Xu Fan didn't know this yet.
He had just arrived in the capital from Puzhou and was waiting for news of his appointment. He was talking to Wei Fengxiang:
"My father asked me not to act against Jiang Ling's wishes."
"But in fact, how did my father know that if my Xu family doesn't even have an official in the government now, it will only make other powerful officials in the world look down upon the Xu family. Even the local governor and even the parents of the county may think that I am Xu." The family has lost power, and although Jiang Ling is my father’s student, he must have betrayed the Xu family, and has also started to look down on my Xu family, so how can I, the Xu family, still stand on my own?”
"Brother Shi is right. Even if Mr. Xu has no intention of pursuing an official career, he should think about his children."
Wei Fengxiang also echoed.
He had already embraced the Xu family, and naturally hoped that the Xu family could continue to exert influence in the court and help him progress in his official career. He said:
"Brother, don't worry. Xu Jue is reliable. Many people who ask Eunuch Feng for an official position through him can get their wish."
Xu Fan nodded.
But at this moment, a messenger suddenly came to Wei Fengxiang's residence to announce the decree, and read out the decree that Wei Fengxiang was dismissed from his post as a civilian and would never be used again.
Wei Fengxiang suddenly froze on the spot with a look of shock.
Xu Fan was also quite surprised: "This..."
Next, not long after, Xu Fan learned through Di Bao that Feng Bao had fallen, and he was ordered by decree to continue to perform filial piety at home.
Therefore, Xu Fan could only leave the capital in despair with Wei Fengxiang.
"quick!"
"quick!"
"quick!"
At the same time as Feng Bao fell, Dongchang's banner school also rushed to Feng Bao's foreign residence and the residences of Feng Bao's party members, and arrested Feng Bao's family and party members.
At this time, Hai Rui also received his order to interrogate Feng Bao.
This cheered him up again, and he was determined to try all the crimes of Feng Bao for deceiving the king and cheating the country.
It is worth mentioning that because Wang Yongji and Hai Rui jointly petitioned Shu to impeach Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng took advantage of the situation and appointed him as a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, responsible for assisting in the case. He was also an imperial envoy to go to South Zhili to arrest the manager of the Weaving Bureau involved in the case. The eunuchs and the head of the Xu family even dealt with the matter of the weavers in the Weaving Bureau being transferred to their own long-term employment by the Xu family.
However, Zhu Yijun was not in a hurry to tell the empress dowagers of the two palaces about Feng Bao's imprisonment.
Because Zhu Yijun didn't know whether Zhang Hong would inform the empress dowagers of the two palaces.
He would have to wait and see first.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun first came to the Empress Dowager Chen after Feng Bao dismissed Feng Bao and ordered Zhang Jing to deliver his oral instructions to the cabinet, asking the cabinet to draft an order for Hai Rui to preside over Feng Bao's trial.
Moreover, Zhu Yijun specially brought Xiao Yongning to Queen Mother Chen's place.
Queen Mother Chen was overjoyed when she saw Zhu Yijun coming with little Yongning in hand. She hurriedly picked up little Yongning and asked with a smile: "Is it our little Yongning who is greedy again?"
"Your Majesty wants to come. It's hot today, and the Queen Mother comes out less and less. It's necessary for Your Majesty to come here more often to see you, and also bring your Royal Sister to see you and make you happy."
Zhu Yijun said with a smile.
Queen Mother Chen was even more happy after hearing this. She held little Yongning in her arms and asked Zhu Yijun: "How have you been reading recently?"
"It's not bad. Sir, I'm praising you. My companion is also supervising me closely and doesn't dare to neglect my homework."
Zhu Yijun replied.
Empress Dowager Chen nodded, and then said: "Feng Bao is really dedicated to his duties."
"That's right, the eldest companion is very capable. It was his idea to crown the two queen mothers as queen mothers at the same time."
Zhu Yijun replied.
When Zhu Yijun said this, Queen Mother Chen immediately stopped smiling, and then sneered: "Really, I always thought it was Mr. Zhang's idea, but it turned out to be him!"
"Mr. Zhang is only looking at Huang'er. How can he think of these things?"
Zhu Yijun replied.
"Too."
Queen Mother Chen nodded, and then told Zhu Yijun: "You take Xiao Yongning back first. I am also a little tired and have to rest early. There is no need to come in the evening."
Zhu Yijun stood up and said yes.
Not long after Zhu Yijun came back, Zhang Hong came to the Qianqing Palace and reported to him the news that Feng Bao had been imprisoned. He also took the initiative to ask: "Your Majesty, what do you think of Feng Bao's sins? Do you want me to inform the empress dowagers of the two palaces?" Know?"
Zhu Yijun nodded happily.
He found that Zhang Hong was really sensible. Even when he informed the Queen Mothers of the two palaces about Feng Bao's imprisonment, he came to him first for instructions instead of telling Queen Mother Li directly.
"Let's do this. Tomorrow morning, I will see what happens and announce that you and I will go together. You will bring the evidence that Hai Rui used to impeach Feng Bao with you."
Zhu Yijun then gave Zhang Hong another instruction.
"yes!"
Zhang Hong agreed and left Zhu Yijun.
The next day, after Zhu Yijun learned that Empress Dowager Li had gone to Empress Dowager Chen, he called Zhang Hong over, and then went to Ciqing Palace with him.
At this time, Zhu Yijun told the empress dowagers of the two palaces about Feng Bao's dismissal and imprisonment.
"What exactly is going on?"
When Queen Mother Li learned that Feng Bao had been dismissed and imprisoned, she immediately frowned and asked.
Zhu Yijun told Zhang Hong: "Zhang Hong, please read Hai Rui's bullet to the two queens."
Zhang Hong then read Hai Rui's bullet to Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen.
After Zhang Hong finished reading, Zhu Yijun said: "After the emperor received this bulletin about Daban, he couldn't believe that Daban would do such a thing and actually sold the weavers of the Weaving Bureau to the Xu family privately. But after all, it was played by a person like Hai Rui who was famous all over the world, so he couldn't say anything, so he let Mr. Yuan Fu Zhang vote for it. Mr. Yuan Fu Zhang also asked Hai Rui and told the emperor, "Hai Rui We do have evidence in hand, so we cannot be lenient to the great companion. After all, it is Hai Rui who impeached him. If the punishment is unfair, it will chill the hearts of scholars all over the world."
"This Feng Bao! I thought he was good at pretending in the past, but I didn't expect him to be so sanctimonious!"
"Hai Rui, a direct minister, believes that he, Feng Bao, has done such a thing. There is no doubt about it!"
"Thinking about the last time he mistakenly heard a report from a man named Wei Chao and wrongly accused the emperor, saying that the emperor was playing with crickets, I'm afraid it shows that he had the intention to deceive the emperor when he was young, and he made the same mistake as Gao Gong!"
Empress Dowager Chen immediately followed up with a few words, and her tone was quite cold.
Empress Dowager Chen said so, Empress Dowager Li could only nod along and said with a sneer: "What my sister said is that it was Hai Rui who impeached him, so there is really nothing to say. Mr. Zhang's vote was just to show that The emperor is indeed wise. In the past, I thought he was quite loyal, but I never expected that he would also secretly bully us orphans and widowed mothers."
Then, Queen Mother Li asked Zhu Yijun: "Since Feng Bao has committed a crime, who do you plan to put in charge of the ceremony?"
Zhu Yijun replied: "Of course it's Zhang Hong. Of all the people in the inner court, he has the most ancient knowledge and is naturally the most reliable."
Queen Mother Li nodded with satisfaction: "Very true!"
Queen Mother Chen also smiled and nodded.
After Zhu Yijun left here, he met with Zhang Jing and ordered: "As soon as the results of Hai Rui's trial of Feng Bao are reported, inform me immediately!"
Zhang Jing raised his hands and said yes.
As for Hai Rui, after receiving the order for him to preside over the trial, he interrogated Feng Bao and his family members overnight.
Hai Rui is also a veteran in criminal cases and knows not to give prisoners too much time to mentally build up.
Therefore, Hai Rui soon got more conclusive evidence about Feng Bao, and also learned that Feng Bao was guilty of secretly promising the princess marriage to others and using the princess as a tool to make money. Feng Bao was forced to admit the evidence of the transaction that Feng had retained, promising that his son would be his consort in the future.
Therefore, Hai Rui said to Feng Bao: "Feng Bao, not to mention that you pretended to be a military leader and sold your official title for your own children, you even dare to sell the princess! Princess, as the heir of the emperor, you are already treasonous by doing this! You should be shown clearly Killing. But since I have been entrusted with Yu Kao and have served for a long time, I should be treated leniently."
When Hai Rui said this, Feng Bao's eyes suddenly lit up and he glanced up at Hai Rui.
The jurors also looked shocked.
Because everyone knows that Hai Rui has always been harsh in handling cases and has been criticized by officials and gentry.
But at this time, Hai Rui wanted to be lenient to Feng Bao, which was really surprising.
"But leniency is leniency, but the death penalty is unavoidable. Because you deceived the emperor and corrupted the country, your crime was really serious. Therefore, this court decided to sentence you to death! You will lose your family property!"
But Hai Rui then said something else.
Feng Bao was stunned.
Then he just cried loudly: "I'm sorry for the emperor, I'm sorry for the queen mother, and I'm even more sorry for the late emperor!"
