Chapter 22 first boarding
The matter of the Ministry of Justice immediately spread all around Kyoto, and people expected that the three giants, the Supervisory Yuan, the Chancellor and Fan Xianshu, the big counterattack against the Ministry of Justice and the Metropolitan Police Force did not start right away, which was beyond the expectations of all the officials.
And the time of the temple examination, His Majesty the Emperor of Qing Guo finally expressed his attitude lightly, Fan Xian fancy a few people were selected into the second a, as for the first prize winner, but not surprisingly to the head of some long established scholars, and Fan Xian clear, these three names also appeared in the slips of paper, the first time when their own paste name is also done.
His Majesty the Emperor’s position on the case was more obvious, but also lies in the specific circumstances of the temple examination. When the banquet was passed around, all the officials were very surprised to find that Fan Xian, the fifth-ranked minister of the Imperial College, was sitting in the front row under the Crown Prince and the second prince, smiling shyly, and seemed to have not consumed any alcohol today, so he was not as wild as he was the night he spat out the 300 poems, and he was somewhat uncomfortable with the sensation of being watched by the public.
After Fan Xian made a scene at the Ministry of Justice, the officials in the capital have long known his true identity, but also know that the Supervisory Yuan to take advantage of the issue, based on Fan Xian Supervisory Yuan, the extrajudicial power of the Department of Justice, Han Zhiwei and the Imperial Inspectorate of the Imperial Historian Guo Zheng’s face all stripped bare, and heard that night in the palace also appeared to a good burst of disturbances.
Supervisory Yuan, this is a very eerie job, the officials always difficult to hold countless spies, secretly manipulate the role of the life and death of the officials and Fan Xian associated, but in any case, at this time, the officials again look at Fan Xian, is no longer just will he look at as a civil servant, a big background behind the son of a powerful noble, but the first time to really feel the strength of the Fan Xian.
After the palace examination, the case of the Chunxin exam was still under the supervision of the Supervisory Yuan, slowly but surely, but the Fan Tisi was quiet – those who knew the inside information guessed that Fan Xian was preparing for his mission a few days later.
On the third day of March, the palace exams ended, the passing of the banquet ended, and the flower arrangement ended. Yang Wanli, Hou Jichang, Cheng Jialin, and Shi Yanli, four scholars who had been suddenly blessed by the heavens, finally came to the Fan Mansion on the south street of the city in a carriage, somewhat uneasily.
Yang Wanli looked up at the broad facade of the Fan Mansion, glanced nervously at the vicious stone lion squatting in front of the door, and said inarticulately, “There is some tension.”
Hou Jichang is the most calm person among the four people, but the first time to come to this kind of luxury house, also a little nervous, and forced a smile, said: “small Fan Lord are seen, not to mention the young and talented, talk is also very interesting characters, not like the dynasty next to the big officer that face hate, nervous about what.”
Cheng Jialin in the side of the mute do not know what to say, the other day by the Ministry of Justice and the Supervisory Yuan a mess, the four of them according to reason, in order to people’s words, who have already attributed them to Fan Xian’s door, the temple exams have been passed, is in any case should come to the house to pay a visit to the door. Back to that day in the Tongfu Inn, these four Xiucai suddenly realized that the most horrible Supervisory Yuan in Qingguo actually fought with the thirteen Yamen’s officers for their own sake, and almost didn’t die of fear.
Shi Yanli was the most gentle and spontaneous in nature, and this time he didn’t win anyway, so he looked much more relaxed than the three friends next to him, pointing at them and laughing: “I see that you guys are indeed quite nervous, but it’s not about the nervousness of visiting the door division, but rather, it’s about finding out that little Lord Fan has suddenly transformed into the Lord Tiji of the Supervisory Yuan, which makes you a little bit vaguely fearful. Brother Zhu, am I being reasonable?”
Yang Wanli glanced at the stone lion again and said with a bitter smile, “No one could have expected how, in just two days, Poetry Fairy Fan Xian suddenly became one of the most powerful officials in the Supervisory Yuan. You guys aren’t unaware of how scary the Supervisory Court is, these officials in the court have always been afraid of it, and with little Lord Fan joining the Supervisory Court, it does have a somewhat bad reputation.”
“Just the prejudice of ignorant laymen.” Shi Yanli said with a smile, “That day in the middle of the Tongfu Inn, you also once said that the Supervisory Yuan is extremely beneficial in supervising the rule of officials.” He turned to the somewhat unimpressed Hou Jichang and said, “After Minister Guo was imprisoned, you also once raised a glass for the Supervisory Yuan. What happened? Now that you have found out that the Gate Master is a high-ranking official of the Supervisory Yuan, you are instead like the commoners who want to respect and stay away from him?”
Yang Wanli sighed and said, “In the case of the Chun Exam malpractice, the whole world knew that it was Little Lord Fan who was the first to take the credit, and only later did he truly understand that he had been working for the Supervisory Yuan all along. Little Fan this move, not only to create the future of the three of us, the key is, but also for the world’s readers to seek a slightly fairer road, everyone is grateful, even if you know that he is the Supervisory Yuan after the Division, there is no scholar dare to him a little disrespect. As for you and I several people, not to mention, strike, even if the small Fan Lord in the future has been in the Supervisory Yuan stay, we still have to follow, this point Brother Shi do not need to say more, I have also made up my mind.”
Hou Jichang smiled faintly and said, “This is exactly the reason. It’s just a pity that all the secret service chiefs serving in the Supervisory Yuan, according to the court rules, can no longer enter the cabinet to pay respect to the prime minister, it’s a pity that little Lord Fan has this body of talent.”
At this time Cheng Jialin only had the opportunity to interject: “Little Lord Fan also has that identity, originally the career can not be a big show, the next year heard that also in charge of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, so can into the Supervisory Yuan post, but not a pity.”
Everyone understood that he was talking about Fan Xian’s identity as a “county princess and extra horse harnessed by the side of a team”, and once they thought that this young and extremely talented disciple of theirs actually had so many identities, they all felt that it was wonderful. Four people in front of the Fan House whispering discussion for a long time, finally dispelled some of the tension in the heart, step towards the Fan House, handing over a long time ago prepared the name of the thorns.
Fan House concierge has long been aware of the four scholar-like characters, full of suspicion to receive a look at the name of the thorns, but found that it is the recent Beijing rumors for a long time of those four people. Fan House subordinates know that their own family’s young master received four new students, it turned out to be in front of these four, hurriedly and respectfully invited into the concierge, served tea waiting.
Four people know that this is a big family rules, but all guests at the door, have to drink tea in the concierge to wait for the report. Unexpectedly, after a short while, the concierge was full of embarrassment and reported: “Young master went out today, but not in the house, four adults, is not to leave a message, or come back on another day?”
The four of them were a bit disappointed, but deep inside they relaxed again for no reason. At this time, a sedan chair stopped at the side of the door, the concierge rushed forward to meet, from the sedan chair down a solemn-looking middle-aged officials, eyes soft and deep God, traveling through the concierge, stopped and looked at the four readers.
The concierge saw his master stopped in his tracks, and was about to go forward to introduce him, when he saw his master waving his hand, turning his head to face these four people and asked in a harmonious voice: “Which one of you is Yang Wanli? Who is Shi Yanli? Who is Hou Jichang? Who is Cheng Jialin?”
Hou Jichang was shocked, thinking that the adults actually do not ask and know the identity of their own four people, and not only ask a person’s name, but also none of the omissions, I think it is not want to let themselves and so on to give birth to a sense of favoritism, such a clear-minded character, do not want to know, must be the father of the little Lord Fan, hurriedly went down in one week: “Late Sheng Hou Jichang, pay respects to the Lord of the Book of the Shangshu. ”
Next to him, three people woke up at this time, knowing that the senior official in front of him is the father of Lord Fan, also hurried to salute.
Sinan Bo Fan Jian smiled faintly, glanced at Hou Jichang, and said in a slightly approving and harmonious voice: “It seems that Fan Xian’s vision is really good.” Then he said, “He’s not at home, if you guys don’t mind the old man’s nagging, accompany this official into the mansion for a few moments of casual conversation.”
This was the father of the Gate Master, how should I shout? Although the four readers will all be the emerging force in the officialdom of tomorrow’s Qing Kingdom, but facing this old fox Shangshu Lord how dare they talk too much, honestly following behind the Lord into the mansion.
The ugliest building on Tianhe Road is still silent in the spring light, there are no petals in the famous falling flowers on both sides of the road, because the spring fashion is early, the flowers are not yet in full bloom, naturally they can’t afford to throw their clothes into the water to make a scene.
The people of Kyoto still followed the old rule of walking far away from the Supervisory Yuan, the stone monument in front of the gate of the courtyard quietly watched those people, as if to say, the courtyard is to protect you, why are you so afraid? Don’t ask the people why they are afraid of the Supervisory Yuan, just like Yang Wanli’s four scholars, people are always afraid of the secret secret service organization for no reason, because that government office seems to have no light, seems to have only secrets and darkness.
In that square room of the Supervisory Yuan, the seven chiefs were gathering their breath and sitting at the long table, they knew that today’s meeting was special, so they all looked at the lame dean at the end of the long table with some questions in their eyes. After the leader of one place, Zhu Ge, committed suicide in this room, one place has been without a leader, and Mu Tie is only temporarily leading the Beijing’s office, so there are only seven people in the eight offices today.
The door of the room slid open softly and noiselessly, but these seven most powerful characters of Qing’s secret service naturally noticed and subconsciously twisted their heads to look towards the doorway, even Chen Pingping at the end of the long table slowly lifted her head, her eyes serene and godly.
An old man with slightly brown eyes and a full head of messy hair walked in ricketyly.
The crowd was slightly surprised, but they saw Fei Jie turn his body around and said softly, “An ugly daughter-in-law always has to meet her in-laws, come in, what’s the point of dawdling?”
The young man behind him flashed out with some embarrassment. This young man’s face is clear and beautiful, and it is very friendly to see, with a slightly shy smile on his face, he arched his hand to the heads of the Supervisory Yuan around the table and made a round of salute, and said softly with some embarrassment, “Good morning everyone, good morning to everyone, I’m Fan Xian.”