The smash hit Baihua Tower disappeared into thin air. Everyone in the capital, from common people to officials, thought it was a bit like a dream.
That's Dongchang's property, the Yan family's backstage! This is too fast!
From the moment FLAG stood up to compete with Chun Yanlou in the arena, to the moment it disappeared, it didn’t even take a month! It set a record for the fastest time between Xiao and Yan to decide the winner!
Tan Xinren still persisted for several months! Shi Zhenxiang is still struggling to his death! Why did Baihualou, the link that seemed the least likely to fail, collapse like this?
Zhang Yuan cannot accept this ending. His cash cow is gone! His wife is gone too! He also lost face in front of Jiajing!
Liu Tai also couldn't accept it. Xiao Feng treated him like a monkey again and again, and this time it was even more cruel, which was equivalent to asking him to cut off half of Hua Nu's head with his own hands.
Even if it was to show that his loyalty had not changed, he had to go to the Yan Mansion, express his emotions fiercely, and ask the Yan Party to take action to fight against Xiao Feng together!
The next day, the court meeting requested by Yan Song from Jiajing was held as scheduled. All the strict party officials, including Zhang Yuan, are gearing up and preparing to fight Xiao Feng to the death!
Yesterday you held a public trial and hijacked the public opinion of the whole capital. We were unable to resist the law in public. But today, at this court meeting, there are only officials and no common people. It depends on whose official power is stronger!
When Xiao Feng walked into Xiyuan, he saw that the officials had consciously divided themselves into three piles. The biggest group is of course the Yan Party headed by Yan Song, accounting for probably more than 60%!
The group in the middle accounted for about 30%, headed by Xu Jie, including Gao Gong, Xia Bangxian, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and others. These were the neutral faction. Zhang Juzheng was also grabbed by the wrist by his teacher and firmly controlled by his side.
Pan Huang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, was also standing in the neutral faction, with only Zuo Shilang Tan Tong beside him. Liu Tong, the right servant, did not come because Xiao Feng asked Mrs. Liu to put him under house arrest.
Although Madam Liu wanted her husband to speak for Xiao Feng in the court, Xiao Feng's words made Madam Xiao agree with his idea.
"My father-in-law and I have a special relationship, and it's hard for me to help him in court. Besides, he's not good at words and has never won a quarrel in the house. It's really useless in the face of the menacing Strict Party."
Father-in-law, you are not good enough. If you go, you will cause trouble for me. I have to take care of you, so you should just report your illness honestly.
Liu Tong was very unconvinced, thinking that Xiao Feng looked down on him, and clamored for a hunger strike to go to court, but his wife used both soft and hard tactics and talked a lot of truth to control Liu Tong.
There were only two people in the last group, and they looked really pitiful. They were Ding Rukui, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and his right minister, whom he single-handedly promoted.
Yes, even the left minister of the Ministry of War stood in the neutral group and did not dare to interfere with him.
Xiao Fengxin smiled slightly and nodded towards Ding Rukui. Ding Rukui gave him a firm look in return: Don't worry, brother, I support you!
In fact, Xiao Feng's power in the court is not as bad as it appears, but only those above a certain level can attend such court meetings, and many middle-level officials who support Xiao Feng have no chance to appear.
Moreover, those who stand in the neutral group like Xu Hui and Zhang Juzheng actually support Xiao Feng, but they are all the best among the best. Unless they have to, they will not express their obvious tendencies like Ding Rukui.
Ding Rukui is actually a dead pig who is not afraid of being scalded by boiling water. In order not to lose his life taking the blame for Yan Song, he has always worn the same pants as Xiao Feng from the beginning of the Sorghum Case to the defense of the capital.
So it makes no sense which side he stands on. Even if he stands behind Yan Song, no one will believe that he is a Yan Song party, not even a neutral party.
Jiajing finally opened the door of the monastery and let everyone in. Yan Shifan winked and Liutai gritted his teeth and was the first to charge.
"Long live, I want to impeach Xiao Feng, the governor of Jiangnan, who is good at adjusting the law department, abusing his power for personal gain, regardless of the overall situation.
Damage the dignity of the court, blatantly interfere in the business world, insult gentlemen, and bring chaos to the court! "
Liutai had indeed suffered a lot of grievances yesterday, and today he started with a loud voice, full of emotion, with a crying sound, and two tears streaming down his cheeks, and the effect was amazing.
Before Jiajing could say anything, Zhang Yuan also appeared from the side. His mood became even more full, and he knelt down with a plop.
"Long live, the slaves are incompetent. The Dongchang is under the management of the slaves, and its prestige is gone. Jinyiwei, Dali Temple, and Shuntian Mansion all regard the Dongchang as if it were nothing.
First, in order to grab credit, they beat up Dongchang's arresting team outside the city, and then humiliated Dongchang in Baihua Tower by bullying the few.
Long Live, Dongchang has always been the arm of Long Live. It is a small thing for a slave to be incompetent, but it is a big deal to humiliate the power of Long Live God. The crime of a slave deserves death! "
As soon as the two men started, Yan Party officials immediately stood up one after another and listed Xiao Feng's crimes. In order to create the most shocking atmosphere, they had specially rehearsed the rhythm.
As soon as the first person finished speaking, the next person stood up and said loudly: "I impeach Xiao Feng for interfering in business and making undue profits..." and then slowly accelerated.
Later, before the last person finished speaking, the next person stood up and shouted: "I impeach Xiao Feng for not being on duty on time, wandering and playing..."
It creates an atmosphere of going on and on, fighting unyieldingly, and never giving up until the goal is achieved. It also makes Xiao Feng's crimes so numerous that they are indescribable and outraged by both humans and gods. Long Live You will definitely do justice to God by killing him.
Jiajing closed his eyes slightly and had a headache. The last time the court had such momentum was when Xia Yan was impeached. If Xiao Feng couldn't explain, it would be quite difficult for him to protect him.
Xiao Feng listened quietly, watched, and looked around, as if the person being impeached was not him at all, and Yan Song's teeth were itching with hatred.
After the drama of public outrage finally came to an end, Jiajing said calmly: "Xiao Feng, what is your excuse for the impeachment of the officials?"
After Xiao Feng saluted Jiajing, he asked calmly: "My lords were all frothing at the mouth just now and were filled with righteous indignation, but the more I listened, the more confused I became.
It's all because there are many people and many people talk. This is also the case in the minister's family. A group of women talk all over the place about trivial matters, talking endlessly, and they can't explain simple things clearly even though they clearly know it very well. "
Yan Song snorted coldly, and finally it was my turn to appear. When everyone said it before, if I followed suit, it would look like I had no status. Your words just gave me the opportunity to teach you a lesson.
"Long live Xiao Feng, with a playful smile and no regrets. It is extremely rude to compare women in the family to important officials in the court.
Obviously he was in a panic and didn't dare to answer directly, so he talked nonsense and confuse the audience! "
Xiao Feng looked at Yan Song strangely: "What the Chief Assistant said is wrong. It's not that I don't want to answer directly. I really don't understand. Your Excellencies have been impeaching me for a long time. What is the crime you are impeaching?"
Yan Song said coldly: "Master Xiao, why do you ask questions knowingly? All the masters have made it very clear, and Long Live has heard it. Is it useful if you resist and pretend to be deaf and dumb?"
Xiao Feng looked at Yan Song distressedly, and his tone was full of curiosity: "Since the Chief Assistant said so, please help me summarize, which crime in the Ming Law does your impeachment correspond to?"
This... Yan Song was stunned for a moment, and quickly recalled what everyone said before. He did find that although the voices were loud and the momentum was strong, the specific charges were a bit vague.
Yan Song looked at Yan Shifan next to him for help. Yan Shifan understood and took a step forward to face Xiao Feng.
"Master Xiao, Shilang Liu is impeaching you for being pretentious and abusing your power! This is according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Yan Shaoqing, Long Live has decreed that because Master Guo Junguo is old and sick, I have been asked to take over the responsibilities of the Shuntian Prefecture Yin for the time being. How can I mobilize the Shuntian Prefecture's policemen? How can I be good at doing so?"
"Although you have the right to mobilize the Shuntian Mansion police officers, you also mobilized Dali Temple and Jinyiwei!"
"Although Long Live ordered me to take office as the Governor of Jiangnan, my position as Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple was not revoked before I took office. With this status, can't I be transferred to Dali Temple?"
"What about the Jin Yiwei? What can I say? The Jin Yiwei is Long live's private servant. If you rashly transfer him, wouldn't it be suspected of treason?"
"Long Live has a decree, involving the White Lotus Sect, Japanese pirates and other rebellious matters. I have the right to let the Jin Yiwei cooperate to handle it!"
"But this time you are not arresting the White Lotus Sect, but investigating the Baihua Building. Even the murder was discovered on the spot!
In order to deal with a mere Baihualou, you actually used Jin Yiwei. How dare you say that you are not good at it? "
"I went to Baihualou to arrest the White Lotus Sect! The White Lotus Sect's emissary selling medicine in the capital was arrested and executed the night before yesterday!
Someone has seen him frequently coming in and out of Baihua Building. I reasonably suspect that there is an insider inside Baihua Building. I will conduct a thorough investigation. What's wrong? "
"Nonsense, that person has been in and out of Chunyan Tower frequently! Why did you only check Baihua Tower and not Chunyan Tower? It's obvious that you are acting for public benefit!
In order to attack Baihualou, you did not hesitate to make up excuses and mobilize Jin Yiwei on unfounded charges. You cannot escape the blame! "
The two people's eyes met like swords, and their words became faster and faster, almost blurting out without hesitation.
The surrounding officials secretly admired that only these two people could meet their opponents in this way. If it had been anyone else, one of them would have lost first in terms of momentum, regardless of whether they were justified or not.
At this moment, Xiao Feng suddenly raised his voice, looked at Yan Shifan jokingly, slowed down his speaking speed, but his tone became more fierce and fierce.
"Yan Shaoqing! How do you know that this person has been in and out of Chunyan Tower frequently? Since you know this person's whereabouts, why don't you report it? Tell me!"
The last word "said" was like spring thunder on the tongue, making Yan Shifan stagger, sweating profusely, and Yan Song looked at his son in panic.
What's going on? Son, you are so smart, how come you fell into Xiao Feng's trap again without knowing it?
In fact, I really can't blame Yan Shifan for this. Xiao Feng deliberately speeded up his speech as soon as he came up, which aroused Yan Shifan's competitive spirit. Especially in this court, in full view of everyone, how can you give in?
Even leaving aside the genius of the character, the exciting stage effect that everyone in the Yan Party had finally rehearsed for a long time couldn't be suppressed by Xiao Feng, right?
So Yan Shifan was forced to accept the challenge. As the two spoke faster and faster, he only looked for loopholes in Xiao Feng's defense, but ignored the big hole Xiao Feng unknowingly dug for him.
As soon as these words came out, Jiajing's eyes opened slightly and he looked at Yan Shifan strangely, waiting for his explanation.
Yan Shifan was sweating profusely, knowing that this was a life-and-death moment, so it was certainly inappropriate to argue that he had made a slip of the tongue. With his natural tone just now, Jiajing might not believe it.
It's not okay to say that he was just lying to Xiao Feng because of his anger. He was accusing Xiao Feng of secretly seducing Jin Yiwei, and he was suspected of being rebellious!
If you say it's nonsense out of anger, it's like admitting that you would rather give false testimony in order to frame Xiao Feng!
He is the backbone of the Yan Party. If he admits this behavior, Jiajing will definitely think that the Yan Party has no bottom line in dealing with Xiao Feng. Maybe it will also think of the attack on Xiao Feng's house. Could it be that your boy did it too? thing?
Yan Shifan was indeed a very smart man. He judged the situation in an instant and chose the lesser of two evils. Without hesitation, he fell to his knees.
"Long live, I deserve death for my crime! I am a lustful person by nature, and I have many wives and concubines at home, so it is inevitable that sometimes I am unable to do what I want. Therefore, I was introduced by someone before and bought the elixir from that person.
But since the imperial court banned drugs, I have never interacted with this person again, and I don’t know that this person is a demon from the White Lotus Sect.
It wasn't until later that I saw the bounty portraits and popular games all over the streets that I realized that he was from the White Lotus Sect. I was terrified, but I really didn't know where he was, so I didn't dare to speak easily.
I heard that man say that he had been to Chunyan Tower before, so when I was having a heated argument with Xiao Feng just now, I was so indignant that I blurted out, "Long live the crime of making false statements!" "
Jiajing's face returned to calmness, his eyes returned to their original appearance, and he snorted in displeasure, accepting Yan Shifan's explanation.
"As an important minister of the imperial court, how can I be so lascivious and unrestrained? Get up. I will be fined for one year, and I will be recorded as the lowest grade in the evaluation for that year."
A year's salary fine is not a big deal to Yan Shifan, but it is indeed a bit serious to be ranked low in the evaluation. Because the imperial court has a rule that if you want to be promoted, unless there is a special decree from Long Live, the year-end evaluation of the Ministry of Personnel must be excellent for three consecutive years.
Even if the officials are willing to take care of it, they should at least not be in the lowest ranking, let alone the lowest ranking. This is a veto!
This also means that within three years from this year, Yan Shifan will no longer be able to be promoted, and Yan Song will not be able to help unless Jiajing changes his mind and issues a special order.
Originally, after Xiao Feng left, Yan Song and Yan Shifan had already discussed and found a way to make Yan Shifan change from Right Shaoqing of Dali Temple to Zuo Shaoqing. With Yan Song's strength, this matter was not difficult to handle.
This is also one of the purposes of promoting Xiao Feng this time. Because after Xiao Feng takes the blame as the governor of Jiangnan, he will definitely be convicted and lose his official position. By then, even if Jiajing took care of him and wanted to reinstate him, the position would have been occupied by Yan Shifan.
Therefore, Xiao Feng either moved to another department, or became the Right Shaoqing under Yan Shifan. Either Jiajing had to promote Yan Shifan, otherwise there was no reason to demote Yan Shifan for no reason to make room for others.
No matter which one of these three endings it is, it is very good for Yan Dang, and it can be called an unsolvable conspiracy. I didn't expect that Xiao Feng would kill him with just one word!
Yan Shifan's clothes were soaked, and his momentum was knocked to the bottom by Xiao Feng's sap. He gritted his teeth and stood up, glaring at Xiao Feng.
I knelt down and explained. Now it's your turn to explain. Why did you only check Baihua Tower and not Chunyan Tower? you say!
Xiao Feng innocently looked at Yan Shifan's fire-breathing eyes, and looked at Jiajing aggrievedly.
"Long live, I don't know! I've never bought medicine from anyone in the White Lotus Sect, and I've never chatted with him. How could I know that he had been to Chunyan Tower?
As for the fact that he went to Baihua Tower, it was Dr. Jing who told me!
It was after he read the notice that he swore to tell me that he had seen this person before, in Baihua Tower! "
Some people died, but not completely...
