When they first heard that Fang Yun wanted to report Li Wenying, everyone thought it was a particularly serious crime.
However, after hearing the four points listed by Fang Yun, the Golden Throne Hall became exceptionally quiet.
No one spoke up for Li Wenying.
Zhang Poyue, who was just about to curse Fang Yun, became like a deflated ball, with his eyes rolling around cunningly.
Of these four charges, the first two could barely be considered as Li Wenying's lax rule, but the last two were too far-fetched.
What wrong strategy? Li Wenying left the Holy Academy Continent very early, so this kind of thing could not be related to him.
As for the fact that there was no siege on Zuo Xiang, Li Wenying had actually been fighting all along, but Wen Xiang and other officials were afraid that he would use drastic measures, so they transferred him to Jiangzhou to prevent the matter from getting out of hand.
If it were just these four charges, there would be no way to bring down Li Wenying. Even if there was irrefutable evidence for the first two, the most he would get would be a salary deduction.
Would Fang Yun be stupid enough to use such a painless thing to attack Li Wenying
No one thinks Fang Yun is a fool.
Then, Fang Yun must have other purposes.
All the officials began to ponder the fourth crime mentioned by Fang Yun.
Fang Yun believed that Li Wenying did not fight the Liu Party with all his strength.
So, from another perspective, since Li Wenying did not fight with the previous Left Prime Minister’s Party, will he fight with the new Left Prime Minister’s Party controlled by Fang Yun now
All the officials fell into deep thought.
What made the officials think was the punishment given by Fang Yun, exile to Liangjie Mountain.
If he was exiled to other places, Fang Yun might really punish Li Wenying, but if Li Wenying was allowed to go to Liangjie Mountain, then he would be like a tiger with wings and a fish in water.
Because a long time ago, Li Wenying wanted to guard Liangjie Mountain, but was eventually persuaded by the Queen Mother and Minister Wen, because Li Wenying was too important to Jing State. Once he left, the royal family of Jing State at that time would be like losing an arm.
It can even be said that the power of the Liu Party in Jiangzhou had never developed much at that time. Apart from the fact that the Yingyang Army had been unable to interfere in military affairs, Li Wenying made the greatest contribution.
Although Liangjie Mountain is currently in a state of war, very few great human scholars have died in the battle, especially young great scholars like Li Wenying who have a promising future and will certainly be secretly protected by the saints.
What's more, Li Wenying is good at fighting and likes killing. In the three years in Liangjie Mountain, he has gained far more than in Jingguo.
Therefore, almost every official guessed that Fang Yun did not really want to oppose Li Wenying, but wanted to temporarily transfer Li Wenying away, just like transferring Jiang Hechuan away from Jingguo.
Then, Fang Yun’s purpose is obvious.
After a brief silence, Right Prime Minister Cao De'an walked out of the ranks of officials and said, "I second the motion. Li Wenying is incompetent in governing his people, and should be exiled to Liangjie Mountain for three years before he can lead the generals. However, Lord Jianmei is a pillar of the country after all, and apart from his official position, everything else should be treated according to the old rules, so as not to disappoint the meritorious officials."
Subsequently, Sai Zhixue, Cai He, Yu Xingshu and other officials seconded the motion.
Finally, Zhang Poyue actually walked out of the ranks of military generals and said seriously, "Yes, I have long disliked Li Wenying and support his exile to Liangjie Mountain! I don't want the position of general, can you let me serve as the Minister of War?"
Some officials rolled their eyes at him.
Most officials remained silent because they did not know what Li Wenying's intention was. If Li Wenying wanted to go to Liangjie Mountain, stopping him now would be tantamount to offending both Fang Yun and Li Wenying.
Minister of Rites Sheng Boyuan said, "I object. The first two crimes that Fang Yun accused were very minor, and the maximum penalty was a six-month salary fine. The last two were simply groundless and almost a frame-up! I think Fang Yun fabricated charges and framed his colleagues. He is not worthy of being the left prime minister. He is more suitable to be exiled to Liangjie Mountain than Jianmei Gong!"
"I second the motion! Lord Jianmei is the backbone of our Jing State. He became famous because of his reputation. Fang Yun is just a young boy. How can you casually convict him? Prime Minister Fang called a deer a horse, which is quite similar to the style of the former left prime minister Liu Ze. Your Majesty, you must be on guard, and all the ministers must be on guard!"
"I object to what Prime Minister Fang said..."
Some officials stood up to accuse Fang Yun, while other officials supported Fang Yun, and the two sides quarreled bitterly.
Li Wenying stood there, his eyes lowered and his brows straightened.
Just three days ago, he received gifts from Fang Yun, which included some cultural and rare treasures, as well as holy blood, holy pages and other things that would help in battle, as well as many other extremely precious treasures such as holy incense for enlightenment, fruit for health preservation, holy fruit for body, algae fish, heart-cleansing grass and so on.
Just one Holy Body Fruit was enough for Li Wenying to exchange for three years, not to mention the others.
Li Wenying raised his head and looked at Fang Yun's back.
At that time, he didn't know Fang Yun's intention in giving the gift, but now he basically understands it.
Li Wenying thought quietly, and countless memories related to Fang Yun emerged in his mind.
I met Fang Yun for the first time because of "Praise of the Humble House".
When the turtle monster was trying to steal the great scholar's obscene writings, he finally arrived and successfully protected Fang Yun and others. He then rushed into the Yangtze River and slaughtered the water monster.
Later, when Fang Yun was taking the imperial examination, he guided Fang Yun on the meaning of the classics.
When Fang Yun was besieged by the Dragon King and nearly died, Li Wenying appeared and killed the Dragon King.
Tong Luan pretended to look for Fang Yun on the pretext of his grandson's death, but was frightened away by Li Wenying's blood-stained ancient sword.
Before Li Wenying left Shengyuan Continent to go to the ancient land for training, Fang Yun wrote "Farewell to Li Wenying in the Snow" as a gift to him.
Don’t worry about having no friends on the road ahead, everyone in the world knows you!
Many years later, Li Wenying returned from the ancient land and wrote a poem "Presented to Fang Yun" to save Fang Yun from danger and help Fang Yun defeat the Demon King's clone.
The flowers in the hall make three thousand guests drunk, and the sword freezes fourteen states!
Li Wenying never thought that the two would be so opposed to each other in the court.
Fang Yun didn't look at Li Wenying, so Li Wenying could only look at Fang Yun's back.
In the Golden Palace, officials were still arguing about this.
In the eyes of the royalists, the departure of Prime Minister Wen was already a huge loss. If the righteous Li Wenying was also transferred away, no one in the court could check and balance Fang Yun, and no one could ask Fang Yun to show mercy.
Although the Right Prime Minister Cao De'an has a lot of experience, he is too smooth. He is like paper in front of Liu Shan, and even worse in front of Fang Yun.
Assistant Prime Minister Yang Xuwen is highly respected, but he has no old friendship with Fang Yun. If he really falls out with Fang Yun, his fate will not be much better than Liu Shan's.
Grand Marshal Chen Zhixu could put pressure on Fang Yun, but Chen Zhixu would never get involved in party disputes. As long as Fang Yun did not usurp the throne and rebel, Chen Zhixu would not oppose it.
As for the five semi-saint families, needless to say, in their eyes, the royal family is just a higher-ranking official, and Fang Yun is the one who is qualified to be on equal footing with the saint families.
Saving Li Wenying is equivalent to curbing Fang Yun's ambition to control the entire Jing Kingdom.
At this moment, the sound of the Queen Mother coughing came from behind the curtain.
The sounds of quarreling stopped abruptly.
All the officials looked at the curtain, and at the shadow of the woman behind it.
In the Golden Palace, the Queen Mother seldom spoke directly to the officials. Every time she spoke, it was either not related to government affairs or was of great importance.
Many officials bowed their heads slightly and listened to the Queen Mother's words.