Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Shang Bo asked curiously: "What task?"

Li Daoyuan said angrily: "Let's go to Gyeonggi to observe the battle of Jixiang Temple and evaluate the military combat effectiveness of both sides."

Shang Bo laughed out loud when he heard the words. Needless to say, this must be the suggestion of the players in the staff office.

Shang Bo asked again: "Since you don't want to go, why not just refuse this task?"

Li Daoyuan sighed and said, "King Jianning gave too much."

In a word, "It's too much to give." Li Daoyuan's eastbound group rushed to Gyeonggi non-stop to observe the battle between the Tang Dynasty and the pseudo-Yan.

After Shangbo, the new envoy of the Longyou Governor's Mansion, took office, he changed Li Daoyuan's low-key style before and began to send greetings to officials of the court.

For those who do not want to meet, Shangbo will come to deliver gifts in person.

And arriving at Fengxiang Mansion along with Shangbo, there are still a lot of Longyou commodities.

Originally, some merchants had already transported Longyou's goods to Fengxiang Mansion, but those goods were daily necessities, and everyone in Fengxiang Mansion only felt that Longyou's products were durable.

But this time, the gift from Shangbo caused the whole Fengxiang mansion to chase after Longyou's products.

Especially the luxury goods in Longyou, which have become a hot commodity that the residences of high-ranking officials and nobles are chasing after.

Today, Prime Minister Pei Mian is on duty in the Political Affairs Hall to hold the pen. The Prime Minister who holds the pen not only has to preside over the meeting of the day, but also stays in the Political Affairs Hall to handle the urgent official documents of the day.

During this period, Guo Ziyi had launched a tentative attack on Chang'an, and various military affairs were sent to the Zhengshitang. Pei Mian was also busy all night and returned to the mansion in the early morning.

Pei Mian was over 50 years old, and he couldn't hold on after a busy night.

Since the system of taking turns to hold the pen was changed, the prime minister who holds the pen every day can go home to rest the next day.

Such a humanized system, in addition to the emperor's sympathy for the prime ministers.

It is also a limitation of the power of Prime Minister Bingbi.

Because the prime minister who holds the pen the next day can check the official documents of the previous day, and can also refute opinions again. Under this system, it is difficult for powerful ministers like Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong to appear in the emperor's time.

Saints are becoming more and more capable of being emperors.

Thinking so, Pei Mian took off his official hat when he got home.

Pei Mian comes from the Wenxi Pei family, which is also one of the five surnames and seven Wangs.

Since he paid homage to the prime minister, he bought this mansion as the prime minister's residence.

Pei Mian, who came from a big family, runs the family very strictly, and all the servants obey the rules very well.

Taking off his official robe and boots, Pei Mian's butler handed him a teacup.

After rinsing his mouth with tea, another servant came in and handed him a spittoon.

Finally, after receiving the new tea from the maid, Pei Mian was going to deal with the affairs of the mansion while his mind was still clear.

The butler first said: "My lord, today the Governor's Mansion of Longyou has replaced the empress envoy in the backyard, and the new envoy has sent some special products from Longyou to the residence."

specialty?

Pei Mian frowned.

King Jianning has always kept a low profile in the backyard of the Fengxiang mansion, why did he suddenly change to a posthumous envoy?

Pei Mian had a bit of a headache, now that the situation in the court was turbulent, he had already been cautious in the political affairs hall, and he really didn't want to be involved in such things as seizing the heir.

Pei Mian came from the Wenxi Pei family, and was born in a big family with five surnames and Qiwang, so he naturally knew about the drama of the royal family.

Now the emperor's health is not very good, and Li Chu, the crown prince of the East Palace, Guangping Wang, is full of wings, and the position of the crown prince is originally solid.

However, since Empress Zhang was established in this book, another prince was born. Empress Zhang colluded with Li Fuguo, a powerful eunuch in the court, to try to abolish the prince.

The battle between the crown prince and the queen had sparked, and now King Jianning, who was entrenched in Longyou, appeared again. The whole court situation was chaotic and complicated, and even an old fox like Pei Mian couldn't see the way forward.

However, Wen Xi's Pei family is a big family with a stable position, and Pei Mian is already an extremely powerful minister, so there is no need for such support.

Therefore, Pei Mian's attitude has always been neutral, and he has not completely turned to the East Palace like Wei Jiansu, who is inseparable from all forces.

Pei Mian's non-stick attitude was ridiculed by the courtiers as the "clay prime minister".

But Pei Mian didn't care, he was the youngest among the prime ministers, and now his goal was to preside over this year's Autumn Ceremony.

This is a close relationship that has been rooted in officialdom since the Qin and Han Dynasties.

Since ancient times, it has been said that a gentleman does not have a party, and forming a party is not a good word in the Tang Dynasty.

However, although the relationship between teachers and students is not in the same party, it is closer than in the same party.

Pei Mian has already presided over the Autumn Ceremony, and as long as he can be the chief examiner, all the Jinshi who come out of this session of Autumn will be his disciples.

Give him a few more years, and when these disciples grow up, his position of Pei Mian will naturally be as stable as Mount Tai, so why should he be involved in the dangerous situation of seizing the heir apparent.

The Wenxi Pei family is not a small family without a foothold, they need wealth and wealth to seek.

The butler immediately said: "Yes, Master Xiang, I will return the things now!"

Pei Mian thought for a while and said, "Wait."

"Master?"

Pei Mian said: "Bring the things to the hall, the truth is to see what King Jianning gave to the truth."

The butler immediately went out and ordered the servants to move the things from the backyard of the Longyou Governor's Mansion to the lobby.

Wen Xi's Pei family has quite a relationship with Longyou.

Pei Ju, a famous official during the period of Emperor Sui Yang, once served as an envoy of Emperor Sui Yang to sit in Zhangye City, coercing the Western Regions and opening up the Silk Road.

Pei Ju also collected various materials and wrote three volumes of "Pictures of the Western Regions".The book not only introduces the national conditions of the 44 countries in the Western Regions with a lot of words, but also draws many maps, marking three roads from Dunhuang to the Mediterranean, one of which is the Silk Road.

Now these three volumes of "Illustrated Records of the Western Regions" are still in the hands of Wen Xi's Pei clan.

And the famous people of the Pei family came out in large numbers, and there is a line of "knowing the work by seeing the small things" in the academic tradition of the family.

Inferring the overall situation from small things is the academic tradition of the Pei family. This is a set of methodologies that can be used generally, and it has always been passed down within the Pei family.

This is what the aristocratic family has passed down, Confucian classics and academics, social relations, and more importantly, the experience and lessons of the family for thousands of years.

These have been left in the inheritance of these big families from generation to generation, which is why the vitality of the big families is so tenacious.

If you come from an ordinary family and want to rise to a high position, there is no one to guide you on the path you take, and you have to rely on your own hard work and wisdom. It can be said that the fault tolerance rate is extremely low.

But as soon as the children of big families enter the officialdom, the elders who are officials will explain the ways of the officialdom, tell them the unspoken rules of giving gifts and filial piety, how to control subordinates, how to maintain relations with big families, and how to meet the assessment of the top.

In the end, it is often the children of these big families who are more likely to be promoted.

In a family like the Wenxi Pei family, in addition to inheriting various experiences and rules, those outstanding figures in the family will also refine and summarize their knowledge.

As the current prime minister, Pei Mian naturally looked down on a gift from the backyard of the governor's mansion.

He wanted to get a glimpse of the leopard from the gift, and see exactly what King Jianning's ambition was?How much strength is in hand.

You must know that although King Jianning is the prince of the governor Longyou, Pei Mian knows the situation in Longyou better than many ministers.

The imperial court dispatched a large number of troops to enter the customs, and it is good that King Jianning can maintain the situation.

The Tubo Uyghurs were eyeing them covetously. Although they were lucky enough to defeat the Uyghurs, there were still Tubo people thinking about Longyou day and night.

Rebellions in the countries of the Western Regions also occurred one after another.

Pei Mian thought that the last time King Jianning offered [-] miscellaneous animals, it was just to please the emperor, but he had already emptied his family.

Just take a look at the gifts that King Jianning gave to the ministers this time, and weigh the weight of King Jianning.

Seeing only two servants carrying a big box into the main hall, Pei Mian stared at the box in a daze.

"So much?"

The housekeeper immediately said: "Master, this is the invitation letter from the backyard of the Dudu Mansion. The servant has also inquired about it with the surrounding families. Every house in the backyard of the Dudu Mansion sent the same letter."

Pei Mian took a deep breath, such a big box shows that King Jianning has done a good job!
"Open it, is there a gift list?"

The housekeeper immediately took out a gift list, and after opening the box, Pei Mian took another breath.

At the level of prime minister, giving real money is already a cliché.

Shangbo is well versed in these rules, and the gifts this time are all carefully selected.

The first thing I saw was the golden clock in the middle of the box.

"What is this?" Pei Mian asked the housekeeper when he saw this exquisite mechanical clock at first sight.

The steward had studied these gifts a long time ago, and he immediately said:
"Master Xiang, this is called a clock, and it is a new item from Longyou."

"A clock?"

"Master Xiang, just like the hourglass you used to go to court, it is what Longyou uses to keep time."

Pei Mian took out this magnificent clock, only to see that the base of the entire clock is made of brass, and the hour hand is made of gold.

The dial is also embossed with the twelve zodiac signs, representing the twelve hours of Zichou and Yinmao.

And each relief is inlaid with a precious stone, this clock made Pei Mian fall in love with it at first sight.

The pendulum moves regularly, making a ticking sound.

Pei Mian immediately asked the housekeeper, "What time is it?"

The butler's answer was exactly the same as the pointer on the dial. Pei Mian was very surprised. He carefully opened the cover of the clock, but saw a lot of rotating gears.

Closing the lid of the clock, Pei Mian said: "The ingenuity is amazing, I never thought Longyou would have such an ingenious craftsman."

Then Pei Mian said: "You mean that the backyard gave the same gift to all the prime ministers?"

The butler nodded quickly.

The so-called seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's gate, as the chief steward of Pei's mansion, is naturally not something that ordinary people can do.

After receiving the gift, the chief steward of Pei's mansion immediately inquired with the chief stewards of other prime minister's mansions and came to the same conclusion.

He added, "But."

"But what?"

"But I didn't give gifts to Xiang Wei in the backyard."

Pei Mian touched the clock, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It seems that the new ambassador is an interesting person! Hahaha!"