In the first meeting, Wu Huaiyu was quite honest, but when this mung-eyed man took the initiative to strike up a conversation with him, he couldn't just ignore this new colleague, and ended up getting carried away.
He forgot that he was sitting on his knees in a pile of bastard greens dressed in sexy pink, and he was already very conspicuous.
The two imperial censors on duty had been staring at him.
Before the morning dynasty was over, the imperial censor Quanzhi who was on duty asked him to impeach Xu Jingzong, the general secretary. The general secretary worshiped Wu Huaiyu in the palace, and everyone in the palace whispered to each other and discussed privately.
, the palace has violated the etiquette, please punish me."
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Huaiyu turned his head, thinking what the hell.
With your head in the air, what are you doing?
Quan Yushi directly asked the two of them to go out.
This was just like getting caught for deserting after class in school. It was quite embarrassing. Mung Beanyan smiled at him, and he didn't seem too embarrassed.
The two had no choice but to get up and go to the front to confess their sins.
Li Shimin was sitting there, originally unhappy because King Tuyuhun suddenly attacked and proposed marriage unreasonably, but these two people actually deserted down below.
"Gong Lu, what crime should the two of them deserve?" Li Shimin asked.
Quan Zhirang, the imperial censor in the palace, was also a second-generation meritorious man. His father, Quan Hongshou, was born in the Guanlong family. In the last years of Daye, he was Cangzuo of Linfen County in Hedong Province. Li Yuan was in Taiyuan. He was sentenced to stay behind. He raised troops from Long and was transferred to the Palace of the Prince of Qin.
In the long history, Wang Shichong of Congping was worshiped as Taipu Qing, granted the title of Duke of Lu, and died in the post of Minister of the Ministry of War.
The eldest son, Zhi Rang, Duke of Lu State, is currently the imperial censor. He is a ruthless guy. If he falls into his hands, he will definitely lose his skin.
Sure enough, Quan Zhirang said as soon as he opened his mouth that it was disrespectful for them to attend the court. Moreover, the envoy from Tuyuhun was discussing state affairs in the palace. This was a serious faux pas and could be disrespected.
Xu Jingzong turned pale when he heard how disrespectful he was.
Disrespect in the palace can be serious or minor, and it depends on the occasion and the consequences. But if you are convicted of being disrespectful, you are really screwed. It is a heinous crime and may even involve your family.
Xu Jingzong immediately bowed his head and begged for sin.
Wu Huaiyu was also shocked.
"Please remove these two from all official positions and deal with them severely."
What kind of hatred or grudges are you using like this?
It's wrong to whisper among each other, but we can't go on the line like this, and we're not discussing rebellion and rebellion.
Li Shimin looked at the two people who were asking for forgiveness.
"Xu Jingzong is a member of the sixth-grade Tongshishe, and this is not your first time attending the court. You are also from a famous Xu family in Gaoyang, with few literary names. During the Daye period, you were selected as a scholar. Your father was once the minister of the Ministry of Rites of the previous dynasty.
You began to serve as a secretary in the previous dynasty, and after returning to the Tang Dynasty, you also served as a farewell driver in Lianzhou. Only when I still loved you was you specially called to be a bachelor in the Prince of Qin's Palace.
Don’t you know the etiquette of the palace?”
The more Li Shimin talked about it, the more angry he became. Xu Jingzong was one of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace. He was recruited by him very early. He was indeed very talented. Back then, he and Wei Zheng worked together as Li Mi's bureau, but now they are both
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, both bachelors of the Prince of Qin's palace, have already become prime ministers and ministers, but Xu Jingzong is still so useless.
Talented, but frivolous and dissolute.
"Xu Jingzong has behaved inappropriately in front of the palace and has been demoted to..." Li Shimin looked at Xu Jingzong who was kneeling down to plead guilty, and then saw Wu Huaiyu next to him. He originally wanted to demote Xu Jingzong to a Sima from another state, but changed his mind and simply decided
The key point of the demotion is, "Demoted to the position of Inspector of Arms."
Tongshi Sheren originally came from the sixth rank, and Xiazhou Sima also came from the sixth rank, but one is in the center and the other is outside Xiazhou. The difference is huge.
And now the Prime Minister who has been directly demoted to the position of Inspector of Arms is a position above the seventh grade of the Caizheng. Moreover, the yamen like the Inspector of Arms, which is in charge of craftsmen and instruments, is not much better than the Officer of Arts and Crafts.
"Fine another year's salary."
Li Shimin made a decision with some boredom.
Xu Jingzong felt like he was mourning his heir, but he still had to express his gratitude.
Huaiyu was also a little uneasy next to him. He was not a troublemaker. He had finally achieved an official position through meritorious service, but this guy had brought trouble to the whole country.
By the way, Xu Jingzong, that name sounds familiar.
He seems to be the prime minister in the Wu Zetian era?
"Wu Huaiyu!" Li Shimin called him.
Huaiyu quickly responded.
"It's your first time to attend court. You haven't had time to learn the etiquette of court visits before. This time, I think you are ignorant and don't understand. I also think that you have just made military achievements on the battlefield of Longyou, so I will specially exempt you this time.
crime.
He will be fined one month's salary as punishment, and if he offends again, he will be severely punished."
Talking to each other was a breach of etiquette for court officials, and as a result, one of them was demoted to the position of warden of weapons and fined one year's salary, while the other was fined only one month's salary.
Even though he refuses to give up his power, he says that the treatment is not fair enough.
As a result, Li Shimin said that Xu Jingzong committed the offense knowingly, while Wu Huaiyu committed the offense without knowing it and it was the first time, so they should be treated differently.
Huaiyu returned to class,
The ginseng continues.
However, after Xu Jingzong was demoted to the position of Military Superintendent, he lost the qualification to participate in the imperial court and was directly kicked out of the palace.
How embarrassing is it?
Originally, there were sixteen chief editors, Tongshisheren, and Huaiyu was added to serve as Tongshisheren. Now that Xu Jingzong has been demoted, a position has been vacated.
Quan Zhirang, who was responsible for supervising the etiquette in the palace, directly asked Huaiyu to move to the seat vacated by Xu Jingzong and occupy his class.
The other fifteen generals looked at him.
Huaiyu was a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, he didn't seek out Xu Jingzong first, otherwise people would still suspect that he was using this despicable method to steal Xu Jingzong's class position.
But after this incident, the other fifteen tongshisheren, after taking a deep look at him, all drew a clear line with him. Even the few tongshisheren next to him remained calm and quiet.
She moved her body and tried to be as far away from him as possible, for fear of being implicated by him.
Originally, he was a guy who won the title for his meritorious service on the battlefield and entered the court. He wore a Jinxian crown and a white brush. Everyone felt that he was quite out of place. He should go to the military commander class, wear a Wu Bian and a plain scarf. Now he comes
An eighteenth-year bachelor of the Prince of Qin's palace, the General Secretary was sent to be the Military Superintendent.
Huaiyu was sitting there on his knees, wanting to curse Xu Jingzong in circles. This damn mung bean-eyed mustache had cost him a month's salary. Who did he offend?
It's not easy to be an official.
Fortunately, Li Shimin also asked him to build a Shenji Workshop to make firearms, otherwise this would probably be as miserable as Xu Jingzong's.
He had no interest in the next court meeting and sat there feeling restless.
The imperial censor in the palace was so powerful that he kept scanning his eyes. There was a guy who was coughing from time to time because he didn't know if he caught a cold, but he also wrote down his name.
There was another guy who farted and was also impeached.
Coughing and farting are not allowed, let alone spitting and making noise.
Finally, when it was over, I thought I could leave, but Quan Zhirang stopped me and asked him to take him to study the etiquette of attending court meetings.
"If you misbehave in front of the palace next time, the consequences will be very serious."
Huaiyu didn't like this young Duke Lu at all, but it turned out that he had a younger brother named Lu Zhijie.
Huaiyu couldn't help but want to laugh.
Cheng Yaojin is now the Duke of Su. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he changed the title to Duke of Lu. After Cheng Yaojin became an official, he also changed his name from Yaojin to Zhijie.
This..., why does it feel so weird?
Could it be that it won’t be long before Quan Zhirang’s title is no longer guaranteed?
Should he be granted another title, or should he be demoted or seize the title?
Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. It seems that even the second generation of Jue who became the imperial censor is not easy to get along with.
Looking at Quan Zhirang's eyes again, there was a little pity in his eyes.
As a result, Quan Zhirang thought that Wu Huaiyu was provoking him.
I have been taking this etiquette class for a long time, but the result has not been passed. Quan Zhirang asked him to take it up tomorrow.
Classes lasted until noon, no one even took care of meals, and I left hungry.
The entrance to the East Palace.
Xu Jingzong's bastard green official robe has been replaced by a toad light green robe, and he is standing at the gate of the palace with a resentful look on his face.
As soon as Huaiyu came out, he greeted him.
"Bachelor Xu, where are the others?"
"Waiting for you from Wushe."
Huaiyu said helplessly: "You can't blame me for this. I've also suffered a lot. After all, I was implicated by Xu Xueshi."
He thought Xu Jingzong was looking for trouble with him.
In the end, Xu Jingzong grinned, his smile as ugly as crying, and said: "Wushi people, it's my fault for this. It's all my fault for being too talkative. I was demoted from my official position and was fined by others. I didn't do this on purpose."
I'm waiting for you here, so I can apologize to you in person."
Huaiyu looked at this guy. Ever since he remembered that Xu Jingzong was Wu Zetian's prime minister, he remembered many historical stories about this guy.
For example, in the last years of Daye, when Xu Jingzong's father was the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Yu Wenhuaji rebelled and committed regicide, and also killed Xu Jingzong's father, Xu Shanxin. Xu Jingzong was also present at the time.
After a little dance, Yu Wenhuaji let him go.
Xu Jingzong's wife, Pei, was also a lady from a famous family in Hedong. She had a very beautiful personal maid. Xu Jingzong liked it very much. After his wife died, he took her as his concubine. However, Xu Jingzong's eldest son, Xu Ang, was old.
I have already fallen in love with this girl.
Xu Jingzong stole his son's woman, but Xu Ang refused to give up and continued to maintain a relationship with his old lover who became his concubine. Xu Jingzong could not stop him, so he directly filed a complaint with the government and sent his biological son away.
Lingnan was exiled.
Not only that, Xu Jingzong was also very greedy for money. He himself came from a famous Xu family in Gaoyang, and his wife was also from the Pei family in Hedong. However, he was so greedy for the money of Lingnan tycoon Feng An that he actually married his daughter to Lingnan and became Feng An's daughter-in-law.
Let the world's scholars laugh at you.
Because of this incident, the famous noble families later stopped marrying his family, so he had no choice but to let his son marry the granddaughter of the martial artist Yuchi Jingde, and then marry his daughter to Qian Jiulong's son.
Qian Jiulong, like Fan Xing, was once a slave of Li Yuan's family. Later, he followed Li Yuan to join the army, and for his meritorious service, he was named Duke of Xi and General Yuan You.
But like Yuchi Gong, he had insufficient background after all, so Xu Jingzong was willing to marry his daughter.
From these things, Wu Huaiyu could see that Xu Jingzong's character was very pragmatic and capable of bending and stretching. No wonder he was known as a traitor in history.
Talking about Xu Jingzong's background, his talent, and the fact that he has long been one of the eighteen bachelors of the Prince of Qin's Mansion, he still got a good hand at the beginning, but he played badly in the middle, but he finally turned the tables.
The guy is very capable.
He was a little wary of being with such people.
"Bachelor Xu, I still have urgent matters to attend to, so I'm going to leave now. We'll talk to you another day."
However, Xu Jingzong clung to him like a dog-skin plaster, "Martial Master, I just reported to the Arms Supervisor. Ji Guogong is also the Military Supervisor. He asked me to follow Wu Sheren from now on. In the future, I will be mainly responsible for assisting the Master to manage the gods.
Machinery Department."
"Mr. Ji Guo?"
"That's Princess Gaomi's consort Duan Lun."
Duan Lun was from the Duan tribe of Xianbei in western Liaoning. His father, Duan Wenzhen, was the Minister of the Ministry of War in the Sui Dynasty. Xu Jingzong's father was the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. He and Duan Lun were actually very close.
Duan Lun is the second husband of Princess Gaomi. Princess Gaomi is the fourth daughter of Li Yuan. She was originally named Princess Langya. She is the nephew of her first husband, eldest grandson Xiaozheng, eldest grandson Shunde, and the cousin of the crown princess. However, she died early and Li Jiancheng made the decision.
Married her to his good friend Duan Lun.
Duan Lun was very capable. He led the troops to pacify Bashu for the Tang Dynasty, and also recruited the tribes of Nanning (Yunnan) to surrender. He was given the title of Duke Ji. He established posts and conferred officials in Yizhou, wielding the power of life and death, and offended many people. Later,
He was reported for treason and was summoned to the court, where he remained idle.
This time Li Shimin deliberately pulled these four brothers-in-law out to serve as supervisors of the resettlement weapons supervisory department.
"Wu Sheren, where is our Shenji Workshop? Why have I never heard of this yamen in Chang'an?" Xu Jingzong followed Wu Huaiyu, following suit.
With this appearance, he doesn't look like a disciple from a famous family, or even a bachelor from Prince Qin's palace.
"To be honest, I don't know either."
Xu Jingzong was stunned for a moment, "How about I take Shiren to the weapons prison first, pay homage to Mr. Ji Guogong, and ask us where the Shenji Workshop is?"
