Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 713: Method!say it!

Hearing the emperor asking himself how to get rid of insects, Qin Wenyuan said the method he had thought of when he came to the palace.

"Your Majesty and I think that Lord Qin's method is very feasible. If the Emperor approves it, I will draw up an order and invite the Emperor to review it and send it to the local yamen."

After Fang Xuanling heard Qin Wenyuan finished speaking, he went out to play again.

For a while, the ministers in the hall all agreed with Qin Wenyuan's method of killing insects. Xu Shiji looked at the indifferent nephew in the hall with pride.

After thinking about Qin Wenyuan's proposal for a while, Li Shimin spoke to the ministers in the hall.

"I heard what Qin Wenyuan said is very reasonable. Fang Aiqing then drafted a decree and issued an order to all local governments to carry out the work of pest control and disaster relief according to the method Qin Wenyuan said. The imperial court sent various patrols to monitor the matter of exchanging grain for locusts in various places to avoid accidents. The evil deeds of local officials corrupting the people’s food, and Li Chunfeng, the inspector of the Heavenly Superintendent, selected a date, and I will lead all the officials to sacrifice to the heavens, so that in the coming year, the Tang Dynasty will have good weather and the people will live and work in peace and contentment.”

When Fang Xuanling heard the emperor's order, he knelt down in the hall and shouted.

"The minister obeys the order!"

After setting the tone for the extermination of insects and disasters, the ministers of various ministries followed the order. A large-scale locust plague that caused tens of millions of refugees in history became a disaster because of Qin Wenyuan's travel. It only broke out in a small area, so as to avoid the embarrassment and nausea of ​​Li Shimin swallowing locusts in history.

At this time, all the ministers in the hall looked at the young Qin Wenyuan and all envied Xu Shiji for having such an outstanding nephew. Cheng Yaojin couldn't open the pot and lift the pot, and smiled at Yuwen Shi and "hehe".

"I said, old ghost Yuwen, I'm afraid you are going to start preparing some silver taels to compensate that kid!"

As soon as Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, he saw Yuwen Shiji glaring at him angrily. He knew that if the old ghost hadn't been scolded by the emperor just now, he would definitely yell at him to save face and go back.

Seeing Yuwen Shi and Cheng Yaojin swallowing his anger, it was inconvenient to say anything to him, so he turned around and laughed with Xu Shiji.

"Aren't you very proud of having such an outstanding and cheap nephew, you old man? Shouldn't our old brothers come to your house for a few drinks? How long has it been since you invited old men? The older you get, the more stingy you are!"

"It's not easy to want to drink. After the disaster relief work of the imperial court is over, the old man invites you to have a happy drink. I'm afraid that you will be carried out of the old man's door while lying down."

Xu Shiji's words attracted Li Jing, Yuchi Jingde and others who were beside him to laugh in agreement.

"Very good, very good!"

Seeing that the courtiers in the hall seemed to have nothing to do but started chatting, Li Shimin said to the courtiers impatiently.

"Everyone's family has nothing to do, so let's leave! Qin Wenyuan left me and I still have something to say."

Hearing what the emperor said, all the ministers bowed and left with envious eyes towards Qin Wenyuan.

After the ministers withdrew, Li Shimin said to Qin Wenyuan.

"Accompany me to the Imperial Garden for a walk!"

Seeing Li Shimin walk out of the hall after saying this, Qin Wenyuan followed the emperor closely and seemed to feel that Li Shimin's expression today was different from the past.

When he came to the Royal Garden, looking at the natural scenery of blooming flowers and willows in the breeze, Qin Wenyuan found that Li Shimin's expression seemed to be getting better. He didn't know what Li Shimin wanted to do today, so he made it a little mysterious speculate.

"Is there any difficulty for the emperor, but it's hard to say? If the boy can do it, the emperor can do it!"

"Hey! You boy, I don't know whether I should handle this matter like this. That day you fought in front of the Shande Palace and seriously injured the old monk. If I didn't punish you at all, it would be difficult to balance the anger of the Buddhist sect. , I don’t want Buddhists and Taoists to have a big fight in Chang’an City or other places because of this matter, but you kid, tell me how I should handle this matter?”

After hearing the emperor finished speaking, Qin Wenyuan realized that the emperor was worried about this matter, so he pondered a little and said.

"How does the emperor want to deal with this matter? If it is the meaning of the humble minister, the emperor does not need to pay attention to the Buddhist sect. The humble minister does not believe that they can turn the world upside down. But if the emperor is really in trouble, then the emperor can tell him what he wants, as long as What this humble minister can do will definitely not disappoint the emperor."

"Boy, it's not that I want to pay attention to that Buddhist sect! It's just because you are still young and don't know the reason for some things. I want to make the Zhongshu order issue an internal decree to remove you from the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry as punishment for you, so that the other party will also respect you. It can be regarded as an explanation, but do you have any ideas?"

"Although the emperor makes an order, I will obey it."

After hearing what the emperor said, Qin Wenyuan immediately replied that he was not very interested in the title of minister of the Ministry of Industry. Now that the emperor ordered to withdraw it, it was not as he wished, but Qin Wenyuan understood a truth from this matter. , represents that the emperor of the imperial court can sacrifice any meritorious official for the benefit of the country.

In the imperial garden, Qin Wenyuan agreed to let the emperor resign from his position as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and immediately resigned and left.

Looking at the figure of this kid leaving, Li Shimin felt that sometimes it was really difficult for him to be the emperor...

While the imperial court was busy with pest control and disaster relief work, the Zhongshu Order issued an internal decree to remove Qin Wenyuan from his position as minister of industry and fine him one year's salary, but the decree did not mention why it was so Dealing with Xu Tian caused many court ministers to speculate that it was caused by the emperor's dissatisfaction with Qin Wenyuan's fight with the monks.

Changsun Wuji, Yuwen Shiji and others were delighted when they found out about this, and they secretly expressed their anger. Seeing Master Shande in the palace, they all asked him to let Qin Wenyuan go temporarily to save the court, and to plan again after the master recovered from his injuries. That boy, Shande promised his eldest son Wuji and Yuwen Shiji to endure the evil in his heart, and vowed to avenge him in the future.

Only a few important officials in the court who knew the inside story knew the cause of the incident. It was just Li Shimin trying to give face to Master Shande and "Wuzhen Temple" or to warn the Buddhist sect. He hoped that the Buddhist disciples would not cause trouble again.

Yan Liben, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was very dissatisfied with this matter, and wrote a memorial to the imperial court overnight to ask the court to keep Qin Wenyuan's position in the Ministry of Industry, but he didn't want his memorial to be handed over to Zhongshuling. Have to accept this fact.

So far, the battle between Qin Wenyuan and Master Shande in front of the palace gate ended on the surface with Li Shimin's punishment of Qin Wenyuan, but secretly the Buddhist disciples were eager to find Qin Wenyuan's bad luck...

In a blink of an eye, the work of pest control and disaster relief has been going on for more than ten days. The method pointed out by Qin Wenyuan has achieved great results, and the disaster situation in various places has gradually eased.

On this day, Qin Tianjian Li Chunfeng went to the palace to report to the emperor, saying that the date for offering sacrifices to heaven had been selected.

After receiving Li Chunfeng's report, Li Shimin sent an edict to the officials of various ministries of the court to go to the Temple of Heaven outside the Mingde Gate of Chang'an City to participate in the worship of heaven three days later.

Tang Jian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, received the emperor's decree to worship the heavens three days later, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare various items for the sacrifices to the heavens, and arranged the incense table on the Temple of Heaven and the resting place for the royal family and the ministers.

When the three-day period came, Li Shimin led the queen, prince and other concubines and many princes and princesses out of the palace to the Temple of Heaven surrounded by the imperial army after burning incense and bathing in the palace.

During the ceremonial procession with drums and music, the people of Chang’an followed the procession to the Temple of Heaven. After the emperor and queen led the crowd to kneel down in front of the altar filled with livestock and various sacrifices, the ceremony reached its climax. , but seeing the wonderful music, singing and dancing, various sacrifices began, and the first, second and final sacrifices were completed. Li Shimin led the crowd to pray to God to bless the Tang Dynasty with good weather and people's well-being.

Many people knelt down and knelt all around the Temple of Heaven following the emperor's prayers. The sincerity on their faces to the heavens made Xu Tian, ​​who was kneeling at the edge of the officials, slander endlessly.

"Here, just make some useless things. If this can make the weather go smoothly, then what else do humans need to develop science? Wouldn't it be easier to do it in this way several times a year?"

It's fine for Qin Wenyuan to say this in his heart, if these kneeling common people know, even if his martial arts are world-class, he will be torn to pieces.

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven finally came to an end in Qin Wenyuan's disapproving mentality. Qin Wenyuan helped his feet that were a little numb from kneeling to the tent where his uncle Xu Shiji had a temporary rest.

Seeing that he was the only young master of the Qin family, Xu Qing, the old housekeeper, stepped forward respectfully and knelt down.

"The old slave sees the young master!"

Qin Wenyuan helped the elderly housekeeper and said with a smile.

"Uncle Qing doesn't need to be too polite, is uncle still with the emperor? Uncle Qing quickly pour me a bowl of tea, but I'm dying of thirst."

Looking at the young master of the Qin family who doesn't take anything to heart, Qin Qing is happy for the master, but at the same time admires the young master who doesn't regard servants as servants. Just think about the son of that family in Chang'an City Being as approachable as the young master, he has never bossed around his servants.

When Qin Wenyuan was drinking tea from a big bowl, Xu Shiji returned to the tent and asked in surprise when he saw his nephew.

"Why are you here all by yourself? Didn't your sister-in-law and nephew come to sacrifice to heaven?"

"Well, mother, I didn't let them come. It's fine for the boy to come alone in this messy place. Why bother to let the mother suffer."

"You mustn't talk nonsense outside, and be careful not to be read by the emperor."

"It doesn't matter! Anyway, the boy is now without an official and a light body, so others can do whatever they like."

Talking in the room of the two uncles and nephews, Xu Shiji knew his nephew's temperament, and he would never be dissatisfied with the court because he lost the official who looked hot in the eyes of others. In his eyes, I am afraid this is a You little official like a sesame seed!

Li Shimin had fun with the people after the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens. He was overjoyed to see Qin Wenyuan again, and thought that this kid must be slacking off somewhere. When he was offering sacrifices to the heavens just now, he saw this kid hiding far away and doing things perfunctorily. At this time, all the officials went to rest and still didn't see this boy, but they glanced at the crowd and saw Chai Shaowu and Qin Wanying from a distance, accompanied by the eldest princess Li Xiuning and Qiao Guogong Chai Shao, walking towards their tent.

Li Shimin was about to call people to the eldest princess's tent to ask Qin Wanying if she could see her younger brother, but when he saw Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, Qin Huaiyu and a group of sons of generals appeared in front of him, he called a few boys and asked loudly.

"Have you seen that kid Qin Wenyuan?"

Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, King Huai of Qin, etc. were actually looking for Xu Tian, ​​and the brothers still wanted to find Qin Wenyuan and go to a restaurant to drink and have fun, and finally wanted to treat him to the silver taels won by the martial arts competition in the school. Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly asked Qin Wenyuan's whereabouts, and several boys hurriedly knelt down to answer.

"Report to the emperor! The boy is also looking for that Qin Wenyuan. I saw him here just now. I don't know where he is at this moment?"

"Hmph! Seeing this kid let him come to see me, go!"

Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin and Qin Huaiyu all ran away quickly when they heard the emperor's words telling them to leave, and the boys talked to each other along the way.

"The emperor is looking for Qin Wenyuan, why? Should I wait for Qin Wenyuan to drink?"

"No matter what you do, the emperor only wanted me to wait until I saw Qin Wenyuan before telling him about the summons, and he didn't want me to wait to find Qin Wenyuan. My brothers should go to the restaurant first and then send the boy to look for him. Let me tell you, as for whether he goes to see the emperor or not, it depends on his own will."

This guy Cheng Chumo actually thought about this matter thoroughly for the sake of food and drink, talking like this while walking.

Qin Wenyuan drank enough tea in his uncle's tent and talked with his uncle about the East Turkic things recently collected by Sima, which aroused his uncle's great attention and wanted to take him to face the holy memorial to clarify this matter. Qin Wenyuan politely rejected his uncle's proposal and warned his uncle that such news must not It was mentioned before the emperor that he learned it from him.

Hearing what his nephew told him so carefully, Xu Shiji knew his nephew's worries after a little thought, and secretly praised his nephew for having such scheming at such a young age.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with him, Qin Wenyuan didn't want to stay here any longer, thinking that there were still a lot of things to do in the mansion, he got up and bid farewell to his uncle.

Not long after Qin Wenyuan left, Xu Shiji went out of the tent to go to the emperor's resting place...

Not far from the Temple of Heaven, Qin Wenyuan was looking for his bodyguards and horses, and several people mounted their horses and rushed to the mansion. On the way, the bodyguards reported that Ma Wenju was rushing to the mansion with a dozen bodyguards from Wugong County. Qin Wenyuan was very happy when he heard the news. He quickly stepped up and wanted to see this confidant who almost lost his life when he was attacked.

Just when Qin Wenyuan led his personal guards to gallop towards the mansion, he suddenly saw a rider rushing towards him in front of him, but he saw Chen Laosan waving to him anxiously on his horse.

Xu Tian reined in his horse and said loudly after Chen Laosan approached.

"Why is the third child in a hurry? But something happened in the house!"

"Marshal Qi and Ma Wenju led their guards back to the mansion. At this time, there was a fight with people outside the west gate of Chang'an City. The villain's subordinate Zhang Er found out that it was Ma Touer who was attacked. At this time, he went to the mansion to call the guards to rescue him. The villain went to the Temple of Heaven to find the young commander and report the matter."

Hearing what Chen Laosan said, Qin Wenyuan suddenly became angry, and before he had time to say anything, his face was gloomy and his horse changed direction and galloped towards the west gate of Chang'an.

Chen Laosan and the others saw the young marshal galloping towards the west gate, and then followed him closely.

As soon as Qin Wenyuan came out of the west gate of Chang'an City, he saw several monks in monk's clothes fighting endlessly around Ma Wenju and other personal guards. , Ma Wenju may have encountered danger at this time.

(End of this chapter)