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But this answer made the Son of Heaven very displeased.

Emperor Zhengde raised his eyebrows and said, "Jiao Qing means that this letter was framed by Du Yushi?" ”

Emperor Zhengde threw a book at Jiao Fang, so frightened that he hurriedly stepped forward to catch it.

"That's what the minister meant, the minister said that the fire in Wenyuan Pavilion may be an unintentional fault of a small official."

Jiao Fang secretly complained in her heart, but she had to come back to the words.

Emperor Zhengde glanced at several ministers again, and said in a deep voice: "Sir, let's say a few words too." ”

Xie Shen, who had been silent, stepped forward and said in a paused voice: "Your Majesty, it makes sense for the minister to think that Lord Jiao said that the fire in Wenyuan Pavilion was due to a man-made disaster. But this arsonist is not a scribe, it is Master Jiao Fangjiao! ”

Emperor Zhengde listened directly to the stupid.

He was silent for a long time before asking, "Sir is not joking, is he?" It was Jiao Qing who set the fire? ”

Emperor Zhengde also thought that the fire in Wenyuan Pavilion was mostly related to Jiao Fang, but he only considered it from the perspective of a sign from the sky and the immorality of the ministers.

However, Emperor Zhengde never thought that Jiao Fang would set fire to it.

That's a big joke, isn't it?

Xie Shen shook his head and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister is not joking, the minister has sufficient evidence to prove that it was Master Jiao Fangjiao who set fire to Wenyuan Pavilion. ”

After speaking, he bowed his hand to the emperor and said, "Father-in-law Gu can testify." His Majesty summoned Father-in-law Gu to ask and find out. ”

Emperor Zhengde bowed slightly, and immediately ordered someone to go to Chuangu Dayong.

After a short period of time, Gu Dayong, the commander and eunuch of the West Factory, came with the wind and dust.

After meeting the Son of Heaven, Emperor Zhengde asked him about the fire in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Gu Dayong presented a thick stack of records to the Son of Heaven, which recorded in detail the details of the collusion between the cabinet minister Jiao Fang and the favorite minister of the Son of Heaven, Jiang Bin, intending to frame Li Dongyang, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Xie Shen, a scholar of the East Pavilion University.

The Son of Heaven was extremely angry, and immediately asked Jiao Fang and Jiang Bin Gu Dayong whether their statements were true.

Xie Shen's hand is indeed beautiful.

He had long suspected that there were ghosts in the cabinet, so he asked Gu Dayong to use the relationship of the West Factory to check it. I don't know if I don't check this, and I'm shocked when I check it. The inner ghost is none other than Jiao Fang, a good old man who seems to be loyal and honest, harmless to humans and animals.

Jiao Fang's presence in the cabinet was so low that Xie Shen didn't even consider it.

But it is precisely because of this that Jiao Fang has every motivation to do this.

Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Xie Shen, this is like three mountains that are overwhelmed by Jiao Fang.

If Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are older, Jiao Fang can still survive, and Xie Shen will completely crush Jiao Fang to death.

As long as Xie Shen is in the cabinet, it is impossible for Jiao Fang to come out in the cabinet, let alone serve as the first assistant.

Most civil servants have strong political ambitions, especially those like Jiao Fang, who are close to the pinnacle of power.

Although they are both ministers, the gap between the first assistant and the group assistant can be described as a world of difference. No one wants to be willing to be small for someone else, or to someone who is more than twenty years younger than themselves.

Jiao Fang not only has motives, but also has the strength to commit crimes.

Wenyuan Pavilion is located behind the Wenhua Hall in the Donghua Gate of the Forbidden City, although it is not in the inner palace, but it is also a large forbidden place. Ordinary ministers could not approach this place at all. The people who can walk around the Wenyuan Pavilion are either the inner supervisors or the scribes.

However, it was impossible for the inner eunuchs and scribes to avoid everyone's eyes and ears, because they had their own jobs, and it was too ostentatious to enter Wenyuan Pavilion.

After all, the main role of Wenyuan Pavilion is to collect books, and theoretically speaking, only the Son of Heaven can read the books in it.

Of course, there are some exceptions, and that is the ministers.

Cabinet ministers can enter and leave the Wenyuan Pavilion without being restricted, and no one will suspect the cabinet officials.

Jiao Fang could sneak into the Wenyuan Pavilion without knowing it, and set fire to this majestic building without attracting any attention.

Even if he is discovered, he can easily deal with the past, and no one will suspect that the cabinet ministers are plotting wrong.

Of course, all this can't escape the ears and eyes of Xichang Fanzi.

After Liu Jin was demoted to Nanjing, the East Factory collapsed, and the West Factory quickly replaced the position of the East Factory without suppression, and became the first spy agency of the Beijing Division.

Under the leadership of Changgong Gu Dayong, the spies of the West Factory spread their eyeliner in Beijing, and every move of the officials was under their control.

This time, Xie Shen took the initiative to find Gu Dayong and asked him to help check Jiao Fang, which was just a flick of his fingers for Gu Dayong.

What surprised Xie Shen even more was that the person who cooperated with Jiao Fang was Jiang Bin.

With such a string, all the points of doubt were solved.

Jiao Fang and Jiang Bin need to be on top, and the other needs to get rid of the control of Li Dongyang and Xie Shen, so they naturally hit it off.

Once the Wenyuan Pavilion caught fire, Jiang Bin could instruct the imperial history to use the vision from the sky to make a big fuss about the cabinet's immorality. With his status as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, it is still easy to influence the judgment of Emperor Zhengde.

As long as Emperor Zhengde believes that his ministers are immoral, he will naturally consider Li Dongyang and Xie Qian first, after all, their status is there, and Jiao Fang is just a soy sauce player, and his sense of existence is too low.

It's a pity that Jiang Bin underestimated Xie Shen's ability, and he was able to work together with the commander of Xichang, found clues, and dug out the relationship between him and Jiao Fang.

If he had known that Xie Shen was so difficult to mess with, he would definitely not make a move easily.

But it's too late to say anything now, Gu Dayong has obviously already arranged eyeliner outside his mansion, and his every move is watched by Xichang Fanzi!

What he has to do now is how to protect himself, as for Jiao Fang, a useless thing that drags his feet, Jiang Bin naturally can't care about it!

"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged. The minister is loyal to His Majesty, and he has never colluded with Lord Jiao to trap a few elders. ”

Jiang Bin fell to his knees with a thud, hugged Emperor Zhengde's thigh and cried.

Xie Shen's eyes revealed a touch of disdain. This Jiang Bin is really thick-skinned, and he can deny it in the face of conclusive evidence.

He wanted to see how Jiang Bin could turn black into white.

Emperor Zhengde only felt distraught.

The thick stack of documents given by Gu Dayong is enough to prove that Jiang Bin and Jiao Fang colluded and set fire to Wenyuan Pavilion.

And now he is cheeky to clear himself, which makes Emperor Zhengde very disappointed.

However, Zhengde did not intend to give up on Jiang Bin. He belittled Liu Jin and Qian Ning one after another, and if he degraded Jiang Bin again at this time, he would really become a loner.

The Son of Heaven doesn't want to be controlled by courtiers, so he naturally has to have henchmen. Although Jiang Bin was a little more cautious, he was still very loyal to the Son of Heaven himself. In the final analysis, Jiang Bin took the initiative to protect himself, hoping to end the situation of being suppressed by several scholars in the cabinet.

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