Chapter 303 Beijing knows about this
In fact, just as Zong Ruwen guessed, the emperor did have something to find him.
But his body didn't allow it, so he had to give up.
In the imperial study room, two memorials and two secret letters were placed in front of the emperor, one from Dazhou and one from Liangzhou. The contents were all about what Meng Changqing had done, but the emphasis was completely different.
The Yulin Army said that Meng Changqing took advantage of the situation to bully others and repeatedly despised Shangguan Wen in Dazhou.
The Dazhou memorial says that Meng Changqing failed the emperor's favor and acted recklessly.
But the contents submitted on both sides did not mention why Meng Changqing was like this.
The emperor was the first to hear Dazhou's memorial. The memorial was read directly to the court without going to the province. The civil and military officials in the court were shocked and immediately asked the emperor to severely punish Meng Changqing.
Some censors even believed that the emperor treated Meng Changqing too favorably, which made Meng Changqing lawless, and the emperor should bear some responsibility for this.
The emperor allowed the ministers to finish speaking without saying a word, only staring at the man who read out the memorial.
The man felt guilty and hid behind other ministers.
After the courtiers finished speaking, the emperor called out the official who read the memorial and asked, "Has the report from Dazhou been verified? As the magistrate of Liangzhou, why did Meng Changqing go to Dazhou?"
The man hesitated and couldn't reply with a serious sentence.
"When you receive the memorial, you neither verify nor pursue the reasons. You only read according to the content of the memorial. What do I want you to do?" The emperor asked calmly, and then added: "From today on, your troops will All officials resigned, and all local memorials were sent directly to the imperial study.”
The emperor stood up and left, while the officials below him knelt down to plead for mercy for their colleagues.
Upon seeing this, the emperor said to the lucky officials: "Leave the capital within ten days, otherwise you will be punished as a traitor."
Long Yan was furious and the courtiers were frightened.
Some keen ministers saw that the emperor's anger was not entirely due to Meng Changqing.
After the court came down, he immediately sent his servants to inquire everywhere to see if those people who had been dismissed from office had done anything disgraceful in private, and this was reported to the emperor's ears.
After probing around, no clues could be found. Most of the courtiers could only keep their mouths shut and never mention anything related to this in front of the emperor.
Meng Changqing took advantage of it, and no one dared to punish her anymore.
Not long after hearing the Dazhou Memorial, Wei Zhishan, the commander of the Royal Forest Army, sent a secret report from Liangzhou.
It was the secret report sent by Wang Xun that day. The content was more detailed than that reported by the magistrate of Dazhou. Meng Changqing's actions in Dazhou were recorded in detail, without any embellishment or beautification.
But after reading it, the emperor was even more confused.
All right, why did Meng Changqing go to Dazhou? And did such a crazy thing.
But when he had this doubt, he had already sent someone to Dazhou to find out the situation in advance.
Just when the emperor thought that the reason could not be clarified until the inspection officials returned to Beijing, he did not expect to receive another secret letter from the imperial guards the next day.
The two secret letters were delivered so close to each other, and the emperor had a hunch that most of the envelopes contained Meng Changqing's notes.
As soon as I opened it, it turned out to be true.
Among them is Meng Changqing's confession.
The emperor knew why Meng Changqing suddenly ran to Dazhou, but this was only Meng Changqing's one-sided statement.
Based on the emperor's understanding of Meng Changqing, there must be many embellishments in this confession, so it cannot be believed in its entirety.
We still have to wait until the inspection officials return to Beijing. At this time, another apology letter from the prefect of Liangzhou came.
The content was unremarkable, but he rewrote the contents of Meng Changqing's confession, and also interceded with Meng Changqing to let the emperor give him a lighter sentence.
It's just that Wei Fangyun's apology letter also contains Meng Changqing's apology letter.
The emperor sighed helplessly after reading it, stacked the four items together and piled them on the corner of his desk.
This series of events were all caused by Meng Changqing. The emperor also complained about Meng Changqing in his heart and wanted to talk to the old master about his troubles. Unfortunately, the master had been sick these days.
I have to say that the royal medical skills are better.
After his consultation, Zong Ruwen's health improved day by day.
After he regained consciousness and could speak clearly, he immediately complained to the imperial doctor, saying that the medicine prescribed by the doctor before made him feel even more uncomfortable after drinking it, so he refused to drink it.
The imperial doctor checked the prescription and medicine residue again. It was true that the previous doctor was not good enough and did not consider that at Taifu's age, the spleen and stomach were already weak and some medicines could not be tolerated.
Zong Shouqing blamed himself. If the imperial doctor had not come, his father would have suffered greatly because of the quack doctor.
Although Zong Ruwen's health is getting better day by day, the disease is still as good as silk, and he will need to take good care of himself for a period of time if he wants to recover.
But the chamberlain in the palace came to check on his condition from time to time. Based on his many years of experience in getting along with the emperor, he knew that the emperor must want to see him.
When I asked my son about Chao Shang again, I knew better.
After he recovered a little strength, he entered the palace.
The emperor gave him permission to take a carriage to the palace gate. When he got off the carriage, he saw the servants waiting with their arms and legs.
After entering the Imperial Study Room, seats had already been prepared, and the chairs were even covered with soft cushions.
Zong Ruwen was the first in the entire Liang Dynasty to have the emperor treat him like this.
By this time, the officials who inspected Dazhou had returned to Beijing, and the emperor had sorted out the whole matter from beginning to end.
"From this point of view, the mistakes Meng Changqing made are not worth mentioning." The emperor said angrily, "They don't ask the reason, but if Meng Changqing is involved, they will trample him to death.
Do you think I can't tell who they are targeting? ”
"Your Majesty, calm down. The most difficult thing to solve in this matter is land acquisition." Zong Ruwen said slowly: "Rich households annexed farmers' land, turning the people who had farmland to feed themselves into tenant farmers, and even more Or even become refugees
The difficulty for the people lies precisely in their inability to protect their own land.
Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. This shortcoming has existed since ancient times. Even if Your Majesty is determined to improve it, it cannot be accomplished overnight. ”
"Teacher, remember that at the end of the previous dynasty, there was a reform on this kind of thing."
"Old minister remembers."
"What is the result of the variable method?" The emperor asked himself and answered, "It just accelerated the demise of the previous dynasty."
“The previous dynasty’s reforms first targeted the gentry, how could they agree?
How can you give up what you have acquired so easily? At this age, I have only just figured it out. If I were really asked to hand over my family property, I would still be reluctant to give up.
It is benevolent for Your Majesty to be considerate of the sufferings of the people. Regarding this matter, we must take care of it slowly. Let's take a look at how Meng Changqing will deal with the land in Beishan County in the future. ”
The emperor sighed, "This is the only way." He also said to Qian Gong next to him, "It was reported to the Hanlin Academy that the imperial edict was drafted. The prefect of Dazhou, Wen Rusu, was too old and too dim to be useful. On the day he received the edict, he was dismissed from his position as prefect and was asked to serve the imperial court. After many years, he was allowed to retire and return to his hometown.”