In the capital, the Imperial Government Office is one of the most prestigious. There is a disciple named Ding at the gate. He is over fifty years old and is known as Old Dingtou.
In the year of the Tumubao Incident, when old Dingtou was still little brother Ding, he came to serve as a guard at the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It has been more than thirty years now.
There are all censors in the Imperial Procuratorate, who often represent the public opinion of scholars and are often involved in court affairs. Having been guarding the court for more than thirty years, Old Dingtou's knowledge is definitely not inferior to that of most officials.
However, his health has been declining recently, and Lao Dingtou is planning to let a nephew take over his duties. Today, he called this young man to guard the gate together and share some anecdotes.
The young man looked at the royal censors coming in and out, feeling a little excited. These people are the backbone and character of the imperial court, representing justice and justice. They can't help but feel proud to be able to guard the door for these gentlemen.
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Old Dingtou saw this and couldn't help laughing. He taught his nephew Dundun: "Status does not mean glory. I have seen the noblest eunuch and the meanest censor..."
Suddenly there was a noisy and boiling sound from the street entrance. Old Dingtou stopped talking, stood up and looked up. He saw six or seven government officials appeared on the street, and a stretcher was carried in the middle. There was something on the stretcher.
Can't tell the time clearly.
Old Dingtou was a little confused, but he saw six or seven government officials coming towards the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. A leading government official pointed to the stretcher and said to him: "This is the censor appointed by your court to patrol the city. In Wanping
The county government official was beaten and seriously injured by the common people, and he was sent back to your hospital by the order of the county magistrate."
There are more than a hundred censors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Old Dingtou is here to guard the gate, so he may not know them all, but at least most of them look familiar. But when he looked at the stretcher, he really couldn't recognize any of them...
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It wasn't that Old Dingtou was already dim and dim, but that the "censor" on the stretcher had a bruised nose, swollen face, and bloody flesh. He couldn't recognize his original appearance at all. He couldn't help but ask: "Which censor patrolling the city?"
The officer replied: "It's Master Zhao Wenhuan!"
Old Dingtou was shocked when he heard this. He was extremely horrified. He had been guarding the gate here for thirty years and had never seen such a thing! A censor who claimed to supervise hundreds of officials was beaten to nearly death, and then was sent back in a swaggering manner.
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Thinking of this, Old Dingtou asked sternly: "Are all your county government officials free of labor? You actually allowed the mob to beat the censor patrolling the city!"
The yamen servant let out a dismissive "poof", muttered a few words "What the hell" loudly, then put down the stretcher and turned away.
Old Dingtou's nephew was dumbfounded at the side. Why didn't the Metropolitan Procuratorate look so high-ranking? It seemed that even the county officials didn't take the Metropolitan Procuratorate seriously.
Even the well-informed old Dingtou was completely shocked. When did the world become like this? How dare a humble government official dare to insult in front of the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?
In fact, it is not unheard of for a censor to be seriously injured. There is only one kind of person who has done such a thing. That is the emperor using the imperial staff to teach the admonishment officer!
But I have never heard of a censor being seriously injured by ordinary people in broad daylight. This is a great humiliation and provocation by the Metropolitan Procuratorate! Not to mention the attitude of those government officials!
Old Dingtou quickly directed others to carry the stretcher into the gatehouse of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Then he quickly rushed into the ceremonial gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and reported to Dai Dazhong, the right imperial envoy in charge of the courtyard.
When Dai Dazhongcheng heard this, he was absent-minded for a long time. He never dreamed that the result would be like this. Yesterday, in order to rectify Fang Yingwu, he just sent Zhao Wenhuan as the censor of the city. Today, he was beaten seriously in the county government and sent to prison.
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What is this? Is it a merciless humiliation? Is it an unscrupulous provocation? Dai Dazhongcheng couldn't help but ask again: "What is the specific situation?"
Old Dingtou couldn't tell, and the government servant who sent him over didn't explain the situation in detail at all. Dai Dazhongcheng then ordered again: "Why don't you hurry up and find out!"
It was easy to find out. Those county government officials were carrying the stretcher all the way through the city. I don’t know how many people saw it and spread the story word of mouth. The news had already caused a sensation in Xicheng. It didn’t take long for Dai Dazhongcheng to know the full details of the incident.
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He originally believed that this was definitely Fang Yingwu's fault, and that this was also a violation of rules, without any lower limit, and absolutely unforgivable. He vowed to take revenge and come back.
But after learning about the incident, Mr. Dai discovered that the whole thing looked like Zhao Yushi was seeking his own death from beginning to end. He couldn't find Fang Yingwu's fault at all, and he couldn't find any reason for wanting revenge!
If we are to be picky, we can only say that the protection of the ingredients is not good enough.
But Dai Jin could no longer think about retaliating against Fang Yingwu. He fell into an inexplicable panic. The scandal of collusion between the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dongchang was exposed. In the face of the upcoming public opinion storm, who should he be responsible for?
Still want to take revenge?
To put it bluntly, Fang Yingwu publicly carried the man back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate with great fanfare, probably because he wanted to stir up a storm and point the finger directly at Dai Jin!
"What? Not just here, the Wanping County government also sent the body of Dongchang Fanzi back to Dongchang?" So Dai Jin knew again, and Fang Yingwu was not satisfied with limiting the story to Zhao Wenhuan and Chai Dong.
As a small person, he wanted to tell the imperial court a story about the Imperial Envoy to the Imperial Palace and the Admiral of Dongchang!
If the Metropolitan Procuratorate does not comment, similar things happened again in Dongchang. However, Dongchang does not care about scandals like the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Dongchang cares more about the issue of face.
The person who was sent back from the Metropolitan Procuratorate was half-dead, but the person who was sent back from Dongchang was a corpse that was already dead. It was just a matter of banging gongs and drums to show it to the public in the street! Dongchang relies on this.
The reputation is scary. How have you ever been humiliated like this?
When Shang Ming, the admiral of the East Factory, saw Chai Dong's body, he became furious and smashed several teacups in succession. He was not sad because of a human life. He was angry because he had recently thrown away his hat as the "most useless factory governor". Today,
Being slapped in the face like this is a shame!
At the same time, the fashion factory supervisor also felt a little regretful. Originally, Fang Yingwu was very quiet and low-key, but he took the initiative to clean him up. Instead of eating the fish, he was covered in fishy fish. He really looked smart!
However, like Dai Jin, Shang Ming also felt a little afraid. Dongchang secretly forced the victim to go to Fang Yingwu to report to Uncle Zhou Zhou. Now everything was exposed. If there was a misunderstanding on the part of the Queen Mother, it would be a big trouble.
So Shang Ming knew what the top priority was. He immediately got up and went to the Qingyun Marquis Mansion with a heavy gift. He asked the uncle of the Zhou family to come forward and try to eliminate the misunderstanding. Shang Ming just wanted to find a reason to dig a hole for Fang Yingwu.
It was not deliberately causing trouble for the Zhou family.
Once this is settled, Factory Supervisor Shang can concentrate on dealing with the coming storm without any distractions.
This popular uprising not only spread among the people, but also spread rapidly in the imperial court. When talking about this matter, public opinion was in an uproar, almost showing a one-sided situation——
A censor who is supposed to represent integrity actually colluded with Dongchang Fanzi to frame a rising star in the Qingliu world. This is really a shocking scandal!
We are all veterans, and no one thinks that it was a coincidence that Zhao Wenhuan appeared in that place at that time, and no one thinks that Zhao Wenhuan interrogated Fang Yingwu just to show his character!
What makes public opinion most angry is that even the official who is known as the backbone of the imperial court and has the last conscience has been involved in such a big scandal. So where is the bottom line in officialdom?
As for Zhao Wenhuan being seriously injured, these are all trivial matters and are not worth mentioning in the face of great justice. Anyway, Zhao Yushi did not die with honor. Even the imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate fled away, and no one came forward to defend him.
Colleague Zhao defended.
As for the death of a Dongchang service chief, it doesn't matter. The civil servants don't care about the life of such a spy.
At this moment, everyone in the imperial court was quietly waiting. Waiting for the memorial from the other protagonist of the matter, Fang Yingwu.
With such a big thing happening, it is impossible for Fang Yingwu not to give a memorial. As soon as the memorial comes out, it will probably trigger a big storm, and Fang Yingwu's tone is likely to affect the subsequent trend.
Suddenly, the small county magistrate Fang became the center of attention again, and everyone was looking forward to his move. Even the old Jianghu who had been involved in the officialdom for decades had never seen a young man who had repeatedly shined like Fang Yingwu.
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PS: The amount of calculation later is too large, so let’s transition first...