I don't know why, but when the emperor heard Qin Fang say this, he suddenly wanted to laugh. He remembered that Qin Fang was a long-winded person. Only he and Du Ke had seen this kind of long-windedness. If the ministers could also see it, it would be very interesting. Suddenly, the emperor had an idea. Some suffering should be borne by everyone.
When the minister heard Qin Fang say this, he thought Qin Fang was afraid. He said in a cold voice: "General Qin, I heard news today that General Qin condoned the son-in-law of his servant to bully others by abusing his power. I wonder if this is true?"
Qin Fang was very confused when he heard it: "I wonder which servant's son-in-law this gentleman is asking about? Some of the servants in my family have concubines, and some don't. Those who have concubines haven't married yet, so I really don't know which servant in my family has a son-in-law. I hope this gentleman can give me some advice."
"You..." How could he start talking? "Regardless of who the servant is, shouldn't General Qin explain this matter?"
Qin Fang said even more innocently: "I don't even know what happened. May I ask this lord, how should I explain it? But from what you said, it seems to be very clear. Why don't you explain it to me?"
"You..."
"General Qin, I also heard about this matter. I also heard that this incident happened in Laiwang County. For this reason, the county magistrate of Laiwang County went to the general's office for advice. But General Qin avoided seeing me. Could it be that General Qin was guilty?"
Qin Fang was even more puzzled: "My Lord, I wonder when this happened?"
The Lord said: "Six days ago."
Qin Fang smiled and breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it: "So it was six days ago. It wasn't that I avoided seeing you. Six days ago, I was not in Yunxiang County, but in the palace. Speaking of which, I don't know who spread the rumor, my Lord. That person is really abominable. I was obviously not in Yunxiang County, but he still spread the rumor that I avoided seeing you. Please tell me, my Lord, what crime should I be punished for spreading rumors about an official appointed by the court?"
The Lord: "..." Who the hell knew that Qin Fang was not in Yunxiang County? So it doesn't make sense that he was just putting on airs and avoiding seeing you?
However, suddenly, someone spoke up: "General Qin, as the garrison commander of Yunxiang County, cannot leave the capital easily. It is a serious crime for the garrison commander of Shucheng to leave the county."
"This..." Qin Fang turned to the emperor.
But the emperor did not speak to explain for him, and continued to look at him.
The minister continued: "I wonder if General Qin left Yunxiang County with the emperor's order?"
Qin Fang said honestly: "No."
As soon as Qin Fang said no, the ministers who had been silent before began to speak.
"Your Majesty, Qin Fang, as a garrison guarding the city, left the county town without permission. Please punish him."
"Your Majesty, Qin Fang, as a garrison guarding the city, actually left the county town without permission. This is a disregard for the people in the city."
"Your Majesty..."
Qin Fang looked at their formation and knew that these people wanted to punish them, or in other words, to kill them? Qin Fang had just entered the court and saw this kind of situation for the first time. He finally understood a truth: these people wanted to kill people without asking for reasons. Anyway, they just wanted to bully anyone they caught.
Qin Fang said: "Although I left the county town privately, I had important matters to discuss with the emperor."
"Oh? I wonder what the important matter was that General Qin was doing? Could it be a big deal that was worth General Qin leaving the county town privately?"
"That's right, if the garrison claims to have important matters to leave the county town, then where is the national law?"
"In that case, what is the use of national law?" "
That's right..."
The officials echoed one by one.
Qin Fang said, "But I can't tell you what I want to see the emperor about. The emperor gave me a secret order. If I tell you, I will be guilty of deceiving the emperor. Ministers, do you really want to know?"
The originally lively Jinluan Palace suddenly became silent. They were blaming Qin Fang one by one, but Qin Fang had a secret order on him. How could they have the courage to know what the secret order was?
Wei Hong remained silent. From the moment Qin Fang appeared, he knew there was no hope. Qin Fang would appear in the capital, and he was summoned by the emperor to meet him, which only meant that the emperor had already met him. Let's not talk about these. As long as Qin Fang is not in Yunxiang County, then they have no hope of suspending Qin Fang.
Originally, Qin Fang himself was not there, and other people's defense was pale. The court sent someone to investigate the matter, and then delayed it for a while. However, Yunxiang County had mines and could not be without defense, so someone else was found to replace Qin Fang. Then, when Qin Fang's affairs were clear, he was transferred and the matter was over.
But now, Qin Fang appeared in the Golden Palace, so there was no hope for this matter. Therefore, Wei Hong did not speak.
Of course, at the beginning, he did not intend to speak. If he spoke, it would inevitably arouse the emperor's suspicion.
Then, Qin Fang knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I have been wronged. Please help me to seek justice."
The emperor watched the show for a while and wrote down all the people who targeted Qin Fang. He asked, "What injustice have you suffered?"
Qin Fang said, "The ministers just heard about it and spread rumors about me in front of Your Majesty. They didn't even ask me the reason. Is it because my official position is too low, so they can let you spread rumors? Moreover, they refused to reveal the source of the information. In this case, are they the ones who helped to spread rumors about me and frame court officials? So, please help me, Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, I just heard about it, and I forgot who told me."
"Your Majesty, I also heard people talk about it occasionally."
"Your Majesty..."
"Report..." Suddenly, a voice was heard outside.
Steward Chi walked down the steps and went to the door: "What's the matter? Didn't you see the emperor in the morning court?"
The guard said: "Standard Chi, someone outside the palace is carrying a nine-foot-high statue to ask to see the emperor. The statue is a portrait of the emperor."
Steward Chi: "What? What's going on? Who is so bold?"
The guard said: "It's the second son Du. The second son Du said that this is a
portrait of the emperor carved by the people of Yunxiang County, so?" The second son Du? Didn't he go to Yunxiang County? He came back? And it was also a portrait of the emperor carved by the people of Yunxiang County? What's going on? Steward Chi felt that this matter was related to the General's Mansion, so he came to the emperor: "Your Majesty..." Steward Chi whispered about this matter.
The emperor raised his eyebrows, very surprised. A portrait carved by the people of Yunxiang County? Interesting. "Send Du Xingran to the emperor."
Chief Steward Chi: "Send Du Xingran to the emperor."
The ministers looked at each other.
"Who is this Du Xingran?"
"Why did we suddenly see another person named Du Xingran?"
The Second Young Master Du was a nobody, so it was normal that the ministers present didn't know him. However, Wei Hong did know him. He and Du Ke were old acquaintances, and Wei Wu and Du Xingran often played together, so how could he not know Du Xingran? Wei Hong stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, why did Your Majesty suddenly summon the Second Young Master Du to meet you? What big thing happened?"
Those who didn't know Du Xingran, when Wei Hong mentioned the Second Young Master Du's reputation, some of them realized belatedly that the only person who could be called the Second Young Master Du in the capital must be the son of Minister Du, but... what did this son of Minister Du do?
Everyone was still confused.
The emperor said, "I don't know either, Wei Aiqing, just wait and see."
After a while, Du Xingran came, covered in dust. However, Du Xingran did not come by himself, but brought people to carry the statue to the door of the Golden Palace, so all the ministers in the Golden Palace saw the statue. The nine-foot-high statue scared everyone, and some even looked up. Although it was not very similar, the statue was still three-quarters similar to the emperor. Moreover, the statue was wearing a tattered piece of clothing, which was full of patches. What's going on?
Wei Hong said, "Du Er, what are you doing? What's the matter with this statue of the emperor and this tattered piece of clothing full of patches?"
Du Xingran said, "Don't be impatient, Lord Wei." As he said that, he saluted the emperor first, "Your humble servant Du Xingran pays homage to the emperor."
The emperor raised his hand, motioned him to stand up, and pointed to the statue and asked, "What's going on?" You have to know that if you carve the emperor's statue casually, you will be beheaded if you are not careful.
Du Xingran said, "Your Majesty, this is a portrait of your Majesty carved by a dozen carving masters in Yunxiang County, representing the wishes of tens of thousands of people in Yunxiang County. The clothes on this portrait are not patches, but clothes for all people. Each piece of cloth comes from an ordinary family, and Bingyun Xiangjun personally sewed these cloths into clothes for all people, and then put them on the portrait."
The emperor stood up, then got off the dragon chair and walked to the statue step by step. Although he didn't know what happened, he was still very moved when he heard Du Xingran say that this patched clothes were clothes for all people. What did it mean for the people to give him clothes for all people? It was the will of the people. He reached out and touched the clothes for all people on the portrait, and then looked at the high and mighty portrait. At this moment, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the portrait looked like himself. The emperor turned around and said, "What exactly happened? Tell me in detail."
Wei Hong sighed. He knew that this time, he could not do anything to Qin Fang. When Du Xingran said that the people of Yunxiang County carved the portrait and the clothes for the people for the emperor, he knew that there was no more drama. But what did the clothes for the people mean?
Du Xingran said: "Your Majesty, that day, I went to Yunxiang County to deliver a letter for Qin Fang. I saw that the road out of Yunxiang County was very lively, and many people were working on the road. I was curious, so I went to ask, and then I learned that the people of Yunxiang County were repairing the road."
The emperor was shocked: "Repairing the road?" Road construction requires a lot of money, "Where do they get the money?"
Du Xingran said: "It's the emperor's money. The emperor exempted the Qin family's royal grain franchisee from the franchise fee, so the Qin family used the agency fees of the county agents and the first year's profit of the royal grain factory to build the road. Bingyun Xiangjun said that the emperor's grace was so great that he exempted the Qin family from the franchise fee. The Qin family could not help but be grateful for the franchise fee of the Huangliang franchisee, so in addition to the agency fee of the county agent, they also used the first year's profit of the Huangliang factory to build a road.
In addition, the road was named Huangliang Road, and a monument was erected on Huangliang Road. The monument was named Huangliang Monument, and the monument was engraved with eulogies praising the emperor's wisdom and wisdom. The eulogy on the monument was thought up by the common people, the words were written by the county magistrate of Yunxiang County, and the carving was done by the engraver of Yunxiang County. The common people said, thank you to the emperor for the Huangliang franchise plan, which gave the potatoes and sweet potatoes grown by the common people a place to go and increased their income..."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
