Man Tanghong

Chapter 852 What made Wei Zheng change so much?
The next day, the decree regarding the appointment of Wei Zheng as Jingzhou appeasement ambassador reached the three provinces.

Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda from the three provinces understood the intention at a glance, and immediately signed it without even thinking about it. At noon, Wei Zheng received the imperial edict and related documents appointing him as Jingzhou pacification ambassador.

Wei Zheng was dumbfounded all of a sudden.

If the three provinces have not signed, then he can still struggle symbolically, but the three provinces have already signed, then he has no room for struggle and rejection, and can only take office immediately.

In Yushitai.

Wang Gui sat sideways on his couch, quietly looking at Wei Zheng's face that was darker than the bottom of the pot, not to mention how proud he was.

I told you a long time ago not to chase those two female worms, but you don't believe me.

It's all right now, when the hidden dragon behind him made a move, he directly took you away.

How are you still chasing those two female worms?

This time, although Wei Zheng was promoted, in Wang Gui's view, this was an obvious promotion and a secret demotion.

After all, no matter how high the rank and power of a foreign official is, they cannot be compared with Beijing officials.

A Qinggui second-in-command at Yushitai, after being transferred out to be a pacifying ambassador, even though he has been promoted several levels in a row, he still has greater authority than before.

However, their official positions and powers are bound to the localities. Except for the places they appease, the government affairs of other places can't be taken care of even if they don't like it.

Otherwise, local officials, feudal lords, and similar local officials will have objections.

If it is serious, it will even stand up and fight with you.

So Wei Zheng seems to have been promoted and rewarded with power, but in fact, after arriving in the locality, he can only manage one-third of his own acre of land, and he has no way to intervene in the government affairs of other places.

This is very different from the authority of Yushitai that he now has.

When he was in Yushitai, he could impeach whoever he wanted, and he could write a book immediately if he saw that his administration was not pleasing to the eye.

When the temper came up, he could even fight against the other party and pull the other party down.

He doesn't have such authority when he goes to the local area. Except for the officials in a few places near Jingzhou, as well as the superiors and subordinates, he can't impeach other officials, let alone confront them. , Pull people off their horses.

Because after he arrived at the local government, he was no longer the censor, and if he performed the duties of the censor platform, let alone the local officials, the officials of the censor platform would have opinions.

If he is a military official, then he will definitely earn a lot of money by going to the local area to be a feudal official, because the local military officials in the Tang Dynasty have considerable autonomy and the right to command troops, so they have freedom in the local area. The degree is much higher than in Beijing.

But he happened to be a civil servant. After he went to the local area, although he took on the title of pacifying ambassador, if there was a conflict with the local governor's mansion, the great governor's mansion, and the vassal king's mansion, people would embarrass him in various names. He has no temper either.

So he, the Jingzhou appeasement ambassador, seems to be coming to Jingzhou, but in fact, after going to Jingzhou, some people restrict him.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he went to Jingzhou to go to jail.

After all, Pei Ju is also in Jingzhou.

After he went to Jingzhou, would he still be able to fight against Pei Ju?
Pei Ju wanted to make trouble for him and torment him, how could he refuse?

After Li Gang begged for the bones, Pei Ju became No. 1 among civil servants. Although Pei Ju did not have the name of prime minister, no one would say anything when he exercised the power of prime minister.

Even though Wei Zheng has been promoted several ranks, he is still several grades behind Pei Ju.

Pei Ju wanted to torment him, but he could only suffer silently.

"What does King Yong mean? Is it for private use?"

With a dark face, Wei Zheng patted the cases around him and questioned angrily.

Wang Gui said with a faint smile: "You can eat more, but you can't talk nonsense. His Highness King Yong appreciates you and supports you. After you go to Jingzhou, if you can make any great achievements, you can talk to Tang after you come back." Jian and the others competed for the post of six ministers.

This is several grades higher than your current Yushi Zhongcheng on the fifth grade. "

Wei Zheng stared at Wang Gui angrily and said, "What kind of intention does he have in promoting me, I don't believe you can't see it!"

Wang Gui smiled indifferently and said, "What could he have in mind? He just values ​​your talent, wants to support you, and entrusts you with important tasks. Apart from that, I don't see any other thoughts in his mind. "

Wei Zheng glared at Wang Gui viciously and said, "You're pretending to be ignorant!"

Wang Gui said with a smile: "Even if I don't pretend to be ignorant, what can you do? If it's just His Royal Highness Yong's will, then you can still refuse, but now the two prime ministers of the three provinces have also recognized His Royal Highness Yong. Do you still have the room to refuse?"

Wei Zheng slapped the case and said angrily: "They are helping the evildoers!"

Wang Gui's face changed slightly, and he reminded: "Wei Xuancheng, if you have an opinion, you have an opinion, but you can't talk nonsense!"

Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda from the three provinces can now be regarded as the nominal leaders of all their civil servants. To point out that Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda are helping the emperor to abuse is to blame all the civil servants.

Other civil servants will have opinions when they know about it.

After all, any group pays attention to what kind of general leads what kind of soldiers.

If the two leaders, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, were helping the tyrant, wouldn't the rest of them also be helping the tyrant?
Those civil servants who don't care about reputation may not care about such words.

But those who care about reputation will fight Yushitai desperately because of such words.

Wei Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "I'm just telling the truth!"

Wang Gui put away his already stiff smiling face, and said coldly: "It's not good to tell the truth like this!"

Wei Zheng heard that Wang Gui didn't want to talk about this matter with him anymore, and he didn't make fun of himself any more, but sat down resentfully, and started to write.

three days later.

After Wei Zheng left Chang'an City with a few old servants, a few strong servants, and a team of soldiers and horses assigned by the pacification ambassador, a memorial was placed on Li Yuanji's desk.

Li Yuanji glanced briefly, then shook his head dumbfounded.

"What did Wei Xuancheng say in the memorial?"

Xiao Yu stretched his neck slightly and asked curiously.

It is well known that Wei Zheng had a quarrel with Wang Gui in Yushitai yamen on the day he received the promotion letter.

Everyone knew that Wei Zheng was very dissatisfied with this matter.

Therefore, Wei Zheng must have had bad things to say in the memorial that he handed over before he left.

Li Yuanji glanced at Xiao Yu, smiled calmly and said: "It's nothing, just remind me not to indulge the princess and my third sister to bully the weak."

Xiao Yu said doubtfully, "Is that true?"

Xiao Yu didn't believe it.

Because it didn't fit Wei Zheng's temperament at all.

With Wei Zheng's temperament, after encountering such a tough thorn, he would definitely "speak up for justice", it would never be that simple.

Li Yuanji said with a smile: "Isn't that enough?"

Xiao Yu froze for a moment, smiled dryly and didn't speak.

Accusing those in power of conniving his wife and sister, accusing Concubine Yong and Princess Pingyang of bullying the weak is indeed enough.

After all, among the above three, one is in charge of Datang's authority, one's husband is in charge of Datang's authority, and one's younger brother is in charge of Datang's authority.

Just accusing these three people of their faults is enough.

Seeing that Xiao Yu had been fooled by him, Li Yuanji heaved a long sigh in his heart, and secretly put away Wei Zheng's memorial.

Wei Zheng's rhetoric in the memorial is far from as simple as he said.

In the memorial, Wei Zheng accused him of using public equipment for private use, which is a way to bring disaster, allowing his wife and sister to bully the weak, which is a sign of a foolish ruler, and colluding with the ministers and ministers, which is an act of subjugation.

From the perspective of a bystander, none of what Wei Zheng said was wrong.

Because it's not a good thing to use public tools for private use, to indulge your wife and sisters to bully the weak, or to be in cahoots with the ministers.

So Wei Zheng found the problem, pointed it out, and there was nothing wrong with it.

But from his personal point of view, Wei Zheng went too far, accusing him of going too far.

But he is not someone who doesn't know right from wrong, so even if he thinks that Wei Zheng is a bit too much, as long as Wei Zheng is right, he doesn't have to care.

This is not to say that he has any masochistic tendencies, but that a country must have different voices.

If there is only one voice and only follow one person's thoughts, it is easy to fall into extremes.

He doesn't think that he is smarter than everyone else, and he doesn't think that everything he does is suitable for Datang and can make Datang continue to grow and develop, so there must be someone by his side to remind him of what he does. Didn't do it right, which one thing was not suitable for Datang.

Only in this way can he lead Datang to a more prosperous direction.

Therefore, he can ignore Wei Zheng's words of impeachment.

The reason why he helped Wei Zheng cover up was because Wei Zheng also impeached Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda while impeaching him, accusing Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda of collaborating with him.

If Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda found out about this, could Wei Zheng be spared?
No matter how you say it, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda are prime ministers, the heads of civil servants, and one of their subordinates accused them. Even if they can hold a boat in their stomachs, they will teach a lesson.

But now that Wei Zheng is no longer the censor, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda really want to target him, and he has no room to fight back.

This is his real purpose of helping Wei Zheng cover up.

He didn't want Wei Zheng to be so unobtrusive, and to be tossed to death by Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda before he got to the point of being a man of the ages.

After secretly putting away Wei Zheng's memorials, Li Yuanji asked Xiao Yu suspiciously, "I remember that Wei Zheng didn't seem to be like this before?"

When Wei Zheng was in charge of washing horses in the East Palace, he didn't look like this.

On the contrary, he knows how to be flexible, is also very good at dealing with people, and is full of wit and tricks, which is completely different from what he is now.

So what made Wei Zheng change so much?

Li Yuanji really wants to know!
(End of this chapter)