The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 490
"It's nothing, it's just that tomorrow morning I can't think of something to report to His Majesty, to bring up an old incident, and to avenge it." Xuan Shijing laughed, and after speaking, he flung his sleeves and walked out of the study, ready to leave the Shenhou Mansion and go back to the mansion. go up.

"Revenge?" Fang Yiai, who was standing there, looked at Xuan Shijing's leaving back with a face of confusion, what kind of revenge?

Gao Jun and Chang Le did not return to the Shenhou Mansion from the eastern suburbs until the time of Xu. At this time, Fang Yiai had already gone to sleep in the east wing bedroom in the backyard, leaving behind two Jinyi guards who were on duty at night, and asked them to send a message to Gao Jun. and Changle.

It was already too late, Gao Jun and Chang Le looked at each other, thinking that it was better not to go to the mansion to disturb his Lord Hou at this late hour, so they stayed at the Shenhou Mansion.

Early the next morning, Xuan Shijing changed into court clothes, and rode into the palace after breakfast.

The Taiji Hall in the palace is still majestic and majestic, but the big pale lanterns hanging on both sides of the palace gate add a bit of silence to the whole palace.

All the ministers waiting in front of the Tai Chi Hall, without exception, had white silk tied around their waists, and it would probably take more than a month to untie the silk.

The morning bell rang, and Deyi's high-pitched voice echoed in the entire Taiji Palace again. The officials and workers in front of the Taiji Palace also formed a queue, and filed into the Taiji Palace.

After all the ministers sang the salute, Deyi took a step forward and shouted: All the ministers and workers have something to say, and nothing to leave the court.
"Chen, there is a play." As soon as Deyi finished speaking, Xuan Shijing stood up.

Xuan Shijing stood outside, not only the ministers in the court were curious about what he was going to do, but His Majesty Li Er, who was sitting on the throne, also cast curious eyes on Xuan Shijing.

This kid has always been very shrewd, if he can keep a low profile in the court meeting, he will try his best to keep a low profile, he is very cautious, what happened today, he jumped out in such a hurry.

"Speak." His Majesty Li Er looked at Xuan Shijing with great interest and spoke.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, what I want to talk about today is about His Royal Highness King Jing." Xuan Shijing laughed.

As soon as this remark came out, the court was in an uproar. With the arrest of Sun Yaoting and the arrest of Sun Yaoting, the grievances between Xuan Shijing and Li Yuanjing have surfaced. His Majesty has already dealt with it in the Tai Chi Hall in the morning court two days ago. , now Xuan Shijing brings up the old matter again, what is it for?
"Oh? Jing'er, what do you want to say?" His Majesty Li Er asked with narrowed eyes.

"The death of the Supreme Emperor, the mourning of the whole country, whether the royal family or the ministers of the court, all observe filial piety, but the political affairs of the country should not be despised, so the royal family can observe filial piety every day for 36 days, the people of the Tang Dynasty, within a year , prohibiting rituals, music, marriage, and slaughter." Xuan Shijing stood in the hall, talking eloquently.

But before he finished speaking, an official from the Ministry of Rites stood up and said, "What Dongshanhou said is that the Ministry of Rites has a regulation. I don't know what Dongshanhou is talking about today."

Xuan Shijing smiled and said: "Although the royal family can shorten the period of filial piety due to state affairs and government affairs, but Xianling should send special envoys to guard the coffin of the Supreme Emperor to make up for the royal family's filial piety period."

At this point, Xuan Shijing's intention was completely conveyed to all the ministers present, which means that Li Yuanjing should go to guard the spirit, which is equivalent to being dispatched to the Taimiao. If it is an ordinary official, if he is sent to the Taimiao, his life will be over, but Li Yuanjing is different. Firstly, he is a member of the royal family, and secondly, he is guilty of treason. Originally, His Majesty Li Er wanted to imprison Li Yuanjing in the palace for the rest of his life. Now that Xuan Shijing proposes to let Li Yuanjing go to Xianling to guard the spirit, it is also equivalent to letting Li Yuanjing guard Xianling. He redeemed himself.

All the ministers present were wondering: what is this kid planning in his mind?

After hearing Xuan Shijing's words, the officials of the Ministry of Rites who stood up felt quite reasonable in their hearts. The Ministry of Rites had also thought about the matter of guarding the spirit before, but they had not drafted a regulation to play it up. Official career is a fatal blow, as long as His Majesty doesn't mention it, there is no need for the Ministry of Rites to go to sinners.

"So, Dong Shanhou means to let His Royal Highness King Jing go to present the mausoleum to guard the spirit?" the official from the Ministry of Rites looked at Xuan Shijing and asked.

"Exactly." Xuan Shijing replied.

Sitting in the scorching sun at the top, he looked at Xuan Shijing with a complicated expression, then lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said, "Yes! I will pass on my will, and starting tomorrow, Li Yuanjing will guard the imperial tomb for three years. Make a decision."

"Yes." The officials of the Ministry of Rites answered with cupped hands.

These matters should have been handled by the Ministry of Rites, so the decree was naturally dispatched by the Ministry of Rites to the palace.

What Xuan Shijing wanted to do was finished, and after saluting to His Majesty Li Er, he returned to the queue.

"My dear friends, is there anything else you want to report?" His Majesty Li Er glanced at the ministers.

"The minister has his own play." Changsun Wuji walked out holding the Wuban.

"What is the auxiliary machine going to do?" His Majesty Li Er said.

"It's about getting married with Tubo." Changsun Wuji said: "Originally, His Majesty wanted to decide on a candidate after the beginning of spring, but now that the Supreme Emperor is on a grand tour and the whole country is in mourning, shouldn't the marriage be postponed a bit later? time?"

Because of Li Yuan's great popularity, many things in the court need to be agreed temporarily, especially weddings and funerals, which are even more strict.

Even such an important matter as a marriage has to be delayed for a while, which shows that the marriage between Gao Yang and Fang Yiai, just as Fang Yiai himself said, is probably too much.

"This matter is not urgent. The envoys of Tubo live in Honglu Temple. It's not that they don't know about the Supreme Emperor. Let's put it on hold for now. Besides, this candidate has not yet been finalized. I have already asked Jiangxia County King to take care of it. Once the candidates are settled, the envoys of Tubo should feel at ease." His Majesty Li Er said that now some things in the state capitals in the court have disturbed him, and as for Tubo, he can only put it aside for the time being. : "The Tubo envoys will leave it to Honglu Temple to solve."

"My minister complies with the order." The officials of Honglu Temple stood up and accepted the order.

"One more thing." His Majesty Li Er's voice sounded again: "Two days ago, officials from Chang'an City who went to Changzhou to take office were attacked on the outskirts of Chang'an City. What do you think?"

After finishing speaking, His Majesty Li Er's gaze stayed on Li Chengqian who was standing at the top, and he said again: "A few days ago, the prince personally took people to the eastern suburbs to check, but he didn't find any traces, so I would like to hear from you all. Your opinion."

After all, this matter was moved to the court. When such a thing happened at the foot of the emperor in Chang'an City, it was not only the emperor who was slapped in the face, but also the officials in the center of Chang'an City. If they were charged with ineffective governance, all the yamen under Chang'an City might be punished. Trembling three times.

(End of this chapter)