One day at the end of February, a rumor suddenly began to spread in the official circles of the capital. The reason why the Chunwei fraud case could be solved so quickly and accurately was that the Overwatch Council had a list of students who bribed students for the exam, and this list However, it was provided to the Overwatch Council by Mr. Xiao Fan, who was in the middle of the imperial examination and was known as a poet. It is said that Master Fan Xian hated the long-standing abuses in the examination field, and was extremely angry at the fact that the hard-working scholars in the world could not have a fair promotion rank after ten years of poverty, so he ignored all the traps in the officialdom and bravely wrote to His Majesty , Not to hesitate to sell himself to corrupt officials in the DPRK and China in order to obtain that important list.
In short, the rumors are very bizarre. The rumored Fan Xian is very wise and brave. Obviously, the list is not a secret, but it is said to be the most eerie note in the official circles of the Qing Dynasty. This kind of method, Fan Xian could tell at a glance, it must be the mystery of those guys from the eighth office of the Overwatch Council.
As soon as this rumor came out, Fan Xian immediately became a thorn in the eyes and a thorn in the flesh of the officials of the Ministry of Rites. On the other hand, he has remained silent, but today Fan Xian seems to have become the spiritual leader of the scholars.
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Fan Xian adjusted his collar and sleeves, and laughed at himself, "This leader is too new, isn't he?" Then he gently patted the worried face of his sister beside him, and said, "What are you worried about? My brother is the most powerful in the Qing Kingdom." One of the princelings." He spoke in an extremely soft voice and used extremely weird words, but Fan Ruoruo still understood, although he didn't understand the deeper meaning hidden inside.
Lin Wan'er didn't hear it, and even if she heard it, she probably wouldn't understand it. Anyway, she wasn't as worried as the sister-in-law. She smiled and tied the jade ruyi accessory given by the empress to the husband's belt, pretended to dust it, and said: " Come back early."
Sure enough, as Si Nanbo said, Fan Xian was indeed too immature in doing things, leaving too much trouble behind. As soon as the rumor came out, Kyoto was shocked, and everyone's eyes fell on Fan Xian, because although the people behind the officials who collapsed in the fraud case were afraid of Fan Xian's background, they still started to move around. The young censors wrote to the palace that the impeachment of Fan Xian was also suspected of fraud, and even more immoral.
Fan Xian went out at this time, because he was going to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation. Originally, the Overwatch Council had been investigating fraud cases in the examination room, but those officials who had been greatly damaged by the fraud case were not willing to let the Overwatch Council deal with Fan Xian, a tainted witness, so they used the method of the Ministry of Punishment. The Ministry of Punishment has never been very friendly with the prime minister, and has no friendship with Fan Jian.
Walking out of the small courtyard, Sisi squatted down and saluted. He said respectfully, "Young Master, let's go."
Fan Xian looked at this big girl whom he hadn't seen very much these days, and laughed, "I told you when I was a child that walking well is not auspicious."
Sisi pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Then I wish the young master to go back early."
"Succeed, cook a bowl of millet porridge for the young master and put some sweet millet from Danzhou. I haven't tasted your cooking for a long time." Fan Xian suddenly turned his head and asked, "How about the things you asked to copy?"
Fan Xian didn't know how to deal with Sisi who grew up with him these days, and he didn't want her to continue working as a maid in Fan's mansion, so he simply arranged for her to go to the study to help him copy books. Sisi seldom talked to the young master these days, and she was naturally a little uneasy deep in her heart. Now, listening to the young master's question, she said beamingly: "The copying is almost over."
"That's good." Fan Xian nodded, walked outside, smiled at his wife and sister who were following him, "Look, the girl I brought out with one hand is just different, she's calmer than Ruoruo."
Fan Ruoruo worried softly, "That's because Sisi doesn't know how serious this matter is today."
It was indeed serious. Fan Xian's case of exposing the fraud had offended too many people. Seeing that the officials in the court did not hesitate to tear themselves apart with the prime minister and Si Nanbo, and also wrote letters to intervene with him, and also used documents to ask him to go to the Ministry of Punishment, they knew that this matter was quite serious.
After leaving the main gate of Fan Mansion, the usually quiet Chengnan Street seemed very crowded today. The officials from the Ministry of Punishment who came to arrest the man had a sad face and hid behind the stone lion like a thief. At the main entrance, Fan Sizhe led a group of guards from the Fan residence, and beat the officials with long brooms, extremely arrogant.
And many scholars and common people who heard that Fan Xian was about to be tried came to the street. They already knew the relationship between Fan Xian and this criminal case that shocked the official circles in Kyoto. , I only know that Mr. Fan is a good student, has a good heart, and is a good person, but a good person is going to stand trial today, so they all feel wronged for Fan Xian.
Fan Xian stood at the door, looked at the crowd outside the mansion with a smile, and found that most of them were young students. Knowing that Chen Pingping's trick really worked, he whispered to Teng Zijing next to him, "Shi Chanli, the four Where is the individual now?"
"According to the young master's order, the adults of the Overwatch Council are currently secretly protecting you. Lord Wang Qinian suggested that these four people should be sent to Prince Jing's mansion, so as not to be framed by the officials in the court. , the young master probably didn't want to have anything to do with Prince Jing's son on this matter, so he refused." Teng Zijing replied in a low voice.
Fan Xian glanced at Teng Zijing in surprise. He did not expect that he could guess the situation he least wanted to see. If he sent those four students to Prince Jing's mansion, it seemed safe, but in the eyes of Donggong, he would expose the fraud. The case is no longer purely out of a sense of justice and His Majesty's will, but wants to attack the prince from the standpoint of the second prince. In that case, the relationship between himself and the East Palace will no longer be eased.
Seeing Fan Xian walk out of the mansion, the onlookers burst into cheers and rushed forward, shouting something, nothing more than expressing their admiration and solidarity for Mr. Fan's iron shoulders.
Fan Xian smiled like a star in his previous life, waved his hand, and said softly to Fujiko Kyung, "The biggest problem with scholars is that they are too simple."
Teng Zijing smiled and said nothing. Fan Xian suddenly laughed happily: "If there is an opportunity in the future, do you want to go to Beijing to become an official? With the influence of your family, it is not a problem to guarantee you to be a parent of the sixth or seventh grade."
Teng Zijing was taken aback, thinking that although he had studied, he had always been a guard all the way, why did the young master get involved in becoming an official? But he immediately thought that the young master might need someone he could trust in the prefectures and counties of Qing Kingdom, and he replied in a daze, "It's all up to the young master's arrangements."
"I arrange it?" Fan Xian laughed, "It's a pity that Qing Kingdom doesn't have Baling County."
Fan Xian's face was originally pure and beautiful, but now he was smiling, and it was even more sunny, like a spring breeze, which made those scholars who came to support him feel very relieved. Fan Xian, the poet fairy, should look like this .
He rubbed Fan Sizhe's head and told his younger brother not to mess around. Then he politely greeted the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, got into his carriage, and drove to the Ministry of Punishment.
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The crowd gradually dispersed, and the scholars who were rushing to take the exam also chased towards the yamen of the Ministry of Justice. No one noticed that the powerful guards of the Fan Mansion escorted another carriage out of Chengnan Avenue and headed towards the imperial city. Sitting in the carriage was Lin Wan'er, who had discussed with Fan Xian in bed last night that she had to go to the palace today to explain the matter to the East Palace and other palaces, so as to improve relations.
On the other hand, Fan Xian was already alone, and walked into the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice a little lonely. The lobby was a bit gloomy, and the wind was blowing in. The early spring weather made him feel a little cold. But he still smiled slightly, bowed his hands to the three sitting on the high place, and said: "I have seen the three adults."
The Chunwei fraud case was a big one, and Fan Xian was the key figure in it, so today, in addition to the Minister of Criminal Affairs, there were also two senior officials from Dali Temple and Yushitai who came to listen to the case. On both sides of the hall, there is a row of officials from the thirteen yamen of criminal officials, which looks very scary.
Fan Xian frowned, and found that the other party hadn't answered for a long time. After a long while, when he heard a burst of shouts of authority, Han Zhiwei, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, asked coldly, "The one standing in the hall is Fan Xian, the fifth rank of Taixue?"
Today's Fan Xian is no longer just a newborn calf who just entered the capital and was just smiling blindly in the government office of the capital. He glanced at the Shangshu lord and said calmly, "It's the next official."
"I called you here today mainly to inquire about Chun Wei."
Fan Xian smiled, and blocked the words: "As far as I know, the Chunwei fraud case should be handled by the Overwatch Council by order. I don't know that the Ministry of Punishment is also involved."
The three adults sitting on top were very annoyed when they heard this impolite reply, but they knew that the person in front of him was at the time of his popularity, and there was a prime minister and a minister behind him. , It's not easy to take him. Han Zhiwei, the Minister of Criminal Justice, always prided himself on being clear and bright, and he hated such an arrogance the most. He snorted and said, "I'm here to assist you in this case, so don't make excuses."
Fan Xian shook his head and said, "The lower official didn't evade it, but I don't know what the Lord Shang Shu called the lower official to inquire about? I'm really sorry if I asked about the details of the Chunwei fraud case. Before the conclusion, you must not disclose it to the outside world."
The Shaoqing of Dali Temple laughed back angrily, and said: "Could it be that the court asked you, but you didn't answer?"
"The Overwatch Council is part of the imperial court, and the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment is part of the imperial court." Fan Xian sighed, "The three adults also know that this matter involves too much, and the lower officials really don't know how to deal with it, and there is no clear statement in the Qing Law. .”