It has been three days since Fang Zheng was taken away by Dali Temple, and no news has been released.
Naturally, everyone in the Fang family was in panic. Both the men and women were living in fear.
If Fang Zheng's crime is proven, he will be exiled at least, or beheaded at worst.
Mrs. Fang would go to Mrs. Wangge Lao to beg for help almost every day, but no matter how much she begged, nothing could be changed.
No matter how powerful Mr. Wang Ge is, he cannot confuse right and wrong. Moreover, there is no evidence to prove that Fang Zheng is innocent. Similarly, there is no evidence to prove that Fang Zheng did everything.
This is a breakthrough.
After a long discussion, Wang Qinshan and Zheng Ge decided to give up the housing levy.
It’s not that they are helpless, they are really powerless.
If Fang Zheng is abandoned, others will not be affected, but if they try hard to save him, flaws will be exposed and the old Qin Pavilion faction will have the opportunity to attack them.
Now that the two sides are evenly matched, they are really unwilling to take risks.
Xie Xiuwen had no say in this.
In fact, he was able to confirm that Fang Zheng had been given up by them only through the attitudes of the two pavilion elders at the court meeting.
The best outcome is that Fang Zheng is dismissed from office and deported; the worst outcome is that Fang Zheng is beheaded and the Fang family is exiled.
Xie Xiuwen had nothing to lament about this, because in officialdom, since he enjoyed the benefits of power, he naturally had to understand that he had to take responsibility.
You can't blame others for the housing levy.
Fang Zheng is not innocent, Xie Xiuwen has already determined this.
However, Fang Zheng was not a big head. At most, he ate some meat and he drank the soup.
So it’s hard to say how the Holy Spirit will judge this matter.
In the evening, when Li Shan came back, he went directly to the study to report the matter.
"Master, we have found out clearly that the people sent to instigate the Xie family are indeed from the Chen family. Master Chen is from the eldest brother's lineage, that is, his direct lineage. The people sent to Gaoyang County are from the second eldest brother's family."
Xie Xiuwen had doubts about this earlier, but now that it was confirmed, there was nothing surprising.
"Do you know why?"
"The Chen family has been separated for many years. Now the direct line is Mr. Chen's father's house, and they also live in the ancestral house. The people in the second house of the Chen family have all moved to the outer city. To this day, no one in the second house can The only person who can get it is the school secretary who donated a ninth-grade scholar a few years ago and is now working as an errand at the Hongwen Hall."
"Where are the others?"
"Most of the other people are idlers. The old man of the second wife is gone. Now the eldest son of the second wife is in charge. He used to be the third in the family, so people are accustomed to calling him Mr. Chen."
Li Shan heard a lot of news during this trip.
"Mr. Chen seems to be an idler, but in fact he often targets the Chen family in the inner city. In addition, Mr. Chen has a son who he thought of sending to Mr. Chen two years ago to ask him for advice, but However, he was sent back less than a month after leaving. It is said that he is a good woman and Mr. Chen can't control her. I'm afraid that Mr. Chen will also be angry over there. "
Xie Xiuwen chuckled. His son was not living up to expectations. Instead of strictly controlling his son, he blamed the person who pointed out the problem. Mr. Chen's brain is really hard to use.
"Is Third Master Chen's son still studying?"
"Yes, I am currently in an academy outside Beijing. It is not very famous, but it can still produce one or two achievements in every scientific examination."
Xie Xiuwen nodded: "So he is still a scholar?"
"I heard that it was very difficult for this scholar to take the exam, and he barely made it to the exam."
In this way, Xie Xiuwen knew what was going on.
"What's that boy's name?"
"Back to the master, Mr. Chen only has two sons who have won the scholarship. One is named Chen You, who is now the school secretary, and the other is named Chen Xing. They just got married last year. I heard that his wife already has a child. Pregnant."
"Okay, you can handle this matter and do as I say..."
However, in just a few days, some teahouses and restaurants in the outer city became lively, and even some academies and private schools were not spared.
Because of this, scholar Chen Xing actually skipped classes and went to a brothel in Beijing to have fun. I heard that when he came out of the brothel yawning the next morning, he was caught by his husband.
In this way, Chen Xing was angrily scolded by his teacher and was forcibly dropped out of school.
In a crowded place such as a brothel, the matter spread in less than two days. Some people even said that Chen Xing had slept among flowers and willows for several days, which angered his husband and drove him out.
In short, this rumor is spreading more and more widely, and it is becoming more exaggerated.
Chen Xing was now banned at home. Mr. Chen was so angry that he threw two sets of tea sets, but he still couldn't calm down his anger at this time.
It's not that he doesn't have any sons, but he is the only one who is good at studying.
Therefore, Chen Sanye has always had high expectations for his son. He is just waiting for him to be elected in the next year, so that he will be happy. When the time comes, he will have the status of being elected, even if he donates an official position and makes money, he can also get around. A seventh-grade official does it.
The result is good!
Before you even get the chance to succeed, your own future has been ruined.
Although Mr. Chen Sanye has a son with an official status, it was donated with money, and he barely passed the examination as a scholar. Among the students who were also scholars, his status was considered to be the highest. Rather embarrassing.
Fusheng has the lowest status among scholars, and is generally considered to be the least knowledgeable.
Because of this, Chen Sanye thought of finding a job for Chen You and wanted to train Chen Xing more. After all, he was a new student. If he studied hard in the future, he would still be able to pass the examination.
The result is like this!
Chen Sanye was ready to kill his son.
His reputation has been ruined, and if he wants to donate an official position to him at this time, it will be impossible.
In desperation, Master Chen had no choice but to send Chen Xing away, specially to the remote Zhuangzi, and then invited his husband to teach in Zhuangzi.
Chen Sanye also hired a down-and-out civil servant. His family was in dire straits, so he urgently needed to make money.
Even so, Mr. Chen also felt humiliated and felt that other members of his clan were laughing at him for not being able to teach his son well.
After teaching Mr. Chen a lesson, Xie Xiuwen felt so sullen that he felt like he was going out of his mind.
If Xie Xiuwen dared to plot against him, how could he still expect himself to be magnanimous?
On the day of Xiu Mu, Xie Xiuwen went directly to Feng County.
"Brother Chen, I will be the best in this year's assessment. I came here today to ask Brother Chen whether he plans to stay in Beijing or work abroad."
Chen Bo was stunned. He didn't expect Xie Xiuwen to speak so straightforwardly.
The Chen family is not bad either. His brother is now also a doctor of the Imperial Academy, a fifth-rank official. When you hear this official position, you can tell that he is serving in the Imperial Academy. He belongs to the Qing Dynasty and has no real power in the court. But among the students, Among them, the status is pretty good, but it is more difficult to pave the way for Chen Bo.
