The ministerial servants under the door were originally the emperor's ministers who had access to forbidden areas and stayed close to the curtains. They were in charge of reporting affairs, receiving advice and providing advice on secrets. Some even knew the secretaries of the ministers and saved troubles. They could be said to be the confidants of the nobles and dignitaries.
But in today's Western Wei Dynasty, Taishi Yuwentai is the emperor's biggest confidant, and naturally he does not need other confidants to accompany him. Therefore, his position as a servant has gradually become useless, and only this official title has been retained as a routine
Honorary promotion.
In today's Western Wei Dynasty, as the transfer process of various officials was institutionalized, official positions such as Shizhong, Hussar, and Kaifu were formed. Some of the Shizhong appointed in this way did not even see the emperor.
To say nothing of being the confidant of the close servant Weiyi.
But when there were important matters in the country that the emperor could not decide alone, or when broad participation of the masses was needed to reach a consensus, the addition of the rank of Shizhong became a condition for participation in the meeting.
This is what happened today. The memorial issued during the self-imprisonment was sent to the Menxia Province in the imperial city together with the emperor's order for the disciples to gather for discussion. However, the Menxia Province official office was not manned at all, and the eunuch who delivered the order was nearby.
After searching through the government offices, they found Wang Yuanluo of Jiangyang, who had just returned from Nanliang, and asked him to go to Menxia Province to receive the imperial edict.
Yuan Luo left Hanzhong in the old year. Due to the attack of Nanliang's famous general Lan Qin, he simply surrendered to Nanliang with Hanzhong and stayed in Nanliang for nearly twenty years. It was not until Hou Jing's rebellion was put down that Yuwen Taicai
Please ask Jiangling to send it back through the Jingzhou Governor's Office.
Among the official titles of Yuan Luo, there happened to be an additional official title of Shizhong. Logically speaking, this kind of promotion should not lead to direct provinces to save trouble, but the problem is that at present, the Western Wei Dynasty did not arrange for direct provincial servants to be ministers. Even the subordinate ministers
It has become a temporary resting place for officials who go to the imperial city to perform business. Everyone has been promoted to official position, so there is no priority.
If it had been anyone else, they would probably have avoided it. After all, under normal circumstances, there would be no serious matters to be dealt with. What's more, Grand Master Yuwen is still in the court. Is there anything that the Chinese and Foreign Offices cannot decide?
However, Yuan Luo returned to the country not long ago and was already unemployed. He came to the imperial city today to meet with the Grand Master Yu Wentai, hoping to arrange a position for him to continue to shine. Of course, he would not shirk what was brought to his door, so he went straight to the imperial city.
After entering the main hall, he received all the memorials and edicts without any courtesy.
When Yuan Luo opened the memorial and saw that it was for Grand Master Yu Wen to be crowned king, his heart suddenly beat wildly. It was not because of anger. He had lived in Nanliang for twenty years and experienced the Hou Jing Rebellion.
During the turmoil, any feelings of family and country had long since been worn away.
After seeing the content of this memorial, Yuan Luo suddenly became excited. He was worried that he could not find a way to ask Yuwen Taixian for protection. He could not continue to love his sister-in-law. Didn't the opportunity come now?
The emperor's edict stated that he would summon all his ministers to discuss this matter, but now he was the only one serving in the entire province. Of course he did not dare to object to this matter, so wouldn't the matter be settled?
Of course, no matter how stupid Yuan Luo is, he understands that this matter is not that simple. No matter how shameless he is, he dare not say that he would give Yuwentai the title of king based on his own selfish wishes. But he really doesn’t know what the personnel process is in the Western Wei Dynasty, and
He was afraid that others would take the matter away from him, so he simply picked up the memorial and the edict and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, intending to see Grand Master Yuwen for personal advice and advice on how to summon the servants to finalize the matter.
Yu Wentai respected this prince who had returned from abroad. When he heard his request for an audience, he immediately called him into the hall to meet him. However, when he saw the memorial and edict that Yuan Luo took out from his arms,
However, he was so angry that he rolled his eyes.
It was precisely because Yu Wentai did not want to show too strong a sense of presence in this matter that he forwarded the memorial to the emperor. In this way, even if the matter failed, he would not be too embarrassed, and he also wanted to use this to see how the people of the country were like.
.I didn’t expect that the memorial letter that I had struggled with for a long time to send was sent back by Yuan Luo. Also, who made it easier for this guy to live in a straight family!
Being caught off guard by Yuan Luo, Yu Wentai didn't give him any face. He stood up and walked out of the hall. He ordered Huai'an Wang Yuanyu to come to the imperial city quickly to save his subordinates from trouble, and was responsible for summoning the servants in Beijing.
We came to discuss this matter.
Yuan Luo came to greet Yu Wentai enthusiastically, but he didn't expect that the matter would fall on Yuan Yu. He felt quite disappointed in his heart. However, when he heard that all the Beijing servants had participated in the matter, he immediately became energetic again.
So he returned to Menxia Provincial Hall and waited.
Not long after, Yang Kuan strolled over from the other side, raised his eyes and saw King Jiangyang wandering outside the straight hall, so he walked up and said hello with a smile.
Before he could say anything, Yuan Luo said with some surprise: "Huashan Gong is really diligent in state affairs. Not long after the apostles who summoned all the servants to discuss the matter of conferring the title of Grand Master Yuwen left, the Duke came into the hall to wait.
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"Sealed? Grand Master Yuwen?"
After Yang Kuan heard this, he immediately asked in surprise, then shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have misunderstood. I am in the Zhi Shangshu Province today, and I don't know what important matters need to be discussed here."
After saying this, he no longer continued the greetings and quickly left the Menxia Provincial Government Office. He immediately found an acquaintance in the imperial city and asked him to return to the Menxia Province to inquire about what needed to be paid.
Discuss with each other at home.
In the imperial city, even the emperor's plans to murder powerful officials could not be kept secret, let alone things that did not need to be kept secret. Therefore, Yang Kuan quickly found out what happened and quickly left the imperial city.
There were quite a lot of high-ranking officials gathered in Beijing recently. Not long after Yang Kuan left the imperial city, he saw several summoned servants coming towards him on the street in front of the palace gate, so he hid on the side of the road and watched the family.
The slave whispered before entering. Not long after, several people also excused themselves to have something to do and retreated not far from the palace gate.
But there were exceptions. For example, Li Mu and others gathered their friends and went straight to the imperial city, preparing to continue to reiterate their demands in public and fight for the throne for their lord.
However, they were destined to be disappointed today, because after a whole day of waiting, there were only less than ten servants who finally came to Menxia Province, and even Yuwentai's own nephews and relatives did not show up.
The position of servant is very common in the Western Wei Dynasty. Anyone who reaches a certain level will almost have this additional official. In Chang'an City today, there are not to mention a hundred, twenty or thirty people who have this additional official.
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But not to mention the outcome of the meeting, there were only seven or eight people willing to participate in the discussion. Although it is not ruled out that some people really have something to do and it is not convenient to participate in this meeting, it is not a coincidence that most of them happen to have something to do.
, absence itself is a statement.
The meeting on the first day was obviously unsuccessful, and it was naturally difficult to reach any persuasive consensus. And this matter was thoroughly spread in Chang'an City, and everyone who was qualified to know basically heard about it.
Not to mention whether Yu Wentai, the person involved, was angry and anxious when facing this situation, Li Tai, as the instigator, was still visiting relatives and friends calmly.
Another of his cousins, Lu Rou, was about to marry Wei Xiaokuan, Wei Xiaokuan's nephew, so while he was still in the capital, Li Tai ordered his family to prepare gifts and went to congratulate him personally, and also wanted to talk to Wei Xiaokuan.
talk.
But before he could go out, his father-in-law, Dugu Xin, had already rushed into the door of the house on horseback. Seeing the servants installing the saddle and bridle on Li Tai's horse, Dugu Xin waved his hands to stop him and motioned for Li Tai to follow him into the hall.
Talk about things.
"Something happened in the imperial city just now, Bo Shan, you would never have imagined it?"
Dugu Xin was one of the people who gained trust relatively early. The source of his information was still in the inner palace, so he knew about it earlier than Yuan Luo, who happened to meet him, so he hurriedly came to tell Li Tai.
Li Tai was too lazy to cooperate with his father-in-law. After hearing this, he smiled and said: "Is what my father-in-law wants to say about Wu'an Gong Li Xianqing and others asking for a royal title for the grand master?"
"You actually already know?"
Duguxin was quite surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that Li Taiji was not in the capital for a long time, but the information was better informed than him.
After seeing this, Li Tai suppressed a smile and nodded: "I know, I knew it the night before, because this is exactly what I instructed Li Xianqing and the others to do."
"You did it? Why? Why was it so unwise?"
After Duguxin heard this, he was even more surprised. He stared at Li Tai with puzzled eyes and said, as if he had been abandoned.