Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

Not many people noticed Hu Yan's strangeness.

In other words, the people present no longer had the energy to care about a small official from the Ministry of Criminal Justice. At this moment, they were all immersed in Fang Ping's loud questioning.

Yes, why is Xia Yan's embezzlement money lower than the bribe money?

In their view, although almost every scholar despises businessmen and discriminates against merchants, who is an official who is not good at calculating, and who will trade at a loss?

Corrupt officials are bound to exist.

In this Great Xia Dynasty, if an official has money, he can not only enjoy the sufficient supply of supplies while possessing the status of a master, but also have more opportunities to obtain the resources needed for cultivation, so that his cultivation can go further. Then get more opportunities for promotion. After promotion, you can not only further touch the general trend of the world, help improve your cultivation, but also further grab resources.

It's a virtuous circle.

Of course, the cultivation base of a monk is also linked to one's own character, talent and learning, and it is not the only way to collect cultivation resources and accumulate cultivation bases through money.

Moreover, monks who rely on their own talents and popularity to grow have a more solid foundation, a deeper foundation, and a higher upper limit.

For example, 3,700 years ago, in the Great Tang Empire where "Nine Heavens closed the palace, and all nations worshiped with crowns and crowns", there was an unparalleled talent who penetrated the world with his own extremely high talent and became a sub-sage with poetry and prose. It is a legendary poet who has left more than a hundred astonishing masterpieces for later generations——Shixian·Li Taibai.

But after all, not every monk has the opportunity to pursue the illusory Dao of Immortal Saints.

It is impossible to be equal in terms of background, talent, and opportunity.

Since there is a shortcut, someone will naturally take it.

As for Xia Yan's mysterious operation, they couldn't understand it at all.

The so-called talent and learning refers to talent and learning. Xia Yan must not have achieved much in terms of talent. After all, he has never heard of any masterpieces. He must have no talent in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and his knowledge is also mediocre. Otherwise, how could he live in a county? To be the parent official of hundreds of thousands of people?

Popularity, this is not clear, but this person was born in a poor family, he is not a child of a wealthy family, nor is he a disciple of a famous scholar, and he has attracted a group of well-known wealthy families and wealthy businessmen in Yongchuan to jointly appeal. The popularity should not be much better .

Therefore, it stands to reason that he should probably be a corrupt official.

But after Fang Ping's reminder, everyone soon realized that there was something else wrong with this case.

No corrupt official will trade at a loss.

Bribing Shangguan is a routine operation, and there is nothing wrong with it. If he didn't bribe Shangguan, Xia Yan, the county magistrate, wouldn't be able to do it for long, and he wouldn't have much chance to make money.

However, if you bribe Shangguan with more money than you earn yourself, then the cart before the horse is contradictory.

Xia Yan's actions can't be explained clearly by corrupt officials.

Because it doesn't do him any good at all.

Being a corrupt official is not for the benefit, so what else is it for? He didn't owe Shangguan anything.

This is indeed a big doubt!

And after bribing so much money, he hasn't been promoted for six years?

For a while, everyone began to frown and think.

As the party concerned, Xia Yan's expression became more and more complicated at this time.

He raised his head reluctantly, and met Fang Ping's imposing eyes, but he didn't speak immediately to answer Fang Ping's question, but hesitated for the first time.

Yes, hesitate.

Facing the questioning of Zhao Bingliang and Qian Yiqian just now, he admitted it in a straightforward manner without any hesitation, but when faced with Fang Ping's obviously beneficial question to him, he was hesitant to open his mouth , obviously hesitating.

It seems that he didn't expect that Fang Ping's focus was not on whether he was involved in corruption or bribery, but on the amount of bribes.

"Why? Is this question difficult to answer?"

Seeing that Xia Yan kept silent, Fang Ping was not only not annoyed, but showed a hint of a smile instead.

"Do you need the old man to help you answer?"

Hearing this, Xia Yan knew that he could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.

He smiled wryly, and said, "Master Fang, why do you do this? Corruption and bribery is corruption and bribery. No matter what the reason is, no matter what hidden secrets there are, or what difficulties there are, the crimes of corruption and bribing superiors for personal gain committed by me are facts."

"The so-called law is intolerant. Since you have violated the law, you must specify the official punishment, so as to warn future generations not to repeat the same mistakes. Otherwise, if there is no punishment for the crime and the lawbreakers are allowed to go unpunished, future generations may follow suit. If you paralyze yourself with the so-called difficulties, and use them to excuse yourself after the incident, if this is the case, where is the law of the country? How are the people safe?"

"Therefore, this case must not be opened, otherwise there will be endless troubles!"

Hearing this, Fang Ping couldn't help but startled, and then gradually moved.

At the same time, the smile on his face that was sure of winning was suddenly withdrawn, and his gaze on Xia Yan became deeper.

It's such a time, to be able to say such words, this Xia Yan, is amazing...

Xia Yan suddenly bowed to Fang Ping, and then said solemnly: "As an official of the imperial court, I should obey the law and fulfill my duties, but not only did I not strictly discipline myself, but I knew the law and violated the law. Therefore, the crime should be increased."

"I also ask Mr. Fang to put the overall situation first, don't worry about those irrelevant details, enforce the law impartially, and punish the crime."

Having said that, he sighed inexplicably, and then glanced at the silent Lu Chen, with a hint of apology in his eyes.

After withdrawing his gaze, he spoke again, but his voice became a little sluggish for no reason.

"For a person like me who has committed such unforgivable crimes, only the execution ground is the real destination. Master Lu, I am really sorry. After thinking about it for a long time, I still feel that the only way to atone for my crimes is to die. Please Lu Jishi and Mr. Fang will complete it."

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

They have fully reacted at this time.

The case of Xia Yan is not as simple as corruption. Fang Ping and Lu Chen are right, there must be something else hidden in this case.

If he is a corrupt official, what exactly is he greedy for?

money? None of the money he got from corruption fell into his own pocket.

Authority? He has been the county magistrate in Yongchuan for the past six years, and he has not been promoted to even one level during the Empress Dowager's turmoil. Every time he is evaluated, he is average.

Fame and fortune? He and the gentry of the major wealthy families in Yongchuan were in conflict with each other, and there was no wealthy family to support him.

Moreover, he clearly had other secrets, but he insisted on pleading guilty. Not only did he have no intention of getting away with excuses, but he wholeheartedly wanted to die and use the whole country's law.

What's this?

This is profound sense of righteousness!

How could such a noble person be a greedy dog ​​official as those Yongchuan nobles said?

At this time, even Zhao Bingliang and Qian Yiqian were silent, only Hu Yan's eyes suddenly lit up as if he saw a straw.

He hurriedly stood up, and then said anxiously: "Master Fang, no matter whether there is any hidden information in this case, Xia Yan's corruption and bribery, and his disregard for the laws of the country are facts! What's more, he also colluded with the Demon Queen's followers to seek personal gain, which is a death penalty! "

"Also, my lords, have you considered His Majesty's feelings?"

Gradually, he sorted out his thoughts and spoke more clearly.

"The demon queen has been in chaos for six years, during which time she often humiliated her majesty. Fortunately, her majesty is a genius in heaven. She has endured humiliation for six years, and finally with the help of the Holy King Cangming, she was able to regain control of the court. Now that the world is back to normal, there is no demon queen's party feathers in the world anymore. Where to stay, if Xia Yan, who colluded with the Queen Mother's party, is lightly punished or even pardoned for his crimes because of the so-called hidden feelings, where will His Majesty be placed?"

Hearing this, Lu Chen, who was already completely uninterested in Xia Yan's case and just wanted to go home to turn his grief into appetite, suddenly had a bright light in his eyes.

yes!

No matter what, Xia Yan's charge of colluding with the Queen Mother's party members was confirmed.

If he advocated that Xia Yan should be released without charge, wouldn't he offend the Empress?

This is a good thing!

Thinking of this, Lu Chen's gray and defeated eyes suddenly flashed, and fighting spirit appeared in his eyes again.

And at this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside.

Immediately afterwards, an official dressed in official third-rank court uniform walked over here accompanied by several minor officials and government servants.

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