Chapter 154: The East Palace Case (8)

The sky above the city walls had turned white, and the sky was clear, and the fifth correction was corrected, and the rumbling drums were ringing in the various yards of Chang'an City. Almost all officials' homes were in chaos. Today will be the day of the dynasty. Officials with fifth rank and third rank and scattered officials must go to Hanyuan Hall to attend the Hanyuan Hall, and other small officials with fifth rank and below must also go to their respective yamen to wait for summons at any time.

The lights lit up at Li Qing's house at the fourth hour, and the curtain was inconvenient and could not get up to clean up for her husband. The matter fell on Xiaoyu's head. Although she was sleepy, she was already Li Qing's concubine in name, so she had the obligation to clean up everything for Li Qing. For this reason, she went to bed early, and got up at the fourth hour to start making breakfast, preparing Li Qing's official uniform for the court.

As soon as the chopsticks were put on, the rumbling drum sound began to sound. She seemed to be burned by fire. She jumped up in shock and rushed into Li Qing's room anxiously. While shaking Li Qing's shoulders vigorously, she shouted, "Get up! Get up! Don't sleep, the drum is already ringing."

"Yeah! I get it."

Li Qing sat up in a daze, took the wet veil handed over by Xiaoyu, wiped his face, and his mind immediately became clear, "By the way! Today is the day to go to the Great Court, so you can't miss it."

Li Qing put on his clothes, pulled the curtains casually, and pushed the window open a crack. He saw a full moon still hanging in the sky, but the light had diminished. The stars around him were blinking tiredly. Today will be a sunny day.

Li Qing is not a official and has no qualifications for court, but yesterday he received a notice that he ordered him to attend court today. Needless to say, today is to commend his achievements in Nanzhao.

A morning breeze blew, fresh and cool. Li Qing hurriedly closed the window, looked back at the curtain, and saw that she had woken up, and was whispering to Xiaoyu.

"You guys talk slowly, I'll go to have a meal first!"

After saying that, Li Qing picked up the curtain and went to the wing room. As soon as he entered the wing room, Xiaoyu hurried from behind, but he was muttering, "Young Master, can't you tell the emperor? You're going to court later and you're so desperate every day, how can you stand it?"

Although he was dissatisfied with his mouth, his hands and feet could not stop. He served rice, scooped soup, and wanted to prepare him for washing up. Li Qing looked at her busy back and suddenly thought that when she was in Xianyu Mansion, she was also serving her like this. She couldn't help but feel a hint of tenderness in her heart, "Xiaoyu!" he shouted in a low voice.

"Young Master, what's the matter?" Xiaoyu, who had just walked to the door, suddenly heard Li Qing's call and couldn't help but stop.

"You can have dinner with me today!"

Since Xiaoyu followed him, the three of them had already gotten used to eating together every day, but today Li Qing suddenly said this. Xiaoyu was stunned at first, and then she understood, her face turned red, and her heart felt sweet. She felt that she was willing to serve him like this every day.

"I'll bring you a wash water!" She asked Li Qingfei for a while, then pursed her lips and smiled.

Li Qing looked at her plump and slim figure, and suddenly a burst of desire ignited in her heart. She planned to wait until she was freed from her status as a slave before marrying her, but now he can't wait for a day.

There were already carriages and horses on the street, and official sedan chairs were shuttled. There was always a lantern in front of each carriage or sedan chair, with the names and official titles of each mansion printed on it. Under the orange-red lights, it was particularly conspicuous. Li Qing took Li Lin's carriage to the palace. Since he came back from Nanzhao, he has been busy. Li Lin invited him to have dinner several times, but he was always not available. Today, the two of them had a chance to chat.

"I heard that Xian Yu Fuli, who came to our mansion yesterday to cause trouble, was accidentally beaten to death by Cui Guangyuan. Do you know about this?"

Li Lin was not at home yesterday. After hearing about this, he immediately sent someone to the county government to investigate the situation. However, he heard that Xianyu Fuli was dead, so he immediately became worried. He had worked as a Yizhou Bianjia and had a good relationship with Xianyu Zhongtong. He knew that Xianyu Zhongtong had high hopes for both sons. His eldest son Xianyu failed the imperial examination and has now been in business and took over the huge industry of the Xianyu family. His second son Xianyu Fuli became all the hope and sustenance of Xianyu Zhongtong, but now he died suddenly. With Xianyu Zhongtong's character, how could he give up? Especially when this matter involves Li Qing, I am afraid that the relationship between the two will be difficult in the future.

Xianyu Fuli was beaten to death, and Li Qing knew about it yesterday. He immediately realized that he had made a mistake in this matter. He had already thought that Li Linfu might not let Xianyu Fuli go easily, but this person dared to make Xiaoyu. Li Qing even had the idea of ​​lending Li Linfu's hand to get rid of this person, so he ignored it. Perhaps this was the dark side hidden in his heart.

It was not until the news of Xianyu Fuli's death came that he felt a little regretful. After all, Xianyu Zhongtong was kind to him. After all, Lian'er was his adopted daughter, but the matter was irreversible. Li Qing also knew that this matter could not touch Li Linfu, and the Cui family would also try to protect Cui Guangyuan. The final result would be in vain. Only he could not face Xianyu Zhongtong.

It can be gently pushed to Li Linfu, but his conscience cannot be pushed away. The worries of human nature made Li Qing's treacherous heads ten times bigger.

"Let's talk about this later!" Li Qing sighed softly, smiled at Li Lin, and looked out of the carriage.

The carriage had passed through Guangzhaifang and merged into the vast army of court. Small officials under the fifth rank went to Zhuque Gate to enter the imperial city and went to the bureaucracy. Officials above the fifth rank did not enter the imperial city, but went directly to Danfeng Gate on the east side of the imperial city to enter the Daming Palace. Nearly a thousand carriages and official sedan chairs had gathered here. The dots of lanterns merged into an orange-red starry sea, which was spectacular.

Today, the Jianfu Gate and Wangxian Gate on both sides are open at the same time, and officials are allowed to walk into the palace. Li Qing is the protagonist today, but there is no other place in Hanyuan Hall, so he waits for the Yanying Hall first.

With a bell ringing, all officials entered the hall along two high dragon tail paths and lined up according to the ranks. The hall was solemn and solemn, and the court meeting was about to begin.

'The emperor is here!' With the shout of the deacon and eunuch, Li Longji, wearing a sky-sooth crown and a big fur, walked into the side hall surrounded by dozens of palace maids and eunuchs, and sat in the dragon seat. The hall was silent, and occasionally some coughs from old officials came.

Li Longji flipped through the memorial on the imperial case. This was a detailed report written by Wei Jian and Li Qing about Nanzhao and Eastern Yunnan. He had read it in advance and would like to reward him accordingly today.

He looked up at the officials again, all of whom were energetic, and no one showed fatigue. He nodded with satisfaction and said in a deep voice: "Today, all the ministers have their memorials, but according to what the palace supervisor had planned yesterday, today only talks about Nanzhao, and all the officials can report it in turn."

"The emperor said, today I will only talk about Nanzhao. Please report to the officials in turn!" The voice of the deacon and eunuch echoed in the hall for a long time.

"Your Majesty, I have a report first!"

An old minister came out first. When Li Longji saw that the man was the Minister of Shangshu, the Right Pushe and Minister of War Pei Kuan, he nodded and said, "Pei Aiqing, please tell me!"

"Nanzhao is now divided into two. According to the emperor's wishes, the Kunzhou Governor's Office was established in eastern Yunnan and 20,000 troops were stationed. However, our dynasty had established in Guizhou and Yaozhou, and later the Governor's Office was established in Rongzhou. All the troops were allocated from Xichuan. Now they wanted to build the Kunzhou Governor's Office. Xichuan's troops might be insufficient. The Ministry of War considered two plans for this purpose, for the emperor to decide. One was to establish a system of 20,000 people, and some troops were transferred from Hanzhong and Guangzhou to supplement them; the other was to establish a five-thousand-strong organization in Kunzhou, and Han Rijin was appointed as the King of Diandong, and the Han clan soldiers assisted in defense. These two plans were biased towards the latter one, which could reduce the burden on our court, but in the end, the emperor would have to decide."

After Pei Kuan finished speaking, he placed the memorial on the golden plate of the deacon and eunuch, and returned to the court.

Li Longji opened and looked at it, and asked again: "Do other beloved ministers have different opinions!"

"I do not agree with the help of the soldiers of the Han clan!" Another minister stood up, but was the censor Han Qia. He was the chief general who quelled the rebellion of the Han clan last year. He only heard him say loudly: "Although Han Rijin is now inclined to my Tang Dynasty, it cannot guarantee that his successors are inclined to my Tang Dynasty. After all, foreign clans are alien clans, and they should be weakened as much as possible instead of giving them a chance to grow. I have quelled the rebellion of the Han clan and knew that their people were strong and difficult to control. Once they were allowed to become prestigious, I was worried that there would be chaos in the future!"

Pei Kuan stood up and glared at him, "Censor Han said it easily. Do you know the actual situation of our dynasty's current military source? Each military government can conquer three or four of the troops, and these soldiers who have been stationed in the frontier for a long time are supported by the court. If the troops are increased, you can consider the financial pressure of the court? Furthermore, the protons in Chang'an are in Chang'an in the future, and the leaders of the Han tribe will follow this example, why worry about him rebelling!"

Li Longji also knew the serious crisis of the military system, but this would involve the issue of unearthed land and the interests of most Li Tang nobles. This was not what he wanted to discuss at this time. He waved his hand and said unhappy: "Don't argue with the two dear friends in this matter, Li Prime Minister!"

"Old minister is here!" Li Linfu responded.

"The prime minister and the Ministry of Revenue are in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, so I will work hard to make a budget for me. If the court's financial resources can be afforded, I will choose the first plan." This was when Li Qing talked about the situation in Nanzhao that the ethnic minorities in the southwest should be weakened as much as possible and no other tribe can be allowed to grow. With the lessons of Nanzhao, Li Longji deeply agreed.

Thinking of Li Qing, Li Longji thought of today's theme. He looked at the prince and smiled and said, "Does the emperor have anything to say about Nanzhao affairs?"

Li Heng understood and immediately stood up and said, "This time the problem of eastern Yunnan was successfully resolved, and Nanzhao could also complete the transition of the old and new throne according to the Tang Dynasty's ideas. First of all, our Tang Dynasty mission made an indelible contribution. Secondly, Li Qing, the commander of Guoyi of the Yulin Army, made great contributions as the emperor's special envoy. The minister wanted to ask his father to vigorously commend his achievements in eastern Yunnan and Nanzhao, as well as his three hundred erlangs under his command."

Li Longji nodded and said, "I will first sign Li Siye, the captain of Zhaowu, Anxi Protectorate, as the commander of the cavalry, and the commander of the Yulin Army (fifth rank and upper level); the commander of Jiannan Jiedu Prefecture, Nan Jiyun, as the commander of Guoyi, and Zhaowu, as the commander of the Zhaowu, (sixth rank and upper level); the rest of the Yulin Army were promoted to two levels, with a reward of 10 million yuan and a thousand pieces of silk. I hope the army will follow him."
Chapter completed!