Chastity Layman

  Chapter 73 Not Entering the Court

  As the saying goes, there are people in the first watch, gongs in the second watch, ghosts in the third watch, thieves in the fourth watch, and rooster in the fifth watch.

  Datang stipulates that court officials must rush to the gate of the palace before five o'clock every day. Five o'clock in one night, five o'clock in one o'clock, five o'clock in the five o'clock is exactly five o'clock in the morning.

  In summer, the sky is already slightly bright at this point, but for officials living in the south of the city far away from the imperial city, the time is still relatively fast. After all, it is almost ten miles from the south of the city to the front of the palace.

  Of course, not every official in Beijing needs to go to the court, and the court must also be qualified. The Great Tang Dynasty is divided into the Richao and the Shuowang Dynasty. The Richao is the morning dynasty every day, and the Shuowang Dynasty is the Grand Chaohui on the 15th day of the new year.

  Only regular senators from Japan and North Korea are eligible to participate, civil servants of the fifth grade or above, and enshrined officials from the two provinces, supervisory censors, Yuan Wai Lang, Dr. Taichang, and Japanese ginseng.

  Ordinary generals don’t need to go to the court every day. Qin Lang, the Zhenfu Sicheng, is a fourth-rank official, but because he is special, he usually doesn’t need to attend the court. Today, Li Shimin asked Qin Lang to follow him to the court.

  Because the emperor is still locked up in the Taiji Palace, all the court meetings are now changed to the East Palace.

   Li Shimin entered the hall, sat down, and the censor began to sing and shout to order the court officials to enter the hall.

  A group of officials entered the palace, and they were surprised to find that there were not only the emperor, the censor, and eunuchs in the palace today, but also the emperor's virtuous son-in-law, Duke Yi, Qin Lang.

  Everyone didn't quite understand why Qin Lang, who was not a regular counselor, came here, and he didn't wait outside the hall for Xuanjin, but came first with the emperor.

  After Baiguanshan Huba salute.

   Li Shimin sat in the hall and directly issued the prince's decree.

   "Deprived of the title of Li Wanshun, the princess of Wenxi County, and removed her nationality as a commoner, Zheng Shisanniang, the daughter of Zheng Xuanli, the right Sima of Zhenfu Sima, sheltered the fugitive, and her nationality was not registered in Yeting as a slave!"

   "Zheng Xuanli righteously exterminated relatives, made a meritorious report, and moved to the secretary and provincial secretary Cheng!"

   "Zhenfu Sicheng was able to handle the case well, and he was given a hundred taels of gold and a servant."

  In the hall, all the courtiers were at a loss.

  After hearing that Zheng Xuanli was promoted to fifth-rank secretary Cheng because of his meritorious service in reporting, everyone couldn't help but quietly realized that Zheng Xuanli had actually reported his own daughter to protect Princess Wenxi and King Julu.

  Everyone looked disgusted.

   Tang law stipulates that relatives should conceal each other. In this case, even if Zheng Xuanli concealed it for his daughter, it would not be considered a crime, but he wanted to report it.

  Now his own daughter has been confiscated into Ye Ting as a slave, but he sold his daughter to be promoted, from the sixth-rank governor Sima to the fifth-rank secretary and provincial secretary Cheng, what a shame.

   It's like losing the face of the family name.

  Qin Lang stood there, never expecting Li Shimin to deal with it like this.

  The crown prince did not convict him, but instead rewarded him with a hundred taels of gold and a servant.

  He didn't care about Zheng Xuanli's promotion or not, but he was relieved that Princess Wenxi survived, even if he became a commoner, it was better than no life.

   Zheng Shisanniang ended up in the Yeting Court as a slave, which was very miserable.

  Qin Lang had previously told Zheng Xuanli about Thirteen Niang's stay in the Qin Mansion, but unexpectedly he had secretly told Li Shimin.

  But after thinking about it carefully, Qin Lang felt that Zheng Xuanli was a secret informer, but Li Shimin probably knew about it a long time ago. After he told Zheng Xuanli to hand over Li Chengyi, Li Shimin said that he knew about it a long time ago.

  I'm afraid there is Li Shimin's hidden eyeliner by my side.

Until the end of the morning court, Li Shimin never brought up the matter of Qin Lang's cover-up, nor did he convict him in the slightest. The court meeting ended after only half an hour or so. Lang.

   "What would you like to eat? Soup cakes or pancakes?" Li Shimin asked.

   "The minister is not hungry."

   "The flax pancakes are really good, and I like them too, so let's eat flax pancakes."

  Qin Lang thought to himself when I said I want to eat flax pancakes.

  The flax pancakes made in the palace are actually the same as the ones outside, and even feel a bit cut corners, at least the mutton stuffing inside should be less.

   "I know that you like to drink weak tea. This is loose tea specially prepared for you. When you leave the palace later, take two catties with you and keep it for drinking."

  After the pancakes were served, there was actually a cup of brewed green tea, which surprised Qin Lang.

   One breakfast, I was a little frightened.

  He doesn't even know how to eat.

   "Are you wondering why Gu didn't convict you? Even cover it up for you today?"

   "It is Your Highness who is kind."

  Li Shimin smiled, took a sip of his tea, but shook his head again. He spat out a piece of tea foam, "Gu really can't drink this tea, and I don't know why you like this way of drinking it."

  He put down his teacup and looked at Qin Lang.

"Gu admires you very much, and has always thanked you for your father and son's loyalty. Besides, now that you are Gu's son-in-law, Gu naturally has to take care of you. In fact, when Gu was your age, his temper was also restless, and he did not like it. She has done a lot of wrong things, she was young and frivolous, I understand, not to mention Zheng Shisanniang is also said to be a beauty, and she is also a daughter of everyone, and now she is in trouble at your house, a hero rescued the beauty for a while, I can only understand."

"However, what makes Gu even happier is that you finally made the right choice. Gu has been waiting for you to tell me that you have done a good job. I have waited in vain. So today I rewarded Zheng Xuanli in the court hall. , so that everyone thought that Wanshun was hiding in Zheng's house, but no one thought that it was actually in your house."

   "Thank you, Your Highness, for your care."

"There is no one else here, so you don't have to be so polite." Li Shimin chuckled, "Sanlang, I like you very much, and the more I look at it now, the more I feel that you are like me when I was young. , very efficient."

   "But."

  Qin Lang lowered his head and listened carefully to the lesson.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it, just think twice before doing anything in the future, and think twice before acting. I have fought side by side with your father for many years. It can be said that although you are not a brother, you are like a brother. Now that you are my son-in-law, I am Very happy."

   "I'm going to transfer Zheng Xuanli from the Zhenfu Department. He reported you to me in private. I won't leave you disgusting when you report to the boss's subordinates."

   "Thank you, Your Highness."

  Li Shimin was very satisfied with Qin Lang's sincere attitude now, which gave him a sense of satisfaction that he had tamed a fierce horse.

   "Sanlang, the Zhenfu Division is running very well. It has completed two major errands in succession since it was established. I am relieved to entrust the Zhenfu Division to you." Li Shimin took out a memorial to Qin Lang.

   "Look at this!"

Qin Lang took it and read it carefully, but it turned out to be a report letter about Youzhou. The letter was written by Shuang Shiluo, the governor of Dingzhou. After conquering Liu Heita in Hebei, he asked the imperial court to let him guard Hebei. At this time, he was in charge of the military in Dingzhou and other eight Hebei states.

  Shuangshi Luomi played Li Shimin, saying that Li Yuan, the governor of Youzhou, was conspiring to rebel, and there was a lot of evidence.

   "Is the news reliable?"

  Qin Lang asked.

"Li Yuan, the king of Lujiang, is my cousin. He is a cowardly and incompetent man. He has a good relationship with Jiancheng and has won the trust of the emperor. He served as Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, Governor of Xinzhou, Shannan Dongdao Xingtai Youpushe, together with Xiao Gong, he wiped out Xiao Xian in the south of the Yangtze River, and has since been in Youzhou until now."

  Youzhou Dudufu is the Dudufu, which controls the military forces of the 17 prefectures in Hebei. It is also close to the northern Turks. It is an important military town in the north, and its status is very important.

  Li Yuan's change made Li Shimin very disturbed.

   "Tian Liu'an, Qiu Xingshi, and Qi Shanxing also reported the changes in Youzhou."

  These three people are also Li Shimin's people. They stayed there after conquering Hebei. Tian Liu'an used to be the right four commanding army of Qin Wangfu, and now he is the governor of Weizhou. Both Qiu Xingshi and his younger brother Qiu Xinggong belonged to Li Shimin, and they are now the governor of Yizhou.

  Qi Shanxing was the prime minister of Dou Jiande at first. After Dou was defeated and captured, he urged Empress Cao to hand over the Eight Seals of Xia State and the states of Hebei.

  They were all Li Shimin’s people who stayed in Hebei back then, competing with the crown prince for the control of Hebei, and now they are accusing Li Yuan of plotting rebellion, so it is likely to be true.

   "Actually, Gu was never worried about Li Yuan's chaos. It was Wang Junkuo who was really worried."

  Li Yuan is a cowardly guy. He used to be a dandy. He usually likes to do some things to deceive others. Even after he was crowned king, he also did things like killing a businessman and robbing his wife because he was greedy for her beauty.

This guy led the army to fight and never won a battle, but Wang Junkuo, who assisted him in Youzhou, was a ruthless man. This guy was born as a rogue horse thief, and later became a robber at the end of the Sui Dynasty. He recited the Tang Dynasty and then descended to the Tang Dynasty again, but this man was indeed brave and unparalleled. When he fought against Luoyang, he once defeated thousands of troops with thirteen riders. Even Li Yuan admired his arrogance, so he was named Shangzhu Kingdom and Peng Guogong, and let him The Golden Palace came out on horseback, with brocade robes and gold belts added to the body.

  Later, Wang Junkuo's son married Li Yuan's daughter and became the in-laws of the son and daughter.

  Li Yuan founded the country and conquered the world, and he trusted his family the most. However, Li Tang’s clan had little ability except Xiaogong, and others like Li Yuan were incompetent. So Li Yuan likes to use the clan as the commander, but at the same time send strong generals to assist him.

  For example, Li Jing was sent to Li Xiaogong, Wang Junkuo was sent to Li Yuan, and Shi Wanbao was sent to Li Daoxuan.

   "If Wang Junkuo also rebelled, it would be troublesome, especially if they colluded with the Turks, I'm afraid there will be another turmoil in Hebei!"

Hebei has been in chaos several times. After the four-year war in the Central Plains of Wude, the king of Hebei, Dou Jiande, was captured and killed in Chang'an. Tang immediately culled with all his strength, but Liu Heitai still made a comeback soon after his first defeat. Brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin took turns to fight, and finally pacified Hebei.

  Datang is not very popular in Hebei. If Li Yuan and Wang Junkuo turn against him again, I am afraid that Hebei will really be in chaos again.

   "Huailiang, I hope you take someone to Youzhou!" Li Shimin stared at Qin Lang, "I need to know the real details over there!"

  (end of this chapter)