Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 559 Beat the stunned king, beat the traitor

Hundreds of barbarians are enshrined, the dynasty of the ten thousand kingdoms is not yet young, the color of the east has not moved, and the gate of crown and sword has filled.

The great heaven and the kingdom, all nations come to the dynasty.

Luo Cheng was escorted out of Shang Shan Fang by his personal guards, and he was very close to Tianjin Bridge.

Here, although the sky has not yet dawned, it is still dark.

But one after another, the lights lit up the entire wide sky street.

Countless officials have rushed to the court. Today, there will be thousands of officials going to the court. By then, officials of the fifth rank and below will not be able to stand in the hall, and those of the sixth and seventh rank will not even be able to see the emperor's side. Just like a superstar giving a concert.

The elders and prime ministers of the first and second ranks will stand where they can see the emperor exhale, and the officials of the third and fourth ranks can stand where they can hear the emperor's speech. To the emperor, but the voice is probably not very clear.

As for the sixth and seventh ranks, they can only be outside the hall, while the eighth and ninth ranks have to be lined up in the square.

Older officials came in carriages, but the vast majority of officials, unless they couldn't walk, came on horseback. The Sui Dynasty favored martial arts, and the tradition inherited by the nobles is to have both civil and military skills. Regardless of civil or martial arts, if you are good at it, then you will be a general and a prime minister, just like Luo Yi and Yu Wenshu.

Although the emperor is now changing this tradition, most officials still have a good foundation.

In the middle of the night in the cold weather, riding a horse is also full of vigor.

Officials of different ranks have different numbers of followers.

The imperial court gave attendants to officials according to their grades. These people were all young and strong people, recruited by the imperial court, and belonged to a type of handyman.

Generally, the attendants assigned to state and county officials are called Baizhi, while the attendants of officials below the sixth rank in Beijing are called concubines, and the attendants of officials above the sixth rank are called Fangge, and each is assigned a corresponding number according to the rank.

For example, first-rank officials have 96 defense pavilions. These defense pavilions are no longer simple civilians, but soldiers from all over the country who have entered the capital to serve as defense pavilions, which are equivalent to servants.There are 72 for the second rank, 48 for the third rank, and twelve for the sixth rank.But there are only eight for the seventh rank, three for the eighth rank, and two for the ninth rank.

Of course, officials will also have their own private servants, such as special coachmen, book boys, guards and so on.

Especially those officials from aristocratic families, even if their grades are low, there are seven or eight people around them.

For a prime minister like Su Wei, there is a team of hundreds of people beside his carriage, which is quite ostentatious.

Luo Cheng is relatively low-key. Although his official rank is from the first rank, the left guard in Liaodong in his real position is from the second rank, the general of Zuo Tunwei is from the third rank, the Liaodong prefect is from the third rank, the Duke of Chu is from the first rank, and Shangzhu Guoxun It is regarded as the second grade.

In this dynasty, Luo Cheng can be regarded as an extremely human minister. Although he does not have the name of a prime minister, his rank can stand shoulder to shoulder with the prime minister.

But Luo Cheng did not create a team of more than 100 people like Prime Minister Su Wei, and his team was only 18 people.

Ximen Junyi and Wang Xiongdan led the way for him on horseback, and Kan Leng led a group of fifteen or sixteen-year-old adoptive children on horseback to guard him.Although they looked like teenagers, Luo Cheng was very relieved. Each of them had participated in at least ten battles, and each of them was a soldier who had beheaded more than three enemies.

Luo Cheng also believed that these young adoptive sons who regarded him as their father could protect him with their lives.

He doesn't talk about ostentation, but those two lanterns with the name of Chu Guogong are quite eye-catching.Rome passed by on horseback, and the officials along the road backed down one after another, and many people even greeted Luo Cheng on the horse.

Luo Cheng responded with a smile, although he didn't know more than [-]% of the people.

Many people even handed their famous thorns to Kan Leng after saying hello, and Luo Cheng asked him to accept them all.

In front of the Tianjin Bridge, countless officials have gathered and are queuing to pass.

Because today is the Zhengdan Dynasty, the security is even stricter. Only officials can pass through the Tianjin Bridge, and the officials' amulets must be verified.

The talisman was set up by the emperor today, and every official has a talisman. This talisman is not drawn on paper, but a talisman like a tiger talisman.The materials are different. According to the rank of officials, the third rank and above are gold, the fourth and fifth ranks are silver, and the sixth rank and below are copper.

The symbol is divided into two halves, with a hole punched in the middle, which can be hung.

It is engraved with the name, official position, office, rank, etc. of the official holding the talisman. This is equivalent to the identity certificate of the officials, and it is also transformed from the earliest soldier talisman and tiger talisman.

There is also a talisman bag for each talisman, and the talisman bag is also divided into grades, which are consistent with the color of official robes. The third grade and above are purple, the fourth and fifth grades are scarlet, the seventh and eighth grades are green, and the eighth and ninth grades are blue. .

The talismans of generals are tigers, while the talismans of civil officials are fish.

When crossing the Tianjin Bridge, one must first reveal the talisman bag, and then check the talisman. This kind of talisman is actually equivalent to the official seal of an official, but it is not inconvenient to carry.

The talisman of each official must be verified, so it is inevitable that time will be queued.

Everyone took advantage of this time to say hello to each other.

Because Luo Cheng was new to Beijing, many people came to say hello to him.

"You are very popular now."

Luo Yi, the Duke of Yan, came over with a smile, and Luo Cheng stepped forward to see him.

"Uncle, as the prime minister, came to line up so early?"

"The prime minister can't be late." Luo Yi said with a smile.

Luo Cheng pointed over there, and Su Wei had already jumped in line and crossed the Tianjin Bridge in a carriage.

"I'm not as old as him, so I can't rely on my old age to sell my old age."

Luo Cheng laughed loudly, "Uncle seems to be very dissatisfied with Prime Minister Su."

"Hmph, I don't know what he's still doing in the court." Luo Yi was really dissatisfied with Su Wei. As the only prime minister among the six prime ministers with three senior official titles, Su Wei didn't give full play to his abilities in the court at all. due responsibilities.

Apart from dozing off every day, he only knows to nod in agreement with the emperor, the real nodding prime minister.

"To tell you the truth, I really regret being prime minister now. This prime minister is not happy at all, really. Su Wei is just a no-brainer, and Yu Shiji and Pei Yun are completely sycophants, only know flattery White flattery, always cheating, Pei Shiju is a bit better, but it's not much better, you say such a group of prime ministers, how can you keep company with them?"

Luo Cheng didn't find it strange.

In fact, when Pei Shiju later came to the Tang Dynasty, he also became the prime minister, and he was also highly praised. Even Li Shimin was very satisfied with him. Later generations concluded the reason, saying that Pei Shiju was a treacherous prime minister in the Sui Dynasty, but he became a capable prime minister in the Tang Dynasty. It was not him changed, but the emperor changed.

What kind of person is the emperor, the people below gradually become the people he needs.

It wasn't that Pei Yu and others deliberately lied to the emperor, but that Yang Guang really couldn't hear the news he didn't want to hear, so they gradually and naturally reported to the emperor selectively.

This is the so-called one who pretends to be asleep, and others will never wake up.

Luo Yi sometimes wished to be able to beat the emperor to the level of treacherous ministers, but unfortunately, he could only think about it like this occasionally. Being a chancellor in Beijing is really aggrieved.

(End of this chapter)