Li Chen nodded with satisfaction, then pointed to a pile of about a dozen memorials in the corner of the Xi Zheng Palace, and said, "You can pick up a few of those memorials and have a look."
Zheng Baorong was a little confused, but he did not dare to disobey His Highness the Crown Prince's words. With confusion in his mind, he picked up a few memorials and looked through them.
Seeing this, Zheng Baorong's expression suddenly became extremely exciting.
Li Chen leaned on the chair and said: "These days, so many censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate fly over to read your memorials every day. They list your crimes, which are nothing more than using power for personal gain, bullying good people, and saying that you
Relying on the privilege granted to you by the East Palace, you can put pressure on the landowners around the capital and force them to plant sweet potatoes."
"Those who agree are naturally easy to talk to. Those who don't agree, you will always threaten them with Dongchang and Donggong."
"The most serious one was when you transferred the government officials from the capital city to forcibly acquire land, which resulted in a fight between more than a dozen people. Is this true?"
Zheng Baorong looked bitter and quickly put down the memorial and begged Li Chen for mercy: "Your Highness, I am unjust."
"Who are the people who can own large tracts of land near the capital? They are ordinary landowners on the surface, but everyone knows that those fields actually belong to the officials of the DPRK and China, and those landowners are just the agents of these officials to confuse the public.
It’s just a human being.”
"They rely on the fact that they have people in the court and a master behind them, and they are all so arrogant and domineering."
"It is really difficult for the minister to push forward the work, and sometimes he has to pull the tiger's skin from the East Palace."
"As for the fight, it was even more unjust. It was indeed a fight, but it was just a scratch, and it was the other party who made the first move. Only then did Wei Chen call in the Yamen to stabilize the situation and prevent it from getting bigger."
Seeing Zheng Baorong open his mouth and a large basin of bitter water poured out, Li Chen said with a headache: "Okay, okay, speak slowly, I didn't say to punish you for your crime, why are you in such a hurry? If I really want to punish you for your crime, I will do it soon."
I brought you here for a lecture, why don’t you wait until now?”
Zheng Baorong took a deep breath and said cautiously: "Your Highness, these memorials..."
"Didn't you see that these memorials have been thrown into the corner by me?"
Li Chen frowned and said: "I know that it is not easy for you to be the governor of the capital. At the feet of the emperor, the position of parent official in the imperial capital has always been the most challenging position, and it is also an extremely demanding position."
"If you count up your predecessors, which one is not an official's son with a strong background and the support of a high-ranking official in the family can hold this position. It is because the relationship between the capital and the capital is complicated, and officials below the third rank are embarrassed to speak in the capital.
I am an official. If the governor of the capital does not have a strong enough background, he will naturally be easily squeezed out and dealt with by all forces."
"What's more, it is already difficult for you to promote the planting of sweet potatoes. This is even more difficult, so I allowed you to do some exceptional things from the beginning, and I also acquiesced to you doing things under the banner of the East Palace.
That’s right, otherwise do you think that all the Jin Yiwei in Dongchang are just for a living? Are you allowed to act like this?"
"You raised my banner and I didn't say anything. This is considered a statement of approval. Otherwise, the big officials in the capital would have eaten you alive. How can you still report to me here in a good manner?"
