If Fu Qingyi was useful to the court, he wouldn't come to him.
If I say this in front of His Majesty, I will probably be punished.
Liu Changqing's attitude made Fu Qingyi feel angry. He was trying to lose face by saying nice words, but the other party didn't give him any face. This would be intolerable to anyone, but he still asked softly: "You and my colleague We have known each other for such a long time. Although Quanzi is not sensible, he is still your descendant. If I can help you, I will remember your kindness."
"There is no such thing as kindness before the law!" Liu Changqing also lost his temper: "Even if my own son commits a crime, I will put him in jail!"
"You!" Fu Qingyi couldn't hold back his anger anymore: "I'm so humble and come to ask for help, but you really don't give me any face!"
"A case, in your words, is a matter of face!" Liu Changqing was also angry: "Where is the national law!"
Fu Qingyi gritted his teeth: "We are all officials of the imperial court. We will inevitably need to help each other in the future, so why do we have to do everything right!"
Liu Changqing angrily rebuked: "The national law is the national law! It is precisely because of your way of being an official, so that officials can protect each other, that there are many corruption, perversion of the law and injustice!"
Fu Qingyi was confused. He came to plead for mercy, but was scolded instead?
To be honest, he knew who Liu Changqing was, but he never thought that he was so unreasonable. How could an official do this in a worldly manner?
Doesn't he know that it is easy to break when it is too strong?
But before he could say anything else, Liu Changqing stood up and said, "This is all I have to say. Please excuse me, Mr. Fu!"
This is an eviction order.
"You! Liu Changqing! Don't be too arrogant!"
Fu Qingyi was furious, but under such circumstances, he could only glare at Liu Changqing, snort heavily, and walk away.
After he left, it didn't take long for Liu Changqing's wife to come over and asked tentatively: "I just saw Mr. Fu leaving angrily. Did you have a quarrel?"
"This person is the minister of the Ministry of Rites and is a third-rank official in the imperial court. He talks so much about the personal relationships between officials. It is really shameless!" Liu Changqing seemed to be still angry and said: "This kind of person is not worthy of being a court official. If I find an opportunity, I will definitely serve him." Please give him a copy before His Majesty."
"You can pull me down." His wife said, "When people come to visit you, you are colleagues after all. Who can bear to show off to others like this? You still have to read someone else's book. Are you sick?"
"What are you saying? As an official, you should ask for orders from the people, be loyal to the emperor and patriotism, and stick to your heart! What kind of favor exchange is there? If so, how many cases of favoritism and perversion of the law will occur!" Liu Changqing spoke righteously.
"Yes, yes, everything you said is right." His wife couldn't help but started to scold: "I only know that you have been an official for so many years, and you are still looking like this poor person. The last time you were promoted, you were able to win over others. If you throw the congratulatory gift out the door, there will be no one like you in the world. If you are like this, how can we live in this family and be an official?"
As he spoke, he felt even sadder: "I have been married to you for so long, and now I only have one maid by my side. I always wash your official uniforms. Is there such a second-grade minister?"
"Okay, okay, you were chatting with Fu Qingyi's wife earlier. Didn't you accept a gift from the Fu family?" Liu Changqing said.
"How is this possible? What nonsense are you talking about!" Although Mrs. Liu Changqing liked to nag him, she could still distinguish the seriousness of the matter very clearly.
Seeing Liu Changqing like this, she also knew that she didn't need to plead for mercy.
the other side.
After Fu Qingyi returned home, his wife immediately came over and asked eagerly: "How is it? Is the Kyoto Prefecture willing to let him go?"
"Don't think about it." Fu Qingyi was still angry: "I used this old face to say good things, but instead of showing any respect, he rebuked me in a high-sounding way. It's simply unreasonable! Who does he really think he is!"
"How could this happen?" His wife was a little dumbfounded: "You are also a minister of the DPRK, and you don't look up when you meet me. How could he not show any kindness to such a thing?"
Fu Qingyi said: "This person is pedantic and hateful! It's just like the stones in the latrine, they are smelly and hard!"
"Why don't you go to your superior, Yan Shangshu, to intercede?" His wife asked tentatively.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Fu Qingyi said angrily: "Yan Ming and I have always been at odds, and it's not like you don't know that. Furthermore, Yan Ming's face is nothing to Liu Changqing. He didn't know how to antagonize Yan in the court. How many times have I told you?"
"Then what can we do?" His wife was a little panicked.
Fu Qingyi took a deep breath and said after a while: "I think let's forget about this matter. That traitor has always acted arrogantly and refused to listen no matter how many times he said it. Now that something has happened, let him improve his memory!"
"You, are you still his father?" His wife was anxious: "Kang'er was sentenced to forty times with a cane, and now he is in prison. I don't know how painful it is. It's only one year. How do you want him to live?"
He even shed tears as he said: "I don't care, no matter what, I have to save Kang'er, and I must not let him spend a year in prison."
"Okay! Haven't I lost enough of my old face?" Fu Qingyi said.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" But his wife grabbed his arm and started crying: "Master, please find a way to save the child."
"If something happens to Kang'er, I won't be able to live anymore. Wuwuwuwu"
Such and such made Fu Qingyi feel more and more irritated: "Okay! Stop crying, okay!"
He threw away his arms, sat on the chair, and began to think, with the sound of his wife still sobbing beside him.
How to solve this matter.
If it happened in a general government office, it would be easy to handle given Fu Qingyi's official position.
But it is Kyoto Prefecture, which is equivalent to the highest level, and there is no means of interrogation elsewhere.
Who can pick up someone from Kyoto Prefecture? Without the emperor's order, even if the royal guards come, it won't work.
After thinking about it, there are only two ways, either to ask His Majesty to come forward.
This was directly rejected by Fu Qingyi. Not only was this impossible, but he would definitely be punished.
Then there is only one last option left, which is to ask Ting Wei to come forward.
Tingwei, the chief of the country's highest judicial institution, compiles the number of prisons nationwide and is in charge of prison sentences, revision of laws and regulations and other related matters.
In terms of authority, he has the right to question whether the judgment of the case is fair or to request a retrial.
The current court captain is still Wei Changlin, who was an important minister under Queen Xuan at the time and has a good relationship with Fu Qingyi.
In Fu Qingyi's opinion, Wei Changlin had also been criticized by Liu Changqing before, and everyone was from the Xuanzhou clan, so they should be able to help him.
Thinking of this, he had a direction. Seeing that his wife was still sobbing, he couldn't help frowning and scolding: "Cry, cry, cry! Just cry! If you hadn't indulged that rebellious son all day long, how could this happen today!"
"Okay! Tomorrow, I will sell this old face again!"
(End of chapter)
