The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1465 New Appointment Jiedu
About two quarters of an hour later, Wen Yuanli was taken to the imperial study.As soon as he entered the room, he knelt down to Zhao Dongting, "I kowtow to my emperor in the Yinwen Garden of Changsha Mansion, long live my emperor!"

Zhao Dongting saw Wen Yuanli whose temples were already turning gray, and sighed, "Let Wen Aiqing die!"

Wen Yuanli's gray temples touched his heart very much.Wen Zheyan is Wen Zheyan, Wen Yuanli is Wen Yuanli, do you really want Wen Yuanli to pay for Wen Zheyan's crimes?
Is it too unfair to do so?
Wen Yuanli stood up slowly, then nodded slightly to Wang Wenfu, "Issuing a criminal order."

Wang Wenfu also sighed.

Zhao Dongting said again: "As for the crimes committed by Wen Zheyan and others, the Ministry of Law has already convicted them."

After all, Wen Yuanli was Wen Zheyan's elder brother, so he couldn't help raising his head and asked, "May I ask the emperor, what crime is Wen Zheyan convicted of?"

Zhao Dongting replied truthfully: "Death crime, all family property confiscated, and the subsequent three generations of direct and collateral relatives will not be employed by the court."

"Ugh……"

Wen Yuanli sighed deeply, but in the end he bowed his hands to Zhao Dongting, "I thank the emperor, Chen Wen Yuanli."

Zhao Dongting was a little strange and said, "Why do you want to thank me if I condemned him to such a crime?"

Wen Yuanli said: "Wen Zheyan has committed a serious crime. In the past, it was a serious crime to punish the nine clans. Now that the emperor can save the lives of his descendants, I am grateful from the contemporary Wen family."

The matter of Wen Zheyan and others caused a lot of trouble in the court, and Wen Yuanli didn't just know about it, so there was not much grief on his face.

Wen Zheyan was a transfer envoy on Guangnan West Road, so it was a pity for Wen's family to be beheaded just like that, it was tantamount to being beheaded with his right arm.However, this is indeed what Wen Zheyan deserved.

"Do you know why I declared you here?" Zhao Dongting asked again.

Wen Yuanli smiled bitterly, "If the subject is not mistaken, the emperor should want the subject to return home, right?"

Zhao Dongting nodded slightly, "Before you entered the imperial study, I really thought so. Wen Zheyan made Guangnan West Road a mess, and the crimes he committed are too numerous to record. If I only deal with him and his descendants, I am afraid I can't suppress the other big officials in the frontier. Money touches people's hearts, and some people will always take risks for their own interests. If you are asked to retire, you will more or less think about it before those people go the wrong way, so as to avoid repeating Wen Zheyan's mistakes , their family members will also supervise them more. However, I have other ideas now."

Wen Yuanli looked up at Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting changed into a slightly more comfortable posture, "Some people in the court need to be vigilant, but others need to cheer them up. Asking you to retire will have the effect of deterring the officials, but it is too unfair to you. I am now I was thinking, if you are transferred to Guangnan West Road and given you greater expectations and rights, it is not a way. When the officials of the imperial court see their relatives corrupting the law in the future, they may not be afraid because of their blood relationship. I chose to join forces with myself. These two paths can only be said to have advantages and disadvantages. How to choose, now I will give you the right to choose. Retire and return home, or take over Wen Zheyan's position. "

This idea really came to Zhao Dongting when he saw Wen Yuanli's gray temples.

Although in the face of national interests, Wen Yuanli's personal gains and losses can only be said to be insignificant.However, Zhao Dongting was still not willing to treat such a virtuous minister badly.

Of course, the reason he said is also true.

Wen Yuanli was not implicated by Wen Zheyan, and in the future, those families with a few people serving as imperial officials probably would not easily form family-style corruption.

Just think, if Wen Yuanli is asked to tell the old man, of course there is a warning meaning.However, it is also easier for Da Song to appear family-style corruption.

When Wen Yuanli and Wang Wenfu heard Zhao Dongting's words, they were quite shocked.

Especially Wang Wenfu, when he came over from Xuan Wen Yuan in Zhao Dongting, he almost concluded that his official position in Wen Yuan could not be kept. He did not expect such a turning point.

This has to be said to be a blessing for Wen Yuanli.

And he, of course, is happy to see such a turnaround happen.

Even if Zhao Dongting asked Wang Wenfu to retire, it would be for the good of Song Dynasty.But if the emperor does this kind of thing too much, there will only be more and more officials in Song Dynasty who will be treated badly in the future.

Seeing that Wen Yuanli was still stunned on the spot, Wang Wenfu couldn't help reminding: "Master Wen, don't you hurry up and thank you?"

Wen Yuanli came back to his senses, his eyes were already a little red, but he said: "Your Majesty, hasn't the new Jiedu Envoy of Guangnan West Road been appointed by the court?"

Of course, he never expected that the emperor would treat him like this.This is a great trust.

Zhao Dongting waved his hands and said, "It's okay! The real appointment has not been made yet, so those can only be regarded as gossip."

Wen Yuanli knelt heavily on the ground, "I am willing to work on Guangnan West Road, long live my emperor!"

Zhao Dongting asked Wen Yuanli to stand up again, and sighed softly: "Wen Zheyan committed such a heinous crime on Guangnan West Road, I must make it public to the world. Unsurprisingly, the people in Guangnan West Road The public will be outraged when they learn that you have taken over his position. They may even regard you as a scourge and want to drive you out of Guangnan West Road, but are you confident that you will secure the position of Jiedushi?"

"It's man-made."

Wen Yuanli replied: "I believe that as long as I wholeheartedly benefit the common people, the common people will definitely see it in their eyes and remember it in their hearts."

"Um……"

Zhao Dongting nodded lightly, "I will let Deputy Minister of State Chen and Liu Shuai leave the officials for you to investigate and deal with, and to build momentum for you. After you go to Guangnan West Road, first severely punish these officials, and see if you can prevent the people from being killed. It is implicated in you. What you do next depends on you. Wen Aiqing, I hope you can remember Wen Zheyan's lesson and the glory of your Wen family."

"Minister...lead the order." Wen Yuanli said solemnly.

Zhao Dongting waved his hand, "You step back!"

Wen Yuanli bowed and slowly exited the imperial study.

Wang Wenfu looked at Zhao Dongting and said, "The emperor is gambling?"

Zhao Dongting nodded and sighed, "It's really a bet that Wen Yuan will stick to justice and won't be like Wen Zheyan. If he is also corrupted in Guangnan West Road, then the people of Guangnan West Road will not only be against him." The Wen family's resentment is overwhelming, and I'm afraid they will be extremely disappointed with the court. At that time, the public's anger will be hard to appease."

Wang Wenfu also sighed lightly, not knowing what to say.

Zhao Dongting thought for a while, and then said: "Let Gong Aiqing be the deputy governor of Guangnan West Road. With him always monitoring Wen Yuanli, I feel more at ease."

"Emperor Shengming."

Wang Wenfu said, and then slowly exited the imperial study.

Zhao Dongting rubbed his temples with some headaches.

Even if he fought with the Yuan army before, to be honest, it didn't bother him as much as governing the government now.

As the territory of the Song Dynasty became larger and larger, all kinds of intricate relationships and affairs of the dog and dog would require him to work hard.

Such a court is actually unsound.

And he still has a long way to go to turn this court into a relatively sound court.

On this day, Zhao Dongting asked the Ministry of State to appoint Wen Yuanli and the minister surnamed Gong, and let them take office after the year.This caused a lot of discussion in the DPRK.

The minister surnamed Gong was originally supposed to be the Jiedushi of Guangnan West Road, which was a sure thing. It was a good thing that an adverb was added in front of it. What surprised everyone was that Wen Yuanli was appointed as Jiedushi.

Many people couldn't understand what Zhao Dongting was thinking.

Some admonishers from Yushitai even went to the Yushufang to ask Zhao Dongting to see him, and wanted Zhao Dongting to withdraw his order.

Their reason was that it was too risky and would cause a lot of trouble on Guangnan West Road.Wen Yuanli can be said to be the most unsuitable person in the whole court to be the Jiedu Envoy of Guangnan West Road.

But Zhao Dongting still did not withdraw his order.

He just said to these admonishers: "I believe in Wen Aiqing."

Fortunately, he has great prestige in the court, and these admonishing ministers at least did not do anything to kill Long Zhu.

But this made Zhao Dongting even more psychologically stressed, and even regretted it a bit.

If Wen Yuanli failed to make any achievements on Guangnan West Road, then he will definitely take the blame.

(End of this chapter)