Chapter 318: Looking for the Blue Sky

The news that Xiao Fan angrily beat the minister outside the Jin Palace quickly spread.

No one expected that the gentle British Duke would do it as soon as he said he could do it. The right censor Jing Qing was beaten to the ground for several days, his body was covered in scars, and he was lying on the bed and humming.

Some inside stories behind this incident were also spread. The beatings all occurred because of the capital. However, the move of the capital was the British Duke. Because of opposing the moving of the capital, two ministers had already shed blood in the morning court. One was Jing Qing, who was beaten up by Xiao Fan, and the other was Yang Jing, the Minister of Justice who took the initiative to seek abuse and fainted from the kowtow.

Such fierce opposition voices at the court meeting have been seen since Hongwu. There is no doubt that the move to the capital has touched the pain of many ministers. Whether it is in favor or opposition, everyone vaguely noticed that the calm storm in the court was coming, and British Duke Xiao Fan once again stood at the forefront of the storm, ready to welcome the upcoming waves. A fierce collision between the conservatives and the treacherous party will also take place, and the outcome is unpredictable.

After the news of the capital was dispersed, it was rumored in the capital. Ji Gang was so angry that he heard the news that he had just established. The network of interest relations that had been hard-working was disrupted by Xiao Fan's words. If the capital was moved to Peiping, it would mean that all relations would be invalidated. After the capital was moved, there would inevitably be a great personnel change in the court. Ji Gang used to take advantage of Xiao Fan's opportunity to move to the north to suppress the rebellion. Now Xiao Fan is in the court in the capital. He dared not imagine what position Ji Gang will be suppressed in the future.

Xiao Fan is no longer just blocking his way of wealth, he simply won't give him a way out.

For the sake of vital interests, even if you are afraid of Xiao Fan, you have to fight back! The rabbit is forced to bite people even if it is too late, let alone Ji Gang, who is tyrannical by nature?

After Ji Gang made up his mind, he quickly entered Jing Qing's mansion. The two of them secretly discussed in the mansion for a long time.

Jing Qing, who was beaten by Xiao Fan, showed his precious quality of being slightly injured but not falling from the front line. In the afternoon of the same day, he summoned the censors of the Inspectorate and most of the ministers in the court who were unwilling to move the capital. Everyone gathered together to fight against Xiao Fan's evil deeds and ill-fighting laws. Everyone present expressed their willingness to submit a memorial to the emperor, impeach the traitors, and fight with the traitors.

In the next few days, the officials of various departments, the thirteen censors of the Inspectorate, as well as the ministers of various departments in the court, and the ministers of various departments in the court, fiercely opposed the movement of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and vaguely pointed out that the treacherous and slandered the power of the court, and tried to deceive the emperor into violating the ancestral system and subvert the Ming Dynasty.

The snow-filled memoir flew into the palace, and Zhu Yunwen's desk accumulated several feet of money. In order to express his firmness in opposition, many ministers actually wrote blood letters to show that they would never compromise. As for whether these blood was chicken blood or duck blood, it was impossible to verify.

Within a few days, Xiao Fan had become the target of public criticism and became fiercely opposed to the civil and military officials of the court.

The capital was covered with clouds, and lightning and thunder were heard in the court.

Inside the Xiao Mansion Flower Hall.

Ru Wei looked at Xiao Fan with a wry smile and said, "Dude, let's do everything before you can do it. This time you propose to move the capital, it's really too urgent..."

Xiao Fan sighed: "The stubborn and conservative ministers in the court are all numb and selfish. The move of the capital has touched their interests. How can they compromise? No matter what means they use, they will not agree. Since we are not good at it, what is the difference between our plan and our plan?"

"Now the censors and censors in the court are frequently walking around, and there are countless memorials to impeach you. It is said that the right censor Jing Qing privately contacted the ministers and prepared to write a letter to force the emperor to punish you. The situation is a bit bad! We might as well... why not give up moving the capital? Where is the capital set? Is it really so important to me, Daming?" Ru Rong advised with great painstakingly that he had been with Xiao Fan for many years. This old fox, who has been extremely slick since the Hongwu Dynasty, still has a deep appreciation for Xiao Fan, a young man. Many times he even thought about giving Xiao Fan some help within his ability regardless of the interests, and even admitting it even if he suffered some losses.

Xiao Fan looked determined on his face, raised his eyes and looked at Ru Wei, and said solemnly: "No! The capital must be moved! It must be done! This can only be done in the hands of our generation. In our next generation, who has the courage to complete it? We are seeking the welfare of the country and the descendants. Moving is a matter of benefit for the future. No matter how much resistance we encounter, I must complete it!"

Ru Wei was silent for a long time and said, "How many people can understand the country after his hard work?"

Xiao Fan laughed: "Although thousands of people, I'm leaving!"

"But... those stubborn ministers are ready to jointly impeach you. If these people jointly launch, they will not even be able to suppress the impact on the court. The situation is critical. Why must the Duke of the State face the edge?" Ru Rong said bitterly.

Xiao Fan lowered his head and stared at the teacup covered in his hand, and said quietly: "Everything will not change at all. I have been waiting for an appropriate opportunity. If this opportunity cannot be waited, I don't mind being a wicked person and achieving Bodhi under the butcher's knife."

At the end of June, the court in the capital maintained a strange calm, while the ministers' private exchanges became more and more frequent and close. Yuan Zhong, the assistant minister of the Jinyiwei Capital, reported secretly several times, and Cao Yi repeatedly urged Xiao Fan to attack the ministers, but Xiao Fan was still unmoved.

He has been patient and waiting.

Without any last resort, Xiao Fan does not want to achieve his goals by violent means. If he has too much blood in his hands, he will be unhappy. Xiao Fan longs to spend the rest of his life with joy without regret.

Xiao Fan gave in, but the ministers rushed forward. In the strange calm atmosphere, the ministers stared at Xiao Fan's eyes getting colder day by day.

The storm is about to come and the wind fills the building.

A few days later, Zhu Yunwen summoned Xiao Fan into the palace and advised him to give up his proposal to move the capital. Zhu Yunwen was so overwhelmed by the mountain of memorials that the ministers had piled up. In order not to let Xiao Fan be submerged in the criticism of the ministers, Zhu Yunwen had to persuade Xiao Fan to give up.

Xiao Fan smiled faintly, but his original intention remained unchanged.

In early July, the right censor Jing Qing wrote a letter to the Jin Palace, impeaching Xiao Fan for more than ten major crimes such as "relying on favor and abusing power, asking for bribes and accepting bribes, framing loyal and kind, and suppressing dissidents". The censors from various departments and ancestral departments agreed and agreed to ask Zhu Yunwen to punish him.

The treacherous parties were not willing to be outdone and went out to defend Xiao Fan one after another.

The court changed color again, and lightning and thunder were roaring on the Golden Palace, sparking sparks. The struggle for capital migration triggered a long-standing conflict between various factions in the court, and the storm that had been brewing for a long time was officially launched.

Xiao Fan once again became the focus of the storm center, but he was extremely calm. So many ministers in the Golden Palace were impeached fiercely, but Xiao Fan didn't even say a word of defense.

The focus of the debate in the court over the past few days was the more than ten so-called crimes about Xiao Fan. Ji Gang and Jingqing were flipping behind the scenes, and Ru Xie Jin stood in front to defend himself. Zhu Yunwen appeared fair and impartial, but he dragged the court's discussion again and again, and he was reluctant to draw a conclusion.

After three days of stalemate, the court was in a noisy state but still had no results.

After the court was dispersed, Xiao Fan walked out of the palace gate in his official uniform and looked calm, sat in an official sedan chair, and returned home in a mighty manner surrounded by guards.

In the swaying sedan chair, Xiao Fan frowned and his hands, which were gathered in his sleeves, clenched into fists.

The situation is a bit bad. The longer the matter is, the more likely the move to the capital is to end, and it is very likely to cause trouble. In the past few days, the ministers' voices of impeachment of him became louder and louder, and Zhu Yunwen and the traitors gradually could not resist it. If the matter came to the last step, those ministers used the old trick of crying, making trouble and hanging at the same time, forcing Zhu Yunwen to deal with him, then I'm afraid Zhu Yunwen would not be able to sit still.

What should I do? Should I change to a violent way to arrest and kill some ministers who oppose him in order to achieve the purpose of intimidating the court?

Xiao Fan was hesitating. Although he had violent institutions in his hands, he really didn't like to use killing to achieve his goals.

As long as he has a one-ten thousand chance to solve the problem with the wind and drizzle, Xiao Fan will work hard to the end. He doesn't want to make a bloody storm, even though he has this ability.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Xiao Fan suddenly heard a harsh gong outside. Then, he felt the sedan chair shake and then stopped.

Before he opened the curtain to ask, the guards outside shouted violently: "Bold! How dare you collide with the British Duke's official commander? Take it down!"

Amid the chaotic sound of the steel knife being unsheathed, a anxious and indignant male voice came into Xiao Fan's ears.

"The defiled officials are rampant, and the blue sky is hard to see. The grass people are in the street for death. If you want to find the blue sky, you should not be willing to die!"

The guard shouted coldly: "I have found the wrong person for complaint! This is the British official, not Yingtian Mansion! Take it down!"

The male voice shouted in grief and anger: "The officials in this world protect each other, are there no place where the blue sky and white sun?"

The sound is like a cuckoo crying blood, and the sad and heartbreaking.

Xiao Fan sat in the sedan chair, and heard this, and then he moved his heart, so he reached out and lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and said coldly: "Slow down! Get off!"

When the guard heard this, he stopped. Xiao Fan looked up and saw a man in his twenties kneeling on the ground in front of the ceremonial war, describing his desolate expression, with anger and uncompromising determination. He looked straight ahead with clear eyes and met Xiao Fan's scrutiny. He held a white silk high with his hands, and three big "injustice" characters written in blood on the silk. The bright red characters were flying and flying, so shocking.

Xiao Fan looked at it and said in a deep voice: "Who are you?"

"The grass-roots Liu Gongming of Suzhou."

"Who is the sued?"

"Cai Ji Gang, deputy commander of the Jinyiwei!"

Xiao Fan's eyelids twitched and he said coldly: "It is disrespectful to sue the officials with the people. If you sue them at the higher level, you will violate the clear laws. Do you know your crime?"

Liu Gongming kowtowed to the ground with one head and said sternly: "But if you can make grievances, you will have no regrets if you die!"

Xiao Fan was silent in the sedan chair and said, "Do you know who I am?"

Liu Gongming kowtowed and said, "The imperial title of Duke of England, the commander of the Jinyiwei, Lord Xiao, is the only one in the court who is not afraid of Ji Gang's power, so he asks the Lord to make the decision for the people! If the Lord cannot move the powerful Ji Gang, the people will have nothing to say, they will only die!"

The guards next to the sedan chair were furious when they heard this and shouted in unison: "Bold! So arrogant!"

Facing Liu Gongming's calm and fearless gaze, Xiao Fan was a little shocked and refused to sue for his death. How much wronged is this man?

"What did you tell me?"

Liu Gongming rested on the ground and said, "Caomin is a good family in Suzhou. His father once served as the Suzhou Prefecture Promoter. Caomin's sister Liu's age was 28 years old. Two months ago, Ji Gang came to Suzhou for the imperial examination. Caomin's sister was elected. This was a happy event. Unexpectedly, a few days ago, the bad news came from the capital. A private army in the brocade clothes came to Caomin with a pair of thin coffins and 500 taels of silver. He said that the sister in the palace accidentally fell into the water and died. The five hundred taels of silver were the pension and compensation given by the court. Caomin did not dare to say too much.

He could only bear the grief and accepted the silver and buried his sister. Unexpectedly, Caomin accidentally heard from relatives of the women who entered the palace with the same sister, saying that the sister did not enter the palace at all, but was intercepted by Ji Gang's minions on the way to the capital, and secretly included them in his mansion to provide for his lust. Caomin was puzzled and asked the coroner of Suzhou Prefecture to open a coffin and examine the body. After examination, he found that the sister's body was unclean and had countless scars on her body. The fatal injury was a three-point knife mark on her neck. Lord Duke, how was this caused by drowning?"

Xiao Fan was shocked. The beautiful girl was nominally the emperor's prospective wife. Ji Gang dared to intercept the beautiful girl and incorporate it into his mansion. What is this? This is cuckolding Zhu Yunwen!

Ji Gang, you are lawless!

"Liu Gongming, this matter is serious and you can't joke. You should know what the crime is for falsely accusing the court ministers." Xiao Fan resisted the shock and said calmly.

Liu Gongming leaned deeply on the ground and said sternly: "What Caomin said is true, and there are also some evidences. When Ji Gang sent someone to pay the money, there was also a document stamped with him. Caomin sued the Suzhou government office, but Suzhou government did not dare to accept the lawsuit. In order to give her sister a clean innocence, Caomin had to go to Beijing alone and stop him in the street, begging the Lord to uphold justice and restore the world to the bright world!"

"Take the paper and official documents to my country's minister."

Liu Gongming held them over his head with both hands, and the guards took them over and handed them to Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan looked at it for a moment, and a cold smile gradually rose on the corner of his mouth.

He turned his head and ordered the guards to arrange Liu Gongming and relevant witnesses to immediately protect him in a secret place. Then Xiao Fan slowly lowered the curtain of the sedan chair and continued to walk forward.

When passing by Liu Gongming, a sentence was left faintly in the sedan chair.

"Liu Gongming, my country's official has taken your paper!"

On the afternoon of the day when he took the paper, Ji Gang, with a pale face, entered Xiao's mansion.

In the front hall of Xiao Mansion, Ji Gang wiped his head full of sweat, but a smile that was even worse than crying came out from the corner of his mouth.

Xiao Fan raised his eyebrows as if he was smiling: "Come and give money?"

"Ah?" Ji Gang was frightened by Xiao Fan's straightforwardness, and then shook his head in a hurry: "The Duke of China was joking..."

Xiao Fan's eyes were filled with disappointment and a dull look of disappointment and said lightly: "Oh... Then are you here to complain?"

When he mentioned the word "complaint", Ji Gang jumped up as if he was kicked, and immediately sat down, and his whole body trembled slightly.

"Who is the complaint? The official has no intention of complaining..."

Xiao Fan's smile had a deep meaning: "My Duke thought that Lord Ji had suffered some grievances, so he came to complain to me to seek justice..."

Ji Gang's expression became more and more uneasy, and he smiled while wiping his cold sweat, "The prince is becoming more and more funny. The subordinates are not wronged or harmed. What are you complaining about if you have nothing to do? Haha..."

Xiao Fan laughed and said, "It's good to have no injustice or disasters. People live to be comfortable and worry-free. Lord Ji, are you right?"

Ji Gang said with a hint of panic: "What the Duke of the State said is very good."

Xiao Fan was as if he was watching the fire and knew the purpose of Ji Gang's visit. For Ji Gang, the piece of paper made by Liu Gongming was like a nuclear bomb explosion, and the consequences were very serious. If another official took the paper, Ji Gang might be able to press it down with a power bomb, but it was Xiao Fan who brought the paper. Now Ji Gang had no choice but to come and ask for it softly.

Xiao Fan is in a good mood now, just like when he was gambling, he thought he had grabbed a pair of ten, but when he turned over, he found that it was a pair of two heavenly supreme cards. Zhuang Xian had his own will. By chance, the initiative of the Chaozheng fight gradually returned to Xiao Fan's hands...

The two of them had been resentful for a long time, and even spoke politely, so they simply stopped talking, and the front hall of the Xiao Mansion was silent.
To be continued...