Chapter 0851 What caused Wei Zheng to undergo such a big change?
The next day, the decree regarding the appointment of Wei Zheng as Jingzhou's pacification ambassador reached the three provinces.
Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda from the three provinces understood the intention at a glance and signed it immediately without thinking. At noon, Wei Zheng received the imperial edict and related documents appointing him as Jingzhou's pacification ambassador.
Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment.
If the three provinces have not signed, he can still make a symbolic struggle. But since all three provinces have signed, he has no room for struggle or refusal and can only take office.
Inside the Imperial Palace.
Wang Gui sat sideways on his couch, quietly looking at Wei Zheng's face that was darker than the bottom of the pot, not to mention how proud he was.
I told you a long time ago not to chase those two big female bugs, but you don’t believe it.
It's okay now, the hidden dragon behind you will take action and take you away directly.
See how you are still chasing those two big female insects?
Although Wei Zheng was promoted this time, in Wang Gui's view, this was an overt promotion and a hidden demotion.
After all, no matter how high the rank of a foreign official is and how powerful his authority is, there is no way he can compare with officials in the capital.
After a noble and noble second-in-command at the Yushitai was transferred out to be the pacification ambassador, although he was promoted several levels in a row, he also had greater authority than before.
However, their official positions and powers are restricted to the local area. Except for the place where they are appeased, they cannot interfere with the government affairs of other places even if they are uncomfortable with it.
Otherwise, local officials, vassal kings, and similar local officials will have objections.
In more serious cases, they may even stand up and fight with you.
So Wei Zheng seemed to have been promoted and given power, but in fact after arriving at the local level, he could only manage his own one-third of an acre, and he had no way to interfere in the government affairs of other places.
This is completely different from the authority of Yushitai that he currently holds.
When he was at the Yushitai, he could impeach anyone he wanted to impeach, and he could immediately write a letter to anyone whose governance he didn't like. From the princes to the small officials, as long as he didn't like it, they could all participate in a play.
When your temper gets heated, you can even fight against the other person and bring him down.
He does not have this kind of power when he goes to the local level. Except for the officials in several places near Jingzhou, as well as his superiors and subordinates, he cannot impeach other officials, let alone go against others. , pull people down.
Because after he reaches the local level, he is no longer the censor. If he continues to exercise the authority of the censor, not to mention the local officials, the officials of the censor will have opinions.
If he is a military minister, then he will definitely make a lot of money if he goes to the local government to serve as a feudal official, because the military ministers in the Tang Dynasty have considerable autonomy, the right to command troops, and local freedom. The degree is much higher than in Beijing.
But he happened to be a civil servant. After he went to the local government, even though he had the title of appeasing the ambassador, if there really was a conflict with the local governor's palace, the grand governor's palace, or the feudal prince's palace, people would make things difficult for him in various ways. He doesn't have a temper either.
Therefore, it seems that he, the pacifying ambassador of Jingzhou, is about to visit Jingzhou, but in fact, after going to Jingzhou, there are many people who restrict him.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he went to Jingzhou to go to jail.
After all, Pei Ju was also in Jingzhou.
After he goes to Jingzhou, can he still confront Pei Ju?
Pei Ju wants to tease him and toss him, but he can still refuse?
After Li Gang begged for his body, Pei Ju became the number one among the civil servants. Although Pei Ju did not have the title of prime minister, no one would say anything about him exercising his power as prime minister.
Even though Wei Zheng had been promoted several levels, he was still several levels behind Pei Ju.
Pei Ju wanted to torment him, but he could only suffer in silence.
"What does King Yong mean by this? Are public utensils for private use?"
Wei Zheng's face was dark, he slapped the eucalyptus beside him and asked angrily.
Wang Gui smiled faintly and said: "You can eat more, but you can't talk nonsense. His Highness King Yong is appreciating you and supporting you. After you go to Jingzhou, if you can make any great achievements, you can follow Tang Dynasty after you come back." Jian and others competed for the post of six ministers.
This is several levels higher than your current fifth-level Censor Zhongcheng."
Wei Zheng stared at Wang Gui angrily and said, "I don't believe you can't tell what he had in mind for promoting me!"
Wang Gui smiled nonchalantly and said: "What can he have in mind? He just values your talents, wants to support you, and then entrust you with important tasks. Apart from that, I can't see what other thoughts he has. "
Wei Zheng glared at Wang Gui fiercely and said, "You are just pretending to be ignorant!"
Wang Gui said funnyly: "Even if I don't pretend to be ignorant, what can you do? If it was just the will of His Highness King Yong, you can still refuse, but now the two prime ministers of the three provinces have also recognized King Yong. Do you still have room to refuse His Highness’s will?”
Wei Zheng clapped his hands and said angrily: "They are aiding the evil!"
Wang Gui's face changed slightly, and he reminded: "Wei Xuancheng, you have opinions, but you can't talk nonsense!"
Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda from the three provinces can now be regarded as the nominal leaders of all their civil servants. To point out that Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda are aiding the evil deeds is to accuse all civil servants.
Other civil servants will have opinions if they find out.
After all, any group pays attention to what kind of general leads what kind of soldiers.
If the two leaders, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, are aiding the tyranny, then aren’t the rest of them also aiding the tyranny?
Those civil servants who don't care about reputation may not care about such words.
But those who care about reputation will fight against Yushitai because of such words.
Wei Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "I'm just telling the truth!"
Wang Gui put away his stiff smile and said coldly: "I don't want to tell the truth!"
Wei Zheng heard that Wang Gui no longer wanted to talk about this matter with him, so he immediately stopped asking for trouble. He just sat down angrily and began to write.
Three days later.
After Wei Zheng left Chang'an City with a few old servants, a few strong servants, and a team of soldiers assigned to appease the ambassador, a memorial was placed on Li Yuanji's desk.
After Li Yuanji took a few simple glances, he shook his head in confusion.
"What did Wei Xuancheng say in the memorial?"
Xiao Yu stretched his neck slightly and asked curiously.
It is already known to everyone that Wei Zheng had a quarrel with Wang Gui in the Yushitai Yamen on the day he received the promotion order.
Everyone knew that Wei Zheng was very dissatisfied with this matter.
Therefore, the memorial that Wei Zheng handed over before leaving must have had bad things to say.
Li Yuanji glanced at Xiao Yu and said with a smile: "Nothing, just reminding me not to let the princess and my third sister bully the weak again."
Xiao Yu said doubtfully: "Is that true?"
Xiao Yu didn't believe it.
Because this is completely inconsistent with Wei Zheng's temperament.
With Wei Zheng's temperament, after encountering such a hard problem, he would definitely "speak out for justice", and it would never be that simple.
Li Yuanji said funnyly: "Isn't this enough?"
Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, smiled dryly and said nothing.
It is indeed enough to accuse those in power of indulging my sister-in-law, and to accuse Princess Yong and Princess Yang of bullying the weak.
After all, of the three above, one holds the power of the Tang Dynasty, one's husband holds the power of the Tang Dynasty, and the other's younger brother holds the power of the Tang Dynasty.
Just blaming these three people for their faults is already weighty enough.
When Li Yuanji saw Xiao Yu being carried away by his own lake, he sighed deeply and secretly put away Wei Zheng's memorial.
Wei Zheng's remarks in the memorial are far from being as simple as he said.
In his memorial, Wei Zheng accused him of using public weapons for personal use, which was a recipe for disaster, allowing his wife and sister to bully the weak was a sign of a weak emperor, and colluding with the prime ministers and ministers was an act of ruin for the country.
From the perspective of a bystander, nothing Wei Zheng said was wrong.
Because it is not a good thing to use public tools for personal use, to allow your sister-in-law to bully the weak, or to collude with the ministers and ministers.
So Wei Zheng discovered the problem and pointed it out, and there was nothing wrong with it.
But from his personal point of view, Wei Zheng went a bit too far, and his accusations were a bit excessive.
However, he is not a person who does not know right from wrong, so even if he thinks Wei Zheng is going a little too far, as long as Wei Zheng is right, he doesn't care.
This is not to say that he has any masochistic tendencies, but that a country must have different voices.
If there is only one voice and one person's ideas are followed, it is easy to fall into extremes.
He doesn't think that he is smarter than everyone else, nor does he think that everything he does is suitable for the Tang Dynasty and can make the Tang Dynasty continue to develop and grow. Therefore, there must be someone by his side to remind him of everything he does. If you didn't do it right, there was nothing you did that was not suitable for the Tang Dynasty.
In this way, he could lead the Tang Dynasty in a more prosperous direction.
Therefore, he could ignore Wei Zheng's remarks to impeach him.
The reason why he helped Wei Zheng cover up was because when Wei Zheng impeached him, he also impeached Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, accusing Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda of colluding with him.
If Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda knew about this, would they be able to spare Wei Zheng?
Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda are still prime ministers and heads of civil servants. If one of their subordinates accuses them, even if they can punt a boat, they will teach them a lesson.
But now that Wei Zheng is no longer the censor, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda really want to target him, and he doesn't even have room to fight back.
This was his real purpose in helping Wei Zheng cover up.
He didn't want Wei Zheng to be so unstoppable that he would be tortured to death by Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda before he could reach the point of becoming a mirror of the ages.
After secretly putting away Wei Zheng's memorial, Li Yuanji asked Xiao Yu suspiciously, "I remember Wei Zheng wasn't like this before?"
When Wei Zheng was serving as a horse washer in the East Palace, he was not so unobstructed.
On the contrary, he is very adaptable, very good at dealing with people, and full of wits, which is completely different from what he is now.
So what caused Wei Zheng to undergo such a big change?