Chapter 74 The So-Called Saint
Soon, this matter reached Zhao Xing’s ears.
Zhao Xing was a little surprised after hearing this. He didn't expect Gan Dalang to be so efficient at work and so ruthless.
His original intention was to let Gan Dalang punish them and vent their anger, but he didn't expect Gan Dalang to directly beat them to pieces.
Although this is a relief, Gan Dalang will be in trouble next.
There are many children of powerful people who fight, but they all follow an unspoken rule: Don't strike too harshly, and most of them will cause superficial injuries, so that it is difficult for the elders in the family to interfere.
But the nature of breaking hands and feet is different.
Zhao Xing pondered for a while and said: "Sanshi, send someone to pay attention to the activities of the houses that were beaten, and the activities of the Gan family."
"Yes." Liu Sanshi responded and hurried away.
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"What did the doctor say?"
Feng Deguang was at work when he learned that his son had been beaten and hurried back.
Looking at his son who had fallen asleep on the bed, Feng Deguang asked his wife with a gloomy face.
"The doctor said that his arm is broken, and it will take several months to recover." Hou said with red eyes: "Master, you have to avenge your son. That Gan Dalang attacked so hard, Song'er almost became "I know, if you take good care of Song'er, I will definitely seek justice for Song'er," Feng Deguang said.
He has only two sons in total. The eldest son is almost thirty. Thanks to Yin Feng and his management, he has been serving as a local official these years.
When his youngest son was born, he was already in his forties, so he was considered old enough to have a son.
So he has been very fond of him since he was a child, and he is not willing to beat him.
Now that he sees his son being beaten like this, one can imagine the anger in Feng Deguang's heart.
After comforting his wife for a few words, Feng Deguang left the room and called Feng Mingsong’s entourage over for questioning.
When he learned that not only his son, but also several other young men with his son were beaten, and some were beaten more severely than his son, he instinctively felt something was wrong.
Children of powerful men fight with each other, and some are accidentally injured.
But Gan Dalang clearly seemed to be deliberately retaliating.
Feng Deguang asked his entourage and found out that his son had not offended Gan Dalang recently, and he became even more confused.
So he did not go to the palace to complain immediately, but sent people to investigate the reason, and also sent people to invite several other elders who had been beaten.
The several young masters who were with Feng Mingsong, whose fathers or grandfathers all served in the Yushitai, rushed over quickly.
Feng Deguang inquired and found that the sons or grandsons of their families had not had any conflicts recently, which made him even more confused.
"Master Feng, it is too much for Dalang Gan to do such a heavy hand. You must go to the officials to take part in the Gan family and ask for justice."
"Yes, this is no longer the case. There was a fight among the juniors, and Gan Dalang was committing murder by doing something so harsh."
Everyone denounced it.
Feng Deguang pressed his hand and said: "My son was also beaten, and he is as sad as you guys. I called you here this time just to go to the officials to ask for justice."
Feng Deguang and After some discussion, they went to the palace together.
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"Your Majesty, I have just received news that the elder of the Gan family beat the juniors of the Yushi Zhongcheng and several Yushitai officials. And the attack was quite severe, several People either lose their hands or their legs," Eunuch Liu said.
The Imperial City Division does not have high supervision over other places in the world, but its supervision over Bianjing is very strict.
Gan Dalang beat several people from Feng Mingsong, and the attacks were so severe that the Imperial City Department naturally received the news.
"This little thing bothers me. He commits murder in Bianjing City. Let the Kaifeng government arrest him and imprison him for half a month." The official said.
If he normally heard this kind of news, he would be very angry.
But when they heard that Feng Deguang's son and the descendants of Yushitai officials were beaten, the officials were a little happy. Regarding the impeachment of Zhao Xing by Feng Deguang and others, the officials were also full of anger.
"If Feng Deguang and the others come to see him, they will say that I have severely punished the eldest son of the Gan family. In addition, I will send an imperial doctor to their family to treat him," the official said.
"Yes!" Eunuch Liu responded and continued the order.
When Eunuch Liu came back, the official asked: "By the way, why did Gan Dalang strike so hard?"
"Gan Dalang didn't seem to have any conflicts with them, but before Gan Dalang hit someone, I went to the East Palace," Eunuch Liu said.
“Hahaha~”
The official was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then burst into laughter.
Although Eunuch Liu did not say it explicitly, he was actually implying that Zhao Xing instigated this matter.
This method has no sense of government and is a bit childish.
However, instead of being angry because of this, the officials were very happy.
Zhao Xing has given people a young and mature feeling since he was a child. He has never seen this kind of childishness.
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Feng Deguang and others came to the palace, but were told that the officials had already punished Gan Dalang without even seeing them in person.
After hearing the news, several people were naturally unwilling to accept it, but they did not have the courage to rush in, so they decided to wait for the morning court in a few days and impeach them in person.
The officials may not see them, but they can't hide from them and not go to court.
After coming out of the palace, Feng Deguang's entourage whispered a few words into his ear.
After Feng Deguang heard this, his eyes narrowed, and then a smile appeared on his lips.
The entourage just told him that Gan Dalang went to the East Palace in the morning.
Feng Deguang can naturally guess that this matter is related to Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing guessed right. He impeached Zhao Xing only after learning that Zhao Xing had brought Li Wanling back to the East Palace.
Although Li Wanling was sent back to Fanlou the next day, he still felt a little uneasy.
This impeachment was also to test Zhao Xinghe's official family.
Judging from Zhao Xing's attitude now, His Highness the Crown Prince is not as wise as people say, but rather impulsive.
This made him feel relieved.
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Zhao Xing learned that Gan Dalang was imprisoned, and asked Liu Sanshi to go to the Kaifeng government office to ensure that Gan Dalang did not suffer in prison.
As for whether others would suspect him, he wasn't worried at all.
This time Gan Dalang was asked to deal with Feng Deguang and his heirs. In addition to venting his anger, he also had another purpose.
As he grew older, Zhao Xing discovered that Hai Wenyou and the others often instilled in him the so-called sage thoughts intentionally or unintentionally when they were teaching him.
The so-called sage king is one who can be wary of the influence of military generals and nobles, stay away from the influence of eunuchs, and rely mainly on the civil service group to govern the country.
The emperor could give complete power to the civil servant group, and the emperor had no means to divide and disintegrate the civil servant group. The euphemistic name was that the saint ruled by the arch.
To put it simply, they needed an emperor who was mediocre in talent, lacked power, was diligent and obedient, and respected Confucianism.
This phenomenon has become particularly obvious since he copied the poem last time.
Zhao Xing wondered if he had performed too well over the years and aroused the vigilance of those civil servants.
Doing this can also make civil servants relax.
(End of this chapter)