As Fu Tianchou entered the court without being summoned, the atmosphere among the officials immediately became a little strange.
No one among the civil and military officials knows that Fu Tianchou is like a firecracker. He will blow up everyone he sees, not only his political opponents, but also his own people. They have never seen anyone as pedantic and stubborn as him. If he didn't have the late emperor
With that kind of relationship and the fact that he was a lonely minister, he had already been kicked out of the court.
I thought that last year's disaster relief in Yangzhou would see the unwelcome old guy dismissed, but who knew that Li Xiuyuan came out halfway and saved him from a certain death situation.
"The young ones are not efficient, the old ones are also hateful." All the civil servants looked at Fu Tianqiu with unconcealed disgust in their eyes.
It seems like a dirty and smelly thing in the latrine, which makes people avoid it.
"Fu Tianchou, you have already committed a crime. It would be disrespectful to come in today without being summoned. If you don't retreat quickly," a civil servant immediately scolded.
Although Fu Tianchou's words before were helping him and others, now that all the civil servants are unanimous, there is no need for Fu Tianchou to come out of focus.
"You are so rude. When I was an official, you were still playing in the mud in the village." Fu Tianchou immediately scolded him; "Even though I am a criminal official, I am also a Jinshi and a scholar. I have advice.
Your duty is to eat the emperor's salary and worry about the emperor. What does it have to do with you to give advice to the officials?
, is it possible that you, a bitch official, want to harm the country?"
"Fu Tianchou, do you dare to humiliate me?" The civil servant was furious when he heard this: "Want to beg for help?"
"I'm afraid of you. I've never been afraid of anyone when fighting in the imperial court." Fu Tianchou rolled up his sleeves and prepared to fight with him.
A colleague on the side grabbed the civil servant and said, "You can't act recklessly."
But the civil servant couldn't stand it. He was scolded as a dog official, and he did it in front of the officials. If he could bear it, he would really make the officials think that he was a dog official.
"We can't let Fu Tianchou ruin my reputation. If you insult me, don't blame me for not respecting you as an old minister." The civil servant rushed forward angrily and started tearing at me, feeling like a scholar trying his best.
"What I'm beating is you, an incompetent dog official. You're standing in the court in official uniform. You don't think about serving the country and the people. All you think about is running around like a dog. If I don't beat you, who will I beat?" Fu Tianchou took it seriously.
They succeeded, and knocked off his official hat with one slap, and then they started fighting each other.
"Why did the fight start again? Master Fu, can't you calm down for a while?"
"Wouldn't it be a joke to everyone in the world to fight in the court? My lords, please stop."
Other officials tried to persuade him.
However, it is not unusual for some old foxes in the court. When they meet political opponents, they often argue and fight in the court.
I had a fight with this Fu Tianchou.
Although Fu Tianchou is weak on his own, he is a good fighter.
I have never been at a disadvantage in a fight in the imperial court. How could that civil servant from the Ministry of Revenue defeat Fu Tianchou?
After a while, other officials pulled the civil servant away, only to see that his hair was disheveled and his face was bruised and bruised. On the contrary, Fu Tianchou was a little proud, showing a victorious look.
"Bah, Dog Officer, you have something in your heart, so you are no match for me." Fu Tianchou couldn't help but sneer.
Li Xiuyuan looked at this scene and finally understood in his heart why Fu Tianchou had so much hatred in the court. Your enemies were all beaten by you.
"Damn it, you're so rude. If I hadn't let you go, how would you be my opponent? You're slandering my innocence and you're going too far." The civil servant argued still unconvinced.
Zhao Guanjia, who was sitting on the dragon throne, yawned, as if he didn't notice the fight just now.
"Fu Aiqing, I have asked people to find out what happened last time, but it was nothing more than a lie. So this time I asked Fu Aiqing to come to the palace to prepare to reinstate you. Moreover, this trip to Yangzhou has been very painful for Aiqing.
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Fu Tianchou was moved to tears when he heard this: "I am satisfied with the words that I have an official position. The loyalty of the veteran to the court can be learned from heaven. When Yangzhou is providing disaster relief, there must be some young people in the court who will deceive the saints."
Cong, thieves are hateful. It doesn't matter if they offend an old minister, but they will not be forgiven if they offend the country and the people.
What a great sin."
"As soon as the old minister came back today, there were really villains who couldn't wait to jump out and accuse the old minister. They are very mean and I hope the officials will learn from it."
"Fu Tianchou, you are slandering me. My loyalty will last forever. If you try to antagonize me by trying to destroy my innocence over and over again, I will fight with you."
When the civil servant heard this, his face turned red and his neck thickened, and he almost hit him again.
Fortunately, he was caught by a colleague next to him, otherwise he would have been beaten violently by Fu Tianchou.
At this moment, Mr. Yang suddenly said: "Is what Mr. Fu said before true? Do you really agree that Li, the governor, was responsible for the Shangyuan Festival fire and the assassination of Fang Shengyu?"
"Of course, what I said can't be false, why should I ask the officials to issue an order?" Fu Tianchou said.
Master Yang's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't understand what he was doing with Fu Tianchou, but as long as it didn't affect his ability to retain Li Xiuyuan, he didn't need to pay attention to it.
"Li Aiqing, are you willing to take charge of this case?" Zhao Guanjia said.
At this time, Li Xiuyuan felt that if his eyes could kill, he felt that he had already killed Fu Tianchou.
Has this father-in-law been locked up in jail for a long time and is mentally abnormal? Don’t you see that these civil servants want to crucify themselves in the capital?
He believed that as long as he stayed, it would be difficult to return to Yangzhou.
Li Xiuyuan glanced at the Imperial Preceptor. At this moment, the Imperial Preceptor was calm and had no intention of helping. Perhaps it was in the interests of the Imperial Preceptor that he stayed in the capital.
In this case
Li Xiuyuan said: "Since Mr. Yang and Mr. Fu recommended it, I will boldly take over as the magistrate of the capital and thoroughly investigate the case of the Wutong Jiao demon. I also ask the officials to give me one month. Within one month, the case will be solved and the court will be given a chance."
Explain."
"Where does Li Qishi have such confidence? If the case cannot be solved after one month, what will happen?" Mr. Yang said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "If I cannot solve this case, I will resign and return to my hometown and never become a scholar."
"Okay, this is a military order. You can't go back on it in front of the officials." Mr. Yang said with a smile while stroking his palms.
After all, he is a young man who cannot stand being provoked, so he immediately took the bait.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Of course I won't regret it, but I still ask the officials to grant my request, otherwise the case will definitely not be solved."
"I don't know if Li Aiqing has a request, but I will consider it as appropriate," Zhao Guanjia said.
"Please allow me to mobilize the six gates of the capital. I have no subordinates in the capital and I am not familiar with the capital at all. If the six gates help me, I will definitely not be able to solve the case." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yes." Zhao Guanjia nodded.
If he didn't agree, wouldn't it be obvious that he wanted to kill this Li Xiuyuan?
"Thank you, Guan Jia." Li Xiuyuan said.
"The official family, while Li Cishi is investigating the case, no one is in charge of Yangzhou, so I recommend someone to temporarily act as the governor of Yangzhou." Suddenly, Zhang Yuan from the Ministry of Civil Affairs suddenly stood up and spoke.
According to the previous plan, during the period when Li Xiuyuan stayed in the capital to investigate the case, he was first to seize his position as governor of Yangzhou.
But before he finished speaking, Mr. Yang winked and stopped him from recommending this time.
Zhang Yuan suddenly woke up and immediately took back his words. When he looked at Li Xiuyuan, he felt the cold gaze and immediately understood that Li Xiuyuan was burning the boat. He had seen clearly what he and others were doing.
Purpose, so the deadline is one month.
You can't take someone else's position as governor while they've issued a military order with a one-month deadline to investigate the case, right?
"Survival from death? It's a clever plan." Zhang Yuan thought to himself.
They planned to cut the flesh with a dull knife, weakening Li Xiuyuan's power step by step. They would start with his subordinates, who would have been cracked by him, and then force him to stay in the capital as a prefect. Finally, they would recommend someone to temporarily replace him.
If everything goes well for the position of governor of Yangzhou, Li Xiuyuan will be defeated this time
The king of the Nine Mountains comes to the capital to offer rewards, but he will get nothing.
If you can't get the position of governor of Yangzhou, you can't get the rewards of your subordinates, even if you can't get the position of governor of the capital, you will eventually lose it.
In the end, Li Xiuyuan not only had to leave the capital in despair, but also had to bear the notoriety of being dismissed from office.
It's just that this young boy is smart enough to keep the rewards of his two subordinates, and he also has a chance to fight without losing completely.
But this is enough. Without you Li Xiuyuan, they will still have the final say in Yangzhou from now on.
Many civil servants secretly thought.
As for Li Xiuyuan, his expression was as usual, unmoved, neither angry nor upset, as if he had already figured out the matter.
As time passed, today's court meeting came to an end.
As the eunuchs sang: Retreat from the court.
The civil servants also began to leave the palace one after another.
"You are eating the king's salary and worrying about the king. Don't blame me for cheating you, because I know that you have the ability to solve this case. Those people above the court cannot. They are all idle people who compete for power.
, but if they are asked to handle the case, that is absolutely impossible." At this time, Fu Tianchou came over.
, said with a serious face.
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, stop talking. Do you know that what you said made me want to hit you?"
"How dare you." Fu Tianchou glared and became aggressive: "You are my unmarried son-in-law. Do you want to commit the following crime?"
"You still know that I am your son-in-law? Father-in-law, are you forcing me to make trouble in Yangzhou?" Li Xiuyuan said through gritted teeth.
Fu Tianchou raised his eyebrows: "What backup plan did you leave in Yangzhou?"
Li Xiuyuan said: "It's nothing, it's just that if I can't go back to Yangzhou, I will let Yangzhou have a mutiny. Then there will be no one in the court available, so I will naturally be sent to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion. After all, those mutinous troops are under my command.
It would be most appropriate for me to comfort you."
"You, how dare you be so rebellious? You actually want to cause a defeat because of a little power?" Fu Tianchou was shocked and angry.
This must have been the idea of some old scholar named Li.
That old scholar had a very vicious heart. Li Xiuyuan must have been taught bad things by him, and he dared to use such tactics.
"It's just a pretense of mutiny, just to make some noise. No one will die. I have a sense of discretion."
Li Xiuyuan said: "Moreover, kindness does not control soldiers, and justice does not control wealth. My father-in-law was forced to come out. I can't help myself. It is not easy for me to get to this point. If it is because of the wanton behavior of these civil servants in the imperial court, Yangzhou
If there is another turmoil, who will be responsible? Should I be the one to clean up this mess? "
"So, I hope my father-in-law understands that I have too many things on my back to take a step back. And I also admit that I can't defeat these old foxes in the court, but they have good plans, and I have used wall ladders.
I can't beat them, and I won't lose to them, so I ask Master Fu to look forward to me
The case can be solved within this month."
After saying that, he bowed his hands and bowed, then turned and left.
He knew that Fu Tianchou was selfless and wanted to stay in the capital to serve the imperial court and shackle those corrupt officials, so that he could work with him to eliminate the imperial court and save the country.
But he didn't know that it was absolutely impossible for Li Xiuyuan to stay in the capital.
I also definitely don’t want to set foot in the court, compete with these civil and military officials, and kill time.
Now Li Xiuyuan understood why he and Fu Tianchou didn't get along well.
It turns out that the ways are different and they don’t work together.
Fu Tianchou watched Li Xiuyuan leave with a worried look on his face, because he knew that these civil servants would definitely interfere with their behavior. It would be difficult to solve the case within a month.
But if the case cannot be solved within a month.
There will definitely be a mutiny in Yangzhou.
There will be internal and external troubles at that time.
But this step was a bad idea in Li Xiuyuan's mind.
He still has two strategies in his mind that he has yet to put into practice.