Late Tang

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The Beijing Teacher's probation army entered the east chamber of the Zouyuan, the room was pitch black, and there was loud knocking on the door outside. "Master!" someone shouted.

"Wait a minute!" Xin Yan sat up from the bed, wearing only a white jacket and a robe casually, and walked through the dark room.When he was about to open the door, he saw his nephew monk knocking on the door with his fist raised, and the elder holding a candlestick. Between them was a smiling eunuch.

The eunuch smiled and said to him: "Mr. Xin, His Majesty the Emperor declares that you will immediately enter the palace to have an audience!"

Xin Xun was a little hesitant. It was already midnight. At this time, it seemed that the emperor should be giving a banquet to the generals of the eight towns and three tribes in the palace. "Eunuch, please wait a moment, so I will change clothes." Xin Yan asked the eunuch to wait outside the door, and he returned to the house, and asked his two nephews to help him change his clothes.He put on a purple official robe, a sage crown, a jade belt, and held a goldfish bag around his waist.He also took the long sword that never left his body.

The Daming Palace was brilliant but silent. When the mountain monks and elders escorted him all the way to the gate of the imperial city, a crescent moon had already hung low over the high wall.On the top of the city, the fiery red cloaks of the Jinwu Guard and the Shence Army loomed, guarding the imperial city.

Following the eunuch, he passed through the imperial city, passed through the Taiji Palace, and finally arrived at the Daming Palace.

On the way, Xin Yan kept guessing the reason why the emperor announced his audience at this time, but after much deliberation, there was no result.He asked the eunuch next to him, but the eunuch just smiled, "It's not convenient for us to disclose, but we can tell Mr. Xin that this is a good thing."

The banquet tonight is held in the Linde Hall, which is magnificent in regulation and unique in structure, and can be called a classic of Tang Dynasty architecture.Located on a high ground in the west of Taiye Pool in Daming Palace, it is composed of four halls closely connected in series.

During the grand banquet of Linde Hall, 3000 people can sit in front of the hall and under the corridors, and perform a hundred operas. You can also play polo in front of the hall, which is an open square.

Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty had a banquet here for more than 3500 soldiers of the Shence Army.The officials of the Tang Dynasty were all proud to be able to attend the Linde Palace banquet.

Outside the gate of Linde Hall, the eunuch shouted loudly: "General Zuo Xiaowei Xin Xun has an audience!"

After a while, an eunuch inside said loudly: "Your Majesty has a decree to announce that the Zuo Xiaowei General Xin Xun will have an audience!"

The emperor's banquet today was in the nave of the third hall of the Linde Hall. Before entering the palace, Xin Xun had been searched, and the long sword had long been left outside the palace.At this time, someone came up and searched again before letting him go.All the way in, there are shence army guards everywhere, and near the nave, there are all Qianniuwei generals with Qianniu swords on their waists.

Although it was already the night of March, silver charcoal was still burning in the hall, and as soon as he entered the hall, there was a wave of heat rushing towards his face.Countless palace lanterns in the hall illuminate the entire hall as if it were daytime. The emperor sits at the top, and there are two rows of desks on the left and right below.Sitting on the left are the important officials in Beijing with the prime minister as their prime minister.Behind the seats on the right are Zheng Congxuan, Li Jing and other generals who were rewarded.

The laborious eyes swept across the palace quickly, and the young emperor was smiling, as if he was very excited.The eunuchs such as Tian Lingzi also smiled slightly. Looking at the right side, from Zheng Congxuan to Yu Jian, Li Jing, Cui Anqian and others were all sullen, not half happy.

When Xin Yan was still guessing what happened, he heard the emperor say from above: "Okay, General Xin recommended by Li Zhenguo has also arrived, so this matter is settled. Tomorrow morning, in front of Linde Hall , the general of the Zuo Shence Army recommended by Lieutenant Tian and the general Xin recommended by Li Zhenguo will compete to decide who will be the deputy ambassador, envoy, deputy envoy, and marching army of the Datong Army and the Lulong Army in the end. Sima, Jiedu magistrate, etc. Now, all the ministers will drink with me!"

The emperor gave Xin Yan a banquet, and when he sat down, he was still a little confused.Sitting right next to him was Li Zhen, Sima of the Zhen [***] Marching Army.

"What's going on?" Shinji asked.

Li Zhen sat there with a wine glass in his hand, his eyes full of depression.Hearing Xin Xun's question, he immediately put the wine glass up in front of him, sighed a few times and said: "Mr. Xin doesn't know something. Just now, His Majesty conferred the titles of my family's Jieshuai Situ, Zhongshuling, and Tongpingzhang in the Xuanzheng Hall. He also designed Lingyan Pavilion, and also served as the Jiedu envoy of Lulong and Datong towns."

Xin Xun was a little surprised when he heard the title of Situ, and was about to say a few words of congratulations, but when he heard the long list of official positions behind him, he couldn't help being shocked, and he was shocked on the spot.

Li Zhen smiled wryly: "Xin Shijun should also see that something is wrong. This is all the trick of that eunuch Tian Lingzi. This is to flatter and kill Jieshuai."

"It should be declined!" Xin Yan expressed his opinion very directly. Although he and Li Jing had known each other not long ago, after meeting Gao Ling, they already had some feelings of forgetting their friendship.In his opinion, Li Jing is indeed a very rare young general. With time, he will definitely become a famous general like Li Jing, Li Ji, and Li Sheng.It will never be a good thing to become an extreme minister right now.

"The commander-in-chief did decline, but the emperor refused. Therefore, another incident happened now." Li Zhenchang sighed. He was also a cavalry officer in the Shence Army before, so naturally he still had his heart towards Datang Yes, but the emperor's performance really disappointed him. "Your Majesty does not want the commander-in-chief to resign from the position of the second township. Tian Lingzi took the opportunity to propose that the commander-in-chief of the second township should still be the commander-in-chief of the second township. Jiedu Zhishi and other posts."

Jiedu deputy ambassador and Jiedu envoy, this official position is not Jiedu deputy envoy, there is a big difference between the two.Jiedu deputy ambassador and Jiedu envoy are usually the de facto chief executives in the feudal town when the prince takes the position of Jiedu envoy.Except for the difference in name, he is the actual Jiedushi.However, the deputy envoy of Jiedu has much less power, and in many cases is even inferior to the marching Sima.As soon as the deputy ambassador and Jiedu envoy was appointed, Li Jing was actually a nominal name, and would not have any real power over the second town.

Xin Yan finally understood a little bit, "That's fine."

"It was very good at first, but the most important thing is..." At this point, Li Zhen couldn't help but sighed again, "Oh, I don't know how to say some things. Just now, that Tian Lingzi said to The Son of Heaven recommended four generals of the Zuo Shence Army to take up these positions, and the other three are fine. After all, they are generals of the Shence Army, and they have been in the army for many years. The elder brother who sells cakes in Xuzhou also recommended it. Damn, a cake seller is going to be a town commander now, what's the matter?"

Xin Yan was dumbfounded again, and he almost didn't believe it.

"Can His Majesty agree to such a ridiculous thing?"

Li Zhen smiled, the smile was full of complexity, meeting a king like Li Xuan was the greatest misfortune for all scholars.

"Li Shuai couldn't stand it anymore, so he proposed four names to His Majesty, and asked Xin Shijun and the chiefs of the three tribes to compete for these positions. However, the one that our commander really likes is Xin Shijun."

"Duke Qi recommends someone?" Xin Yan was a little surprised.

Li Zhen smiled lightly, "Actually, I also think that Mr. Xin is the most suitable for this position. Mr. Xin is a hero and loyal. It would be great if you can take over as Jiedu envoy on behalf of the Peking University Tongjun. It's a pity that there will be more Something even more absurd."

"What's more absurd?" Xin Yan couldn't think of anything.What else is more absurd than letting a vendor who was still selling pancakes a year ago be the deputy ambassador and envoy of Jiedu in a town?

"Mr. Xin just heard His Majesty explain that tomorrow morning, let the person recommended by Tian Lingzi and the few of you recommended by Li Shuai have a competition to determine the final position. What does Mr. Xin think this competition is about? "Li Zhen said in a low voice.

Xin Xun asked strangely: "This test should be the same as the evaluation of officials by the Ministry of Officials. It is nothing more than the official performance in the past, and if you take office, you will have a policy plan, etc., or you also need to consider how to command the army. Yes, immediately ride and shoot or something."

Li Zhen sneered: "Wrong, there is only one content in the competition, playing polo, the two teams hit the ball on the same field, and whichever team wins in the end, the people from that team will take up various positions. The post of ambassador and Jiedu envoy will be held by the general who has scored the most goals."

"Betting on Jiedushi by hitting the ball?" Xin Yan suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, and he almost couldn't breathe.His eyes were wide open, and his big hand that had been holding a sword all year round was tightly clenched into a fist. He couldn't believe such absurd thing.

Li Zhen was about to stand up when he saw Xin Yu, and quickly grabbed his clothes: "Mr. Xin, sit down quickly. Just now, Wei Guogong Zheng Shuai, Wei Guogong Yu Shuai, Xu Guogong Cui Yu, Qi Guogong Li Zhenguo, and Shang Guogong Li Zhuoda Shuai and others all advised the emperor, but unfortunately the emperor was not moved at all. If you try to persuade again at this time, not only will it not be effective, but it may even annoy the emperor."

"Could it be that Mandian Gongqing just let such absurd things happen like this, and in the future history books will record that we will all scold and poke the spine for future generations." Xin Xuan said painfully.

Li Zhen persuaded: "If the general insists on admonishing, Zhen naturally can't stop him. But has the general thought about it? At this time, the general's doing so will not help the matter. If your majesty blames the general for admonishing, in the end he will let the traitor Wouldn't it be more harmful to the country and the people to become a commander-in-chief of the town? In the current situation, I think that the general should be patient for a while, and wait until tomorrow to take down the position of commander-in-chief. Wouldn't it be better to benefit the people and be loyal to the ruler?"

Xin Yan couldn't swallow his breath.

"Could it be that the general cherishes the name behind him more, but ignores the real overall situation? Are you willing to watch Chen Jingxuan and his ilk, and finally sit in the position of commander in chief?"

Hearing these few questions, Xin Yan finally let out a long sigh and stopped getting up. He closed his eyes and was in great pain. (To be continued.)