Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

Chapter 51 Forcing the Palace
"This method is good." Zhang Guangfu agreed: "Lu Kuishan transported the stolen money into the palace, and the Queen Mother must have known about the corruption case in Bozhou."

"We just need to go to court tomorrow morning and pin the charge of embezzling money on Fan Xin, and Li Ai can be acquitted."

"Xiang Zhang is right. Fan Xin is the most suitable scapegoat for Bozhou Governor."

Everyone present saw that the two backbones had made up their minds, and they all stood up and handed over their hands.

"In that case, let's go back and write the memorial to impeach Fan."

"Farewell."

"No delivery."

……

At night, visit the Guanfeng Hall.

Wu Zetian was wearing a gauze plain dress, sitting behind the writing desk, with a thoughtful look on her brows.

"Your Majesty, it's cold at night, so please pay more attention to your body."

Putting clothes on Wu Zetian, Shangguan Wan'er came to the side of the book case and looked at the Shangtang newspaper on the case.

A flash of surprise flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"Did something happen again in the Yingzhou Governor's Mansion?"

"Yes." Wu Zetian put down the urgent delivery, stood up and came to the door of the main hall, looking at the lights of thousands of houses and said dimly.

"Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, is cruel and headstrong by nature. He has repeatedly led his people to bully the Khitan people."

"This caused great dissatisfaction among Khitan leader Sun Wanrong and Songmo Governor Li Jinzhong."

"The two jointly approached Qiao An, the governor of Yingzhou, and asked him to intercede. However, the latter was beaten to death by Zhao Wenhui in public."

"This incident caused great shock in Yingzhou and had a very bad impact."

"My God!"

Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but exclaimed, the governor of Yingzhou was also a fifth-rank official after all, and Zhao Wenhui killed him at will, which was too lawless.

"Your Majesty, Yingzhou involves the tranquility of Beiguan. Once the Khitans rebel, the consequences will be disastrous. The imperial court should send someone to deal with it as soon as possible."

Wu Zetian sighed: "The instability of Yingzhou will involve a great deal of energy from the court, which is not conducive to our war with the Tubo people."

"Yesterday, I asked hundreds of officials who would like to go to Yingzhou to serve as governor, but no one was willing to go. It's really disappointing."

Shangguan Wan'er rolled her eyes and said hesitantly: Queen Mother, Wei Chen has a suitable candidate. I wonder if you are willing to listen. .

"Oh, who's suitable?"

"Bozhou Governor, Fan Xin!"

Wu Zetian was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on her face.

"It turns out to be this boy. Indeed, no one is more suitable to be the governor than him."

“You have a flexible mind and are decisive in doing things. The most important thing is to have the courage to face the powerful.

"It's just that this guy is in trouble. Many courtiers will impeach him tomorrow morning. I'm worried that he won't be able to hold back his temper."

Thinking of the scene of tomorrow's impeachment of hundreds of officials, Wu Zetian felt a headache, although it would be fine with her protecting Fan Xin.

But necessary forbearance is still needed.

She was really afraid that Fan Xin would get angry and antagonize the civil and military officials. If that happened, it would be troublesome.

Shangguan Wan'er also knew that the matter was serious and said with worry on her pretty face.

"It's too late to say anything at this point. We can only act according to the situation tomorrow morning."

"I hope Fan Xin can bear this breath." Wu Zetian said, looking at the main hall of Shangyang Palace standing quietly in the night.

……

The next day, Wu Zetian put on a black dragon suit and went all the way to the main hall of Shangyang Palace.

Seeing her coming, all the civil and military officials came together to pay homage.

"My dear friends, please get back on your feet." Wu Zetian sat on the dragon chair and gave her a hand.

"Thank you queen"

After all the ministers straightened up, Wu Zetian said to the chamberlain.

"Xuan Fanxin comes to see you."

"No!" The chamberlain bowed and said in a high-pitched voice facing the door of the hall.

"The Queen Mother has a decree to announce that Governor Shi Fanxin will pay an audience!"

The palace door opened, and Fan Xin strode into Shangyang Palace.

"I see the Queen Mother!"

Wu Zetian smiled slightly: "Fan Aiqing doesn't need to be polite, get up."

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Fan Xin straightened up and was about to stand in the team when a thin official stood up. "To the Queen Mother, I was shocked to hear that a huge corruption case occurred in Bozhou the day before yesterday. I was saddened to investigate and found that there was something wrong with the evidence submitted by Lu Kuishan."

"what is the problem?"

Wu Zetian's heart moved and his expression remained unchanged.

Gao Zhong, the young minister of Dali Temple, glanced at Fan Xin and sneered repeatedly.

"I discovered that all these blank sheets of paper bearing confessions were in the hands of Governor Bo!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised and turned their heads to look at Fan Xin.

Teaming up with Lu Kuishan to forge a confession and frame his boss was a crime punishable by death.

This Fan Xin is also too courageous.

Wu Sansi was shocked and angry. At first he thought it was Lu Kuishan who ruined their good deeds, but unexpectedly it was Fan Xin who did it.

The wealth of 10,000+ yuan could be enjoyed for many years, but in the end it was sent to the treasury by Fan Xin.

As the old saying goes, cutting off someone's wealth is like killing one's parents. If you don't take action, how can you save face?
Thinking of this, he no longer cared about his identity and stood up personally.

"Queen Mother, Fan Xin, as the governor of Bozhou, falsely accused Shangguan. If you don't give an explanation to the world, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince everyone!"

I don't know how many people were staring at this piece of fat in Li Chong's case. Now that the benefits were gone, they naturally hated Fan Xin.

So they all walked out of the queue and launched a fierce attack.

For a time, the court was full of voices calling for impeachment of Fan Xin.

Wu Zetian sat high on the dragon chair and looked at Fan Xin who was surrounded by ministers with complex eyes.
His right hand was tightly clasped in the armrest, and there was a sense of anger in his heart.

In the case of Li Ai's embezzlement of ink, both the stolen goods and the stolen goods were obtained, and there was irrefutable evidence. He did not expect that these people did not want to repent and actually pushed the blame on Fan Xin, who had just made great achievements.

This is no shame at all!

Just when Wu Zetian was extremely furious, she suddenly noticed a look.

When she looked up, she saw that it was Fan Xin who smiled silently at her.

There was a sense of separation in her eyes, as if she didn't want her to break with the ministers.

"Fan Xin..."

Wu Zetian's eyes were moist and her knuckles looked pale from exerting too much force on her hands.

The hardest thing in the world is having no choice.

Wu Zetian wanted to stand up now and tell the ministers that there was irrefutable evidence that Li Ai was not wrongly arrested!
But reason told her that she had not yet ascended the throne, and it was not the time to fall out with the ministers.

Once the evidence held by the inner guards is brought out, the court will inevitably fall into confrontation.

Shangguan Wan'er, who had been observing the Queen Mother's expression, sighed.

He did not expect that Fan Xin would face the Queen Mother head-on in order to prevent her from getting into trouble.

This was the first time in ancient times that she had seen such a person who valued love and justice.

Shock!

admire!

After the impeachment, the ministers returned to the queue and waited for Wu Zetian's final decision.
Do you want ministers or Fan Xin?

Wu Zetian took a deep breath, just when she was about to keep Fan Xin and make some compromises with the ministers.

Fan Xin stepped out of the queue first and held his hands with a calm expression.

"Empress Dowager, thanks to your appreciation, I have been promoted from a seventh-grade county magistrate to a long history."

“I still feel grateful when I think about it.”

"However, I cannot let you be in a dilemma because of a small history."

"Fan Xin, you!"

Wu Zetian stood up slowly, her lips trembled twice, and her eyes turned red.

Fan Xin took a deep look at Wu Zetian, then turned around and came to Wu Sansi.

"I know you are going to kill me today, but I'm still here."

"Do you know why?"

Faced with Fan Xin's question, Wu Sansi felt a little weak for no reason, and his eyes evaded.

"Who knows what you're thinking."

Seeing that Wu Sansi was speechless by his own question, Fan Xin smiled disdainfully, and his sonorous words echoed in the hall.

"Because I believe that evil will never defeat good!"

(End of this chapter)