The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 938 Owe an apology

Hong Ming is a man wearing white clothes, with a ruddy complexion, a strong body, and a faint smile. He looks like he is only in his forties, in his prime.

Hearing that Fang Yun seemed to have something in his words, he smiled and said: "Among the dozens of counties in Mizhou, only Ning'an County makes me so tired."

The venue was silent. No one spoke at this time. After all, Hong Ming was the governor of Hanlin Prefecture. He was in charge of the power of a state. When discussing other matters, he could bow his head or remain silent. But now he was discussing political affairs in his own jurisdiction. Even if Fang Yun could use With the title of Xusheng, one cannot easily bow his head and admit his mistakes, otherwise it will be a stain on his official career.

Fang Yun nodded immediately and said, "Yes, Mr. Hong is worried about Ning'an County, and the lower officials are also tired."

Many people stayed away from the incident and watched the two people quietly. One alluded to the chaos in Ning'an County and the incompetence of the county magistrate, while the other accused the state pastor of causing trouble to the county under his jurisdiction.

Ao Huang curled his lips and said: "That Zhou Mu, I advise you to say less. Fang Yun is not a spoiled parent. You can't talk to him. If something happens, don't blame Ben Long for not reminding you. ”

The scholars present must be somewhat knowledgeable, otherwise they would all burst into laughter. Everyone understood what Ao Huang meant, and there was no evil intention, but when he said these words to the dignified governor, it completely changed the tone.

A young Qipin Dushi next to Hong Ming couldn't help but snorted coldly and said: "Obviously it was Fang County Magistrate who failed to govern the county, but today he actually turned the tables and put the blame on my family. About Zhou Mu Yamen The documents in Ning'an County are piled up into a mountain. If Mr. Hong hadn't been generous and gave you a small amount of favor, he would have ordered you to report to the Zhou Mu Yamen, which would have caused you to lose face. "

Fang Yun glanced at the seventh-grade capital affairs, then looked at Hong Ming, and said slowly and forcefully: "Master Hong left me a thin layer of noodles, but left a thousand layers of thick noodles for the enemy's merchants. I have already reported it to the state Yamen, please Mr. Zhou Mu is conducting a thorough investigation on the grain store, but why is it that even a fool knows that our grain store has been acquired by an enemy country, but Mr. Hong doesn't care? I can't control it as a small county magistrate, and can't control the household secretary under the state government? "

The person Hong Ming brought had an angry look on his face, but Hong Ming just suppressed his smile and said: "County Magistrate Fang is impatient. I have already ordered the Secretary of Household Affairs to investigate the matter strictly, but the grain store incident is extremely involved, so naturally we have to investigate Fang slowly. There can be results. Magistrate Fang was slow to calm down the food price, but he was very quick to eliminate dissidents in the county government and accuse Shangguan here. If it weren't for the medical conference today, I would have asked you how you messed up the food price in Ning'an County!"

Fang Yun smiled and said: "Of course you, Hongzhou Mu, joined forces with General Lan and Geng Sizheng to assist Ji Zhibai in order to ruin my imperial examination and mess up the food prices in Ning'an County."

"presumptuous!"

"Be bold!"

The officials who followed Hong Ming shouted loudly, and Hong Ming was also stunned. He didn't understand why Fang Yun wanted to expose such a thing in public.

Some medical families are also curious that the internal conflicts in the country are triggered by the medical ethics conference, which in any case breaks the rules of the officialdom.

No matter how rotten the situation is, bureaucrats always want to save face and cover up their affairs.

The county magistrate Tao Dingnian had been simmering with anger since Shen Ming was interrogated. Seeing that Fang Yun actually overestimated his abilities and pointed his sword at the state pastor, he immediately stepped forward and said: "County Magistrate Fang, this is an important medical conference in the ten countries. You Provoking trouble here and now, not only insulting Jingguo, but also offending Shangguan, should be punished! "

"What Tao Xiancheng said is right!" The officials of the left prime minister's party in Ning'an County took a step forward in unison. They were caught by Fang Yun in the county office today. They saw that all ten houses were lost. Now that Zhou Mu Hongming is here, they will definitely To turn the situation around.

Fang Yun looked at Tao Dingnian in surprise and said: "What Tao County Cheng said is really weird. This is a cultural society, and you can obviously speak freely, but you didn't let me say it. When I was hearing the case in the county government office, you shouldn't have Interrupt, you and some officials are wantonly Interject. Let me think about what you said... Well, 'If you are not a king, you should not be a minister', and 'A scholar should have character and not be afraid of power', and by the way, 'Strive for justice and the superior. ', Have you all said these things?"

Many officials in Ning'an County, headed by Tao Dingnian, were stunned. They had indeed said so.

Hong Ming already knew what happened this morning. His face darkened and he said, "Okay. Magistrate Fang, please don't make trouble unreasonably. This great medical conference cannot be interrupted because of your prejudice against me! Everyone..."

However, Fang Yun decisively interrupted Hong Ming and said, "Wait a minute! Hong Zhou Mu, it was obviously you who, as a Zhou Mu, killed your subordinate county magistrate, manipulated the price of food to skyrocket, and almost caused the medical society to be interrupted, but now you are spitting blood? But? , this county doesn’t care about you, but you owe the doctors and scholars from ten countries an apology!”

A group of medical scholars suddenly realized that Fang Yun had begun to fight back. This morning, everyone thought that the medical conference was about to be suspended, which almost made Fang Yun infamous. It would be fine if Fang Yun were an ordinary county magistrate, but he was Xusheng after all, so there was no way he could swallow such a sigh of relief!

Everyone knew that Fang Yun would fight back, but they didn't expect that he would directly attack Yizhou Zhoumu. They all secretly thought in their hearts that Fang Xusheng was really bold, and the name Mad Lord was not for nothing.

"If you are dissatisfied with me, you can submit a memorial to the court for impeachment. Groundless accusations in public are simply contempt for etiquette! If you make unreasonable remarks again, I, as the shepherd of Mizhou, will definitely take away your authority!"

Dian Shi Yu Bachi's expression changed. It is true that a imperial examination scholar has the privilege of serving as acting county magistrate. However, if he makes a big mistake, the governor of a state can definitely temporarily suppress the acting magistrate's official seal and seize his power. The decision will then be made by the monarch and the cabinet. Whether to be dismissed or not, if so, report to the Holy Court and the Semi-Saint Examiner will make the final decision.

Since the establishment of the imperial examination, less than ten Jinshi have been dismissed from their posts in the palace examination.

Everyone knows that the three semi-saint examiners will not agree to dismiss Fang Yun, but the governor Hong Ming can temporarily seize Fang Yun's power to humiliate him.

Fang Yun smiled calmly and said, "You can't take it away!"

"How dare you!" Hong Ming's tongue burst into spring thunder, his eyes wide open, and his whole body was agitated. Obviously, he was really angry.

The imperial physician Yang Zijiang had no close relationship with the two. He coughed lightly and said, "Hongzhou Governor, Fang Xusheng is young and energetic, and he has been tossed around a lot over the grain price issue. Maybe he cares too much about the people. I think, let's forget about it."

Yang Zijiang's words made it clear that Fang Yun was indeed too impulsive, but the reason for his impulsiveness was that the left prime minister's party was too much. Everyone could see it, so let Hong Ming take a step back.

Hong Ming knew that Yang Zijiang would not help either of them, but he could not say in public that Fang Yun had submitted a report to the Cabinet and the Supervisory Council. Although he did not know what the report was, if he was intimidated by Fang Yun's momentum at the literary meeting today, then he, the governor of the state, would definitely be labeled as being humiliated by the county magistrate. How could the left prime minister use him in the future?

Hong Ming suppressed his anger and said, "Dr. Yang is right. Since County Magistrate Fang is young and hot-tempered, he should apologize for his youthful hot-temperedness."

Yang Zijiang almost got angry when he heard this. He was obviously kind-hearted to resolve the conflict, but Hong Ming actually used his words to attack Fang Yun and involved him, a peacemaker, in the dispute between the two.

Yang Zijiang looked unhappy, waved his sleeves, took a step back, and did not help either of them.