Tiantang Splendid

Pei Yan couldn't figure out what Liu Xiangdao meant, and he knew the consequences of this matter well. After weighing it for a moment, he gritted his teeth: "The Duke of Yue is proud of his honor, takes credit for his achievements, treats the laws of the country as nothing, and even wields power and acts arbitrarily. If things go on like this, what is the imperial power? What are the rules and regulations? Yushitai is responsible for investigating crimes and impeaching officials, so he should defy power and expand the universe to protect justice!"

Of course he knew the consequences of telling Fang Jun, but after weighing it in his mind, he felt that there was no big problem. After all, Fang Jun made mistakes first, and even if the final result was that he could not shake his power, he was still on the side of justice and right.

As long as he is righteous, why should he be afraid of Fang Jun's counterattack?
Since Wei Zheng, there have been few staunch and upright officials in the imperial court. Although the civil service group headed by Liu Ji fought fiercely with the military, they all fought wisely to protect themselves. How can he really deal a fatal blow to his opponent if he protects himself in advance?
It may not be really necessary to knock Fang Jun down, as long as the government and the public can see his bloody courage, it may not be a good opportunity to advance quickly...

Liu Xiangdao was noncommittal, thought for a while, and said: "I can't listen to your one-sided words on this matter. I still need to investigate and collect evidence in detail before I can give you an answer."

Pei Yan has made up his mind and is not afraid of the official authority of the imperial censor. He shook his head and said: "Since I dare to offend my superiors and sue the powerful officials, I have put life and death out of the question, why don't I stay here at the imperial censor's platform and wait for the superior to investigate?" Forensics."

To be honest, he didn't dare to go home. If Fang Jun found out about Yushi Tai's rumors and he went here to file a complaint, he might not be able to intimidate him. It would be much safer to stay here. Liu Xiangdao is still Yushi after all. Doctor, Chaozhong Qingliu No.1, you can't tie him up and send him to Fang Jun, can you?

Liu Xiangdao frowned, and said displeasedly: "Since you can't trust the integrity of this official, why should you come to this office to complain?"

Pei Yan looked upright: "If you don't come here, where else can I go? Besides, this is the responsibility of Yushitai."

Liu Xiangdao was expressionless, and said: "If you want to stay, then you can stay here. Come and settle this person down. Meals and tea are easy to serve, so don't wait too long."

"Thank you for your protection, Shangguan."

"You do it yourself."

……

The clerk took Pei Yan down to resettle him. Liu Xiangdao sat in the duty room drinking tea and meditating. After a while, he sent someone to investigate Fang Jun's arrest and detention of Pei Yi, and at the same time called several important Taichung officials to discuss the matter.

When Yushitai was in the early days of Zhenguan, it was only "gossip" and had no judicial power. In recent years, it has gradually started to set up a prison to accept special litigation cases, and specially appointed a member of the Yushi to serve as the imperial court. Shi Chongren, one person takes turns accepting lawsuits every day.

So far, it is worthy of the name that Yushitai, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and Dali Temple have formed the Three Law Departments. For major cases, Dali Temple is responsible for interrogating criminals and drafting sentences, and the Criminal Department is responsible for reviewing and reporting to Yushitai for supervision and trial.

Yushitai became the real highest supervisory institution of the imperial court.

So even though the gate of Chang'an City has been locked at this time, Yushitai can freely enter and exit the city gate when investigating the case, and no one can stop it...

When several officials arrived at Yushitai, the Yushi who hurried out of Mingdemen to investigate the case in Fanchuan had also returned, and the news brought back was almost the same as what Pei Yan said. To overthrow, what he cares about is whether he can use this matter to obtain his own interests, so that he can completely control Yushitai, and live up to His Majesty's trust in him at the beginning.

As for whether it can break the confrontation between North Korea, Chinese and military, causing one side to completely overwhelm the other and break the balance, it is not within his consideration.

He is just a royal historian, and it is the prime minister's responsibility to balance the government. He is not in his position and does not seek his own government.

At the beginning of the Xu Dynasty, thousands of houses in Chang'an City were lit up, and all government offices in the imperial city were already in darkness, only the value room of Yushitai was brightly lit.

Liu Xiangdao sat behind the desk, put down his teacup, and glanced at the faces of Censor Zhongcheng Liu Qianyou, Attendant Censor Wang Lun, Supervising Censor Li Yifu, and Duan Gang one by one, and tapped his fingers on the table a few times, speaking calmly: "What do you colleagues think about this matter?"

The other three couldn't figure out what Liu Xiangdao was thinking, so they remained silent.

Liu Xiangdao was a little impatient: "Pei Yan is still waiting for a reply in the yamen office. If he accepts his complaint, Fang Jun will be impeached in the morning tomorrow morning. If he does not accept it, he will be sent out of the city. Let this matter go. What opinions are not open and honest, and discuss and discuss together.”

Liu Qianyou tentatively asked: "It is indeed inappropriate for the Duke of Yue to detain the officials of the Ministry of Industry, but the Duke of Yue is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and he manages and punishes the officials of the government. It seems that it is not up to the point of impeachment by the court, right? "

What Fang Jun did was indeed a bit arrogant and domineering. In terms of the duties of Yushitai picket officials, it can be within the scope of power, but if any matter is brought to the court, it means that its influence and consequences will be irrelevant. It is extremely serious. From this point of view, Fang Jun is just detaining Pei Yi, and there are no consequences yet. He only needs to issue a warning in the name of Yushitai. It is too much to make a fuss if he takes the matter to the court with great fanfare. .

Of course, his original intention was to test Liu Xiangdao's mind. These words can be advanced or retreated, and he did not express his position. He can adjust his attitude at any time according to Liu Xiangdao's feedback.

Old fritters...

Liu Xiangdao seemed dissatisfied with his answer, so he avoided answering and looked at Li Yifu: "Li Yushi and Fang Jun are old friends, what do you think about this matter?"

Outsiders have always been interested in the relationship between Fang Jun and Li Yifu.

It stands to reason that when Li Yifu took the imperial examination, he was given clothes by Fang Jun, and there was a good story. In any case, Li Yifu should be Fang Jun's loyal supporter.However, the subsequent development was beyond everyone's expectations. Although Li Yifu approached Fang Jun many times, Fang Jun refused to accept it.

It seems inappropriate to say that it is against each other. After all, considering the highest official position of Li Yifu, who once served as the county magistrate of Wannian, it is really not enough to become enemies with Fang Jun...

Sensing the other people's gazes on him, Li Yifu felt a little helpless, thought for a while, and said slowly: "In my opinion, Duke Yue's move is not a trivial matter. In fact, no matter how Duke Yue treats Pei Yi, This matter is all within the bureaucratic system, whether you don’t need to pay attention to it, or your words are orderly, there are rules and regulations. However, the Duke of Yue handed Pei Yi over to the "Hundred Riders", and the "Hundred Riders" who did not belong to the court system Si' pulled in, but it was very wrong."

Liu Qianyou and Wang Lun nodded together. They didn't dare to say this, but they absolutely agreed.

Liu Xiangdao took a look at Li Yifu, and felt that this person was indeed extremely cunning, but although he was a doctor in the imperial censor and the nominal chief of the censor platform, the imprint left by his predecessor Liu Ji was too deep. For example, this Li Yifu was No matter what, Liu Ji wanted to be inserted into the Yushitai as the candidate to supervise the censor. No matter how uncomfortable Liu Xiangdao was, there was nothing he could do.

But now is a good time to remove those nails...

As a supervisory agency directly responsible to the emperor, "Baiqisi" can be regarded as the natural enemy of Yushitai, and there are many overlaps in power and responsibility. Starting from this point, Li Yifu agrees to accept Pei Yan's complaint against Fang Jun, and resolves the issue. The essence has shifted from "impeaching Fang Jun" to "maintaining the authority of Yushitai".

"Then prepare the materials. The official has sent people to investigate and collect evidence. There is nothing wrong with Pei Yan's pleadings. Fortunately, everyone, go to court after dawn to impeach Fang Jun."

"Here!"

Several people cheered up. After all, the person impeached was Fang Jun, a veritable official in the imperial court. Whether it was his own merits, ability or unparalleled holy family, he needed to be taken seriously.

All kinds of information and confessions were collected overnight, and the direction of impeachment was determined according to Pei Yan's pleadings.

Otherwise, it is very likely that Yushitai will suffer a backlash. Once the power is not achieved, it will be hit instead, and it will be a big loss...

*****
The morning light in early winter always comes very late, and the sky is still dark when it is time to go to court. The swift Marquis Wu rang his clapper, and then the gates of [-] Lifangs opened one after another, and carriages came out of the gates. , the lanterns hanging on the shafts of the car emitted orange-red light, and then converged to a place like fire dragons wandering through the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, and finally converged on the square in front of Chengtian Gate.

At three o'clock in the morning, the civil and military ministers got off the car and walked to Chengtian Gate. They lined up according to their civil and military ranks. The imperial guards pushed open the heavy city gate. At the same time identify one by one.

Fang Jun, Li Ji, Li Daozong, and Ma Zhou walked in the front. Ma Zhou looked back at the officials behind him, and said to Fang Jun in a low voice: "The wind direction is not right today. Be careful when you meet at the meeting, and be cautious in your words and actions." .”

Although Ma Zhou was close to Fang Jun, he was a civil servant after all and had his own source of information, so he reminded Fang Jun.

Although it was late when I received the news, at least Fang Jun could be mentally prepared...

Fang Jun not only didn't think so, but he smiled: "Brother Bin Wang, don't worry, the little brother has already prepared... Hehe, those guys claim to be a clean civil servant, jumping up and down all day to stir up wind and rain, but they forgot that we were famous "bombers" back then. Don't fall down', Emperor Taizong's imperial case piled up like a mountain of impeachment memorials, who can do anything to me?"

Li Ji on the side was a little speechless, and reminded: "With your current status, no one will impeach you like before, but as long as someone impeaches you, you must be sure, don't take it lightly."

He doesn't care whether Fang Jun will be impeached, but the current situation has stabilized, and it is very beneficial to him in public and private. Once the political situation fluctuates, it will inevitably trigger a huge power reshuffle. This is what he does not allow.