Before Xie Lin could start to show off his talents, Xie Huaiyi attacked Wang Ting.
Wang Ting came from a poor family, but after becoming a Jinshi in high school, he abandoned his wife and children, stopped his wife and remarried.
This matter was actually a matter of great turmoil back then, but in the end it was suppressed because the family of Wang Ting's new wife's mother-in-law was very powerful.
Of course, the most important thing is that they claimed that Wang Ting's first wife was unworthy and unfilial, and she failed to give birth to a son for Wang Ting, so she was divorced.
It seems that this kind of statement can be deceived.
At that time, it was because no one exposed the matter, and because Wang Ting's first wife had a poor background, no one was willing to help her. This led to her being wronged and eventually throwing herself into the river in anger.
After the death of Wang Ting's first wife, he left only two daughters. Now one of the two daughters is married and the other is still waiting in the harem. However, no matter which one they were, they were treated harshly by their stepmother and their lives were unsatisfactory.
Xie Yuan took action and ruined Wang Ting's reputation.
Wang Ting is an old disciple of Zheng Ge and comes from a poor family. He has always claimed to be the representative of students from poor families, but now he has become a joke in the capital!
It is an indisputable fact that Wang Ting's stepmother treated her stepdaughter harshly and deliberately withheld the dowry when choosing a husband for her stepdaughter.
No one expected that Wang Ting would suddenly be exposed to such a scandal.
Emperor Jingwen did not pay much attention to Wang Ting. In fact, he was somewhat dissatisfied with many officials of Zheng Ge Lao's faction.
Unlike some children from aristocratic families who became officials, they wanted benefits and official positions, and Emperor Jingwen was willing to give them.
However, many officials from Zheng Ge Lao's faction wanted both profit and reputation, which really disgusted Emperor Jingwen.
This time, Wang Ting's matter can be said to have touched Emperor Jingwen's bottom line.
As the matter intensified, some people came forward to point out that Wang Ting's first wife was forced to death by his current wife. Whatever was unvirtuous and unfilial was just a way they came up with to punish people!
Originally, Wang Ting's Yue family didn't take it seriously. After all, it was more than ten years ago. Besides, the woman was dead, so what else could be done?
Unexpectedly, seven or eight tribesmen came to Wang Ting's hometown, and with them came Wang Ting's ex-in-law's family, who directly took Wang Ting's step-in-law to court.
Why didn't they sue Wang Ting?
Haha, this is the brilliance of Wang Ting.
At that time, Wang Ting's current father-in-law, Liu An, took a fancy to him and was willing to marry his daughter to him and then support him. To put it bluntly, he saw that he had no foundation. Even if he ascended to a high position in the future, it would pave the way for the Liu family.
It is precisely because of this that Wang Ting did not intervene in the divorce of his wife. It was basically arranged by the Liu family.
Now that things have come out, the Jingzhao Mansion has taken over the case and started interrogating it. After repeated investigations, the Liu family was found.
Liu An was naturally unwilling to abandon his son. After pushing out several servants to take the blame, he found that it was still difficult to eliminate the disaster and had to put all the blame on his daughter.
Mrs. Liu also didn't expect that she would still be held accountable for old debts after being married for more than ten years!
Wang Ting's two daughters were also summoned. The two sisters held each other's hands and cried, not daring to say anything wrong about their father. They only said how hard it was for their mother to take care of the children in the family, but they didn't expect it in exchange for a divorce letter.
This is a disguised way of accusing Wang Ting of being ruthless and unjust!
When the matter reached this point, the Liu family also realized that it would be difficult to end the matter.
Some evidence was found out about the Liu family's forcing Wang Ting's first wife. For example, Wang Ting's eldest daughter still hid the letter that Liu family wrote to her mother. The words in it were vicious and even threatened her if she didn't invite her. The Tang Dynasty wanted to kidnap her and sell her, and her two daughters would not be treated well.
In this way, Liu's guilt will naturally be confirmed.
When the news reached the palace, Emperor Jingwen was furious!
Immediately, an order was issued to order Jingzhao Yinsuo to imprison Liu for interrogation, and Wang Ting's official position was also withheld. However, Emperor Jingwen did not directly dismiss him from office, but asked him to reflect at home. As for how long he would reflect, the emperor did not say.
Wang Ting was angry and regretful.
What makes her angry is that her eldest daughter also jumped out to interfere. If it weren't for the letters she hid, Mrs. Liu would not have been convicted of forcing people to death.
The regret is that he should not have been soft-hearted at that time and should not have kept these two daughters!
But now that the incident has happened, if he dares to do anything to his two daughters, His Majesty will be the first to reprimand him.
Therefore, he can't do anything now and doesn't dare to do anything.
Mrs. Liu's incident became a big deal, eventually involving her father and brother. Fortunately, Mrs. Liu was also a bloody person. In the end, she killed herself without waiting for trial.
If she dies, she can at least save her father and brother, as well as her own children, and at least there won't be a wicked woman sentenced to death.
Although her reputation was ruined, she was still different from a convict wife.
Even so, Emperor Jingwen did not forgive Wang Ting, and Mr. Zheng Ge and others saw the emperor's anger and did not dare to come forward to intercede for the time being.
Xie Xiuwen was happy to see such a result.
It’s not a good thing anyway, it’s considered a cycle of cause and effect, and you’ll get bad retribution.
When Xie Lin became the Minister of Household Affairs, the first thing he did was to formulate the relevant regulations for the Qingzhang.
After all, Xie Lin still didn't quite understand the holy meaning, so he came specifically to ask Xie Xiuwen for advice.
"His Majesty is a wise king. He is determined to implement the new policy. This includes some opinions of Teacher Xu and the political opinions of several other ministers. I think it is feasible. The key depends on whether His Majesty's attitude is firm. This new policy has been on hold for two or three years, and the previous border trade issue was just a test. Now that the border trade is going well and the treasury is abundant, my army no longer has to worry about preparing for war, so the Holy One naturally wants to implement his new policy."
Only then did Xie Lin understand, "But the Ministry of Revenue seems unwilling to cooperate with His Majesty?"
"Brother Xian, you are right. The people in the Ministry of Revenue feel that it is impossible for Your Majesty to implement the New Deal. After all, there are many obstacles, and they are not willing to offend others. Therefore, this matter can be delayed as long as possible. If they were not so perfunctory, Your Majesty would not The meeting immediately dismissed the former right minister."
Xie Lin nodded, indeed.
Since you are a minister and it is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, there is no reason to stand aside just because you are afraid of offending others. This is really contemptible.
"Brother Zicheng, my foolish brother is willing to try his best for the New Deal, but the remaining one is working in the Ministry of Household Affairs, which is really beyond his capabilities."
"Don't worry, dear brother, it won't be long before you have help. Your Majesty is very determined to implement the New Deal. If the Minister of Revenue does not try his best in this matter, His Majesty will naturally see it. You can take it easy and take care of yourself first." Once things are done well, in a few days, new people will be hired in the household department, and by then you won’t be fighting alone.”
