First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 129
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Hearing Gao Chong's question, Gao Xiong was at a loss, "Why learn swords? Sir, it's time to go to court."

Gao Chong was taken aback, and rubbed his face vigorously, "If I remember correctly, I don't need to participate often."

The early dynasty that goes to court every day is called Changchao, which is the imperial meeting presided over by the emperor (now the prime minister). A small number of special officials above the fifth rank in Beijing, as well as supervisory censors, Yuanwailang, and Dr. Taichang must go to court every day. ginseng, that is, regular ginseng.

After Li Yuan entered Beijing, he was granted the title of prime minister. After he presided over the court affairs, he was very busy with the daily court, but he felt very happy. Gao Chong knew this, but before Gao Chong, he didn't need to go to court early.

Kaohsiung was in a hurry, "Today is Wangchao, sir, but you are going, sir, hurry up, Alang has already left the house, and he may have already entered the palace by this time."

"Wangchao?" Gao Chong jumped up, and hurriedly said, "Aye, why didn't you wait for me?" Then he hurriedly washed up and changed into his official uniform. , Go straight to Tai Chi Palace.

"What time is it, and you still focus on eating?" Gao Chong complained speechlessly: "If Wang Chao is late, it will be embarrassing."

"Your Majesty, let's play it safe, I heard that the Great Court Meeting..." Before he finished speaking, Gao Xiong watched Gao Chong gallop away with a dazed expression, "I heard that the Great Court Meeting has been going on for a long time." However, Gao Chong has gone far.

Running wildly all the way, out of Fangmen, on both sides of Zhuque Street, Gao Chong ran into many officials from the court, and rushed to Taiji Palace in a hurry, Gao Chong couldn't help but feel relieved, fortunately there were so many people accompanying him Seeing him, he immediately kicked the horse's belly and galloped out, startled some horses on the side of the road neighing, causing a burst of cursing.

Arriving in front of the gate of Changle, Gao Chong handed the war horse to Kaohsiung. Kaohsiung was about to hand over a piece of mustache, but before he could speak, Gao Chong's eyes lit up, and he went straight into the palace and ran away alone, " Brother Hongji, wait for me."

Kaohsiung was stunned, looked at the pancake in his hand, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Yu...youzhi", Liu Hongji's mouth was full, "Hurry up, it's terrible if you miss the time", Liu Hongji stuffed some pastries into his mouth as he walked quickly.

Gao Chong was startled when he saw this, he looked around, and found that many civil and military officials were eating while walking, Gao Chong even looked at Qiu Xinggong from a distance, took out a chicken leg or a rabbit leg from his arms and straightened it. chewing.

Gao Chong's heart fluttered, he licked his mouth, he seemed to stand up, this gazing meeting should last all morning, he looked back at the gate of Changle Palace, the lights were flickering, the guy in Kaohsiung went somewhere and fell asleep and went back to the cage .

"Brother Hongji, do you still have something to eat? Let me fill it up", Gao Chong quickly looked at Liu Hongji, Liu Hongji was taken aback, pointed to his mouth, spread his hands, "It's gone".

At this time, drumbeats were heard in the palace, and Liu Hongji swallowed the last bite of the pastry, "It's broken, run quickly", then he picked up his official robe and walked away quickly.

Gao Chong also swallowed his saliva, he was just hungry all morning, I can do it, and then hurried to catch up, passing through Gongli Gate, passing through Menxia Province, passing through Qianhuamen Square, and heading straight to Wude Hall .

On the fifth watch of integrity, the sound of drums falling at the gate, Wude Hall, the gate of the hall is wide open, the supervisory censor led all the officials into the hall, and the school captain of the supervisor, one on the left and one on the right, held the door registration, which was called: sing the registration, and then The martial arts class is in the west, and the literary class is in the east. They enter the hall in turn. In the hall, everything is set up for records, such as 軼, soft seats, incense burners, and incense tables.

When Gao Chong entered the palace, he suddenly saw the young emperor Yang You sitting on the throne with a dull expression on his face. Li Yuan was not there. After a short while, the whip was fired to send an alarm, and the servant's voice came out, "The Prime Minister is here."

Although the name of the great prime minister, in fact, the ritual system is already like an emperor.

The theme of this court meeting is very clear. There is no doubt that when Xue Ju was defeated, Li Yuan first gave a speech, praised Li Shimin, and then announced the reward.

Li Shimin, the commander-in-chief of the Fufengdao Army, moved to the title of Zhao Guogong, who lived in Wanhu.

What surprised everyone the most was that Liu Wenjing and Gao Chong, who were on the expedition this time, had never heard their names.

After the award was over, Li Yuan looked at the crowd and said with a smile: "This battle has severely injured Xue Ju, and there is one person in the palace who has contributed a lot. This person defended the Black River Valley for half a day and suffered more than ten injuries. Wan Jingrui prevented Xue Ju from fleeing to the north, I believe you already know who this king is talking about?"

As Li Yuan spoke, everyone looked at Gao Chong.

"Father Tiger has no dogs, Duke Yan is good at teaching his sons," Li Yuan looked at Gao Junya and nodded in praise.

Gao Junya was busy bowing her head and being humble.

"Proclaim the decree," Li Yuan signaled.

Afterwards, Huangmen took out another imperial decree, bestowing a marriage in the name of the emperor, marrying the sixth daughter of the Tang king to Gao Chong, and then promoted to Sima of the right leader's mansion, and granted the official title of Chaosan Doctor San.

Gao Chong hurriedly thanked him, Doctor Chao San was from the fifth rank, and was in the 13th rank of civil servants. Gao Chong was only eighteen years old, and it was not low to be in this position.

The reason why Gao Chong was taken out alone was that in addition to the reward, he was given a marriage. It was officially announced that the wedding date was set on the tenth day of the first lunar month. Also worry about it.

After Gao Chong passed by, many people had secretly glanced at Liu Wenjing, who was at the forefront of civil servants. Liu Wenjing's expression was extremely calm, as if she had known the result long ago.

Sure enough, the decree was announced later, thinking about Liu Wenjing's past achievements and the victory of Yongning River.

This treatment can be said to be quite light. On the one hand, Liu Wenjing has many meritorious service after all. He made great contributions when Jinyang raised troops. On the other hand, Liu Wenjing's victory over the Western Qin Army in Yongninghe was also extremely brilliant. At the same time, Liu Wenjing fled to Hechi after his defeat. , Xiao Yu, the prefect of Hechi, immediately changed his banner and joined Li Yuan, which can be regarded as Liu Wenjing's credit.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Yuan remembers his old feelings. For such a meritorious veteran, a defeat in the army did not affect the situation of the battle. He should not be dismissed from office, let alone die.

When Liu Wenjing heard the words, she also went out to pay her respects, her face calm.

At this time, a cold snort was heard, and Xiao Yu came out.

"To Your Majesty, Liu Wenjing has been punished for the crime of underestimating the enemy and rushing to kill his teacher, but he humiliated me for no reason. If he hadn't thought of His Majesty's benevolence, kindness and love for the people, his ambition to help the society, and his relatives, but based on Liu Wenjing's humiliation of me, Xiao Yu It is better to die, and it is absolutely impossible to dedicate the city to surrender."

When Xiao Yu finished speaking, everyone in the hall was shocked.

The capital can't hide things, since the class teacher returned to the court, all the ministers vaguely knew that Xiao Yu and Liu Wenjing were at odds, but they never imagined that it had reached such a point that Xiao Yu, regardless of favor, actually looked up and tore them apart face to face. .

(End of this chapter)