The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 62
Not long after, when they arrived at the ferry crossing the Nandu River, the imperial guards went ashore first and took strict precautions.

The guards in the front are guarding Zhao Dongting's imperial chariot, the front is nearly [-] horsemen, and the rear is followed by tens of thousands of infantry, protecting the ministers and noble families of the Southern Song Dynasty court, heading towards Haikang County.

Brothers Zhao Da and Zhao Hu were placed in the bodyguard army, both riding horses, looking forward to it.

There were not many people along the way, and when they saw the army, they quickly moved to the side of the road.

As soon as Ma Jun arrived outside Haikang County, he saw all the officials in Haikang County waiting at the gate of the city.

The leader is Wu Shunchang, the county magistrate, about fifty years old, with a chest-length beard and cloud wings on his head, bowing and waiting.

Ge Lijun was killed on Quzhou Island, and most of the generals in Leizhou Prefecture were imprisoned, so most of the city gates were civil servants.They have no martial arts skills and are not good at commanding troops. They were kept by Mr. Ge Li to guard Leizhou, and because Wen Tianxiang's army surrendered early, they are still alive and their official positions have not been dismissed.

Ten minutes later, Zhao Dongting's imperial chariot was finally in sight.

The awe-inspiring horse troops were divided into two sides, and the guards in silver fish-scale armor arched the imperial chariot to the front of the city.

The people waiting outside the city quickly knelt down, "Kowtow to the emperor!"

Wu Shunchang smiled all over his face, and trotted to the front of the imperial chariot with all the officials, "Weichen Haikang County Prime Minister Wu Shunchang and all the officials in the city welcome the emperor."

Rao is that Haikang County is a heavy county in Leizhou. In fact, the county magistrate at that time was just a small official of the eighth rank.

That is to say, the situation is special at this time, otherwise, Wu Shunchang would not even be qualified to meet Zhao Dongting.

Brothers Zhao Da and Zhao Hu saw Wu Shunchang, their eyes turned red instantly.

Wu Shunchang lowered his head at this time, but he didn't see the two brothers.

When Zhao Dongting heard Wu Shunchang's name, he was slightly stunned, and then said directly: "Wu Xiancheng, I heard that you have a habit of snatching women from the people, is there such a thing?"

Wu Shunchang's face turned pale in an instant, and he hastily shouted: "Your Majesty, I am wronged, who the hell must be slandering this humble minister..."

Zhao Dongting got up and walked out of the chariot, looking down at Wu Shunchang from above.

Wu Shunchang has a broad forehead and a rather bloated figure, and he looks like he has been pampered for a long time.

He had already made up his mind, turned his head to look at Zhao Da and Zhao Hu and said, "Zhao Da, Zhao Hu, is that Wu Shunchang you are talking about?"

Zhao Hu roared with red eyes: "Your Majesty, it's him, even if he turns into ashes, the grassroots will remember."

Wu Shunchang looked up and saw the two brothers, but he didn't remember them at all, and said coldly: "Who are you two? Why did you slander me in front of the emperor?"

Zhao Hu said bitterly: "Wu Shunchang, you killed my parents and kidnapped my wife two months ago, so you don't remember my two brothers?"

Wu Shunchang broke out in a cold sweat, and felt that the official robe on his back was wet instantly, but he said calmly: "You two are proficient in slander, and this official doesn't know you two at all."

At this time, he was extremely remorseful, he only hated why he didn't send more soldiers to arrest these two reckless men.

Now, even if the emperor doesn't investigate and deal with him, his impression in the emperor's heart will be extremely bad.

He didn't even dare to look up at Zhao Dongting again.

At this time, Zhao Dongting looked at the people kneeling on the top of the city, and said loudly: "Who else among you wants to sue the county magistrate Wu Shunchang?"

Wu Shunchang almost fell to the ground.

Now he can naturally see that the emperor also intends to deal with him.

But what made him feel a little relieved was that after Zhao Dongting finished speaking, none of the kneeling people answered.

Wu Shunchang was secretly pleased, "It seems that this official is well known among the people..."

But at this time, Zhao Dongting said again: "Don't be afraid, just speak out, I will make decisions for you."

Wu Shunchang shook slightly twice, sweating like rain.

"Your Majesty, the grassroots are going to sue Wuxian Cheng for taking over my property!"

"Your majesty, grass people..."

Seeing what the emperor said, those people who were originally apprehensive dared to shout out.

In an instant, the city gate was bustling with excitement.

Zhao Dongting gave Yue Peng a few instructions, asking him to send someone to call those people who have something to say to the front of the imperial chariot, "Speak one by one."

These common people saw that although Zhao Dongting was a child, but he was very majestic, they also told their stories one by one.

Some of them were seized by Wu Shunchang, some were framed and blackmailed by Wu Shunchang, and more, like Zhao Hu, were deprived of their family members by him.

Every time a person was mentioned, Wu Shunchang's face became paler, and in the end, there was no blood at all.

Zhao Dongting was shocked and angry when he heard the absurd things Wu Shunchang did. He didn't expect that officials in ancient times would be so unscrupulous when they became corrupt, especially in a remote place like Leizhou. Law.He then thought of what Ge Jun, the son of Ge Lijun, and other dudes did in Haikang County that day, and he became even more angry, and shouted: "Behead Wu Shunchang on the spot, as an example to others!"

Before entering the city, he wanted to kill the county magistrate, which frightened all the officials of Haikang county into pale faces.

Wu Shunchang collapsed on the ground, not giving up, crying: "Your Majesty, I am an official of the imperial court. If you listen to the words of these grassroots, the Emperor will behead me. My minister... I am dissatisfied in my heart..."

"Dissatisfied?"

Zhao Dongting sneered, and looked at the common people again, "Then I will ask again, is there anyone who wants to intercede for Wu Xiancheng?"

There were hundreds of people, but no one spoke.

Wu Shunchang usually flattered and flattered Mr. Ge Li, but he was unscrupulous in the local area, which had already aroused public resentment.

Seeing this, Zhao Dongting waved his hand impatiently.

Yue Peng leaped out on his horse, stabbed down with his long spear, and killed Wu Shunchang on the spot.

Bright red blood soaked under the official robe, spreading in the blink of an eye.

The officials of all sizes in Haikang County were so frightened that they all backed away and fell to their knees.Haikang County has been rotten to the root, and they are also terrified. If they are investigated and dealt with, few of them will be able to escape the catastrophe.

Some of the people shouted, "Long live the emperor."

It's just that Zhao Dongting is not in a hurry to deal with them. It is simply unrealistic to completely cure corruption when he first came to Leizhou.

His eyes swept over the kneeling people, let Yue Peng come over, and whispered a few words to Yue Peng.

After hearing this, Yue Peng shouted loudly: "The emperor has ordered that when the army enters the city, a supervisory department will be set up at the side of the former magistrate's mansion. Anyone who has grievances against Leizhou officials can go to the supervisory department to beat the drum and report the case. The emperor ordered the supervisory department to deal with it impartially! "

The people were all stunned.

In the past, Leizhou Prefecture also had a Criminal Division, but the Criminal Division was basically in cahoots with the Zhizhou Prefecture, and didn't care about things at all.

It wasn't until a few seconds later that someone reacted and shouted long live.

This shout caused many people to shout, and the crowd was excited.

Zhao Dongting has not entered the city yet, because of Wu Shunchang's incident, he has gained a lot of popular support.

He slowly retreated to sit in the chariot, and said in a deep voice, "Enter the city!"

It didn't make any sense to those Haikang County officials.

The army immediately entered the city mightily, and the sound of horseshoes rolled like a dragon.

Except for the imperial guards and guards, the rest of the soldiers were taken to various barracks outside the city.

Haikang County is the most important county in Leizhou, and it is directly under the jurisdiction of Leizhou Prefecture. In the past, the Sixth Army of Leizhou was guarding around Haikang County. Zhao Dongting did not intend to send these soldiers to other counties. After all, the Yuan army was still eyeing it. Ali Haiya, the Yuan army, is still raging in Guangxi and may attack at any time.

When they arrived in the city, the people knelt down to welcome them again.

Zhao Dongting didn't open the window again, and heard the sound of Long Live entering the city.

Naturally, he didn't notice that, among the people outside the city, there was a beautiful and beautiful figure looking at his chariot, with a smile slowly forming on the corner of his mouth.

Soon, the army arrived outside Zhizhou Mansion.

Mr. Geli's family was confiscated, and the magistrate's mansion had already been cleared out.Originally, Lu Xiufu proposed to re-establish the palace, but Zhao Dongting rejected it because of wasting money and people, and decided to live in the magistrate's mansion.

Ma Jun, the bodyguard's pro-army, roared away and surrounded Zhizhou's mansion.

The imperial guards drove to the school ground in the city not far away.

Zhao Dongting was supported by Li Yuanxiu to get out of the chariot, and walked to Zhizhou Mansion with Concubine Yang Shu and Zhao Bing.

Although it is Zhizhou's mansion, the Zhizhou's mansion is much more luxurious than Zhao Dongting's palace in Quzhou, with rockery, gardens, and clear ponds everywhere.

Wen Tianxiang arranged for the commander-in-chief who guarded Zhizhou's mansion to see the emperor and queen mother coming, and hurriedly took them to the bedroom.Afterwards, Zhao Dongting followed him around the entire Zhizhou Mansion to find out where the Yizheng Hall was and where the Imperial Study Room was.It can be seen how big the state capital is.

Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie and other civil and military ministers were also taken to their own residences by Xingguo soldiers.

After the family members were properly arranged, they came to Zhizhou Mansion again.

Zhao Dongting met them in the Yizheng Hall and said: "My dear friends, our army has just arrived in Leizhou Mansion, and this Leizhou Mansion is the base of our army. I think you also saw it when you entered the city. The former Leizhou Mansion officials It's rotten, and the governance is excessive. Now I will use this Leizhou Mansion as your examination room, and each province and ministry will perform their own duties, and manage Leizhou Mansion properly as quickly as possible."

"Open ferries widely, encourage foreign businessmen, open colleges, widen rivers, and repair roads. All ministries and departments must not be neglected. Although you are important ministers of the country, I also want to see if you are really capable of governing the country. Let me talk about my ugly words first. , If anyone can't even manage this mere area of ​​Leizhou well, then don't blame me for not thinking of sympathy, and dismiss your officials. What I need are wise men who really have the ability to govern the country."

Lu Xiufu and other civil servants kowtowed quickly, "Your servants obey your orders!"

"Ah."

Zhao Dongting waved his hand, "Then everyone, go get busy now, Mr. Zhang, I will entrust you with the work of the Supervision Department."

Zhang Shijie bowed, "I will do it now."

Then the ministers hurriedly retreated.

As soon as they left here, Zhao Dongting ran back to the bedroom and found Le Wu, "Le Wu, take me to your house to have a look?"

He had already been thinking about this matter when he just set off from Leizhou.After staying with Le Chan for a few days, he wanted to see her every day.

(End of this chapter)