The newly appointed governor of Pingzhou, surnamed Huang, was originally a seventh-rank censor.
The position of censor is of low status and power. The seventh-grade censor was sent out to serve as the governor of a state. In terms of official position, he was promoted several levels. For Huang Yushi, this is undoubtedly a piece of pie-in-the-sky happy event.
For Prime Minister Wang, choosing Huang Yushi to fill this fire pit was a matter of repeated weighing. That's right, when Nanyang County actually controls Pingzhou, the post of Pingzhou governor is a fire pit. You know, the Nanyang Princess in Pingzhou has the final say, and Lu Cong, the governor of Liaoxi County, is the actual governor of Pingzhou.
However, Prime Minister Wang must not bow his head and admit defeat. At least he has the upper hand. After snatching the position of governor of Pingzhou, Prime Minister Wang discovered that no one under his command was willing to go. He had no choice but to choose Huang Yushi, who was brave and obsessed with officials.
Huang Yushi set out from the capital in high spirits. He was accompanied by dozens of skilled servants, playing a guard of honor like the governor of Pingzhou. It was smooth at first, but when we entered the north halfway through the journey, there were gradually more refugees and bandits on the road.
After being attacked by two groups of bandits and killing several servants, the proud Huang Yushi began to tremble and regret. He even had the idea of turning around immediately.
No matter how high the official position of Pingzhou Governor is, he still has to save his life to become an official!
Unfortunately, there is no turning back when the bow is fired. Now that he had received the documents from the court, no matter how dangerous the journey was, he had to bite the bullet and continue to Pingzhou.
Huang Yushi was trembling with fear, praying day and night not to encounter refugees again. No matter what happens, after entering Xiangzhou, a group of more than a thousand bandits appeared out of nowhere and rushed over like locusts.
Dozens of servants were washed away without a trace.
Huang Yushi was trampled by the bandits, bleeding from all his orifices. The moment before his death, he shouted: "Prime Minister Wang, you have mistaken me!"
Those bandits who attacked the imperial officials did not panic and killed Huang Yushi. They plundered all the gold, silver and grain they had brought with them, abandoned dozens of horrific corpses and fled.
This major case immediately shocked the court.
The unfortunate governor of Xiangzhou immediately submitted a memorial to plead guilty. Emperor Taihe was furious and immediately ordered the Ministry of Punishment to send people to investigate the case. Dai Shangshu of the Punishment Department was livid, and he immediately summoned everyone from the Punishment Department to ask who was willing to go to Xiangzhou to investigate the case.
Having learned from Huang Yu’s past experience, who would dare to go to Xiangzhou? Everyone would shrink their necks and remain silent.
Dai Shangshu's eyes fell on Tang Shilang: "Tang Shilang, please take someone there."
Under the Minister of Punishment are the left and right ministers. The Minister of the Tang Dynasty is the Minister of the Left, and the officials of the imperial court are from the left. In other words, Tang Shilang was above Yang Shilang.
For Minister Tang, nothing is as important as life. He frowned and sighed: "Xiaguan should have gone there for this matter. But two days ago, Xiaguan suffered from an old illness. After walking a few steps, his knees swelled and the pain became unbearable. He really couldn't bear to run a long distance."
< br>Tang Shilang refused to go, and we couldn't ask him, a minister of the Ministry of Justice in his sixties, to travel thousands of miles. Then only Yang Shilang led everyone from the Criminal Department to investigate the case.
Dai Shangshu glared at Tang Shilang who couldn't put the blame away. Tang Shilang shrank his neck and pretended to be a quail. In desperation, Shangshu Dai could only turn to look at Yang Shilang: "Tang Shilang is not feeling well and should not run around, so I will trouble Yang Shilang."
Yang Shilang did not shirk, he straightened his back and responded.
On the second day, Yang Shilang set out with several people from the Ministry of Punishment.
When Prime Minister Wang found out about this, he was very angry. He immediately ordered Dai Shangshu and Tang Shilang to come over. He pointed at Shilang Tang’s nose and cursed angrily: "Shilang Yang has been secretly flirting with the Prince of Nanyang for a long time. , he goes to investigate the case, what can he find out? "The result?" "Why don't you go? Are you afraid that Princess Nanyang will kill you secretly?" Not all the corpses were involved, isn't that enough to scare me? Whether the bandits were ordered by others, no one can tell clearly. But I can't take my own life just for the sake of your face, Prime Minister Wang!
To enjoy glory, wealth, fame and future, one must have a life to enjoy it.
Prime Minister Wang sprayed Tang Shilang with disgrace and let out a bad breath. He turned around and submitted a memorial, asking the emperor to send someone else to Pingzhou to serve as governor.
Emperor Taihe nodded and agreed: "This matter will be left to Prime Minister Wang to decide."
Prime Minister Wang drew a circle in his bowl and picked Tan Langzhong.
Mr. Tan joined Prime Minister Wang's sect more than ten years ago, and became a doctor of the fourth grade from a seventh-grade registrar. In the past few years, he had made great achievements in collecting grain from the south of the Yangtze River. The right minister of the Ministry of Industry had been ill for a long time, so Mr. Tan stretched his neck and waited to be the right minister!
I never thought that I would suddenly be sent out to serve as the governor of Pingzhou.
This is so unexpected and exciting.
Tan Langzhong looked sad and sighed in his study all night. Early in the morning the next day, Dr. Tan, who was now blue, accepted his fate with gratitude on his face. After getting the official documents, he quickly packed his luggage and set off.
Who would have thought that just two days after leaving the capital, he accidentally fell off his horse and broke his leg. I can't go to Pingzhou, so I can only go back to the capital to recover from my leg injury.
Prime Minister Wang personally went to visit Tan's family. Tan Lang's broken leg was a genuine product. Prime Minister Wang had no choice but to sigh inwardly.
An Guogong, who was gloating about his misfortune, hypocritically asked Prime Minister Wang at the court meeting: "The governor of Tan injured his leg, and he will have to recuperate for half a year at least. In the past six months, the governor of Pingzhou has been vacant. What should we do?"
Prime Minister Wang responded expressionlessly: "Let Governor Lu take charge of Pingzhou affairs first, and wait until Tan Governor's legs are healed before he takes up his post in Pingzhou."
An Guogong watched a good show , in a good mood. After returning to An Guo Gong's mansion, he smiled at his son Zheng Chen and said, "This time, Prime Minister Wang really lost his army and generals, which is extremely ugly."
Zheng Chen didn't have any joy on his face. He looked at An Guo Gong and said slowly : "Father, Yang Shilang went to Xiangzhou to investigate the case. After investigating, the origin of the bandits was not found, and the case was finally concluded as the refugees attacked the imperial officials. Wouldn’t my father think that this incident was just a coincidence? "
An Guogong picked it up. He raised his eyebrows and said, "What else?"
Everyone knows that this matter is not simple, and most likely it has something to do with Princess Nanyang.
The Empress Dowager in the palace did not ask any questions, and Emperor Taihe on the dragon throne said nothing. Who would pursue this matter for an insignificant Huang Yushi?
Zheng Chen looked a little ugly, and after a while he said: "Pingzhou has fallen into Jiang Shaohua's hands. She is ambitious and intends to go to court. My father should remind the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to be more careful."
Duke An Guo raised his eyebrows again: "Don't forget, you and I are both surnamed Zheng, and we are relatives. Jiang Shaohua's surname is Jiang, and she is the princess of the Jiang family. In the eyes of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, she is more reliable than you and me. ”
Zheng Chen was silent.
Duke An Guo sighed and whispered: "Princess Nanyang has ambitions and means, and she has the emperor's trust. It is not appropriate to fall out with her." (End of Chapter)