Feng Quli, the imperial censor of the Qin Dynasty. With a high official position, there are naturally many servants at home.
But he was dormant all the time, so the servants in the house kept to themselves.
Now Feng Quili wanted to take action, so he sent many servants in the family out to secretly inquire about Wang Wandu's whereabouts and check whether he had any record of violating the law.
Feng Quili's housekeeper, Feng Jia, was a little worried.
He asked in a low voice: "Master, do we really want to impeach the Prime Minister?"
Feng Quli glanced at him and said calmly: "Why, are you afraid?"
Feng Jia gave a bitter smile and said: "I'm afraid... that's not necessarily the case. It's just that the villain feels that the Prime Minister is very powerful in the court. If we impeach him rashly, if things fail, it will trigger a counterattack from the Prime Minister. At that time, the master will It’s dangerous.”
Feng Quili sighed and said, "How can I not know this truth?"
"However, His Majesty appointed me as the Prime Minister's deputy. What do you think the Prime Minister will think?"
Feng Jia said: "The Prime Minister is naturally restless."
Feng Quili said again: "If you were the prime minister, what would you do?"
Feng Jia frowned and thought for a while, and then said hesitantly: "If the villain is the prime minister, I am afraid he will search for the master's flaws and hold these evidences in his hands. He will use this to blackmail the master so that he can protect himself. "
Feng Quili nodded: "Yes, that's it."
"His Majesty's appointment seems to be to replace Wang Wan with me. In fact, it is not the case. It makes Wang Wan and I suspicious of each other. Even if the two of us meet each other, we will express our feelings to each other and even make a blood alliance."
"Can I really trust him? Can he really trust me?"
"Your Majesty's move is very clever. The two of us have to stand on opposite sides. If I don't impeach Wang Wan today, I'm afraid Wang Wan will impeach me tomorrow. In this case, it's better to strike first."
"Now I will collect some evidence first. If these evidences can overthrow Wang Wan, then go with the flow and let me sit in the prime minister's seat. If these evidences are not enough to overthrow Wang Wan, then hold it in your hand and shake the mountain to shake the tiger. , Wang Wan must not act rashly."
Feng Jia looked at Feng Quili with admiration: "I understand, I understand. The master is indeed far-sighted."
Feng Quili smiled slightly and said to Feng Jia: "In recent days, we have to restrain the people in the government not to violate the law and give Wang Wan an excuse. In the past, those who took advantage of others and oppressed good people must double the compensation to the perpetrators and strive to resolve the grievances. "
Feng Jia repeatedly said yes.
Feng Quili added: "You can organize a group of virtuous, loyal and reliable people to investigate the people in the mansion to see if there are any people who have violated the law. Once verified, they will be expelled immediately."
Feng Jia responded and hurriedly went to do this.
Feng Quili breathed a long sigh of relief and stood in the middle of the yard. He saw that the tree in the yard was already covered with green leaves, competing for the spring sunshine.
Feng Quili secretly sighed: Plants and trees know how to work hard, let alone people?
Feng Jia acted quickly because he also knew that his family had been targeted by the prime minister. If he was not careful, Mr. Feng would be dismissed from office. And they, the servants, naturally have no good fruits to eat.
Therefore, everyone in the Feng family began to strictly restrain their servants. In just a few days, Feng Mansion's mental outlook took on a completely new look.
This situation also occurred in Wang Wan's mansion.
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Ying Zheng lives deep in the palace, but he knows everything about the situation outside the palace.
After listening to Si Tu's report, Ying Zheng waved his hand with satisfaction and asked him to retreat.
Ying Zheng couldn't help but laugh: This is the emperor. It only takes one sentence to make all civil and military officials panic all day long. All it takes is an edict to allow them to monitor each other.
Ying Zheng looked at the magnificent palace and suddenly felt a little reluctant: This world is really good. I don’t know what life will be like after becoming an immortal.
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No one is perfect, and as long as you are willing to collect accusations, you can always find something.
Soon, Feng Quli's people had a batch of dirty information about Wang Wan.
It is said here that Wang Wan's domestic slave once beat a man to death.
But... just today, the slave voluntarily surrendered.
It also said that Wang Wan's housekeeper once occupied people's fields.
But... just today, the steward not only returned the land, but also paid ten gold in compensation.
The list goes on and on.
Feng Quli couldn't help but laugh: "The Prime Minister's movements are really fast."
In fact, these incriminating evidences are just trivial details. If you want to bring down the prime minister of a country, this will not work at all.
At most, Wang Wan was reprimanded by the emperor for not being strict in his duties.
Feng Quli looked around and finally discovered that Wang Wan had not taken any action on several counts. Feng Quli could take the opportunity to hold it in his hand.
One of the charges stated that Wang Wan placed the family members of a businessman under house arrest.
Feng Quli looked at the merchant's name and said it was Zhou Gui.
The name is familiar, but Feng Quili has big things to do now and is too lazy to think about who this so-called Zhou Gui is.
He looked at the following crime again.
The charge states that Wang Wan failed to pay back the money he owed. Some courtiers once lent Wang Wan tens of millions of dollars. Wang Wan only paid back a small part, and there was no news about the rest, so he was suspected of defaulting on his debt.
Feng Quli was almost happy when he saw this.
Prime Minister, are you also defaulting on your debt? This is hardly incriminating evidence at all. If you really want to use this to impeach me, it will make your Majesty despise yourself.
Feng Quli threw the evidence on the desk and walked slowly in the yard.
He walked for a while, and for some reason, the merchant's name kept lingering in his mind and couldn't get rid of it.
So Feng Quli casually asked the steward next to him: "Who is this Zhou Gui? Why do I feel so familiar to you?"
Feng Jia smiled and said, "Master, why did you forget? Some time ago, Zhou Gui was a famous person in Xianyang City. He went bankrupt and spent 10 million yuan to buy more than 100 medals to banish immortals."
"I originally wanted to resell it and make a lot of money. But it turned out that I couldn't sell it anymore. Now I walk around the streets all day selling his medals, and I have become a laughing stock in Xianyang City."
Feng Quili said with a smile, "So it's this person."
He said sarcastically: "The Prime Minister is quite interesting. Why should I compete with such a down-and-out businessman? Doesn't this seem too petty?"
Having said this, Feng Quili was suddenly startled.
He walked quickly to the house and carefully looked at the incriminating evidence collected by the servants.
Wang Wan only placed Zhou Gui's family members under house arrest, but not Zhou Gui.
What does this mean? This is like a blackmail.
Feng Quili suddenly became a little excited. He felt that there was a sense of conspiracy in this matter.
He lowered his head and thought for a long time. As he thought, he said to himself: "After arresting Zhou Gui's family members, it is natural to coerce him into doing something. This Zhou Gui sells medals in Xianyang City all day long. What does he have? What purpose?"
"Could it be that selling medals is just a cover, and he is trying to find out information for the Prime Minister?"
Feng Jia, who was next to him, coughed lightly and said cautiously: "Sir, I have an idea."
Feng Quili said: "Tell me and listen."
Feng Jia said: "The Prime Minister arrested Zhou Gui's family members, is it just to let Zhou Gui sell medals?"
"Huh?" Feng Quili was a little confused.
Feng Jia said: "The adults are in a high position and don't know anything about these merchants, but the villain knows that this Zhou Gui originally sold cakes. Although the family has money, it doesn't have as much as ten million yuan."
"So the villain thinks that when Zhou Gui took out so much money that day, did he borrow it from someone else?"
"Did the Prime Minister lend it to him? Now Zhou Gui can't afford it, so the Prime Minister detained his family and asked him to sell the medals to repay the debt."
Feng Quili said: "Your speculation is reasonable. But...how can a lowly merchant like Zhou Gui get funding from the prime minister? This is a bit unreasonable."
Feng Jia smiled and said: "The Prime Minister and Zhou Gui have known each other for a long time. Master, do you still remember? When the Immortal was banished, he held a selection meeting and invited merchants to sponsor it."
"Zhou Gui received the invitation at that time, but he wanted to refuse, but he didn't dare to refuse. So he looked for connections everywhere, and finally ended up working for the prime minister."
Feng Quli suddenly realized: "Yes, in the court that day, the prime minister also accused Huaiguzi of extorting merchants. So, the culprit that day turned out to be Zhou Gui."
Feng Jia said: "Exactly. Later, the sponsorship turmoil subsided. In order to prevent the banishment of immortals from retaliating against merchants, His Majesty specially ordered the prime minister to specially receive the merchants who were attacked."
"If these merchants are threatened or harmed by being banished to immortals, they can go directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion to file a complaint."
"Probably since then, the Prime Minister and Zhou Gui have known each other."
Feng Quili nodded: "That should be the case."
He smiled and said: "So, the prime minister helped Zhou Gui to take out these ten million yuan. These two people may have wanted to make a fortune from Huai Guzi, but unexpectedly, they lost a fortune. clean."
When he said this, Feng Quli was a little gloating about his misfortune.
Feng Jia said with a smile beside him: "It's more than that. I think that the prime minister may not be able to come up with ten million yuan. Part of it must be borrowed from the courtiers. Otherwise, why would those courtiers come to ask for debts? ?”
Feng Quili nodded repeatedly: "That makes sense, that makes sense. With this analysis, all the things can be connected together."
Suddenly, Feng Quli's eyes lit up and he said, "I am ready to impeach the Prime Minister."
Feng Jia was startled and said nervously: "Is this the beginning? But Master, this small crime is nothing even if it is reported to His Majesty."
"It seems that it is not a sin for the Prime Minister to do business."
Feng Quli chuckled: "Do you think it's just business? Not long ago, there was a rumor in Xianyang City that puzzled me. This rumor said that after your Majesty hosted a banquet for a group of merchants, he would also banquet a second party. The first batch, the third batch, the fourth batch. The requirement is that these merchants must have medals to banish immortals."
"I have always been curious about who spread this rumor. Now I understand that this rumor was probably spread by Zhou Gui. If the merchant listens to this rumor, his medals can be sold."
Feng Jia nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes."
Feng Quli laughed and said: "However, since it is a rumor, who can tell where the source is? If I say that this rumor did not come from Zhou Gui, but from the Prime Minister, it can still be explained."
"The Prime Minister is being pressed for debt, and he has no choice but to deliberately spread such rumors. It is also very possible."
"This is slandering His Majesty. Such a serious crime is enough to make the Prime Minister suffer a big loss."
Feng Jia also smiled and said: "Congratulations, master, I'm afraid you will be ranked first among the ministers."
Feng Quli chuckled and said, "I don't care whether he is the leader of the ministers or not. I just want to eliminate some ills in the court."
Feng Jia quickly complimented him and said, "My master is so upright and upright, which is admirable."
Feng Quli was full of energy and said to Feng Jia: "Go and call Feng Renji immediately. This person should be put to use."
Feng Jia immediately went away in a panic.
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A quarter of an hour later, Feng Renji came out panting and sweating profusely.
In fact, Feng Renji owned a carriage, but every time he went to the homes of important officials in the court, he liked to run.
Looking like this, sweating profusely and panting, will make you look particularly loyal. Coming here in such a hurry for the sake of your Lordships' business will often get your Lordships' approving looks.
Sure enough, Feng Quli nodded to Feng Renji: "Thank you for your hard work."
Feng Renji was full of energy, bowed and said: "I am willing to kill myself for my brother, so what does this hard work mean?"
Feng Quli smiled with satisfaction, and then said: "We are going to impeach Wang Wan. After you go back, make preparations immediately and make a good draft. Tomorrow is the period of the court meeting. Let's suddenly attack him in the court hall. Caught off guard."
Feng Renji was stunned after hearing this, and said tremblingly: "Is this... is this going to start?"
Feng Renji just wanted to lean against a big tree to enjoy the shade and fish in troubled waters to get promoted.
He originally thought that a fight between gods of this level would last for ten or eight years, but he didn't expect that they would start fighting in just a few days?
Feng Quili impeached the prime minister. But let himself charge into battle.
I was a person who spoke softly, but the Prime Minister crushed me to pieces with just a little force.
Feng Quli looked at Feng Renji with some displeasure: "Are you afraid?"
Feng Renji wiped the cold sweat on his head: "No, no, it's hot."
Feng Quili nodded and said: "As for the evidence of the Prime Minister's crime, I have already found it. All you need to do is catch him, chase him and beat him up."
Feng Renji responded uneasily.
Afterwards, Feng Quli stated all his guesses.
After Feng Renji heard this, he became even more desperate.
I thought it was some conclusive evidence, but after a long time of fussing, it was all speculation.
Isn't this a scam? If you look back and find out that there is no real evidence, do you still want to die?
Feng Renji laughed dryly and said to Feng Quili, "Brother, I suddenly had an idea."
"Huh?" Feng Quli looked at him in confusion: "What do you think?"
Feng Renji said: "As soon as we came up, we went deep alone and targeted the prime minister. Our intention was too obvious. We might as well target Zhou Gui. Sue Zhou Gui for spreading rumors and slandering His Majesty."
Feng Quli frowned: "Then what?"
Feng Renji said: "Your Majesty will definitely be furious and will send someone to investigate. If my prediction is correct, the internal historian Zhao Teng should be responsible for this matter."
"Although Zhao Teng has a good relationship with the Prime Minister, he is not good enough to advance and retreat together. If Zhao Teng checks around, he finds that Zhou Gui is the Prime Minister's man."
"Then it is logical that what the prime minister has done will be made public. If the prime minister falls, my brother can become the prime minister."
"One advantage of this is that in the eyes of outsiders, it was not you, brother, who brought down the Prime Minister, but Zhao Teng. In other words, it was Wang Wan who committed many injustices and the incident came to light, and he fell."
Feng Quli nodded in agreement. He also thought this method was good.
If you directly impeach Wang Wan, defeat him, and become prime minister yourself. That eating scene is really ugly.
Feng Renji's method is better and very subtle. Allow yourself to stay out of the situation without being secretly stabbed in the spine by courtiers.
So Feng Quili said to Feng Renji with satisfaction: "Bianji, you are really a talent. It seems that I will make good use of you in the future."
Feng Renji was overjoyed and said, "Thank you for your cultivation, brother."
He was equally happy.
Impeaching Wang Wan, if you are not careful, you will die without a burial place. But suing Zhou Gui is different. What can Zhou Gui, a merchant, do to himself?
The more Feng Renji thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and he couldn't help but grin.
He looked up and saw Feng Quili grinning.
I was a magician in the Qin Dynasty
