"Everything is for the Qing Dynasty."
"Everything is for the Qing Dynasty?"
Yuan Hongdao drove to the fiefdom of Princess Xinyang in a carriage, but he felt a little absurd about the words he had kept in his heart for many years.
Many years ago, when the eldest princess began to fall in love with the current prime minister, Yuan Hongdao, who was the first secret member of the second division of the Overwatch Council at that time, accepted Chen Pingping's arrangement, and had a new identity and a new life. In life, gradually became friends with Lin Ruofu who was not very prominent at the time.
At that time, it was just a chance encounter between two scholars.
Back then, Lin Ruofu was high-spirited, Yuan Hongdao was calm and honest, and after experiencing various coincidences arranged by the courtyard, they finally became the so-called "close friends". As time passed year by year, with the support of the eldest princess, Lin Ruofu had a smooth journey in the officialdom, but Yuan Hongdao was willing to stay by Lin Ruofu's side and be a clean guest, even when Lin Ruofu hinted and expressed for countless times that he could let him go. When he became a parent officer, he just smiled and refused.
Because of this, Lin Ruofu regarded him even more as the only pure friend in his life. It's just that the prime minister didn't expect that this friend had other missions on his back from the beginning.
In fact, Yuan Hongdao has gradually adapted to this kind of life, because there have been no tasks assigned to him in the yard, and the only people who know his identity have kept their distance. In these years, the only thing Yuan Hongdao did to help the Overwatch Council was to It's just that after the killing of the Second Young Master Lin of the Cangshan Bieyuan, he made a lie for the Overwatch Council and planted it in Dongyi City.
Just because he said it, Lin Ruofu believed it.
Yuan Hongdao only betrayed Lin Ruofu once in his life, and this time was enough to make the prime minister withdraw from the court sadly. This is His Majesty's intention, through the Overwatch Council, let him carry it out.
Perhaps it was the betrayal of his old friend that really made the prime minister see this world clearly, so his entry into the palace became unstoppable the next day, and even Fan Jian's repeated hints turned a blind eye to him. As for the future of the Lin family, the prime minister had already entrusted his son-in-law Fan Xian, so he was naturally unwilling to drag the family into this troubled water.
In the middle of March, Guo You, Minister of Rites, died, and Han Zhiwei, Minister of Punishment, was demoted.
All the actions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate regarding Wu Bo'an's case disappeared, and the Wu family did not know where he went. Your Majesty has a decree that He Zongwei is excellent in both learning and morality, and he will be rewarded in the palace, and he will be exempted from examination and appointed as the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
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"Why?" Fan Xian was sitting on the carriage, flicking the piece of paper in his hand. It was a report from the Overwatch Council on the dynamics of the imperial court. Other places were a few days late, and the news from Kyoto was received.
Mr. Yuezhang is of course not a good official in the pure sense, and the title of treacherous prime minister is not for nothing, but Fan Xian still finds it absurd that the dignified prime minister of a country should be defeated in the official struggle of the Qing Kingdom in such a silent way!
Fan Xian had to think about the future. Although the prime minister Yue Zhang didn't seem to help him much this year, he knew that the civil servants in the imperial court had always maintained a tolerant attitude towards him regarding many things, including the Chunwei case. , all because of Yue Zhang's face, except for the two Shangshu adults who were already unlucky, he had never encountered a real challenge in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty.
The person Fan Xian was questioning was Xiao En, a generational talent who couldn't dance while wearing iron chains.
"Why?" Xiao En analyzed indifferently: "Because you made a move, the Emperor Qing took the opportunity to weaken the power of civil servants, but how can you satisfy the appetite of an emperor with only two ministers? You are the son-in-law of the prime minister. Now If the emperor really wants you to be in charge of the Overwatch Council in the future, the prime minister must step down as soon as possible for safety reasons."
"As for how to step down..." Xiao En mocked and said, "An emperor wants a subject to step down, there are countless ways, not to mention that your emperor has always been a weirdo who likes to use the Overwatch Council."
The reason why Emperor Qing is said to be a weirdo is because the Overwatch Council is too powerful, yet the emperor still trusts Chen Pingping immensely, which is an anomaly.
Fan Xian shook his head and said, "This case is strange. Even if Yue Zhang is heartbroken over the death of his second brother and wants to kill Wu Bo'an, there are many ways to do it. As for killing the Wu family in Beijing, it happened that the second prince met Li Hongcheng. The stupid way of doing things is too far from the ability of the father-in-law."
"There are traitors around the prime minister." Xiao En said lightly: "As for the person who is the eldest princess or the person of your emperor, in fact... there is no difference."
Fan Xian wasn't sure: "To be able to force father-in-law to step down, there must be solid evidence. Father-in-law is a cautious person, how could it be possible for the spies of the enemy forces to get in touch with those important matters?"
How could he have guessed that the one who betrayed his father-in-law was that Mr. Yuan Hongdao, and he hadn't even guessed that there was a shadow of the Overwatch Council behind this incident.
Xiao En smiled happily: "How much do you, a young man, know about the things hidden in the night?" With the sudden death of the prince, perhaps the title of Qing Kingdom has long since disappeared in the world.
Fan Xian's eyelids twitched slightly. During the conversations with Sean these days, he found that although the other party had been imprisoned for many years, he didn't know the power distribution of the Qing court, but after Fan Xian explained it, Sean could clearly see The problem is that even in this Chunwei case, the Beijing officials involved in the case have guessed exactly what kind of punishment they will receive.
Xiao En once said that the Prime Minister will definitely step down because of this matter. But there was no sign of this matter at all, and the Chunwei case did not involve the Prime Minister's Mansion at all, and the eldest princess who broke up with the Prime Minister and became enemies was far away in Xinyang, so Fan Xian didn't really believe it... Unexpectedly, he was right, Fan Xian couldn't help it Some were shocked by the vicious eyes of the other party, only then did they realize that there is nothing worthless under the fame.
Fan Xian sighed, looked at the old man, and suddenly said, "I'm getting more and more curious why the Overwatch Council didn't kill you immediately after it caught you."
"Because I have a lot of useful things in my head."
"Then at least we can be more ruthless." Fan Xian said, "For example, chop off your five limbs."
"What do you mean by five limbs?" Sean was a little curious. "Everything has a limit. When something exceeds the limit I can bear, I think, at least I still have the ability to kill myself, but you... I don’t want to pay that price.”
Fan Xian raised his eyebrows and thought about it. This was indeed the truth. He got up and saluted him, then got out of the carriage.
Standing by the side of the carriage, looking at the fresh reeds floating slowly by the lake in the distance, he vaguely understood what His Majesty the Emperor meant. The imperial court needs new blood. The so-called flowing water does not rot. The prime minister has stayed in that position for too long. His sudden rise in Kyoto has made the prime minister's resignation a top priority.
No noble person in the palace would allow the Prime Minister, the head of all officials, to have a son-in-law who is in charge of the Overwatch Council. If His Majesty really intends to reuse Fan Xian in the coming year, then he must let the Prime Minister leave... Otherwise, Fan Xian will be suppressed, but Fan Xian knows in his heart that the strange Emperor will not really suppress him.
The back waves of the Yangtze River drive the front waves. If Fan Xian himself is the wave behind, then the prime minister is undoubtedly the waves in front of him unable to hit the shore. He must bid farewell to this stage of history and make room for it.
This is just a very normal metabolism in the officialdom. Seeing the prime minister leave is pretty cool, and he had already expected the end of the story, but Fan Xian thought of Wan'er who stayed in the capital, and also thought of the clumsy person with whom he had no reason to speculate. Dabao, still a little worried in his heart, frowned slightly.
"I hope father and Chen Pingping can keep the rest of the Lin family." He frowned and looked at the still yellow reed, wondering why it wouldn't turn green? There was a sudden thump in my heart, and I began to think about the role played by the Overwatch Council in this matter.
For no reason, Fan Xian felt a tinge of anger. As the Commissioner of the Overwatch Council, he simply did not believe that the Court would not know His Majesty's intentions. Thinking of the poison on Si Lili, he suddenly felt a little cold.
Chen Pingping was just constantly removing stumbling blocks in Fan Xian's way forward, even if the other party was Fan Xian's relatives, this method of removal seemed extremely cold and ruthless, and did not even consider Fan Xian's feelings at all.
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In the afternoon, after many days of journey, the mission finally approached the Great Lake at the junction of the two countries. The Great Lake does not have a name, it is called the Great Lake—because it is very large. Fan Xian looked at the vast expanse of blue waves in front of him, and was blown by the cool breeze blowing from the lake, his whole body became more awake, and a sunny and beautiful smile appeared on his face again.
Although the mission convoy has already arrived at the Great Lake, it will take several days to go east around the lake and actually enter the border of Northern Qi. Fan Xian knew that if Sean really wanted to make a move, it should be within a few days.
In the distance, there are waterfowls flying comfortably close to the lake. The long fringe of the birds glides in the water. When they meet a fish, they close their beaks extremely sensitively, fly to the shore of the lake, and then step on it with thin claws to keep bouncing. The fish, holding it in its mouth and raising its neck to the sky, swallowed it with a grunt, looking extremely relaxed.
Suddenly, Fan Xian's heart moved, and he walked towards the carriage that he hadn't been in for many days, lifted the curtain and entered, looked at Miss Si Lili who was slightly stunned and then showed a complicated expression, and smiled slightly.