First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

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Du Yan was intelligent and intelligent since he was a child, and his maternal grandfather Guo's family was extremely dignified, but his eldest brother Du Zha's biological mother died early, and the two were half-brothers.

Du Zha had three sons. The eldest son was from an unknown family, lived in Luoyang, and had never been an official. The second son was Du Ruhui, the concubine of the current prince.

Du Yan served as the Minister of the Puppet Zheng in Luoyang. He had a high position and authority, so he advanced in front of Wang Shichong and imprisoned both his nephews in Luoyang. In prison, Du Ruhui's elder brother was tortured to death, and his younger brother Du Chuke survived. .

After Li Shimin pacified Luoyang, Du Yan, as a false official, was sentenced to death. Du Chuke asked Du Ruhui to intercede with Li Shimin and forgive Du Yan, but Du Ruhui was angry that Du Yan killed his brother and refused.

Du Chuke wept sadly: "My uncle has killed my eldest brother, and now my second brother refuses to rescue my uncle. My Du family is going to kill each other. How sad it is."

After all, Du Ruhui couldn't help but plead with Li Shimin to pardon Du Yan's crimes.

I just didn't expect that Du Yan was so shameless that Li Shimin could be regarded as his savior, but Du Yan was angry that Li Shimin attacked Zheng Guo, so he actually defected to Li Jiancheng. Cao joined the army as the soldier of Tiance Mansion.

After Yang Wengan's rebellion, Li Yuan was furious, and each side hit a stick.
It was this incident that gave Du Yan political capital, because Li Yuan believed that Du Yan had instigated Li Shimin to fight for the reserve, and Li Shimin knew that it was not Du Yan's fault.

Later, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he called Du Yan back to the court. Because of his merits of "replacing the crime", Du Yan was officially worshiped as the doctor of the censor, and he was in charge of the censor platform, one of the three divisions.

In fact, Du Yan is extremely talented and has a good understanding of people. Wei Fusi, who he had befriended back then, later became an official in the Shi family.

On the original trajectory, Du Yan finally served as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and recommended dozens of people, many of whom were talented. Logically speaking, Du Yan should be praised a lot, but on the contrary, Du Yan was notorious and had no good name.

Because Du Yan is not good at socializing, he has never had any contact with his life-saving nephews Du Ruhui and Du Chuke. In the face of the eldest grandson Wuji, a relative of the emperor, Du Yan also has a bad relationship with him.

He holds two positions and is deeply trusted by Li Shimin.

As a doctor of imperial history, he should lead by example and uphold integrity, but when he was concurrently serving as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he was actually accepting bribes for recommending talents.

Thinking about Du Yan's deeds, Gao Chong suddenly understood, his eyes lit up, and he nodded in praise: "Aye, Du Yan is good at drilling camps, and he understands the emperor's will. He is really brilliant."

Gao Junya was taken aback, "How do you say that?" He simply couldn't understand Du Yan's character.

"He wants to be a lonely minister," Gao Chong said in admiration.

"Guchen?" Gao Junya paused, and then his face became a little heavy, "I understand, then tomorrow you have to impeach Zhang Pinggao directly, and you don't have to save face for Yushitai."

"It's natural," Gao Chong nodded and smiled.

"Old Tang Book" records: "Shi Yan held two positions, but did not have the reputation of incorruptibility, and had always been incompatible with Wuji, which was ridiculed by the current theory."

"New Tang Book" records: "Yan Dian's two posts are more valuable than the court, but he died with a clean name and was ridiculed by the world."

It is enough to prove that Du Yan obtained Li Shimin's reuse entirely by "self-pollution".

For Du Yan, Li Shimin just regarded him as a knife, because Du Yan was familiar with the rules and regulations of the past dynasties and was quite capable.

One thing can prove that Li Shimin also hates Du Yan.

Du Yan recommended Wailang Zhi Huaidao, a member of the Criminal Ministry, and said to Li Shimin: "Huaidao was well-known when he was the head of the official department in the former Sui Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty went to Jiangdu. All the officials agreed, but Huaidao opposed it."

Li Shimin asked back: "What is your opinion?" Du Yan replied: "I agree to go."

Li Shimin asked: "To treat the monarch, you should speak up and speak out. Even if you offend, you don't care. Since you think Zhi Huaidao's opinion is correct, why didn't you give advice?"

Du Yan knelt down and worshiped: "The ministers are so light-hearted, even if they remonstrate with Emperor Sui Yang, they will not accept it. Instead, they will ruin their lives in vain, which will not help the matter."

Li Shimin scolded: "Since you think the monarch is innocent, why are you still serving in his court? Since you are already an official, why don't you want to rectify the monarch's mistakes?"

Li Shimin continued to ask: "In the former Sui people, you spoke lightly and did not persuade, but in the puppet Zheng, you were deeply trusted by Shichong. Why didn't you advise?"

Du Yan said: "Shichong is stupid. I tried to persuade him, but he didn't listen."

"If Shichong cultivated virtue and practiced goodness, he would not perish. Since he has no reason to refuse advice, why do you want to be an official in his puppet dynasty?" Li Shimin reprimanded again.

Du Yan was terrified and speechless.

But from then on, Du Yan's official fortune was prosperous, he was worshiped as the doctor of the imperial court, he was named the Duke of Anji County, and finally served as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Very honored.

Now that Du Yan's position has been analyzed, Gao Chong knew what to do in the future. He looked up at Gao Junya, and the father and son smiled at each other.

Du Yan, since you chose to be a lonely minister, I'm sorry.

Yu Shi, I can't understand your character, I and Du Ruhui's benefactor, eldest grandson Wuji is even a good nephew, it is impossible for me to help you, an outsider.

Yu Gong, since Li Shimin is also willing to accept you as a lonely minister, then I must follow Li Shimin's wishes. Only in this way can Li Shimin use your knife more smoothly.

Every time father and son talk at night, Gao Chong benefits a lot. Sometimes one person is short of wit, but two of them are wise. What's more, his father is a wily old fox.

Gao Chong's heart suddenly moved, and he asked secretly: "Since the crown prince has this intention, why don't we add fire?"

"Let's talk about it", Gao Junya frowned, "Be careful too much."

Gao Chong paused, "Liu Zhenghui, the confidant of a saint, why not...".

Gao Junya interrupted after hearing the words: "Enough is enough, Liu Zhenghui will not move for the time being."

Seeing that Gao Chong was puzzled, Gao Junya reprimanded with staring eyes: "The crown prince has not yet ascended the throne, but he is wantonly purging veterans, beware of damage to his reputation. Zhang Jin is killing people invisible, so don't worry about it.

Only Zhang Pinggao, this is what you, the prince's confidant, should do, this kind of thing is only meaningful for the first time, too much is too late."

In fact, as Gao Junya said, Zhang Jin solved it invisible when Li Shimin was the crown prince.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he began to clean up the veterans.

Sikong and Wei Guogong Pei Ji served as the governor of Puzhou, and later befriended the demon monk Fa Ya, who was convicted and exiled to Jingzhou. Because of his meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion, he issued an edict to return to the court and died on the way.

Zhang Pinggao, the general of the left leader and the Duke of Xiao, served as the governor of Danzhou. Later, he was dismissed from office because of befriending a demon, and died at home.

Guang Luqing, Xing Guogong and Liu Zhenghui served as the governor of Hongzhou until he died of illness in the ninth year of Zhenguan, and he never returned to the court.

Xu Shixu, Minister of Taifu and Duke of Zhending County, served as the governor of Caizhou. After that, he successively served as governor of Ezhou, Guazhou, Yuzhou and other places, but failed to return to the court all his life.

General Yuan You and Qian Jiulong, Duke of the State of Xun, served as the governor of Meizhou, but he never returned to the court.

Once the emperor and the courtiers, it is so real.

When a new leader comes to power, the court will definitely need to be cleaned up again, and the old officials will give way to the newcomers, and the old officials will basically stay away from the center of power, go to the local area to make use of the waste heat, and start living for the elderly.

Hearing Gao Junya's words, Gao Chong understood, nodded and said: "Aye is right, this kind of thing needs to be done slowly."

Gao Junya glanced at Gao Chong, "Especially because the prince has a good reputation, you have to be more careful. Besides, even if you want to do this kind of thing later, you can't do it yourself."

Gao Chong's eyes lit up, he gave a thumbs up and praised: "Aye, you are really like this... you can give Brother Ji Fu a brush with political achievements."

"Stupid", unexpectedly, Gao Junya scolded again in a deep voice: "Such short-sighted, how to deal with open and secret struggles in the court, you will be the prime minister in the future, you must stay away from such dirty things, remember, Jane is in the heart of the emperor That’s it, you don’t have to do it yourself.”

"I understand, the pattern needs to be big." Gao Chong was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said: "My current knowledge is too limited. I may barely pass the marching and fighting, but above the court, I still need Aye Teach a lot."

Gao Jun poured the tea on his own, "You are basically set, this is also your way of life, you can't force it. I have this leisure, so I might as well teach your second brother."

Gao Chong's face darkened, what he said... means that I am basically useless, and you have already put your mind on the second child.

"Go away", Gao Junya said lightly: "Remember to write it as a playbook".

Gao Chong bowed in response, and walked out of the study thoughtfully.

"'The head of the imperial government, reform and change the old', Yun Yazi is sincere and not deceived by me", Gao Junya got up with her hands behind her back, and came to the window.

Looking at the snowflakes, the sky and the earth are confused, the snowflakes drift in and fall on Gao Junya's gray hair, only to hear a faint sigh, "Not only in politics, but also in people", dissipating in the wind and moon .

Wei Boyang, a famous scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was born in a famous family. He was good at Taoism by nature and refused to be an official. He sought immortality in Fengming Mountain and was named Yunyazi.

Yun Yazi wrote "Zhou Yi Can Tong Qi", known as the ancestor of the alchemy classics, and his theoretical work on alchemy called internal and external alchemy is actually all-encompassing and contains the philosophy of heaven and earth.

"The head of the imperial government, reform the old and reform the old", this wise and famous saying comes from "Zhou Yi Can Tong Qi", which believes that "reforming the old and reforming the new" is the most important task of governing the country.

After Gao Chong returned to the study, he immediately began to write the notebook. This kind of righteous statement, now criticizing Zhang Pinggao from the commanding heights of morality and legal system, is Gao Chong's best technique.

After finishing writing the playbook, Gao Chong checked it again and was quite satisfied.

At this moment, Li Xiuwan came in with a bowl of soup, "Lang Jun, you've only been drinking tonight and haven't eaten anything, so let's have a bowl of soup."

"My lady is so kind." Gao Chong said with a cheap smile, took the soup and drank it, then put his arms around Li Xiuwan, bit her ear and lip and whispered: "My lady, I will go to school for a few days, let's study. Bar".

Feeling the warm air in her ears, Li Xiuwan's body trembled, her face blushed, and she buried herself in Gao Chong's arms, "Mr. Lang, you are too bad...".

Gao Chong laughed loudly, got up and hugged Li Xiuwan on the bed, and was about to make another move when Li Xiuwan suddenly hugged Gao Chong, lowered her eyebrows and smiled, "Wait a minute, sir, I, I seem to be happy."

Hearing this, he gave a high-pitched pause, and then happily asked: "Really?"

Li Xiuwan nodded shyly, "I can feel it, it shouldn't be wrong."

"Can this thing still feel?" Gao Chong stared and asked, "It's better to ask a doctor to take a look."

Li Xiuwan rolled her eyes at Gao Chong, nodded in response, she hadn't had her period for two months.

Gao Chong opened the door and shouted happily: "Gao Da, sophomore, please call the doctor quickly, and besides, everyone in the house will be rewarded."

The sophomore in high school took the order to go, asking the doctor because he was unwell, why he was so excited, only Gao Da seemed to understand, he bowed and congratulated: "Congratulations, sir".

Not long after, before the doctor came, Gao Junya and his wife hurried over.

"Chong'er, what's the matter? Why call a doctor urgently? But what's wrong?" Xue asked anxiously, she thought Gao Chong and his wife were not feeling well.

Gao Junya looked over with the same concerned eyes.

Gao Chong grinned, "It's okay, no, it's a happy event, Liu Niang is pregnant again."

When Xue heard this, she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Li Xiuwan, "Oh, this is really a blessing from the ancestors, come on, princess, sit down quickly, don't stand here, more exposed, be careful catch cold".

"Aniang, it's okay, you're not sure yet?" Li Xiuwan said with a blushing face.

"Whether it's true or not, I can't catch the cold, let's go, come in quickly..." Xue babbled and pushed Li Xiuwan into the room.

"Not bad", Gao Junya nodded in praise with Nian Xu, "Keep up the good work".

Gao Chong's face darkened, this thing can continue to work hard...

At this time, the second year of high school finally invited the doctor, "Ah Lang, Mr. Lang, Dr. Zhao is here."

"Doctor Zhao, you're being polite," Gao Chong saluted, and hurriedly invited Dr. Zhao into the room, "Doctor Zhao, take a quick look, is it a happy pulse?"

Dr. Zhao was too late to be polite, and after taking the pulse, he smiled, "Congratulations to the princess, congratulations to Lord Yan, congratulations to Gao Siqing, the princess is indeed happy, and it has been more than two months."

When everyone heard the words, they were overjoyed. This night, the Gao Mansion was very lively.

"Lang Jun, now that the princess is pregnant again, the Gao family is finally going to bloom again. I'm really happy from the bottom of my heart." In the master bedroom in the backyard, Mrs. Xue was still immersed in joy, her eyes were red. .

Gao Junya knew what the lady was thinking, so she went forward and took Xue Shi's hand, and said with a smile: "Then I will have to take care of you again."

"What did Mr. Lang say, I can't wait for this." Xue smiled, and then sat back on the bed and sighed: "It's just that my stomach is not up to date, and I only gave birth to two sons and one daughter for Mr. Lang. There is no one in the…”

In the past few years, Mrs. Xue was under a lot of pressure. She only gave birth to one son and one daughter for Gao Junya. The Gao family was thin, but Gao Junya was unwilling to take concubines. This invisibly put a lot of pressure on Mrs. Xue, and it was inevitable that someone would Think Xue is a jealous woman.

"My lady, don't say that." Gao Junya hugged Xue Shi tightly, and sighed quietly: "I, Gao Junya, don't want to take a concubine. It's not because of you. I just don't want what happened to my father to repeat itself in the Gao family." ".

Seeing Gao Junya mentioning her father, Mrs. Xue hurriedly said: "Okay, I'll just talk about it, Mr. Lang, please rest quickly, tomorrow morning will be over."

While urging Gao Junya to rest, Xue's face was full of hope and planned: "Tomorrow I will enter the palace to announce the good news, and then I will invite the imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Office to come and have a look, and then go to my old sisters to find some good things. Make up for the princess... ".

Hearing his wife's thoughts, Gao Junya didn't divert his attention, just sighed deeply, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xue felt distressed, and hugged Gao Junya tightly, "Lang Jun, it's all over, the Gao family is different now... go to sleep."

"Hmm..." Gao Junya responded softly.