Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Taizong had no choice but to dismiss Chen Yongli and send him to Shangzhou, but Taizong regretted it less than a day later, and issued an edict to recruit Chen Yongli back.

Defang was very unhappy about this, so she went to Zhao Pu and said, "Prime Minister, what should we do? If Chen Lili returns to Beijing again, he will be even more arrogant."

"Don't be impatient, my lord, the truth is already prepared," said Zhao Pu

"Prepare? Does the prime minister still have evidence of Chen's crime?"

Zhao Pu nodded, "Dou Jian, the prime minister in the main hall, was inspecting Zhengzhou's inspections, and found that Chen Yili had violated the norms in clothing and accessories when he received the envoys from Beijing; It's not a bad word, Song Hang, the Deputy Envoy of West Beijing Transit, has obtained a lot of criminal evidence from Chen Li's house, which will be presented to His Majesty tomorrow morning."

"Can we really get rid of this person this time?" Defang was a little worried

"Don't worry, my lord, the truth will definitely force this person to be killed."

"Okay, Xiao Wang will also speak up"

In the early court, Emperor Taizong was very angry when he received the new evidence of reprimanding Chen Yong, and immediately ordered the eunuch to be sent to kill Hou Mo Chen Yong.Not long after that, Taizong regretted it again, and sent envoys to chase him again, hoping to spare him the death penalty.

Zhao Pu had already expected that Defang would inform the previous envoy of the decree and rush to inform the execution without any delay. When Taizong proposed to pardon Chen Yong, Zhao Pu and Defang continued to procrastinate, but Taizong was still determined to pardon. So an envoy was sent, and by coincidence, when the envoy galloped to Xin'an, the road was muddy, and the horse got stuck in the mud. When the envoy changed horses and arrived, Chen Lili had already executed the death sentence.

Knowing that Chen Lili was dead, Defang was relieved, "Thanks to the Prime Minister, Chen Lili was able to obey the law."

Zhao Pu smiled, "In order to kill a traitor, besides a large amount of criminal evidence, many other aspects must also be taken into consideration. His Majesty's favorite minister like Chen Yong, if one hit is hard to hit, one must keep hitting. Once the opportunity arises, one must not let it go." Pass."

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for your advice! Xiao Wang has benefited a lot," Defang said.

The two were talking, when Xu Wang Yuanxi, who was the Yin of Kaifeng at the time, came over, "Prime Minister, Brother Wang"

The three "King Xu" bowed to each other

"Xiao Wang admires you two for eradicating the traitor Chen Yong," Yuan Xi said.

"Thank you King Xu, this is the duty of a courtier," said Zhao Pu

"Yes, Xiao Wang has something to ask the prime minister and brother Wang to help," Yuan Xi said

"Oh?" Defang looked at Yuan Xi, "What needs the help of the king and the prime minister?"

Yuan Xi took out the booklet and said, "Xiao Wang learned that Zhao Changyan, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Chen Xiangyu, deputy envoy of Yantie, Dong Yan, deputy envoy of Duzhi, Hu Dan of Zhi Zhigao, and Liang Ke of You Zhengyan gathered in Zhao Changyan's mansion day and night to form a party for private interests. Zhai Mazhou slandered the current affairs, not only wrote a letter recommending his evil deeds, but also cited dozens of his acquaintances, and recommended them as officials, all of which were secretly assisted by Zhao Changyan."

"There is such a thing?" Defang looked at Zhao Pu, "Prime Minister, what do you think?"

Zhao Pu thought for a while, "Is there any evidence?"

"Already complete," Yuan Xi said, motioning his subordinates to bring the evidence, Zhao Pu and Defang looked at it, and nodded

"Prime Minister, Brother Wang, these people are people whom the emperor trusts. Xiao Wang is afraid that he will not be able to move them, so I invite the two of you to meet at the Chongzheng Hall and persuade the emperor to punish them."

Defang nodded, "Of course, but judging from the current evidence, they can't be sentenced to heavy sentences, at most they are downgraded."

"Well," Zhao Pu said, "Indeed, but it's good to be able to warn them with this."

"Then it's not too late, let's go see His Majesty," Yuan Xi said

"Okay, please, Prime Minister," Defang said