Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Yes, after Ma Han arrested the villains, he continued to find out the reasons and went to other shops in central Beijing and the homes of wealthy households to inquire. If something went wrong, he would be taken back to the government office for questioning. Many people were very afraid of Ma Han. , Those who have money began to bribe him, this is the first, and second, every time Mahan captured the villain, he only handed over the amount of money that could be used for conviction, and the rest belonged to himself. Three, Mahan recruited the released villains as his eyes and ears, and these people began to bully others, which became even worse."

"In this way, although this Mahan has done little work, most of them are out of selfishness, and he is even more hateful than a villain. Now that he asks for this matter again, His Majesty is worried that he will repeat his old tricks?"

"Yes, but I have also considered that Ma Han has done meritorious service in governance and has not committed any serious crimes, so I don't want to punish him like this. But I will not entrust him with the responsibility of arresting villains."

"What does Your Majesty mean?"

"The public security of the capital city has always been under the control of the Kaifeng Mansion. Let the government be fully responsible for this matter. I also consider the manpower problem of the Kaifeng Mansion, so I plan to ask the Ministry of War to send someone to assist in this matter."

"Your Majesty is very thoughtful, it's better than this."

"Brother Huang, I want Xian'er to bring someone to assist the Kaifeng Mansion. I wonder if Brother Huang is willing?"

"Xian'er? Your Majesty values ​​Xian'er so much, how could I not want to."

"That's good, this matter will be more difficult, I am afraid that the emperor's brother and sister-in-law will feel sorry for Xian'er, hehehe"

"Your Majesty is sympathetic, but Xian'er is restless, it would be best to let him do more things."

"Okay, okay, that's the decision, but don't worry, Brother Huang, I will reward Xian'er well."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Brother Huang, there is one more thing, I am in a bit of a dilemma."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"I don't know if the emperor still has an impression of Chen Ruozhuo, the Jingdong transshipment envoy?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Chen Ruozhuo was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Taiping Xingguo. The first emperor admired him very much. He originally wanted to grant him a military post, but he declined. Later, he was sentenced to Ezhou. He has been transferred to several posts over the years. Chen Ruozhuo has good political performance. When Qizhou suffered from floods a few years ago, he mobilized soldiers to block the breach with the people, dredged the river to guide the water potential, and built a long embankment in Caijin Mountain. He has lightened the burden on the local people, fully controlled the river, and quickly quelled the unfavorable situation of the flood, Chen Ruozhou can be regarded as a capable official of the court."

"That's right, so I have issued an edict to appoint him as a doctor of the Ministry of Punishment to know Tanzhou, and he will take up the post after returning to Beijing."

"Your Majesty has entrusted him with such a heavy responsibility, I believe that Chen Ruozhuo will definitely be competent and make great contributions."

"I think so too, but... hey."

"Your Majesty, it is a pleasure to appoint a capable official, why are you sighing?"

Zhenzong took a booklet, "Emperor brother, look at this."

Defang took it and looked at it. In the memorial, Chen Ruozhuo said that he had served as the third division judge and transit envoy, and thought he could be promoted to the third division envoy to work in Beijing, but unexpectedly he had to leave Beijing again. This is no different from being demoted. My parents are old and don't want to be officials in a state capital too far away.

Defang closed the paper, "Your Majesty, Mr. Chen is indeed a capable person, but according to the memorial, he is unwilling to accept the appointment of the imperial court. What if he insists on not taking up the post?"

"There was an official Huang Guan who was like this before, and he was deposed from Shouyuan County. There is a precedent, and I can follow it."

"Your Majesty means to cancel the edict?"