First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 458

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It coincides with the [-]th day, and the much-anticipated Shuowang Chaoshen arrived as scheduled.

In the Taiji Hall, there are scorpions, soft seats, incense burners, and incense tables. The guards of honor on the left and right are on display.

Under the leadership of the supervisory censor, the civil and military officials in Beijing who served at the ninth rank or above took their positions in the court in order of rank.

Gao Chong had already prepared for the court attendance. He was full of food and drink after getting up in the early morning.

Li Yuan was wearing a crown and walked towards the throne. The officer of ceremonies shouted loudly, singing praises of etiquette, and all the officials saluted.

It seemed that Li Yuan's expression was very haggard, without the hale and hearty demeanor of the past, which was enough to see that the brotherhood had hit him hard. Although Li Yuan was physically strong, he was still an old man in his sixtieth year.

After the ceremony, the pilgrimage officially began.

This kind of Shuowang court attendance, all officials above the ninth rank in the capital are present, and this is also the only chance for middle and lower officials to see the emperor every month. Many affairs are backlogged, and all of them will be discussed in court today.

It's just that the atmosphere today is very strange, the officials are silent, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, the news of the failure of the prince's mutiny the day before yesterday is known to all, and the most important thing for the court today is to deal with the prince.

The officials were silent, but the minister of the Zhengshitang could not be silent.

Zhongshu ordered Feng Deyi to come out with arrogance, took out a memorial from his arms, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister Zhongshu ordered Feng Lun to go to the table."

Before Emperor Shunzhi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there was no such name as memorials, and official memorials were collectively called memorials, and memorials were divided into four categories, namely: chapters, memorials, tables and discussions.

Zhang, used for thanking; playing, used for impeachment; table, used for request; meeting, used for suggestion.

Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the current situation has been turbulent and the government has been chaotic. Many systems are no longer comprehensive and not so clearly divided. They are basically divided into two categories, namely forms and forms. Among them, forms are mostly used for petitions, offerings, suggestions, celebrations, etc. The rest of the miscellaneous memorials are called statutes.

Li Yuan looked at Feng Deyi with slightly cloudy eyes, and seemed to be very complicated to him, and said in a deep voice: "Read".

Wang De stepped forward and took Feng Deyi's above form, and read it out word by word. In the form, Prince Li Jiancheng's 28 serious crimes were enumerated, and the officials were silent.

As soon as Wang De's words fell, Feng Deyi bowed loudly: "My servant, please abolish the crown prince and establish the king of Qin."

The prince was abolished and the king of Qin was established.

Finally, the most critical six words came out.

Li Shimin clenched his fists tightly, suppressing his excitement.

Li Yuan was noncommittal, and said bluntly: "I have made a decision to announce the edict."

"The crown prince was built, the land is only the heir, and he is in the Ming Dynasty, but the evil is out of the way, alienating the gentleman, choosing Mingde as his teacher and protector, and choosing the gentleman to fill the palace. It's like hoping for the nature of a middle-aged man... how can you guard it? To usurp the throne and inherit the importance of the ancestral temple, now we will deprive the crown prince of the crown prince and make him the king of Qianzhong county."

With an edict of more than a hundred words, the era of Prince Li Jiancheng has passed.

After all, he is the eldest son, with deep friendship, Li Yuan named him the county king, endowed him with glory and wealth all his life, and still kept his affection.

It's just that such a disposition is obviously difficult to convince the ministers, and Chen Shuda, the servant, stepped forward and said, "Since ancient times, it has never been heard that a rebel is a king, and your Majesty should follow the story of the former Sui Emperor Wendi."

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian directly deposed the crown prince Yang Yong as a commoner and imprisoned him in Beijing.

Li Yuan was sullen when he heard the words, "Is the Tang Dynasty the former dynasty?"

Song Guogong Xiao Yu, who had always been at odds with Chen Shuda, came out to agree this time, "Your Majesty, if the prince is abolished and goes to the fiefdom to raise armored soldiers, then your majesty's benevolent actions will cause disaster. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Xiao Yu had a deep friendship with Li Yuan in the early years. Xiao Yu's wife was Li Yuan's uncle and cousin, two relatives. The weight of words in Li Yuan's heart is no less than that of Pei Ji, Gao Junya and others.

After Li Yuan heard this, he remained silent. He knew very well that Xiao Yu's words were not alarmist. Now that his brothers had turned against each other, after Li Jiancheng became a feudal fiefdom, it was impossible for him to accept defeat calmly.

Although central Guizhou is remote, there are vast mountains and forests, and Han and barbarians live together. With Li Jiancheng's ability, it is very possible to make a career.

Once Li Jiancheng raises his troops, there will be another war in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty. More importantly, Li Jiancheng is not an opponent of the imperial court at all with his mere land in central Guizhou, and he must be dead at that time.

Li Yuan was in a state of confusion, so he could only sigh: "After all, he was the eldest son, and he has made a lot of contributions in the past. If he becomes a commoner, I really can't bear it.

Forget it, the decree was passed that the king of Qianzhong forbade the feudal vassal and gave him the residence of Renzhi Palace in Fangzhou. Without a decree, he is not allowed to leave without authorization."

Feng Deyi glanced at Li Shimin intentionally or unintentionally, and was about to go out again, when Li Yuan said sharply: "My intention has been decided, and you don't need to say any more."

This is Li Yuan's final bottom line, he really couldn't bear to demote Li Jiancheng to a commoner, imprisoned him in the Palace of Renzhi, and bestowed wealth and honor on the prince, this was the last respect a father could give him.

After the promulgation of the edict to abolish the crown prince, Li Yuan was in a complicated mood, so he got up and left, Wang De had no choice but to announce the dismissal of the court.

All the ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, this...Shuo Wang's court attendance ended like this, what about the next big event.

Gao Chong always felt that the ministers must have been tricked by Li Yuan. Maybe Li Yuan really didn't want to establish a new prince so soon. Fortunately, he was prepared and walked straight to Li Shimin, but was stopped by Gao Junya in the middle of the walk.

"Follow me", Gao Junya glanced at the excited Gao Chong, and said expressionlessly.

"What advice does Gao Shangshu have?" Gao Chong asked with a smile when he came to the corridor outside the hall.

Gao Junya worshiped the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, because Gao Xianggong is a thing of the past.

However, even though Gao Junya has resigned as Prime Minister, although he is not in the Zhengshitang, if there are major national policies, he can still enter the Zhengshitang to participate in politics. This tradition has always existed, but it is nameless.

Only the chief officials of the three provinces in the Zhengshitang can be called Xianggong, that is, the servant of Menxia Province, Zhongshu Ling of Zhongshu Province, and the left and right servants of Shangshu Province. Only these four people can be called Xianggong.

On the original trajectory, until the 13th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin ordered Du Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Wei Zheng, Secretary Supervisor, Xiao Yu, Tejin Xiaoyu, Liu Ji, Minister of Huangmen, and Liu Youqiu, a member of Zhongshushe, to enter the highest government office to participate in the political affairs and discuss politics. The title of "Shenzhizhengshi", since then, Shenzhizhengshi has also been called Xianggong.

Gao Junya's face darkened, seeing no one around, she said softly just now: "Feng Lun's heart is not right."

Hearing this, he gave a high-pitched pause, and just after the court was over, he saw Zhong Shu Ling Feng Lun find Li Shimin immediately, the two chatted and laughed happily, and became very familiar with each other.

"This person is best at flattering and speculating. Seeing the fall of the deposed prince, he spared no effort to support the King of Qin. It is a typical example of seeing the wind and steering the rudder." Gao Chong nodded in agreement.

Gao Junya was unmoved, and continued: "Since you are a speculator, why didn't you show your edge earlier?"

Gao Chong was stunned, and asked hesitantly, "Maybe he couldn't see the situation clearly before, so he wanted to stay neutral?"

Gao Junya shook her head slightly, turned and left.

(End of this chapter)