Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1430 Knocking on the Palace Gate
Cunxiao didn't wait for the boat to stop at Shuimen Wharf, there was still a distance, so he got off the big boat ahead of time, took a small boat ashore, and walked along the official road with his son Defang and the official of the Imperial City Department.

He didn't bring those fierce guards, and he didn't put on the eye-catching robe of the python dragon king.

Cunxiao wears a black soft-footed headband, a cotton gown dyed blue with cross-neck collar, a yellow leather belt around his waist, and a pair of scorpions. There are some loose knives and paper knives hanging on it. , There are also sachets, money bags, paper fans, paper pens and so on.

With a big belly, a fleshy face, and a big beard, he looked like a rude upstart businessman. The sixth-rank official of the Imperial City Division also changed into a green shirt, with a fan in his hand. He looked a bit like a businessman in charge, and as for Ruiguang County Wang Defang, he carried a knife on his waist, acting as an escort.

A few of them don't ride horses, anyway, they are close to the city gate, and you can't run fast even if you ride a bloody horse.

People and horses all walk on the left. The wide road is divided into two sides, and footpaths and driveways are marked on each side. Everyone walks in a very orderly manner, and no one messes around.

This is much better than the Cunxiao fiefdom. Over there, there are not so many rules. Although the road management system of the capital has also been introduced, not many people can abide by it.

"It's all thanks to whips and fines or hard labor. When this road regulation was first issued decades ago, few people were willing to abide by it. People who ride horses and drive vehicles don't distinguish between left and right. Even if they are added to the trail, some people insist on walking." Those who went to the driveway. Later, the Luoyang government sent special personnel to rectify them. On the one hand, they vigorously publicized them, and on the other hand, they vigorously punished them. It has taken more than ten years to clear the roadside public toilets, and it has completely reversed this concept of people, and finally formed the good road rules today."

"Punish the rich with whips, fine the poor with money, and punish the powerful with hard labor. This is the most ruthless thing." Cun Xiao said to his son with a smile, "In the land of the capital, fish and dragons are mixed, but there is never a lack of those honored men." Qi officials, not to mention those dandyism and noble family followers who pretend to be powerful, if they are allowed to choose, these people will definitely be willing to pay a small amount of money, so they will still mess up next time, anyway, fines are not painful. But Luoyang Fu Yin is ruthless, for those rich businessmen, you will not be fined with money, but you will be whipped in public, and it will not damage you or hurt you, but it will make you faceless. What's more, asking you to sweep the road and clean the toilets will make you even more shameless, and those ordinary people who fine them money will also hurt them, which is more effective than whipping them and punishing them for labor. Defang, you You have to study hard, this is the essence of officials governing the people." Cun Xiao said to his son.

"Your Majesty is powerful, and you can tell the essence right away." The middle-aged official of the Imperial City Department praised.

Luo Luofang nodded, "Luoyang is worthy of being the capital, and the rules are indeed strict."

"No rules can't make a square. How can you manage millions of people without any rules? If you can't even manage the millions of people in the capital, how will the princes of the court manage the hundreds of millions of people in the world?" Woolen cloth?"

The more these little details, the more Luo Cunxiao admired the emperor's younger brother. This is an emperor who surpassed Qin Huang and Han Wu, but why did he have to abdicate at such an age when he governed the country so well?

Along the way, Cunxiao was thinking about this issue. Before he saw his brother’s letter, he suspected that there was a palace coup in Luoyang. With great strength and prestige, no one can guarantee that the prince will not be impatient.

Or, something else happened.

But after reading that letter, he no longer believed that there was a coup d'etat in the capital. Although the emperor repeatedly explained the reasons for his abdication, saying that the time was right, and that if the prince was to ascend the throne, he would still be able to help the prince on his horse and send him off later. Cunxiao believed that imperial power could not be shared.

Letting the crown prince regent in the past is completely different from passing the throne to the crown prince and abdicating the crown prince. There must be something hidden in it. Maybe the emperor has a serious health problem, and the emperor feels the urgency, so he is so anxious to pass on the crown prince suddenly.

Walk into the city, use two legs and one pair of eyes to look along the road, look at Luoyang, the pedestrians on the road, and the residents in the city.

Cunxiao came to Tianjin Bridge.

To the north of the bridge, it is already a restricted area where idlers are not allowed to approach.

Cun Xiao stood still, and said to the Imperial City official behind him, "Go over and say hello, just say that I want to enter the palace to face the saint!"

The officials are a little embarrassed, everything has a system, everything has rules, so suddenly come, there is no rules.But Cunxiao glared at him, he hesitated for a while and finally walked forward.

In front of the bridge, he took off his bronze talisman waist plate, raised his head high, and sang loudly, "Guo Rong, the sixth-rank general of the Imperial City Division!"

The imperial guards guarding the Tianjin Bridge on the opposite side had already been on alert. After hearing this self-report, they did not dare to neglect. After all, the Imperial City Department is a special government agency that directly obeys the emperor's orders.

The chief of the Imperial City Division is the admiral of the Imperial City Division, referred to as the admiral. There are three Dutongs under him, and there are six general soldiers under the Dutong. Take the chief officer.

The Imperial City Division is not part of the military system, so their official positions are different. This is actually the same as the Jinyiwei. The chief of the Jinyiwei is called the commander of the Jinyiwei. There are five military commanders below him. things, the governor joined the army, commanded Tongzhi, commanded things, thousands of households, hundreds of households, etc.

Guarding the Tianjin Bridge is the imperial army system. They are drawn from the 36 towns to the Beijing Fanwei, and then assigned to the various departments of the Beijing Imperial Army to share different tasks.

"General Guo?"

The person in charge of guarding the Tianjin Bridge is a general of Zhonglang, the soldiers of the towns, who are assigned to the guards of the imperial army in Beijing, and each guard has a Yifu, and the Yifu is in charge of a Zhonglang general. .

The left and right guards, in addition to Yi's mansion, also have their own pro-Xun mansions, and they are one pro-two Xun and two Yi.

This kind of system actually means that senior military officers above the fifth rank do not directly command troops in Beijing. Only the fifth rank Zhonglang generals command each Yifu and share the post of guard.

The military power of the forbidden army is relatively dispersed.

"It turned out to be General Liu Zhonglang. The matter is like this. I was ordered by the chief of the department to welcome Lijiang Wang Cunxiao and his son Ruiguang King to Beijing. The Lijiang king said that he wanted to see the emperor immediately. Let me make a report. I also hope Liu Zhonglang It will be convenient for you to pass it on for me, I know the rules, and I will retreat to the south of the bridge to wait for the result."

General Liu Zhonglang is the general of the Youxiao Weiyi Mansion, a fifth-rank military general, commanding a mansion of the imperial guards in the capital. There was Ludfang, who only had a knife on his shoulder, and he felt a little relieved.

Just the two of you, don't panic.

"General Guo, you are a little out of order."

"I also know that it's just that the king of Lijiang is not an ordinary clan and vassal prince. I can only do my best to satisfy his request and dare not offend him."

"Okay, please wait a moment. I'll send someone inside to report. As for whether the news can be passed in, then I don't care. I can't let you go without the reply from inside."

"Naturally, I know this. Thank you General Guo. Next time I have a chance, I'll drink with you when I'm taking a rest."

Liu Zhonglang waved his hands again and again, "It's not against the law, just drink alcohol, you and I are both working in the confidential yamen, so we dare not communicate in private, it's a taboo."

Guo Rong nodded with a smile, thanked him with crossed hands, and turned back to wait for the result.

"My name doesn't work?" Cun Xiao asked?

"The king's name is naturally very famous, but this is the imperial city of Tianjin Bridge after all. The rules in the palace are stricter than those in the outer city. You have to follow the rules. I have already let the inside pass it on for you. We will be fine later."

Cunxiao looked at the quiet and majestic imperial palace, nodded, "Okay, wait a minute, anyway, I will see the emperor today."

Cunxiao couldn't wait to see the emperor, wanted to see how his health was going, and wanted to hear how he explained the abdication. He even decided that as long as the emperor was in good health, he would persuade the emperor to stay stable. Sit on the throne.

(End of this chapter)