The side hall of Tai Chi Hall.
The eight jade seals were placed on the emperor's desk. Li Po picked up the largest one and looked at it for a while.
This is the jade seal passed down from the country? One corner of the jade seal is inlaid with gold. Li Po couldn't help but think of those legends, and it felt like myths had come into reality.
When he didn't see the real objects, he was still a little yearning for them. But when he saw these things in front of him, it was just that, because he knew clearly that the essence of imperial power did not lie in these things.
Of course, with them, the imperial power will be more legitimate.
He was not in a hurry to see the envoy, nor did he announce with great fanfare that the imperial seal would be returned to Chang'an, because he had no intention of giving Dou Jiande any chance.
Li Po raised his head and asked, "Did the person say anything?"
Wang Ze, the Minister of Rites, Zheng Shanguo, the Minister of Rites, and Gao Biaoren, the Minister of Honglu Temple, were all present.
Hearing this, Zheng Shanguo immediately replied: "I have inquired about it, but the other party was cautious in his words. He only said that he had something to say when he met the Supreme Being. He must have wanted to imitate Su Qin and Zhang Yi in combining vertical and horizontal lines."
Li Po smiled, "When the army is approaching the city, what's the use of Su Qin and Zhang Yi coming? Are they from the Pei family in Hedong? I heard they are quite famous?"
Naturally, Wang Ze would not let go of the opportunity to apply eye drops to Mr. Pei, "Pei Xingyan, whose courtesy name is Shoujing, is the son of Pei Renji, the former Minister of Rites in the Sui Dynasty, and Pei Renji, the ambassador of Henan Province. In terms of seniority, he should be Pei Shiqing, the Minister of Official Affairs.
Nephew.
However, Pei Renji's branch belongs to the Pei family's East Household Household, and Pei Ju, Pei Shiqing, Pei Ji and others are all from the West House Household."
Li Po actually doesn't care much about these things. He now has a deep understanding of the family. The Pei family is not even the top family. For example, the Li family in Longxi is called prosperous and has as many as two or three branches.
Ten branches.
Li Yuan's branch is just a thicker branch among them. It's just that he became the emperor, so the Li family in Longxi respected him.
As soon as Li Yuan died, the Longxi Li family returned to the state of the pre-Sui Dynasty and was divided into several large families. They all said that they were from the Longxi Li family, but in fact they no longer recognized the status of Li Yuan's branch.
Several people saw that there was not much joy on the emperor's face, and they all felt uneasy in their hearts.
The original process should have been to wait until the great court meeting, and have Dou Jiande's envoy go to the palace and present the Jade Seal of the Kingdom in front of the ministers. Taking advantage of the situation, it was announced that the Jade Seal of the Kingdom that had been lost outside had finally returned to the hands of the emperor, which was also equivalent to a declaration to the people of the world.
This can inspire people and stabilize the imperial power.
But they received a temporary edict, allowing them to directly send the imperial seal to the palace.
Wang Ze thought about it for a while and came to some understanding, but it was still a pity, but he would never talk too much about this matter.
On the other hand, Gao Biaoren, the minister of Honglu Temple, had to find out the emperor's attitude, because Honglu Temple was responsible for receiving foreign envoys and was the most directly responsible person for this matter.
At this time, he said carefully: "The people who came have been settled, when will the Supreme Lord call them in... I thought I could delay it for a while and let the ministers ask them about their purpose of coming first, so as to prevent them from making nonsense in front of the Supreme Being.
On the contrary, it is not beautiful.”
Li Po smiled and said, "I have ordered the army to cross the river in March. Who will send us... Dou Jiande and other thieves who broke the road have caused trouble in Shandong and stolen Hebei. Now they are crowned as monkeys. It is really ridiculous."
If his relatives came, knelt down on the ground, and begged for orders in the palace, I could barely pardon his sins and let him live out his remaining years in peace in Chang'an. But now that I have sent someone here to give him some gifts, he wants me to stop fighting and make things right? What do you think?
Is this a foolish dream?"
After hearing this, the three of them suddenly realized that if they really wanted to receive the envoy and everyone knew about it, and at the same time ordered a large army to attack him, it would be suspected of breaking their promise.
Of course, if the emperor really believes in any fiduciary words or promises, that would be like seeing a ghost. The reason why the emperor's promises are so valuable is that in most cases, there is no need for the emperor to break his promise.
On major national affairs, it is normal for the emperor to renege on his promise, but if you really do something as extreme as Wang Shichong, today I pat your shoulders and call you brother-in-law, and tomorrow I will send people to your house to ransack your home. If life is normal, who can do it?
Do you believe what you say?
Therefore, this was not a big deal, and Gao Biaoren understood that there was no need to take Dou Jiande's envoy too seriously. At most, it would just be a show-off.
Take good care of them. If there is a war over there, maybe these people will lose their heads.
At this time, eunuchs entered the palace and reported: "Yang Gongren, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Li Gang, Minister of Dali Temple, have come to see us."
Li Po waved his hand, "Let them come in."
Gao Biaoren was relieved and felt relieved again. Gao Shen's case has not been closed yet. These two came together, shouldn't they be talking about other things? Could it be that someone rammed into Mrs. Cheng Guo's car again?
The idea was a bit out of tune. After such a long time of tossing, he was a little tired. Even now, he still doesn't know if what Empress Dowager De said when she entered the palace on the first day of the new year is true.
Not long after, Yang Gongren and Li Gang came to the palace and bowed to salute.
Li Po said that he would be offered a seat, and the two of them signaled to their colleagues and sat down peacefully.
Yan Shigu, the regular attendant of Sanqi, came forward and presented the document, which was taken by the eunuch. Li Po then knocked on the table and said, "Read it."
The eunuch held the document and opened it and preached: "Since I came to the throne, I have felt that the world is becoming more and more hostile. I have a kind heart and never commit any crime against my ministers without reason.
However, Gao Shen was born in a famous family and held an important position. He did not want to serve the king at the top, nor did he want to stabilize the common people at the bottom. He was ferocious and surly, and committed many crimes.
There are forty-three crimes..."
He read the crime for a long time, and finally said: "I will kill him and abandon the market."
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When Gao Biaoren heard what he said, he breathed a long sigh of relief and was extremely happy.
Killing Gao's lord made the next lord feel lucky. As an emperor, Li Po should be proud of such a method.
Of course, there is nothing strange about this.
Gao Shen's case has been dragged on for too long, to the point where Gao is weighing on his back.
What's more, these days are not as simple as killing people with a nod on the head. There are many tortures. Maybe if the emperor is a little annoyed, there will be tortures such as cutting in half and being tortured.
For example, Yang Xuangan rebelled against the Sui Dynasty. Even if he committed suicide, Yang Guang did not let him go. He cut his body into pieces in front of the Luoyang palace gate, kept his body exposed for three days, and then set fire to his body.
It was even more terrible when it came to Husi Zheng. Not only was he executed by Lingchi, Yang Guang also boiled his flesh and made it eaten by the ministers. His bones were burned into ashes and scattered in all directions. The bones were broken and the ashes were scattered.
In addition, confiscation of homes and genocide and the removal of ancestral graves are also very common crimes and punishments...
Gao Shen only got one sentence of beheading, and he also abandoned the market, which was meant to be executed in public. For the many crimes he committed, he should really be lucky.
This chapter has been completed!