I studied in modern times

Chapter 776: Deduction
A large number of imperial censors came out in groups.

Soon, most of the city of Bianjing was alarmed.

Because the crows' attire is completely different from that of everyone else.

He wears a Xiezhi crown on his head and a green lotus brocade ribbon around his waist!
This is the unique and iconic costume of the crows.

No one else can wear it except Raven.

Countless people were stunned.

"What are they doing?"

Nobody knows.

Some elderly people recalled stories passed down from their ancestors.

"I heard that in the second year of Mingdao, Lord Fan Wenzheng led the gentlemen of the Imperial Censorate out of the Imperial Censorate and knocked on the gate at the Inner East Gate!"

"This is the beginning of Wen Zhenggong's fame!"

Before he went to the palace, Fan Zhongyan was just a filial son and a capable official.

After knocking on the palace gate, he became the embodiment of justice in the eyes of the people of the world, a clean official who was not afraid of the powerful and a gentleman who adhered to the right path.

He is the leader of the literati and a benchmark for public opinion!

It was that incident of imprisonment that laid the foundation for the reputation of the Qingli New Deal and the Qingli Education Promotion.

Without that incident, there would probably be no "Zheng" in Fan Wencheng's posthumous title.

The elders in Beijing subconsciously took a breath of cold air after hearing what these old men said!
The censors all knocked on the palace gates!
This happened even during the most intense period of Xining's Reforms!

What happened?
……

Yongningfang, the residence of Princess Shoukang.

The eunuch who was delivering the imperial edict in the palace read the imperial edict sent down from the palace in a rhythmic manner: "Imperial edict to the son-in-law Zhang Dunli: I only think that Kunyuan's grace of creating things is not enough to be called virtue even if I raise you with the whole world! Therefore, I will extend my grace to the relatives of Jiafu and all relatives above and below me..."

“Although there is no way to repay the gifts of heaven and earth, I still try to be loyal and filial, just in case something unexpected happens!”

"Yes, I will give you money to help the prince consort..."

After listening to the contents of the imperial edict, Zhang Dunli stood up with a smile and walked forward excitedly: "Thank you for your hard work, Your Excellency..."

As he said this, he stuffed a piece of Jiaozi into his pocket.

After the latter took it, he smiled and said: "The prince consort is in the emperor's heart and has the emperor's trust. In the future, he should be diligent in the king's affairs and be careful in his actions. Don't let others take advantage of you again!"

"Yes..." Zhang Dunli said with a smile: "I know!"

But the smile on his face was hard to hide.

So what if the Crows impeach?

Can you hurt a hair on me?
No!

Not only that, the emperor also bestowed money and goods to relieve my worries.

what is this?
The emperor’s grace is great!

I am the consort of the current emperor's only living aunt!

What can you villains do to me? !
With such thoughts in mind, Zhang Dunli sent away the messenger who came to convey the imperial edict and returned to his own residence, looking at the boxes sent from the palace.

Inside the box were gold, silver, spices, and brocade.

Gold, silver, spices, and brocade from the sealed warehouse!
The value is at least tens of thousands of coins!

Zhang Dunli licked his lips and ordered his servants, "Move all the gold and silver given by the emperor into the warehouse and keep them carefully!"

Princess Shoukang listened and asked in surprise, "Zhang Lang, His Majesty gave you the money so that you can repay the debt."

"Hehe..." Zhang Dunli hugged his wife and said affectionately, "Your Highness, of course I will pay you back!"

"But how can we just give away this white silver and golden yellow to random people?!"

"Just give them some money and get rid of them!"

"After this, I believe they won't dare to bother me again!"

Having said that, Zhang Dunli bit his lips fiercely.

He must avenge this.

When he finds an opportunity, he will definitely ask those two villains and their entire family to go to Lingnan to eat lychees!

Princess Shoukang frowned and advised: "Zhang Lang, the grace of heaven is great, you should repay it with loyalty!"

"If the emperor gives money and silk, my lord..."

Zhang Dunli was immediately unhappy and said coldly, "Did those two rascals want money?"

"What they want is the shares of the pawnshop in the future!"

"This is a benefit that can be passed down to our descendants and benefit several generations!"

Seeing her husband angry, Princess Shoukang subconsciously lowered her head and said softly, "I, your concubine, don't understand the benefits of what you are talking about..."

"I am just worried...if the emperor knows about this...you may lose the emperor's favor!"

Zhang Dunli laughed: "Isn't there still His Highness?"

"I will serve Your Highness well, and the Emperor will be happy!"

Princess Shoukang sighed in her heart, she always felt uneasy.

But, her husband didn't listen, and she was helpless!

……

In the capital hall, Lu Gongzhu climbed up to the attic and looked coldly at the crows wearing xiezhi crowns and tied with green lotus ribbons that came in one after another from Donghua Gate.

"Nonsense!" Lu Gongzhu was like an angry lion.

"Who gave them the courage to close the gate without the permission of the governor?"

Any official will be very sensitive to his or her own power and authority!
As the saying goes - only names and positions cannot be faked!

In official circles, no matter one's position, trespassing or infringing upon the authority of others without permission is like a male tiger in nature breaking into the territory of another male tiger and arrogantly seducing the female tiger in the male tiger's territory.

This is unbearable!
We must respond with thunder!

What’s more, Lu Gongzhu is the prime minister!
He was a prime minister who was second only to the emperor and above all the people. All the ministers avoided him and all the officials were polite to him. He was very angry now!
I even had the urge to issue a document to the Tongjiansi and use the authority of the prime minister to drive all these mischievous bastards back!
Of course, humans are not beasts.

The ministers are even more skilled men who have been tempered in the officialdom.

Sanity is online.

What's more, Lu Gongzhu had personally experienced a similar incident - that was in the second year of Mingdao. Because Emperor Renmiao wanted to depose Empress Guo, Fan Zhongyan, who was then the Right Censor, led the officials of the Censorate to collectively block the palace to oppose the dethronement of the empress.

At that time, Lu Gongzhu's father Lu Yijian was the prime minister.

Faced with the censors who collectively withdrew from the imperial court, he had no choice but to step forward and persuade them.

But the crows chose not to listen.

As a result, all people, including Fan Zhongyan, were banished from the capital the next day.

Right Censor Fan Zhongyan was the governor of Muzhou, Chief Censor Kong Daofu was the governor of Xuzhou, and Assistant Censor Jiang Tang was the governor of Yuezhou…

It seems like Fan Zhongyan and others lost, right?

however……

There is a sequel to this story.

Within two years, Ren Miao regretted it!

When he looked at Queen Guo, whose body was becoming more and more plump, his mouth was watering with greed, but he couldn't eat her.

He began to praise the good things of Fan Zhongyan and others.

I think they are all loyal ministers!
What they said is all right!
Why didn't I listen to this harsh but honest advice at that time?
So, his father Lu Yijian became a complete clown.

Later, he was made into a miserable mess by Fan Zhongyan - his piece "Lingwu Fu" became famous all over the world.

Who doesn’t know this powerful and resounding sentence: “It is better to die with a voice than to live in silence”?
By the way, his father's image is also frozen in the role of a treacherous minister.

Lu Gongzhu remembered it very carefully. In his later years, his father hated this and yet was helpless about it.

So, although he was annoyed, Lu Gongzhu did not take any further action. He just quietly watched the crowd moving from the east towards the Imperial Street and the Inner East Gate.

The other consuls waited for a long time but did not receive any order from Lü Gongzhu. They looked at each other and Li Chang asked cautiously, "Sir, should the governor send someone..."

Lu Gongzhu looked cold and shook his head, "No need!"

"Just send someone to keep an eye on them and see what these crows are going to do!"

Lu Gongzhu didn't want to be entangled by Fan Zhongyan again.

Back then, his father had been unlucky ever since he got entangled with Fan Zhongyan.

After Fan Zhongyan was demoted and returned to the court, he became an openly anti-Lü leader.

Like a fly, attacking his father every day.

When he was the magistrate of the Imperial College, he and a group of literati and scholars wrote poems every day to satirize politics.

When he was the acting governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, he simply submitted a picture called "Chart of Officials" to satirize his father's way of employing people and governing the country from inside to outside.

But there are still a lot of people following suit.

His father couldn't remain silent, nor could he fight back.

When his father finally couldn't bear it anymore and started to fight back, he was shocked to find that the entire court was against him.

Because, as the Prime Minister, he who was once so powerful that he was unmatched, has now revealed his health bar!
So he became the target of public criticism.

In the end, he was taken away by Fan Zhongyan!
A young quarterback and the Prime Minister for one!

The key point is that although the other party was also dismissed from his post, he returned to the court within a few years and later launched the vigorous Qingli New Deal and Qingli Education Movement.

Where is his father?
Since then, I have never returned to the court!

Even so, Fan Zhongyan still didn't let his father go! He continued to use his father to improve his reputation.

He and Mei Yaochen sang the same tune and each wrote an article "Lingwu Fu" to nail his father to the position of a treacherous prime minister!
Although Lu Gongzhu admired Fan Zhongyan very much, every time he thought about it, the person who became the stepping stone for Fan Zhongyan's rise was his father.

He got goosebumps all over his body.

Naturally, Lu Gongzhu would not give later generations the opportunity to emulate Fan Zhongyan.

The other rulers looked at each other and bowed: "Yes!"

If the prime minister is unwilling to step forward, they will be even more unwilling!
……

A large number of imperial censors and inspectors came to the inner east gate together.

The close officials and eunuchs under the Inner East Gate were all frightened by this scene.

"What are you going to do?"

Guo Zhongxiao immediately stepped forward, walked out of the inner east gate solemnly, and shouted at the huge crowd in front of him.

However, when he saw the scene in front of him, his vocal cords trembled a little and he felt a little lacking in confidence!
because……

Censor!

They are all censors!

There were so many of them, more than a dozen people!
Almost all the censors from the entire Censorate have come!

This is a big deal!
But as it was his duty, he could only bite the bullet and scold.

"Do you have an imperial decree? Do you have an official letter signed by the governor of the capital?"

The censors did not answer his question, but the next moment, they all prostrated themselves at the foot of the inner east gate and kowtowed towards the Funing Palace: "I, the Imperial Censor in the Palace, am here..."

"Supervisory Censor Yi..."

"Supervisory Censor Tao..."

One by one, they began to introduce themselves.

"I beg you to report to the emperor and expose the illegal acts of the imperial concubine and Mizhou governor Dunli!"

"I beg Your Majesty to open up the channels for people to speak freely, to accept honest advice that may be unpleasant to the ear, and to accept the words of loyal and good people like me, so as to promote the virtues of the late emperor and the six saints!"

Guo Zhongxiao opened his mouth wide, he knew, this was a knock!

A term that has disappeared for a long time!
(End of this chapter)