Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 619 I invite you to eat meat!
If you want to be famous in front of others, you must suffer in the future. This sentence was what Shi Danai repeatedly told his two sons before his death.Shi Danai, originally surnamed Ashina, was originally Turkic Teller, followed Chuluo Khan into the Sui Dynasty, and was favored by Yang Guang for his bravery, so he stayed in the Central Plains and later attacked Liaodong from Sui Yangdi.

After the rise of troops in Jinyang, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, followed him to pacify Chang'an and gave him the surname Shi.He also followed Qin Wang Li Shimin to conquer Xue Ju, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, and Liu Heita, and made great contributions.In the early years of Zhenguan, General Youwuwei moved to the inspection school. After the victory of the Northern Expedition, he served as the governor of Fengzhou and Jinjue Dou Guogong.In the tenth year of Zhenguan, he died in office, was posthumously presented to the general of Fuguo, and was buried in Tancheng.

When his father was alive, because he was an old minister of the "Xifu", Li Shimin deliberately let his brother become the princess, but as his father passed away, everyone mentioned this matter.However, the official careers of the two of them have not been greatly affected. His brother did well in Chang'an, and when he came to him, he also mixed with the governor of the fifth rank, which is not bad. Well done.

There were quite a few Turkic people who came to the Tang Dynasty. People like Ashi Nasheer, Qiheheli, and Zhishisili all became high-ranking officials, but only they knew what their lives were like. Basically, they were all empty-handed. The court did not force them, which shows how far this official has become.

And their historians had been working in Xifu as early as when Jinyang raised troops, and they were retainers of the Li and Tang royal families. Emperor Taiwu specially gave them Han surnames to show that they were accepted by China.There is a saying among the Han people that if you are not from our own family, you must have a different heart. If the historians had not surrendered early and won the trust of the royal family, they would have ended up not necessarily so strong.

Don't look at Shi Renji who feels good about himself, but there are things that don't go his way. Let's take the matter of spending a little more money this year. If you want relief, you say wait.If the common people are hungry, they can do anything. We did this for the sake of the court, no, but now they are not human.

Dou Kuan is the minister of the Ministry of Integrity, and Wei Zheng is a well-known Wei Paipi. What kind of officials can get good in their hands, and one is enough. Now they are sent to Ningzhou together. How is it different from direct killing?

After some investigation by Wei Zheng, Shi Renji indeed exchanged all the grain in his hand for [-] shi of rotten millet that no one eats, and all the bureaucrats and people in Ningzhou from him have lived on it. The people have been hungry for three days.

Wei Zheng originally wanted to dismiss him on the spot, but the unpopular Dou Kuan refuted him on the grounds that it was a government error not to privately occupy public funds in exchange for rotten grain, and that relief to the people was a top priority.Therefore, Wei Zheng, who was full of anger, also fought hard. He had to stay here until the end of the relief, and then take this "official officer" lock who replaced the grain with rotten grain for the animals into Beijing.

Ningzhou Mansion-Houtang, today is different, Wei Zheng and Dou Kuan are sitting and waiting for lunch, the two of them received an invitation early this morning, saying that Shi Renji is going to treat them to a big meal today, Then they went to Beijing for trial tomorrow, so Wei Zheng, a stubborn donkey, could sit here and wait with peace of mind.

Seeing Shi Renji serving three big bowls of meat, Dou Kuan frowned and stretched his brows. Damn, I can finally eat meat. I have been so hungry and thin these days.After picking up the chopsticks and eating a piece, the golden light in Dou Kuan's eyes flashed, and then pointed at Shi Renji with the chopsticks, and scolded with a smile: "Hey, I said Shi Renji, you are not kind, you don't know how much meat you have. Come out, do you want to take revenge on Lao Tzu from the food.

You are really heartless. How timely is the delivery of this material? The Buddha said that saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. You said how many lives I saved. If this is true, this pagoda is not The sky was leaked! "

Dou Kuan's incongruity caused Wei Zheng to snort and roll his eyes. He really couldn't understand why the crown prince only valued such vulgar people when there were so many well-educated people in the imperial court. There is no demeanor of a heavy minister on him.

Compared with Wei Zheng's disdain, Shi Renji was full of gratitude to the minister of the Ministry of Integrity and the imperial envoy sent by the court to provide relief. This was not only because he prevented Wei Zheng from arresting him, but more importantly, he gave himself enough Trust me, let me have enough time to make arrangements for Ningzhou's relief and spring plowing.A good beginning and a good ending, he still understands the principle of benefiting one party after one term as an official, and the past ten days have been forgotten, and his last wish has been fulfilled.

"Dou Shangshu, this place in Ningzhou is poor, and the lower official is also a poor official, so there is nothing good to entertain the two superiors. It is really rude. The lower official is here to apologize to the two." After finishing speaking, he rushed to Dou Kuan Er The man made a bow, then sat down gracefully, and called Wei Zheng and the two to eat while it was hot, otherwise it would be bad if it got cold.

While eating, Dou Kuan asked curiously: "Hey, isn't that right? Your father is a minister of Yuan Cong, and you have been rewarded with a marquis. How can you say that you are a poor official! Why, in the Ministry of Integrity of Lao Tzu Shang Shu did not dare to tell the truth in front of him, for fear that I will check you!"

The titles of the Tang Dynasty were worthless when the country was founded. At that time, anyone who was related to Emperor Taiwu was not a prince of the state or a county, and a marquis was really nothing.But since entering Zhenguan, the emperor went through several eliminations and took away many nobles, and re-established the standards for rewarding nobles. Even a viscount is now a favorite.

Take Dou Kuan as an example. The emperor rewarded Yong'an Bo, which really made many civil servants envious. He was able to bear the four words "remarkable political achievements", and he didn't see everyone being knighted.He himself knew that from the title to the official position, he was rewarded on the face of the prince, otherwise how could such a good thing be his turn, could it be that the court couldn't find a more suitable official?

After listening to Dou Kuan's words, Shi Renji replied indifferently: "Shang Shu, my father was originally a Turkic general, and he didn't make much contribution in the founding of the country. He was promoted to the Duke in the fourth year of Zhenguan. Naturally, the descendants of Yan and Huang are compared with important officials like you. No way. Besides, the lower official is the second son in the family and has no right to inherit the family business, so he was born to be a poor man! Come on, come on, you two must eat more today!"

Seeing Shi Renji complaining, he talked about him from left to right, and kept persuading him to eat meat with Wei Zheng. Dou Kuan smiled wickedly, took a big piece and ate it, then turned his head to Wei Zheng, and said with a smile: "Wei Xiang, have you figured out what kind of meat this is?"

"It should be dog meat. In Ningzhou's situation, it is not easy to have a few pieces of meat to eat. Compared with those people who barely fill their stomachs, we are already living like gods." Wei Zheng said While eating, he replied listlessly, eating steamed buns for the past few days, his old stomach has already had acid reflux.

Hehe, after chuckling twice, Dou Kuan grinned and said, "Master Xiang is indeed the prime minister of the country. He doesn't know the sufferings of the people. Ningzhou is like this, and there are still dogs alive there! This Shi Renji is a Scoundrel, he gave us rat meat!"

As soon as Dou Kuan finished speaking, Wei Zheng started to retch. Now he understood that Shi Renji was a bad guy, but Dou Kuan was even worse. It's only after the bowl is over that the truth is revealed. Such a damaged person can do such a thing!One must know that Wei Zheng is a rat, so what is the difference between eating himself and eating himself.

Just as Wei Zheng was holding the spittoon to spit out, Shi Renji shook his head with a look of disappointment, and said in agreement: "In addition to cattle, there are only rats left in the meat of Ningzhou. Originally, I wanted to serve the two Add some oil and water to your stomach, but now it seems that Wei Xiang is not so lucky.".
(End of this chapter)