A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 243
Palace banquets are actually very boring.

This is especially true for the palace banquet on New Year's Eve. There are too many people attending the banquet, and the ranking is based on seniority and rank.

Not only did some bigwigs in Chang'an City who seldom show up at ordinary times came, but also the civil servants, military generals and border officials of the local court assembly, as well as too many foreign envoys and so on.

Wu Huaiyu, the envoy who was newly awarded the fourth rank, and the governor of Yanzhou, who was conferred the title of Marquis of Shouyang, can only be respectfully accompanied by the last seat. Only at this time can he feel more deeply that he is still just a little Karami.

In the palace, Sikong Pei Ji was also invited today, and even Pei Ji's good friend, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, came. It was rare for these two friends, one Huang and one Zi, to sit together.

The Supreme Emperor seemed to be in a good mood. Not only did he save face today, he also raised his glass to stand up at the beginning of the banquet, and praised the Emperor greatly in front of all the ministers and foreign envoys.

Especially for the previous Turkic invasion of soldiers approaching the Weishui River, the emperor spoke very highly of the calm and calm handling of the matter.

However, in front of the Turkic envoy Ashina Simo and Zhi Shili, the old emperor did not consider his feelings when he praised Li Shimin and demoted the Turks.

The emperor was so acknowledgment by his father that he was so excited that he shed tears on the spot, and the father and son hugged each other, performing a good show of fatherly kindness and filial piety.

It was also the first time in half a year since the palace change that the father and father were in the same frame publicly again, and they were so harmonious. But today, when the four sides came to court, this scene did make Li Yuan praise his son in a rare way.

Wu Huaiyu looked at the rows of seats in the palace today.

Li Yuan's position is detached, the emperor is lower than him, and then the young prince Chengqian.

Among the courtiers, Pei Ji was the only one of the first grade, and the third prince also held the title of prime minister, and even several cases were bigger than others.

Below him was Cong Yipin, and the third division of the Eastern Palace was temporarily vacant, so Kaifuyi and the three divisions who were from the first rank and scattered ranks sat in the front row.

Li Yi, King of Yan, and Li Youliang, King of Changle, sat there.

The highest casual rank is Cong Yipin, but now the Manchu civil and military ranks are increased to Cong Yipin, and there are only Li Yi and Li Youliang.

Even though Pei Ji is a Sangong of the first rank, his scattered ranks have not reached the first rank, and he is only the second rank. Other famous prime ministers such as Xiao Yu, Yang Gongren and Li Xiaogong are also only the second rank.

But Wu Huaiyu looked at these two as if he was looking at a dead person.

Including Pei Ji, who was reminiscing about the old days with the Supreme Emperor, his political life has already been sentenced to death.

Wu Huaiyu has participated in Li Shimin's small court meeting more than once, specializing in dealing with these three people.

Now these three first ranks, Pei Ji is at home, three or two days to the political affairs hall to make peace with the political affairs, Li Youliang, the governor of Liangzhou, was recalled to Beijing by the emperor before to serve as Minister of the Ministry of punishment, and then he has changed another job,

Only Li Yi is still out of town.

But after repelling the Turks last year, Li Shimin successively dismissed Tiance Mansion, Xingtai Mansion, and the Twelfth Guanzhong Army, and Li Yiyuan's concurrently serving as General Tianjie was also dismissed.

Now Li Yi's official position is General Zuo Yiwei, Inspector of Jingzhou, Kaifu Yitong Third Division, and sealed [-] households.

Among these titles, the governor of Jingzhou has some real power, but General Zuo Yiwei is not in Beijing, so it is just a title in name only.

The military power in Li Yi's hands has been taken away bit by bit, and I believe that the governor of Jingzhou will not allow him to be in charge for too long.

In history, Li Yi rebelled in the end, but this hero at the end of the Sui Dynasty did not make any waves. Just like Li Mi wanted to go back to Shandong at the beginning, he died in the hands of unknown people.

Since knowing the existence of the Six Doors, Huaiyu can be sure that Li Yi may be surrounded by the spy of the Six Doors, and even in the Jingzhou army, there are probably many people arranged by the court.

If Li Shimin wanted to say that he really wanted to guard against Li Yi, he would take advantage of Li Yi's return to the capital and directly reassign him to an official position. It would be fine if he was not allowed to go back, and Li Yi might die well.

However, according to the few small court meetings he participated in, Li Shimin wanted to completely solve Li Yi, that is, Li Shimin might deliberately force Li Yi to rebel, and he had already made preparations for his disposal if he rebelled.

It's a pity that Li Yi is still putting on the airs of the king of the county now, and I think he is the only one of the second Kaifuyi and one of the three divisions.
The walking dead.

A low status is also an advantage, that is, at a banquet like tonight, you can calmly watch with a cold eye, and take a closer look at the top power field in the Tang Dynasty.

Some people have become prey.

Some people are still struggling to squeeze forward.

The era of the old Wude prime ministers has obviously come to an end. Regardless of whether Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Feng Lun, Yang Gongren, Yu Wenshi and others are seated at the front today, they can no longer hold back Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, eldest grandson Wuji, Gao Shilian, King Wei Zheng Gui Wei supported Du Yan's light.

He also found a situation.

At today's banquet, the generals who had been active in the former Qin Wangqian residence were relatively quiet and honest today.

Qin Qiong was recuperating in Bailuyuan directly, and never returned to Beijing.

Yu Chigong was extraordinarily honest today, sitting there like a log, Cheng Yaojin only knew how to eat and didn't say a word, the other generals such as Hou Junji, Duan Zhixuan and Zhang Shigui were surprisingly quiet.

Obviously, the emperor's personnel adjustments to the generals in Qiandi were also finalized years ago. After the year, these people will basically be sent to the governor, and only a few people such as Hou Junji will stay in Beijing.

During this time, the emperor must have talked to them, or took the opportunity to beat them one or two, so now everyone is honest.

For a while, it was said that the old part of the Qin Palace was very united, and even Fang Xuanling's eldest grandson Wuji mentioned it to the emperor more than once for them, saying that the emperor didn't like the old troops. All officials.

But these were all rejected by Li Shimin.

He is no longer the King of Qin nor the General Tiance, but the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty.

Everyone is slowly realizing it now, which is actually quite good, if it continues to be the same as when it was fighting for the heirloom, then the court will split, which is not conducive to unity and development.

For the Wu family, this is good for now.

The fourth uncle, the warrior Xun, was also a Yuanmou hero who had won Li Yuan's iron certificate to avoid death, and now he has finally secured his position as the governor of Liangzhou in the new dynasty.

His brother Wu Huaiyu was no longer treated differently as the old emperor.

Huaiyu looked for Wei Zheng.

It is rare to find that Wei Zheng is quite quiet today.

This Wei Zuocheng likes to eat spinach, and also likes to eat vinegared celery. Today, there are both spinach and vinegared celery at the palace banquet, and Wei Zheng is very happy to eat it.

The Supreme Emperor and the Emperor praised each other there,

The princes and ministers were full of praise. Wei Zheng disdained it, but he didn't spoil the atmosphere. Maybe Li Shimin paid him back a thousand coins last time, refurbished the gate and hall, and even the queen rewarded him. After returning home twice, Wei Zheng gave the emperor special face today.

After all, it is rare for the Supreme Emperor to come out.

When the doctor from Taichang Temple came out and announced loudly that the New Year had arrived, Li Shimin raised his glass and stood up.

All stand together.

"Hey!"

"Happy New Year!"

"Zhen Guan Da Ji!"

Zhenguan, which represents the new emperor's new year title, was also officially launched.

It is said that this year name is one of the year names selected by Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Yu Scholar, and Wei Zheng Wang Gui, old and new officials. The emperor appointed this year.

Zhen: The principle of heaven and earth is in Zheng, Guan: to show others.

These two words are taken from the Book of Changes, the Tao of heaven and earth is also a chaste viewer. The development of everything in the world has its own certain objective laws, and this law is Zheng.

The reign name of Zhenguan is quite a bit like the middle-of-the-road rule of Huang Lao Wuwei that was implemented during the rule of Wenjing in the Han Dynasty.

Follow the objective law, that is, you can't make any fuss. Didn't the Sui Dynasty die because of too much tossing about conquering Liaodong, building canals, building the eastern capital and opening the Western Regions?

Perhaps in words that ordinary people can understand, it means how much food you eat and how much energy you do.

This year name reveals the new emperor's ruling program, which is very good.

Li Yuan is the founding emperor of the country. His mission is to conquer the world and unify the Central Plains. This is the most important thing.

Li Shimin will be the emperor who keeps the industry. He wants to restore the prosperity and prosperity of the world that has been conquered, so that everyone can live a life of food and clothing.

Li Yuan had to be proactive, but Li Shimin had to be more cautious.

Holding up his wine glass, Huaiyu also shouted Zhenguan Daji.

Perhaps when these two words are called out today, many people have not thought of the status of these two words in the long river of Chinese history.

The rule of chastity.

Although Zhenguan is not a flourishing age, it is governing the world,
Today, the Reign of Zhenguan officially opened, and Wu Huaiyu also felt a surge of emotion. He was also honored to participate in it and will witness history together.

The Zhenguan Dynasty was not the time when Datang was the most powerful and wealthy, but Zhenguan was definitely the most confident era of Datang.

In this great era, everything revolves around the young emperor on the throne.

He is ten years older than Huaiyu, and only 28 this year. A young emperor under the age of 30, he will leave the most impressive stroke in Chinese history and become a model among the emperors of all dynasties.

Qin Huang Han Wu Tang Zong!

When she was excited, she couldn't help drinking a few more glasses, and Wu Huaiyu was actually drunk.

When Huaiyu woke up, it was already dawn.

Runniang told him that he was sent back last night by the old Wei next door, and even vomited all over him.

"I was happy for a while and drank a little more. Jiannan Shaochun didn't feel anything when I drank it, but it fell down when the wind blew. It's not worse than our Wuhou Shao."

On the first day of the new year, it snowed again.

There seems to be a lot of snow this year. I heard that the grassland has been hit by heavy snow. It is estimated that the grassland ministries will not have the joy of the New Year. Maybe they will attack and rob each other.

New Year's Eve, new clothes.

First accept the congratulations from the people in the courtyard in your own courtyard, and give everyone a red envelope.

After distributing the red envelopes, Huaiyu took three concubines and four concubines to Xuanfu's small courtyard, but she refused to come out even after the Chinese New Year, so she had to come to the gate of the courtyard to say hello and New Year greetings to her.

"Say New Year's greetings to Aye, Auntie for me," Fan Xuanfu insisted on leaving the hospital after giving birth, but she also prepared many gifts in advance for Jian Yi and the others to take.

Lao Wu and Liu Shi didn't care that the second daughter-in-law didn't come to pay her New Year's greetings, but instead told her not to disturb her so that she could raise her baby with peace of mind.

Sister-in-law Cheng is still quiet and gentle, but since the last time I went to Cheng's house and saw her big hand to buy five hundred slaves, he felt that this gentle sister-in-law was even more powerful than the Fan Xuanfu who asked to kill horses before. .

"After the year, I want to go to Liangzhou with my fourth uncle,"

In the corridor, the two brothers walked and chatted with their sleeves wrapped around each other. Wu Huaiyi wanted to take the initiative to go to the frontier to seek fame.

"Sister-in-law's stomach hasn't moved yet, will Auntie let you leave Beijing now?" Huaiyu asked with a smile.

"Actually, your sister-in-law already has one,"

"Have?"

"Well, I was nauseated and vomited last morning. You were not at home, so I asked the doctor to see you. I'm sure it's a happy pulse."

"My sister-in-law has it, so it's even more inconvenient for you to go to Liangzhou?"

"Your sister-in-law supports me to go to Liangzhou. A man should aim everywhere. Didn't you also write that poem? Back then, I was looking for a marquis from thousands of miles away, and I wanted to find a marquis in Liangzhou."

"Then you might as well follow me to Yanzhou."

"Now it's not like in Longyou before. You are the governor now, and I am also the commander of the army. How can I serve in Tongzhou again? Fourth uncle said to arrange for me to go to Shazhou."

"Dunhuang?"

"Well, the place where Shi Wansui was dispatched as a soldier," Huai Yi patted his brother's arm, "I hope we will see you again during the Chinese New Year next year, and each of us will succeed!"

(End of this chapter)