Volume Three, Chapter 187, Yan Shifan's Treat
In a private room in a restaurant in Beijing, more than ten prefects and prefects from Guangxi gathered together. If it were the past, they would naturally drink and have fun, drink happily, and be very lively.
However, they had no intention of drinking at this moment. Everyone sat there with a serious face, looking at the table full of wine and food, and didn't even move their chopsticks.
As for the reason, it is very simple, because the prefect and the prefect both had to have the word "original" in front of them. They had been investigated and punished by Yang Cong for corruption, and their positions and fame were cut off.
In other words, they were all escorted to the capital for trial, but they were all given Yan Song's care during the interrogation, so they were exempted from prison.
To be honest, there is nothing to celebrate like this. If Yan Song's beloved son Yan Shifan hadn't invited him, they wouldn't have been able to get together to drink.
What exactly did Yan Shifan ask them for?
They really don't know much about this.
After they came out, they wanted to go to Yan's mansion to thank him. The problem is that they have lost their positions, their fame and fortune, and their money have disappeared. They probably can't even enter the Yan's mansion's door.
It was good that Mr. Yan invited me, so I took the opportunity to thank me.
Perhaps, we can take this opportunity to curry favor with Mr. Yan to make a comeback.
Everyone thought so, so before Yan Shifan came, they all sat there respectfully and waited honestly to show their awe.
They sat together and waited for about a quarter of an hour. Yan Shifan, who was covered in fat faces, finally opened the door and walked in with a smile.
Seeing this, everyone quickly stood up and bowed, flattered and thanked him very much, and did their best to flatter him. The attitude was almost over to lick Yan Shifan's toes.
Yan Shifan pretended to be intent and bowed: "Sorry, sorry, I'm busy with official business and I'm late. I'm sorry, please sit down, please sit down."
After saying that, he walked to the main seat and sat down.
Seeing this, everyone sat down carefully and looked at him with hope, as if they could see some hope.
Yan Shifan did not show any intention of recruiting or implying that everyone could be restored to his post as everyone hoped. After sitting down, he poured himself a glass of wine, then stood up and raised his glass, "Sir, everyone has suffered this time. Come on, I'll give you a glass."
This was inexplicable. Although everyone didn't understand, they poured themselves all over their hands and feet. They stood up quickly, touched Yan Shifan for a moment, then raised their heads and drank the wine in the glass.
Just kidding, Mr. Yan is toasting. Who dares not drink it? No matter whether you understand the rules or not, just drink it.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Shifan toasted again and greeted him diligently, not mentioning official affairs at all, as if he was really invited to drink these people.
Everyone was wondering, was Mr. Yan so idle or what was wrong? He actually invited these criminals who were dismissed from office to drink, which shouldn't be!
Just as they were dizzy when they were drinking, Yan Shifan suddenly put down his wine glass and said solemnly: "Do you want to regain your post?"
Think about it!
Isn’t this nonsense? Who doesn’t want to be restored to his post?
When everyone heard this, they nodded, their faces flushed like braised shrimps. I don’t know if they were excited or drinking.
Yan Shifan then said solemnly: "You should know who you have been scrambled. In other words, if Yang Cong doesn't step down, even if my father is willing to help, you will never be able to regain your post."
this!
When everyone heard this, their faces were stunned. Of course, they understood what Yan Shifan meant. After all, neither the prefect nor the prefect came for nothing. They were all shrewd.
Yan Shifan's words sounded like he wanted to help them, but in fact he asked them to help. In this words, the key is to ask them to help him to fix Yang Cong!
Is this guy so easy to deal with?
He is the right censor and minister of the Ministry of War. Behind him are the Yangming clan, Zhang Yue, the left censor of the Censor, and even the emperor's wet nurse. Such a terrible background is not something that can be done by those who are terrible!
Seeing that everyone was embarrassed, Yan Shifan couldn't help but snorted coldly, and said coldly: "You are so greedy, you know how many you are, you know a few hundred taels, more than a thousand taels, you are so sorry for what you said! Do you think you can get away with it by secretly cooperating with Yang Cong and falsely reporting the amount of corruption?"
this!
When everyone heard this, their faces became extremely ugly. They all understood that the reason why Yan Song took action to make them come true was that he was not thinking about the old love or something. They wanted to use them to deal with Yang Cong.
Do they dare not agree?
Yan Song was very clear about his methods. If he dared not cooperate, he would probably have to lose his skin even if he didn't die.
Sure enough, Yan Shifan immediately threatened coldly: "My father can make you come out and send you in again. This time, if you don't tell me honestly, it's not as simple as corruption. You dare to join forces with Yang Cong to bully the king. You are so brave!"
Damn, Yan Song is indeed cruel and even the crime of deceiving the king has been brought out!
The crime of corruption is enough for them to drink. If Yang Cong had not cooperated with them to reduce the amount of corruption, they would have been dragged out or exiled to the frontier. If Yan Song took action to find out their corruption amount and added the crime of deceiving the monarch, they would have been dead.
What should I do now?
Seeing that these people were all suppressed by him, Yan Shifan calmed down and said slowly: "Actually, we are also for everyone's good. Yang Cong will not fall, and no one will live a good life. Don't worry, as long as you can bring Yang Cong down this time, I guarantee you won't have any trouble. Moreover, after this gust of storm has passed, you will be able to restore your posts."
This is a typical example of giving you a slap and giving you a date. You've gotten this big slap. How can you not eat this slap?
Everyone could only nod helplessly and said, "We understand, Mr. Yan, what should we do?"
Yan Shifan said lightly: "It's very simple. You all wrote a memorial to impeach Yang Cong for threatening his family's lives and forcing you to cooperate with him to falsely report the amount of dirty silver."
this!
Isn’t this nonsense? Yang Cong never threatened their family members with their lives at all.
However, since they have reached this point, they have no choice.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Shifan raised his hand and shouted: "Come here, remove the wine and food, put on the pen, ink, paper and ink."
Soon, several people who looked like servants took turns to fight, removed all the wine and food on the table, and put a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstones in front of each person.
Alas, the Yan family’s wine is indeed not that delicious, and the Yan family’s benefits are not that good either.
At this time, these magistrates and prefects could only lift up their pens and slander Yang Cong against their conscience.
They also knew that only by cooperating with Yan Song to fix Yang Cong and others could they survive, otherwise they would be done!
Chapter completed!