Joy of Life: Starting from Teacher Fan Xian

Chapter 67 Positioning Problem (Another chapter will be updated at 23:)
【Character: Fan Ruoruo】

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In the small study room of the Fan Mansion, Lin Ruo had just finished dinner and was frowning, thinking about something.

I just went to the Hanlin Academy today, and immediately heard that the court would hold a public trial of Aliang's case the day after tomorrow. The current situation is completely out of our control.

A great scholar actually broke his promise. This was what made Lin Ruo most angry.

What exactly was Emperor Qing thinking of, bringing the case to the court? If it fell into the court dispute, I'm afraid the case would change greatly and become an excuse for the parties to attack each other.

At this point, no one could have predicted the final outcome.

"Sir, are you distracted?" Fan Ruoruo held the pen and tilted her head back.

Lin Ruo nodded sincerely: "Teacher is thinking about a very serious question."

"what is the problem?"

"The teacher is thinking about how to save the life of an innocent person." Lin Ruo lowered his head and said softly.

Ruoruo said seriously: "Sir, you must do it."

Lin Ruo smiled and patted Ruo Ruo's head: "It's difficult, but I will try my best."

The maid entered the small study and said politely, "Sir, the master asked you to go to the study."

……

Arriving at the study, Lin Ruo carefully closed the door.

Fan Jian stood with his back to him and asked, "Tell me honestly, does this case have anything to do with you?"

"The case was sent to the Hanlin Academy for discussion. As a compiler, I naturally participated in it." Lin Ruo answered honestly.

Fan Jian shook his head: "So you used a childish game like pitching pots to deceive several university scholars and then get them to agree with your point of view."

Lin Ruo shrugged and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If you agree, this case should be over."

"He exposed his own strength, and the case was not solved. Nothing went well. This was a failure." Fan Jian commented with a sigh.

"You can give some suggestions to the Grand Maesters, but you shouldn't think about getting involved and resolving the matter completely from the beginning."

"The world is too dangerous, even great scholars can lie." Lin Ruo shook his head, feeling helpless.

"That's good to know." Fan Jian turned around and said angrily, "You're going to do this for a person who has nothing to do with you. If you encounter injustice in the world in the future, I really don't know what tricks you will come up with."

"She is just a fourteen-year-old girl." In our time, she was a minor... Lin Ruo muttered.

"Things have come to this point, and it's no longer up to you to do anything about it. You should think more about yourself in the future. Not to mention that you have fallen out with several university scholars..." Fan Jian ended the conversation in moderation.

It wasn't a bad situation. The two university scholars even apologized to me in the afternoon. But it was still shameless. Apologies are useful...haha.

……

In the study of the Lin Mansion in a corner of the west of Kyoto, Lin Ruofu, who had been promoted to the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, had recently been dealing with and familiarizing himself with the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel. Today he had a rare spare time to write.

Yuan Hongdao accompanied him and saw Lin Ruofu stop writing, then he said: "Sir, in my opinion, the public trial is not a simple matter. Your Majesty should not just want us to express our opinions."

"This matter needs to be decided by the Minister of Personnel. I am just a Vice Minister of Personnel." Lin Ruofu joked.

Yuan Hongdao smiled knowingly: "You are joking, my Lord. The Minister of Personnel just sent someone to your house to ask for your opinion."

"As members of the same Ministry of Personnel, it's normal for us to be of one mind. Just like the cheating case in the imperial examination, we naturally have to understand your majesty's intentions." Lin Ruofu straightened his body slightly and put down the pen in his hand.

"Some things cannot be simply judged as right or wrong."

Yuan Hongdao nodded: "Then your majesty means..."

Lin Ruofu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Have you heard about the interesting story of pitching pots in the Hanlin Academy? I didn't expect that after I left, the Hanlin Academy became lively."

"The work of the top scholar." Yuan Hongdao said from the side.

"Yes, I also learned about the Imperial Study from Han Xueshi." Lin Ruofu said confidently, "At the beginning, His Majesty didn't take the case too seriously, so he sent it to the Hanlin Academy to listen to opinions. The success or failure of the matter depends on the opinions of us ministers."

"But it's different now. After Scholar Han made a scene in the Imperial Study Room about the Hanlin Academy incident, His Majesty has changed his mind."

After a moment of hesitation, Lin Ruofu said solemnly, "Your Majesty hopes to temper the young man's spirit, so we will naturally help him."

"Knowing your majesty's intention, everything will be easy." Yuan Hongdao agreed. Thinking of this, Lin Ruofu picked up his pen again: "I will write a letter, Mr. Yuan, please send it to the Hanlin Academy later."

After leaving the Lin residence and getting on the carriage to the palace, Yuan Hongdao told the servant, "Stop when we get to Tianhe Street. I need to buy some peaches."

The servant was puzzled and said, "Mr. Yuan, why don't you just buy peaches when you come back? Why bother with this?"

Yuan Hongdao said gently, "When you go to the palace to see an important person, you should always bring some gifts."

The servant suddenly realized and responded, "That makes sense. Mr. Yuan is a man of integrity and has the trust of my master, unlike Mr. Wu who always makes my master angry."

"Let's go." Yuan Hongdao closed his eyes and rested.

……

One day later, on the riverside of Tianhe Street.

Pushing the wheelchair along the river bank, Chen Pingping looked around calmly without showing too much emotion. He said calmly, "You need my help. This matter is very troublesome. In fact, you can ignore it and it won't have much impact."

"I don't care, His Majesty wouldn't do this, and you wouldn't say I look like Ye Qingmei." Whenever Lin Ruo mentioned Ye Qingmei, Chen Pingping would feel subtly touched.

"You also know that it is targeting you. His Majesty just wants you to know that there are not so many things that go as you wish in the world." Chen Pingping thought for a while and said.

"Is there any way to properly resolve this issue?" Lin Ruo asked.

"If this case is brought to court, it will undoubtedly involve factional struggles, and the factional struggles all revolve around your majesty."

Chen Pingping said seriously: "I am speaking for you, which embarrasses His Majesty. What His Majesty wants is to embarrass you."

"Do you want me to anger His Majesty?" Chen Pingping suddenly laughed.

Lin Ruo shook his head and suddenly had an idea: "If His Majesty is really determined to sentence him to death, there is no need to bring it to court, and it only takes a decree. So in addition to embarrassing me, His Majesty also wants to see the reactions of the ministers and see the current situation of the confrontation between the parties."

"You are right. There is indeed room for easing this matter. If the debate in the court favors your point of view on this case, perhaps His Majesty will change his mind."

Chen Pingping showed an admiring look and changed the subject, "But this is a very difficult thing. Most of the ministers are mainly trying to figure out your majesty's intentions. Once they figure it out, they will naturally know which side to stand on."

"For example, Lin Ruofu represents the two major forces of the Ministry of Personnel and the Hanlin Academy, as well as the Ministry of Justice, which already supports the death penalty. He should not be underestimated." Chen Pingping sighed slowly and frowned.

"Petite partisanship would be presumptuous in it."

Lin Ruo thought for a moment and said, "Are you talking about the newly appointed Minister of Rites Guo Youzhi?"

Chen Pingping's eyes sharpened as he examined him and said, "Yes, Guo Youzhi is Wei An's student. The reason why His Majesty appointed him as the Minister of Rites was to allow him to compete with Lin Ruofu and maintain the stability of the court. But relying on him alone is far from enough."

Lin Ruo smiled and said, "Don't forget the Dali Temple. They have always believed that the crime is not punishable by death. Even if they knew your majesty's thoughts, I think they would not force you to change your views, because this is equivalent to deceiving the emperor in disguise."

"It's still not enough." Chen Pingping tapped Wugan's leg and continued, "The Ministry of Revenue has always been loyal to Your Majesty, and so is Fan Jian. He can't speak for you."

Lin Ruo had already thought of this, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Fan must not speak for me. He can just remain silent on behalf of the Ministry of Revenue."

"Although Wenyuan Pavilion has no real power, Shu Wu still has a say in the court. His ideas are no different from mine." Lin Ruo opened his mouth and kept talking.

"The key point is which side the Censorate will stand on. I remember Guo Youzhi also came from the Censorate."

Chen Pingping smiled strangely and waved his hand, saying, "Guo Youzhi cannot control the Censorate, otherwise His Majesty would not have allowed him to be the Minister of Rites. The Censorate attaches great importance to the laws of Qing State and will most likely stand on the opposing side."

"So it's still not enough. If the two sides can't even confront each other on an equal footing, Your Majesty will never consider anything." Chen Pingping concluded.

Lin Ruo thought about it, feeling somewhat bewildered, and after a long while he said, “What if the Hanlin Academy doesn’t stand on Lin Ruofu’s side?”

Chen Pingping's eyes lit up, and he was very happy: "If the Hanlin Academy changes its name, your majesty will be very happy. Maybe this matter will be a great opportunity to take advantage of."

"It's difficult to oppose Lin Ruofu, but I should be able to make the Hanlin Academy not take sides." Lin Ruo thought.

Chen Pingping smiled heartily: "If that's the case, then I can speak appropriately despite the offense."

"That's enough." Lin Ruo said.

"Okay, it's up to you." Chen Pingping looked back and suddenly said greedily, "But you have to owe me a favor."

……

"You old man, you have already messed up this case, and now you still want to help the evildoer."

Inside the Wenhua Hall of the Hanlin Academy, Scholar Zhang was pointing at Scholar Han's nose and cursing him.

Because of the incident in the Imperial Study, Han Xueshi felt guilty and couldn't hold his head up. He was at a disadvantage repeatedly in the past two days.

But at this moment, Han Xueshi could no longer hold back and yelled back, "Old bastard, what do you mean? Ruofu and I have been friends for many years, have you forgotten?"

Scholar Zhang snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "I haven't forgotten, but I also have my own ambitions. I have never been a person who curries favor with the powerful."

"Then what do you say we should do? Break off relations with Ruofu?" asked Master Han.

Mr. Zhang's face darkened and he was speechless. This matter indeed required more consideration.

Upon seeing this, Mr. Han stopped talking. He had already been unreasonable before, and it would be too shameless to force people to change their opinions by using their old friendship.

(End of this chapter)