marquis of jingan

Pei Yuan, who was on an envoy to the Northern Qi Dynasty, finally returned.

The former minister of the Ministry of Rites was previously demoted because of Shen Yi's affairs, but he was the only one who dealt with Northern Qi all the year round, so he was re-promoted by the imperial court to be the Minister of the Ministry of Rites and guest of the Ministry of Rites a few months ago, and went to Northern Qi for the imperial court.

Pei Yuan stayed in Yandu of Northern Qi for two full months, and finally sent a letter back a few days ago to inform the court that the people of Qi were willing to withdraw their troops.

For this reason, many people in the imperial court wrote to Pei Yuan to ask for credit, and asked to restore him as the Minister of Rites.

However, these memorials were all kept by the emperor.

Now, this Langzhong Pei who went to Yandu has finally returned to Jiankang.

The first thing after returning to Jiankang was naturally to enter the palace to meet the emperor, so as soon as Mr. Pei entered Jiankang, he hurriedly changed into his official uniform and came to Deqing Palace to ask His Majesty the Emperor.

However, the emperor was not in the Deqing Hall, so Pei Yuan went to kneel at the entrance of the Ganlu Hall, waiting for the emperor to summon him.

His Majesty the Emperor still did not see him.

Pei Yuan waited for more than an hour in the side room waiting at the entrance of Ganlu Hall, but he still didn't wait for His Majesty the Emperor to summon him. He waited from morning until noon, when the eunuch Gao Ming, who was dressed in purple, came to this side room.

Pei Yuan got up quickly, and bowed his head respectfully to Eunuch Gao: "Eunuch Gao, is Your Majesty free?"

"Your Majesty is tired."

Gao Ming glanced at Pei Yuan, and said lightly: "I have already laid down to rest now, let our family tell Mr. Pei that there is no need to greet him, just go back."

Pei Yuan lowered his head, with a look of fear on his face: "Eunuch Gao, is Your Majesty unhappy?"

Gao Ming remained expressionless: "I am a servant, I dare not speculate on the Holy Will."

Pei Langzhong put on a bitter face, lowered his head and said: "Eunuch, if Your Majesty annoys me because of this, then I will be greatly wronged. I will go to Yandu, but whatever the conditions put forward by the people of Qi, the next official is They all sent people back to Jiankang to ask for instructions, this time the terms negotiated between the lower officials and the Qi people were also approved by the court, otherwise the lower officials would never dare to make claims..."

Pei Langzhong said with a wry smile: "Eunuch Gao, what is the crime of being an official?"

What Pei Yuan said was indeed good.

The conditions he negotiated with the people of Qi, the Jiankang court had read and agreed in advance, otherwise Pei Yuan would not have dared to make decisions without authorization. The problem was the will of the Jiankang court, not the will of the emperor himself.

More is the will of those ministers, especially the prime ministers.

Because of this matter, the court had been arguing for several months.

His Majesty the Emperor firmly disagreed with giving Northern Qi the so-called "betrothal gift", and insisted on continuing the fight. Even if the fight did not continue, it could only be an unconditional truce.

But several prime ministers went to the palace one after another to ask to see the emperor and settle accounts with the emperor.

It has been half a year since the war on the front line.

After half a year, the imperial court spent at least several million taels of silver on this war.

What's more terrible is that after spending money, there is no effect, but the frontline battlefield has repeatedly suffered losses.

And even the original version of the request put forward by the people of Qi cost at most one or two million taels of silver.

If the terms of the final version signed by Pei Yuan and Bei Qi were followed, the imperial court would spend no more than 100 million taels, and it was only a "betrothal gift" in name, so it wouldn't embarrass the imperial court too much.

What's more, when the people of Qi marry their daughters, they will come back as a foil to some extent.

After the two parties get married, they can always calm down for a few years. As long as there is peace for a few years, 100 million taels of silver can only be regarded as a small amount of money for the court.

So although His Majesty the Emperor was very dissatisfied, under the pressure of several prime ministers and the Empress Dowager, the Emperor agreed to these conditions, so Pei Yuan was able to successfully negotiate this "marriage" in Yandu.

From this level, Pei Yuan didn't do anything wrong, on the contrary, he deserved some credit.

However, His Majesty the Emperor was suffocating in his heart, so he naturally didn't want to see him.

"No one said Mr. Pei was guilty."

Eunuch Gao smiled at Pei Yuan, and said, "Mr. Pei is not only innocent, but also meritorious. Before Mr. Pei came back, many people in the court wrote letters to His Majesty, pleading for Mr. Pei's merit."

"Don't dare to be..."

Pei Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, smiled wryly and said, "I will be satisfied if Your Majesty does not punish me."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty will not blame Pei Langzhong."

Eunuch Gao looked at Pei Yuan and said with a soft smile: "I'm sure I won't be able to see His Majesty today. Mr. Pei will go home first. When His Majesty is free, our family will ask Mr. Pei to enter the palace."

Pei Yuan hesitated for a moment, saluted Gao Ming respectfully, and left with gratitude.

Eunuch Gao watched Pei Yuan leave, and after Mr. Pei walked away, the eunuch bent down slightly and walked into the Ganlu Hall.

His Majesty the Emperor is reading a book.

But the book in his hand has not turned the pages, and it is obvious that his mind is not on the book at all.

Eunuch Gao lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, Pei Yuan is gone."

The emperor let out a "hmm" and put down the scroll in his hand.

"It's fine in the future, so don't let him enter the palace. I feel uncomfortable when I think of him."

Eunuch Gao sighed: "In fact, this matter has nothing to do with Mr. Pei..."

"I know."

His Majesty the Emperor snorted angrily: "I just look at these soft-boned civil servants, and I feel disgusted and useless!"

"This Pei Yuan is Yang Jingzong's student!"

"There are many people in the imperial court, all of whom were brought out by Yang Jingzong. These people count as one, including the old men in the meeting hall, all of them have no bones!"

"There is also a letter on the face, asking me to reward Pei Yuan as an official!"

The emperor took a few deep breaths, calmed down the anger in his heart, and then lowered his eyebrows and said: "Go and ask the inner guard to check if there is any stain on this Pei Yuan. After finding out, send it to the Mansion News Agency, and wait for the Mansion News Agency to publish it. ..."

"Let him resign himself."

Gao Ming lowered his head and said respectfully: "Your servant obeys."

Speaking of the Di Bao Si, His Majesty the Emperor suddenly remembered Shen Yi whom he hadn't seen for a while, he reached out and knocked on the table, and asked: "By the way, didn't Shen Qi borrow someone from the inner guard a few days ago to go to the Di Bao Si to train spies?" What? It's been a few months, how is he doing now?"

Gao Ming lowered his head slightly: "It's said that it's done well. Now the Mansion News Agency has some spies who can do things. The slaves heard..."

"Since Shen is asking these people from the mansion to investigate Fan's house..."

"The Fan family..."

The little emperor squinted his eyes, and then chuckled: "He still holds a grudge. After he was beaten by the Fan family at Jiming Temple, he still can't forget it."

Eunuch Gao smiled and said: "I'm afraid it's more than that. As far as I know, Shen Sizheng also had some conflicts with the Fan family when he was in Jiangdu."

"Hearing grudges is a good thing."

The little emperor knocked on the table, and said calmly: "After all, it was more than one Fan family who beat him in Jiming Temple."

"If he needs anything, you try to help him."

The emperor muffled: "I need some civil servants with bones."

It should be wise and respectful.

The eunuch looked at the emperor, hesitated for a moment, and said, "By the way, Your Majesty, Kunde Palace came to deliver a letter in the morning, saying that His Majesty should go to Kunde Palace in the afternoon."

Kunde Palace is the residence of the Empress Dowager.

Hearing this sentence, the emperor frowned, a little impatiently: "I won't go."

Gao Ming opened his mouth, and wanted to say something, when he saw His Majesty take out a brass key from his sleeve, and played with it in his hand.

"I'm depressed today, and I want to go out to relax. People from Kunde Palace came to ask, so I told them that I went to Jiming Temple to offer incense."

The queen mother worships Buddha, and she won't say much when the emperor goes to Jiming Temple.

Eunuch Gao didn't dare to refute, but just looked at the key in the emperor's hand, thoughtfully.

"The servant obeys..."