Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 620 Stop Acting, I Know It All

After listening to Meng Yi's description, Xiao He and Chen Ping looked at each other in blank dismay.

Zhao Kun smiled coldly and remained silent.

But Chen Ping touched his chin and muttered to himself: "This matter is really interesting."

"If they want to make a fuss about this kind of thing, they are easy to calculate." Xiao He said.

Different from Meng Yi and others, Xiao He and Chen Ping are Zhao Kun's confidant and Chen Ping's confidant.

Their relationship with Zhao Kun is extraordinary, so they can talk about some obscure things in front of Zhao Kun.

But after speaking, both of them laughed.

Ever since Zhao Kun exchanged blood with the court, there has been an invisible disturbance brewing inside and outside the court.

They are all well aware of this matter.

It's normal not to be reconciled.

It is said that the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves hit the beach.

But who is really willing to give way to Hou Lang?

Therefore, he saw the essence of today's matter at a glance.

Some people want to pour dirty water on the group of poor scholars by planting scholars, and then promoting public opinion.

Because most of the fresh blood of the new court comes from poor families.

In their thinking, as long as this goal is achieved, His Majesty will definitely not be as close to poor scholars as he is now under pressure.

If it really came to that point, it would be tantamount to overthrowing all the policies formulated by Zhao Kun.

This is already a great failure in the new court.

After this incident, Zhao Kun will encounter considerable resistance if he wants to formulate new policies in the future.

And they who solve the resistance will be reactivated.

Well, good plan.

But do they really think that they can deal with His Majesty with this method?
"Has the injured scholar been saved?" Zhao Kun asked suddenly.

Meng Yi cupped his hands and said: "Return to Your Majesty, when the scholar committed suicide, Zhang Yang was frightened and sent people to stop him. He was sent to the Imperial Hospital in time, and the director of the Imperial Hospital personally took action and saved him."

"Ah."

Zhao Kun nodded.

Although Daqin's "scholar" culture is prevalent, it can be consistent, and it is rare to encounter this kind of thing so fiercely.

In this position, he doesn't care if someone targets him.

He is more interested in this scholar.

Over the years, under the guidance of Zhao Kun, the technology of the Tai Hospital has been constantly innovating.

Today, the Taiyuan Hospital has been able to suture wounds with its own catgut.

Shu Suntong's trauma looked terrible, but it was not as incurable as before.

"Prepare the car, go to Tai Hospital!" Zhao Kun said.

Xiao He and the others looked at Zhao Kun, not understanding what he was doing at the Imperial Hospital at this time.

Zhao Kun didn't explain much.

Shu Suntong has just been rescued and is now in a postoperative coma.

What's more, in the eyes of Xiao He and others, Shusun Tong may have good integrity, but his ability is just that.

After all, after coming to Xianyang, I am reduced to a person who keeps accounts for Zhang Yang's mansion, and I am afraid that his talents are limited.

There is no need for His Majesty to visit him.

Of course Zhao Kun knew what Xiao He and the others were thinking, but he didn't explain much.

The news that Shusun Tong was forced to commit suicide spread throughout Xianyang City within two hours.

Even the most unreasonable people would insist that Zhang Yang deliberately slandered Shu Suntong when they heard about the fight.

what?
You said that Zhang Yang is Zhang Ji's grandson. Zhang Tingwei has been an official all his life and has a good reputation among the people. How could his grandson slander people for no reason?
Besides, a humble scholar, what is there to slander him.

Whenever someone raises this question, some enthusiastic people will take the initiative to explain it to them.

These explanations vary.

Some said that Zhang Yang was jealous of his uncle's general knowledge, so he slandered him.

Some said that Zhang Yang was also deceived by others, but in fact, the person who actually stole the food was the servant who reported on him.

Others said that Zhang Yang hated poor scholars very much. He believed that ordinary people were not worthy of reading and writing, and they were not worthy of entering the imperial court.

This last statement was passed on by word of mouth, and soon became the only explanation.

Everyone in Xianyang who had heard about this incident yelled at Zhang Yang.

After years of hard work by Zhao Kun, everyone has gradually realized the importance of reading and literacy.

However, Zhang Yang didn't want them to take this path?

Today the world is peaceful, and there are fewer and fewer opportunities to go out with the army to make contributions.

Your Majesty is merciful and uses poor scholars.

They are out of the game, but in Xianyang City today, which family doesn't want their children to read and write, and then follow His Majesty?
Zhang Yang has no official position, but is just the grandson of Zhang Ji, so he has such prejudices against poor scholars.

If people like him are allowed to enter the court in the future, what hope do ordinary people have?
In stark contrast to him was the second emperor.

The second emperor is so busy every day, plus the expeditionary force has arrived on the battlefield, he has a lot of things to do, but after this incident, he still took time out of his busy schedule to visit the injured Shusun Tong in the Imperial Hospital, and promised Seek justice for it.

The comparison between the two makes people feel that publicity is really nothing.

At night, Zhang Ji came to the house.

Zhang Ji knelt behind the desk, looking at Chen An who was prostrate on the ground.

"Why can't you even do this little thing well?"

The turmoil in Xianyang City in the afternoon made Zhang Ji a little startled.

Having been an official for many years, how could Zhang Ji not understand the truth of "defending the mouth of the people is better than defending the Sichuan".

But there is no way to defend against the rumors.

Word travels too fast.

Zhang Ji has never seen such a situation.

In a few hours, Zhang Yang was criticized by thousands of people, and I don't know how many times he was scolded.

He was originally an insignificant chess piece that was pushed out, so it's okay to bear some infamy.

But things got messed up.

This can be regarded as a standard person who shoots himself in the foot, so Zhang Ji is not angry.

Chen An didn't dare to argue, but just lowered his head and told the whole story of what happened today.

"That scholar may have been an accident, but what happened in the afternoon was driven by someone behind the scenes."

After calming down, Zhang Ji began to analyze the situation he was facing.

Needless to say, the party that guides public opinion is naturally Zhao Kun.

"Although the old man was forced to do so, the emperor did not hurt the old man alone."

Zhang Ji twirled his beard and made up his mind.

"The new dynasty is so powerful that we cannot fight against it alone. Later, you can contact other nobles and say that the old man has something important to discuss with them."

Chen An nodded.

Zhang Ji then asked, "What is Yang'er doing?"

"Master Zhang Yang was terrified. After returning to the mansion, he shut the door behind closed doors. He hadn't eaten for two meals." Chen An said directly.

"Hmph, this useless thing!"

Zhang Ji cursed angrily, and said: "Your Majesty should have some doubts about the old man about today's matter. Tomorrow, you will ask Yang'er to come to the house!"

"Master, do you want to?" Chen An asked.

"Instead of being suspected by His Majesty, it's better to just set the tone of this matter and then expose it. It's just that Yang'er has to be wronged."

Zhang Ji has been an official for decades and has gone through three dynasties, so he can see these things very clearly.

He knew that Zhao Kun had doubted himself, but there was no conclusive evidence.

Instead of making him suspicious, it's better to push Zhang Yang out and confess all the crimes.

In this way, this matter can be simply revealed.

the next day.

Early in the morning, the upper and middle doors of Zhang Ji's mansion were wide open.

This unusual situation naturally aroused the curiosity of passers-by.

Zhang Ji, a veteran of the three dynasties, can be regarded as a powerful person in Daqin.

There are very few situations where the middle door of his house can be opened wide.

Standing on the street, one could see a figure kneeling in the courtyard of the Zhang residence.

As soon as the sun rose, a large group of people gathered outside the Zhang residence.

Those with sharp eyes have already recognized the person kneeling there, it is Zhang Yang who forced someone to have his stomach cut open in the street yesterday.

Not long after, Zhang Ji with white beard and hair came out.

"Nie Zi, you know your mistake!" Zhang Ji pointed at Zhang Yang and cursed angrily.

Zhang Yang raised his head and looked at Zhang Ji with a dazed expression.

Last night, he was called to the mansion by Zhang Ji.

Zhang Yang originally thought that Zhang Ji called him here to teach him how to deal with the turmoil he caused.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived, he knelt here without even seeing Zhang Ji's face.

After one night, Zhang Yang was exhausted.

With Zhang Yang's IQ, he can't figure out why Grandpa treats him like this.

Looking at Zhang Yang's dazed look, Zhang Ji sighed inwardly.

The matter of framing Shusun Tong was entirely at his behest.

From the beginning to the end, Zhang Yang didn't know about it.

So far, he has not figured out what happened.

For such an idiot, if it wasn't for his grandson, Zhang Ji would have simply abandoned him long ago.

Today he opened the middle door wide and put on the appearance of being a public lecturer, but in fact he also wanted to keep Zhang Yang.

"By bullying others and violating the laws of Qin, the old man will practice the law against you today, so as to make an example to others!" Zhang Ji said in a cold tone.

Seeing this scene, the people watching outside the door, although they didn't dare to make noise, they all applauded loudly in their hearts.

Daqin ruled the country by law.

The laws of Qin were strict. Since the Shang Dynasty, the concept of "a prince who breaks the law is the same as the common people" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Especially in the hinterland of the Great Qin, the old Qin people in the Guanzhong area were especially in awe of the law.

You should lead by example.

Therefore, seeing Zhang Ji punishing Zhang Yang in public today, the onlookers were convinced.

Emperor's study.

As soon as Zhao Kun entered, he saw Chen Ping walking towards him.

"Today, a strange thing happened in Xianyang City." Chen Ping said with a smile.

Without waiting for Zhao Kun to ask, he said directly: "Zhang Ji opened the door of his house, claiming that Zhang Yang violated the laws of Qin, and he wants to deal with Zhang Yang's family law."

"This old guy is really calculating!" Zhao Kun smiled.

If it wasn't for what happened today, he still wouldn't be sure if what happened yesterday was an accident.

But Zhang Ji is so fanfare today, obviously he has a ghost in his heart.

Needless to say, Zhang Yang's slander against Shusun Tong yesterday must have been his strategy.

Today, Zhang Ji trained his son in public, and characterized what happened yesterday as a violation of Qin law.

In this way, he can detach himself from the matter.

The most important thing is that he can also win a wave of goodwill in front of the people of Xianyang.

Kill two birds with one stone.

This sudden change is worthy of being a man who has gone through three dynasties and has become more and more official.

However, Zhao Kun did not want him to get his wish.

He has too many things to do, and he doesn't want to waste too much time and energy on these people.

Zhang Ji thought that Zhao Kun paid attention to poor families, which infringed the interests of nobles.

This shows that his layout is really too small.

In fact, Zhao Kun has never regarded anyone as his opponent in Daqin today.

He also never thought that anyone deserved to be his opponent.

Zhang Ji thought hard, but he didn't know that in Zhao Kun's eyes, he was nothing more than a noisy fly.

"Let Meng Yi go to Zhang Ji's mansion, he wants to make love, it's too beautiful!" Zhao Kun waved his hand.

Zhang House.

Zhang Ji pointed at Zhang Yang and cursed for half an hour.

Seeing that Zhang Yang's body couldn't help but wobble.

At the same time, more and more people gathered outside the door.

Zhang Ji felt that it was almost done.

He walked towards the door, intending to say a few words to the crowd gathered outside the door, and then ended the play.

At this time, there was a faint commotion from the crowd outside the door, and then quickly separated to both sides.

Meng Yi held a thorn in both hands and walked in.

He bowed to Zhang Ji, and then said loudly: "Your Majesty heard that Zuo Tingwei was training his son in public, and he was afraid that you would be worried and tired, so he specially sent me to send this thing to help Zuo Tingwei save some energy."

With that said, Meng Yi carefully handed the Vitex to Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji was stunned for a moment, but he didn't answer.

He looked at the thorn in Meng Yi's hand, his temples throbbed, and his heart felt cold.

After Lian Po apologized to Jing, Jingtiao was endowed with some special meanings.

Zhang Ji spent his whole life in the officialdom, so he naturally didn't think that His Majesty's gift of thorns was really for his grandson.

Obviously, the other party already knew what happened yesterday, and it was his own arrangement.

His Majesty's meaning is obvious.

Old man, you did what happened yesterday, stop acting, I know all about it.

Zhang Ji also understood that this twig was an opportunity Zhao Kun gave him.

If he is willing to let it go, let Zhang Yang go to the Imperial Hospital to plead guilty to Shusun Tong.

When the time comes, His Majesty will forget the past and act as if it never happened.

Zhang Ji's face turned blue and white.

But in the blink of an eye, his mind was full of thoughts.

He took the twig with both hands, and saluted far away in the direction of the palace.

"Your Majesty is merciful and considerate of my old age and frailty.

However, this family law is unnecessary. In my Great Qin, no one can use lynching at will. "

Meng Yi frowned when he heard this.

From these words, he heard Zhang Ji's uncompromising intention.

To ask Zhang Yang to plead guilty, that is, the handle falls into His Majesty's hands.

Therefore, in order not to fall into the trap, Zhang Ji chose to sacrifice his own grandson.

This wave!
This wave is called sacrifice!

"Zhang Yang violated the laws of the Qin Dynasty. According to the laws, he should move five hundred miles. I will hand him over to Yousi, and he will be convicted according to the laws!"

Meng Yi opened his mouth, but he still didn't say anything after all.

Zhang Ji pinned all the blame on Zhang Yang, even His Majesty couldn't say anything.

He took a deep look at Zhang Ji, turned and left without saying a word.

At this time, Chen An came to Zhang Ji's side.

"Master, the Marquis of Dongling has arrived." Chen An whispered.

Zhang Ji nodded, and walked towards the main room without looking at Zhang Yang who had already passed out on his knees.

After entering the back room, he saw the emaciated Hou Zhaoping of Dongling, kneeling in front of the table.

"Your Majesty is young, and he does not know the importance of things. Sometimes, we old people are needed to persuade him. Today, I came to Dongling Marquis to discuss this matter."

Zhang Ji knelt and sat opposite Zhao Ping, and spoke directly.

Zhao Ping smiled and said: "I have contacted some old friends, all of whom are highly talented people. I will be able to come to Xianyang in a few days. When I see them, Your Majesty's mind will naturally change."

(End of this chapter)