HCB Chapter 464 Emperor Qingning Becomes Suspicious
Chapter 464 Emperor Qingning Becomes Suspicious
As a result, less than a month later, the market really reopened!
Moreover, Xue Wei presented all the high-quality war horses he bought from the Bol people to Emperor Qingning, who was very pleased.
The letter of complaint became a waste of paper, and Yao Chengping was also scolded by Emperor Qingning, who said that Yao Chengping, a military general, was so petty. It was obvious that with Xue Wei around, the pressure on the northwest border defense was greatly reduced.
Xue Wei also praised Yao Chengping for his high degree of cooperation in his letter to Emperor Qingning, but Yao Chengping was complaining, and the two of them had a very different vision!
The balance in Emperor Qingning's heart gradually tilted towards Xue Wei.
The frequent reports of Xue Wei's success in the northwest made Emperor Qingning even more convinced of this.
With every achievement Xue Wei made, Emperor Qingning felt less regretful about exiling the Xin family. Xue Wei was not only the embodiment of his hope, but also a source of self-comfort.
When Emperor Qingning used Xue Wei as psychological comfort, no matter how Yao Chengping tried to please him, it was useless. Yao Chengping complained too much, but it had the opposite effect, and it felt like he was crying wolf.
Gradually, Emperor Qingning lost his patience with Yao Chengping and stopped reading or replying to the letters of complaint he sent to him.
Two years later, Xue Wei was personally appointed as the Governor-General of the Northwest by Emperor Qingning and was granted the Governor-General's Office. While Emperor Qingning relied heavily on Xue Wei, he was also amazed at Xue Wei's extraordinary talents. With his promotion so quickly, his reputation among the people became increasingly popular, and people everywhere knew about Xue Wei.
Xue Wei has become indispensable among the court officials, and the suspicious Emperor Qingning couldn't help but feel wary and suspicious of Xue Wei.
Xue Wei is such a perfect person.
Not only is he wholeheartedly serving the people in terms of ideology, but his working ability is also top-notch in practice!
Emperor Qingning could not find any fault at all. If Xue Wei was a disguise, it would be too scary.
So on the day of Chinese Valentine's Day, when the people of Lingchuan City were decorating the city with lights and preparing for the lantern festival and temple fair for this romantic holiday, Zhang Yuan, the imperial envoy sent by Emperor Qingning, came to Lingchuan secretly.
Zhang Yuan dressed up as a tourist at the temple fair and observed the details of Linchuan City where Xue Wei lived.
In fact, His Majesty has sent more than one imperial envoy to secretly investigate the situation in the five northwestern cities, but each time the imperial envoy's conclusion was that there was no better official than Xue Wei.
Zhang Yuan and Emperor Qingning also did not believe that there really was such a perfect person as Xue Wei. As the youngest Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, he was promoted very quickly thanks to his eagle eyes.
This time, entrusted by His Majesty, he must find out the flaws of Xue Wei!
Zhang Yuan walked into the city and found that the inspection at the city gate was very strict. On the city gate was hung a white jade token bestowed by Emperor Qingning, surrounded by grand flower bouquets, which looked magnificent.
So Zhang Yuan pretended to be a stranger who had just arrived and didn't know anything, and asked the guard at the city gate, "Brother, what's the origin of that white jade token?"
After checking his entry badge, the guard answered enthusiastically: "You are obviously from the south."
"You may not know this, but our Northwest Governor, Lord Xue Wei, was previously the magistrate of Jingshui County."
"On the first day he arrived in Jingshui, the first thing he did was to hang the white jade token given to him by Emperor Qingning in the most conspicuous place in the county government office."
"He said that this was the trust and expectation that the current emperor had placed on him when he was chosen as the top scholar. He should put it in the most conspicuous place to remind himself all the time not to disappoint the emperor."
"Now that Lord Xue has become the Governor-General of the Northwest, this white jade token has been moved to the city gate to inform the people coming and going that the Northwest has changed from being so depressed two years ago to what it is now, all because of the guidance of the emperor."
Zhang Yuan was stunned when he heard this. Was this an action from the heart or just a show?
Did this guard memorize the words and wait for someone to ask him about it?
Thinking this, Zhang Yuan walked into the city, but found that he could see some stone tablets from time to time in the city. The inscriptions on the stone tablets looked like the notes of Emperor Qingning!
The words engraved on the stone tablet are all the emperor's maxims said by Emperor Qingning.
These stone tablets appear to have been there for a long time.
Zhang Yuan pulled over a passing uncle and asked, "Uncle, why did Xue Wei make these stone tablets?"
The uncle gave him a strange look and said, "Because these words were said by the emperor."
"Master Xue said that he and the people are where they are today because of the emperor. Don't you know? When Master Xue was the top scholar, there was a villain who framed him."
"However, the current emperor has a keen eye for talent and still chooses to trust our Lord Xue."
Zhang Yuan was stunned again. Xue Wei was so loyal to His Majesty?
He pretended to sigh casually: "Master Xue is really loyal to the world today."
"That's not."
The passerby uncle said: "It is said that when Lord Xue was in the county government, he read the letters from the emperor to encourage himself every day. Later, when the conditions in Jingshui improved, these stone tablets were built. Later, wherever Lord Xue went, these stone tablets praising His Majesty were engraved there."
"Lord Xue is a good official, and the current emperor is also a wise ruler!"
"It is thanks to His Majesty that we, the common people, can live a prosperous life today."
Zhang Yuan asked different people one after another, and they were all surprisingly unanimous in highly praising Emperor Qingning and expressing gratitude to him.
Even three-year-old children know the story of Emperor Qingning's "insight into the pearl" and some even say, "I want to take the imperial examination and serve the court in the future!"
One or two are just coincidences. It's impossible that all the people in this city are Xue Wei's agents!
Zhang Yuan was shocked and even more puzzled!
Xue Wei is such a perfect person that he must be the dream minister of emperors of all dynasties.
Xue Wei has never married, and there is no news that he has ever had a wife or concubine.
He is not addicted to alcohol and women, is loyal and has great abilities.
It's so unreal.
Today is Chinese Valentine's Day, and Zhang Yuan decided to go and see what Xue Wei is doing.
As a result, before I even reached Xue Wei's house, I saw Xue Wei in the corner of the street. He was distributing cakes to children.
Zhang Yuan learned from passers-by that Xue Wei seemed to like children very much and often gave them warmth.
So why not have one yourself?
Zhang Yuan, who was very skilled in martial arts, followed Xue Wei for three consecutive days.
On the third night, he saw Xue Wei sneaking out of the Xue Mansion in a cloak, and hurriedly followed him, thinking that he had finally caught this man.
He followed Xue Wei all the way to a small woods on the outskirts of the city.
I saw a man dressed as a doctor carrying a medicine box and stuffing a dose of medicine into Xue Wei's hand.
"Master Xue, this is a new medicine that I have recently prepared from various prescriptions collected from the public."
"Would you like to try again?"
Xue Wei on this side smiled bitterly: "Doctor Chen, don't worry about me anymore."