Of course, after meeting His Majesty the Emperor, the eunuch who announced the decree did not dare to add jealousy to his words, but just told the story exactly as it was.
"This Fang Mingrui actually dares to disobey the order and disrespect it?"
To be honest, His Majesty the Emperor was a little stunned when he heard the eunuch's words.
When he ascended the throne, although he was only 12 years old, he did not hold any real power and could only be a wooden person in the court who only listened but did not speak.
But after taking charge of the throne at the age of 16, his majesty grew day by day. After he turned 30, he became even more uncompromising and no one dared to oppose his will.
Now I can't believe that some people dare not accept even a marriage proposal.
It’s like eating the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard!
At that moment, he almost couldn't help but order Pu Zhenghui, the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch and the governor of the East Factory, to take this cowardly guy into the East Factory and torture him severely.
But at this time, Princess Zhaoyang came. After hearing that Fang Xiaoyue dared to resist the decree and be disrespectful, she immediately became angry and clamored for the emperor to vent her anger and send the daring Fang Mingrui to the sky prison.
So much.
It's really impossible to guess the emperor's thoughts.
It's okay if Princess Zhaoyang doesn't make a fuss, but when she makes such a fuss, His Majesty the Emperor's mind changes: "Nonsense! As the eldest princess, it's not appropriate for you to cry and make a fuss like this! How to deal with officials is a major matter for the court, how can we tolerate it?"
Are you a woman who talks nonsense? After returning to the princess's mansion, you are not allowed to go out for a month!"
What His Majesty the Emperor always thinks about is how to maintain his rule.
If Princess Zhaoyang makes such a fuss and she arrests Fang Mingrui and puts her in a prison, what will all the officials in the court think of her?
If this kind of thing spreads, it means that His Majesty the Emperor is fatuous and incompetent! And Princess Zhaoyang’s involvement in the court affairs is Si Chen!
As a result, I don’t know how many readers will jump out.
You must know that this kind of thing has happened before.
The eldest son of Emperor Yanfu, the second emperor of Daze Kingdom, was the crown prince at that time. Due to the intervention of the crown princess, a relative of the crown princess was promoted to the head of the Department of Civil Service Examination and Clearance.
To say that the person in charge of the Ministry of Civil Service Examination and the Qing Dynasty Civil Service Department is only a sixth-grade official.
But it was this incident that led to the impeachment of hundreds of officials, which caused a huge commotion. In addition, several princes participated in it, and eventually His Royal Highness was deposed.
No way, a future emperor actually allowed a woman to interfere in political affairs. Not only was Emperor Yanfu furious at that time, but even several senior ministers in the cabinet felt that the prince was not worthy of being promoted.
Not long after he ascended the throne, the fifth emperor of Daze Kingdom, because he was obsessed with beauty and unwilling to take care of court affairs, actually handed over the memorial to the queen.
After this incident came out, the entire dynasty was shocked, and vassal kings from all over the country complained one after another that the country would lose its generals and so on.
Rumors of the emperor's fatuousness can be seen everywhere.
Eventually, the King of Gannan rebelled and claimed to be the King of the Qing Dynasty.
To say that when the King of Gannan raised his army, he only had 30,000 soldiers and horses, and there were more than 200,000 county soldiers mobilized from the surrounding provinces, not to mention the 300,000 imperial troops stationed in the capital. The gap in strength between the two sides was huge.
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With the power of one county against the power of the whole country, any discerning person can see that King Gannan's army is nothing more than a mantis trying to use its arms as a chariot.
But after two years of war, the King of Gannan successfully entered the capital, and the nine admirals who took the initiative to open the city gate and surrendered to King Gannan were the emperor's confidants.
That emperor could be said to have betrayed all his relatives.
Even his own mother, the Queen Mother, finally issued an edict and scolded the emperor for being unfilial.
In the end, His Majesty the Emperor had to abdicate the throne to his third brother, King Gannan, due to the betrayal and separation of his relatives.
In short, these things in history have proved that Daze State, from top to bottom, is extremely wary of women and relatives interfering in politics.
His Majesty the Emperor does not want to cause trouble for himself because of Princess Zhaoyang's words.
After all, after sitting on this throne for so many years, he also understood the truth. If others support you, you are the superior, you are the emperor. If others do not support you, you may not even be able to order a little eunuch!
Even though he was confident in his authority as emperor, he was not willing to try the protests of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
In short, he cannot punish Fang Xiaoyue now for disobeying the decree.
Otherwise, in the eyes of all the officials, it was Princess Zhaoyang’s instigation.
An emperor doesn't even have his own opinions and just obeys a princess in everything?
If this word spreads, what will happen to the emperor’s face!
Fang Xiaoyue was initially prepared to be arrested and imprisoned, but after going home and waiting for several days, no royal guards came to arrest her.
He had to continue to work in the Hanlin Academy.
The colleagues in the Hanlin Academy were amazed by this. They had not yet thought why Fang Xiaoyue could still sit here and work despite being disrespectful.
Of course, they also fully showed their officialdom nature and alienated Fang Xiaoyue.
After all, everyone knows that even if His Majesty the Emperor has not punished Fang Xiaoyue now, it does not mean that he will never be punished.
Which emperor could endure such anger?
Therefore, in order not to implicate themselves, they will definitely not continue to be close to Fang Xiaoyue.
Of course, the emperor did not punish herself, so Fang Xiaoyue temporarily forgot about the matter. She went to work at the Hanlin Academy every day and concentrated on studying Daze Country's farming, crafts, etc., thinking about how to integrate her knowledge into it.
Go to the farming and crafts of Daze Country itself to facilitate yourself to complete the branch tasks of the longevity card.
After he returns to Fang Mansion, he will continue to practice Wuqu Zhuang and Wuqu Sword Jue.
After all, these two skills are his guarantee of safety in this world.
He originally planned to ask Zhang Yuanming to bring a group of Taoist soldiers to the capital, but when the princess proposed a marriage, he did not dare to let the Taoist soldiers come.
After all, we still don't know how His Majesty the Emperor will deal with him. If he is sent to prison or something, those Taoist soldiers will come, which will be troublesome.
It would be easy to escape from the prison alone. With the current strength of those Taoist soldiers, there is no need to even think about escaping.
As a result, Fang Xiaoyue didn't even go to the Hanlin Academy. She took sick leave and concentrated on squatting at home, training Fang Shangou or giving instructions to the cook on cooking skills. The rest of the time was devoted to practicing martial arts.
Zhuang and Wuqujianjue.
Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, two months passed, and it was April.
At this time, His Majesty the Emperor finally came to deal with it.
Someone came from the Ministry of Personnel and informed Fang Xiaoyue to report to the Ministry of Personnel to accept the new appointment.
Didn't he get caught in the prison?
Fang Xiaoyue arrived at the staff department with some hesitation and discovered the problem.
His new appointment is actually the magistrate of Qiongshui County, Chitu County, Luyuan Province.
Have you been transferred?
There is no doubt that this is His Majesty the Emperor's revenge for Fang Xiaoyue's disobedience.
With one stroke, Fang Xiaoyue was knocked down from the position of editor in the Hanlin Academy to the magistrate of a county.
This is undoubtedly an extremely cruel thing for any young official who aspires to become a prime minister in the officialdom.
This is almost equivalent to cutting off the way to worship the prime minister and enter the cabinet.
It is too difficult to climb from the county magistrate to the cabinet, it is like filling the sea with sand.
At least in the more than two hundred years of history since the founding of Daze State, there has never been an official who climbed from the county magistrate to the cabinet.
What's more, the official transfer from Beijing was promoted to one level, and the foreign transfer from Hanlin was promoted to three levels.
Instead of being promoted, Fang Xiaoyue was demoted.
The only good thing is that his rank has not been lowered, and he is still from the sixth rank.
In other words, he should be the only official in the entire history of Daze Kingdom who served as a county magistrate with a sixth-grade official title.
Of course, these are all fine, but the most terrible thing is that Fang Xiaoyue knows clearly that this Green Plains Province is located in the northwest of Daze Country, and most of it is desert Gobi. The climate changes frequently, and nomads from outside the northwest frequently invade. It can be said that it is a war and chaos.
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To be an official in a place like this is basically a hopeless future, just like a job.
In fact, a large number of candidates are elected as officials in the northwest every year by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The reason is that the Jinshi gentlemen are unwilling to go to the northwest to eat and drink.
To put it bluntly, even if a Jinshi master refuses to resign, he will still be a well-known gentry master when he returns to his hometown. Parents and officials in his hometown must also respect him three points. If he is not short of food and clothing, why bother to go to that bitter cold place to suffer hardships? An accidental mistake
When you get sick and leave your life there, you really can't cry anymore.
Therefore, only juren who want to be officials crazy will accept the selection of officials from the Ministry of Personnel.
Of course, in fact, even among those who went to the northwest to become officials, many of them resigned within a year at most.
After all, a place like that is far from being comparable to a rich land.
To put it bluntly, the best counties in the northwest are just lower counties.
Being a county magistrate in a place like this may not even be as good as an inspection tour in Shannan Province.
Obviously, the reason why His Majesty the Emperor asked the staff to choose such a position for Fang Xiaoyue was because of two reasons.
One is to take revenge on Fang Xiaoyue and cut off his official career, so that even if he becomes a local official, he will have no development opportunities.
The second is that if Fang Xiaoyue changes her mind and is willing to accept the imperial edict of marriage, she can still go back to the Hanlin Academy.
After all, Princess Zhaoyang has made the emperor a little unbearable during this time.
In fact, the second point is that when Fang Xiaoyue first entered the staff department, there was a young eunuch standing by and made some unclear remarks.
But Fang Xiaoyue was able to hear the meaning from it.
But what the young eunuch never expected was that Fang Xiuzhan had no reaction at all. Instead, he quickly accepted the appointment, received a new official certificate, and left the Ministry of Personnel.
Regarding Fang Xiaoyue's reaction, His Majesty the Emperor and the Eldest Princess had different reactions.
After hearing this, His Majesty the Emperor said that this man had committed suicide.
After the eldest princess heard this, she immediately sent her eunuch Wang Xi'er to the Fang Mansion.
As a result, Wang Xi'er was welcomed in by Fang Xiaoyue with a smile, but Wang Xi'er could not get the slightest change of heart from Fang Xiaoyue.
When Wang Xi'er returned to the eldest princess's mansion and told what she had seen and heard, eldest princess Zhaoyang could only grit her teeth with hatred.
No way, not even the eldest princess can do anything about a guy like this who doesn't care about his future at all.
It's impossible to force the emperor to put the other party in jail, right?
What if the other party goes to the northwest and changes his mind after suffering a lot?
At this time, with many helpless means, Princess Zhaoyang could only hope like this.
After accepting the appointment and returning to Fang Mansion, Fang Xiaoyue asked Fang Shangou to call the cook's family over and told him that he would go to the northwest to take up his post. He said that if the other family was willing to follow him to the northwest, the monthly payment would be the same as before.
Three times, if not willing, I will return the slave deed to the other party's family and let their family be free.
Hearing what Fang Xiaoyue said, the cook and his family were all stunned.
They had so many thoughts in their minds that they couldn't come up with an answer for a long time.
In desperation, the cook could only face Fang Xiaoyue: "Master, please allow me to discuss this with my family."
Fang Xiaoyue waved her hand and asked the family to go down to discuss.
To be honest, he didn't really care about bringing a cook to the northwest, but if he brought a cook to the northwest, it would be more convenient since he wouldn't have to cook.
Not long after, the cook's family came in and bowed to Fang Xiaoyue: "Master, my family is willing to follow you to the northwest."
I have to say that this cook has some conscience.
Of course, the conditions given by Fang Xiaoyue are not bad.
Three times the monthly payment is not too small.
The monthly payment given by the Fang Mansion was already generous before. For an ordinary official family, the monthly payment for an ordinary servant was 500 to 800 copper coins per month. For example, the cook was given 3 taels of silver. Fang Xiaoyue gave the cook 5 taels of silver per month.
, give the cook’s wife 1 tael of silver per month.
The cook's three children are all underage, the eldest is only 12 years old, and the youngest is 7 years old. They help with some chores in the house, and Fang Xiaoyue gives each of them 500 Wen per month.
In other words, the cook and his family can receive 7.5 taels of silver every month for food, housing and clothing in Fang Mansion.
If you go to the northwest, the monthly payment will be 22.5 taels of silver, which is 270 taels a year!
This monthly money can be saved.
If you work for ten years and earn 2,700 taels, you can become a landlord.
But if you choose to leave Fang Mansion, even though you have regained your freedom, you will not be able to find a job with such a high monthly salary.
After such calculations, and after spending time together, the cook's family could see that Fang Xiaoyue was a kind-hearted and good host, so they were naturally willing to follow him to the northwest.
Since the cook's family is willing to follow Northwest, Fang Xiaoyue can make arrangements next.
Let everyone pack their bags and go to the boat shop to book a boat. Early the next morning, Fang Xiaoyue led everyone out of Fang Mansion and locked the door.
Obviously, if you go to the northwest, you won't be able to come back in a short time.
But what if this house is sold? Fang Xiaoyue is not willing to do so. After all, a house like this can keep a place to stay for future use.
With the rising housing prices in Beijing, it will be very inconvenient to buy now in the future.
Leaving Beijing the next day was also a helpless matter for Fang Xiaoyue.
Because the official appointment required him to leave Beijing within three days and arrive in the northwest to take office within one and a half months.
In fact, if you drive every day, it will take almost a month based on the current traffic conditions.