the vegetable market, the emperor didn't say anything, just looked at them calmly, and the look in his eyes was like a pool of stagnant water, and he couldn't see the slightest ripple.

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"You...... Shame on you! You spew blood......" Jiang Zhongcheng was so angry that he stammered when he spoke.

"How shameless am I? You've done so many bad things yourself, and it's shameless for me to say it? Aren't you more shameless than I am? Fang Zheng completely recovered his nature, his nostrils were facing the sky, and he looked like a hanger, which was particularly dazzling on the Jinluan Palace.

"Your Majesty,...... Weichen also sued Jiang Zhongcheng for robbing the tomb! "Fang Zheng plans to carry out the false accusation to the end, anyway, after Pan Shangshu falls, this guy will definitely not survive, and if he is offended, he will be offended.

As soon as Fang Zheng's words came out, there was another uproar in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, today's early dynasty is really too lively, ** wave after wave, the dignified officials and servants, why did Jiang Zhongcheng have one more charge of robbing the tomb? Although they knew that the two were fighting a meaningless war of words, splashing dirty water on each other and making false accusations, everyone still watched with great interest, just like sitting in a teahouse listening to a book and watching a big play.

"You...... You fart! Jiang Zhongcheng was so angry that he couldn't choose to speak.

Fang Zheng sneered: "You still don't admit it?" Hmph, thought I didn't know? You bury the night pot you use in the ground, pour dung on it every day, and after a year, dig it out and sell it to others, insisting that it is a night pot used by Qin Shi Huang......"

"You ......" Jiang Zhongcheng couldn't lift it in one breath, and almost fainted.

After taking a few deep breaths, Jiang Zhongcheng reminded himself not to talk too much to him, this person is a ruffian, and he can't take advantage of arguing with him.

"Your Majesty, Fang Zheng was born in a businessman, he is uneducated, he behaves perversely, he is rude, and his character is inferior, and he is vulgar, and the minister thinks that this person is not qualified to be an official." Jiang Zhongcheng's words resonated among the ministers of the Pan Party, and many people nodded in agreement.

"Haha, joke! You say I'm not qualified, I'm not qualified? Could it be that I have to get your consent to become an official? As we all know, my official title is the emperor's title, you say that I am not qualified enough, the implication is that the emperor has no knowledge of people? Jiang Zhongcheng! Hello bold! You don't keep your duty as a courtier, but you dare to insinuate to the emperor in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, can you be guilty? Fang Zheng said in the end, he was already full of voice.

Jiang Zhongcheng's face turned pale with fright, he was already uneasy in his heart when he bowed in front of the emperor just now, and now Fang Zheng buttoned down this big hat again, which really made him unbearable. Jiang Zhongcheng couldn't help but look up at the emperor's face, and saw that the emperor was calm, but the gaze that looked at him was cold, Jiang Zhongcheng's heart was awe-inspiring, Fang Zheng This person spoke, and used the emperor as a guise to quarrel with this person, and accidentally caught his way, forget it, it is not appropriate to quarrel with him at this time, otherwise Long Yan is furious, and it is not his small servant who can afford to be guilty.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are dead!" After all, Jiang Zhongcheng is also an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for many years, and he knows that if he quarrels with Fang Zheng again, maybe the emperor will really cut him, so he immediately quit the quarrel very straightforwardly.

Fang Zheng glanced coldly for a week, and saw that the ministers were all looking at him with complicated eyes, some admiration, some hatred, and some ridicule.

Hmph, you guys hate it, as soon as Pan Shangshu falls, at least half of you will have to lose your heads, and see who has the last laugh.

"Lord Fang, do you have conclusive evidence for the ten counts of impeaching Pan Shangshu?" A minister slowly walked out of the column and asked word by word.

This person's name is Wu Qian, who is the supervisor of the imperial history, the head of the court officials, and the backbone of the Pan Party.

"Evidence? Some have, some don't, what's the matter? Fang Zheng looked quite unreasonable, and Wu Qian was so angry that he didn't make a sound for a long time.

"Catch the thief and take the dirty, catch the traitor and catch the double, have you seen the crimes you talked about?" Wu Qian sneered.

Fang Zheng smiled and said, "Lord Wu's words are forgive the lower officials, for example, the lower officials have molested your daughter......

Seeing that Wu Qian's eyebrows were raised, he was about to be angry, Fang Zheng hurriedly smiled and said: "Metaphor, Xia Guan is just a metaphor......

Wu Qian snorted heavily, flicked his sleeves fiercely, and turned his head to ignore him.

Fang Zheng continued: "...... For example, I molested your daughter,—— by the way, do you have a daughter? ”

Wu Qian paused, his brain hadn't reacted yet, and he nodded subconsciously: "...... Yes. Immediately noticed the loss of words, but the words had already come out, so he had to glare at Fang Zheng angrily.

Fang Zheng patted his thigh and said with a smile: "It's good to have a daughter, hehe, it's good to have a daughter...... For example, I molested your daughter, and then your daughter sued me, but she couldn't find any proof that I molested her. I didn't get dirty when I caught the thief, I didn't catch the double when I caught the traitor, dare to ask Lord Wu, is Ling Qianjin being teased by me in vain? ”

Fang Zheng's words were more vicious, Wu Qian was speechless for a moment, and he didn't know how to answer.

"Lord Fang, you have been an official for a long time, I don't need to say that you must also know the laws of the court, if you impeach the ministers of the court without evidence, it is really difficult to convince the ministers and colleagues, Lord Fang, you yourself, I am afraid that you will also be charged with the crime of 'framing the minister', the law of the court is the foundation of governing the country, and the prince violates the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people. The emperor is extremely wise, even if he is kind to you in every way, I am afraid that you will not be able to tolerate it. Wu Qian sneered.

Ho, this old boy first blocked the emperor's mouth, tsk, his IQ is much higher than Jiang Zhongcheng.

Fang Zheng sneered: "Lord Wu, since you told me about the laws of the imperial court, then I will talk to you about it." There is an article in the law of our Chinese Dynasty that cases involving court officials should be tried by the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and after the case is investigated clearly, it will be directly submitted to the emperor. Lord Wu is the supervisor of the imperial history, the head of the official, and the criminal department, Dali Temple eight poles can't fight, I want to ask, what qualifications do you have to ask about this case? ”

Wu Qian was stunned, Fang Zheng's words were not wrong, the case of the Chinese Dynasty involving court officials was indeed as he said, and he could not intervene as a supervising imperial historian.

Fang Zheng was unforgiving, and looked Wu Qian up and down with thief eyes, and said with a smile: "The impeachment of Pan Shangshu by the lower officials is to be loyal to the emperor and eliminate harm for the people, but the lower officials can't figure it out, Lord Wu can't wait to jump out to help Pan Shangshu speak at this time, why did he come?" Could it be that Lord Wu and Pan Shangshu have a very close personal relationship, and they have already secretly communicated with each other? ”

Many ministers in the court class laughed out loud.

Secret songs generally refer to cheating between men and women, but Fang Zheng used this word on Wu Qian and Pan Shangshu, which was too dirty.

Wu Qian's face turned blue and white for a while, and he was embarrassed, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

Fang Zheng continued: "Pan Shangshu is an important minister in the court, and his power is overwhelming, if the lower officials have no evidence, how can they dare to touch the tiger's beard?" However, although the evidence of Pan Shangshu's lawlessness is in my hands, it is not for you to see, and the lower officials must directly present it to the emperor and ask the emperor to decide. ”

The people in the Pan Party looked at each other when they heard this, and their faces were gloomy and they did not say a word.

Fang Zheng and Jiang Zhongcheng and Wu Qian quarreled and quarreled, but they didn't expect him to make a false shot, so he simply stopped arguing with them, and the law of moving out of the Hua Dynasty detained them to death, making everyone silent. At this time, it would be inappropriate to defend Pan Shangshu again, otherwise what would the emperor think of them? Isn't that three hundred taels of silver here?

Fang Zheng took out a thin notebook from his bosom and respectfully handed it to the little yellow door standing under the dragon chair of the Golden Palace, and the little yellow door was directly sent to the emperor.

Seeing this, the ministers were in an uproar, thinking that Fang Zheng was just making a false statement, but they didn't expect him to really come up with the so-called evidence, what the ministers are most curious about now is, what is written in this thin book? Could it be that Pan Shangshu really has a handle in his hands?

The emperor took the notebook, glanced at it casually, then closed it, sighed heavily, looked into the distance with a long gaze, and said in a tone of infinite nostalgia: "I have known Lao Shangshu for decades, and I am very trustworthy about Lao Shangshu's personality and morality. Lao Shangshu wanted to resign and return to his hometown last time, but I was reluctant to let him leave me, so I didn't expect that it didn't take long for someone to impeach him, which was really a disaster......"

The emperor's words came out, including the people in the Pan Party, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were moved by the deep friendship between the monarch and the ministers for decades, and the emperor still remembered the old feelings, and Pan Shangshu could be by the emperor's side for decades, and he was a very human minister, which fully refuted the phrase "accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger".

Many ministers were ashamed, before the early dynasty, they heard some rumors about the emperor and Pan Shangshu, saying that the emperor was going to deal with Pan Shangshu, at that time they still believed it to be true, and now after listening to the emperor's words, they are ashamed of their mistaken belief in rumors.

After a pause, the emperor looked coldly at the reactions of the ministers in the palace, and then said, "...... However, the state has national laws, and since Fang Aiqing has impeached Pan Shangshu, he must act according to the law of our Hua Dynasty, and in front of the law, the prince and the common people are equal. I instructed Liu Shangshu of the Criminal Department and Zhao Siqing of Dali Temple to personally come forward to try this case, and it is important to find out this matter, I hope you can return Pan Shangshu a clean slate! ”

The two people walked out of the class and responded awe-inspiringly.

The emperor glanced at Fang Zheng coldly, and said lightly: "Fang Aiqing, the ten charges of impeaching Pan Shangshu were put forward by you, you had better ask God to worship the Buddha and hope that these charges can be confirmed, Pan Shangshu is an important minister of the country, and he has worked all his life for the people of the Chinese Dynasty, whether in the court or the people, Pan Shangshu is highly respected, if you find out that what you said is not true, then you will be guilty of framing the minister for no reason!" Do you understand? ”

In the end, the emperor's voice was violent, almost roared, the voice echoed in the quiet hall, Long Yan was furious, the world was shocked, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all changed color, and they all knelt down and shouted: "The emperor is angry!" ”

The emperor glared at Fang Zheng coldly and snorted heavily.

Fang Zheng seemed to be frightened, he couldn't help shaking, knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, what Weichen played just now is actually ...... Perhaps, it may not be entirely ......"

Fang Zheng's eyes rolled wildly as he spoke, looking very weak-hearted.

The emperor sneered: "Since the fold has been submitted, your case against Pan Shangshu is established, and it is too late to regret it at this time!" If the Criminal Department and Dali Temple find out that this case is untrue, you will wait to be questioned! ”

"What?" Fang Zheng raised his head in shock and looked at the emperor in disbelief: "It's not that serious, right?" It's just a complaint, is it necessary to cut off the head? ”

"Humph! You just talked with Wu Yushi about the law, and the conversation was very good, then I will tell you another law, whoever falsely accuses the minister, once it is verified, will sit against the false accusation. ”

"What do you mean by 'sitting back'?" Fang Zheng asked with a dazed and ignorant look.

Wu Qian walked out at this time, and explained with a sneer: "Sitting back, that is, what punishment standard is the punishment standard for the crimes you sued Pan Shangshu, this standard will be imposed on you, for example, you sue Pan Shangshu for bullying the king, this is the crime of killing the head, if it is found that you are falsely accused, then you will be killed." ”

Wu Qian and the people in the Pan Party are proud now, looking at Fang Zheng's weak appearance, it seems that the so-called evidence he presented may not be enough to bring down Pan Shangshu, this person is still too young, he doesn't know the danger of the court, and thinks that impeaching the minister is as easy as eating and drinking, how can things in the world be so simple? This time, let's take a good look at how this young man's proud courtier lost his head.

When Fang Zheng heard Wu Qian say this, he couldn't help but tremble, and said with a look of cringe: "Wu ...... Lord Wu, it's not so serious, is it? ”

Seeing his appearance, Wu Qian was even more sure that Fang Zheng's accusation against Pan Shangshu was open-mouthed, there was no strong evidence to support it, and the things he had just taken care of were considered to be his own thoughts, thinking of this, Wu Qian sneered: "The emperor has said that the country has national laws, Lord Fang, and let us wait and see." ”

Fang Zheng's face suddenly turned like earth, turned his head, and said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, can Weichen get back the report to Pan Shangshu just now?" Weichen just remembered that there seemed to be a punctuation mistake and wanted to take it back and revise it......"

The emperor said angrily: "The courtiers give the emperor a fold, the palace must be archived for the record, you can go up if you want, you can take it if you want, is it child's play for you to be a national event?" ”

Fang Zheng's eyes turned red, and he lowered his head and said aggrievedly: "...... Your Majesty, I was wrong, really...... Forgive me, Wechen is less than twenty years old, but in fact he is just a child......"

The ministers looked at him with disdain, and seeing Fang Zheng's performance, the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs finally determined at this time that Fang Zheng was really falsely accused. The so-called ten crimes of Pan Shangshu are just this hairy boy openly retaliating against Pan Shangshu with personal grudges.

The emperor said lightly: "Some mistakes can't be changed if they are made." Today, in order to convince you Aiqing, I decided that during the investigation of this case by the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, no one is allowed to enter or leave Pan Shangshu's Mansion, and I will send troops to protect Shangshu's Mansion day and night, so as not to let people think that Lao Shangshu has annihilated the evidence, and exchanged confessions, which has ruined Lao Shangshu's reputation for the first life, and also to prevent some people with bad intentions from causing harm to Lao Shangshu and his family in a hurry. ”

There is no doubt that the "certain people" in the emperor's mouth naturally refers to Fang Zheng.

The emperor's grace to Pan Shangshu was so great that the ministers felt moved, and the ministers knelt down and said loudly: "My emperor is wise, long live, long live, long live!" ”

Only a few core members of the Pan Party flashed a trace of surprise in their eyes after hearing that the emperor had sent troops to protect Shangshu Mansion.

Fang Zheng still looked extremely remorseful, lying on the ground and refusing to get up, and kept saying: "Your Majesty, please, please return the fold to me, I don't read much, I really made a mistake in punctuation, you let me revise it......"

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