As the most economically developed and densely populated city in the world, Chang'an City is very large. In this age of relying on walking, it takes several hours to walk from east to west.
The city of Chang'an is very small, and the people have been very gossipy since ancient times. With the encouragement of some thoughtful people, it only took half a day for the news about County Bo Wannian beating the envoy Fusang to spread in Chang'an City, and he instantly became the favorite of the people of Chang'an. Tea talk.
In Yang Fan's view, the fight against the Fusang envoy was just a simple fight, which happened several times every day in Chang'an City, so he didn't take it seriously.
Moreover, he had already analyzed the pros and cons of sending an envoy to the Tang Dynasty and how to deal with it. As for how to do it, it was not up to him to decide, so he never thought about the sequelae of this matter.
In ancient times, there were few entertainment activities at night. Just after dinner, Yang Fan strolled around the mansion as usual. When passing by the front yard, he vaguely heard the servants sitting together whispering in a somewhat worrying tone.
"Have you heard? There are rumors in Chang'an City that our uncle beat the Fusang envoy and undermined the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Do you think the young master will be punished by the court?"
"I went out with the young master today. Of course I know what's going on. Those Fusang people caused trouble first, why should they punish our young master?"
"Well, he has been fighting the smallpox epidemic, opened a shop to provide relief to refugees, and is so kind to the servants in the mansion. The young master is a very kind person. Of course I don't want anything to happen to him."
"Yes, our young master is a living Bodhisattva, and many people even set up longevity tablets for him!"
"It must be those bad people who are jealous of our young master and took it out of context to slander him."
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Hearing this, Yang Fan couldn't help but frowned. Beating the envoy was not a secret, and he didn't want to hide it deliberately.
But in ancient times when information transmission was very slow, something was wrong with it spreading so quickly. It was obvious that someone was behind the scenes.
Who is it?
The Aristocratic Family, Duke Ying's Mansion, or princes like Li You and Li Tai.
Sigh..., Yang Fan sighed. He didn't expect that he had only traveled to the Tang Dynasty for more than half a year. He was usually cautious, but he unknowingly got into so much trouble.
When he was blind, he finally realized the importance of intelligence. Now he could only block it with troops and cover it with water.
However, this incident also made him secretly more vigilant. In a feudal society, it is not that you can live your life safely without causing trouble.
Besides, he couldn't rely on Li Shimin for the rest of his life. In this world, only one's own toughness was the only real toughness. It seemed that he had to prepare early, otherwise he would really lose sight of one thing if danger came.
If a loved one has something wrong due to his own negligence, he will really regret it later.
After coming to the Tang Dynasty for so long, Yang Fan has always viewed the world with the attitude of playing with the world. Now that he thought about it seriously, he realized that so many people had gathered around him, and he had to be responsible for these people. Finally, he returned with a heavy heart. Arrived at the bedroom.
But he didn't know that the beating of the Fusang envoy had spread throughout Chang'an City, and the incident had changed drastically.
Especially under the deliberate guidance of some people with ulterior motives, it has become another version.
"County Count Wannian, you know, yes, he is the count who provided the court with prevention of smallpox plague. Today he was molesting good women in Chang'an City and was encountered by the Fusang envoy. He was stopped by the Fusang envoy. He actually took the Fusang envoy He was disabled, I have a friend who works as a government official in Chang'an County, and he saw it with his own eyes."
"I've heard about it too. It's said that County Bo Wannian took advantage of the situation and tortured the Fusang envoy to death. He was just a foreigner. The poor girl was taken directly to the house and ravaged without knowing it. How about now."
"No wonder people in Chang'an City call this Earl Bangchui. He broke into the Duke's mansion in anger because of a woman and beat up Duke Ying. I didn't expect that he was also a lustful person. If His Majesty hadn't thought of his great merits, he would have been killed long ago. Deal with him."
"Shh, keep your voice down, don't talk, or be careful that County Uncle Wannian will demolish your house tomorrow."
For a time, all kinds of rumors spread in Chang'an City, and Wannian County Bo Yang Fan suddenly became a womanizer who bullied men and dominated women.
The next day, it was not bright yet, and there were already people floating around in the Tai Chi Hall.
Although it was just a small court meeting today, the atmosphere seemed a bit wrong. When the ministers came to the back of Tai Chi Hall, they were talking in twos and threes. This phenomenon was extremely rare.
Li Shimin was walking in high spirits and sat on the dragon chair under the guidance of the eunuch. He frowned involuntarily when he saw the Tai Chi Hall, which was as noisy as a vegetable market.
The old eunuch's high-pitched voice announced the start of the court meeting, and soon a censor stood up.
"Your Majesty, I am going to impeach Wannian County Bo Yang Fan today. I ask your Majesty to issue an order to demote him to a common people and punish his crimes."
"The Du Qing family, why do they want to impeach Wannian County's uncle? Is there any reason?"
Seeing Censor Du Feng stand up, Li Shimin couldn't help but frown.
This Du Feng is a child of the Du family in the south of the city. He always thinks that he is right based on his family's power.
In the name of serving the country and the people, he often makes trouble for him, which has always been a headache for Li Shimin. It can be said that he is not as easy to deal with as Wei Zheng.
Du Feng thought about his words and said:
"Your Majesty, Yang Fan is a county magistrate, and he is supported by the imperial court on weekdays. He should set an example by practicing good deeds so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. However, yesterday, he molested women from good families in Chang'an City and did many evil things, which caused a very bad impact; Secondly, the Fuso envoy failed to stop Yang Fan and was beaten to disability, which aroused strong opposition from envoys and students of the vassal states..."
Li Shimin's face suddenly became unhappy. He had already dealt with this matter yesterday, so why was Du Feng still messing around now? Moreover, the narrative was completely contrary to the facts. Could it be that someone behind the scenes was adding fuel to the flames.
Although it is true that Yang Fan beat the deputy envoy of Fuso Kingdom, he definitely did not molest any good woman. As for the Fuso envoy stopping Yang Fan from doing evil, it is even more nonsense.
However, Yang Fan is a kid who makes people both love and hate him. He is quite capable of causing trouble. He makes trouble every day and just can't stop. It seems that he needs to be assigned an errand as soon as possible.
He rubbed his temples with a headache. Datang didn't say he was guilty for his words, and besides, he also wanted to see who was behind the scenes.
So Li Shimin had no choice but to ask patiently: "Du Aiqing, County Bo Wannian teased a good woman and beat the Fusang envoy, but you saw it with your own eyes?"
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen... Although Wei Chen has not seen it with his own eyes, based on..."
"Don't tell me anything, but let me ask you, have you seen it with your own eyes? Have you investigated and verified it?"
Li Shimin interrupted him forcefully and directly. Seeing Du Feng's hesitating, he knew of course that he was a little shrimp being used as a gunman. He glanced at the ministers, and all of them bowed their heads. They didn't see him at all. Du Feng is the first person.
So he continued to shout with some displeasure:
"As a censor, you should be based on facts. If you just waste time by bringing it to the court based on rumors and false rumors, it is basically a dead meal. How can you live up to the expectations of the people and the trust of the court."
I ask the censor to be upright and upright after hearing the news, but I am not asking you to bring all the messy things to the court to discuss.
"Your Majesty, I don't know whether County Count Wannian molested women from good families, but it is an indisputable fact that he beat the envoy of Fusang State and destroyed the diplomatic relations between the two countries. There is a joint petition here from the envoys of each vassal state. I believe that there is a possibility that Eighty-nine times it’s true, Your Majesty can send someone to verify it.”
When Du Feng couldn't resist, the old troll Wei Zheng finally stood up, which also surprised Li Shimin. He really didn't expect that the person who first stood up for Du Feng would be this old troll.
Changsun Wuji secretly cast an approving look at Du Feng. This petition from the vassal envoys was created by the Guanlong family represented by Changsun Wuji.
The purpose is to test Yang Fan's status in Li Shimin's heart. Du Feng is just a pawn promoted by the Guanlong family, and Wei Zheng, the old troll, is the gunman in their plan.
Du Feng was indispensable to the fact that this joint petition reached Wei Zheng at the right time.
Wei Zheng is famous for his love of direct remonstrance, but if someone is targeted by him, he will be in trouble. Even Li Shimin doesn't like dealing with this old troll.
When he was Li Jiancheng's staff, Wei Zheng once suggested that Li Jiancheng kill Li Shimin first, but it was a pity that Li Jiancheng was indecisive and missed the opportunity.
After proclaiming himself emperor, Li Shimin kept Wei Zheng in the court for important reasons. On the one hand, he cherished his talent, and on the other hand, he wanted to stabilize the situation of the court.
Li Shimin's meaning at the beginning was very obvious: "Supporters of the former prince, please rest assured, I can tolerate even the number one villain like Wei Zheng. What do you have to worry about? Don't have any bad intentions, just surrender to me."
In fact, as a person who can ascend to the position of prime minister, no one is simple. Wei Zheng is not bad in ability and has a flexible mind, and he does not always stand up and oppose Li Shimin on everything.
The reason why he changed his style as a counselor and became Tiehanhan, always admonishing Li Shimin in a head-on manner, is because Wei Zheng's way of survival is to risk his own life to directly admonish him.
However, it was precisely because of his direct advice that Li Shimin's reputation as Mingjun Holy Lord was fulfilled, and his name was left in history.
