1467. The new Jiedu

About two quarters of an hour later, Wenyuan was taken to the imperial study room. As soon as he entered the house, he knelt down for Zhao Dongting, "I am the chief of Changsha Prefecture, Wenyuan, and I will beg for my emperor!"

Zhao Dongting saw Wen Yuan's temples were slightly gray and sighed: "Wen Aiqing, please calm down!"

Wen Yuan’s gray temples touched him very much. Wen Zheyan is Wen Zheyan, Wen Yuan is Wen Yuan. Do you really want Wen Yuan to pay for Wen Zheyan’s crimes?

Isn't it too unfair to do this?

Wen Yuanli stood up slowly, nodded slightly to Wang Wenfu, "Request for Extraction of the Punishment."

Wang Wenfu also sighed.

Zhao Dongting said again: "The State of Law has convicted Wen Zheyan and others of the crimes."

Wen Garden was Wen Zheyan's brother after all, so he couldn't help but look up and asked, "Master, what crime did Wen Zheyan convict?"

Zhao Dongting replied truthfully: "The death penalty is caused by all the family property, and the subsequent three generations of direct descendants will not be hired by the court."

"well……"

Wenyuan sighed deeply, but finally bowed to Zhao Dongting, "I thank you, the emperor, Wenyuan."

Zhao Dongting said strangely: "I have convicted him of such a crime, why do you still want to thank me?"

Wen Yuanlin said: "Wen Zheyan was very guilty. In the past, it was a serious crime to kill the nine clans. Now the emperor can keep his descendants' lives. I am grateful to the Wen family in the present."

The matter between Wen Zheyan and others was causing a lot of controversy in the court, and Wenyuan had just learned about this, so there was not much sadness on his face.

Wen Zheyan was a transshipment officer from Guangnan West Road and was beheaded. It was indeed a pity for the Wen family, which was equivalent to being beheaded by his right arm. However, this was indeed a crime that Wen Zheyan deserved.

"Do you know, what I'm telling you about? " Zhao Dongting asked again.

Wen Yuan smiled bitterly, "If I hadn't expected it to be wrong, the emperor should have wanted me to retire and return home, right?"

Zhao Dongting nodded gently, "I did think so before you enter the imperial study room. Wen Zheyan made Guangnan West Road smoky and the crimes he committed were too numerous to write. If I only deal with him and his descendants, I would probably not be able to suppress the other officials in the border areas. The wealth is moving, and some people will always take risks for profit. If you ask you to retire, you will consider more or less before those people take the wrong path to avoid repeating Wen Zheyan's mistakes. Their families will also supervise them more. However, I have another idea now."

Wen Yuanli looked up at Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting changed his slightly comfortable posture, "Some people in the court need to be alert, but some need to cheer them up. Letting you retire is an effect of deterring the ministers, but it is too unfair to you. I am thinking now that if you are transferred to Guangnan West Road and giving you greater expectations and rights is not a way. When officials of the court see that their relatives are corrupt and abused the law in the future, they may not choose to join forces because of their blood relationship. These two paths can only be said to have pros and cons. How to choose, I will now give you the right to retire and return home, or take over the position of Wen Zheyan."

This idea was really what Zhao Dongting had just born when he saw Wen Yuan's gray temples.

Although the personal gains and distortions in Wenyuan can only be said to be insignificant in the face of national interests, Zhao Dongting was still unwilling to treat such a virtuous minister.

Of course, the reason he said is true.

Wen Garden is not implicated by Wen Zheyan. In the future, families with several people serving as imperial officials will probably not easily develop family corruption.

Just imagine, if you let Wenyuan grow old, it is certainly a warning. However, it is easier to cause family-style corruption in the Song Dynasty.

Wen Yuanli and Wang Wenfu both showed a look of shock when they heard Zhao Dongting's words.

It is Wang Wenfu. When he came to Zhao Dongting Xuanwen Garden, he almost concluded that the official position in Wenyuan could not be saved. Unexpectedly, such a turning point would occur.

This has to be said to be a blessing in Wenyuan.

And he was naturally happy to see such a turning point happening.

Although even if Zhao Dongting asked Wang Wenfu to retire, it would be for the good of the Song Dynasty. But if the emperor did too many such things, the number of officials who would be treated unfairly in the Song Dynasty will only increase or decrease in the future.

Seeing that Wen Yuan was still stunned on the spot, Wang Wenfu couldn't help but reminded: "Master Wen, why don't you thank me?"

Wen Yuanli came to his senses, his eyes were already a little red, but he said, "Your Majesty, hasn't the new military governor of Guangnan West Road been decided?"

Of course, he never expected that the emperor would treat him like this. This was a great kind of trust.

Zhao Dongting waved his hand and said, "It's okay! Before the real appointment has continued, those can only be regarded as rumors."

Wenyuan knelt heavily on the ground, "I am willing to work on Guangnan West Road, long live my emperor!"

Zhao Dongting asked Wen Yuan to stand up again and sighed softly: "Wen Zheyan committed such a heinous crime on Guangnan West Road, and I must have made it public to the world. Unexpectedly, the people in Guangnan West Road will be in a state of anger after they learn that you took over his position. They may even treat you as a beast and want to drive you out of Guangnan West Road. Do you have the confidence to firmly take this position as a governor?"

"It's up to man."

Wen Yuanli replied: "I believe that as long as I benefit the people wholeheartedly, the people will definitely see it and remember it in my heart."

"Um……"

Zhao Dongting nodded gently, "I will ask Deputy State Order Chen and Shuai Liu to leave officials to investigate and build momentum for you. After you arrive at Guangnan West Road, we will first severely punish these officials to see if the people can prevent them from being involved in you. What will happen in the future depends on yourself. Wen Aiqing, I hope you can remember Wen Zheyan's lessons and the glory of your Wen family."

"I... received the order." Wen Yuan said solemnly.

Zhao Dongting waved his hand, "You go back!"

Wen Yuanli bent and slowly walked out of the imperial study room.

Wang Wenfu looked at Zhao Dongting and said, "Your Majesty is gamble?"

Zhao Dongting nodded and sighed: "It's indeed a bet that you can uphold justice in Wenyuan, and you won't be like Wen Zheyan. If he was corrupted on Guangnan West Road, the people on Guangnan West Road will not only be resentful to the Wen family, but may even be extremely disappointed with the court. At that time, the public anger will be difficult to calm down."

Wang Wenfu also sighed lightly, not knowing what to say.

Zhao Dongting thought for a while and said, "If Gong Aiqing wants to be the deputy governor of Guangnan West Road, I feel relieved if he always supervises Wenyuan."

"The Emperor's Holy Spirit."

Wang Wenfu said, and then slowly left the imperial study room.

Zhao Dongting rubbed his temples with some headache.

Even if he fought with the Yuan army in the past, to be honest, he did not feel as tired as he is now in governing the government.

As the territory of the Song Dynasty grew larger and larger, all kinds of complex relationships and mischief had to be hardworking.

Such an imperial court is actually not sound.

And he still seems to have a long way to go to build this court into a relatively sound court.

On this day, Zhao Dongting asked the Ministry of State to issue an appointment to Wenyuanli and the minister named Gong, and asked them to take office after the New Year. This caused quite a lot of discussion in the court.

The minister surnamed Gong was supposed to be the predestined military governor of Guangnan West Road, which was not bad, and what surprised everyone even more was that Wen Yuanli was appointed as the military governor.

Many people can't understand what Zhao Dongting is thinking.

Some of the censors from the Censorate even ran to the imperial study room to see Zhao Dongting, hoping to take Zhao Dongting back his life.

Their reason is that they are too risky and will cause a lot of trouble on Guangnan West Road. Wenyuan can be said to be the least suitable person in the entire court to serve as the governor of Guangnan West Road.

But Zhao Dongting still did not take back his life.

He just said to these counselors: "I believe in Wen Aiqing."

Fortunately, he had great prestige in the court, so these counselors did not make it happen that they would kill Longzhu.

But this put Zhao Dongting on a greater psychological pressure and even felt a little regretful.

If Wenyuan failed to make any achievements on Guangnan West Road, he would have taken the blame.
Chapter completed!