Chapter 59: Escalation
"What are you doing here?"
Just as the small officials were hesitating and wandering back and forth on the road that the cabinet must pass, Yan Shifan got down from the sedan chair, frowned, and spoke.
Seeing that the person who came was Yan Shifan, the elder of the small pavilion, all the small officials knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly: "Elder Yuge, we are the officials of the Inspectorate. ”
Yan Shifan interrupted impatiently: "What are the officials of your Inspectorate doing in the cabinet?" Could it be that there is something hidden in my cabinet that is a traitor? ”
"Don't dare! Elder Yu Ge, I was ordered by Zhao Zhenji, Lord Zhao, to supervise the imperial history, and handed these impeachment folds to the cabinet, this matter is too involved, and our inspectorate does not dare to act rashly, so we ...... "The little official kneeling on the ground saw that Yan Shifan's expression was becoming more and more unkind, and he couldn't help but become more nervous, and his speech became fragmented, and he couldn't hear what he said clearly.
Just as Yan Shifan was talking with the officials of the Inspectorate, the sedan chairs of the rest of the pavilion elders also came here one after another.
"What's going on, how can there be so many people here?" Xu Jie got down from the sedan chair, looked at the many inspectorate officials kneeling on the ground, and asked.
"They're here to hand over the folds to our cabinet." Yan Shifan glanced at the officials kneeling on the ground and explained to Xu Jie.
"What are you doing when the Inspectorate's excerpt is handed to the cabinet, isn't this nonsense?" Xu Jie replied with dissatisfaction.
"Elder Yuge, this is sent by Lord Zhao Zhenji, the superintendent of the imperial history, and I can't grasp it, so I handed it over to the cabinet for disposal!"
Yan Shifan didn't speak, he stood quietly aside, as for who the excerpts of the Inspectorate were impeached, it was clear at a glance, but what he didn't expect was that Qingliu's side was moving so fast, and in the blink of an eye, the excerpts of impeachment were already piled up in the Inspectorate.
"Okay, since it's an excerpt from the Inspectorate, let's take it from the cabinet, and write an explanation to Your Majesty afterwards." Yan Song's cloudy eyes scanned everyone and said lightly.
"Thank you Yan Ge Lao, thank you Yan Ge Lao!" Hearing Yan Song's words, the officials of the Inspectorate were all pardoned, and quickly handed over the "hot potato" in their hands.
"Let's go, go see what is written in these memorabilia." Yan Song said, and after meeting Xu Jie's gaze for a moment, he walked straight to the cabinet, and the rest of the people saw this and followed one after another.
Entering the cabinet, the charcoal fire in the furnace was burning, bringing a trace of warmth to everyone, and then Yan Song sat in his place, put on reading glasses, opened a letter of impeachment, and after roughly browsing the contents, he handed it to his son: "Take a look." ”
Although he had already guessed the content of the compromise, when Yan Shifan saw his student appear on it, he couldn't help but feel a trace of anger in his heart.
The content of the memo is to impeach Gao Hanwen for indulging his soldiers in the suppression of the riots, indulging his soldiers to kill innocent people, as well as extorting confessions by torture, accepting bribes and other crimes.
Yan Shifan put down the fold with an expressionless face, and then picked up a letter at random and opened it, and the content of the impeachment on it was even more outrageous, impeaching Gao Hanwen for not fulfilling the grace of nurturing, having the crime of unfilial piety, and still insisting on participating in the imperial examination despite his grandmother's illness!
As Gao Hanwen's teacher, no one knows Gao Hanwen's character better than him, and as far as Yan Shifan knows, his grandmother died of illness when Gao Hanwen was six years old.
"These twists and turns are all impeachment of my student Gao Hanwen, as his teacher and the person who recommended him, I should take responsibility, let people check it carefully, if it is true, I will do it directly."
After Yan Shifan put down the fold in his hand, his expression was calm, and he said lightly.
"These excerpts are obviously slander, I have also heard a little about Gao Hanwen's character, he was famous for his noble character when he was in the capital, how could he do such a thing? You must send someone to check it out and give him justice! Xu Jie, who was on the side, also put on a look of righteous indignation after watching the impeachment recital.
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Zhejiang, Zhejiang's Governor's Palace.
"Master Gao, offended!"
In the Governor's Mansion of Zhejiang, several small officials looked embarrassed, looking at Gao Hanwen in front of them, and they were very worried.
This kind of offending thing happened to fall on a few of them, and the one in front of him was a student of Yan Shifan, the old man of Xiaoge, and he measured the fields of the entire Zhejiang! His future prospects are inevitably immeasurable, but now he has to be investigated because some officials have written a letter of impeachment.
"It's okay, it's just your duty."
Seeing that Gao Hanwen didn't hate them for this, the little officials couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Wait, let me have a few words with him, and you all get out."
"Yes."
I saw Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang and the governor of Zhejiang, walk in and send out all those small officials.
"Your Excellency." Seeing this, Gao Hanwen hurriedly bowed to Hu Zongxian.
"Well, you can relax, with Yan Ge Lao here, no one can move for the time being, so it should be regarded as a few days of rest."
Hu Zongxian looked at Gao Hanwen and said softly, after getting along with each other for a few days, Hu Zongxian's impression of him has also changed greatly, from indifference and cold observation at the beginning, to directly promoting Gao Hanwen as a junior later.
Seeing that Gao Hanwen's mood was still a little low, Hu Zongxian immediately comforted: "You have suffered an unjustified disaster this time, and when the results of the above fight are out, you will be fine." ”
"Well, thank you for your guidance." After listening to Hu Zongxian's words, Gao Hanwen said respectfully, and most of the burden in his heart was removed.
At the same time, Shen Yishi, the richest man in Zhejiang, was at home.
"Did you hear that? Qingliu wrote a letter to impeach Gao Hanwen, and the inspection court was about to be filled. Zheng Michang drank the tea in the cup, and his face couldn't help but show a trace of worry.
"What are you afraid of, with Yan Ge Lao here, what can happen?" He Maocai put down the vase he was playing with and said with some displeasure.
"Also, with Yan Ge Lao, there shouldn't be any major incidents! Alas, it's better to be Gonggong Yang, he is a person in the palace, and no one dares to impeach him easily. After hearing this, Zheng Michang couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"What's so good about me, every year the business of the Weaving Bureau depends on me to accompany the smiling face, and if the output is not up to standard, I have to be punished, and the people in the palace are much more vicious than the people in the court." Yang Jinshui saw Zheng Michang pulling the topic to himself, and shook his head helplessly.
"Xiao Ge Lao's orders have come down, and they are still carried out according to the original plan, but we don't need to do it ourselves, we only need to make a little mistake when taking care of the embankment, as far as I know, the river supervisor Li Xuan is your godson Yang Gonggong, right?" Zheng Michang took the vase from He Maocai's hand and played with it carefully, smiling rather than smiling.
Hearing Zheng Michang mention his godson, Yang Jinshui's face showed a hint of hesitation, and then he spoke: "After I go back, I will persuade him, but other aspects are in charge of Ma Ningyuan, the prefect of Hangzhou." ”
"Good! Then we will wait for the good news, Yang Gonggong is responsible for persuading Li Xuan, and we are responsible for persuading Ma Ningyuan. Seeing that Yang Jinshui was still a little hesitant, everyone immediately opened their mouths and cut off their thoughts.
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The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.
Jiajing finished a day's cultivation, summoned Lu Fang to his side, and asked softly, "I heard that there have been a lot of impeachments recently, and the Inspectorate has been piled up?" ”
Lu Fang thought for a moment, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, it is true, these impeachments are all the same person, Gao Hanwen, a student of the old Yan Shifan of the small pavilion. ”
"Oh, that's the guy in charge of measuring the fields in Zhejiang?" Seeing Lu Fang mention this person, Jiajing also had a slight impression in his mind.
"Yes, Your Majesty! It is this person who is impeached by the officials, do you want to let the slaves and maids go......" Lu Fang said, meaning something.
"No need, let them make trouble, as long as they don't go too far." Jiajing waved his hand and rejected Lu Fang's proposal.
"Yes, slave and maid obey."