The news of Xiao Fan's angry beating of the minister outside the Golden Palace soon spread.

No one expected that the British duke of Svenwen would actually say that he would do it, and the right capital Yu Shi Jingqing was beaten so much that he couldn't get off the ground for a few days, his body was scarred, and he was lying on the bed and humming.

Some of the inside story behind this incident has also been spread, and the beating is all due to the relocation of the capital, and the relocation of the capital is exactly the idea of the British duke, because of the opposition to the relocation of the capital, there have been two ministers in the early dynasty who shed blood, one is Jing Qing, who was beaten by Xiao Fan, and the other is Yang Jing, the secretary of the criminal department who took the initiative to find abuse and kowtowed and fainted.

There is no doubt that the relocation of the capital has touched the sore spot of many ministers, whether in favor or against, everyone is faintly aware that the calm court mountain rain is coming, and the British Gong Xiao Fan is once again standing on the cusp of the storm, ready to meet the coming stormy waves, and there will be a fierce collision between the old faction and the annihilation party, and the outcome is unpredictable.

The news of moving the capital spread in Beijing after the dispersal of the dynasty, Ji Gang trembled with anger when he heard the report, and the network of interests that had just been established with great effort was disrupted by Xiao Fan's sentence to move the capital, if the capital was moved to Beiping, it would mean that all the relationships were nullified, and there must be a great personnel change in the DPRK after the capital was moved, Ji Gang used to take advantage of Xiao Fan's opportunity to leave Beijing to go north to quell the rebellion, and now Xiao Fan is in the Beijing court, and the future personnel changes Ji Gang will be suppressed to what position, he can't think about it.

Xiao Fan is no longer just blocking his way to make money, he is simply not giving him a way to live.

For the sake of vital interests, even if you are afraid of Xiao Fan, you must fight back! The rabbit is forced to bite people in a hurry, not to mention the tyrannical Ji Gang?

After Ji Gang made up his mind, he quickly entered Jingqing's mansion, and the two discussed secretly in the mansion for a long time.

Jing Qing, who was beaten by Xiao Fan, played the precious quality of not being in the line of fire with minor injuries, and in the afternoon, he summoned all the imperial historians of the Inspectorate, as well as most of the ministers in the court who did not want to move the capital, and everyone gathered together to crusade against Xiao Fan's evil deeds and malpractices.

In the next few days, among the various ministries, the thirteen imperial histories of the Inspectorate, as well as the Shangshu of the various ministries of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and the squires were all sparse, and the rhetoric was fierce and resolutely opposed to the relocation of the Ming Dynasty, and faintly pointed out that the DPRK and China annihilated the power and covered the sky with one hand, in a vain attempt to confuse the Holy Son of Heaven to violate the ancestral system and subvert the Ming Dynasty.

Snowflakes flew into the palace, Zhu Yunwen's desk accumulated several feet, in order to express the resoluteness of the opposition, many ministers actually wrote a blood letter, in order to show that there is no compromise, as for whether the blood is chicken blood or duck blood, there is no way to verify.

Within a few days, Xiao Fan had become the target of everyone, and he was fiercely opposed to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

The capital was cloudy, and the court was thundering.

Inside the Shaw Mansion Flower Hall.

Ru Yu looked at Xiao Fan with a wry smile on his face, and said: "Grandpa Guo, everything can be done after planning and then moving, this time you proposed to move the capital, but you were really in a hurry......

Xiao Fan sighed: "Those stubborn and conservative ministers in the DPRK are all numb and selfish, and the relocation of the capital has touched their interests, how can they be willing to compromise?" No matter what means are used, they will not agree, since soft and hard do not eat, what is the difference between us and not? ”

"Nowadays, the officials and imperial historians in the court are frequently moving around, and there are countless copies of the impeachment of you, and it is said that Jingqing, the imperial historian of the right capital, privately connected with the ministers, and prepared to jointly write a letter to force the Son of Heaven to punish you, Grandpa Guo...... Something is not good! Let's ...... It's better to give up and move the capital, where is the capital located, is it really so important to me Daming? Ru Yu persuaded bitterly, after getting along for many years, he and Xiao Fan are no longer a simple relationship of interest, this old fox who has been extremely slippery since the Hongwu Dynasty still has a deep appreciation for Xiao Fan, a young man, and many times he even thought about being willing to give Xiao Fan some help within his ability regardless of interests, even if he suffers a little loss.

Xiao Fan had a resolute look on his face, raised his eyes to look at Ru Yu, and said solemnly: "No! The move of the capital must be done! A must do! This can only be done in the hands of our generation, and when it comes to our next generation, the next generation, who will have the courage to complete it? We are working for the well-being of the community and our children and grandchildren, and moving the capital is a matter that will benefit the future generations, no matter how much resistance we encounter, I must complete it! ”

Ru Yu was silent for a long time, and said: "Grandpa Guo has worked hard, how many people in the world can understand?" ”

Xiao Fan laughed: "Although there are tens of millions of people, I will go!" ”

"But...... Seeing that those stubborn ministers are already preparing to jointly impeach you, if these people launch it jointly, the impact on the court will not even be able to suppress the Son of Heaven, and the situation is critical, why does Grandpa Guo have to face the edge? Ru Yu said with a bitter face.

Xiao Fan lowered his head and stared at the hot mist teacup in his hand, and said quietly: "The development of everything will not be set in stone, I have been waiting, waiting for an appropriate opportunity, if this opportunity can't wait, I don't mind being a wicked person and attaining Bodhi under the butcher's knife." ”

At the end of June, the Jingshi court maintained an eerie calm, but the ministers' private contacts became more and more frequent and close, the Jinyi Wei had several secret reports from Yuan Zhong, and Cao Yi repeatedly urged Xiao Fan to do something to those ministers, but Xiao Fan was still unmoved.

He has been patient, waiting.

As a last resort, Xiao Fan didn't want to use violent means to achieve his goal, there was too much blood on his hands, he would be unhappy, Xiao Fan longed for the rest of his life to be happy without regrets.

Xiao Fan retreated, but the ministers advanced, and in the strange calm atmosphere, the ministers' eyes staring at Xiao Fan became colder and colder day by day.

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings.

A few days later, Zhu Yunwen summoned Xiao Fan into the palace and persuaded him to give up the idea of moving the capital, Zhu Yunwen was a little overwhelmed by the mountains of notes of the ministers, in order not to drown Xiao Fan in the ministers' verbal criticism, Zhu Yunwen had to persuade Xiao Fan to give up.

Xiao Fan smiled faintly, and his original intention did not change.

At the beginning of July, the right capital of the imperial history Jingqing Golden Palace wrote a book, and the chapter impeached Xiao Fan for "pampering and abusing power, soliciting and accepting bribes, framing loyalty, suppressing dissidents" and other more than ten major crimes.

Not to be outdone, the annihilators went out one after another to defend Xiao Fan.

The court changed color again, the golden palace was full of lightning and thunder, sparks were everywhere, and the dispute over moving the capital triggered the long-accumulated contradictions between the various factions in the DPRK and China, and the storm that had been brewing for a long time was officially launched.

Xiao Fan once again became the focus of the center of the storm, but he was extremely calm, so many ministers in the Golden Palace were fiercely impeached, but Xiao Fan didn't even say a word of defense.

The focus of the court's arguments is about Xiao Fan's more than ten so-called crimes, Ji Gang Jingqing is turning clouds and rain behind his back, Ru Yun Xie Jin stands in front and defends himself, Zhu Yunwen is fair and impartial on the surface, but he delays the court discussion again and again, and he does not come to a conclusion.

After three days of such a stalemate, there was still no result in the uproar in the court.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Xiao Fan wore an official uniform, walked out of the palace gate with an indifferent face, sat in the official sedan chair, and returned home surrounded by the guards.

In the swaying sedan chair, Xiao Fan wrinkled his brows, and his hands in his sleeves were clenched into fists.

The situation is a little bad, the longer the matter goes on, the matter of moving the capital is very likely to be over, and it is very likely to set himself on fire, these ministers are getting louder and louder to impeach him, Zhu Yunwen and the annihilation of the party have gradually become unable to resist, if the matter comes to the last step, those ministers at the same time resort to cry, make trouble and hang themselves at the same time, forcing Zhu Yunwen to punish him, at that time I am afraid that Zhu Yunwen will not be able to sit still.

What to do? Do you want to change the way of violence to arrest and kill some ministers who oppose him, so as to achieve the purpose of deterring the court?

Xiao Fan was hesitating, although he had a violent mechanism in his hands, he really didn't like to use killing methods to achieve his goals.

As long as there is a 1 in 10,000 chance to solve the problem peacefully, Xiao Fan will work hard to the end, he doesn't want to make a bloody storm, although he has the ability.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Xiao Fan suddenly heard a piercing gong outside the ringing, and then, he felt a sedan chair shake, and then stopped.

Before he could open the sedan curtain and ask, the guards outside had already shouted violently: "Bold! Dare to collide with the official driver of the British duke, don't die? Take! ”

In the chaotic sound of the steel knife coming out of the sheath, a panicked and angry male voice came into Xiao Fan's ears.

"Dirty officials are rampant, the blue sky is hard to see, the grass people are driving on the street with death criminals, and they want to find the blue sky to be the master, and the grass people are not sorry to die!"

The guard snorted coldly: "The complaint has found the wrong person!" This is a British official, not Yingtianfu! Take! ”

The male voice shouted angrily: "In this world, officials and officials protect each other, is there no place to see the blue sky and white words?" ”

The sound is like a cuckoo crying blood, and the heart is broken with sorrow.

Xiao Fan sat in the sedan chair, and his heart moved when he heard the words, so he stretched out his hand and lifted the sedan curtain, and said coldly: "Slow!" Stand down! ”

When the guards heard this, Xiao Fan raised his eyes and looked, but saw that in front of the guard of honor in front of him, a man in his twenties was kneeling on the ground, describing his despondency, with an uncompromising resoluteness in his expression, his eyes were clear and looking straight ahead, and Xiao Fan's scrutinizing eyes met calmly, his hands were holding a white silk high, and three big "injustice" words were written on the silk in blood, and the bright red handwriting was so shocking.

Xiao Fan looked at it and said in a deep voice, "Who are you?" ”

"Grass people Suzhou Liu Gongming."

"Whom?"

"Sue the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, Ji Gang!"

Xiao Fan's eyelids jumped, and he said coldly: "Suing the official with the people is already disrespectful, and it is even more contrary to the law to sue the people, can you be guilty?" ”

Liu Gongming slammed his head on the ground and said awe-inspiringly: "But if you can redress your grievances, there is no regret for the grass people to die!" ”

Xiao Fan was silent in the sedan chair for a moment and said, "Do you know who I am?" ”

Liu Gongming kowtowed and said: "The Imperial Seal of the British Prince, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Lord Xiao, the only person in the Manchu Dynasty who is not afraid of the power of the Discipline Gang, beg the Lord to be the master of the grass people!" If the adults can't move the powerful Ji Gang, the grass people have nothing to say but die! ”

The guards beside the sedan car were furious when they heard this, and shouted in unison: "Bold! Good life and presumptuousness! ”

Facing Liu Gongming's calm and fearless gaze, Xiao Fan's heart was a little shocked, and he did not hesitate to sue with death, how much grievance did this person have?

"What are you accusing?"

Liu Gongming bowed to the ground and said: "Caomin is a good family in Suzhou, my father has been a Suzhou government official, Caomin's sister Liu is twenty-eight years old, two months ago Ji Gang came to Suzhou for the draft by the order of the Son of Heaven, Caomin's sister was selected, this is a happy event, who knows that a few days ago there was bad news from the Beijing Division, a brocade soldier with a thin coffin and five hundred taels of silver to find the grass people, said that the sister was elected to the palace and accidentally fell into the water and died, the five hundred taels of silver is the compensation given by the imperial court, the grass people did not dare to say much, they could only accept the silver with sorrow, Buried his sister. Unexpectedly, the grass people overheard the relatives of the women who entered the palace in the same batch as the sister, saying that the sister did not enter the palace at all, but was intercepted by Ji Gang's minions on the way to the Beijing division, and was privately included in his house for his silver music, and the grass people asked the Suzhou Mansion to open the coffin for an autopsy, and found that the body of the sister was already unclean, and the body was injured countless times, but the fatal wound was a knife mark on the neck that was as deep as three points, Lord Guogong, is this caused by drowning? ”

Xiao Fan's heart was shocked, the show girl was nominally the emperor's wife-to-be, Ji Gang dared to intercept the show girl and include it in his mansion without permission, what kind of surname is this? This is cuckolding Zhu Yunwen!

Ji Gang, you are simply lawless!

"Liu Gongming, this matter is serious, don't joke, you should know what the crime of falsely accusing the minister of the court is." Xiao Fan held back his shock and said calmly.

Liu Gongming bowed to the ground deeply, and said awe-inspiringly: "What the grass people said is the truth, and there are more witnesses and material evidence, when Ji Gang sent someone to pay the silver, there was also an official document covered with his private seal, and the grass people sued the Suzhou Mansion Yamen, but the Suzhou Mansion did not dare to accept the complaint, and the grass people had to enter Beijing alone in order to give the house sister a clean slate, and stopped the car on the street, asking the adults to uphold justice, and the world is bright!" ”

"Show the pleadings and official documents to your own public."

Liu Gongming held his hands above his head, and the guards took them and handed them to Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan stared at it for a moment, and a cold smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Turning his head and instructing the guards to arrange Liu Gongming and relevant witnesses to a secret place for protection immediately, then Xiao Fan slowly lowered the sedan curtain, and the Guogong honor guard continued to walk forward.

When passing by Liu Gongming's side, a sentence was faintly dropped in the sedan chair.

"Liu Gongming, your paper, my country's public has received it!"

On the afternoon of the day he received the paper, Ji Gang, who was pale, entered the Xiao Mansion.

In the front hall of Xiao Mansion, Ji Gang was sweating profusely, but the corners of his mouth squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying.

Xiao Fan raised his eyebrows with a smile: "Come and send money?" ”

"Huh?" Ji Gang was frightened by Xiao Fan's straightforwardness, and then hurriedly shook his head: "Grandpa Guo is joking......"

Xiao Fan's eyes were filled with disappointment, and he said lightly: "Oh...... So you're here to sue? ”

mentioned the word "complaint", Ji Gang jumped up as if he had been kicked by someone, and immediately sat down again, and the whole person trembled slightly.

"Tell ...... Sue whom? The lower official has no intention of complaining......"

Xiao Fan's smile was meaningful: "My lord still thinks that Master Ji has suffered some grievances and comes to sue me for revenge......

Ji Gang's expression became more and more uneasy, wiping cold sweat and laughing: "Grandpa Guo is getting more and more funny, the lower officials have no grievances, what is the complaint, hehe......"

Xiao Fan laughed and said: "It's good that there are no grievances and no disasters, people want to be comfortable and carefree when they live, Lord Ji, are you right?" ”

Ji Gang said with a little trepidation: "What Grandpa Guo said is very true. ”

Xiao Fan watched the fire and knew the purpose of Ji Gang's visit, Liu Gongming's piece of paper was tantamount to a nuclear bomb explosion for Ji Gang, and the consequences were very serious.

Xiao Fan is in a very good mood now, just like when he gambled on pai gow, he thought he had caught a pair of suffocating ten, who knew that when he turned it over, it was actually a pair of Shuangtian Supreme, Zhuang Xiantong's peerless good cards, there was a providence in the dark, and the initiative of the court gradually returned to Xiao Fan's hands...... The two of them had been grudging for a long time, and even the greetings were fake, so the two simply kept silent, and there was a dead silence in the front hall of Xiaofu.

After a long time, Xiao Fan closed his eyes, and a light smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Born beautiful, well, really born beautiful...... Master Ji is very good. ”

Ji Gang was stunned and said, "Is Grandpa Guo talking about the next official?" You praised it falsely, where can the lower officials afford to be praised for their natural beauty. ”

Xiao Fan opened his eyes, looked at Ji Gang with a little contempt in his eyes, and said dissatisfiedly: "Master Ji is really welcome, do you think you deserve to be born beautiful?" You're inherently inspirational at best......"

Ji Gang smiled dryly: "Grandpa Guo means ......"

"The national prince said that Master Ji's vision is good, and today I transferred the picture of the show girl painted by the painter in the palace, and the Liu family in Suzhou is really born beautiful, and the beauty is incomparable......

Ji Gang's face turned pale suddenly, and he knelt down in front of Xiao Fan with a plop, and said in a trembling voice: "Grandpa Guo don't listen to those words framed by the people, the lower officials will never dare to show favoritism when they are ordered to draft, let alone intercept the show girl, privately accept the mansion, and ask the grandpa of the country to learn from it!" ”

Xiao Fan said with a smile: "Master Ji's words are so profound...... Why can't you understand a word? ”

Ji Gang's tone was a little pleading: "Grandpa Guo Mingjian, Grandpa Guo...... Mercy! In the future, the lower officials are willing to listen to the dispatch of the grandfather of the country, and the court and the central government will watch and help you, and you will not dare to disobey ...... at all."

Xiao Fan didn't answer, just looked at Ji Gang and smiled, the coldness in his smile was like frost covering the ground, making people feel cold all over his body.

Ji Gang crouched in front of Xiao Fan's feet, his body trembling, waiting for Xiao Fan's final verdict.

After a long time, Xiao Fan said: "That's it, put this matter aside for the time being, my father has been very busy recently, and I don't have time to pay attention to those mundane things for the time being......"

Ji Gang was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said with interest: "Regarding the matter of moving the capital, the lower officials are willing to fully support the grandfather of the country!" ”

Xiao Fan showed a satisfied smile and said with a smile: "Master Ji is quite knowledgeable, and the Duke of China appreciates it very much. ”

Ji Gang's heart was relieved, and his whole body was paralyzed as if he was prostrating.

With Xiao Fan's words, Ji Gang knew that he had picked up his fate.

Just relaxed, who knew that Xiao Fan's words raised Ji Gang's heart in the air.

"But...... In addition to moving the capital, the Duke of China has some other troubles recently......" Xiao Fan said with a deep brow.

Ji Gang's heart tightened, but he did not hesitate to say: "Although Grandpa Guo commands, the lower officials are willing to share the worries of Grandpa Guo." ”

Xiao Fan glanced up at Ji Gang, and said slowly: "The country's public servants are meager, and they are famous for not being greedy for ink and not taking bribes, and the income is pitiful, but the huge government has a huge spending, and recently it is often unable to make ends meet, and the country's public is very troubled......"

Ji Gang's face twitched: "............"

Xiao Fan sighed and continued, "...... The dignified government is so shabby, the truth is like this, who will believe it? ”

"No one really believes ......"

"Huh?"

"Ahh Xiaguan lost his words, Grandpa Guo, you continue to ......"

Xiao Fan sighed: "The expenses at home are getting bigger and bigger, and my father-in-law seems to be infinite outside, but in fact, my family and wife are reluctant to light more candles at night, which is really difficult......

Ji Gang's dull eyes stared at the huge precious ice heart jade gold ring on Xiao Fan's finger, and the muscles on his face kept twitching: "It's hard...... How difficult is it? ”

Xiao Fan nodded, looked directly at Ji Gang with a serious face, and said solemnly: "It's difficult!" ”

Ji Gang let out a laugh similar to a whimper, and his face was red and blue.

At this moment, he really wanted to rush to Xiao Fan, pick up his placket and shake it vigorously, and then yelled at him hoarsely: The son of a bitch! Do you know that Lao Tzu has been blackmailed by you and made his family all over the place, and he is so poor that he has just not sold his house? Are you actually telling Lao Tzu about the difficulty now? Who is tougher than whom?

The front hall was silent, and for a long time, Ji Gang's low and painful voice came into Xiao Fan's ears.

"Xiaguan...... I am willing to share the worries of the grandfather of the country. ”

"Ahh Master Ji, how is this embarrassing? The country is ashamed,...... Do you want to write an IOU? ”

“…… No! ”

The right capital of the imperial history Jingqing Mansion.

Ji Gang walked into the flower hall of Jingfu with a depressed expression, Jing Qingleng paused, hurriedly stood up and arched his hand: "Master Ji suddenly came to the cold house, is there anything wrong?" ”

"I didn't ...... Nothing serious. Ji Gang said abruptly.

Jing Qing thought for a while, and then said with a smile: "Presumably, Lord Ji came here for the sake of the court dispute, don't worry, the lower officials have said that several servants from the six departments, as well as Dali Temple, Taifu Temple and other Shaoqing, Ming said that Xiao Fan will be dealt a sharp blow to the early court......"

"Lord Jing, this official is not here for this matter......

Jing Qing shook again, and then said with a smile: "Lord Ji must be here for Wu Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, don't worry, the lower official sent five thousand taels of silver to Wu Shilang yesterday, and he accepted it, and we have also occupied a place in the Ministry of Officials from now on......"

"Lord Jing, this official is not here for this matter......

Jing Qing looked at Ji Gang and wondered, "What's wrong with Master Ji today?" What the hell are you here for? ”

The corners of Ji Gang's mouth twitched, and he said in a low and sad tone: "I...... I'll borrow money. ”

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(To be continued)