Pei Yuan, who was on an envoy to the Northern Qi Dynasty, finally returned.
This former minister of the Ministry of Rites was previously demoted because of Shen Yi's affairs, but he was the only one who dealt with the Northern Qi Dynasty all year round. Therefore, he was re-promoted by the imperial court to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Rites in the past few months, and he was sent as an envoy to the Northern Qi Dynasty on behalf of the imperial court.
Pei Yuan stayed in Yandu in the Northern Qi Dynasty for two full months. He finally sent a message back a few days ago, informing the court that the Qi people were willing to withdraw their troops.
For this reason, many people in the imperial court wrote to Pei Yuan to ask for merit and to restore his official position as Minister of Rites.
However, these memorials were not published by the emperor.
Now, Mr. Pei, who went to Yandu, finally returned to Jiankang.
The first thing he did after returning to Jiankang was to enter the palace to pay homage to the emperor. So as soon as Dr. Pei entered Jiankang, he hurriedly put on his official uniform and went to the Deqing Palace to see the emperor.
However, the emperor was not at Deqing Hall, so Pei Yuan went to kneel at the gate of Ganlu Hall, waiting for the emperor to summon him.
His Majesty the Emperor still has not seen him.
Pei Yuan waited in the side room waiting for him at the entrance of Ganlu Palace for more than an hour, but he did not wait for the emperor's summons. He waited from morning until noon, when the eunuch Gao Ming, dressed in purple, came to the side room.
Pei Yuan stood up quickly and bowed his head respectfully to Eunuch Gao: "Eunuch Gao, is your Majesty free?"
"Your Majesty is tired."
Gao Ming glanced at Pei Yuan and said calmly: "I'm lying down to rest now. Let's tell Dr. Pei that there is no need to say hello and we will go back now."
Pei Yuan lowered his head with a look of fear on his face: "Eunuch Gao, your Majesty is unhappy?"
Gao Ming's face was expressionless: "I, the slaves, dare not speculate on the holy will."
Pei Langzhong grimaced, lowered his head and said: "Eunuch, if Your Majesty is angry with me because of this, then Xianguan will be greatly wronged. If Xianguan goes to Yandu, any conditions put forward by the people of Qi, Xiaguan is They all sent people back to Jiankang quickly to ask for instructions. This time, the conditions negotiated by Xiaguan and the Qi people were also approved by the imperial court, otherwise Xiaguan would never dare to make any arbitrary decisions..."
Dr. Pei smiled bitterly and said: "Eunuch Gao, what's the crime of being a low-ranking official?"
What Pei Yuan said is indeed good.
The Jiankang court had naturally seen and agreed to the terms he negotiated with the Qi people in advance, otherwise Pei Yuan would not have dared to make the decision without authorization. The problem was that the will of the Jiankang court did not represent the emperor's own will.
It is more about the will of the ministers, especially the prime ministers.
Because of this incident, the court had been quarreling for several months.
His Majesty the Emperor firmly disagreed with giving the so-called "betrothal gift" to Northern Qi and insisted on continuing the war. Even if the war did not continue, there would only be an unconditional truce.
However, several prime ministers came to the palace one after another to see the emperor and settle accounts with him.
It has been half a year since the war started on the front line.
In half a year, the imperial court had spent at least millions of taels of silver on this war.
What's even worse is that after spending money, there is no effect. Instead, the frontline battlefields repeatedly suffer losses.
And even the initial request put forward by Qi Ren could only cost one or two million taels of silver at most.
If the final terms signed by Pei Yuan and Northern Qi were followed, the court's expenditure would not exceed one million taels, and it would only be a "betrothal gift" in name, so it would not be too embarrassing for the court.
Besides, when Qi people marry their daughters, some of them will come back as companions.
After the two parties get married, it can always be peaceful for a few years. As long as there is peace for a few years, one million taels of silver can only be regarded as small money for the court.
Therefore, although His Majesty the Emperor was very dissatisfied, under the pressure of several prime ministers and the Queen Mother, the Emperor still agreed to these conditions, so that Pei Yuan could successfully negotiate this "marriage" in Yandu.
From this perspective, Pei Yuan did not do anything wrong, but actually made some merits.
However, His Majesty the Emperor was holding back his anger and naturally did not want to see him.
"No one said that Dr. Pei was guilty."
Eunuch Gao smiled at Pei Yuan and said: "Mr. Pei is not only innocent, but he has merited merit. Before Mr. Pei comes back, many people in the court have written to Your Majesty to ask for merit for Mr. Pei."
"Don't take it seriously..."
Pei Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile: "I will be satisfied if Your Majesty will not punish me."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty will not blame Dr. Pei."
Eunuch Gao looked at Pei Yuan and chuckled softly: "I will definitely not see your Majesty today. Mr. Pei will go home first. When your Majesty is free, our family will invite Mr. Pei to the palace."
Pei Yuan hesitated for a moment, saluted respectfully to Gao Ming, and left with many thanks.
Eunuch Gao watched Pei Yuan leave. After Pei Yuanzhong walked away, the eunuch bowed slightly and walked into the Manna Palace.
His Majesty the Emperor is reading a book.
But the book in his hand never turned a page, and it was obvious that his mind was not on the book at all.
Eunuch Gao lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, Pei Yuan is gone."
The emperor said "hmm" and put down the book in his hand.
"If nothing happens in the future, don't let him come into the palace. I feel uncomfortable when I think of him."
Eunuch Gao sighed: "This matter actually has nothing to do with Dr. Pei..."
"I know."
His Majesty the Emperor snorted angrily: "Looking at these feeble civil servants, I feel disgusted and useless!"
"This Pei Yuan is Yang Jingzong's student!"
"There are many people in the imperial court who were brought out by Yang Jingzong. Every one of these people, including the old men in the meeting hall now, have no bones!"
"There is also a letter on Facebook asking me to reward Pei Yuan with an official title!"
The emperor took several deep breaths to calm down the anger in his heart, and then lowered his eyebrows and said: "Go and ask the internal guards to check if there is any stain on this Pei Yuan. After checking, send it to the Di Newspaper Department and wait for it to be printed. …”
"Let him resign on his own."
Gao Ming lowered his head and said respectfully: "My slave, I obey."
Speaking of the Di Newspaper Division, His Majesty the Emperor suddenly remembered Shen Yi, whom he had not seen for some days. He reached out and knocked on the table and asked: "By the way, didn't Shen Qi borrow people from the inner guards to train spies in the Di Newspaper Division a few days ago? What? A few months have passed, how is he doing now?"
Gao Ming lowered his head slightly: "It is said that the work was done well. Now the Di Reporting Department has some spies who can do the work. I heard that..."
"Chief Shen is asking these people from the Diji Reporting Department to investigate the Fan family..."
"Fan family..."
The little emperor narrowed his eyes, and then laughed: "He still holds a grudge. After being beaten by the Fan family in Jiming Temple, he still remembers it."
Eunuch Gao smiled and said: "I'm afraid it's more than that. As far as I know, Shen Sizheng also had some conflicts with the Fan family when he was in Jiangdu."
"Holding a grudge is a good thing."
The little emperor knocked on the table and said calmly: "After all, more than one Fan family beat him at Jiming Temple."
"If he needs anything, you try to help him."
The emperor said in a low voice: "I need some civil servants with bones."
Gao Ming and respect should be.
The great eunuch looked at the emperor, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "By the way, Your Majesty, Kunde Palace came to deliver a letter in the morning, asking Your Majesty to go to Kunde Palace in the afternoon."
Kunde Palace is the residence of the Queen Mother.
Hearing these words, the emperor frowned and said impatiently: "I won't go."
Gao Ming opened his mouth and wanted to say something, when he saw His Majesty the Emperor taking out a brass key from his sleeve and playing with it in his hand.
"I was feeling depressed today and wanted to go out to relax. People from Kunde Palace came to ask, so I told them that I went to Jiming Temple to offer incense."
The Queen Mother worshiped the Buddha and she would not say anything more when the Emperor went to Jiming Temple.
Eunuch Gao did not dare to refute, but just looked at the key in the emperor's hand, thoughtfully.