Chapter 91: Each in his own right
After a short time, when they arrived at the crossing of the Denandu River, the Praetorian Guards went ashore first and were on strict alert.
Nearly 10,000 horse troops in front of them opened the way, and tens of thousands of infantry followed behind, protecting the ministers and noble families of the Southern Song Dynasty, heading towards Haikang County.
The two brothers Zhao Da and Zhao Hu were arranged in the guards and pro-army, both riding horses, full of anticipation.
There were not many people along the way, and when they saw the army, they hurriedly gave way to the side of the road.
As soon as the Ma army in front arrived outside Haikang County, he saw that the ministers of Haikang County were already waiting at the gate of the city.
The leader is Wu Shunchang, the county leader, who is about fifty years old, with a chest-length beard, wearing cloud wings, and bowing his waist.
Ge Lijun was killed on the island of Zhou, and most of the generals of the Leizhou Prefecture were retained, and most of the soldiers at the gate of the city were civil servants. They didn't have martial arts, they weren't good at commanding troops, they were left by Ge Lijun to guard Leizhou, and because Wen Tianxiang's army surrendered early when he saw the opportunity, he was still alive and well, and his official position was not dismissed.
After another few dozen minutes, Zhao Dongting's imperial chariot was finally in sight.
The solemn horse army was divided on both sides, and the guards wearing silver fish-scale armor guarded the royal chariot to the front of the city.
The people waiting outside the city hurriedly knelt down, "Knock on the emperor!"
Wu Shunchang put up a smile on his face, and trotted to the front of the imperial team with his ministers, "Wu Shunchang, the minister of Haikang County, welcomes the emperor with hundreds of officials in the city. ”
Rao is Haikang County is a heavy county in Leizhou, in fact, the county at that time was just a petty official of the eighth grade.
That is, the situation is special at this time, otherwise, Wu Shunchang would not even be qualified to greet Zhao Dongting.
When Zhao Da and Zhao Hu saw Wu Shunchang, their eyes were red in an instant.
Wu Shunchang lowered his head at this time, but he didn't see the two brothers.
Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned when he heard Wu Shunchang's name reported, and then said directly: "Wu Xiancheng, I heard that you have always had a preference for robbing people's girls, but is there such a thing?"
Wu Shunchang's face turned pale instantly, and he hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, you are wronged, which god must be slandering Weichen......
Zhao Dongting got up and walked out of the chariot and looked at Wu Shunchang condescendingly.
Wu Shunchang has a wide forehead and a bloated figure, which looks like he has been pampered for a long time.
He already had some certainty in his heart, turned his head to look at Zhao Da and Zhao Hu and said, "Zhao Da, Zhao Hu, is he the Wu Shunchang you are talking about?"
Zhao Hu roared with red eyes: "Your Majesty, it's him, he will turn to ashes, and the grass people will remember it." ”
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 are you slandering this official in front of the emperor?"
Zhao Hu said hatefully: "Wu Shunchang, you killed my parents and kidnapped my wife two months ago, don't you remember my two brothers?"
Wu Shunchang broke out in a cold sweat, only to feel that the official robe behind him was instantly wet, but he calmly said: "You two are proficient in slander, and this official doesn't know you two at all." ”
At this time, he was already very remorseful in his heart, and he only hated why he didn't send more soldiers to arrest these two reckless men in the first place.
Now, even if the emperor doesn't investigate him, his impression in the emperor's heart is probably extremely bad.
He didn't even dare to look up at Zhao Dongting again.
At this time, Zhao Dongting was already looking at the people kneeling at the head of the city, and said loudly: "Who else do you want to accuse the county Cheng Wu Shunchang?"
Wu Shunchang almost fell to the ground without softening.
He naturally sees it now, and the emperor also has the intention to clean him up.
But what made him feel a little relieved was that after Zhao Dongting's words fell, no one among the kneeling people answered.
Wu Shunchang was secretly happy in his heart, "It seems that this official is still known as an official in the people......"
But at this time, I only heard Zhao Dongting say again: "Don't be afraid, even if you speak out, I will make the decision for you." ”
Wu Shunchang shook slightly, cold sweat like rain.
"Your Majesty, the grass people want to accuse Wu County of tyrannizing my land!"
"Your Majesty, the grass people ......"
Seeing the emperor say this, the people who were originally afraid of it mustered up the courage to shout out.
Suddenly, the city gate was bustling with activity.
Zhao Dongting gave a few instructions to Yue Peng, and asked him to send someone to call those people who had something to say to the front of the imperial chariot, "You guys say it one by one." ”
These people saw that although Zhao Dongting was a child, he was very majestic, and they also told what happened to them one by one.
Some of them were seized by Wu Shunchang, some were framed and blackmailed by Wu Shunchang, and more, such as Zhao Hu, were robbed of their daughters by him.
Every time he said someone, Wu Shunchang's face turned white, and in the end, there was no blood.
Zhao Dongting heard what these people said about the absurd things that Wu Shunchang had done, and he was also angry in his heart, he didn't expect that the officials in ancient times would be so corrupt and unscrupulous, especially in a remote place like Leizhou, which can be said to be completely unscrupulous. He thought of what Ge Jun, the son of Ge Lijun, and other gentlemen did in Haikang County that day, and he was even more angry, shouting: "Behead Wu Shunchang on the spot to set an example!"
Before entering the city, he wanted to kill the county Cheng, which scared the hundred officials of Haikang County to the point that their faces were pale.
Wu Shunchang collapsed to the ground, unrelenting, and cried: "Your Majesty, Weichen is an official of the imperial court, listen to the words of these grass people, the emperor will behead me, Weichen...... Wechen was not convinced, ......"
"Not convinced?"
Zhao Dongting sneered, and looked at those people again, "Then I will ask again, but who wants to intercede for Wu Xiancheng?"
Hundreds of people, but not one of them spoke.
Wu Shunchang usually slaps the horse in front of Ge Lijun, but he is rampant in the local area, which has already caused public resentment.
Seeing this, Zhao Dongting waved his hand a little impatiently.
Yue Peng jumped out of his horse, and the spear stabbed down suddenly, assassinating Wu Shunchang on the spot.
Bright red blood soaked from under the official robes, and it spread in the blink of an eye.
Those officials of Haikang County were so frightened that they retreated one after another and fell to their knees. Haikang County has rotted to the roots, and they are also very afraid in their hearts, if they are investigated and dealt with, it will be difficult for a few of them 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 clean them up, and when he first came to Leizhou, he wanted to completely cure corruption, which was not realistic at all.
His eyes swept over the kneeling people, asked Yue Peng to come over, and whispered a few words to Yue Peng.
After hearing this, Yue Peng shouted loudly: "The emperor has an order, the army enters the city, and a supervision department will be set up on the side of the former governor's mansion, and all the people who have grievances against the officials of Leizhou can go to the supervision department to beat the drum and report the case, and the emperor will order the supervision department to deal with it impartially!"
The people were stunned.
In the past, the Leizhou Mansion also had a criminal department, but the criminal division was basically in collusion with the Zhizhou government, and it was not in charge of things at all.
It wasn't until a few seconds later that someone reacted and hurriedly shouted long live.
This mountain call has provoked many people to cry out from the mountain, and the crowd is excited.
Zhao Dongting has not yet entered the city, because of Wu Shunchang's incident, he has gained a lot of people's hearts.
He slowly retreated to the chariot and sat down, and said in a deep voice, "Enter the city!"
But he ignored those Haikang County officials.
The army immediately marched into the city, and the sound of horses' hooves rolled like a dragon.
It's just that except for the Praetorian Guards and the Guards, the rest of the soldiers were taken to various military camps outside the city.
Haikang County is a heavy county in Leizhou, a county directly under the jurisdiction of Leizhou Prefecture, the six armies of Leizhou in the past were all guarded around Haikang County, and Zhao Dongting did not plan to send these soldiers to other counties, after all, the Yuan army is still eyeing the enemy, and the Yuan army Ali Hague is still raging in Guangxi, and may come at any time.
When they arrived in the city, the people knelt down to greet them.
Zhao Dongting didn't open the window again, and listened to a sound of long live entering the city.
Naturally, he didn't see it, but among the people outside the city, there was a beautiful figure looking at his chariot, and the corners of his mouth slowly outlined a smile.
Soon, the army arrived outside the governor's mansion.
Ge Lijun's family was copied, and the governor's mansion had been cleaned up at this time. Originally, Lu Xiufu proposed to re-establish the palace, but was vetoed by Zhao Dongting because of the labor and money, and he decided to live in this Zhizhou mansion.
The guards roared away and surrounded the outside of the governor's mansion.
The Praetorian Guards drove to the school yard in the city not far away.
Zhao Dongting was helped out of the car by Li Yuanxiu, and walked to the Zhizhou Mansion with Yang Shufei and Zhao M.
Although it is the Zhizhou Mansion, this Zhizhou Mansion is much more luxurious than Zhao Dongting's palace in the Prefecture, with rockeries, gardens, and clear ponds abounding.
Wen Tianxiang arranged for the commander guarding the Zhizhou Mansion to see the emperor and the queen mother arrive, and hurriedly took them to the dormitory. Later, Zhao Dongting followed him through the entire Zhizhou Mansion again, figuring out where the Council Hall was and where the Imperial Study was. It can be seen how big the governor's capital is.
Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie and other ministers of civil and military affairs were also taken to their mansions by the soldiers of Xingguo.
After the arrangements were made, they rushed to the governor's mansion again.
Zhao Dongting met them in the council hall, and only said: "Ladies and gentlemen, our army has just arrived in Leizhou Mansion, and this Leizhou Mansion is the foundation of our army. I think you also saw it when you entered the city, the former officials of Leizhou Mansion were rotten and overly governed. Now I will use this Leizhou Mansion as your examination room, and all provinces and ministries will perform their duties to govern the Leizhou Mansion as quickly as possible. ”
"The opening of ferries, the encouragement of foreign businessmen, the opening of colleges, the widening of rivers, the repair of roads, all ministries and departments must not be lazy. Although you are the most important ministers of the country, I also want to see if you are really capable of governing the country. If anyone can't even govern this land of Leizhou, then don't blame me for not being affectionate, and dismiss your officials. What I need is a wise man who is truly capable of governing the country. ”
Lu Xiufu and the other ministers hurriedly kowtowed, "The ministers obey the order!"
"Hmm. ”
Zhao Dongting waved his hand, "Then you guys will go and get busy, Master Zhang, the matter of the Supervision Department will be handed over to you." ”
Zhang Shijie bowed, "The minister will do it." ”
Then the ministers hurried back again.
As soon as they left, Zhao Dongting ran back to the dormitory and found Le Wu, "Le Wu, take me to your house to have a look?"
It was only when he set off from Leizhou that he was already worried about this in his heart. After staying with Le Chan for a few days, he wanted to see her every day. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Strongest Fighting God Claw Book House in the Ages" for free for the first time.