Chapter 107 Rebel ministers and thieves! No king and no father!
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The little eunuch who delivered the message immediately bowed and retreated. After a while, Wei Zheng, wearing a scarlet robe and a black gauze on his head, walked as fast as the wind and entered the political affairs hall.
"Your Majesty, Wei Zheng, comes to see you." Wei Zheng bowed and saluted.
Li Qian had already stood up and sat up straight, looking at Wei Zheng in front of him.
I had always seen him at court meetings before, and this was the first time Li Qian had seen Wei Zheng so close.
Li Qian's first impression of him was not his facial features, but his extremely straight back.
Normal people's spines are curved, and elderly people will even have a hunched back.
However, at this time, Wei Zheng leaned over to salute Li Qian, and when Li Qian looked at him from above, his back was as straight as a steel plate.
"Wei Qing's family doesn't need to be polite."
With a gentle smile on his lips, Li Qian motioned for him to get up: "What do you want from Wei Qing's family when they come to see me?"
Wei Zheng straightened up, cupped his hands to Li Qian and said, "Your Majesty, please send four supervisory censors to accompany Prime Minister Yan and Lord He to provide disaster relief and correct lawlessness!"
It turns out that I want people to follow Yan Song and Shen to prevent them from going too far...
Li Qian looked at Wei Zheng curiously: "Why didn't Wei Qing's family talk about it at the court meeting?"
Wei Zheng replied in a bachelor's manner: "Yan Song and Shen have many party members. If they propose something at the court meeting, they will definitely be blocked by the traitorous party and it will be difficult to achieve anything!"
Li Qian leaned back in his chair speechlessly. It turns out you know it too.
Li Qian was also thinking carefully about the pros and cons of this matter.
The censor who was able to be sent out by Wei Zheng must be relatively upright and would not necessarily be bribed by Yan Song and the others.
Putting these four censors next to Yan Song and Shen must have had an impact on them.
But if you don't send them, it feels like you are forcing those two people to commit corruption at gunpoint.
In fact, Li Qian didn't care whether they were greedy or not. As long as they could get things done, it didn't matter if they were a little greedy.
If the water is clear, there will be no fish. How can there be an official who is not corrupt in this world? Although there are not many as greedy as He Shen Yansong...
After pondering for a moment, Li Qian raised his head and looked at Wei Zheng: "Wei Qing's family, I know what you are thinking."
"But I have no doubts about the people I employ. I feel that Prime Minister Yan and the Heqing family will definitely live up to my expectations."
Wei Zheng frowned: "Your Majesty is broad-minded, but did you misunderstand Yan Song and He Shen after listening to their grand words?"
"Listen to both and you will be enlightened; if you listen to one and all, you will be dark."
"If your majesty can listen to the words of the ministers below and the people in the capital, you can understand these two people."
Li Qian sighed softly, thinking that I may know a little bit more about them than you think.
But he also understood Wei Zheng's concerns.
If it were another emperor who grew up in a deep palace, he might be like this. He would believe whatever the people around him said.
In his previous life, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. He could say such words as "Zhang Changshi is my father and Zhao Changshi is my mother" and regarded the eunuchs Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong as his parents.
By the way, this Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty is the Ling in the sentence "I don't sigh and hate Yu Huan, Ling Ye". He also had an innovative move, which was to make the maids wear crotchless pants so that he could do whatever he wanted without doing anything. How ridiculous...
Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor just smiled inexplicably but said nothing, Wei Zheng frowned even more.
"Your Majesty trusts his ministers, but he cannot hand over all authority to his ministers. If he and Shen Yansong and his likes are not restrained, the victims will surely be harmed by them!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Qian had not said anything, but the old eunuch on the side looked at Wei Zheng in surprise, as if he did not expect that he could say such a thing.
Li Qian had also known for a long time that Wei Zheng was straight-tempered, and it seemed that he would not give up until his goal was achieved this time.
"Wei Qing's family, you want the censor to follow Prime Minister Yan and He Qing's family to restrain them."
"But if there are constraints everywhere, how can we carry out disaster relief? Every time a life is lost, there are constraints. Can the victims be saved?"
Wei Zheng hesitated for a moment and was about to say more, but Li Qian spoke again: "Wei Qing's family, the four supervisory censors you want to send over must be young people, right?"
Wei Zheng nodded. Just now at the court meeting, he was planning the candidates for Yushi Taichung. He still had to go back to confirm who he should choose.
Li Qian smiled slightly. This was not because he was good at calculating, but because the old man in the officialdom did not have the passion and was not necessarily willing to offend the powerful He Shen and Yan Song.
"How much experience does the young censor have in disaster relief and rescuing people?"
Li Qian said bluntly: "Prime Minister Yan, and the Qing family are all important ministers in the court. They are experienced and worthy of important responsibilities. In my opinion, there is no need to send inexperienced censors to constrain them."
Wei Zheng was speechless. Although what Li Qian said was somewhat reasonable, he also had his persistence and would not give up easily.
He said firmly: "When these two people go to do things, they must be accompanied by a censor! If Your Majesty feels that it will hinder them, then just don't let the censor speak."
"These four censors followed Yan Song and He Shen and had no right to speak out. They could only record disaster relief matters."
To put it bluntly, you can only listen and watch, but cannot interrupt.
"Didn't Your Majesty want to have these two people compete to see who rescued more victims? It would just make them follow the record."
"This matter..."
When the words of rejection came to his lips, Li Qian hesitated.
This seems to work really well.
If there is no censor, who can I turn to for statistics?
County chiefs? They may not be as disciplined as young censors.
While recording, the censor was not allowed to speak, which also reduced their constraints on He Shen and Yan Song.
Moreover, seeing how insistent Wei Zheng is, if he doesn't agree, this matter may not be over...
"That's all, let's just follow the wishes of the Wei Qing family."
Li Qian nodded helplessly.
Wei Zheng's cold expression softened a bit, and then he said: "Your Majesty, I saw that Your Majesty is not feeling well today, but is he infected with an illness?"
Although Li Qian was curious as to why he even asked this, there was no need to lie: "Of course not."
"In recent days, I have been practicing martial arts every day, and I have used too much force."
Unexpectedly, Wei Zheng's brows furrowed again.
"Has Your Majesty ever reviewed any memorials since he ascended the throne?"
Li Qian's face turned red: "Of course I have approved it." But only one copy was approved.
Wei Zheng saw the memorials placed in the political hall as soon as he came in. He ignored Li Qian's sophistry and asked in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, how long has it been since the memorials of ministers have been criticized?"
"Your Majesty has been neglecting government affairs for a long time and indulged in such bizarre and lewd military activities. This is not done by a wise master. I hope your Majesty will not do this to subvert the country!!"
Li Qian's face was a bit confused. He had known that Wei Zheng was fierce, but he didn't expect that Wei Zheng would be so fierce...
"Wei Zheng, don't go too far!"
Unexpectedly, the old eunuch Wei Zhongxian's expression turned even worse. He pointed at Wei Zheng and cursed angrily: "You are a rebel and a traitor! You are a man without a king and a father! You are trying to ridicule your superior to gain your own reputation! You used this to gain fame for your late emperor, and now you still want to ridicule him." Scolding His Majesty?"