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

Wu Zetian glanced at the copper coins in Huang Wenyan's hand and felt a little moved.

She knew that Fan Xin was honest, but she didn't expect that her family only had twenty coins.

This little money is not even enough for a meal, let alone a robe.

What puzzled her was that Fan Xin had a lot of salary every month. Where did the money go?

Thinking of this, she looked at Huang Wenyan and said, "Take up the wooden tablet you seized and take a look."

"Wei Chen obeys!"

Instructing his subordinates to bring up the wooden monument, Huang Shengyan cupped his fists and said.

"Queen Mother, in addition to twenty coins in Fan Xin's family, this piece of nanmu is the only one worth a bit. It has the merits carved by the people on it."

"Oh? Come and listen!" Wu Zetian sat back on the throne and looked at the wooden monument. She was curious about what Fan Xin was doing in Wushui County.

Huang Shengyan nodded and read: "In the fourth year of Chui Gong, Magistrate Fan purchased spring seeds for everyone to cultivate."

"Invite a doctor to give free medicine to the people in the county."

"June……"

"July……"

"In August, in order to save the people of the county, Magistrate Fan fought bloody battles on the city wall rather than retreat, and risked offending the emperor's nobles to get their fields and livestock back."

"Therefore, the people in the county specially set up a merit monument to show their kindness."

The merit stele records are all trivial things, but they make civil and military officials envious and jealous.

These pillars of the country are all above Fan Xin in terms of grade, but none of them has received a merit tablet.

Why is this guy so cheap?

Seeing the expressions of the ministers, an imperceptible sneer flashed across Wu Zetian's lips.

A group of important officials in the court don't think about how to share the king's worries, and are thinking about eliminating dissidents all day long. What qualifications do such people have to stay in the court.

After making a decision in her heart, Wu Zetian turned her eyes to Cao Dian.

"What did you find in Dali Temple?"

Cao Dian blushed and said in embarrassment: "Back to the Queen Mother, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment found no evidence that Fan Xin was corrupt."

However, we found two sets of shirts in an iron box that can only be worn by members of the royal family. "

Speaking of this, he winked at Liao Yi, and the two of them opened the lid in front of everyone.

"Please see, Queen Mother, these two sets of clothes that exceed regulations were found from Fan Xin's box!"

Following Cao Dian's loud shout, all the officials looked at the box.

When they saw the two sets of splendid shirts placed in the box, their expressions changed, and they secretly thought that Wu Chengsi was so ruthless.

There is insufficient evidence of corruption, so the charge of treason is directly charged.

You must know that privately keeping royal robes is equivalent to wearing dragon robes for common people. At best, it is overstepping the rules, and at worst, it is rebellion!

No matter how hard the Queen Mother protected Fan Xin, the latter could not escape the fate of being dismissed from office and exiled.

Even the mature and steady Di Renjie's face looked more solemn.

Judging from his many years of experience in solving cases, Fan Xin is undoubtedly an upright official, but the crime of wearing royal clothes privately is a bit serious.

"It seems that the Queen Mother is going to be forced to kill a general. What should I do?"

Compared to Di Renjie's worries, the Minister of Martial Arts was more encouraged.

Cao Dian knelt on the ground with a pop and said with fierce words, cupping his hands.

"Your Majesty, only the royal family is allowed to wear yellow python costumes. How dare He De, a fifth-rank official named Fan Xin, dare to wear such costumes."

"I sincerely request the Queen Mother, for the sake of the country and the country, to rectify this beast on the spot to show the strictness of the laws of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Otherwise, I will crash to death in this hall to commemorate the Martyrdom Day!"

After saying that, Cao Dian suddenly got up and hit the beam.

His decisive attitude made everyone marvel at what a strong and direct remonstrance minister!

Such courage!

This courage far exceeded when Fan Xin remonstrated with blood in the court.

Seeing that everyone was shocked by his feat, Cao Dian felt proud.

He didn't believe that the Queen Mother would let him, the young minister of Dali Temple, crash into a beam for Fan Xin.

On the other side, several martial arts ministers who had been arranged in advance quickly hugged Cao Dian's waist to tell him not to be impulsive.

Wu Chengsi said to Wu Zetian with red eyes.

"Queen Mother, Fan Xin even dares to wear royal clothes, do you still want to protect him?"

"Queen Mother!"

Seeing the civil and military officials of the court begging for life for the people, Wu Zetian walked down the steps and came to Wu Chengsi with a calm expression on his face.

"What if those clothes and robes were given by me?"

In an instant, the noise in the hall stopped abruptly, and everyone stared at Wu Zetian blankly.

Wu Chengsi said with a look of disbelief.

"Queen Mother, did you give me the robe that Fan Xin is wearing?"

If the person in front of him was not the Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty, he would even think that he heard wrongly.

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er came over and said, "Wu Shangshu, the Queen Mother did not lie to you. The imperial court did send Fan Xin two sets of cotton-padded clothes."

"If you don't believe it, you can go to Fengge Luantai to read the imperial decree. It contains the decree to send clothes to Fan Xin."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Wu Chengsi and others changed slightly and became very embarrassed.

They didn't expect Fan Xin's clothes to be a gift from the Queen Mother.

envious.

Hey.

And deep reluctance filled everyone's hearts.

a long time.

Wu Chengsi took a deep breath and bowed: "I am guilty. I made a rash decision before the matter was investigated clearly. Please punish me by the Queen Mother."

It's impossible to get rid of Fan Xin today. It's better to confess directly and plan later.

Wu Zetian looked at her nephew kneeling at her feet with disappointment in her eyes.

Originally, he planned to make Wu Sansi or Wu Chengsi the crown prince, but now it seems that these two people are not suitable.

At this thought, Wu Zetian said coldly: "As the minister of the dynasty, you have framed a governor for no reason, which makes me extremely disappointed."

"From now on, you are not going anywhere, just stay in the house and think about your mistakes behind closed doors. You are not allowed to step out of the house without my permission!"

Hearing that the punishment was so light, Wu Chengsi quietly sighed in relief and bowed.

"I thank the Queen Mother for your kindness."

Signaling Wu Chengsi to step aside, Wu Zetian smiled half-heartedly at Cao Dian.

"Aren't you going to die by hitting the beam? Just hit it, I will stand here and watch."

Cao Dian...

Seeing this, Wu Zetian's face turned cold.

"Hmph, since you're afraid of death, don't follow Fan Xin's bloody example and go back to the queue!"

"Yes, yes, I will go back right now." Cao Dian knelt on the ground, kowtowed twice, and quickly climbed back into the queue.

After calming down the impeachment storm, Wu Zetian looked at the officials.

"Fan Xin was seriously injured in the battle of Yingzhou and is no longer suitable to return to serve. Do you think it would be more appropriate for him to take up any position?"

The ministers looked at each other in confusion and didn't know how to answer. If they couldn't go to other places, they could only serve in the Liubu Yamen.

"If you leave such a person in the yamen, wouldn't you be in trouble with yourself?"

Just when Wu Zetian showed his impatience, a chamberlain rushed into the hall in a panic and said urgently.

"Qi Queen Mother has something serious going on. More than 10,000 people came outside the palace, clamoring to redress Fan Xin's grievances!"

"One of the gray-haired old men even asked you to go see him in person!"