Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

Qiu Shenji didn't think much about it. Manager Geng was from the palace. He said that the Queen Mother wanted to reward him in public. This must be the case.

After standing up from the ground, Qiu Shenji bowed and saluted.

"Queen Mother, in accordance with your order, I have brought Fan Xin to Luoyang and are currently waiting outside Shangyang Palace."

When she heard that Fan Xin was coming, Wu Zetian was very happy and said with a smile on her face.

"Since you're here, come in quickly. I want to see what kind of young man this is!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Qiu Shenji responded with a smile, turned around, his face suddenly changed and said sternly.

"Come on, bring Fan Xin in!"

As soon as the words fell to the ground, all the monarchs and ministers in the palace looked towards the entrance of the hall.

They were very curious about whether the seventh-grade county magistrate, who fought bloody battles with the enemy for three days without retreating in order to divert the people, really had three heads and six arms.

soon.

Under the gaze of everyone, a young man wearing a prison uniform and with iron chains on his feet walked hard towards the main hall under the escort of guards. His back was stretched in the sunlight.

Seeing this scene, everyone was startled, with confusion in their eyes.

Didn't you say that you want to invite Fan Xin to the temple to be sealed? How can you bring a prisoner here?

Wu Zetian was also a little puzzled and looked at Qiu Shenji with an unhappy expression.

"Qiu Aiqing, I asked you to enter the palace to announce Fan Xin. Why did you bring a prisoner in?"

She held a court meeting today to canonize Fan Xin in public, in order to show her imperial favor to the world.

I didn't expect this Qiu Shenji to be so dishonest.

Qiu Shenji said with a smile on his face: "To be honest with the Queen Mother, this prisoner is Fan Xin who you want to interrogate."

"Wei Chen was afraid that he would bump into you when he came to the palace, so he deliberately put an eighty-pound iron shackle on him."

As soon as these words came out, the whole palace was in an uproar, and all the ministers took a breath. No one expected that this guy was so bold and actually took the person whom Empress Dowager Wu wanted to canonize as a prisoner.

And he was escorted into the main hall in a grand manner. How could this be stupid? He was simply looking for death.

Sure enough, after hearing these words, Wu Zetian stood up suddenly, staring at Qiu Shenji with a pair of phoenix eyes, and her body was trembling with anger.

"You mean, Fan Xin came to Luoyang in a prison car?"

Realizing that something was wrong, Qiu Shenji suddenly broke out in cold sweat on his forehead.

He couldn't understand why Empress Dowager Wu looked like this when she was clearly acting in accordance with the imperial edict.

However, he still had the courage to say: "Your Majesty, I forgive you. I am just a little impatient to put the iron shackles on him in advance. It will be the same after the imperial trial..."

Bang!

Wu Zetian kicked the crane furnace over, pointed at Qiu Shenji and said angrily.

"Shut up, you bastard!"

"Fan Xin has accomplished world-shaking achievements. When did I say that I had captured him?"

Wu Zetian was so angry that she finally found an opportunity to establish a benevolent monarch, but it was wasted by Qiu Shenji.

Looking at the furious Wu Zetian, Qiu Shenji was frightened and quickly climbed down the steps to beg for mercy.

"I am stupid and have misunderstood the holy will. I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me for my sins!" After saying this, he kowtowed to the ground, and within a few moments his face was covered with blood.

After all, Qiu Shenji was one of his own, Wu Sansi walked out of the queue when he saw that it was almost done.

"Although Qiu Shenji made mistakes, his loyalty is commendable. I hope the Queen Mother will spare his life for the sake of his Chicheng."

"I second the proposal!"

Wu Zetian glanced at Qiu Shenji and snorted angrily.

"Why don't you roll aside and wait!"

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for your life!" Qiu Shenji's face lit up, he got up and stood in the queue, looking at Fan Xin with a proud look in his eyes.

The meaning seems to be that even if I make a mistake, what can I do? I am not safe and sound.

Looking away from him, Fan's confidence became heavier and heavier. Even the imperial edict was fine, could he really win the imperial edict?

Wu Zetian sat high on the palace hall and saw that Fan Xin had not said a word since he entered the hall, and signaled the golden armor warrior to remove his shackles.

"I know that you have been wronged. Instead of being rewarded for your great contribution, you were put in a prison car and taken to Luoyang."

"This would not be easy for anyone."

"You can rest assured that the court will not treat capable ministers and officials like you badly."

Having said this, Wu Zetian nodded to Shangguan Wan'er on the side. The latter stepped forward knowingly and unfolded the golden edict, her lips slightly parted and said.

"My sect, Haotian has a destiny. Emperor Wu said that during his tenure, Fan Xin, the magistrate of Wushui County, was diligent in political affairs and cherished his people."

"In order to prevent our Tang Dynasty from falling into the flames of war, we did not hesitate to take the lead and led the army to fight the enemy in bloody battles for three days without retreating, and finally captured the leader of the thief."

"His heart is loyal and his actions are commendable. Therefore, he is promoted to the rank of fifth-grade Bo governor, with a reward of two hundred taels of silver, a mansion, and twenty acres of fertile land."

With a bang, the whole hall was in an uproar, and everyone looked at Fan Xin with shock in their eyes.

Before the meeting, they had thought about Fan Xin getting promoted, and even thought about being promoted to the sixth rank by two levels in a row.

But he never thought that Empress Dowager Wu would directly promote him to three levels, from a small local county magistrate to a powerful figure in the state.

Chang Shi, he is the second-ranking figure after the governor. According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, if the governor is absent for some reason, the chief historian can directly take over the entire state capital.

It can be seen how much Empress Dowager Wu valued this young man named Fan Xin!

Thinking of this, many ministers' eyes turned red. They had worked hard for most of their lives and their hair had turned white before they could reach the threshold of the fifth rank.

As a result, Fan Xin only defended the city once and even crossed the third level. If they had known this, they would have defended the city.

Among the people, the one with the ugliest expression was Qiu Shenji. He never dreamed that his own glory would be taken away by Fan Xin.

He was filled with jealousy and resentment, and he made up his mind to come back for revenge.

Seeing the expressions of the ministers, Wu Zetian smiled slightly and was quite satisfied.

Originally, she planned to promote Fan Xin to the sixth rank and reward him with some property.

But after thinking about it, such an opportunity might not come again in the future, so she changed the sixth rank to the fifth rank with a stroke of her pen.

Now it seems her goal has been achieved.

However, just when everyone thought that Fan Xin would express gratitude after receiving the imperial edict, they did not expect him to pass Shangguan Wan'er and come to the middle of the hall.

In front of everyone, he took out a memorial from his arms and raised it above his head, and the sonorous sound echoed in the hall.

"The Queen Mother, I impeach Jinwu Guard General Qiu Shenji!"

"While serving as Bozhou's envoy, this person openly murdered a woman named Xiao Fengxian! The body was hung on the flagpole!"

"His methods are cruel and cruel, and I have never seen them before in my life. I hope the Queen Mother will use her righteousness to bring justice to Xiao Fengxian!"

quiet!

The main hall was deathly quiet. No one expected that Fan Xin would impeach Qiu Shenji at the court meeting.

I didn’t expect that he came to Luoyang this time to complain!

Qiu Shenji's face turned blue and white for a while, sometimes he gritted his teeth, and sometimes he glared at Fan Xin fiercely.

Finally, he knelt on the ground and shouted: "Queen Mother, I am wronged!"

Sorry for the late update today, I just got the injection