Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 36 I'll Tell You a Story
Every word on the memorial was deeply imprinted in Fang Xizhi's mind. He only felt the blood rushing up, his head was dizzy, biting the tip of his tongue, and Fang Xizhi's mind became a little clearer.

Turning around, looking at Li Hong, he said hoarsely, "Why?"

"For a public heart!" Li Hong looked upright, looked at Wang Mang and said, "Your Majesty, I don't hesitate to expose my family's ugliness today, just for the sake of my Great Qin Dynasty forever!"

Wang Mang looked at Li Hong with some amusement. Li Hong was a very witty person and he did better than he thought. The matter was also played at the same time, for fear of missing a single blow, and to completely kill Fang Xizhi.

People in the capital say that Fang Xizhi, the servant of the left, has the final say on the household department, but looking at it now, Li Hong looks more like a crouching tiger, usually smiling and good-natured, but once the crouching tiger wakes up, its teeth and claws can't be underestimated. .

Fang Xizhi looked at Wang Mang unwillingly, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, since I took office, I have always been loyal to state affairs, loyal to Your Majesty, diligent and conscientious, and never dared to slack off. The loyalty of my minister to the emperor can be shown to the sun and the moon. With His Majesty's sageness, you will be able to discern loyalty from traitors!"

To say a word, Fang Xizhi kowtowed to Wang Mang once, and when he finished speaking, Fang Xizhi's entire forehead was blood red.

If Wang Mang hadn't seen Fang Qiu's arrogance and investigated Fang Xizhi's illegal activities, but seeing Fang Xizhi's current appearance, he would definitely not think that this person is a big evil person.

Sighing, Wang Mang said, "Let me tell you a story."

All the officials were stunned again, what the hell is your Majesty doing? He actually wanted to tell a story at such a serious moment, many officials wanted to rush forward to question, but in the end they all cupped their hands and said: "Your Majesty, wait and listen to the hadith! "

"There is a young master, we call him Mr. Zhao. When he was shopping, he met another noble young man. This young man called him Mr. Li. Mr. Zhao might be a little disrespectful in his speech. Mr. Li cursed and ordered People want to beat Mr. Zhao, even clamoring to kill him, what do you think makes sense?" Wang Mang looked at Fang Xizhi after speaking and said, "Master Fang, what do you want to talk about?"

"This official thinks that Mr. Li is wrong. He shouldn't beat, scold or even kill him for a trivial matter." Fang Xizhi didn't understand that the emperor didn't pursue him, why did he tell stories when he had nothing to do? From experience, he felt that the emperor's words had something to say, but he didn't know what he wanted to do, so he could only leave some leeway to continue: "However, if Mr. Li is more noble than Mr. Zhao, and Mr. Zhao's words are too disrespectful, then it is normal to beat and scold him." .”

"Oh." Wang Mang nodded, without asking anyone else, he continued: "At this time another young master appeared. He has a high status and strong strength. He came forward to mediate and scolded Mr. Li. The two sons of Li separated, and the matter was supposed to be over, but I never thought that the two would meet again after a while. As soon as Mr. Li saw Mr. Zhao, he remembered that he had just lost face in front of everyone, so he greeted them at that time. He was going to beat people to death, but he didn't expect that Mr. Zhao is not an ordinary person, and the incident happened in a special place, and someone intervened again."

Seeing that all the ministers were listening carefully, Wang Mang continued: "However, not long after this mediation, Mr. Li approached Mr. Zhao, and wanted to bet his life with him. He said that if Mr. Zhao disagreed, he would never leave the city gate , then Mr. Zhao agreed, Mr. Li came with a master, and he came with the attitude of being sure of winning, but unfortunately he was strong enough, not lucky enough, and lost!"

"What do you think we should do?" Wang Mang said.

"I would like to bet and admit defeat." Wang Yongji was the first to shout: "This surnamed Li is too deceitful. He should be taught a lesson for who he thinks he is and who gave him such great power."

"What Lord Wang said is true." All the officials echoed.

"What does Master Fang think?" Wang Mang turned his attention to Fang Xizhi again.

Fang Xizhi frowned and said, "I'm willing to bet and admit defeat. Since I lost, I have to bear the price I should bear."

"It seems that you adults are all able to distinguish right from wrong." Wang Mang smiled and said, "Of course Mr. Zhao wants to cash in his bet with Mr. Li, but Mr. Li is unwilling. In the end, he was forced to chop him off with a knife. One of the subordinates said that when he placed the bet, he didn't specify whose arm he was betting on, what do you think of Mr. Li?"

"It should be killed! There is no general who kills soldiers to save their lives." Wang Yongjita shouted: "If such a person is under the command of the minister, the minister would have chopped him into pieces and used the law of the army!"

"If you wantonly hurt others, according to the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty, you will be sent to the army and exiled for thousands of miles." Lin Guodong also said at this time.

"This is not the teaching of a sage!" Minister of Rites Zhao Xin has always been good-tempered, but now he also looked angry.

Fang Xizhi didn't wait for Wang Mang to ask questions, and said directly: "This Mr. Li is not a gentleman, and what he does will definitely be punished."

"Very good, all of you adults are very understanding." Wang Mang smiled and said, "This matter is over now. Mr. Li hurting people is a matter for the government. I never thought Mr. Zhao would go out here. Then Young Master Li led dozens of masters to surround Young Master Zhao and brought him to an alley, where he wanted to chop Young Master Zhao into pieces. At this time, if you were present, what would you do?"

"Kill!" Wang Yongji said angrily, "If this son is not killed, the common people will not be angry!"

"Kill!" Lin Guodong said angrily: "If this son is not killed, it will not be enough to rectify the law!"

"Kill!" Xin Zhao also said angrily, "If you don't kill this son, it won't be enough to promote righteousness!"

"Kill!" Fang Xizhi gritted his teeth: "If this son is not killed, it will not be enough to comfort the people!"

"What everyone said is very good, especially Mr. Fang." Wang Mang applauded: "Master Zhao killed Mr. Li according to what everyone said, but do you know why Mr. Zhao killed Mr. Li?"

"Is it because Mr. Li offended Mr. Zhao?" an unsightly official said.

"Wrong." Wang Mang said, "It's because Mr. Li usually runs rampant in the village, doing all sorts of evil things, including robbery and murder. Do you know why Mr. Li is so arrogant?"

Wang Mang looked at Fang Xizhi, and said coldly, "Master Fang, you are the one to answer this question."

"This..." Fang Xizhi's face was pale at the moment, and he couldn't say a word. He had already realized that something was wrong.

"That's because he has a good father!" Wang Mang slapped the dragon chair and said loudly: "I think you should have the right to speak on this issue, Mr. Fang, don't you want to say something?"

"Chen..." Fang Xizhi suddenly burst into tears.

"Li Lan." Wang Mang called out, seeing Li Lan coming out, he said, "Send to Master Fang the person whom Master Fang is digging three feet to find."

Li Lan walked up to Fang Xizhi with a box in his hands. Fang Xizhi reached out to touch the box tremblingly, then his eyes turned white, and he fainted.

"Your Majesty, he's fainted!" Li Lan looked at Wang Mang.

"Where's Jin Yiwei?" Wang Mang shouted: "Take him down and order the three divisions to interrogate. I want to see how far a left servant of the household department can cover the sky with one hand, and who gave him the courage to act so recklessly!"

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