Chapter 20: Inspiring debate in court

The ministers were uproared. No one expected that Fan Xian had a rather rude temperament and would never argue with himself. Yan Xingshu, the Minister of Personnel, turned his face dark and was about to say something, but when he raised his eyes, he saw the super-ranked officials in front of him silently. Then he realized that things would definitely not be so simple.

The Privy Councilor Qin's white beard swings in the wind of the palace, his old eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was asleep. Yan Xingshu glanced to the side, and Qin Heng, the son of the Privy Council, also closed his mouth tightly, and he no longer had the courage to propose Fan Xian to the Northern Qi Dynasty in early spring.

It is a natural thing for the military to remain silent. On the one hand, they have a good relationship with the Supervisory Office, and on the other hand, this is an invasion of the Kyoto officialdom, so there is no need for them to interfere. However, the Grand Secretary Shu, the head of the civil servant, also looked respectful, but he seemed to have not heard the conversation in front of the palace. Several Shangshu became clay Bodhisattvas.

Yan Xingshu thought about it secretly, and it seemed that there was no need to offend Fan Xian, the little black dog who loved to make trouble, for the sake of the eldest princess far away in Xinyang, so she also closed her mouth.

Seeing that no ministers scolded Fan Xian, the emperor's face still did not ease. A cold light flashed in his eyes, staring at Fan Xian and saying, "If you don't argue, then listen to Lai Qing's words."

The Zuodu Censor Lai Mingcheng came forward and read out all the illegal rituals about Fan Xian in the memorial, and it was clear that every stroke was written by Fan Xian. Fan Xian complained in his heart, saying that the Zuodu Censor indeed deserved the name Lai, how could he rely on everything on himself? What can the bribes that the little bastards asked last month have to do with him?

There was a lot of discussion in the court, and the eyes of Lai Mingcheng and Fan Xian became a little strange. Among the matters involved in the Censorate, the first thing that was the first to be affected was that the prefecture of the palace was that the prefecture of the nephew Dai Zhen and the Vegetables Department of the Palace was suspected of bribing the department to the Supervisory Office. The ministers thought that you, Lai, dared to bring the matter to the palace? On the other hand, they despise Fan Xian. This great opportunity actually only collected one thousand taels of silver from Lao Dai. Who has the intention of collecting these small money for the seniors standing up?

When he heard that the incident involved the palace, His Majesty the Emperor's face remained unchanged. He directly called the guard to inform Concubine Shu, Eunuch Dai from the palace, who came to confront him in the court.

Although the officials knew that such a method of investigating the case was a bit nonsense, no one knew that Your Majesty was not a person who was confined to corruption and was also curious about what would happen to this matter. So they were silent.

After a while, Eunuch Dai was taken to the hall. He had known what he had said at the court meeting today. He was worried and was also puzzled. He thought that he had given the silver ticket only after being handed by Concubine Yi. The master was cheerful, but he had always been extremely strict with his words. In addition, he was a relative who was turning around with Fan Xian, so he would never sell himself. How did this news spread to the Censorate?

After entering the palace, he shouted long live, and then complained about the wrongdoing. Dai's butt was tearful and he couldn't stop kowtowing to the emperor, and he insisted on not having any such thing: "Your Majesty has always strictly forbidden the slaves in the palace to communicate with the court officials. The slaves are timid and dare not disobey the rules. Speaking of this little Lord Fan, the slaves did hear his name because..."

Eunuch Dai looked at His Majesty the Emperor on the dragon throne pitifully: "Everyone in the world knows the name of Fan Shixian. Although Vulture is a disabled person, he is also a disabled person from Qing State. I heard that Mr. Fan was on a mission to Northern Qi to add luster to the emperor. I was naturally happy. I inevitably mention Mr. Xiao Fan in daily conversations. However, Multure has never even seen Mr. Xiao Fan, so how could he bribe him?"

Zuodu Censor Lai Mingcheng asked coldly: "Eunuch Dai has never seen Fan Tisi?"

The knees of Eunuch Dai were sore that he had already scolded the censor who was meddling in his heart countless times. After hearing the question, he suddenly realized: "I remember that when I sent the imperial edict to Fan Mansion last year, I had seen Lord Xiao Fan once. But at that time, I was passing the imperial edict. So I left as soon as I entered the door. If I had seen it... there was only this one."

Eunuch Dai then cried and swore, "Long live the emperor. I have really only seen this side of Lord Xiao Fan. If I have seen him, I will make my stomach rot and I will not die well. I will be my father-in-law in the next life."

The swearing was so poisonous that His Majesty cursed angrily: "What a bullshit!"

However, the Censor Lai was slightly worried and said, "It is not necessary for both parties to meet in bribery... Eunuch Dai, I ask you, do you have a distant nephew named Dai Zhen and you are a small official in the Dengshi Geometric Inspection and Vegetables Department?"

Eunuch Dai dared not hide it and nodded.

Censor Lai reported seriously: "Your Majesty, that Dai Zhen is a greedy person..." He told all the matters of investigating a case in the Supervision Bureau, then stared at Fan Xian with his eyes and said coldly: "Dare you dare to ask Fan Tisi, where is this Dai Zhen now?"

After thinking for a while, Fan Xian replied: "The case has been settled. After this small official named Dai Zhen spit out the stolen money, he has already seized his post. However, I don't know where he is now."

Censor Lai said coldly: "I don't know. You were obviously bribed by Eunuch Dai and were a private law criminal. Dai Zhen was in the Vegetables Department for six years and didn't know how much money he had owed to the palace. Lord Tisi said no, but he seized his post. He just took some money and let him go. I really don't know how mysterious it is."

Fan Xian was calm and responded in an orderly manner: "The court found out that Dai Zhen had owed a total of 472 taels of silver in six years. According to the third rule of Qing Law, if the amount is less than 500 taels of silver, he would be seized and returned to the office and fined him or her, and he would not need to be transferred to the Ministry of Justice. The case was concluded, Dai Zhen was removed from the official and fined him, and he would not know what was wrong with the official's rule in this way, and what was the mystery?"

Dai Zhen’s case was investigated by the Supervision Bureau. As for how much he was greedy, it was not just Fan Xian’s words.

The Imperial Lai laughed anxiously and said, "Four hundred and seventy-two taels? Isn't Fan Tisi deceived the officials in the court without eyes?"

This was so heavy that Fan Xian laughed: "Of course, Dai Zhen was greedy for some vegetables, fruits, etc., and according to the rules, it should be converted into cash. In this way, it is indeed because the court's affairs are not meticulous enough. Lai Jingshi's suggestions are reasonable. I thank you here."

Seeing that he was just messing around, I shouted angrily: "It's outrageous! Dai Zhen has owed at least 4,000 taels of silver in the past six years! The public's grievances are extremely boiling, and Fan Tisi has tried his best to protect him. What is his intention?"

The court was quiet, and the censor was asked in anger.

Fan Xian slowly raised his head, looked at the censor with a cold look, and took a light step forward.

When Censor Lai saw the chill on his handsome face, he was shocked by his mind and subconsciously took a step back.

Fan Xian stared at his eyes and suddenly spoke word by word: "What is the intention? People are in agitation?"

He took a deep breath and said sarcastically: "You dare to ask the Censor Lai. As the Censor of the Censorate, you are responsible for the news. Since you keep saying that Dai Zhen has been greedy for so much money, the public is very resentful... Then why hasn't there been a memorial for the Censorate mentioned this in the past six years? Are you the official who really wants to conceal his crime? The public is resentful, why don't you ask the Kyoto Prefecture Prefecture to arrest him?"

He suddenly became angry, and all the ministers in the court were stunned.

Fan Xian did not give Lai Censor Lai a chance to speak, and said in a cold voice: "I have been in charge of one place for only more than a month, and I have found out about Dai Zhen's corruption. Lai Censor Lai has known that Dai Zhen has a great public resentment for the past six years, but he has never spoken and is a mute! The Supervisory Office investigated the case, but it turned out that it was not. The Censors of the Censorate have been mute for six years!..."

"I have been a mute for six years! Now I say that my supervisory authority is corrupt and abused the law!"

Fan Xian bowed to the emperor on the dragon throne, turned around and questioned Censor Lai in anger: "I want to ask you, what do you mean by me!"

The series of inquiries were questioned like a series of cannons, and he was stunned on the spot. He knew that he had said something wrong before, but Fan Xian caught the handle. If he admitted that the Censorate was not aware of Dai Zhen's corruption, then Fan Xian strongly said that Dai Zhen had only greedy for more than 400 taels of silver and could not be overturned. He was angry before and said that Dai Zhen had greedy for a lot of silver and had a great public resentment, but he was trapped by Fan Xian. As the Censor of the Censorate, since he knew about this, why did there not be any movement in six years? He had to jump out of the case when the Censorate investigated the case and jumped out to impeach the person who investigated the case. After this fact was pointed out by Fan Xian, it became a powerful evidence for the Censorate's jealousy of the Censorate and falsely accusing of fiction.

The ministers in the court looked at the censor Lai and looked a little unkind, but they were a little impressed when they looked at the little girl. Of course, these old foxes knew the root of this matter. It was just that Fan Xian was digging a hole while Lai Jingting jumped off. This skill and accuracy really made these old foxes a little afraid - this is not like a young man who has only been in the officialdom for a year!

Everyone sighed in their hearts that Fan Xian was written by poetry and fought, and now officials can do it. I really don’t know how Fan Jian, the old money-maker, had such a good life, and raised such a good illegitimate child.

The left memorial censor Lai Mingcheng's lips trembled with anger. He brushed his sleeves and knelt down to His Majesty, and said excitedly in a hoarse voice: "I have lost my duties, please punish you severely. But your Majesty cannot be careless about Fan Tisi's abuse of the law. If you investigate it carefully, you will definitely gain something!"

The emperor was already a little impatient when he heard Fan Xian's performance. When he saw Fan Xian's performance, a slight joy flashed through his long eyes, and then he said impatiently: "Okay, okay, you are the censor of the Zuodu. I don't know that a small official who delivers vegetables is normal to corrupt and abuse the law. What's the point of punishing me? Just remember, don't exaggerate the matter in the court in the future, and use public grievances to say things... I am not the emperor of the Northern Wei or Northern Qi, and the Qing Kingdom is not that kind of country. Don't do anything like inviting Qingming in the future."
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