A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 645: Three Bows to the Prime Minister
early morning,

Wu Huaiyu got up very early. After being confined at home for almost two months, he was finally free. Wu Huaiyu was very excited last night.

The Persian Hu women Banu and Irina went to the battle to serve together. Wu Huaiyu enjoyed the blessings of everyone, and he didn't fall asleep until very late.

But I still woke up early in the morning and was in good spirits.

After washing,

The Silla maid brought a purple robe that had been neatly ironed and scented.
Putting on a purple robe, a jade cocoon belt, a goldfish bag, and a three-beam imperial crown, a handsome and graceful young man appeared in the bronze realm.

The Silla maids were all stunned.
In his 20s, he is in his prime, especially in his purple and gold outfit, which makes him tall and handsome.

When they walked out of the door, Fan Xuanfu, Li Sanniang and other wives and concubines even had their eyes lit up.
"It's the gold and purple that I admire most about Alang."

"What a goldfish son-in-law." Fan Xuanfu packed the goldfish bag for Wu Huaiyu and smiled at Sanniang who was next to her who had just given birth. "In the future, we will definitely find a goldfish son-in-law for our fifteenth mother."

Wu Shiwu Niang Qiong Ying was held by her nurse, her eyes fixed on the goldfish bag.

"Our fifteenth mother is the righteous daughter of a saint and a queen. To be granted the title of Lord of Jiangning County, we must find a duke who wears a goldfish bag."

"Then he must be a marquis at least."

Women are so scumbag that they can only wear goldfish charms if they are above the third rank. Even if a noble son from a noble family wants to become a third-rank official before marriage, it is impossible for him to do so. However, if he is a descendant of a distinguished noble family, it is possible for him to obtain the title of Duke or Marquis before marriage. He was granted the title of Marquis of another county based on his father's influence.

The county lord is the third grade lord.

Wu Huaiyu ignored these women's gossip, teased his little daughter for a few times, and then said goodbye to everyone and went out.

The moment I stepped out of the door, I felt completely different.

People still have to have freedom. Otherwise, if you are as noble as Li Xiaogong and become a county king, so what, you can only stay at home every day and live in a dream. Even if there are hundreds of singers, dancers, and beauties in the mansion, everything will be illusory if you lose your freedom. of.

Doorway,

A lieutenant general came forward, "Su Lie, the lieutenant general of Zuo Wuhou, has been ordered to come and protect the Duke of Jin."

"Brother Su?"

Wu Huaiyu looked at Su Lie in surprise.

"Erlang." Su Lie smiled at him.

"Are you at Zuowu Houwei now?"

"Well, I just received the imperial edict yesterday." Su Lie beat up the prime minister Hou Junji in the street and knocked out two of his teeth. Afterwards, he was imprisoned in the Third Grade Prison of Dali Temple.

After the emperor's trial, he was dismissed from all official positions and asked to reflect on his mistakes at home.

Yesterday, I and Wu Huaiyu received a new decree. No official was reinstated. Instead, he was demoted from General Youtunwei to General Zuowuhou Zhonglang. Even the Duke of Linqing County was demoted to Linqing County Marquis. The one hundred households were given real titles. chipped off.

Originally, in the Northern Expedition, Su Lie would be rewarded based on his merits, and he would be promoted to the rank of Zhu Guo, but now they are gone.

"I was the one who implicated Erlang." Su Lie looked at Huaiyu and felt quite guilty.

"What does it have to do with senior brother? I've long wanted to beat up that bastard Hou Junji,"

Su Dingfang's first mission after his comeback was to escort Wu Huaiyu into the palace. He led the Jinwu patrol to clear the way for Wu Huaiyu.
The emperor also sent a hundred Beiya Imperial Guard cavalry to accompany him as escort, and there were also forty squads of sword and tiger warriors.

"I feel so suffocated during this period," Su Dingfang said with a smile. The two of them walked side by side. Su Dingfang seemed to be in good condition. He didn't care too much about being demoted and demoted. He even had meritorious deeds that were not awarded but were lost.

The Northern Expedition also left at least the title of Marquis of Linqing. The Zuo Wuhou Zhonglang General also had a good job, although his main tasks in the future were to control the Yiwei of the mansion and supervise the patrols of the Sixth Street Shop in the capital. On the day he entered the cabinet, he would be promoted to the palace. Acceptance status.

"It's good to be like this now. General Zuo Wuhou and Zhonglang are quite free from this job,"

Huaiyu couldn't help but sigh, "What a pity Su Wang is,"

"It must be fate. I have already arranged for his wife and children. I have also transferred the thousand pieces of silk that Hou Junji accompanied him to his family. I also gave another thousand pieces of silk to help them in my hometown. I bought a village with [-] acres of land, and I don’t have to worry about my future life.”

"Su Wang is not only the adopted son of my senior brother, but also a warrior of the Tang Dynasty. He did not fall on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition, but was beaten to death by the powerful in Chang'an. It is really heartbreaking."

"Didn't Erlang beat Hou Junji for him? The teacher also slapped Hou Junji. I didn't take advantage of that bastard,"

Even so, it's still ultimately infuriating.

Su Lie sent Wu Huaiyu to the gate of the imperial city and stopped there.

Wu Huaiyu entered the imperial city and then the palace city.

Today's political affairs meeting is about introspection within the confinement.

There are two provinces, Zhongshu and Menxia, ​​one is equivalent to the emperor's secretariat, and the other is equivalent to the audit and sealing office. Therefore, in the palace, on both sides of the Taiji Hall, there are Zhongshu Neixiang and Menxia Neixiang. In order to facilitate work, Zhongshu Neishang is The two provinces under the Shumen usually work mainly in the inner province of the palace.

There are also other provinces in the imperial city, which are mainly responsible for connecting with the Shangshu Province and other offices.

political hall,
The door is introspective,
The conference room where the prime ministers of the three provinces met was originally not a formal organization, but the three provinces were responsible for decision-making, review, and execution respectively. Especially the Zhongshu and the subordinates reviewed each decision one by one. Often the decisions made by the subordinates could not pass the test here.

It was very easy and inefficient to pull things off, so Li Shimin asked Zhongshu’s disciples to discuss matters in the political hall. If there was anything wrong, he would discuss it in person and resolve it. In order to prevent the decision from being rejected, he even directly invited the left and right servants of the Shangshu Province to make decisions together. .

Later, other officials were added to the political affairs hall for decision-making and review, so now the political affairs hall has gradually surpassed the three provinces.

Li Shimin was an emperor who would not delegate power easily.

For many matters, the emperor handed it over to the prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall for discussion, and the results of the discussion were reported to the emperor. After the emperor agreed, he directly issued a document, stamped it, and then handed it over to the Shangshu Province for execution. This is indeed much more efficient.

However, in this way, the prime ministers such as Zuo Pushe, Zhongshu Ling, and Shi Shi spent most of their energy on making decisions and deliberation in the political hall. The daily affairs of the three provinces were mainly handed over to their deputies Zhongshu Shilang, Huangmen Shilang, and Shangshu. The left and right ministers are waiting to do it.

Even after the imperial censor, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Minister of Civil Affairs were promoted to the political hall as prime ministers, the affairs of their respective departments were also presided over by their deputies.

The prime ministers entered the political hall.

The left servant shot Fang Xuanling, the right servant shot Li Jing, Zhongshu Ling Wen Daya, Zhongshu Wei Zheng, Yushi Dafu Zhang Liang, Ministry of Civil Affairs Minister Dai Zhou,
Now there are six prime ministers.

The Zhengshitang is located on the territory of Menxia Province, but Wei Zheng is not the prime minister. In fact, since the establishment of the Zhengshitang, there has been no such thing as a prime minister. During the Wude Dynasty, Pei Ji was favored and was naturally the head of the officials. However, since Zhenguan, prime ministers have changed frequently. The emperor also had no intention of making a certain prime minister the chief minister.
So nowadays, the duty is generally taken in turns, and the person whose turn it is is responsible for presiding over the meeting, recording the meeting, and finally reporting it to the emperor.

Today, he carried out the decree directly and presided over the meeting. The person responsible for writing the notes was Zhongshu Ling Wen Yanbo.

The six prime ministers were in place, but Wen Yanbo was in no hurry to start the meeting.
The emperor has already made a decree. Today's political meeting will be held in person. The emperor will also call other ministers to participate. This is an enlarged meeting.

There are rumors that Wu Huaiyu will also make a comeback today.

Zhang Liang couldn't help but ask his right servant Li Jing, who was sitting there silently, "Li Pushe, is the Duke of Jin really going to come back today?" Li Jing raised his eyelids and said, "I don't know."

Zhang Liang looked at Fang Xuanling again,

Fang Xuanling has a good relationship with Zhang Liang, "The Prime Minister will know about it soon."

Wen Yanbo couldn't help but said, "If today the saint wants Wu Huaiyu to come back to worship the prime minister, I, Wen Yanbo, will fight to the death to dissuade him."

Zhang Liang smiled and said, "Although the Duke of Jin made some mistakes, he is still very capable, and he has just made great achievements in the Northern Expedition."

"Can you be so unscrupulous if you have merit, and be arrogant and proud of your favor? What about the court's laws? How can such a young man be allowed to pay homage to the prime minister three times?

If the central government is led by such a person, the court will not be in chaos?
The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked! "

Wei Zheng spoke out to support Wen Yanbo. Although the two had the most different opinions on how to resettle the Turks before, and even had the most violent quarrels. Since then, they have disliked each other and often attacked each other, but in the case of Wu Huaiyu On the other hand, Wei Zheng had the same attitude.

"I also think that Wu Huaiyu is not suitable to be the prime minister in the central government. He is too young and is always prone to making mistakes. He will be unlucky as soon as he makes a contribution. He should go to the local government to practice more and become more mature and steady. This is also for his own good, otherwise he will not If you make a big mistake next time, you will regret it, and we will protect him and love him."

Zhang Liang asked with a smile, "Then if Hou Junji wants to come back today, will Da Diao also oppose it?"

"Hou Junji should also go to the local area to practice for a few years before he is released as a governor or governor." Wei Zheng did not favor his own students.

We chatted for a while.

Another group of officials arrived.

But it was Yan Sigu, the minister of Zhongshu, Ma Zhou, the newly appointed minister of Zhongshu, Li Baiyao, the minister of Huangmen, and Wang Gui, who had just been recalled to the court.

The ministers on the left are Wei Ting and the right minister are Liu Jie.

Cui Dunli, the minister of the Ministry of War, Yang Zuan, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhou Shaofan, the eunuch of the palace, Tang Jian, the minister of Honglu Temple, Xiao Jing, the secretary eunuch, Yu Shinan, the junior eunuch, Duan Lun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Li Daozong, the minister of the Ministry of Punishments, Doulu Kuan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and others.

"Is everyone here?"

Wen Yanbo saw no one.

"Wait a little longer," Fang Xuanling said.

After a while, Zhang Anan, the eunuch wearing a purple robe, appeared and said, "The emperor has arrived!"

Everyone rushed to greet him.

Li Shimin strode forward in a bright yellow dragon robe. He held Wu Huaiyu on his left hand and Hou Junji on his right hand.
Everyone looked a little stunned at this scene.

Wen Yanbo turned his head and glanced at Fang Xuanling. It was obvious that his sentence of "wait a minute" just now meant that he already knew about the situation in front of him.

The emperor led the two people into the political hall.

"Sit down, gentlemen."

"Before the meeting, I will announce several appointments."

"Tang Jian, the minister of Honglu Temple, became the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Dai Zhou was appointed the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Zhou Shaofan was appointed the Minister of the Ministry of War."

"Dai Zhou is still involved in government affairs!"

"Zheng Yuanxuan pays homage to the Minister of Honglu Temple!"

"Wang Gui pays homage to the Huangmen Minister, and Linghu Defen pays homage to the Palace Supervisor."

Seven appointments were made in a row, but only Dai Zhou was still the prime minister, and the others did not have the title of prime minister.

Even the former prime minister Wang Gui was suddenly recalled this time, and he was only awarded the title of Huangmen Minister and did not return to the prime minister.

"Song Guogong!"

Li Shimin called the roll call,
Xiao Yu stepped forward and said, "I'm here."

"The Duke of the Song Dynasty made a special advance and ordered him to participate in the government affairs."

Xiao Yu Zhenguan paid homage to the prime minister for the fourth time. This was only the fourth year of Zhenguan. He paid three visits and four visits, which is considered a record.

Changsun Wuji sat aside, looking at Xiao Yu, Wu Huaiyu, and Hou Junji, full of expectation.

"The prince's young master, Wu Huaiyu, participates in political affairs with special qualifications."

"Hou Jun gathered General Youwei to participate in political affairs."

Sure enough, both Wu Huaiyu and Hou Junji were reinstated, but they were not reinstated in other positions. Hou Junji was not reinstated as the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Wu Huaiyu was not reinstated as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, nor was he reinstated as the Secretary of the School, the Minister of the Ministry of War and many other positions.

But after all, he still regained his appearance.

"Your Majesty, your minister Wen Yanbo is opposed to Hou Jun gathering Wu Huaiyu to participate in political affairs!"

"My minister Wei Zheng also objects to having these two as prime ministers."

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Li Shimin sat there and looked at the two people who led the opposition. One was Zhongshu Ling and the other was Shizhong, who was in charge of the two provinces under Zhongshu's sect. They opposed together.
"This matter is a decision I made after careful consideration. I have made up my mind, so please don't try to persuade me."

"Wu Huaiyu, Hou Junji, I hope you two can shake hands and make peace today, abandon the festivals, work together to make further contributions to me and the Tang Dynasty, seize this opportunity, and don't let me down again."

Wu Huaiyu obeyed the order,
Smiling, he took the initiative to extend his hand to Hou Junji and said, "Mr. Lu Guo, let the past pass with the wind with a smile, and we will work together in the future."

Hou Junji looked at Wu Huaiyu, the muscles on his face were stiff, but in front of the emperor and officials, he finally had no choice but to stretch out his hand and grin.

Five dentures inlaid with jade were exposed.

Hou Junji smiled reluctantly.

Holding the two hands together, Hou Junji couldn't help but exert force. Wu Huaiyu smiled brightly, revealing his white real teeth.

But he also increased his strength in his hands,

The two of them faced each other and smiled, but their hands were secretly straining. For a long time, the emperor patted their clasped hands and said, "Okay."

"Let's discuss!"

Three new prime ministers were added, and the political hall was restored to nine prime ministers.
(End of this chapter)