Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 508 An Unfortunate and Lucky Life

With Tang Jian, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, taking care of the formalities of the debriefing, it was a matter of course. On the second day, Dou Kuan received the warrant from the Minister of the Minister, and Fang Xuanling, the right servant, gave him a reward for his political achievements during his tenure in Huazhou. high recommendation.At the same time, he also made a confession to him on behalf of the imperial court. Naturally, Huazhou could not go back, and the imperial court had other appointments for him. As for what to do, he had to wait until he met the prince.

It's not that Lao Fang is deliberately playing bureaucracy, but he really doesn't know that the emperor and the prince have the same problem in employing people, and they will never explain to anyone how to arrange the people they want to use. Or to say hello, no one except the person concerned should know the result in the first place.

Dou Kuan knew this result long ago. Along with the officials' writing, a letter from the crown prince arrived at the same time. The content of the letter was only a simple sentence: After so many years of being outside, it should be enough.

Just after leaving the gate of Shangshu Province, Li Chongzhen, the guard of the Eastern Palace, walked over with a smile: "Dou Dudu, I haven't seen you for a few years. You, the governor of Xiazhou, are already a senior official in purple robes. I am really happy for you to let the old man see it." ah!"

Hehe, "It is really a joy to meet an old friend when you go out. Dou's honor and disgrace are all based on His Majesty and the Crown Prince, but the young prince's attire of a general makes you even more heroic. "

Li Chongzhen and Dou Kuan were old acquaintances, they often dealt with each other when the crown prince merged into the state, and Dou Kuan admired this son of the royal family who did not act pretentiously and spoke straightforwardly.

"Okay, we have plenty of time to reminisce about the past. The Crown Prince is waiting for you, a feudal official, at the Chengqing Palace. Let's go!"
As soon as he entered the Chengqing Hall, Dou Kuan raised his eyes and saw Li Chengqian who was concentrating on reviewing the playbook. Compared with a few years ago, the prince's figure was more burly, and he looked more energetic than before. This is really a blessing for the country.

"Chen Dou Kuan has seen His Highness the Crown Prince. It has been many years since we left Huazhou. Your Highness is well!"

kindness?After hearing Dou Kuan's voice, Li Chengqian raised his brows with joy, immediately put down the pen in his hand, got up and walked down the imperial steps, and helped Dou Kuan who was leaning on the ground.While lighting up and down, he said with a smile: "Yanji, but I heard from Tang Jian that you arrived yesterday, why didn't you just go to the palace, I have been waiting for you in Chang'an City for a year or two, and I am not enough friends gone."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian beckoned to Henglian, and then ordered: "Hurry up and ask the imperial dining room to prepare a table of sumptuous meals, and remember to order the best. Although our Dou Dudu is an upright official, he has a very good mouth. If he doesn't have decent food, he will scold his mother."

Regarding the prince's order, Heng Lian immediately agreed and said yes, turned around and went down to prepare. It can be seen from the standards of getting up to greet and giving a banquet, how much the prince attaches importance to this year-end friend.

After taking his seat, Dou Kuan returned to his previous cynical look, held a cup of tea and explained: "Your Majesty, you know that what I hate the most in my life are these official rules. The relationship is not very good.

But it's different now, this is not Henan Road, there are many officials and government offices in Chang'an city, there are many people, and there will be more right and wrong.I have received the kindness of His Highness to know you, and I dare not cause trouble when you are in charge of the country, so it is better to observe some rules. "

After listening to Dou Kuan's words, the smile on Li Chengqian's face became fuller. What is general knowledge? Dou Kuan is a living example. He deserves to be a cadre who has been trained in the state capital for 20 years. Just what he said today These two sentences are not in vain for me to expend my energy to bring him back.

Aren't there many talents in the Eastern Palace Department?There are many, but now there are too few capable leaders like Dou Kuan. Compared with Dou Kuan, these guys are fledglings. Without such a seasoned official for ten or eight years, Li Chengqian would not dare to rush to the committee. Take heavy responsibility.

"Yanji, Gu and you are Wangnian friends. We talk about friendship, not monarchs and ministers, so I don't hide when I talk to you. This transfer of you back to Beijing is also for the purpose of taking care of public and private interests. ..”

Yu privately wanted to be a friend. Dou Kuan's mother was born as a singer. She was taken as a concubine because she was pregnant. I thought it was a good thing to rewrite her miserable life, but the wife of the main house of Fufeng County is a jealous woman. She is a naughty woman who often bullies her and the young Dou Kuan.

As soon as this person was easy to bully, others naturally followed suit, and the other concubines also took pleasure in humiliating and bullying their mother and child in order to flatter the wife of the principal house.So Dou Kuan, the concubine of the Duke of the county, did not have a good life, and the treatment he enjoyed was not even as good as that of the servants of the Dou family.

But people's psychological endurance is limited, and his mother took her own life with a rope on the day of Dou Kuan's wedding.Li Chengqian understood that she probably didn't want to work for a long time. The only worry was that her son would not be able to survive alone in the world, so she endured for 17 years.

After his mother died, Dou Kuan and his father, Dou Cong, turned their faces. After three years of filial piety, Emperor Taiwu happened to ascend the throne, and he urgently needed the children of civil and military officials who knew the basics to serve as local officials to consolidate his foundation. In this way, Dou Kuan He just became an official from the ninth rank.

The dignified Empress Taimu's family members were not favored by her father because of the distinction between concubine and concubine, and the seventh rank that was originally obtained has become ninth rank. It has to be said how deceitful it is to be born in this era.However, this can be regarded as a fulfillment for Dou Kuan. It is better to rely on himself than to rely on the sky and the earth. With such experience, he has steadily climbed to the position of governor of Huazhou step by step.

It is already a miracle that a bastard can sit on the throne of governor of a state by his own strength, so his father, Dou Cong, once had the idea of ​​letting him return to the Dou family, and helped him solve some troubles in the officialdom to show his sincerity.However, the stubborn Dou Kuan didn't buy it, and even uttered wild words that this official was improper, and he would no longer be angry with the Dou family.

Dou Kuan was successful in disaster relief last time and saved the lives of countless people. The emperor originally wanted to reward the title according to the usual practice, but Li Chengqian stopped him and let Ma Zhou receive the title himself. The purpose was to let him return to Chang'an Come on, a double happiness for officials and nobles, so I can feel proud.

Yesterday, after learning of Dou Kuan's return to Beijing, Li Chengqian went to Lizheng Hall to ask the emperor for the title of Yong'an Bo and posthumous posthumous posthumous title of his mother. In any case, the imperial court could not wrong a loyal official who worked hard for the country and achieved outstanding achievements. .

"From the disaster relief in Henan Province to the conferment of titles, Your Highness has broken too many exceptions for your minister. I really don't know what to say to thank you." After speaking, Dou Kuan got up and bowed to the ground.

After supporting Dou Kuan, Li Chengqian patted him on the shoulder, and smiled lightly: "No matter what your background is, as long as you are dedicated to serving the country and the people, both Your Majesty and Gu are willing to make an exception. It is your duty to be the master of the people. It is the duty of His Majesty and Gu to be the masters of the courtiers, so there is no need for us to thank you. Come to the table and taste how the cooks in the palace are. If you eat well, Gu will give you one.".
(End of this chapter)