Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1858 Continue to impeach
A month is neither long nor short.

A month passed quickly.

Li Tai and the others were all waiting for the news from Henan Road. They felt that it would be impossible for Du Zhenglun to complete the disaster relief in time on Henan Road.

However, just when they thought so, news came from Henan Road that Du Zhenglun had completed the disaster relief.

After the news came, Li Tai was shocked, he couldn't believe it was true.

"How did this happen? How could Du Zhenglun complete the disaster relief in a month? What's going on?"

Li Tai asked a little angrily. At this moment, the spies quickly explained the situation.

"My lord, it was impossible for Du Zhenglun to complete the disaster relief in time, but later he replaced all the good food with other bad food, and replaced the flour and rice with chaff and the like, and the good food for bad food. They can definitely be exchanged for a lot more, although these things are bad, they are still edible, and they are very hungry, and those hungry people have a lot of food at once, and when they have food, the famine will be solved.”

Hearing this, Li Tai was a little stunned, he didn't expect Du Zhenglun to do this.

However, Du Zhenglun exchanged good food for bad food for the hungry people.
Although Du Zhenglun completed the disaster relief, Li Tai was not particularly disappointed at this time, at least he felt that there was still room for maneuver in this matter.

After thinking about it, he immediately gave an order.

The next day, early morning.

Li Shimin has also learned that the famine in Henan Province has been resolved, and now, those hungry people in Chang'an City have started to return one after another.

There are very few people who want to leave their hometown. If their hometown can survive well, they will naturally want to go back.

After all, there is their home and their land. Here in Chang'an City, they have nothing. If there is no relief from the court, it will be very difficult for them to survive.

The famine matter has been resolved, and Li Shimin is a little happy.

But at this moment, an official stepped forward: "My lord, although the disaster in Henan Province has been resolved, I still want to continue impeaching Du Zhenglun, because the reason why he was able to relieve the disaster so quickly is because he used the disaster relief provided by the imperial court. The food was replaced with grains such as dregs, which were basically fed to pigs, but he used them for the people to eat. Once there, I suspect Du Zhenglun of corruption."

After the official told the situation, Manchao was shocked.

"What, Du Zhenglun actually fed dross to the hungry people?"

"Damn it is really hateful. This Du Zhenglun is simply inhuman. How could he do such a thing?"

"This Du Zhenglun, everyone gets it and kills it, everyone gets it and kills it."

"It's not people, it's quite a lot of people. Here in Chang'an City, we give good noodles and rice to the common people. Du Zhenglun actually did this. It's a crime that cannot be punished."

"........."

The officials in the court were very angry. Du Zhenglun's behavior touched the bottom line of their conscience. They had never seen such a shameless person.

Angry, angry, the officials verbally and verbally criticized Du Zhenglun, but at this time Li Shimin was sitting on top of the main hall, his eyes were fixed, and there was an indescribable anger.

This time, Du Zhenglun really failed his expectations.

At this time, even if Du Zhenglun had completed the disaster relief, Li Shimin still had the urge to kill him and hurry up.

However, when everyone was talking like this, Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I also know something about the situation in Henan Province. I feel that Du Zhenglun's actions are not good, but in the current situation However, it is the only way to solve the disaster.”

Changsun Wuji is the prime minister, and has always been deeply trusted by Li Shimin. He also has a huge influence in the court. After he spoke like this, the whole hall suddenly became much quieter.

Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji and said, "What does Changsun Aiqing mean?"

Changsun Wuji said: "My lord, as soon as Du Zhenglun entered the Henan Road with grain and grass, he met a group of bandits. The bandits took advantage of the terrain and plundered part of the grain and grass, so that Du Zhenglun's next disaster relief was a bit of a mess." The difficulty was not that he was not active in disaster relief. It was really hard for a clever woman to survive without rice. Later, Du Zhenglun was impeached, and he had to complete the disaster relief within a month. But to complete the disaster relief, he had to get enough food, but what about Du Zhenglun? So much food came, so he had no choice but to make such a bad plan, Your Majesty, he was able to complete the disaster relief in time, and I don’t know how many hungry people were rescued, so, even if Du Zhenglun was at fault, please consider his situation at that time."

Du Zhenglun would be impeached, Changsun Wuji had already expected it when he gave Du Zhenglun this idea, and Du Zhenglun would definitely be punished, but compared to being beheaded, it must be much lighter Yes, and as long as he is given another chance, Du Zhenglun will speak up.

After Changsun Wuji finished speaking in this way, other officials in the DPRK began to speak one after another.

"Your Majesty, I feel that Master Zhangsun's words are reasonable. He was able to complete the disaster relief in time. I don't know how many lives have been saved. Master Du's move is probably a last resort."

"That's right, that's right. The situation at that time was not easy to solve. Lord Du was able to solve it, which shows that he is a person with real skills. Please forgive Lord Du."

"Please forgive Lord Du."

"Please forgive Lord Du."

"........."

Changsun Wuji's influence in the court is not weak, so it is not difficult to get some people to speak up for Du Zhenglun. Nowadays, there are many people who defend Du Zhenglun.

Of course, when these people defended, Li Tai's people were still impeaching Du Zhenglun.

The entire court was noisy and chaotic.

After Li Shimin saw this situation, his eyes narrowed slightly, then he waved his hand and said, "Okay."

The sound fell, and the whole hall suddenly fell silent.

Li Shimin glanced at it, and said: "Du Zhenglun's move is indeed inappropriate, but after all, he can be considered to have solved the famine in Henan Province. In this way, his merits and demerits are more than offset, so he will be punished by being demoted by one rank and his salary will be fined for two years." Bar."

In Du Zhenglun's situation, it is definitely impossible for him not to be punished, but if the punishment is too heavy, it won't do. After all, he is doing things for the court, and he has done it. If he is punished too severely, who will help them do things for the court in the future? ?

This punishment is actually just right.

(End of this chapter)