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Chapter 152 Doubts
After listening to Lu Rong's explanation, Gao Pan was terrified. He didn't understand what happened back then, so that his mother's natal family was ransacked and exterminated?

Afterwards, after Gao Pan pondered for a while, he asked Lu Rong to talk about why Gao Qiluo and his wife died.

Lu Rong wiped his eyes, and then sadly talked about the past.

Fifteen years ago, Gao Qiluo, who had just married, took his wife and children to Yizhou for a summer vacation. At that time, Gao Pan was only two years old.

Everything was perfect at first, but when the couple went out to play, a group of men in black suddenly appeared and killed Gao Qiluo and his wife.

Fortunately, Gao Pan was not taken out by them at that time, and escaped unharmed, but Lu Rong and other Gao family servants also realized it later, and some people hurried back to the capital to report.

The officials in Yizhou also sent people to investigate the matter, but in the end it was nothing. The old man Gao even went directly to the palace to ask the emperor Tianfeng who had just ascended the throne at that time.

Emperor Tianfeng was also very face-saving and sent a special person to solve the case, but Lu Rong didn't know what happened afterwards.

After Gao Pan heard this, he was stunned, his face full of disbelief, and his heart became even more horrified.

As a servant, Lu Rong didn't know too much inside information, and no one would tell him why Gao Qiluo and his wife died?
"After Mrs. Madam passed away, you and the young master were the only ones left in our East Courtyard. Later, the eldest wife said that the East Courtyard didn't need so many people to serve. Gradually, many loyal servants left behind by Mrs. Master left before her death!"

Lu Rong said with emotion, but Gao Pan felt a bit sad.

Perhaps it was from then on that the young predecessor lost the love of his parents, and the elders in the mansion all "loved and ignored" him, especially the old man Gao, who was a close relative, was even more indifferent.

This indirectly led to the later 'Gao Pan' becoming taciturn, dull and afraid to communicate with others.

What made Gao Pan even more horrified was that there must be a lot involved in this matter, otherwise it would be impossible not to give a certain explanation. Moreover, Gao Pan felt that the fact that his mother's natal family was ransacked and exterminated may be inseparable from the death of Gao Qiluo and his wife. Relationship!

So, what kind of thing is it?Will a distinguished family like the Gao family have to suffer this dull loss, and even Gao Qiluo's father-in-law's family will be implicated?

Gao Pan couldn't guess what was the reason for a while, but both Lu Rong and Dong Pingzhang mentioned a very important message.

Lu Rong was talking about 15 years ago, but Dong Pingzhang said that at that time Emperor Tianfeng had just been crowned emperor!

Could it be that Gao Qiluo and his wife encountered something taboo with Emperor Tianfeng?

Also, why did Dong Pingzhang only remember their couple?
Everything seems to have to come from Dong Pingzhang's mouth. However, for Gao Pan now, apart from being able to know what happened back then, it doesn't seem to be of any substantive help!

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When Gao Pan told Gao Qibai about the Gao family's calamity, he thought that Du Xiangwan, who had already made a move in the Gao family, impeached Gao Qiyuan in front of Baiguan and Emperor Tianfeng in the morning.

At the same time, among Gao Qiyuan's crimes, the biggest crime was that he arranged for his son and nephew to go to Dantang County as the county magistrate.

Moreover, the doctor and two principals of the Wenxuan Department of the Ministry of Officials were also impeached.

As the lowest qualification for admission to court ceremony, Du Xiangwan is just qualified, with a fifth-rank rank. Of course, not all Beijing officials with a fifth-rank rank can go to court. There are many doctors in the six departments, but not many can go to court. people, and Du Xiangwan happened to be one of these people.

Picketing and prosecuting is the right of all officials on the court, not only the censor can impeach others, even outside the court, as long as there is real evidence, anyone can go to the court to impeach.

However, all officials love their own wings. If they are impeached for no reason, it will be a stain on their resume. Therefore, generally speaking, impeachment is also about rules. Not everyone can be caught like a lunatic. Whoever criticizes, if that is the case, the rules in the court will be messed up, and there is no need to discuss political affairs, and it is enough for everyone to blame each other.

In this way, Du Xiangwan, as a doctor of the household department, stood up and impeached Gao Qiyuan and the people from the Department of Wenxuan of the Ministry of officials without communicating with the left and right servants of the household department. This is against the rules.

Of course, this kind of rule is just everyone's tacit understanding. At the very least, you have to communicate with your immediate boss. In this way, everyone will be able to think about how to stand in line when they are in Chaoyi.

However, Du Xiangwan did not follow the rules. The first thing that aroused was the dissatisfaction of the two ministers of the household department, and then Tao Guangzheng, the secretary of the department of literary selection, stood up to defend himself.

According to Tao Guangzheng, he did not bend the law for personal gain. The two recommended by Gao Qiyuan were both graduates of the Guozijian. According to the court rules, the two were qualified enough to be officials.

Moreover, it was not he who made the decision, but Liao Jie, the former chief assistant, personally nodded and gave instructions, which was in line with the regulations of the court.

Du Xiangwan did not expect that Tao Guangzheng would have such a reason, he almost forgot the existence of the Imperial College.

If it was when the Yu Dynasty was first established, Guozijian was the highest institution of learning in the country, and students who did not study could naturally become officials through election.

But right now, the Guozijian has long been corrupted, and it has become a gold-plated place for the younger generations of the rich and powerful.

When the age is up, just spend some money and donate an official position. This is something the emperor allows now. To be more straightforward, donating an official is no longer a rare thing, and it can even explain the price tag.

Du Xiangwan quickly stood up again and accused such behavior, saying that it completely blocked the path of scholars studying hard in the world. If everyone is like this in the future, then there will be no poor families and ordinary students in the world. Given the opportunity, the world will return to the era controlled by aristocratic families.

After hearing Du Xiangwan's accusation, all the officials on the court were shocked, and some people began to stand up and speak for Du Xiangwan.

And some people felt that Du Xiangwan was exaggerating and his heart could be punished, so they asked Emperor Tianfeng to depose Du Xiangwan.

Emperor Tianfeng, who had passed his forty years at this time, had long been accustomed to various situations on court ceremonies.

When the hundreds of officials started to argue until their faces were red and their necks were thick, they stopped the quarrel, shelved the discussion, and changed it to Ting Tui.

According to Emperor Tianfeng's wishes, the chief assistant of the Fuzheng Pavilion is now vacant. Everyone is talking about who can be the chief assistant?

As soon as these words came out, all the officials became very serious in an instant, and returned to Chaoyi's original appearance.

The elders of Ziyi Pavilion who stood at the front all had lowered eyebrows and were pleasing to the eye. No one spoke, but they were all restless in their hearts. This is the position of the prime minister of the dynasty. The position is the ultimate goal of all the officials standing here!

"Your Majesty, I believe that the position of chief assistant must belong to Dong Bohan!"

Just when everyone held their breath and did not dare to speak first, a clear voice pierced the silence and reached everyone's hearts.

(End of this chapter)