In the Zhao family study.
Zhao Changping, who was promoted to Minister of Household Affairs, has indeed had a lot of leisure these days.
Firstly, because it is not the beginning of the year or the end of the year, the household department is not so busy, and the autumn grain has been harvested. There is no big problem, and the household department is naturally free.
Secondly, as Zhao Er said, after being promoted to minister, you don’t have to be responsible for specific affairs. You only need to grasp the general direction of the household department and occasionally go to the council hall or the palace to hold a meeting. Now, everything else can be left to the two ministers and several doctors.
Therefore, when Shen Yi arrived at the Zhao family's study, Zhao Shangshu was unusually not working, but looking through a miscellaneous book.
After Shen Yi knocked on the door and came in, Zhao Shangshu pointed to the chair opposite and said with a dull smile: "Sit down and talk."
Shen Yi nodded, sat down obediently, and said, "Master, what do you want from me?"
"Um."
Zhao Shangshu put down the miscellaneous books in his hand and said with a smile: "Today's court meeting, Fan Tong's position as Minister of Punishment cannot be kept."
Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What about Fan You..."
"Several prime ministers were arguing endlessly this morning, arguing whether to transfer him to Guangdong and Guangxi as an inspector, or to arrange for him to be appointed as a prefect in a nearby province."
The imperial envoy is also a third-rank official, on the same level as the minister, and is in charge of the criminal title of a province. However, the value of local officials is naturally different from that of Beijing officials. The transfer of the local imperial envoy from the imperial minister is nominally a promotion, but in fact it is a demotion. , and it was a very direct demotion.
However, if the inspector is transferred, it still saves some face for Fan Shilang. After all, it is nominally a smooth transfer, which means that he is driven out of the center of power.
And if it was Magistrate Ren, even the magistrate of a wealthy state, then Minister Fan would be completely disgraced.
Fan Tong is already in her fifties this year.
In any case, after this transfer, even if he has the opportunity to return to Jiankang Jingcheng in the future, he will definitely lose the opportunity to go further.
Shen Yi digested the news, thought for a while, and asked: "Uncle, except for Fan Shilang, everyone else in the Criminal Department..."
"Anyone involved in this matter will be punished."
Zhao Changping looked calm.
Hearing this, Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
If Fan You is the only one who is punished and transferred away from Jiankang, then even though some people take the idea of cooling tea, it will not cool down too quickly. Those in the Ministry of Punishments may give him a little face in a short period of time. He does something.
And if all the people who caused trouble with Fan Shilang were punished, then Fan Shilang's foundation in the Ministry of Punishment over the years would be completely destroyed.
In other words, no one will work for Fan You anymore, and no one from the Ministry of Punishment will bother Shen Yi anymore.
A smile appeared on Shen Yi's face: "Uncle, if this happens, no one will make a fuss about Yan Mingli's affairs. These days, my nephew has been frightened, fearing that the academy will be ruined for hundreds of years because of my nephew. Qingyu, this little nephew will be guilty of a very big crime."
"Yi An wrote me a letter."
Zhao Changping narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "There are indeed people in Jiangdu who are investigating Yan Mingli's matter, and they have probably found it out, but they just haven't announced it."
"But this is a small matter."
Zhao Chang said calmly: "Jiangdu County Government has wiped out all the records of this matter. Even if someone uses this matter as an excuse later, the academy can still deny it. As for this strict etiquette..."
"Yi An said that his family has also moved away from Jiangdu and settled elsewhere."
"You can rest assured about Yan Mingli's matter, but the Fan family, as a noble family in Jiangdu, only wants to destroy the roots of our academy..."
At this point, although Zhao Changping had no expression on his face, Shen Yi could clearly feel that the spokesperson of Ganquan Academy's interests in the court and the Minister of Household Affairs of Hong De Dynasty was angry.
His face was calm.
"The academy cannot respond completely, otherwise others will want to rub dust on the academy's face in the future."
This sentence fits Shen Yi's thoughts exactly.
He lowered his head and said: "Uncle, my nephew is already investigating the affairs of the Fan family in Jiangdu. The Fan family has been in Jiangdu for decades and has done countless evil things. It used to be said that Minister Fan protected them in the court. As long as there is no more With this level of protection, it couldn’t be easier to get evidence of their family’s crimes.”
Zhao Shangshu didn't say much.
Big people are like this. They won't clearly express their specific opinions, because as long as they don't have specific opinions, they will never be wrong.
"During the months when Jizhong was in Jiankang, he once told me about Zi Heng. At that time, Fan Dongcheng from the Fan family, together with a few bad boys from Jiangdu, beat and killed Chen Qing, a student of our academy, and framed Zi Heng. Heng on your head, so that Zi Heng almost died in prison."
"Such a crime can no longer be allowed to go unpunished."
Zhao Shangshu looked at Shen Yi and said: "Song You should have a good friend from the same hometown. Now he is the censor of Nanjing. He can inspect Jiangdu. When the time comes, let him go to Jiangdu. Maybe he can find some injustices. Wrong."
After saying that, he looked at Shen Yi thoughtfully.
Zhao Shangshu's words have been made very clear.
In theory, the supervisory censor of the Yushitai can only investigate officials and cannot deal with local injustices. However, if he discovers something is wrong, he can write to the court.
This is the power of the censor.
After the imperial court received the memorial, it could instruct a department to deal with it, that is, the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple to handle these cases.
The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple either sent people to inspect the case themselves, or wrote documents to the local government to ask them to retry the case.
Anyway...
The original case of Chen Qingyi can be re-tried.
Shen Yi stood up from the chair. He was stunned for a long time, then knelt in front of Zhao Changping, kowtowed and said: "My old friend died with hatred, and my nephew has been wronged for several years. Now he finally sees the dawn of Zhao Xue. My nephew Chen Chen, my old friend, has finally seen the light of day." Qing, thank you Master."
Zhao Changping stretched out his hand to help Shen Yi up, shook his head slightly and said: "When Jizhong was in Jiankang and mentioned this matter to me, I thought that one day, the thieves of the Fan family must be brought to justice, but that At that time, Fan You was in charge of the Punishment Department, but in the end, this matter will still fall on the Punishment Department, and it is useless to talk about it."
"Now, finally, the time has come."
He reached out and patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and said with a faint smile: "Zi Heng, since you are checking the Fan family, then you can get to know Song Ying, who is the same year as him, and tell him about the Fan family."
"Um…"
Shen Yi took a deep breath, lowered his head slightly and said: "Uncle, when the evidence in my nephew's hand is complete, I will hand it over to the censor..."
"Um."
Zhao Changping smiled and said: "Song Ying has gained a certain foundation in the court these years. You two can be regarded as brothers. When you have nothing to do, you can get close and interact with each other more often."
Speaking of this, he seemed to think of the two sons at home, and sighed: "Don't hang out with Jizhou every day. He has nothing to do every day, so as not to lead you astray."
Shen Yi smiled and shook his head: "Uncle, the second brother is not a bad person. He has helped my nephew a lot in the past two years. My nephew likes to associate with him very much."
No one dislikes his son, and Zhao Changping is no exception.
He had only kind words.
His two sons have little potential, so of course he hopes that they will make more promising friends.
In this way, a hundred years from now, the two sons of the Zhao family will not only have their son-in-law Song Ying to take care of them, but maybe Shen Qilang in front of him can also take care of the Zhao family for him.
Therefore, Zhao Shangshu smiled happily when he heard Shen Yi's words.
He pulled Shen Yi's sleeve and chuckled.
"Don't leave this afternoon. Stay at home to play chess with your uncle, and have a meal at home in the evening. After your master left, your uncle became a lot lonely."
Shen Yi smiled and nodded.
"Master, please show mercy."
