A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 230
East Palace, Xiande Palace.

The emperor inspected the soldiers after archery in front of the palace as usual,

When they came to the verandah, they couldn't wait to release the hawk from the cage and put it on their arms to enjoy it.

This harrier eagle is extremely handsome, with a gray back, a white belly, a short beak and sharp claws.

Although it is not big in size, it is a very ferocious bird of prey, even an eagle can't beat it, and if it encounters it, it can only run away.

"This eagle is really handsome." Zhang Anan praised.

"It was sent by Xu Luoren, and it was presented by the warrior Xun Jin, the governor of Liangzhou."

The emperor likes to shoot and hunt, and he is also good as a falcon dog. The emperor likes this harrier very much as soon as it is delivered, and he has to play with it for a long time every day. road.

While he was speaking, Xu Luoren, a hundred horsemen from the right, said loudly in the distance, "Wei Zuocheng, please wait a moment, someone will report to His Majesty."

But Wei Zheng ignored it at all, "Your Majesty has the porch in front, what else do you need to pass on?"

Li Shimin saw Wei Zheng coming this way, he didn't have time to put away the harrier, so he directly hid the harrier in his bosom and under his clothes, just after he hid it, Wei Zheng had already approached.

"Chen Wei Zheng pays homage to His Majesty."

Seeing Wei Zheng, Li Shimin asked angrily, "What's the matter?"

Wei Zheng had seen the emperor hiding the harpy eagle in his arms just now, but now he pretended not to see it. He sternly remonstrated with the emperor, and began to tell the story of ancient emperors who lost their country because of ease and pleasure.

Wei Zheng has read a lot of books, and his eloquence in telling historical stories is better, and the telling is endless.

Although Li Shimin looked unhappy, it was not easy to interrupt Wei Zheng's admonition, Mingjun must be able to accept his admonition.

The emperor forbears it, and just wants him to finish speaking quickly, but Wei Zheng talks endlessly, talking about one king and another.

When Wei Zheng finally finished speaking, it had been more than half an hour.

The hawk in the emperor's arms was still moving at first, but there was no movement at all in the back, and Wei Zheng finally stopped talking.

"Your Majesty, with copper as a mirror, you can correct your clothes, and with history as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs."

"Never forget the past, the teacher of future generations."

"If Your Majesty wants the Tang Dynasty to prosper forever, please don't be indulging in pleasure..."

"I retire!"

Wei Zheng stepped back.

Li Shimin took out the Harrier Eagle, and the handsome Harrier Eagle had been smothered to death by the emperor.

Looking at this handsome harpy eagle, Li Shimin's face was cloudy and uncertain.

Zhang Anan stood on one side with his sleeves covered like a sculpture.

"This damn Wei Zheng."

Zhang Anan didn't answer, the emperor immediately became the son of heaven, young and vigorous, if he really hated Wei Zheng, he would have reprimanded and punished him just now, but the emperor suffocated his beloved bird to death, and he only said this afterward, obviously the emperor didn't really blame Wei Zheng meaning.

The emperor fiddled with the kite and found that it was indeed dead, so he put it aside helplessly.

"Ananda, do you think I'm afraid of Wei Zheng?"

"Your Majesty is not afraid of Wei Zheng, but respects Wei Zheng. Although Wei Zheng offends Tianyan, he dares to speak up and speak out, and what he says is good advice. His Majesty knows this, so he doesn't blame him."

Li Shimin sighed, "I actually hate Wei Zheng very much. I hate him very much. He is always buzzing around my ears like a fly. But as you said, no matter whether Wei Zheng impeaches civil and military officials or relatives, It is still guilty of Yan Jin's admonition, and what he said and what he said was not for personal gain,
Although some of these admonitions and impeachments out of public interest are unreasonable, but I can't blame those who can give advice and block the way of speech. Instead, I have to praise and reward him.

I also hope to have such an upright person like Wei Zheng, who can always remind me by my side, and who can always supervise and spur these honored officials like a whip.

Since June, not only did I not kill Wei Zheng, but I promoted him all the way from the chief secretary of Zhan Shifu to the admonishing doctor and then to Shangshu Zuo Cheng. If you can offend Yan Zhizhi and remonstrate with me, you can also dare to impeach Wuji, Duan Lun and other relatives of prime ministers, ministers and ministers. "

Facing the confidant manager beside him, it was rare for Li Shimin to say these words.

In a word, the emperor didn't like Wei Zheng very much, but the emperor needed someone like Wei Zheng.To put it bluntly, the emperor needs a dog that bites people. To put it bluntly, he needs an admonisher who dares to speak out.

The more people Wei Zheng bites, the more the emperor appreciates him. In the final analysis, whether Wei Zheng is impeaching Changsun Wuji, Wu Huaiyu, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Duan Lun, etc., his reasons for impeachment are very correct, and they are all to defend The imperial power maintains the court.

Just like the last time the eldest grandson Wuji brought a knife into the palace, although Li Shimin absolutely believed in his brother-in-law's loyalty in this matter, there must be someone who stood up to impeach Wuji fiercely and stood up to protect the prestige of the emperor, especially for these Foreign relatives and heroes.

Some things are difficult for the emperor to say, so people like Wei Zheng have to do it.

Wei Zheng impeached severely, and the emperor came forward to forgive him. In this way, he not only gave a warning to these confidants, but also showed his kindness again.

Zhang Anan had served the emperors of four dynasties, so he didn't know this.

As long as Wei Zheng didn't do anything that would damage the emperor's reputation and authority, he would not let the emperor abandon him by admonishing or impeaching officials. On the contrary, the harder he impeached, the more he could show his value.

Of course, such a courtier must be a lone minister, so that the emperor can rest assured that he must not form a party.

"I heard that Wei Zheng failed to get married with the Wang family last time, and owed a large debt to Wu Huaiyu?"

Zhang A said: "The last time Wei Zuocheng wanted to marry the Wang family, because the Wang family wanted millions of family money and a million gifts, Wei Zuocheng couldn't afford it for a while, so he mortgaged his house and 200 volumes of books, and borrowed [-] yuan from Changshengtang. thousands of dollars,
Wu Huaiyu and his wife, Mrs. Fan, invested money in the Changsheng Hall, and Mrs. Fan was a granddaughter of a slave, so the slave also invested some of the rewards in his hand..."

Zhang Anan did not hide the fact that he invested money in Changshengtang.

"How much does Wei Zheng owe now?"

"Last time, Wu Huaiyu and Wei Zheng had negotiated privately. Because of Wei Zheng's breach of contract, now he will pay back the borrowed principal, plus one month's interest, plus the defaulted March interest, plus a little fee. The total is a thousand dollars. This one thousand dollars If the money is repaid within one year, no interest will be charged.

If you fail to repay within one year, the remaining amount will be charged at ten per month..."

Li Shimin shook his head, "This Wei Zheng's tongue is like a sword, his pen and paper are like a knife, but when it comes to buying a property, he really can't do it. He tried to cling to the five surnamed women of the old gentry, but he didn't get married, and he owed thousands of dollars.

After a while you go to the internal treasury to get a thousand coins, send them to Wei Zheng's house, and say that I know about his situation and give him a special reward, and ask him to pay off the debt owed to Changshengtang first.

He heard that the house was dilapidated, so you asked the general supervisor to send someone to repair it and renovate several halls. "

Wei Zheng had just suffocated the emperor's beloved eagle, but the emperor still wanted to reward him with a thousand pennies to pay off his debts and renovate his house.

"Your Majesty is wise, in this way, with Wei Zheng as an example, from now on all the courtiers will know that His Majesty accepts advice humbly, and everyone will know what to say."

Li Shimin took the eagle and buried it in a corner, "Xu Luoren, write a letter to the warrior, and don't offer eagles and dogs anymore. As the emperor, I can't play with things."

Zhang Anan was ordered to go to Wei Zheng's house in Yongxingfang to reward him.

Made a lot of noise on purpose.

"Please Shangshu Zuocheng Wei Zheng to accept the order!"

At the gate of Wei Zheng's gate, Zhang Anan, the purple robe and jade belt of Shangzhu Kingdom, the Duke of Wenshui County, and the Internal Guard, stepped out of the carriage and was escorted by a team of hundreds of horsemen.

Wei Zheng was flipping through the collection of books he had just redeemed from the Changshengtang at home, and Mrs. Pei was nagging beside him, "The agreed repayment date has come, and the 80 guan will be paid back in December, and more than [-] guan will be repaid every month. It's time to pay back the money this month, but what can I pay?"

Wei Zheng was still reading his book, and he didn't seem to take this matter seriously at all.

"You are talking, if you don't finish it in one year, then you will have interest next year."

"We'll talk about it later." Wei Zheng didn't lift his head.

"You," Pei said helplessly.

At this time, the old servant came to report, saying that the angel came to announce the decree, "It is the Minister of Anan County, the internal servant supervisor."

"What's the matter?" Pei was worried.

Wei Zheng put down the book and stroked his beard, "Just now when I went to the palace to play something, His Majesty was playing with the eagle and saw me coming, so he hid the eagle in his arms. , Are you coming to condemn me?"

When Pei Shi heard this, she stomped her feet angrily, "Why do you think you can do everything?"

"Did I do something wrong? This country is waiting to be rebuilt, and the emperor should work hard to govern the country, not to be a dog."

"As long as you can!"

Pei wiped away tears angrily.

Wei Zheng went to meet the angel to receive the order with a calm face.

The expected punishment did not come, but a reward instead.

And it is not a general reward.

There are several carts of money and silk, a total of one thousand guan.

"Wei Zuocheng, Your Majesty said that you are outspoken, courageous, and loyal. I heard that you are not good at home buying, which has resulted in huge debts. Your Majesty thinks of your loyalty, and specially bestows this thousand coins to let you pay off the debts of Changshengtang. Your Majesty also said that the marriage Getting married should be done according to one's ability, and you must not borrow money to buy a marriage."

Wei Zheng stared at the money silk and was stunned.

Hard to believe.

"Jian Zhang, is your majesty that bird?"

"It's suffocated, it's already buried, and His Majesty has decreed that no more eagles and dogs will be offered in the future."

Surprised, Wei Zheng's heart was agitated, and his face was flushed.

"Your Majesty also said that Wei Zuocheng's previous admonition said that taking copper as a mirror and taking history as a mirror is very good. Your Majesty said that he should also take people as a mirror, and Wei Gong as a mirror, so that he can understand the gains and losses. I hope that Wei Gong will continue to be loyal in the future. admonish."

Zhang Anan continued with a smile, "Wei Gong might as well go to the next door and invite the martial arts masters, and get rid of that debt directly, and you will be debt-free in the future."

"it is good."

Wei Zheng also finally took the initiative to visit the Wu family next door.

Wu Huaiyu was a little strange when he heard that Wei Zheng was meeting with him, but only after he came out to meet him did he know that the emperor rewarded him with a thousand coins to pay him back, and Wei Zheng came to pay back the money.

Come to Wei's house together.

Zhang Anan pointed to the money silk still on the carriage, "One thousand pieces of money silk,"

Huaiyu said with a smile, "Duke Wei, the mighty grace of God,"

Wei Zheng crossed his hands to the north in a rare gesture of thanks.

Huaiyu took the money, wrote a note to Wei Zheng, and then the debt with Wei Zheng was completely settled.

Wei Zheng felt relieved, this matter was finally settled.

Zhang Anan stepped forward, "Wei Zuocheng, martial arts scholar, Your Majesty has something else to tell you. Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. You two are ministers in the same palace. Both are ministers that His Majesty trusts and appreciates. I hope that you two will be harmonious in the future." get along."

Wei Zheng nodded happily, "Thank you Zhang Jian for conveying to His Majesty, Wei Zheng leads the decree."

"Well, so do I."

Wu Huaiyu chuckled.

Originally thought that Wei Zheng owed him a thousand pennies, and he would pay it off in a while, and then he would have to be controlled by him, at least to disgust him. Now that the emperor has taken action, he still has to stop in the future.

I just don't know if Wei Zheng, a neighbor, can also stop.

(End of this chapter)