When Qin Wenyuan heard the emperor ask him how to get rid of insects, he told him the method that he had already thought of when he came to the palace.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen thinks that Lord Qin's method is very feasible. If the Emperor approves it, Wei Chen will draft an edict and ask the Emperor to review it and then send it to all the yamen."
After Fang Xuanling heard what Qin Wenyuan said, he went out to play again.
For a while, the ministers in the palace all agreed with Qin Wenyuan's method of killing insects. Xu Shiji looked at his nephew with a blank face in the palace and felt very proud that this was a strategy for peace and prosperity devised by the children of his old Xu family.
Li Shimin thought about Qin Wenyuan's proposal for a while and then spoke to the ministers in the palace.
"I heard what Qin Wenyuan said was very reasonable. Fang Aiqing then drafted a decree and ordered the local government offices to carry out pest control and disaster relief work according to the methods Qin Wenyuan said. The imperial court sent various inspections to monitor the exchange of grain for locusts in various places to avoid the occurrence of
The evil deeds of local officials who embezzled the people's food, and the imperial supervisor Li Chunfeng has chosen a date for me to lead all officials to worship heaven, so that in the coming year the Tang Dynasty will have good weather and the people can live and work in peace and contentment."
When Fang Xuanling heard the emperor's order, she knelt down in the main hall and shouted.
"I obey the decree!"
After setting the tone for pest control and disaster relief, ministers from all ministries followed the orders. However, a large-scale locust plague that originally caused tens of millions of refugees in history turned into a disaster because Qin Wenyuan traveled through time and had done the work of eradicating insect eggs in advance.
It only breaks out in a small area, which avoids the embarrassment and nausea of Li Shimin swallowing locusts in history.
At this time, all the ministers in the main hall looked at the young Qin Wenyuan and were all envious of Xu Shiji for having such an outstanding nephew. Cheng Yaojin was unable to open the pot and lift it, so he smiled at Yu Wenshi and said "hehe".
"Old ghost Yuwen, I'm afraid you have to start preparing some silver to compensate that kid!"
As soon as Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, he saw Yu Wenshi and his eyes glaring at him angrily. He knew that if this old ghost hadn't been scolded by the emperor just now, he would definitely yell at him to earn some face and go back.
Seeing Yu Wenshi and Cheng Yaojin swallowing his anger, it was inconvenient to say anything to him. He turned around and laughed with Xu Shiji.
"Aren't you so smart that you are so proud to have such an outstanding and cheap nephew? Shouldn't we, the old brothers, come to your house for a few drinks? You are such a smart guy, but it's been a long time since you invited me over.
It’s true that the older you get, the more stingy you become!”
"It's not easy to drink. I'll ask you to have a good drink after the court's disaster relief work is over. I'm afraid that you, a common man, will be carried out of my house by the servants."
Xu Shiji's words made Li Jing, Yuchi Jingde and others beside him laugh in agreement.
"Very good, very good!"
Seeing that the ministers in the main hall seemed to have nothing to report but were chatting away, Li Shimin impatiently said to the ministers.
"If you have nothing to report to your family, please leave! Qin Wenyuan left me behind and I still have something to say."
After hearing what the emperor said, all the ministers looked envious of Qin Wenyuan and bowed to leave.
After the ministers had retreated, Li Shimin said to Qin Wenyuan.
"Come with me for a walk in the Royal Garden!"
Seeing Li Shimin walking out of the palace after saying this, Qin Wenyuan followed closely behind the emperor and seemed to feel that Li Shimin's expression today was different from the past.
When he came to the Imperial Garden, looking at the natural scenery of the blooming flowers and the gentle breeze blowing the willows, Qin Wenyuan found that Li Shimin's expression seemed to have improved a little. He didn't know what Li Shimin wanted to do today, which made him feel a little mysterious.
Speculate.
"Is it difficult for the emperor to talk about it? If the boy can do it, just ask the emperor!"
"Alas! You kid, I don't know if I should handle this matter like this. That day you had a fight with Shande Palace and seriously injured the old monk. If I didn't punish you at all, I wouldn't be able to balance the anger of Buddhism. Then
, I don’t want the Buddhist and Taoist families to have a big fight in Chang’an City or other places because of this matter, but you, please tell me how I should handle this matter?”
After hearing what the emperor said, Qin Wenyuan realized that the emperor was worried about this matter, so he pondered for a while and said.
"How does the emperor want to deal with this matter? According to Wei Chen's wish, the emperor does not need to pay attention to the Buddhist sect. Wei Chen does not believe that they can turn the world upside down. But if the emperor is really in trouble, then the emperor can give him whatever he wants. As long as
Whatever Weichen can do, he will not disappoint the emperor."
"Boy, it's not that I want to pay attention to that Buddhist sect! Just because you are still young and don't know the reason for some things, I want to have Zhongshu issue an internal edict to remove you from the official position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry as a punishment for you, so that the other party will not be able to do anything about it.
That’s an explanation, but do you have any ideas?”
"Your Majesty may issue an order, but all ministers must obey it."
After hearing what the emperor said, Qin Wenyuan immediately replied that he was not very interested in the title of minister of the Ministry of Industry. Now that the emperor wanted to withdraw the decree, it was not as he wished. However, Qin Wenyuan understood a truth from this matter.
, which means that the emperor of the imperial court can sacrifice any meritorious minister for the benefit of the country.
In the imperial garden, Qin Wenyuan resigned and left immediately after agreeing to the emperor to remove him from the post of minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Looking at the boy's leaving figure, Li Shimin felt that it was really hard for him to act as an emperor sometimes...
While the imperial court was busy with pest control and disaster relief work, Zhongshu issued an internal edict to remove Qin Wenyuan from his official title as Minister of Industry and fined him one year's salary. However, this edict did not mention the reason for this.
The move to deal with Xu Tian caused many court ministers to make various speculations, thinking that the emperor was dissatisfied with Qin Wenyuan's fight with the monks.
Changsun Wuji and Yu Wenshiji were happy when they found out about this, but secretly they finally vented their anger. Seeing Master Shande in the palace, they all asked him to let Qin Wenyuan go temporarily to give the court some face, and wait until the master recovers from his injuries before planning again.
That boy, Shande promised to Changsun Wuji and Yu Wenshiji to endure the evil in his heart and vowed to avenge him one day.
Only a few important officials in the court who knew the inside story knew the cause of the incident. This was just a way for Li Shimin to give face to Master Shande and the "Wuzhen Temple" or to warn the Buddhists, hoping that the Buddhist disciples would not cause trouble again.
Yan Liben, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was very dissatisfied with this matter. He wrote a memorial to the court overnight to keep Qin Wenyuan's position in the Ministry of Industry. However, he did not expect that his memorial would be handed over to Zhongshu Ling and then sink into the sea without any information. Lao Yan sighed.
Have to accept this fact.
At this point, the fight between Qin Wenyuan and Master Shande in front of the palace has ended on the surface with Li Shimin's punishment of Qin Wenyuan, but secretly the Buddhist disciples are eager to find Qin Wenyuan's bad luck...
In the blink of an eye, the pest control and disaster relief work had been carried out for more than ten days. The court followed the methods pointed out by Qin Wenyuan with great results, and the disasters in various places began to slowly ease.
On this day, Qintian Supervisor Li Chunfeng went to the palace to report to the emperor, saying that the date for offering sacrifices to heaven had been chosen.
After receiving Li Chunfeng's report, Li Shimin sent an order to all officials of the imperial court. Three days later, they went to the Temple of Heaven outside the Mingde Gate of Chang'an City to participate in offering sacrifices to heaven.
The Minister of Rites, Ju Guogong Tang Jian, received the emperor's imperial edict to offer sacrifices to heaven three days later and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare various items for offering sacrifices to heaven, arrange the incense eucalyptus on the Temple of Heaven and the resting places for the royal family and ministers.
When the three-day period came, Li Shimin burned incense and bathed in the palace, led the queen, the prince and other concubines and many princes. Surrounded by the imperial army, the princess left the palace and set out for the Temple of Heaven. The civil and military ministers followed the emperor's guard of honor.
In the ceremonial procession with noisy drums and music, the people of Chang'an had already followed the procession to worship the heaven. After the emperor and the queen led the crowd to kneel down and worship in front of the altar filled with livestock and various sacrifices, the ceremony of worshiping the heaven reached its climax.
, but seeing the music sound wonderful, the singing and dancing rising, various sacrifices beginning, the first offering, the second offering, and the final offering were completed, Li Shimin led the crowd to pray to God to bless the Tang Dynasty with good weather and good health for the people.
Following the emperor's prayers, many people knelt down all around the Temple of Heaven. The sincerity towards God on their faces made Xu Tian, who was kneeling beside the ministers, curse incessantly.
"Here, just make some useless things. If this can make God bring good weather, then what else should humans do to develop science? Wouldn't it be simpler to do it this way several times a year?"
Qin Wenyuan just said this in his heart. If these kneeling people knew about it, he would be torn to pieces no matter how great his martial arts skills were.
The heaven-sacrifice ceremony finally ended with Qin Wenyuan disapproving of it. Qin Wenyuan walked to the tent where his uncle Xu Shiji was temporarily resting, holding his knees which were numb.
When Xu Qing, the old butler, saw that he was the only young master of the Qin family, he came forward and bowed respectfully.
"Old slave, see the young master!"
Qin Wenyuan helped the elderly housekeeper up and said with a smile.
"Uncle Qing, there is no need to be polite. Is your uncle still with the emperor? Uncle Qing, help me get a bowl of tea, but I'm dying of thirst."
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Looking at the young master of the Qin family who didn't take anything into his heart, Qin Qing was happy for his master and at the same time admired the young master who didn't regard his servants as servants. Just imagine what kind of young master there is in Chang'an City.
Being so approachable as the young master, he never bossed around his subordinates.
While Qin Wenyuan was drinking tea from a large bowl, Xu Shiji returned to the tent and asked in surprise when he saw his nephew.
"Why are you here alone? Your sister-in-law and niece-in-law didn't come to attend the ceremony?"
"Well, mommy, I didn't ask them to come with me. It's a messy situation like this. It's enough for me to come alone. Why bother my moms?"
"Don't talk nonsense outside. Otherwise, someone will go to the emperor to read your book."
"It doesn't matter! Anyway, the boy is now without an official position, so he can do as others like."
The uncle and nephew were chatting in the room. Xu Shiji knew his nephew's temperament and would never be dissatisfied with the court for losing the official who was jealous in the eyes of others. In his eyes, he was probably a
You’re a little official who’s as big as sesame!
After Li Shimin finished the heaven-sacrifice activity and enjoyed it with the people, he was overjoyed that Qin Wenyuan was no longer around. He thought to himself that this kid must be lazy and looking for some free time. When he was worshiping the heaven just now, he saw this kid hiding far away and doing the job perfunctorily.
With a look of carelessness, the ministers dispersed to rest but still did not see this boy. Scanning the crowd, they saw Chai Shaowu and Qin Wanying from a distance, accompanying the eldest princess Li Xiuning and Qiao Guogong Chai Shaozheng to their tent.
Li Shimin was about to call someone to go to the eldest princess's tent to ask Qin Wanying if he could see his younger brother. When he saw Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, Qin Huaiyu and other generals' sons appeared in front of him, he called a few boys and asked loudly.
"Have you ever met that kid Qin Wenyuan?"
Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, Qin Huaiwang, etc. are actually looking for Xu Tian. The brothers are still thinking about finding Qin Wenyuan and going to a restaurant to have fun. Finally, they want to treat this boy to the silver coins he won through the school competition.
Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly heard the emperor asking about Qin Wenyuan's whereabouts, and several boys hurriedly knelt down to answer.
"Your Majesty! I am also looking for Qin Wenyuan. I saw him here just now. I don't know where he is now?"
"Hmph! When you see this kid, ask him to come over to see me. Go ahead!"
Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin and Qin Huaiyu all ran away quickly when they heard the emperor's words asking them to leave. Several boys said to each other along the way.
"The emperor is looking for Qin Wenyuan, why? Are my brothers and I going to see Qin Wenyuan for a drink?"
"No matter what, the emperor only asked me to wait until I saw Qin Wenyuan before telling him about the summons. He didn't ask me to wait to find Qin Wenyuan. Brothers, we should go to the restaurant first and then send the servant to look for him when we come to the restaurant to meet him.
Tell me, whether he goes to see the emperor or not depends on his own will."
Cheng Chumo actually thought this through in order to eat and drink, and said this as he walked.
Qin Wenyuan drank enough tea in his uncle's tent and talked to his uncle about some things about the Eastern Turks that Sima had recently collected. This attracted his uncle's great attention and wanted to bring him to face the emperor to explain the matter. Qin Wenyuan declined his uncle's proposal and warned his uncle that this information must not be used.
I mentioned it in front of the emperor because I learned it from him.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After hearing what his nephew told him so carefully, Xu Shiji understood his nephew's concerns after thinking about it for a while, and secretly praised his nephew for having such a plan at such a young age.
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Seeing that nothing happened, Qin Wenyuan didn't want to stay here any longer. Thinking that there were still a lot of things to do in the house, he got up and left his uncle.
Not long after Qin Wenyuan left, Xu Shiji left the tent and headed for the emperor's resting place...
Not far from the Temple of Heaven, Qin Wenyuan looked for his bodyguards and horses. After several people got on their horses, they rushed to the mansion. On the way, the bodyguards reported that Ma Wenju was rushing to the mansion with dozens of guards from Wugong County.
When Qin Wenyuan heard the report, he was very happy and rushed to meet this confidant who almost lost his life when he was attacked.
Just as Qin Wenyuan was galloping toward the mansion with his personal guards, he suddenly saw a horse rushing toward him in front of him. He saw Chen Laosan on horseback anxiously waving to him.
Xu Tian reined in his horse and said loudly when Chen Laosan approached.
"Why are you so anxious, the third child? But something happened in the house!"
"Reporting to the Marshal, Ma Wenju led his bodyguards back to the mansion. At this time, there was a fight with someone outside the west gate of Chang'an City. Zhang Er, the villain's subordinate, discovered that Ma Tou'er was attacked and went to the mansion to mobilize his bodyguards to rescue him.
I will go to the Temple of Heaven to find the young commander and report this matter."
Hearing what Chen Laosan said, Qin Wenyuan suddenly felt angry. Before he could say anything else, he changed direction with a gloomy face and galloped toward the west gate of Chang'an.
Chen Laosan and others saw the young marshal galloping towards the west gate, and then controlled his horse to follow closely.
As soon as Qin Wenyuan came out of the west gate of Chang'an City, he saw several monks in monk's robes fighting endlessly around Ma Wenju and other personal guards. There were already several bodyguards lying on the ground whose life and death were unknown. If it weren't for the rescue of dozens of personal guards brought by Zhang Er from the mansion,
, Ma Wenju may have encountered danger at this time.