Chapter 509 510 [The crime of deceiving the emperor]
Hefu.
"My lord, okay, Ji Xiaolan''s scandal is now spreading and causing a sensation in the capital. I received news that more than a dozen imperial censors are co-signing to intervene against him." Fu Kang''an smiled and congratulated He Shen, "Now he can It’s time to have a good drink.”
"Okay." He Shen smiled and clapped his hands, "Ji Xiaolan has always been regarded as the leader of Qingliu and is expected by everyone. But now they have rebelled! Okay, okay! Without Qingliu''s support, I don''t see how he will fight me in the future. !”
"Master He, do you think we should add more firewood?" Fukangan said with a smile again.
"Hey, no need, haste makes waste." Heshen waved his hand and said, "With the participation of these censors, it is enough for Ji Xiaolan to drink a pot."
Qianlong''s character was headstrong and very suspicious. Too many people playing Ji Xiaolan together would make him suspicious.
Fukangan nodded.
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Taishan Palace.
Qianlong was reading the memorials sent by his ministers.
"Well, Ji Xiaolan abducted a married woman and forced her to divorce her with three ancient paintings... This is quite interesting." After reading the memorial from the censor, he nodded with a smile.
“Shunxi, does Ji Xiaolan have any memorial?” he asked again.
"Master Ji didn''t send any memorial, he only sent the book he wrote." Shunxi reported quickly.
"I said that he has been writing novels these days. They are so affectionate. It turns out they were inspired by his feelings." Qianlong said with a smile.
Ji Xiaolan caused such a big scandal and provoked more than a dozen censors to participate in the concert. In Qianlong''s view, it was not a bad thing.
??Because Ji Xiaolan has always had the reputation of being the most talented person in the world, he is also upright, upright, selfless, and often outspoken. This has made him, the emperor, unable to step down many times.
As He Shen said, honest officials are respected, and honest officials are also feared. The emperor actually doesn''t like his ministers who can''t be manipulated. This is also the reason why upright officials in the past dynasties were basically not reused.
??For example, Zhao Guanghan of the Western Han Dynasty, one of the top ten honest officials in history, was an honest official and not afraid of power, but ended up being cut in half; Yu Qian, an upright official in the Ming Dynasty, defended his family, defended his country, resisted foreign enemies, and safeguarded the country, but he ended up having his house confiscated and executed.
?Now that Ji Xiaolan has such a scandal, in Qianlong''s view, it is a good opportunity to conquer him.
"Okay, let Ji Xiaolan explain himself in detail and see what''s going on." Qianlong immediately ordered.
“Yes, long live.” Shunxi nodded.
Qianlong then took out the "The Story of the Stone" sent by Xiang Nan and read it.
The "The Story of the Stone" sent by Xiang Nan seemed to him to be very well written. The characters are vivid, emotional and rational, and every word is exquisite. There is no spare stroke. It is worthy of being a book written by a great talent.
He has been fascinated by it these days, waiting for Xiang Nan to send new books every day.
Actually, it’s not just him. The Queen Mother is also obsessed with this book "The Story of the Stone" and cannot put it down every day. Even though she was too dazzled to see it, she still asked the palace maid to read it for her. It can be said that she was quite obsessed.
?It''s just that Xiang Nan''s writing was too slow. It took two days to send a manuscript of more than 10,000 words, which was really not enough to read.
This is Qianlong''s biggest resentment!
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Xiang Nan soon learned that he was co-signed by the imperial censor, and when he was revising books in Siku Hall, the attitude of his colleagues towards him also changed subtly. They all looked at him with some contempt, confusion, alienation, indifferent. Xiang Nan didn''t take it seriously.
The so-called grace comes from above. It was never these colleagues who decided his fate, but the emperor on the throne.
?And the emperor can even forgive Heshen''s corruption, so what does his scandalous scandal mean?
So he doesn''t care at all about the opinions of these colleagues and the boring people outside.
?They can say whatever they like and look at whatever they like. Life span lasts only a hundred years. Such a short time is not enough for oneself, so how can one care about others.
"Master Ji, the Emperor has seen that the imperial censors jointly participated in your excerpt and asked you to write an excerpt to defend yourself." The blue guard in front of the Emperor came to Ji''s Mansion and announced, "In addition, Mr. Ji, the Emperor asked you to ask, your "The Story of the Stone" can be written quickly, the emperor is waiting to see. "
“I obey the order.” Xiang Nan responded.
"Mr. Ji, the emperor already knows about this, otherwise I''d better leave." Xiangyun said in horror.
"Xiang Yun, if you leave now, you will appear guilty and want to hide it, as if we have really done something we shouldn''t have done." Xiang Nan stopped him, "In this case, I can''t explain it even more clearly."
"Besides, the emperor allowed me to write a statement to defend myself, which shows that he is not angry." He further explained, "Moreover, there are many officials in the Qing Dynasty who took wives and concubines, even those who took in brothel girls. Rare.
I, Ji Xiaolan, am alone, so what if I marry a wife and take concubines? The Emperor will not blame me for this. What''s more, when I was studying in Siku Hall a few years ago, the emperor was afraid that I would be lonely, so he sent two maids to accompany me.
So you don’t have to be afraid, things are not as scary as you think. "
“Sir, is this really so?” Xiang Yun asked doubtfully.
"Don''t worry." Xiang Nan said with a smile, and then he wrote an excerpt of his self-defense, and the manuscript was only given a stack of blank paper.
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"Your Excellency, the emperor did not reprimand Ji Xiaolan, but only asked him to defend himself. What should we do?" After hearing the decree, Fukangan immediately came to Hefu to speak.
?In his opinion, Xiang Nan caused such a big scandal, the city was full of troubles, and public opinion was agitated. The emperor should have removed him from office and investigated him, asking him to accuse him of being "indecent".
But now he is just asked to explain himself in a few words, obviously intending to indulge him.
"Brother, don''t worry." He Shen waved his hand and said, "Ji Xiaolan is known as a talented scholar, and the emperor also knows that he is a scholar. If you want to defeat him just by relying on a scandal, how can it be that easy? "
“Then why did we spend so much effort?” Fukangan asked in confusion.
?The reason why Xiang Nan''s scandal spread so quickly was that within a few days, it spread throughout the city of Yanjing and became known in the streets. They put in a lot of effort and spent a lot of money.
??If this can''t bring down Xiang Nan, Fukangan will be really depressed.
“The Fenghua case is just an introduction.” He Shen said with a slight smile, “Ji Xiaolan’s biggest problem is to take in Xiangyun, a woman involved in the anti-book "Dream of Red Mansions"! She also intends to hide the truth from the emperor.
Brother, please take a look, this is Ji Xiaolan’s self-defense excerpt. He was inside and didn''t mention Xiang Yun''s true identity. "
?In order to maintain his position as the chief military officer, Heshen paid a lot of money to bribe the eunuchs working for Qianlong. The ministers often got the secrets, and He Shen knew about them before the emperor even read them.
The self-defense excerpt written by Xiang Nan was copied by the **** and sent back to him at the Taishan Palace.
"Oh, this is the crime of deceiving the emperor." After Fukangan read the excerpt, he saw that Xiang Nan had indeed concealed Xiangyun''s identity. He immediately laughed and said, "Master, I will go to the thatched cottage now and give Xiangyun to Xiangyun." Catch it."
“Yeah.” He Shen smiled and nodded.
Thank you book friend Qijie Weiwei, thank you!
(End of this chapter)