Chapter 275: What does your Xiapi have to do with me, Chen Zhengtai(1/2)
In fact, people are extremely complicated.
It is so complicated that no matter how close a person is, he cannot detect a person's heart.
After all, human hearts are like the sea and unfathomable.
Wang Jin is very complicated now.
On the one hand, he hated Chen Zhengtai for instigating the emperor to kill Deng, and also hated Chen Zhengtai for breaking the Wang family in Yangzhou.
But on the other hand... I saw this scene today and felt touched. After all, people's hearts are still fleshy, and Wang Jin was not stupid. Suddenly, he felt that people's livelihood was so difficult. Thinking that he could not stand the steamed cakes and jerky meat on the road, let alone eating braised vegetables every day.
But these common people eat this kind of braised vegetables every day, and even feel stuttering, so they feel satisfied.
Wang Jin was deeply moved. At this moment, he was thinking about the books he read on weekdays, and at this moment, the scene seemed a bit ridiculous.
Of course, the most important thing is that now he has the motivation to love the people.
If you don’t care about these people, how can you catch Chen Zhengtai’s braid?
Chen Zhengtai made a mess in Yangzhou. Isn’t this just harming people? The people and the aristocratic races also suffer, so Chen Zhengtai alone makes him rich.
Chen Zhengtai is really hateful. It is absolutely right to say that he is a traitor.
So, everyone sat here, drinking tea and cursing.
The seasick old censor took a sip of tea, and his body recovered a little, but said, "But... Your Majesty has been silent. I think he still has some delusions about Chen Zhengtai. After all, Chen Zhengtai is the governor of Yangzhou, and it has only been three or four months. His Majesty returned to Chang'an from spring, and now it is late autumn. If the time to suppress the rebellion is added, the three or four months of governance of Yangzhou will be governed by Chen Zhengtai. According to Chen Zhengtai's nature, eight out of ten are to shirk all these crimes to the head of his ex-利国 Wu Ming."
Wang Jin and others nodded: "That's the case, but there are many crimes in it, all of which have happened in the past few months. He still wants to deny it? This person is really shameless. If he dares to argue, haha... I will give him a warning today and will never let him go."
"Yes." Someone slapped the table and said indignantly: "I can't let go of Chen Zhengtai. If I indulge myself, I will break the family. If this kind of thing sets a precedent, it will cause chaos in the world."
Everyone made up their minds.
In the afternoon, Li Shimin had dinner. Although all the ministers went there, Li Shimin was worried and read these impeachment memorials several times.
His mood is gradually calming down, and just now he has an uncontrollable anger that has rushed into his mind, causing him to lose the ability to think.
But overall, many of the crimes still happened before the governor of Chen Zhengtai, Yangzhou. Of course... there are many of them that have occurred recently. In a few months, Chen Zhengtai may not be able to correct them immediately.
However... after thinking about it carefully... I still have too high expectations for Chen Zhengtai.
I originally thought... at least the levy of taxes could be reduced, and there should be some purgation of the administration, but these... obviously have not been done in the past few months.
Basically, all the problems left by Wu Ming before remained still. I dare not say that they became more serious, but... this governor was indeed neglecting his duties.
Li Shimin asked Chen Zhengtai to be the governor of Yangzhou, with his original intention to make him the example of the world. If there is no example in the world, would he let these governors and governors harm the people?
"Oh..." Li Shimin sighed, then raised his eyes to look at Du Ruhui and Zhang Qian.
Then he said to Du Ruhui: "What do you mean?"
Du Ruhui smiled bitterly: "It's too difficult to make contributions for several months. After all, I have done things. However... I have not had a little good governance in the past few months. Chen Zhengtai is also to blame. Isn't this a major disaster? It's just over this major disaster, so it's okay to release at least some grain to relieve the people. The relief grain seized by Wu Ming is not seen at all. Of course, if you only use this to evaluate the good and bad of Governor Chen, I think it's still Meng Lang. It's hard to judge the quality of the chief officials in the border for less than three or five years."
Li Shimin sighed slightly, then nodded and said, "Yes, I think so too, this is the case..." Li Shimin sighed again, and was unsure of his mind for a moment, and finally said, "Then I'd better hear what Chen Zhengtai said."
He glanced at Zhang Qian in a sideways: "Where has Chen Zhengtai been?"
"I have been waiting for his Majesty to call him for a few miles."
"Supreme him." Li Shimin sighed.
Zhang Qian nodded and hurried away.
After a while, Chen Zhengtai brought Lou Shide and others to arrive. As soon as he arrived at this journey, he felt a murderous aura.
The weather is already a little cold now. Chen Zhengtai was wearing an old clothes. He found that there was a good phenomenon in Yangzhou. Whenever his clothes were worn older, the clothes he wore were older than himself on the second day. Then the officials under Lou Shide were stuffed one by one. When he reached the bottom clerk, he almost had to look for the clothes that had been sewn countless times to serve on duty.
The entire Governor's Office has become a beggar's nest. Chen Zhengtai also felt it was difficult for them to do so much. They could find so many clothes that were sewn with needles and threads, and they were afraid they would have to work hard.
However, wearing old clothes has nothing to do with simplicity. To a certain extent, Chen Zhengtai actually knew that this would not help save money at all. But in this way, it would be just to show the attitude of his new governor. With this statement, everyone probably understood Chen Zhengtai's temperament and was not worried that there would be misjudgments.
After entering the journey, Chen Zhengtai found that many people did not give him a good look.
Some people even heard that Chen Zhengtai was coming and rushed over excitedly, and wanted to meet him together.
Chen Zhengtai thought these people were very strange, as if... he owed them money. Oh, he seemed to have forgotten, and it seemed that he really owed them money. The Chen family’s IOU was proved.
oops……
These people have such a good memory?
So the group entered the tent, Li Shimin sat upright, standing on one side with Zhang Qian, and Du Ruhui sitting down, and other officials rushed in, crowded with people.
Chen Zhengtai saluted.
After all, it was not seen for several months. Li Shimin smiled when he saw Chen Zhengtai losing weight. After all, many days have disappeared. He just thought of the impeachment and the miserable scene here, and then he looked a little longer: "I ordered you to be the governor and guard Yangzhou. I will ask you, how is Yangzhou governing?"
I thought Chen Zhengtai would say with shame at this time that I was in Yangzhou and had just arrived, and I was not familiar with many places, not to mention that I had just suppressed the rebellion and was in a mess. Then I focused on how hard I worked, and this matter was over.
After all, objective reasons still exist.
Unexpectedly, Chen Zhengtai heard this and immediately said: "My teacher and student governor Yangzhou are very effective."
“…”
Suddenly, the tent became quiet.
Only the breathing of everyone was left.
fruitful……
Some people even suspect that they heard it wrong.
This is quite effective, isn’t Chen Zhengtai joking?
The smile that Li Shimin finally showed suddenly pulled down again, and then he stared at Chen Zhengtai, just about to speak.
At this time, the ministers reacted and suddenly burst into trouble.
Someone shouted: "What is the result? Chen Zhengtai, do you know how the people are forced to by the government? Do you know how those minor officials harm the people? Do you know that these people have no place to live and have to sell themselves as slaves, while those who cannot even sell themselves are surviving, eating braised vegetables every day and losing their guard. Have you lost your conscience? Say such words?"
The person who spoke was very excited and his eyes were red.
To be honest, if he didn't really come here, he really didn't know that people were like cows and horses. When he was in Chang'an on weekdays, he always felt that the world was peaceful. Although the common people were ruthless, at least, they should still live a good life now. But they didn't expect... to be so cruel.
Wang Jin was also furious: "If this is effective, it is the crime of deceiving the king. Chen Zhengtai, Chen Zhengtai, Your Majesty favors you, and you are arrogant because of your favor. You can go and see it with your own eyes, see here... Where is there any effective way. In this case, you are really careless. Your Majesty... Please listen to your words. Chen Zhengtai is the governor of Yangzhou, but he indulged in evil officials, and committed such harsh policies and harmed the people. It has reached a tragic level. If Your Majesty does not punish him, how can he convince the people of the world?"
"I'm going to discuss it."
"I also agree..."
Everyone agreed.
Chen Zhengtai looked confused and looked at everyone in confusion.
Then he couldn't help but say, "Everyone, everyone, you won't be so angry. I impeached me, Mr. Chen, just now. This... is too impatient."
In fact... everyone is really not in a hurry to impeach. Anyway, when you come to Yangzhou, you can collect the evidence of crimes at will.
But the problem is that Chen Zhengtai’s sentence is effective and it is simply angering. Do you Chen Zhengtai treat everyone as an idiot? This is an insult to me.
Wang Jin was very rude and wanted to spit at Chen Zhengtai directly. However, because Chen Zhengtai might have dirty his spit, he endured it: "Governor Chen, open your eyes and see what your Yangzhou government looks like. You leave this big tent and meet those ordinary people and see how your officials harm people!"
Chen Zhengtai was even more confused, looking at everyone facing him with a stern face, even Li Shimin looked cold.
Obviously, Chen Zhengtai's words just now stimulated them.
Chen Zhengtai had no choice but to say: "What does the people outside have to do with me, Chen Zhengtai?"
As soon as this said, it was an uproar again. It was really a bit unreasonable to say this.
Li Shimin couldn't help feeling cold at this moment. Isn't this the second King of Yue? It's only been so many days before Chen Zhengtai changed his sexual desire?
Wang Jin shouted loudly: "You have no..."
Halfway through his speech, he heard Chen Zhengtai say, "This is Xia Pi, I am the governor of Yangzhou. Can I also take care of Xia Pi?"
“…”
"What, you say it again?"
Everyone was a little confused.
Seeing everyone's faces, Chen Zhengtai became more exciting.
Especially Wang Jin, his face seemed to have cramps: "Isn't this Yangzhou?"
"Yes." Chen Zhengtai said with confidence: "This is Shanyang County, Xia Pi. It takes several routes to reach the Yangzhou territory. What is your name? You guy... After all, I, Chen Zhengtai, is also a county magistrate, the governor of Yangzhou, the young minister of the Zhanshi Mansion, and the disciple of the emperor. In order to harm me, you took the matter of Xia Pi and fell on my head in Yangzhou. What do you mean?"
"I...I..." Wang Jin's face was tragic. He couldn't help stamping his feet, and his eyes turned dark. Fortunately, with his strong vitality, he finally did not faint. He then sternly said: "This is not Yangzhou, why are you asking someone to get off the boat?"
Chen Zhengtai was annoyed: "Are you about to reach the Yangzhou territory? Of course, you have to enter the Yangzhou territory from now on. Where can you go? This place is indeed the junction of Xia Pi and Yangzhou, but who said this is Yangzhou? Don't you ask yourself? You are the censor? If you do this, you can fall on the head of my Yangzhou governor as you do, is it because his wife stole someone? You also blame the censor for being unfavorable?"
While Chen Zhengtai said that his wife had stolen someone, he pointed at the old censor next to him.
The old censor hurriedly wanted to avoid it, but he didn't want Chen Zhengtai to point at it. At this time, he was embarrassed and angry, covering his heart and trying to curse, but before he could speak, he felt uncomfortable as if he was stuck in his throat. Fortunately, the people beside him supported him, which made him feel relieved.
Wang Jin was stunned for a moment.
It was not just Wang Jin, but Li Shimin himself was confused.
In fact, this is the junction, and no one cares about it on weekdays.
Moreover, Su Dingfang was very terrified. He chose a small village, with only some women and children left in this village, and there were no more people.
To be continued...