Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Wei Xu thought for a while, "The imperial court has always given rewards to capable officials. Li Yingji was previously promoted due to his political achievements, and his official position in Beijing was very important. Now he has no fault, why he has not been transferred in the slightest, and he has been transferred to take charge of miscellaneous affairs. I don't understand. "

"Li Yingji is the one whom His Majesty favors, and it is His Majesty's own will that he be appointed as the General Judge of Yizhou."

"Uncle?"

"right"

"Uncle Huang can personally order a county magistrate to serve as an official in Yizhou, then this person must be very capable, but... why is it like this now?"

"Your uncle knows that it's because of one thing that His Majesty thinks that this man has courage in doing things, so he personally sent him to Yizhou, and then he was transferred to the capital."

"Father, what did Li Yingji do?"

"More than ten years ago, during the reign of the first emperor in Chunhua, your uncle was still the king of longevity, and he had the power to know the prefect of Kaifeng. One day, your uncle ordered his servants to go to Xianping County, which was governed by Li Yingji, to arrest criminals. Unexpectedly, this attendant yelled rudely in the hall of the county government because he was the man of Shouwang. Li Yingji said angrily: "You are the king who is serving, and I am the father of the king. The father can flog the son." people."

"A man who is a father can beat a man who is a son." Wei Xu asked, "Could it be that... he beat the servant of the emperor's uncle?"

"That's right, Li Yingji immediately ordered the attendant to be beaten twenty times."

"A servant who bullies an official should be punished."

"It is said that when this attendant returned to the capital, he sued your uncle Li Yingji for deceiving others, but your uncle kept silent. In fact, he had already remembered him. Before he left, His Majesty said to him in the Golden Palace: "We are worried about Western Shu, so getting rid of ministers and officials is not a big task. If there are cheap things, we should keep them secret."

"In this way, not only can he directly report all the affairs of the emperor's uncle Yizhou, but he can also report other things in secret. This Li Yingji is so trusted by the emperor's uncle, it's really amazing."

"That's right, your emperor's uncle likes Li Yingji's fearlessness of power, so he was appointed to Yizhou first, and then he took on important responsibilities. Not long after Li Yingji took office, he came to Yizhou on horseback from Beijing, and Zhizhou hosted a banquet for him, but Li Yingji refused to drink on the pretext of being unwell, and felt unhappy because he felt that Li Yingji was not giving himself face."

Weixu added tea to Defang, "Father, drink some tea. It's such a big scene for a little boy to go on a horse. I want Zhizhou to host a banquet for him, and he should be accompanied by the judge. Who is this person?"

"It's the walking horse sent by His Majesty himself, so it is very arrogant. There is a saying: It is better to offend a gentleman than to offend a villain, so Zhizhou dare not neglect, but Li Yingji doesn't take the walking horse seriously." Defang drank Kou Cha said, "After the banquet was over, Li Yingji and Zouma said that there was something to be reported to His Majesty, please take it back to Beijing. Zouma didn't know that His Majesty had given Li Yingji an order, so he was very upset, but he said yes, and he will go on the next day. When I returned to Beijing, I said to him: "I'm going to do it, and I hope to get what I want."

"Father, Zouma took the initiative to ask for a briefing, so you don't want to throw away Li Yingji's briefing halfway through?"

"Well, this Zouma really thinks so." Defang nodded, "But Li Yingji told Zouma that this melody should not be passed on to others, but should be accepted by oneself. Zouma was annoyed and determined to report Li Yingji's arrogance to His Majesty. Ignored the king, so I got the Shuzuo in the house and returned to the capital."

"What happened after that? He threw away the Shuzao?"

"Not yet, I didn't intend to take the horse out. He went to the palace and saw that he was about to tell about Li Yingji, but His Majesty first asked: Is Li Yingji safe? Is there any care?"

"How does Uncle Huang know that Li Yingji has made a memorandum?"