The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 603

According to the regulations, the palace is indeed organized by the court, which is clearly written in the Tang law.

Although Li Muyun is only a county king, the county king is also a king after all, and he also needs to have the officials that should be in the palace, but no one has mentioned this matter before, and these official positions have always been vacant. Dry.

Nowadays, a large number of Taixue students come to visit Mr. Li Muyun. When talking about the future, Li Muyun just thought of this problem, so he simply took everyone in and wrote the list on a piece of paper as big as a palm. It was handed over directly to the Ministry of Officials.

By the way, the official department is also on vacation at this time, and there are only a few servants on duty every day. When they see the note handed over by someone, they are stunned. I don't know which piece of paper it was torn from.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials has been an official for so long, and he has never seen such a casual delivery of notes. He intends to send someone back, but he saw a seal on an inconspicuous corner of the paper. Looking carefully, it is Four small characters in seal script: Xiaoyao Wangyin.

Who is Xiaoyao Wang?You don't need to ask to know that he is the most discussed person in Chang'an City during this period, and jokes like killing people without blinking an eye and fighting Tubo people with wits are almost known to everyone.

Although the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is considered a person, he is nothing in the eyes of the Xiaoyao King. Rather than offending him, it is better to prepare a case according to his wishes.

After all, officials in the royal family can't get on the stage, so instead of bringing the matter to the emperor and finally following Li Muyun's wishes, it's better to sell him face so that we can meet each other in the future, right?

So the official servant swallowed back the words that rushed to his lips, raised his hand to call for his subordinates, passed the note to him for filing, and then said to Pei Xingjian who came to deliver the note: "What's your name, little brother?"

"Miangui, the student's surname is Pei." Pei Xingjian said with a smile: "Master Shi, my lord has said that we will have a drink with you when we have time in the future."

"Hehe..., the king of the county is too polite, and I don't care about small things." The servant surnamed Shi waved his hand and said modestly: "Please ask little brother Pei to say hello on behalf of Shi when he goes back."

Pei Xingjian heard that the man surnamed Shi wanted to chase away guests, so he responded with a smile, got up and said goodbye: "No, sir, please be busy first, and the student will leave!" Tian Yuhe and the others outside, under the inquiring eyes of the crowd, Pei Xingjian made an OK gesture, which was immediately greeted with cheers.

The reason why Li Muyun would use a tattered note to send the letter, there is no deep meaning, the first is to test whether his face in the bureaucracy is enough, and the second is to let these students who follow him see See if this gentleman has enough strength.

Now, after Pei Xingjian's confirmation, although the county king's rank is not very high, he still has enough strength to arrange some people, and all the students are also devoted to their gentleman.

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In a flash of time, it came to the Lantern Festival, Li Muyun woke up early at Mu Yu's urging, while complaining about not buying a house in Chang'an City, while wearing clothes.

The so-called Shangyuan is the Lantern Festival, which is often said by later generations, which is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. On this day, the biggest morning meeting of the year will be held. Regardless of the official position, anyone who is above the fifth rank must go to court on this day. , New Year greetings to the emperor.

Although Li Muyun had already paid New Year's greetings to Li Shimin, he still had to be present on such an occasion, otherwise it would be disrespectful, and the officials probably wanted to find a way to impeach him, the Xiaoyao King of Jin.

Another point is that Li Muyun reckons that this morning's meeting will inevitably bring up the old matter again, and put the matter of marriage on the table, so he will not be absent.

It's just that even if he got up early in the morning, when he arrived at the palace, there was still a sea of ​​people outside the Tai Chi Hall. It looked like purple, red, and green piles of people gathered together and chatted with each other.

What surprised him was that he saw Su Lie, who he hadn't seen for a long time, and Su Wanqing, who was like a lotus blooming in water. It was only then that he realized that his fiancée was also from the third rank.

But before he stepped forward to say hello, a whip sounded, and a certain eunuch shouted in a shrill voice: "All ministers go to the palace!"

In an instant, all the people who were chatting closed their mouths, and consciously lined up into the Tai Chi Hall according to the size of their official positions. However, although these people did not speak, their eyes kept sweeping away from Su Wanqing. Full of curiosity.

Su Wanqing was not the first woman to join the army. Before her, Mulan and Princess Pingyang were all generals, but in the Zhenguan Dynasty, there was only Su Wanqing as a female general. How can this not make people curious.

Not long after, everyone entered the main hall. Some of the seats in the hall had been removed, and the people in the upper hall could only stand obediently, looking at their noses and hearts, pretending to be a clay bodhisattva.

Li Shimin came up from the back of the hall unhurriedly after everyone had stood up, and after sitting on the high throne, the eunuch's shrill voice sounded again: "Your Majesty is coming, all officials pay homage! "

Following the eunuch's voice, the hall sounded like a tsunami of worship: "Your Majesty, I wait to see you!"

Yes, just for reference, no one kneeled down. In fact, apart from offering sacrifices to the heavens, there was basically no etiquette of kneeling during the Tang Dynasty, and there was no such slogan as "Long live, long live, long live". Li Muyun is just that favored little girl in Changle.

"Everyone is flat!" Li Shimin enjoyed the feeling of glory for a while, and signaled everyone to get up like a successful entrepreneur.

Next, His Majesty Li Er summarized the work of the previous year, affirmed the achievements made, reviewed those deficiencies, and then planned the government work for the new year. Officials indicated the next way forward.

Li Muyun felt drowsy when he heard it, and stood there stunned.

This government work report, no matter it is the past, the present or the future, is actually the same tone. The difference from later generations is that the work summary of Datang in this period is written in classical Chinese, which sounds even more foggy and completely incomprehensible.

After finally waiting for Li Er to finish speaking, all the courtiers complimented him again, Li Er coughed and said: "A few days ago, the Prime Minister of Tubo proposed to me to marry, I believe some of you should have heard of it, what do you think? Bar!"

idea?Except for those dukes, princes, and the like, who dared to have any ideas below the third rank, one or two all shut their mouths and lowered their heads obediently, with an attitude of relying entirely on the holy order.

As for those guys above the third grade, after discussing in a low voice for a while, a person stood up from the crowd and said, "Your Majesty, I agree with the marriage...."

Before that person could finish speaking, Li Muyun had already pushed away Li Xiaogong who was in front of him, and came out more and more: "Your Majesty, I object!"

Tit for tat, not giving an inch!This is the difference between a warrior and a literati. Although Li Muyun bears the title of King Xiaoyao, he is still a warrior at heart and doesn't know the twists and turns of a literati.

And just when the person who stood up before turned his head and wanted to say something, a young prince stood up and sneered arrogantly and said: "Li Muyun, this is my royal family's business, why do you care about it? "

Li Muyun curled his lips, and said disdainfully: "Li Yuanchang, how dare you pretend to be with me, believe it or not, I beat you all over the place?"

"You..." Li Yuanchang was stunned speechless. Thinking of Li Muyun's previous achievements, he couldn't say anything, so he held back for a long time before turning to Li Shimin and saying, "Brother Huang, you are disrespectful in front of King Xiaoyao's palace. Brother is in charge."

"You bastard!" Li Muyun snorted, cupped his fists at Li Er and saluted, "Your Majesty, the Tubo people are ambitious, the marriage is a fake, the intention is to expand, so I don't agree to the marriage."

Li Shimin didn't even look at Li Yuanchang, who was pretending to be wronged, but said to Li Muyun with great interest: "Speaking carefully, if you dare to speak falsely, you will be punished with two crimes!"

Two crimes combined into one, which means that if you Li Muyun dared to talk nonsense, then Li Yuanchang's disrespect in front of his palace just now is one crime, and the charge of nonsense is exactly two crimes.

Wei Zheng originally planned to come out and have a good debate with Li Muyun, but after hearing Li Er's words, he stopped rationally, intending to hear what kind of independent opinions this guy who only knows about fighting and killing can have.

Besides Wei Zheng, the rest of the supporters of the marriage also watched coldly, waiting to find fault.

On the other hand, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde and others on the military commander's side gave Li Muyun a thumbs-up, making an expression that I support you, especially Su Wanqing, who raised her head rarely at this time, and blinked at him .

Li Muyun didn't want to wade into this muddy water at first, but when Xue Yantuo planned to make a marriage last time, he strongly opposed it. In addition, he expressed his opposition to making a marriage in front of Li Er a while ago, so at this time, there are still people who support him, even if they don't Even if people support him, he has to bite the bullet and stand up.

Thinking of this, Li Muyun licked his slightly dry lips, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there are two reasons why I say that the Tubo people are wolfish and ambitious."

"First of all, Tubo and I are making peace with the Tang Dynasty to take advantage of the situation. In the words of the common people, they want to climb high. Believe it or not, I say that your Majesty and you all understand this."

"Secondly, if the marriage is successful, Tubo can take the opportunity to stabilize us, and then take the opportunity to expand on the plateau. Their Xiangxiong Kingdom in the west and Tuyuhun in the north will become their targets of conquest, and we Datang can only watch them expand."

"As for the third, there must be a dowry for marriage. I am afraid that there will be many folk artists such as craftsmen. The national strength of Tubo is weak and the production technology is backward. With the dowry of marriage, they can just take the opportunity to develop. In summary, the minister It is true to think that Tubo's marriage is false, but the intention is irregular!"

After listening to Li Muyun's three reasons, the hall was silent, and the sound of gasping for air could be heard from time to time.

Seeing that no one came out to refute, Li Yuanchang snorted and said, "Li Muyun, don't exaggerate there. What you said just now are all unfounded things. I advise you to admit your mistakes in public, otherwise the king will impeach you for bullying. Your Majesty!"

With a "bang", Li Shimin slammed his fist heavily on the armrest of the dragon chair, and said angrily, "Presumptuous, get out!"

Li Yuanchang was taken aback at first, then reacted immediately, and glanced at Li Muyun contemptuously: "Did you hear that, Brother Huang told you to get out!"

Before Li Muyun could retort, Li Shimin turned his head to stare at Li Yuanchang and said, "I'm talking about you, get out!"

"Ah?! Huang, brother Huang, I..."

In all honesty, Li Yuanchang really didn't expect that his own brother in Li Shimin's eyes was not as good as a godson Li Yuan recognized.

Li Yuanchang actually didn't know that in Li Shimin's eyes, Li Muyun was obviously more important than him who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun. Even without his analysis of Tubo's marriage, he would have killed six Tubo guards just to vent his anger on Changle's behalf. The credit for 'saving' Empress Changsun has already made Li Er regard her as a confidant.

And what contribution did Li Yuanchang make to Datang?Or is there any help for Li Shimin?After thinking about it, it seems that there is nothing worthy of praise except to reduce some of the wealth in the treasury for Li Er.

After a while, Li Yuanchang left the hall, and the old guy who was the first to support the marriage before asked Li Muyun in a deep voice: "King Xiaoyao, I wonder how sure you are of the analysis just now?"

Li Muyun shook his head: "My lord, if I say that I'm [-]% sure, you won't believe me, but having said that, in fact, in this kind of inter-country affairs, it's enough to just be unfounded, what do you think?"

He didn't want him to give the old man face, but the old man didn't appreciate it, and he said bluntly: "So the county king admits that what he said just now is just nonsense?"

This time, Li Muyun was so angry that the first Buddha ascended to heaven, and the second Buddha was born. He grabbed his hair and turned around several times before pointing at the old man with glaring eyes and saying, "You're talking nonsense? Is this me talking nonsense? You old man Why don't you just talk nonsense and let me listen to it!"

"You..." The old man on the opposite side was instantly blew his beard and stared angrily, and also poked Li Muyun with his finger, before cursing after a while: "Zizi is rude!"

Li Muyun immediately retaliated: "It's disrespectful to be old!"

"I..., you..." The old man was panting out of anger, you, me, and me for a long time, rolled his eyes and passed out.

At this moment, Li Muyun had stabbed a hornet's nest, and countless old men jumped out at once, pointing at Li Muyun and complaining, but they just repeated a few sentences, except that Zhu Zi was a shameless person, and there was nothing new about it.

All these changes were so sudden that Li Er, who was sitting on the throne, hadn't even realized it happened. The huge court hall was like a vegetable market for a while, and Li Muyun's counterattacks from time to time were mixed with the complaints of countless old men. It looks like a big court meeting.

(End of this chapter)