Chapter 81: What a Wang Zheng!
An urgent secret report of 800 miles passed through the ears and eyes of all the ministers in Beijing and quietly fell into the hands of Emperor Wei.
At this time, Emperor Wei was taking a sip of tea from a clear glass and swept away most of his exhaustion.
He casually took the ordinary booklet, flipped through the pages one by one, and when he saw the end, the originally leisurely expression on Emperor Wei's face suddenly changed, and he slapped it on the desk.
With Emperor Wei's cold snort, the eunuchs and palace maids in the imperial study knelt on the ground one after another, not daring to make a sound at all, for fear that something wrong would make His Majesty angry, and thus lose this little life.
Fortunately, Emperor Wei quickly noticed the movements of the palace people, he pinched his eyebrows and waved his hand to everyone: "Okay, this matter has nothing to do with you, you get up." ”
The palace people breathed a sigh of relief, but their movements when they got up subconsciously slowed down.
Zhang De, as the person who served Emperor Wei closely, was one of the most trusted people of Emperor Wei, and as soon as he looked at Emperor Wei's expression, he knew that there must be some not very good news in the secret report sent back this time.
He glanced at his little apprentice, and the other party was very clever and drove away most of the palace people who were guarding the imperial study, leaving a few of the most loyal Emperor Wei to serve.
Then Zhang De carefully walked around behind Emperor Wei and began to rub the emperor's shoulder and neck.
Emperor Wei did not express his disgust at this, and only waited until there were few people left in the imperial study before he spoke in a tired tone: "I know that the life of Great Wei has not been easy these years, but compared to when the first emperor was there, the amount I gave to these officials has increased a lot. Coupled with the filial piety of the merchants everywhere, there are probably more good things in their warehouses than in the past. ”
"I have never been wiped out, and I tolerate the small actions of some officials in private, as long as they are not too much. But there are people who are not satisfied, and keep probing my bottom line! ”
When he said this, Emperor Wei's eyes opened suddenly, as if a fierce tiger had suddenly awakened after a brief nap to sense the offense of others.
Zhang De knew that this was just the emperor complaining, and it was difficult for him to speak at this time.
Sure enough, Emperor Wei quickly said: "Zhang De, do you know how much money the magistrate of Kuncheng has collected during his seven years in office?" ”
Zhang De said with a smile: "The slave heard that Kuncheng is just a small city famous for flowers in the south, and there seems to be nothing special about it, and the slave doesn't know much about the Kuncheng magistrate, so I'm afraid I can't guess it." ”
"Hmph, I can't guess, after all, who would have guessed that a small local magistrate can accumulate a full 30,000 taels of gold in his private treasury?!" Emperor Wei slammed away the booklet in his hand, and there was a hint of anger in his tone.
Hearing this, even if he was as well-informed as Zhang De, he was a little shocked.
Kuncheng is also not a prosperous area, there are no very distinctive goods except flowers. The magistrate of Kuncheng has the ability to collect 30,000 taels of gold?
Regarding Zhang De's confusion, Emperor Wei quickly gave an answer: "A small magistrate, in order to collect money, actually sheltered the mountain bandits, and let the other party rob the passers-by!" Is he an official for the people, or is it for the mountain bandits? ”
"Wang Zheng, what a Wang Zheng! The name is so good, but a heart is rotten. Since he doesn't want to be an official for me, let's go and reunite with those mountain bandits! ”
After Emperor Wei finished speaking, he raised his hand and wrote down a holy decree to seize Wang Zheng's official position and order him to return to Beijing for trial, but those who went to Kuncheng with this holy decree naturally had to add the new magistrate.
It's just that he has to pick the candidate of this county.
Seeing that Emperor Wei's anger had dissipated a lot, Zhang De took the opportunity to say: "Speaking of Kuncheng, Your Majesty is afraid that you don't know that Miss Hengyu of the Su family is now in Kuncheng. ”
"Oh, where has her business gone?" When Emperor Wei heard this, he was really interested.
Zhang De smiled and squinted: "Yes, not long ago, Miss Su sent a letter to Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, telling her what she had seen and heard in Chaozhu City, and saying that she had gone to Kuncheng and started planning for her flower field." ”
Su Hengyu left the capital and went to the south to find other business opportunities was told to the eldest princess, and after Wei Zining learned these news, he would also pick up some less important things to tell the emperor and queen, showing the appearance of an innocent and cute little girl.
Emperor Wei was originally happy because Su Hengyu had sacrificed his son before, which brought him a lot of benefits. and because of the glass, he paid more attention to her.
So when her daughter talked about what Su Hengyu saw and heard outside, she was also happy to listen to it more.
Now that he knew that the other party was also in Kuncheng, he became curious: "She is also in Kuncheng, have you ever seen Wang Zheng?" ”
Su Hengyu's letter to Wang Zheng's black state was still on the way to be delivered, but she had already informed the princess about the mountain bandits she had encountered before.
Zhang De also knew about this, so he turned to Emperor Wei about it, and by the way, he also mentioned that Su Hengyu said in the letter that he had tried a new treatment method and wanted to wait until he returned to Beijing to try to compile a medical book with the eldest princess.
"It is said that after Miss Su used this method on that guard, the wound on his stomach really healed, and a person who should have died died miraculously survived." Speaking of this, Zhang De couldn't help but have a look of amazement on his face.
He is a person with some knowledge, he has lived in the palace for many years, and naturally he has seen palace people who have suffered similar injuries to Erniu. The other party didn't even survive for three days and died, but Erniu picked up a life.
This made Zhang De even more curious about Su Hengyu.
"Is there such a thing? Hey, it seems that the mountain bandits of Great Wei need to be cleaned up properly. "Otherwise, if a talent like Su Hengyu really died on the road, wouldn't it be a big loss for Dawei?
Emperor Wei continued: "If the two of them really want to do this, Zhang De, you should remember to help." ”
Although Emperor Wei didn't think that his daughter and Su Hengyu would compile any powerful medical books, as long as the two of them could attract other people's attention to the way of medicine, it would be a good thing for Great Wei.
The night passed quickly, and on the second day, as soon as Emperor Wei ascended to the court, he threw the secret report he had received to his courtiers, and loudly reprimanded Wang Zheng and other local officials for oppressing the people and colluding with the evil deeds of the mountain bandits.
The evidence he obtained was very complete, and no one who read it could deny Wang Zheng's guilt.
So soon, this local snake who has been entrenched in Kuncheng for many years finally lost his official position, and may even lose his life.
The Holy Decree was quickly taken out of the capital by a team, but at the moment, Wang Zheng, who was far away in Kuncheng, did not know that his fate was about to take a big turn, and he was angry with the girls who had escaped from the mountain bandits' den.