In the twenty-first year of Chenghua, the twilight of spring has arrived, and it is the season of sadness for many poets, but the atmosphere inside and outside the court is unprecedentedly tense, and no one cares about sadness - the country is like this, who still has the heart to be sad in spring and autumn?

Speaking of a little bigger, the farce of the East Palace dispute that has been arguing for a long time is about to come to an end, and the future owner of the throne on the Jinluan Palace is about to be determined; To say a little smaller, the dice clock will be unveiled immediately, and the ending of everyone's bet will be presented soon, and the glory and disgrace will be clear in a moment or three.

If the Son of Heaven does not come to the court, the court meeting is generally held in the east court room outside the noon gate. Under normal circumstances, the court meeting is a matter for foreign courts, and the cabinet scholars will not participate, but only need to receive the report afterwards. But this time the situation is special, the Son of Heaven specially ordered the inner court and the outer court to discuss together, and they must discuss the ugliness of the people.

Early in the morning, the Dongchao room was crowded, and there were a lot of people attending the court meeting, so everyone could only squeeze in. Some of the younger, low-ranking officials did not enter the house and stood under the eaves outside the door.

In the past, so many people gathered together should be full of people and lively, but here and now, it is silent and solemn, and the falling needles can be heard. Everyone knows that this is the most important court meeting in the past 20 years, and the tense atmosphere is enough to oppress people to the point of unintentional chat.

According to the traditional rules, the head of the foreign dynasty and the heavenly officials of the Ministry of Officials are the natural presiding officers of the court discussions, and they are also the embodiment of the special status of the Ministry of Officials. Although there were pavilion elders present today, Li Yu and Li Tianguan still took the lead, he glanced around, coughed a few times and said, "All the princes should have arrived"

"Hehe, I'm almost late again!" A figure flashed at the door, and someone came in across the threshold. interrupted Li Tianguan's speech.

But I saw this person wearing a black gauze crown on his head and a red robe with gold threads on his body. He is fair-skinned and handsome, and he is only about 20 years old. In his hand, he kept playing with a gorgeous ivory carved fan. Seven or eight out of ten of the princes of the Eastern Dynasty immediately recognized it, who is this not the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi and the governor of the East Factory, Wang Zhi?

The courtiers didn't stop Wang Zhi, but they didn't ask questions, waiting for Wang Zhi to speak. Wang Zhi stood inside the door and said very calmly: "Today's matter is very important, I don't dare to be negligent in Dongchang, and I will come to listen in person in the future, and you don't have to mind." ”

Since its establishment, the East Factory has been a spy organization responsible for monitoring inside and outside. And the words "surveillance" and "spying". Of course, it doesn't just fall on paper, but it does exist in reality.

For example, each yamen of the imperial court has people from Dongchang sitting in the town, which is called sitting and exploring. They do not directly interfere in government affairs, but only monitor and report secretly; Another example is that important cases are tried by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple, but in addition to the three law divisions, there is actually a fourth one present, that is, Dongchang, which is called sitting and listening. However, it does not directly interfere with the trial of the case, but only monitors and reports secretly.

So for an important occasion like today. It is normal for Wang Zhi, the admiral of Dongchang, to come over to observe in person, and it cannot be said that it is wrong for Wang Gonggong to be loyal to his duties. The courtiers didn't care about this, today was originally an open court meeting, and there was nothing that Dongchang couldn't know.

Wang Zhi took a few steps forward. Someone came in behind him, seemingly an entourage or something. Inevitably, some people complained in their hearts, this Wang Zhi shelf is so big. Even Shoufu Wan'an didn't bring his entourage in, but Wang Zhi dared to be so big-faced. Can anyone come in from the East Dynasty Room?

But at this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the originally quiet Dongchao room. The uniform solemn expressions of all the courtiers were greatly damaged. All kinds of expressions appeared on everyone's faces, as if a gust of wind had just swept through the Dongchao room, and at the same time, the surprised voices came and went, and could not be stopped.

Because the seemingly entourage figure behind Wang Zhi is Fang Yingwu, Fang Yingwu who was in the eye of the storm of public opinion before. A man who many wanted him to show up, but shouldn't have been.

There are not many people who dare not to give the big eunuch Wang a straight face, but it doesn't mean that there are none, Shoufu Wan'an scolded the other party with a gloomy face: "You have no official or position now, what qualifications do you have to come in?" ”

But after Wan An scolded Fang Yingwu, he felt that he had found the wrong person, so he immediately turned his head to Wang Zhi and asked, "How can you bring Fang Yingwu over?" Is it true that the law of the imperial court is a dead letter? ”

Wang Zhi didn't care, "I'm here to observe, and I also need a secretary to be responsible for recording the pen, and then sorting it out, Mr. Fang is here to act as a secretary." ”

Wan An sneered: "There are no scribes in the Dongchang Yamen? I have never heard of a secretary who does not need to be a scribe of the yamen for such a ministry, but finds an outsider to do it. What is your intention for eunuch Wang to go beyond common sense like this? ”

Wang Zhi glanced at Fang Yingwu, and then turned around and replied: "To be honest, Mr. Fang has been requisitioned as a scribe by Wanping County and sent to the East Factory to serve. ”

What kind of drama is this? Wan An couldn't help but be dumbfounded, "Fang Yingwu? Scribes? ”

Everyone focused their eyes on Fang Yingwu, but saw that at this time, Fang Yingwu was wearing a narrow-sleeved coarse cloth green shirt and a black square scarf, which was indeed dressed as a small official, with a blanket hanging on his shoulders, and he could vaguely see the pen and ink inside.

Liu Mian, a scholar of the Second Auxiliary University, rushed out of the crowd, and the stunned Fang Yingwu asked, "Are you real?" Fang Yingwu nodded indifferently.

There was an uproar in the room, Fang Yingwu was a person from Qingliu Huaxuan, how could he stoop to become a turbid official? You must know that although the officials and officials are all rated personnel who eat the emperor's grain, they are like clouds and mud, one is Qing, a master, and the other is turbid, which is a position alongside the officials! The gap between the two is bigger than the gap between heaven and earth!

Even if Fang Yingwu is now beaten to the dust, he used to be a two-ranked jinshi and the first in the examination, such a pride is worth remembering for life, and it is a shame to be a small official again!

It is said that the status of the small officials of the national dynasty is very low, and they are often together with the officials and called the servants, and those who have a little future are reluctant to be small officials. There are roughly two sources of petty officials, one is to register literate people and make a register, and then levy them as petty officials in shifts, which is counted as service; The other is to punish those who violate the law and discipline as petty officials.

As a literate person, Fang Yingwu lost the privilege of being exempted from service after losing his official status and fame, and he was a person who was punished by the Son of Heaven.

"Wanping County has already moved to Chun'an County to inform Fang Yingwu that he is acting in Wanping County. I was grateful for the rarity of talents, so I received the East Factory as a scribe. Wang Zhi seemed to be introducing the situation seriously.

Anyone can hear the ostentatious tone of Eunuch Wang's words. Now that Fang Yingwu is not well-known in China, he can be driven by such a celebrity as a small official, for uneducated rough people, how can it not be worth showing off?

After Wang Zhi finished speaking, he turned his head and saw that Fang Yingwu had not moved, so he closed the fan very dissatisfied, knocked on the top of Fang Yingwu's head, and shouted: "What are you doing in a daze?" Don't hurry up and put the pen and ink in place, ready to record! ”

Fang Yingwu was still expressionless, as if Wang Zhi was scolding someone else. His joyless appearance was in stark contrast to Eunuch Wang's swagger and triumph.

Everyone saw Fang Yingwu step by step and slowly walked to the table in the corner of the wall, then took off the blanket, took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone one by one, and then silently stood behind the case and lifted the pen, no different from ordinary scribes.

Looking at this touching scene, many people's eyes were moist, and those who were a little more sensitive had burst into tears. The Fang Yingwu in their impression is a model of young people's ambition! It's a generation of proud figures!

Eighteen-year-old Juren, nineteen-year-old Huiyuan, father and son are in prison, and their exploits have reached the point where the imperial court cannot be rewarded, and they are so dazzling wherever they go! Even in front of the Son of Heaven and Zaisuke, he is fearless and outspoken!

But the thing in front of him is condescending to be a filthy earthly official, subservient to the power, not daring to have the slightest disobedience, just to be able to enter this door, just to have a place here.

gave up glory, gave up face, endured shame and humiliation, what did he want? Everyone thought in unison, probably for the sake of the country's plan, for the maintenance of the orthodoxy of the Gangchang, and for the sake of the country's society, so they will endure humiliation and bear the burden so much, this is the backbone and responsibility of taking the world as their own responsibility.

There is always a power that brings tears to our eyes; There is always a touch that brings tears to our eyes (to be continued......

PS: It's so refreshing...... And one more shot!