Early Tang Dynasty Concubine

Chapter 62
Li Shimin was still enthroned, but on the day of enthronement, only five people were rewarded. This is what Sun Churui learned at home. Of course, there were actually many people who were rewarded, and most of them were awarded in the form of edicts. On the day of enthronement, it was announced that there were indeed only five people in the world.And there was a big joke in the hall, which made Sun Churui very happy.

After watching Sui all night, after having dinner the next morning, Sun Churui went straight back to his room and went to sleep. He didn't care what happened outside, and he didn't plan to get up even if it was on fire today. Qing has not been eliminated, everyone is in the excitement, this sleep can be said to be a dark sleep.

If it wasn't for the New Year's greetings, Sun Churui wouldn't even wake up on the second day of the new year.It was supposed to be there on the first day of junior high school, but when Li Shimin ascended the throne, he officially changed the name of the country to the first year of Zhenguan.He also invited civil and military officials from the Manchu Dynasty, but there was no time.

"Hehe! Interesting, do you want to call Li Shentong uncle or elder brother?" Sun Churui asked.

While having breakfast, Li Xiuning told him about the affairs in the court, and Sun Churui ate breakfast directly in Li Xiuning's boudoir. Although the two of them did nothing, the relationship was already established.

When Li Shimin ascended the throne, the imperial court rewarded meritorious ministers and issued an imperial edict, and asked Chen Shuda, who was then a servant, to read the edict on rewarding meritorious deeds under the steps of the palace. , good at reciting meritorious deeds, with national Yi training, Minister of the Ministry of Officials Sun Wuji, the Duke of Shangdang County, Zhongshu Ling Hou Fangyuanling of Linzi County, General Wei Chi Jingde of Youwuhou, Minister of the Ministry of War Du Ruhui, a male of Jianping County, Zuo Wei General Quanjiao County, Zihou Junji, etc., either planned long ago, prepared a plan, devoted their heart and soul, and prepared for loyalty, or served as envoys early, agreed with the broad army, sincerely faced difficulties, and their achievements were declared internally and externally. , Zhijian Jinshi, swear to the mountains and rivers, and actually agree with the court, Wuji was named the Duke of Qi, Yuanling was named the Duke of Xing, Jingde was named the Duke of E, Ruhui was named the Duke of Lai, and Junji was named the Duke of Lu. Thousand households".After Chen Shuda read out Li Shimin's imperial edict on rewarding the meritorious officials, Li Shimin was still afraid that some meritorious ministers who had not been rewarded would be forgotten, so he added: "I have graded you according to your merits and rewarded them accordingly. If there is any inappropriateness, Or if there are people who have not been rewarded, please speak freely and declare for yourself!"

The ministers naturally had no objections, but one person was quite critical of Li Shimin's award this time. Who is this person?This person is Li Shimin's Congshu (Uncle Tang) Huaian Wang Li Shentong. He felt that in terms of relationship, as a relative of the emperor, and in terms of qualifications, Li Shentong was the first to stand up and respond when Li Yuan raised his troops in Taiyuan. He also made great contributions to the establishment of Datang.Now the rewards are not as good as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, this is absolutely unacceptable.From Li Shentong's point of view, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were nothing more than lip-syncing and writing staff, so why should they rank first in merit and reward far above him?The original words of Li Shentong are: "At the beginning of the flag of righteousness, the ministers led the troops to arrive first. Today, Fang Yuanling Du Ruhui and others. The man with the knife and pen. The merit is the first. The ministers will not steal (commonly known as "serve")."

Faced with Li Shentong's face-to-face questioning, Li Shimin was not unhappy, but patiently presented him with facts and reasoned. He said to Li Shentong: "Uncle, what you said is biased. When your father Huang Jinyang rebelled, you really You were the first to raise your troops to respond, but that was because you couldn’t do it to get rid of the disaster, or you had selfish intentions. Although you led the troops, you didn’t charge forward. Later, Dou Jiande invaded Jiande, but his uncle was beaten by him. Annihilated. Later, Liu Heitai made a comeback, and his uncle ran away after hearing the news. Now I have a basis for rewarding meritorious deeds. Because of them, the Tang Dynasty was able to stabilize. They are like Xiao He of the Han Dynasty. Although he never galloped to the battlefield, but without him, the Han Dynasty would not be able to rule the world. Therefore, Liu Bang also thinks that Xiao He’s contribution is the first. Uncle, you are the closest relative of the royal family , never be stingy with my love for you, but don't forget righteousness because of selfishness, otherwise, wouldn't it be chilling for those who have made meritorious deeds?" Li Shimin's words made Li Shentong speechless, suddenly feeling wronged.But all the ministers admired Li Shimin so much that they felt lucky to meet such a wise king.

"I want to be my uncle! My uncle is not bad, but he is very utilitarian!" Li Xiuning said after thinking for a while.

"Why do you say it so nicely? To put it bluntly, I have to get all the benefits. I am an expert at adapting to the wind. I don't want to see others get more benefits than myself. This is what your father is used to. This time I If you agree with Li Laoer's approach, although such a person has merit, it is of no use!"

"Today I want to see Father, I know he must be in a bad mood right now, how about you accompany me?" Li Xiuning looked at Sun Churui and said.

"Then what's the matter, it's necessary to meet your father-in-law, bring some good wine with you later, if you want me to say that your father can't worry about eating, drinking and having fun now, as long as he doesn't think about his own rights, your second brother will absolutely Don’t dare to do such rebellious things. Don’t worry, I was still in the mood to go fishing last time, it’s okay!”

After the two settled their business, Sun Churui tidied things up. Comrade Li probably didn't need anything but a few people to accompany him. As long as he and Li Xiuning went to see each other, it would be the best gift.

"Haha Your Majesty, I'm coming to see you!" After arriving at the Taiji Palace, Sun Churui saw Lao Li fishing there again, and he had to say that this old guy was fishing with such style, and there were several beautiful women behind him!

"Brat, you just came to see me. Did you bring anything interesting?" Li Yuan said happily after seeing Sun Churui, and after seeing Li Xiuning, his eyes were filled with pain again.

"Xiu Ning pays my respects to my father. It's so cold now that you don't want to freeze!" I saw Li Yuan sitting by the water and fishing.The loneliness in his expression couldn't be concealed at all.

"I'm a useless person now, what else can I do besides fishing? It's my son's heart to celebrate Chinese New Year. Come on, come on, I won't catch this fish anymore, I'll have a drink with my father later!"

"Don't mind me! Your Majesty, I have brought good wine. You must have a good fish. Your fishing skills are not good. I will catch a big fish for our men to drink with!"

Otherwise, Sun Churui was lucky, he caught a big carp weighing more than five catties in a short while!Because of the surname Li, carp was not allowed to be eaten in the early Tang Dynasty!
"Boy, do you want to eat this fish?" Li Yuan said in surprise when he saw that Sun Churui wanted to eat carp.

"What's the matter? You can't eat carp because it's a carp! You should know that in a catastrophic year, it's also food! Just because you made a mistake with your old Li family and don't eat it? It's not the same "LI" word!"

(End of this chapter)