One day, when Emperor Xianwen returned to the palace after leaving his court, he saw a guard who was lying on the ground at the door of the bedroom, humming constantly.Emperor Xianwen asked the left and right: "Why is this person lying at the gate of the Forbidden Palace in pain?"

A eunuch came forward and called the guard for questioning.Seeing the emperor's questioning, the guard's face turned pale with fright.Emperor Xianwen said kindly, "Who are you? Why are you crying at the gate of the Forbidden Palace?"

The guard had no choice but to answer: "Back to the emperor, the villain is called Chen Ergou, and he is responsible for guarding the emperor's forbidden palace. Today, when the villain was on duty, he happened to meet the minister in the palace who came to check. The minister in the palace saw the villain's eyes strangely." , then called the villain for questioning. After the villain told his name, the Shangshu in the palace was furious. He said: "The forbidden area of ​​the palace, you dare to call Ergou, insulting the dignity of the royal family, so you beat the villain hard. The pain was unbearable, so he groaned and alarmed the emperor, the villain deserves death!"

Emperor Xianwen couldn't help laughing and said, "Your name is Chen Ergou?"

Chen Ergou's face turned pale with fright, and he said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the villain deserves to die. The villain's parents are illiterate. When the villain was born, he gave the villain such a name. It insults the dignity of the royal family!"

Emperor Xianwen said with a pleasant expression: "Chen Ergou, you are still alive! In recognition of your meritorious service in guarding Lian's bedroom, Lian will give you a new name, Tuobagou!"

Chen Ergou was overjoyed and knelt down to thank Emperor Xianwen.Emperor Xianwen said: "Tuobagou, let me ask you, where is the Shangshu in the palace now?"

Tuoba Gou hesitated and didn't dare to say anything, Emperor Xianwen said: "Tuoba Gou, do you dare to resist the order?"

Tuoba Gou was so frightened that he lay down and said: "Your Majesty, the villain dare not. The minister in the palace punished the villain because of his drinking. When the emperor came, the minister in the palace was still resting in the side hall."

Emperor Xianwen said with a sullen face: "Come here, call Tuobapi, the Shangshu in the palace, to the gate of the palace!"

The guards on the left and right shouted: "No!" After a while, they came to the emperor with the help of Tuobapi, the minister in the palace who was drunk as mud.Although Tuoba Pi was supported by two guards, he was still insane and kept talking nonsense.Emperor Xianwen was furious and called his guards to wake up Tuobapi.

The guards brought cold water from the side hall and poured it on the head.Tuoba Pi was shocked by the cold water, and immediately came to his senses, he shouted loudly: "Who is so bold as to splash water on this Shangshu?"

A eunuch shouted: "Presumptuous! Your Majesty is here, and Tuobapi, the minister in the palace, still kneels down to meet him!"

Only then did Tuoba Pi see clearly the Emperor Xianwen in front of him, his legs softened in fright, and he fell to his knees with a plop.Xian Wenxue asked, "Tuoba Pi, why did you punish Tuoba Gou?"

Tuoba Pi was at a loss, and replied puzzledly: "Back to the emperor, I don't know Tuoba Gou!"

The eunuch beside him shouted: "Bold Tuoba Pi, how dare the emperor deny it? Why did you punish Chen Ergou? The emperor took pity on his pain and gave Chen Ergou the name Tuobagou!"

Tuobapi was stunned for a long time before returning to Emperor Xianwen and said: "Back to the emperor, I thought that Chen Ergou, no, no, Tuobapi's name was too insulting to the majesty of the emperor, so he punished him. Fortunately, the emperor gave him the name. It will not damage the majesty of my Great Wei!"

Emperor Xianwen said angrily: "The name and surname are given by my parents. Tuoba Gou's parents are illiterate, so I took this common name. Although the guards of the Great Wei Dynasty have Chinese surnames, they are all descendants of the Xianbei royal family of the Great Wei Dynasty. The ancestors of the Great Wei Dynasty , all want to integrate me into Xianbei and Han, so they often give the surname Suwei to the people."

"Tuoba Gou is not only a member of the old guard, but also a member of our Xianbei tribe! Tuoba Gou is the guard of the palace, loyal and loyal, what is the crime? You are his boss, but you are drunk and make trouble. You are in the golden palace. , in front of all civil and military officials, I personally sealed you as the Minister of the Palace. I never thought that you would not want to repay the king's favor, but instead consulted and let it go. Wouldn't it chill the hearts of all the guards? It's also a shame that the joint employment is not appropriate!"

Emperor Xianwen shouted loudly: "Come here, seize the post of minister in Tuobapi's palace, put him in the prison, and hand him over to the Ministry of punishment."

Tuoba Pi turned pale with fright and fell to the ground begging for mercy.At this moment, Emperor Xianwen heard a person beside him say: "My minister Yihun pays homage to the emperor! I don't know why the emperor is so angry?"

When Emperor Xianwen saw Yihun, he said angrily, "Yihun, you came just in time, so I ordered you to bring your guards and put Tuoba Pi in the prison for questioning!"

Yi Hun pretended to be surprised, and hurriedly asked what was going on.Left and right told Yi Hun the whole story, Yi Hun then knelt down and played: "Your Majesty, Tuoba Pi is a veteran of the three dynasties, loyal to the Emperor. Although he was confused for a while and offended Tianwei, I still hope that the Emperor will give him a chance to make up for his mistakes!"

Emperor Xianwen said angrily: "Since the prime minister begged for mercy, the alliance will not punish Tuobapi's crime. However, Tuobapi is so confused, how can he take up the post of Shangshu in the palace? He will be dismissed from his official position and reduced to a commoner. He will never be hired!"

Yi Hun said: "Wait a minute, Your Majesty, Yi Hun has something to say. On the Golden Palace, the humble minister originally appointed someone else as the Minister of the Palace, but the Emperor refused because he hated his ugly appearance. The Emperor personally sealed Tuoba Pi as the Minister of the Palace, If it is abandoned at this time, I am afraid that all the officials will laugh secretly and damage the power of heaven, so I hope the emperor will think twice!"

Emperor Xianwen pondered for a while and said: "Forget it, since the prime minister is begging for mercy, Lian will not pursue it for the time being, and still make him a minister in the palace, and he will perform a crime and make meritorious service. However, although he is spared the death penalty, he cannot escape the death penalty! Twenty sticks in the court are used as a warning to others."

Hearing this, the left and right guards rushed up, pushed Tuoba Pi to the ground, punished him with twenty court sticks in public, beat Tuoba Pi until his skin was torn apart, and wailed endlessly.

After Emperor Xianwen returned to the palace, Yi Hun said to the two guards: "You two quickly set up Lord Shangshu, put him in the soft sedan chair of the Prime Minister, and recruit him into the Prime Minister's residence. The Prime Minister recruited a good doctor to treat Lord Shangshu himself. "

The guards did not dare to be negligent, and according to Yihun's words, carried Tuoba Pi into the prime minister's residence.Yi Hun summoned a good doctor, healed Tuoba Pi, and personally offered chicken soup to feed Tuoba Pi.

Tuoba Pi sobbed and said, "If the prime minister rescued him, Tuoba Pi's life would be over! I can't repay the prime minister's kindness for me in a humble position! May I be a cow or a horse in the next life to repay the prime minister's kindness!"

Yi Hun was secretly happy, in his opinion, this is a god-sent opportunity.After he left the court, he was patrolling the gates of various palaces, when he heard Emperor Xianwen's angry scolding, he hurried over to ask what was the matter.After the left and right told him what happened, Yihun thought to himself, this must be the little emperor's desire to buy off the guards around him, so he severely punished Tuobapi!

Yi Hun thought, this is a golden opportunity, if he can keep Tuobapi, then Tuobapi will use it wholeheartedly.Therefore, Yi Hun tried his best to protect Tuoba Pi in front of Emperor Xianwen, and ordered him to enter the prime minister's mansion to heal his wounds, and fed him with his own hands to win his heart.

Sure enough, as Yihun expected, Tuoba Pi was grateful to Yihun, willing to follow Yihun, willing to use him.Yi Hun saw that Tuoba Pi, the Shangshu in the palace, had been used for himself, and he was determined.After mastering the military power of the imperial guards inside and outside the Forbidden Palace, Yihun reused Shangshu Youpushe and Annan General Murong Baiyao to gradually reduce his dependence on Jia Xiu.

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