After hearing this, Yao Tingyu became furious.
He was already very old. In anger, he puffed his beard and glared, pointed at Fu Qingyi's nose and cursed: "Who gave you the right to spy on and investigate the Qin Kyoto Prefecture! Who do you think you are!"
"Yes, yes, I was obsessed with it and wanted to bring down Liu Changqing too much." Fu Qingyi also felt scared at this time: "I wanted to secretly collect some evidence against Liu Changqing to impeach him, and completed it quietly. , but I never expected that Jin Yiwei would intervene."
"Stupid! Extremely stupid!" Yao Tingyu scolded: "Let alone you, a minister of etiquette, no one has the right to monitor and investigate a second-rank minister!"
"Even if Liu Changqing is really corrupt and perverting the law, His Majesty must order a direct investigation by the Yushi Mansion."
"Even the royal guards must have the emperor's order!"
"Go ask Liang Yuan and Yang Zhao, do they dare to spy on the ministers of the DPRK at will?"
"You have exceeded your authority in this matter, Fu Qingyi!"
"Yes, but I just want to collect some evidence secretly." At this moment, Fu Qingyi woke up after being scolded, and he was getting more and more panicked, and his words were a little incoherent.
"Then it depends on how this matter is defined." Yao Tingyu began to calm down after getting angry.
"Please also ask Mr. Yao to come to the rescue." Fu Qingyi bowed deeply again.
The status of a duke is very impressive, and Yao Tingyu also has the aura of being a minister, a veteran, and so on. If he is willing to come forward, there will be room for maneuver in many things.
After thinking about it, Yao Tingyu said calmly: "Go and ask for demotion immediately. This may lead to a good result."
"What?" Fu Qingyi thought he heard wrongly: "Mr. Yao, is the matter so big? This official is the Minister of Rites."
"One thing may be big or small, but what about what you did before?" Yao Tingyu said seriously: "Your son was imprisoned, but you started sending people to monitor Kyoto Prefecture and Liu Changqing, what is this! "
"Anyone will connect them, and this matter will also involve the court. When the time comes, do you think anyone will add insult to injury over this matter."
"Not to mention others, Jiang Yi will definitely stand up and take this opportunity to criticize you, and most likely he will label you as a partisan!"
"Party fighting?" Fu Qingyi was confused and stammered: "How is this possible? How dare a lower official form a party."
"But what you did cannot be cleansed!" Yao Tingyu reminded: "And maybe it will harm Wei Changlin."
"What?" Fu Qingyi widened his eyes and said, "Tingwei Mansion just went through a normal procedure."
"But it was you who requested it, wasn't it?" Yao Tingyu said, "This gives others the label of promoting your relationship."
"Then go and beg the Queen. The Queen has always been soft-hearted and will definitely not refuse to save her." Fu Qingyi is still determined to give up.
"Don't go!" Yao Tingyu dashed his hope: "My queen is kind and soft-hearted, but she can't interfere in everything. If you go, I will be scolded by my queen."
"You dare to spy on and investigate a Kyoto Prefecture order, which is your biggest mistake!"
"Resign, or be demoted. If you take the initiative to go to His Majesty as soon as possible, you can still keep your title. Otherwise, if it comes to the court, it will no longer be a matter of your title."
"Is this the only way? Mr. Yao?"
Fu Qingyi's body softened and he slumped down on the chair.
If it's supervision during normal official duties, that's totally fine.
But what Fu Qingyi did was already beyond this nature. It was a kind of private, strict tracking and monitoring, and investigating the privacy of high-ranking officials.
If a second-grade minister could be monitored at will, wouldn't it be a mess?
Seeing his devastated look, Yao Tingyu took a deep breath and said slowly: "Since the Jin Yiwei has intervened, it means that His Majesty already knows the entire process of this matter, and it will inevitably fall into a larger political whirlpool. You should go quickly."
After a long while, Fu Qingyi murmured: "Mr. Yao, is there really no other way?"
Yao Tingyu said no more.
at dusk.
In the palace study, Xiao Yuan had finished handling today's government affairs and had just put down his writing brush when the attendant came to report: "Your Majesty, Mr. Fu Qingyi, the Minister of Rites, would like to see you."
Xiao Yuan was not surprised. While sorting out the memorials on the case, he said: "Let him come in."
"promise."
The attendant passed the message, and soon, Fu Qingyi entered, knelt on the ground, and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, my Majesty, long live my emperor."
"Get back on your feet." Xiao Yuan said casually, without picking up the topic first: "Why do you come to see me at this time?"
"Your Majesty, sir." Fu Qingyi hesitated and hesitated, and finally said bravely: "I am obsessed with finding evidence of Liu Changqing's crime, so I sent people to monitor the minister and beg your Majesty to convict me."
"However, I am the Minister of Rites, and I feel deeply that my talents are not worthy of my position and that I have failed the emperor's favor. I beg to be demoted and demoted to serve the country in a bitter and cold place."
Xiao Yuan said lukewarmly: "There is no need for me to give orders to monitor and investigate a second-grade minister. Master Fu has such great power."
Hearing this, Fu Qingyi was shocked, his head hit the ground, and he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty knows clearly, how dare I do this? Loyalty can be shown to the sun and the moon, and it is difficult to repay the emperor's kindness with nine deaths. It was only because of his deceit that he committed such a big crime." It’s wrong, and I don’t even dare to ask for His Majesty’s forgiveness.”
Xiao Yuan stared at him.
Fu Qingyi was kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise his head. His body was already trembling slightly, and cold sweat had already broken out.
The power of Emperor Qin who unified the world was impressive.
After a while, Xiao Yuan's voice came over: "Then did you find out anything about Liu Changqing?"
"No, no," Fu Qingyi stammered.
Xiao Yuan sneered: "Go to Southern Xinjiang and become an agricultural envoy."
The Agricultural Envoy of Southern Xinjiang is an official position that teaches farming and mulberry farming exchanges in Southern Xinjiang. It is only the seventh rank, which can be said to be the last one.
But Fu Qingyi, as if he had been granted amnesty, quickly kowtowed again: "Thank you for your kindness——"
"Go down." Xiao Yuan waved his hand slightly.
"Yes, I am retiring. After going to southern Xinjiang, I must be self-restrained and diligent." Fu Qingyi looked respectful.
Fortunately, the title is still there. This is capital, and there will be opportunities in the future.
After leaving the study, Fu Qingyi let out a long breath and suddenly felt a chill on his back, and then felt cold sweat all over his body.
Your Majesty's majesty cannot be violated.
He raised his sleeves to wipe his forehead, and left here with lingering fear.
The next day, the Ministry of Personnel received an order from Xiao Yuan. Fu Qingyi, the Minister of Rites, was demoted to Southern Xinjiang. Li Zhengfang was shocked when he saw this, but he did not dare to ask more questions and hurriedly followed the request.
Fu Qingyi left Chang'an. At first, the court officials didn't know the details of this matter, but it spread within a few days.
Many officials looked at Liu Changqing with some changes in their eyes. In everyone's mind, they naturally thought that this was a political struggle. Both sides used their own methods, but Fu Qingyi lost the fight and was demoted.
Who says Liu Changqing never engages in court fights? Look, doesn't this lead to enemies?
One day after going to court, Jiang Yi even said to Liu Changqing: "Master Liu is awesome!"
Liu Changqing was a little dazed, but he ignored it.
To be honest, he didn't even know what was going on. He was just doing what he should do as usual.
In other words, Liu Changqing never thought of starting a fight with Fu Qingyi. From the beginning to the end, Fu Qingyi was the one doing it all by himself, but he died first. Who could he ask to reason with?
