During these days, under the wise guidance of Fan Tisi and the specific command of Mr. Xiaoyan, the Overwatch Council armed itself to the teeth, unceremoniously biting the interests of the second prince's faction from officials to economics, and fiercely Occupying a very favorable situation, using the incident of Baoyue Tower as the guide, and the assassination incident outside the Kyoto Prefecture as the root, he moved to the upper and lower courts, inside and outside the Dasuo Trading Company, digging deep into the deepest part of the opponent's soul, and approached step by step in the blink of an eye. .
First of all, unsurprisingly, Xie Bi'an, one of the eight generals, died suddenly in the prison of the Kyoto Prefecture. This naturally gave the Overwatch Council an excellent excuse, and the court handed three memorials to the palace in the form of a joint meeting , Kyoto Prefecture Yin Tian Yasmu was finally suspended for inspection.
The stupid tricks that the second prince used to protect himself caused the courtyard to be chained one by one, and directly eliminated the second prince's greatest reliance in the capital. On the other hand, Yan Bingyun began to use other means, and successfully controlled several interception points of Xinyang's support in the capital, forcing the Cui family to be in a state of panic all day long, and he didn't know how much money they had lost, so he was forced to mobilize the Jiangnan family. In order to forcibly open up the route that was cut off due to the heavy death in the north, the amount of money received by the second prince began to shrink.
Public opinion is also extremely unfavorable to the Second Prince's faction. Although there are master strategists in the palace, they are still inferior to the Overwatch Council in terms of action and professionalism. Ladies and gentlemen, they really don't have any power to confuse people's hearts. Although the Overwatch Council is ruthless, the people in the capital still faintly stand by the side of Fan's mansion. They always feel that the missing second young master of the Fan family is a scapegoat for the second prince. Provoked Master Xiao Fan to fight back ruthlessly.
As for Hongcheng... this poor Prince Jing's son, his reputation is even more heinous. Who told him to have an affair with Yuan Meng? Everyone in Kyoto knows that next spring, Li Hongcheng is going to marry the eldest daughter of the Fan family, but you instigated Fan Sizhe, a mere 14-year-old boy, to open a brothel, and made him responsible for the murder of a prostitute! — Damn Xipi, is there such a brother-in-law who shamelessly uses his brother-in-law in this world
For a while, no matter whether it was in the officialdom or in other aspects, the second prince's faction was beaten and retreated, their momentum was sluggish, and they were completely powerless to fight back. The only counterattack they ever tried was the Metropolitan Procuratorate controlled by the Eldest Princess, but those censors were wasting their efforts. All the actions of the Overwatch Council were based on Qinglu regulations, and none of them were caught by anyone. handle. As for the assassination of three witnesses in the Baoyuelou murder case on a rainy night, it was a headless murder case. Even if someone guessed that it was done by the Overwatch Council, where is the evidence
The Overwatch Council's attitude towards the assassination incident was also very simple and clear—those three people were personally sent to the Yamen of the Kyoto Prefecture by Fan Tisi's family, how could they die outside the Kyoto Prefecture? If there is a problem, the biggest problem is Yintian Jingmu of Kyoto Prefecture, who has a good relationship with the second prince!
Fan Xian is extremely satisfied with the current results of the battle. Anyway, the bottom line in the palace is there. It is impossible for him to drive the second prince out of Beijing directly. As long as he can weaken the power of the second prince to the point where he can no longer threaten him, he will fight hard. Er was in so much pain that it was enough to talk about the bad breath of the old Fan family.
Up until now, the terrifying power of the Overwatch Council has only been revealed in part.
The reason why this operation was so smooth is that, on the one hand, Chen Pingping assigned all the authority to Fan Xian through the transfer order, and more importantly, Fan Xian's operation had already been planned when the Northern Qi Dynasty went to Beijing. up. Since summer turned into autumn, he and Yan Bingyun have been preparing for a long time. The relationship between the second prince and the eldest princess was mentioned in the memorial that was presented to Yulan at that time. With regard to Lou, Fan Xian took advantage of his anger to make this matter ahead of time.
If the Overwatch Council fails to win this battle with mental calculations without intentions, and strong winds blowing thin clouds, Chen Pingping will probably jump out of the wheelchair angrily, scolding these little bastards for ruining her family's prestige!
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The palace has been kept secretively quiet. All the nobles, including the second prince's biological mother, Concubine Shu, the prince of the East Palace, and the empress, are as if they are deaf and blind. They are cautious not to express any opinions. Everyone knows that this is watching His Majesty's attitude.
What is Your Majesty doing
News spread from the palace that His Majesty has invited a class from Jiangnan Road to perform in the palace! It was a stormy season in Kyoto, but His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Kingdom still had time to accompany the Queen Mother. He watched a play for a whole day and rewarded him with countless baskets of copper coins. He was so happy and relaxed!
Now the big guy finally sees the situation clearly. Dare to say that our Long Live Lord doesn’t think such trivial things are worth watching at all, and he doesn’t even bother to raise his eyelids. Young people are playing small troubles in Beijing. How can there be a famous opera troupe in the south of the Yangtze River? Is the play good
After seeing the situation clearly, those court officials who had always maintained their neutrality used their sharp minds to discover a fact that Fan Xian's family was so amazingly large! Who is Fan Xian's opponent? It is the second prince, the biological son of His Majesty the Emperor! His Majesty can still be so impartial... What kind of favor is this, this, this
These people did not dare to offend the second prince, so they had to stand more firmly, standing firmly on the wall, sticking their feet in the mud, stubbornly practicing the grassroots spirit, swaying left and right, but refused to fall in any direction .
This fact made the second prince take a deep breath. Knowing that he had quietly developed his power in the court all these years, it turned out that all of it fell into his father's eyes. He couldn't help thinking, could it be...Fan Xian returned Did Empress Jing secretly get the palace's instruction against herself? However, this Second Highness is also a vicious person, knowing that the current situation cannot allow him to retreat, even if he is willing to let go of the prince's face and hope to shake hands with Fan Xian for the second time, the other party may not be in the mood, and the emperor That ambiguous attitude let the second prince know that if he couldn't beat Fan Xian down, he would have to wait for Fan Xian to beat him down—just like the tea shop said.
Under such strong pressure, the second prince reluctantly took action again, and the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate once again impeached Fan Xian collectively. The matter has nothing to do with it, and he even participated in Fan Jian, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs. The snowflake-like memorial was handed over to the province, completely skipping the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, and directly asked Fan and his son to step down to plead guilty, and put on a deadly battle.
On this day, dozens of admonishers put up a bigger battle than the last time they participated in the impeachment of Fan Xian, kneeling straight in front of the palace gate. There was no rain today, and the dozens of Chu-color official uniforms dancing with the autumn wind on the green-gray square in front of the palace looked particularly dazzling, making those court elders who came and went to the palace gate shake their heads, and then hid in the corner gate , dare not meddle in this nosy business.
According to the law of Qing Dynasty, the officials who were admitted must submit their own defenses. As for the impeachment proceedings, Fan and his son must personally enter the palace to plead guilty to His Majesty, and then explain clearly at the court meeting. But at the court meeting, the faction of the second prince is still extremely powerful, and the debate in front of the hall is really difficult for Fan and his son.
The censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were full of confidence, waiting for Fan Jian and Fan Xian, the pair of Qing Kingdom's biggest "corrupt officials" to be honestly knocked down by themselves, because this time was different from the last time, this time they were in the second prince's house. With the help of her husband, she obtained solid evidence, which is enough to prove that the Fan family and even Liu's Zhongyi Guofu are inseparable from the notorious brothel in Baoyuelou!
They knelt on the ground, waiting for Fan Xian's arrival with some excitement—even if the Fan family sent Fan Sizhe away and Baoyuelou was sold, even if His Majesty gave extrajudicial favors, but there are all the evidence of the crime, your Fan family will always have to pay accordingly The price they paid—they waited for the domineering supervisor of the Overwatch Council to appear in front of such an iron-shouldered censor like themselves to admit their mistakes, plead guilty, and bow their heads!
Not only the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but many people are actually preparing to see how the Fan Mansion or the Overwatch Council will face this menacing impeachment when it is in its prime. Officials all want face. It is really a shame to be killed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate like this. As we all know, Fan Xian is a very famous person, so the officials are more interested. Even the Grand Master Shuwu, with a heart of evil taste, revenge or ridicule, is ready to watch Fan Xian's performance. Embarrassed.
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But no one expected that Fan Xian would not come when His Majesty summoned him! Not only he didn't come, even Fan Shangshu didn't come, the father and son had a tacit understanding and shamelessly used the same trick - sick escape!
Hearing the news, the second prince was stunned at first, he didn't expect that the Fan family not only acted like a hungry wolf in terms of interests, but would bite randomly when they got angry, but also did such a good job in such trivial matters as face, unexpectedly He didn't even give himself a chance to earn back some face... Absolutely, these guys are really amazing.
Senior Shuwu, who had been drinking tea in the conference room outside the corner gate, was getting old, but after hearing the news, he spit out a mouthful of tea. He went to Taixue to play a few games of chess with Fan Xian that day, and the boy promised well, but in the end, he changed hands and caused such a big disturbance in the capital, and said that he was not willing to "eat a piece"! Master Shu was respectful on the surface, and Fan Xian, who was full of bad water inside, almost vomited blood. He had hoped to see Fan Xian's deflated appearance at the meeting today, but he didn't expect this kid to say he was sick. This made the old scholar vent his anger by watching the show I can't express my feelings, I feel very upset.
The news of Fan's father and son's illness spread to the palace, and His Majesty the Emperor, who was reviewing the memorials from various counties, also froze for a moment, then frowned and said nothing.
The women in the harem also knew about this matter, and laughed and scolded that the child of the Fan family was really troublesome, and they didn't know how to make His Majesty less upset, and they didn't know why Yichen married such a husband. He was full of poetry, but now he looks like a rascal full of complaints.
The most disappointing thing is that those who are kneeling outside the palace gate are the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Since the opponent claims that they are sick, and no matter how murderous the battle is, there is no point of strength. When they use it vigorously, their hearts are empty. It was so uncomfortable that he let go dejectedly, and even the Chu-colored official uniform on his body was hanging weakly around his body, and he didn't bother to pay attention to the teasing of the autumn wind.
People grow up eating whole grains, and they are not indestructible, so there will be no illnesses, but the illnesses like Fan's father and father are so coincidental, and the illness is so severe, it is said that they can't get out of bed Things... are a bit too weird, especially Fan Xian is still a direct disciple of Fei Jie of the Overwatch Council. Although he has not practiced medicine, even the imperial physician in the palace knows your methods. How could he suddenly fall ill
Not only the court officials don't believe it, the people in the capital don't believe it, in fact, even the ladies in the palace, the emperor on the dragon chair don't believe it, so after the court is over, there will be guards in the palace leading the imperial doctor. Under the leadership of Eunuch Hong, who was out of the palace, he marched to Fan's mansion in a mighty manner, sent a message of condolences, and at the same time, let's see what illness the father and son are suffering from!
There are many eyeliners in the house following this team, because everyone thinks that Fan and his son are pretending to be sick, so they subconsciously think that the two of them actually offended His Majesty the Emperor in order not to make a fool of themselves in court, and so did Xiao Xiao. This crime of deceiving the emperor... is extremely stupid and arrogant.
The second prince also couldn't understand this matter, he was a prince, he grew up in the palace, of course he knew Eunuch Hong's tricks, any trick of pretending to be sick, he couldn't hide it from that sick old eunuch.
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Fan Xian is really sick.
This news was confirmed by Eunuch Hong, and His Majesty had no follow-up punitive measures to prove it. It spread to every corner of the capital, and no one suspected that Fan Xian was pretending to be sick. Although Mr. Fan Shangshu only occasionally felt the cold, but little Mr. Fan was really bedridden and extremely weak.
At the juncture of the Overwatch Council's struggle with the second prince, Fan Xian unfortunately fell ill.
This fact has caused many people to have a very strange emotion. Will the situation in Kyoto change due to this? After all, there have been similar situations in history. The reason why the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty managed to liquidate the warlords with great achievements was because at that time, the famous general Zhan Qingfeng had diarrhea for three days.
History is absurd, but extremely real.
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"Don't worry about anything." Fan Xian frowned, looking at Mu Tie who was looking a little uneasy in front of the bed, "Just let Mr. Xiaoyan arrange everything."
After returning from the capital, he fell ill. Although it was not very serious, after the battle with Xie Bi'an, he began to have some uncontrollable zhenqi, which strung around in his body, forcing him to spend more money. Time to meditate and meditate. The pale complexion and weird pulse condition successfully deceived the unpredictable Hong Gonggong.