First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

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Hearing the words of the middle-aged scribe, Li Shimin sighed, and said softly, "Zicheng is relieved, I will definitely search for famous doctors and try my best to diagnose and treat Bobao."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, but uncle is born weak, everything depends on God's will," said the middle-aged scribe in a low mood.

This middle-aged scribe was none other than Xue Shou's nephew Xue Yuanjing. Xue Shou's son Xue Yuanchao was only three years old and still needed someone to take care of him.

Xue Yuanjing was several years older than his uncle Xue Shou. Xue Yuanjing's father was Xue Mai, the former Minister of Sui Xuan Xuan, and Xue Mai's father was named Xue Wen.

And Xue Wen is the elder brother of Xue Shou's father, Xue Daoheng, and he is the prefect of Yan County in the Northern Qi Dynasty. That is to say, Xue Shou and Xue Yuanjing's father Xue Mai are cousins.

Xue Yuanjing joined the army when Li Yuan was established in the Tang Dynasty, and he was appointed as Secretary Lang. Later, when Li Shimin built the Tiance Mansion, he was recruited to join the army for the Tiance Mansion. Gao Shu, the two uncles and nephews are both confidantes of the East Palace.

Seeing that Li Shimin had no other orders, Xue Yuanjing got up to leave, and Li Shimin suddenly called him back, "Zicheng, if... if Bobao is ill, would you like to take over Weifengwei?"

Xue Yuanjing's eyes narrowed, and he looked up at Li Shimin, only to see Li Shimin was smiling, quietly waiting for his reply.

Weifengwei...has a lot to do with it, and it's not just his confidants who can't control it. In addition, it's hard for the person who controls Weifengwei to gain a foothold in the court.

Xue Yuanjing is obsessed with literary affairs. Since he became an official, he has been the Secretary Lang first, and then the Prince Sheren. All of them are secretaries and other officials. His character is not good at court politics. Bai said: "Follow Your Highness's order."

Li Shimin smiled even wider, nodded straightly and said: "Weifengwei has complicated affairs, and your uncle's body should not be overworked. From today on, you will gradually take over."

Xue Yuanjing bowed to accept the order, and at the same time his expression was a little hesitant, as if hesitating to speak.

Upon seeing this, Li Shimin said bluntly: "Between you and me, you have something to say."

"The lower officials have the courage to ask for orders. After me, Xue's family members will no longer be able to serve in Weifengwei," Xue Yuanjing bowed down.

Li Shimin's expression was complicated, and he just asked, "Why?"

"The existence of Weifengwei is really special, with wide powers and responsibilities, and it is used with one heart. If it is in the hands of a family for a long time, it is afraid of disaster," Xue Yuanjing replied truthfully.

Li Shimin laughed loudly, "Okay, I promise you."

Li Shimin was extremely satisfied with Xue Yuanjing's heartfelt words, which was why he trusted Xue's uncle and nephew.

"Zicheng, let me tell you bluntly, I will not let Weifengwei hide in the dark for a long time. Who stipulates that there can only be sixteen guards in this guard mansion, and the seventeenth guards are not out of the question."Li Shimin looked at Xue Yuanjing and said slowly.

Xue Yuanjing was overjoyed when he heard it, and bowed to thank him, without pretending to shirk.

Who doesn't want to stand upright in the court, who doesn't want to be promoted to a noble.

His uncle Xue Shou is now terminally ill, and his greatest achievement is the establishment of Weifengwei, but so far his official official position is still the master of Zhan Shi of the Eastern Palace, only ranked in the seventh rank, and has no title, because of these achievements Can't see the light.

Seeing Xue Yuanjing's expression, Li Shimin continued: "After returning home, please ask Bo Bao to take good care of his body. I promised Gao Youzhi that I will give him a face."

As the famous Three Phoenixes in Hedong in the past, Xue Shou has been unknown for many years and made many contributions to Li Shimin, but these outsiders still don't know.

Many people's perception of Xue Shou is mediocrity, but relying on the prince's old love and Gao Chong's recommendation, he was able to become the master of the seventh rank.

Some people even used this to criticize Gao Chong, thinking that Gao Chong's recommendation of Xue Shou was a mistake, and some even believed that Li Shimin's appointment of Xue Shou was for Gao Chong's face.

Li Shimin, Gao Chong, and Xue Shou didn't explain all of this, let alone explain.

Only some people in the center and the core officials of the Qin Palace vaguely knew that Xue Shou was not an easy person.

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Xue Yuanjing was very grateful and thanked him again.

As the night darkened, the snowflakes drifted quietly, one after another.

In Anrenfang, Yan Guogong's mansion, in the study, father and son are sitting opposite each other.

At this time, Gao Chong was completely drunk and poured tea for his father. Gao Chong sighed: "It's been like walking on thin ice for many years, and I'm about to go ashore at last."

Gao Junya took a sip of the tea lightly, her reddish cheeks showed that she was having a good time drinking tonight.

Gao Junya raised her eyebrows and asked: "I'm curious, why did you insist on defecting to the prince when you were in Jinyang?

Later, the king of Qianzhong recruited him many times, but you were just prevaricating, don't tell me that you are fancying the prince's potential.You weren't like this before, besides, you didn't have much contact with the prince when you were in Jinyang."

Gao Chong's heart trembled. At this time, his mind was messed up, and if he was careless, he would not be able to answer clearly. The best way to pull the question back was to throw the question back.

Gao Chong asked directly: "Aye, why did you kill Wang Wei so neatly back then and go directly to the saint?
I don't believe that with your wisdom, you can't see that Wang Wei's actions are looking for death, and you can't be loyal to Yang Sui, which I wanted to ask many years ago."

Hearing this, Gao Junya's eyes froze.

At that time, the deputy left behind in Taiyuan and the king of Wu Benlang was loyal to Yang Guang. After discovering Li Yuan's rebellion, he set up an ambush in Jin Temple in an attempt to kill Li Yuan.

This strategy can be described as full of loopholes. At that time, Gao Chong only thought that his father was loyal to Yang Sui and never found any omissions, but later Gao Chong gradually discovered that his father seemed to be not simple. It's extraordinary, since that's the case, why did Gao Junya agree to Wang Wei's execution of Li Yuan together?

After a long time, Gao Junya sighed softly, and looked at Gao Chong with complicated eyes.

"Chong'er, although I don't know what happened to you after you were injured in the Jinci Temple, I suddenly realized that I was completely protected by my ancestors. Let me tell you directly. After I returned to Beijing from Nanchen, I completely gave up on Yang Sui. Wang Wei is doomed to die."

Gao Chong was not surprised, nodded and sighed: "Those years were really hard for Aye, knowing that killing his father and enemy is just around the corner, but he had to show his loyalty."

Gao Junya's father was unjustly killed by Yang Guang because he prevented Yang Guang from invading the female family members of the Southern Chen harem. Gao Junya completely gave up on Yang Sui after knowing the truth, which is also human nature.

Hearing Gao Chong's words, Gao Junya glanced at the corner of her mouth, not paying attention, "I was pretending to flatter Wang Wei, planning to kill him in order to vote for Li Yuan, but you suddenly woke up after being injured, and unintentionally accelerated my plan of".

Speaking of this, Gao Junya frowned, "You must not know that you have unintentionally saved the lives of our whole family."

Gao Chong was stunned, only to hear Gao Junya continue to say: "Do you still remember Liu Zhenghui?"

"I remember", Gao Chong nodded and said: "This guy is only based on Yuan Cong's status. For so many years, he has been a high-ranking official and rich salary, so he is very happy."

"He served as Sima under Wang Wei in his early years, and he knew all about Wang Wei's plans."

Gao Junya said lightly: "So, even if there is no Liu Shilong, there will be Liu Zhenghui. The sage at that time has already seen everything. I will start early."

Gao Chong took a deep breath when he heard the words, he knew that what his father said was true, if it was a day later, Li Yuan would directly attack, and let Liu Zhenghui falsely accuse Wang Wei and Gao Junya of having an affair with the Turks, and arrest both of them.

Liu Zhenghui was the Sima under Wang Wei's command in the early years. After he took refuge in Li Yuan, he was loyal. After Li Yuan became emperor, Liu Zhenghui stayed in Taiyuan and sat in the rear.

Later Liu Wuzhou captured Jinyang, Li Yuanji fled, and Liu Zhenghui was captured, but Liu Zhenghui was loyal and unyielding, and did not surrender until Li Shimin recovered Jinyang and rescued Liu Zhenghui from the prison.

Because of Liu Zhenghui's loyalty and unyielding, Li Yuan greatly praised him. Since then, Liu Zhenghui has successively held important positions such as Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment and Guangluqing as a meritorious official in Yuanmou. Two merits.

First, turn to Li Yuan early.

Second, be loyal to Li Yuan.

In fact, saying that Liu Zhenghui sits in Jinyang is also flattering him. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanji was appointed as the governor of Bingzhou.

Later Liu Wuzhou captured Bingzhou, and Li Yuan only punished Dou Dan, Liu Dewei and others, but did not punish Li Yuanji and Liu Zhenghui.

Since the second year of Wude, after entering the court from Bingzhou, Liu Zhenghui has lived in the capital for a long time, has not participated in any war, and has always enjoyed wealth and honor.

"Then Aye, why did you vote for Li Yuan? Not the more powerful Wagang, or Xiao Liang?" Gao Chong asked curiously.

"Then ask Gao Feng why he voted for Ge Qian first and then Li Mi, and why Gao Manzheng voted for Liu Wuzhou."

Gao Junya glanced at Gao Chong, and said in a deep voice: "And after Ge Qian's death, Gao Kaidao, a branch from Yanhu, had no power, no power, no food and no soldiers, why he could quickly annex Ge Qian's old department, so, Don't underestimate anyone.

A few days ago, I mentioned the change of the patriarch to you. Do you think that Ming Ren is incompetent, and he can still serve as the patriarch without an official or a title, just because of his noble background? "

Gao Chong swallowed, nodded and said, "I understand."

"Also, do you know Gao Shida?" Gao Junya picked up the teacup and drank it down in one gulp, seeming a little uneasy, and gradually became agitated.

"Gao Shida?" Gao Chong was startled, "Gao Shida, the king of Hebei who occupied Hebei in the last years of the great industry?"

"Bullshit Ji Wang".

Gao Junya was suddenly furious, "He used to be called the Duke of Donghai, and I got it for him."

Gao Chong was stunned, and asked hesitantly, "Is he also from the Gao family?"

Gao Junya nodded, feeling depressed, "His name is Gao Chengzhi, and he is your uncle Congzi."

Gao Chong's heart was shocked, he stood up and looked at the closed doors and windows, and then asked in a low voice: "So Aye, you secretly supported the Gao Shida uprising?"

"It's also family support."

Gao Junya nodded, "As for Gao Kaidao, it was Ming Rengong's arrangement."

Seeing Gao Chong's astonishment, Gao Junya continued: "It's a pity that these two people are really unbearable. Gao Shida's heart is higher than the sky, and he pretended to be king, which attracted Yang Sui's attention, and he was defeated and died;

Gao Kaidao had a violent personality, was volatile, and was eventually backlashed."

Gao Shida claimed to be from the Gao family in Bohai. During the seven years of his great career, Gao Shida occupied Gaojibo, Hebei Province and set up an army, calling himself the Duke of Donghai.

Then he sent troops to the north and killed Guo Xuan, the former prefect of Zhuo County in the Sui Dynasty. He was the first batch of princes in the late Sui Dynasty.

Originally known as the Duke of Donghai, when he occupied the counties in Hebei, he did not attract the attention of the court, but later Gao Shida gradually became more ambitious, captured Zhuojun, killed the prefect, and then called himself King of Ji.

The grass bandits who didn't care about it killed officials and became kings. Now the Yang Sui court couldn't sit still. Yang Guang directly dispatched the general Yang Yichen to lead the soldiers to suppress the rebellion. , In the end, he was defeated and died.

As for Gao Kaidao, he was born in a partial branch of the Gao family in Bohai. After defecting to Geqian, the king of Yan, he was not reused at first, but after Geqian was defeated and died, Gao Kaidao suddenly rose up and merged with Geqian's old department. They are all in Yuyang City, and the reign name began to prosper.

Later, Gao Kaidao was attached to the Tang Dynasty, appointed as the general manager of Weizhou, and was named the king of Beiping County. Unfortunately, only one year later, Gao Kaidao rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, changed his name to Yuan Tiancheng, and regained the title of King Yan.

Gao Kaidao, the king of Yan, had a violent personality and was capricious. In the end, everyone betrayed his relatives and his general Zhang Jinshu rebelled.

When the rebels came to attack, Gao Kaidao put on armor and held a knife, and sat in the hall. The rebels did not dare to approach.

After listening to Gao Junya's words, Gao Chong was filled with emotion, this is the family, it is so terrifying, it has been like this since ancient times.

"When you go to court tomorrow, you will be the first to impeach Zhang Pinggao," Gao Junya said suddenly.

Gao Chong was startled, with a blank expression on his face, "This...isn't Brother Ji Fu going to the Procuratorate?"

"Stupid", Gao Junya reprimanded in disgust: "What kind of friendship do you have with Du Yan? Why don't you give him credit for nothing, this person's reputation is damaged, so you can't have a close friendship."

"It's not a gift to Du Yan, it's just that I have agreed with Brother Ji Fu that it would not be good if I take the lead in impeachment." Gao Chong frowned and said, "I also forgot, now it is Du Yan who controls Yu Shi Tai, Aye, why didn’t you say it earlier?”

"I just remembered".

Gao Junya rubbed her brows, and said angrily: "If you impeach directly, Gao Feng will understand. Besides, this is also the duty of your Dali Temple. If you are honorable in the court and deceive the public with false words, don't you want to investigate strictly?"

Gao Chong nodded and grinned, "What Aye said is that Du Yan must not be allowed to take advantage of it."

Gao Junya also nodded slightly, "Du Keming is more worthy of friendship than Du Yan, not to mention that you are Du Keming's benefactor, you should show your attitude."

After Gao Chong cleared his mind, he gave Gao Junya a thumbs up, "Thanks for Aye's reminder".

Du Yan, when he thought of this person, Gao Chong felt contemptuous in his heart, for a villain, Yang Jian, Emperor Wendi of the Sui Dynasty, really saw it clearly.

Du Yan, courtesy name Zhili, his father, Du Huiguan, was the prefect of Hanoi in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Du Yan was intelligent since he was a child, and had few talents. During the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty, Du Yan sought to become an official.

Originally, Du Yan was very talented. If he followed the normal procedure and was recommended by others, Du Yan could also become an official if he was born in the Du family of Jingzhao. Suwei was requisitioned when he lived in seclusion."

Therefore, Du Yan lived in seclusion in Taibai Mountain, selling his fame and reputation all day long, and selling it for a price. After hearing about it, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty hated him very much and exiled him to the south of the Yangtze River.

Later, Du Yan was operated by the Jingzhao Du family and became an official as Cheng Fenglang. Until Wang Shichong occupied Luoyang, assumed the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and established the Zheng Kingdom. Worship as Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials of the Pseudo-Zheng State.

Du Yan's father, Du Huisheng, had two sons. The eldest son, Du Zha, served as the governor of Changzhou in the Sui Dynasty. Later, Du Zha's mother died of illness. Du Yan gave birth to Du Hui's second son.