Datang Nongwang

Chapter 525 The Criticism of the Court Council

After returning to the gate of his home, Li Chongzhen naturally wanted to leave first, and go back to his father to report his safety.

"Cousin, I'll go back and report to my father that I'm safe, and I'll come back later." Li Chongzhen seemed heartless, and said to come back later.

Li Chongyuan shook his head helplessly.

After Li Chongzhen left, Li Chongyuan entered the mansion under the guidance of his third brother.

The old lady, who had already received news from the concierge, waited happily in the lobby after hearing that Li Chongyuan had returned from Xixiang.

As soon as Li Chongyuan saw the old lady, he immediately bowed and gave a big gift, "My child has traveled far away for several months, but I failed to show filial piety in front of Auntie, so I ask Auntie to blame me."

"It's good to be back, it's good to be safe, sit down and rest quickly. Is the journey going smoothly? Did you encounter any trouble?" The old lady helped Li Chongyuan up, pulled him to sit down, and asked calmly.

Li Chongyuan responded truthfully one by one.

As for the matter of Xixiang, the old lady automatically filtered it out.

As for the matter on the fief, the old lady actually asked more detailed questions.

Li Chongyuan also responded one by one.

After a long time, the old lady saw that it was still early, and said to Li Chongyuan: "Yuan'er has returned from a long journey, you have to hand over the court's errand, otherwise, others will have to say that Yuan'er is wrong."

"Yes, my son obeyed my mother's arrangement, and I will go to Yushitai to hand in the errand." After Li Chongyuan heard what he said, he understood that his mother had something to say.

Being so eager to hand over the errands, it is not clear that he is telling Li Chongyuan not to take on the post of supervisory censor.

And the old lady never asked him about Li Chongyuan's affairs about Xixiang, and when the time came, she made Li Chongyuan go to the errand in such a hurry.

This is to imply that Li Chongyuan hastily resigned the supervisory censor.

Li Chongyuan naturally understood what the old lady said.

After getting up, Li Chongyuan suddenly remembered the things he brought back from Xixiang and the staff, and said to the housekeeper: "Housekeeper, I brought a lot of things back from Xixiang, you can deal with them. In addition, there are two other people from Xixiang. Please arrange for the two people brought by Xixiang to be sent to my house in a while, and I will take them to Lizhuang tomorrow."

The housekeeper nodded slightly after hearing Li Chongyuan's words.

"Yuan'er, you brought someone back?" The old lady was puzzled.

Li Chongyuan smiled and replied: "Mother, these two are capable people. However, those two are the apprentices of Jin Neishi who is next to my uncle. I guess they were assigned by my uncle, so they went to Xixiang to guard me. .So as soon as the incident in Xixiang was over, I brought them back to Chang'an together."

"So that's what happened. When you go back to Li Zhuang tomorrow, you have to thank your uncle and that golden servant." After listening to Li Chongyuan's explanation, the old lady understood what was going on.

The golden maid next to Li Yuan, the old lady naturally knew that she was a powerful person.

And his apprentice is definitely not a mediocre person.

Li Chongyuan, who left his family, got into the prepared carriage, took Xingba and the others straight to the imperial city.

After Li Chongyuan entered the imperial city, he went directly to the yamen where Yushitai was located.

When Li Chongyuan got off the carriage wearing ordinary clothes, he was holding a set of Yushi's clothes and other things in his hand.

Seeing Li Chongyuan approaching with Yushi's costume in his hands, the gatekeepers of Yushitai wanted to ask, but they knew that Li Chongyuan was a controversial figure in the court recently, so they just shut up.

Li Chongyuan walked into the Yushitai holding the official uniform and some other things, and walked towards the public house where the highest official of the Yushitai was.

Of course, the highest officer of Yushitai is Doctor Yushi.

And the current imperial censor is none other than Wei Zheng, the strongest fan of the dynasty.

After Li Chongyuan entered Wei Zheng's public house with his official uniform and other things in his hands, he quickly saluted Wei Zheng, "Li Chongyuan has met Duke Wei."

"Boy, I heard that you came back from Xixiang. Why don't you take a good rest at the mansion for a few days? Why do you come here to deal with errands as soon as you come back? And you are holding the official uniform seal of the supervisory censor. Is it because you want to resign?" Can't it work?" Wei Zheng actually got the news from the doorman a long time ago, and Zheng'an was sitting on the chair and waiting for Li Chongyuan.

Li Chongyuan took a few steps forward, put the official uniform and other things on Wei Zheng's desk, and said with another salute: "I, Li Chongyuan, are not expected to be an official. I would have a headache if I could do it for a county magistrate, let alone It is still a position of supervisory censor. So, this time I am in Chang'an, firstly, I am resigning from my position as supervisory censor, and secondly, I also hope that you, Duke Wei, will not blame you for being ignorant."

"You are really courageous, boy. Your post of supervisory censor was not conferred by my Majesty Wei, it was the Majesty's own idea. If you want to resign, you can't really resign from me, only the Majesty Sure, you can only resign from the post of supervisory censor. Besides, how many people in the world want to be a supervisory censor, and you, a bastard, are so aggrieved that you will be wronged as soon as you return to Chang'an. I have resigned from the position of censor." Wei Zheng shook his head, really sighing at Li Chongyuan's behavior.

"Ah!!! Duke Wei, you don't feel pain in your back when you sit and talk. You should know what I did in Xixiang if you want to come to Duke Wei. I'm afraid that once I return to Chang'an, the Holy Majesty will wring my head off Well, not to mention whether other censors in your Yushitai will criticize me. Also, that person may want to pounce on me at any moment, and even wish to kill me in Xixiang What?" Li Chongyuan immediately began to pour bitter water on Wei Zhengzhi when he heard Wei Zhengzhi's prescription.

Of course Wei Zheng knew who Li Chongyuan was referring to.

Biejia in Yangzhou was recommended by him, and after Li Chongyuan arrived in Xixiang, he directly arrested Zheng Qiang, and almost took over all the officials in Yangzhou.

Don't be that person, and the people below are like that, so naturally, they are all that person.

Wei Zheng looked at the censor's uniform on the case table, and pointed, "Take it back, it's not up to me to say goodbye, it's up to the Holy Majesty to decide."

"That can't be done. The position of supervising the censor belongs to the Censor Tai Procuratorate, and you, Duke Wei, are in charge of the Censor Tai. If a small supervisor like me has to go through the emperor, what else do you want?" There is a distinction between superiors and subordinates." Li Chongyuan refused.

Take back the official uniform?

That is impossible.

Don't say that the old lady has something to say, but Li Chongyuan originally wanted to resign this official.

A trip to Xixiang almost got me trapped in it.

If this happens again in the future, then Li Chongyuan may hang around at any time, where is there any life left to enjoy life and fulfill the great wish in his heart.

After Li Chongyuan's refusal, he saluted Wei Zheng, then exited the public house and left Yushitai.

Looking at Li Chongyuan's leaving back, Wei Zheng let out a long sigh, and shook his head helplessly, "I think you will become a pawn in this game in the court meeting tomorrow. Whether it is good or bad depends on whether you can be safe tomorrow." Pass it through. If you pass it safely, the position of supervisory censor may become your stepping stone. If you fail, a position of supervisory censor can ruin your future."

There is no civil official in the world who does not want to be a supervisory censor.

This official position, not to mention the power, is also an official position that most senior officials must experience.

and so.

As long as you become a supervisory censor, it means that you have a bright future.

of course.

This promising future means that you can become a part of the officialdom, not a fool like Li Chongyuan.

How can there be a supervisory censor who has brought most of the officials in Yangzhou?

It is estimated that Li Chongyuan is the only person in the world who dares to do such a thing.

As far as Li Chongyuan's temperament is concerned, he must not be able to become a part of this officialdom. At least, there are many things in the officialdom that Li Chongyuan can't stand.

Therefore, Li Chongyuan's temperament is also in line with his nature of being a farmer.

After leaving the imperial city, Li Chongyuan went directly to the Yingbin Building in Pingkangfang.

When Qi Huo saw Li Chongyuan, his excitement disappeared, and he kept asking Li Chongyuan, as if he was afraid of what Li Chongyuan might do.

"Old Qi, don't dangle in front of my eyes. I know you are worried about me, and I thank you for your concern. Look at me, all hands and feet are complete, and I am in good health. You can tell at a glance that nothing happened to me .Okay, stop asking questions. Tell me about the situation in the Yingbin Building in recent months." Li Chongyuan saw that Qi Huo was either waving in front of his eyes or asking questions. He also knew that he was worried about him, so he quickly stopped Qi Huo's talk and behavior.

Qi Huo was careful again, and after looking at Li Chongyuan up and down, he felt relieved and introduced to Li Chongyuan the situation of the Yingbin Building in recent months, "Xiao Langjun, I, Qi Yu, am not afraid Do you have something to do. Since Mr. Xiao Lang is fine, I will tell Mr. Xiao Lang about the revenue of our Yingbin Building in recent months."

After Qi Huo Yitong's introduction, Li Chongyuan knew the general situation of the Yingbin Building.

At this time, it was getting late, and it was not easy for Li Chongyuan to stay in the Yingbin Building for a long time. After leaving, he went back to the county magistrate's mansion, met face-to-face with a few of the servants who had stayed in the mansion, and ran again. back home.

He had a good dinner with the old lady, his eldest brother and sister-in-law, the second brother who got the news, and the third brother.

After dinner, everyone seemed to be influenced by the old lady, and kept silent about anything in Xixiang, and the whole family had a happy dinner.

Although Li Chongyuan didn't know the reason, he couldn't say anything, and he wouldn't take the initiative to talk about Xixiang. After all, the things in Xixiang were very complicated and dangerous.

Li Chongyuan was also afraid that if the old lady and others asked about it, he would say it himself, which would only increase everyone's worries.

The next morning.

After Li Chongyuan got up, he reported to the old lady, got into the carriage, took Xingba and the others, and turned to the county uncle's mansion, picked up Tang Li and Liu Xiang, and went straight to Li Zhuang.

Enter the palace to greet Li Shimin?

forget it.

Li Shimin's father hasn't invited him yet, so how could Li Chongyuan go to greet Li Shimin first.

Furthermore.

Even if Li Chongyuan wanted to go to the palace to pay his respects, it was the time of the court meeting, and Li Chongyuan wanted to go to pay his respects, but Li Shimin didn't have the time to see him.

All the way in a hurry, non-stop.

An hour later, Li Chongyuan finally entered the range of Li Zhuang.

And this time.

In the court meeting in the palace, because someone saw Li Chongyuan returned to Chang'an yesterday, he mentioned the matter of Xixiang again today, and started to make trouble for Li Chongyuan.

This is not.

After the discussion of the important matter was over, an official stood up, bowed to Li Shimin and said: "My lord, the matter of Xixiang has been suspended for more than a month, and it doesn't matter whether it is Xixiang or the counties of Yangzhou. If this continues, the people of Yangzhou will have complaints against the imperial court, so please ask the Holy Majesty and the court officials to decide on the appointment of officials."

When the official hadn't finished speaking, another official among the civil servants stood up and said to Li Shimin: "My lord, the matter of Xixiang has not been resolved for a long time, and Li Shi, who is patrolling Xixiang, Censor, yesterday, made great fanfare and returned to Chang'an with dozens of fully loaded carriages."

Huh.

The official's words are pointing to something.

Li Chongji, who was in the distance, looked at that person after hearing what someone said.

What this person said inside and outside, was that Li Chongyuan went to Xixiang, and after messing up Xixiang, he came back with great fanfare, and came back with dozens of fully loaded carriages, referring to It was Li Chongyuan who took this opportunity to exploit the place.

Li Chongyuan knew it.

The things that my fourth brother brought back were as many as dozens of carriages, at most seven or eight carriages.

and.

The things my fourth brother brought back from Xixiang were basically nothing except some local things.

Li Chongji knew that his fourth brother loved rice, so after going to Xixiang this time, he brought back twenty shi of rice directly from the warehouse in his fief.

Twenty shi of rice already took up four carriages.

Add some camellia oil, and some local things, and it will add up to seven or eight carriages.

Now some people say that his fourth brother brought back dozens of carriages, which is completely framed and stigmatized.

Li Chongji really wanted to refute the other party, but today is not a big court meeting, Li Chongji has no right to speak, only the qualification to observe.

But if he really didn't say some excuses, he, Li Chongji, really couldn't follow that person's wishes, and immediately cast a look of help to his uncle.

Li Xiaogong also happened to receive Li Chongji's gaze at this time, and nodded slightly, signaling Li Chongji to be at ease.

And this time.

Among the civil servants, after a while after the man's words fell, they began to grasp this point and began to attack Li Chongyuan.

No, Fang Xuanling's people began to launch an offensive, "My lord, Yangzhou Ben'an is safe and sound as usual, but since Li Chongyuan arrived in Xixiang, he went beyond his duties and powers to investigate the local officials. This is no longer what a supervisory censor did. However, Li Chongyuan returned to Chang'an with dozens of carriages and belongings, which shows that Li Chongyuan has exploited a lot in Xixiang."

"Your Majesty, I want to sue Li Chongyuan, sue him for disrespecting the official system and the court system, and sue him for harming Yangzhou and making the people of Yangzhou miserable. I also want to sue him for Li Chongyuan killing innocent people indiscriminately. Sue him for buying and selling by force, tell him that Li Chongyuan regards foreign water as his own, sue him for Li Chongyuan."

(End of this chapter)