When the Dengwen drum was ringing, everyone knew that the political life of the Taifu Temple Minister Lu Jiawen was about to end!

In fact, the forced demolition of a military camp occupied by civilians triggered a fire, and "burning" two ordinary people to death cannot be considered a big deal in a feudal dynasty. In the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were many civil servants who did more bad things than these! But the problem is that Lu Jiawen caused trouble in Kaifeng Prefecture at the foot of the emperor.

If he commits forced demolition and kills a few ordinary people in the prefecture outside Kaifeng Prefecture, it will be nothing...but Kaifeng Prefecture is different!

Hundreds of ordinary people who had been self-righteous for many years, carrying two burnt bodies and tablets that were said to be feudal martyrs, cried outside Xuande Tower when the sound of the sound of the drums, Lu Jiawen had actually been convicted.

The three trials in the following three courts (Kaifeng Prefecture, Dali Temple and the Censorate) were all pretending to behave in a formality, whether it was Quanfa, the King of Kaifeng Prefecture, Zhao Tingzhi, the Chief Censor of the Censor, or Zhou Ding, the Minister of Dali Temple, it was impossible for him to ask Lu Jia in the face of such conclusive evidence and such huge public anger, and Lu Benzhi and his father and son were excused.

Even after some in-depth investigation, they already knew that Lu Jiawen, Lu Benzhi and his father and son were probably framed!

"Zixuan, I'm wronged!"

In the study of Zeng Buzhou's Palace, An Tao, the official from the Zhishumi Court who came late at night, sat down and started to complain for Lu Jia.

"I'm not stupid enough to ask someone to set fire. How could I come forward at the same time? Isn't this someone who caught it? Moreover, the dozen soldiers who set fire were temporarily hired, and disappeared after setting the fire. No one knew where they went? If there was no black hand in charge, how could it be done?"

An Tao said that was right. Lu Jiawen could not be so stupid! And where were the wing soldiers who followed Lu Benzhi to set fire? The people from Kaifeng Prefecture, the Censorate, and Dali Temple checked and investigated! And they also found some clues and found that the commands of the wing soldiers under the jurisdiction of Taifu Temple on that day did hire many temporary workers to make up the numbers.

Among these temporary workers, at least a dozen people disappeared into the air after the incident! Several of them disappeared with their families.

This is just that dozens or hundreds of people have disappeared. Where have so many people gone? How did they leave Kaifeng Prefecture? Kaifeng Prefecture did not pass them... There is no pass, how can the checkpoints along the way pass?

And it is definitely not ordinary people or organizations that can make dozens or hundreds of people disappear out of thin air!

"Houqing," Zeng Bu frowned deeply, "Who did you think this is manipulating it behind the scenes?"

"Who else?" An Tao gritted his teeth, "Of course it was those three lucky little people... Han Zhongyan is an honest man, and he has no such means!"

"You said Wu Haogu, Pan Xiao'an and Gao Qiu?"

"It's them!" An Tao said, "These three villains are not only trusted by the government, but also rich and powerful. They are also natives of Kaifeng Prefecture. The relationship is complicated and it is not surprising that they can drive gangsters and idle people."

"Can there be evidence?"

An Tao shook his head, "If there is evidence, how could Wangzhi's father and son suffer in the Censorate Prison?"

Lu Jiawen and Lu Benzhi have both been arrested and given a meal in the Censorate Prison, but they have not been punished. Zhao Tingzhi, the current Censor General, is a general of the new party. Why do they have to protect the Lu family's father and son?

However, even though the Lu family and his son didn't suffer much, they wouldn't move, but An Tao and Zeng Bu were still angry.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, only civil officials have been punishing military officials to death. When did the rules turn around?

"Zixuan," An Tao gritted his teeth, "You can't just let it go!"

"Of course not!" Zeng Bu's face turned pale. The New Party suffered a huge loss in this incident.

If their opponent this time was Er Su, Zeng Bu and An Tao would not be so annoyed. After all, Er Su were both civil servants who were from Jinshi and were opponents of the same level for the New Party.

But Wu is so ancient, Pan Xiao'an, Gao Qiu and the three are military officers, but they are lucky enough to be close to villains... The military officer defeated civil servants, and fortunately they suffered from Jinshi, and the villain defeated gentlemen. Even if the aunt is tolerant of this, it is hard for uncles to tolerate this matter!

"Zixuan," said An Tao, "It's better to explain the reasons to the official family together and expose the three traitors, Pan Xiao'an and Gao Qiu!"

Zeng Bu glanced at An Tao and shook his head and said, "Houqing! We can't be so reckless... The official protects his shortcomings, and the three villains are extremely cunning, and they are really villains who can do things for the official family! Just relying on the memorials can't defeat them, and behind them are Han Zhongyan and Fan Chunli."

Indeed, Wu Haogu, Pan Xiao'an, Gao Qiu, and the three villains, even if Zhao Ji protects his shortcomings, as long as the old party civil officials such as Han Zhongyan and Fan Chunli will still be defeated by Zeng Bu and An Tao one by one.

However, with the support of Han Zhongyan and Fan Chunli, the three villains would not be drowned by the civil servants. Zeng Bu and An Tao had to be reasonable if they wanted to defeat them, and the judge who judged the reason was unfortunately Song Huizong, who protected the shortcomings.

Therefore, there is no benefit in the New Party's entanglement with these three villains, because they simply lack the means to fight these three villains.

Zeng Bu continued to say: "The most difficult thing among the three is Wu Haogu! The late emperor once regarded Wu Haogu and Ji Yi as famous ministers in the future, while Su Che regarded Wu Haogu as the king of the old party, Jing Gong, Fan Chunren, and Cheng Yi regarded Wu Haogu as the great scholars in charge. It can be seen that this person is definitely not an ordinary villain, but a villain with talent for governing the country.

And during this period, do you think he has done so much for the government for the court? Jiehe Market has begun to take shape. Half of Duting Post sold 1 million yuan, but it has opened a big financial path for the court. Cangzhou has bought more than one million acres of land to be used as a land for the former Knights, and also opened a Yuntai Academy for Su Dongpo to preside over... If he had a Jinshi and was a few decades older, wouldn't he be a famous official who could be with Wang Jinggong?"

An Tao smiled bitterly: "If he was a Jinshi, he would not be able to do so many things."

Although the Song Dynasty emphasized civil servants over military affairs, there were many restrictions on civil servants. First of all, civil servants were not allowed to make money. Even if they made too much, they would be impeached by the censors for greed.

Secondly, civil servants are not allowed to directly involve the military power of the imperial guards. Murong Wangyou has caused only 500 military personnel in the Military Academy, and it is not completely under his control. Now it cannot be opened. By the way, martial arts is now, which was once under the Privy Council... Wu Haogu's "Baojia" raised in Jiehe River has privately recruited so many imperial knights. If it were a civil servant, it would have been impeached to the point of being a rusty person.

However, as a military officer and Xuyu are close, the Western Army has done the same thing, and it is even more excessive.

An Tao thought for a while and asked again: "Zixuan, what do you mean is that we should defeat Han Zhongyan and Fan Xueli first?"

Zeng Bu said: "We must first protect Lu Wangzhi!"

"Safety?" An Tao asked, "How to protect?"

"Save Lu Wangzhi's official position," Zeng Bu said, "only let Lu Benzhi take all the charges and protect him."

An Tao nodded, "It's just a pain for this child Lu Benzhi..."

"It won't be too bitter," Zeng Bu said quietly, "I have a way to settle him."

After all, Zeng Bu is the prime minister and a Privy Councillor who has been for many years. There must be a way!

An Tao nodded gently: "It seems that this is the only way."

Zeng Bu said again: "Then separate Wu Haogu, Han Zhongyan and Fan Chunli."

"separate?"

Zeng Bu breathed, "Yes! Only when you separate can you deal with it one by one!"

An Tao frowned: "How to divide it?"

Zeng Bu was silent for a while before he spitting out four words, "People's words are terrifying!"

"People's words are terrifying? Zixuan, what do you want to do?"

...

"Erlang, tell me the truth. Lu Jia asked if he had framed your elder brother?"

At the same time, in Han Zhongyan's study, Han Xianggong was talking to his son-in-law Wu Haowen.

Han Zhongyan, who had been in the officialdom for decades, was not a fool. Of course, he knew that Lu Jiawen asked someone to make a plan. And the one who attacked him was not his old gentleman, so he was naturally Wu Haogu, Pan Xiao'an and Gao Qiu.

"Brother-in-law, I don't know about this." Wu Haowen shook his head, "My elder brother, isn't that cruel yet, right?"

"It's not important to be more cruel..." Han Zhongyan snorted, "Aren't it just hurt dozens of people and two dead? But Lu Jia asked, Lu Benzhi was a civil servant after all!"

Fortunately, a few ordinary people have been killed, so Mr. Han doesn’t care! But the noble civil servant was destroyed like this, which is a bit of a bad rule.

"Brother-in-law..."

Han Zhongyan waved his hand: "Lu Jiawen is also a cruel official, he does many evil deeds. Now the evil ones are the ones who are frustrated by the evil ones.

But your elder brother is too unruly in his work!"

Han Zhongyan's tone of speaking was already sank. After all, he was the leader of the civil servant!

"Brother-in-law," Wu Haowen thought for a while, "I will definitely talk to my elder brother when he comes back."

"It's time to talk about it!" Han Zhongyan said, "Let me clearly and I won't be the case!"

"Brother-in-law, my son-in-law understands."

Han Zhongyan said again: "Tell him again, if he wants to enter the house, then he will get a Jinshi exam. Isn't this difficult? If he becomes a civil servant, this time his business is a good method! If he is a military officer, it is a bad rule!"

"My father-in-law, my son-in-law will definitely know what he said." Wu Haowen agreed repeatedly. He knew that his elder brother did not have the literary talent of the Jinshi and had the attainment of Confucianism. Wu Haowen was comparable to the great scholars of today. This was recognized by Cheng Yi, Fan Chunren and Er Su, but the imperial examination was an article.
Chapter completed!