The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 417
It was another two days in a flash.

The public opinion that was deliberately instigated by Jiao Shun was rapid during this period, and countless officials and people from the government and the opposition moved into the game, especially the students of Guozijian and Yunlu Academy.

One of the two is the highest government-run academy in the dynasty, and the other is a leader in private academies. Usually, there is a problem of ignorance of literati, so they simply competed with each other through this storm of public opinion.

Today, someone in Guozijian asked for the release of Zhou Long in court, and tomorrow, someone in Yunlu Academy called for a thorough investigation of the national traitor Jiao Shun; Will not be in the country.

In normal times, such groundless emotional output would have been stopped by the teachers of both sides long ago.

But this time it was a special case. Instead of stopping it, the commanders of both sides secretly condoned it, and even actively contributed to it.

So the tone of the two sides is to rise three times a day!
As a result, quite a few common people were bewitched by him, thinking that Jiao Shun had done something rebellious, and he could be called Zhao Gao and Qin Hui of the current dynasty, and Zhou Long, who was framed by him, was naturally very loyal.

Encouraged by these feedbacks, the students of Guozijian and Yunlu Academy felt that it was time to go further, so they unanimously decided to go to Dali Temple to block the door to demonstrate on the morning of July [-].

When the news reached Dali Temple, Liu Fangxian, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple who presided over the case, became confused.

Like a donkey pulling a mill, he turned a hundred times in the side hall, but he didn't think of any way to break the game, so he had to kick the ball to the two interrogators: "Both, it's going to be early tomorrow morning." It's about to break the boot formation, so don't just watch, just make up your mind!"

"What's your idea?"

Yan Junchen smiled wryly and shook his head: "The right and wrong of this case are clear at a glance, there is no room for mediation, not to mention that Jiao Shun reports at any time - if you must favor Zhou Long, once His Majesty asks, how should we deal with it? But if According to the report, there will be three more national thieves that the students want to kill tomorrow."

Liu Fang was only vaguely aware of the seriousness of the matter at first, but after hearing Yan Junchen's analysis, she became more and more confused.

Stamping and sighing again, the naked eye can see that he has aged three years.

"I can't handle that much anymore!"

At this time Xu Liang suddenly stood up and said: "If the report is based on the facts, I'm afraid we will all be ruined. Even if His Majesty is satisfied by then, how can we stay in the court for a long time?"

After a pause, he continued: "Besides, what the emperor wants is not a mere Zhou Long, but for us to find out who is behind the scenes—if there is a master behind the scenes, that's fine, but if there is no such person, why don't we go to prison for injustice?" No?"

"As the so-called two evils choose the lesser, for the current plan, we can only preserve our dignity by bringing the case of injustice first!"

He had been acting as a peacemaker with Xini before, but he didn't want to be more decisive than Liu Fang and Yan Junchen at critical moments.

Yan Junchen quickly echoed: "Xu Shilang's words are very true. Now that there is a strong momentum outside, young people of that generation have the courage to set things right. We live above the temple, and we should be the first in the world!"

The two of them spoke in unison, the former said the truth, the latter was high-sounding, but Liu Fang was still undecided on the sidelines, hesitatingly asked: "This, does this count as the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

"otherwise!"

Xu Liang had already figured out Liu Fang's temper these days, and immediately said with a righteous face: "You and I are admonishing outright words. With the current situation, it will be spread out afterwards, and it will be hailed as Wei Xuancheng and Hai Gangfeng. , is also unknown."

When Liu Fang heard the names of Wei Zheng and Hai Rui, her eyes lit up immediately, obviously she was greatly moved.

Yan Junchen who was on the side said again: "What's more, since we are the first in the world, how can the princes in the court sit idly by? At that time, under the anger of the public, even though Your Majesty is the respect of ten thousand chariots, I am afraid that he will not be willing to go his own way."

Now Liu Fang finally made a decision, and sighed sadly: "Come on, let's go, now that Gangchang has been lost, our generation of scholars is bound to set things right, how can we take personal honor and disgrace into account?"

Xu Liang and Yan Junchen exchanged glances, and asked in unison: "Then you will be promoted?"

"Ascension!"

Liu Fang raised her arms and shouted.

…………

At that time, Jiao Shun was sitting in a corner of the lobby, seemingly flipping through official documents, but in fact he was carefully identifying several portraits.

These are the student leaders who will take the lead tomorrow, and only one of them was dragged into the water by Ni Er—the Yunlu Academy student who staged a bitter trick.

There is no way, the academy seems to be isolated from the world, but it is actually a miniature version of Vanity Fair. How many of the people who can make a living in it are from poor families?What's more, those children from poor families who can stand out are mostly not blind to money.

To be able to install such a nail is already a stroke of luck.

While Jiao Shun was carefully identifying the student leaders, he was thinking about how to hold this nail to a higher position—the worse his free fall would be, the more he would naturally hurt the arrogance of the scholars.

At the same time, Jiao Shun couldn't help raising his hand to scratch his shoulder.

The tooth marks that Wang Xifeng had bitten two days ago have scabbed over now, and the itching is very unbearable.

Just as Jiao Shun's brain circuit was drifting unstoppably along the scabs on his shoulders towards the indescribable battle situation of the day, he suddenly saw a bunch of yamen servants rushing in from outside. , it is obvious that he is going to go to court again for questioning.

Seeing this, Jiao Shun frowned, and he was no stranger to being promoted to the court for questioning these days, but the problem was that the students were going to make trouble, and as soon as it was reported to Dali Temple, the three presiding judges were anxious to be promoted... …

No matter how you look at it, it tastes like the rain is coming.

He secretly raised his vigilance, but as expected, he found something strange during the trial.

The questioning routines of the three presiding judges are basically the same, blindly trying to find problems from procedural justice, but their tone and attitude have obviously changed.

In particular, they didn't ask the same question over and over again as before, but took a quick approach. Even if Chen Wansan and Li Qing didn't answer, they wouldn't bother, but went directly to the next question.

This is……

After thinking about it, Jiao Shun guessed what the three court officials were up to. It was clear that they wanted a strong man to sever their wrists, and they would rather offend the emperor than secure their position.

However, this was already in Jiao Shun's plan. He watched the whole scene calmly, until the three court officials wanted to end the scene hastily, then suddenly got up and said: "My lords, I have something to ask .”

The three hall officials had long been preventing him from getting up and making trouble.

At that moment, Yan Junchen reminded with a straight face: "You are an observer, not a juror. If you have any opinions, you can write an official document afterwards and submit it. Otherwise, don't you still have the right to perform a special performance?"

"The lower officer has no objection."

Jiao Shun said neither humble nor overbearing: "It's just that there are some things about Dali Temple that I want to tell Lord Shaoqing to know."

Liu Fang heard the words, although she was very curious about what he was going to say, but in front of the two interrogators, how could she give and accept them privately?

Immediately, he hurriedly scolded: "Since it has nothing to do with the case, why are you bringing it up at this time?"

"The lower official thought he was going to retire."

Jiao Shun pretended to be surprised and said, "Could it be that the lower officials have misunderstood it? Then I invite the three adults to continue the trial."

Saying that, Wei Wei saluted and sat back down again.

After the public case, Liu Fang, Xu and Yan looked at each other. They were indeed about to withdraw from the courtroom, but when Jiao Shun suddenly interrupted them, they either continued the trial, or seemed to have to listen to what he had to say.

So Liu Fang pretended to be embarrassed and whispered: "Forget it, I'll just perfunctory him."

Saying that, he stood up with a straight face and greeted him: "Come with me."

Seeing the two walking towards the back hall one after the other, both Xu Liang and Yan Junchen felt that it was inappropriate, but they wanted to stop them, or follow them to listen...Jiao Shun had already made it clear that he wanted to talk about the Dali Temple and had nothing to do with the case. Naturally, it has nothing to do with the two of them.

So in the end, he could only watch the two go to the inner hall, praying in his heart that Liu Fang would not be deceived by Jiao Shun's rhetoric.

inner hall.

Liu Fang took a seat on the grand teacher's chair by herself, as if her superior was listening to the report, and she didn't intend to ask Jiao Shun to sit down at all.

Jiao Shun had inquired about his character early on, and knew that in order to be able to blend in with the scholars, he was the most rude to officials who were not serious in their careers, and he had the demeanor of the Imperial Association Army, so he didn't bother to care about it.

Immediately, he came straight to the point: "I heard that your lord is from a noble relative?"

With just this one sentence, Liu Fang's face, which was not very good-looking at first, suddenly turned black like ashes from the bottom of a pot. She slapped the table and said angrily, "What are you trying to say?"

"I don't know what promise those two lords have given you."

Jiao Shun said unhurriedly: "But please ask yourself, sir, can their promise really be fulfilled?"

Liu Fang raised her eyebrows. Although Xu Liang and Yan Junchen didn't promise him anything, they drew a big cake with the word fame and fortune written on it. If it wasn't for this, he wouldn't have decided to deceive the king.

After hesitating for a while, Liu Fang asked again: "What exactly do you want to say?"

This time the tone was slightly relaxed.

Jiao Shun cupped his hands: "My lord, the biggest key to this case is actually the four characters of 'original and clear'. Although you are also well-read poetry and books, what those people support is not learning, but the imperial examination. Since you are defending the way, you have to eliminate dissidents..."

"What the hell are you talking about?!"

Liu Fang interrupted Jiao Shun and questioned him for the third time, this time her tone was obviously anxious, and her eyes began to hesitate.

Just now he was confused by Wei Zhenghai Rui's reputation, and he has always regarded himself as a scholar, so he didn't think there was any problem, but what Jiao Shun said...

Yes!

What those students want to maintain is the imperial examination, and the difference between themselves and serious scholars is the imperial examination? !
With this basic premise, Xu Liang might be touted as Wei Zheng, and Yan Junchen might be touted as the current Hai Rui, but I... really have a chance to stand shoulder to shoulder with them?
Jiao Shun saw that Liu Fang was wavering, and immediately hit the rails while it was hot: "Your Excellency also knows that this case is actually very simple. If you want to follow those people's thoughts, you will definitely be charged with deceiving the emperor, even if you end up with a lighter punishment. It is unavoidable to be dismissed from office for a while.”

Having said that, he turned and pointed outside: "Both Xu Shilang and Yan Yushi have cronies and classmates in the court. Even if they are dismissed from office, as long as they gain fame, they will have a chance to make a comeback sooner or later—to take a step back, even if they If I can't become an official myself, most of the descendants will be able to receive his legacy."

"As for you, my lord... even if you can get some fame with this, how can you cash it?"

"The imperial concubine is over half a hundred years old, not to mention that the person in charge is today..."

Liu Fang didn't interrupt Jiao Shun again this time, but her complexion kept changing following his speech.

That's right, people can cash in on their fame!

And myself...

At that time, it was all because of his sister's favor that he was born as a Jinshi, and he was promoted to the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple step by step.

But now that my sister is already old and fading, and the Supreme Emperor has also abdicated due to an eye disease, the chances for him to make a comeback will only become less and less, or even almost non-existent!
And the descendants...

Although he has a son, he is ignorant and incompetent; as for his disciples, who would take the initiative to worship a foreign relative as a teacher when the literati are in power?
There really is such a person, Liu Fang is afraid that she can't believe it!
Then this time, why did I risk myself to bear the guilt of bullying my superior, and share the same hatred with Xu Liang and Yan Junchen?
"grown ups."

Jiao Shun reminded again in a timely manner: "The lower official said these things, regardless of the pros and cons of this matter, the two adults must bear the brunt of it, but their pros and cons may not necessarily be your pros and cons."

Liu Fang thought about it carefully, and this statement is also not unreasonable. If it is delayed and let those students come to block the door to demonstrate, of course she will not feel good, but Xu Liang and Yan Junchen, two genuine scholars, have been affected by all parties. The pressure will only increase!
Xu Liang also said that the lesser of two evils...

For the two of them, maintaining the position of scholars is the least harmful, but for themselves...

Can you really be considered a scholar?

When did those scholars regard themselves as genuine scholars? !
In this way, it would be more beneficial for him to procrastinate - at least it would not be in vain to make Xu Liang and Yan Junchen cheaper!

Thinking of this, Liu Fang's eyes on Jiao Shun softened a lot, she got up and sighed: "The strange people say that you are not good at learning, but you are still a bit clever."

"Don't dare to be an adult."

As soon as Jiao Shun heard this, he knew that the matter was over, and he didn't want to add another word to the snake. With a word of humility, he silently followed Liu Fang back to the lobby.

Seeing the two coming out of the inner hall, both Xu Liang and Yan Junchen got up subconsciously and cast a visiting look.

Liu Fang unconsciously avoided their sight, and then suddenly raised her voice and ordered: "Leave the hall!"

Then he looked back at Jiao Shun, and added: "Retrial after adjournment!"

With just these four words, Xu Liang and Yan Junchen's expressions all changed.

"Liu Shaoqing, you..."

Yan Junchen took two steps forward and wanted to question, but was stopped by Xu Liang who caught up with him.

Xu Liang glanced past Liu Fang at Jiao Shun before inviting him: "Liu Shaoqing, let's go to the side hall to discuss the case?"

"This……"

Liu Fang looked back at Jiao Shun again, bit her teeth and said decisively: "I'm not feeling well, I'm afraid I have to go back to the mansion for a while to rest, what's the matter, we can talk about it tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)