Mr. Fan let out a long sigh.
He raised his hands to Zhao Changping and said: "Brother Zhao, there was some discord between the traitor and Young Master Shen back then, which is why we have this misunderstanding today. Please Brother Zhao, please let me see Young Master Shen and explain things clearly in person..."
"My younger brother asked the traitor to kowtow to Mr. Shen to apologize."
"Explain clearly?"
Zhao Shilang looked calm and glanced at Fan You.
"Brother Fan knows who stepped in to stop your nephew and the fourth girl from the Zhao family when they beat my nephew?"
He sneered slightly: "It's the inner guard."
"In Zhao's opinion, Brother Fan doesn't need to go and tell my nephew to make it clear. It would be better to go to the palace immediately and make it clear to His Majesty."
Zhao Shilang said calmly: "Otherwise, if Brother Fan immediately asks for the deployment of troops, takes the initiative to fight, and goes to the front line to repel the Qi people, today's matter will probably be settled."
Zhao Shilang's words still contained a bit of yin and yang aura.
What he means is that if someone from the Zhao family is fighting on the front line, the court will not be able to touch them for a while, but no one from your Fan family is fighting on the front line.
Fan Tong's face became very ugly.
He lowered his eyebrows and said: "Brother Zhao, it's not a big deal for children to fight each other. You and I are colleagues who are officials in the same dynasty, why are we so quarrelsome?"
The second generation in Jiankang City had a lot of conflicts. They would fight among themselves, and they would even leave them lying in bed for several months. In the end, they would mostly just apologize, and they would not be transferred to the adults of each family.
Minister Zhao chuckled.
"Brother Fan is right. If your nephew beat my incompetent sons and broke their legs and left them lying in bed unable to get up, the most Zhao could do was ask for medical expenses from your Fan family, and then Let the younger generation handle it on their own, but the person injured today is the new Jinshi, the disciple of the Emperor..."
Zhao Shilang had no expression on his face: "He was already an official of the imperial court when he was awarded the title of Jinshi in Huagai Palace. Brother Fan, you are a second-ranked Jinshi. You should understand that once you are awarded the title, you will be an official."
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He looked at Fan You coldly.
"But today, he went out to Jiming Temple without disturbing anyone. If the inner guards hadn't stopped him, he might have been beaten to a disability by those people!"
"He hasn't been commissioned yet!"
There was anger in Zhao Changping's voice: "Brother Fan can't possibly not know that if he was injured in the arm or leg today, leaving him disabled, his future in this life would be ruined!"
When selecting officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, there are strict requirements.
One is of course academic requirements, and the other is that the limbs must be sound, not stuttering, not too short, or even too ugly.
If Shen Yi is disabled today, his life will really be ruined.
At the end of the speech, Zhao Changping was already stern.
"Fan You, you are also a second-ranked Jinshi, and you are also a civil servant! Think about it, after you won the Jinshi, you were beaten by the generals for no reason, or even almost beaten to death. What would you think?"
With a simple sentence, Minister Zhao upgraded the nature of this matter from "a fight in the office" to a "civil and military confrontation."
Civil servants and military attachés never pee in the same pot.
To be precise, the civil servants looked down upon those warriors.
In the entire Chen court, only the generals of the Zhao family broke out of this chain of contempt.
Therefore, although the civil servants had nothing to do with the Zhao clan and were polite to their family on the surface, they would inevitably feel a little unhappy in their hearts.
If the Fan family can be pinned to the Zhao clan this time, it will be difficult for the Fan family to survive in the civil servant circle.
Fan Shilang turned around and glared at his nephew fiercely, his face turning blue.
He was very angry.
He knew about Fan Dongcheng's friendship with Zhao Gongzi Zhao Zhuo. After all, for such a long time, it would be difficult for Fan Dongcheng to hide anything from him, the Minister of Justice.
But he didn't ask any more questions.
Firstly, Fan Dongcheng was not his biological son after all, and secondly, it was not a big deal for the younger generation to make friends with each other.
It was not a big deal for Fan Dongcheng, Zhao Zhuo and the others to go out to visit a brothel and have a meal. After all, it was not Minister Fan himself who was visiting the Zhao family.
As for Fan Dongcheng's "hooking up" with Zhao Clan's daughter, Fan Shilang didn't know about it.
Today, Fan Dongcheng and the daughter of the Zhao family beat Shen Yi, which was an even more outrageous move.
What's even more terrible is that the Minister of Household Affairs in front of him is obviously unwilling to keep the matter quiet or make the matter as small as possible. Instead, he wants to make the matter bigger and make it serious to the extent that it seriously threatens his political life.
Fan Shilang suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Zhao, I will kneel down and kowtow to apologize to you, Uncle Zhao!"
Fan Dongcheng was extremely frightened at this moment, and he knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowing.
Zhao Shilang turned aside and did not accept Fan Dongcheng's courtesy. He looked at Fan You and said indifferently: "Brother Fan, your nephew ruined the reputation of my academy in Jiangdu last time. For your sake, I didn't do it." If you continue to investigate, this time he has gone even further and will almost push you to the point of renouncement of civil service."
"This time, it all depends on luck."
After saying that, Minister Zhao turned around with his hands behind his back, ignored his uncle and nephew, and left.
Fan Tong stood there and said nothing for a long time.
Fan Dongcheng stood behind him, also trembling with fear, not daring to breathe. Seeing Fan You didn't speak, he lowered his head and whispered: "Fifth uncle, it wasn't me who wanted to hit Shen Yi at that time, it was Miss Zhao Si who insisted on beating her. Shen Yi..."
Fan Shilang sighed helplessly: "You can only tell me what you said."
He looked back at Fan Dongcheng, his tone full of exhaustion: "Uncle Wei hasn't paid much attention to you in the past few months, because there is a vacant position for a minister in the Ministry of Personnel. Uncle Wei is trying to find a way to get this position, but you are better. I haven’t paid attention to you for a while, but you gave Uncle Wei such a big surprise.”
Fan Dongcheng shrank his neck and did not dare to speak.
Fan Shilang looked a little haggard. He sighed and said, "Well, I can't control you anymore, and I may not be able to control you in the future. You don't want to go to the Imperial College. Go to my house first. I'll find someone to send you away in a few days." Go back to Jiangdu and let me discipline you."
After saying that, Fan Tong left with his hands behind his hands.
Fan Dongcheng followed for two steps, then stopped and asked, "Uncle Wu, where are you going?"
"Where to go?"
Fan Tong stopped, glanced back at his nephew, and said in a low voice: "Where else can we go? Go to the palace to kowtow to His Majesty and apologize to His Majesty!"
At this time, Fan Tong had to enter the palace to see the emperor.
Not an apology, but an explanation.
Explain that his junior is ignorant and explain that this matter has nothing to do with him.
Thinking of this, Fan Shilang snorted: "You go back to Jiangdu first and wait for me. It may not be long before my uncle returns to Jiangdu to retire!"
After that, Fan Shilang strode away.
What he said was a bit exaggerated.
Because although this matter is not trivial, as long as he goes into the palace to explain it clearly to the emperor and admits his mistake in a more sincere manner, it will not be enough to make him, a court elder with the rank of Sixth Minister, be dismissed from his post. At most, it will affect his future and upward progress. The difficulty of climbing has just increased.
On this day, Fan Shilang entered the palace and waited for half an hour at the gate of Manlu Hall before finally seeing His Majesty.
After meeting the emperor, Fan Shilang knelt on the ground, bursting into tears, and complained that there was an ignorant and unfilial son in the family, and that he was hard-working and neglectful in discipline...
The little emperor showed no expression throughout the whole process. He just gave him a few words of admonishment and then let him leave.
Because the personnel transfer at the level of the Sixth Minister is not decided by anyone, not even the emperor, with a few words or a thought.
In other words, the current immature emperor cannot do it.
I want everyone to discuss it.
And for the emperor, Shen Yi's beating was not a big deal at first, but at this point in time, it just made him a little embarrassed.
However, there is a war going on on the front line, and the emperor's face can be tolerated or not.
After kowtowing in the Manna Hall for a while, Fan Shilang left the Manna Hall in embarrassment.
After walking out of the Ganlu Hall, the Minister of Justice put his hands in his sleeves and looked a little gloomy.
"Zhao Zhi... don't think that Fan is weak and easy to bully...!"
