Wu Huaiyu met Wei Zheng and greeted him with a smile. Wei Zheng turned his head angrily and ignored him, looking haggard and listless.
"That's right!" Duan Lun, who was specially summoned to court today, said bitterly. He still can't forgive Wei Zheng. The Ordnance Supervisor did a good job and was ready to show off his skills, but Wei Zheng was directly impeached, removed from office, and seized the title.
"Duan Gong goes to court today to restore his official rank."
"Who knows." Duan Lun said helplessly.
The new emperor granted him a great title, but no one cared about him at home. It was an unbearable feeling. "Erlang, I also want to practice Taoism recently. I heard that your master, Senior Xiaoyaozi, founded the Longmen Sect. You are also the leader of the Longmen Sect now, right?"
, can you accept me as your disciple?"
Huaiyu looked at him.
The Prince Consort, who is in his thirties and the emperor's brother-in-law, is not an ordinary person even if he does not have an official title now.
"Duan Zhengzheng is so young and strong, how come he has the heart to practice Taoism?"
"I'm free." Duan Lun didn't hide it, "This person gets bored when he's free, but I don't want to be like the King of Hejian, who drinks, listens to music, watches and dances all day long and indulges in sex."
Huaiyu thought to himself, you do, but the princess must also be willing to let you indulge in wine and sex.
There are hundreds of kabuki performers in Li Xiaogong's mansion, which is really as happy as a fairy.
"How about I accept you as a registered disciple on behalf of my master, teach you a set of Longmen mental techniques, and then teach you the eight-part Golden Kung Fu and the eight-part Longevity Kung Fu, and you can practice them at home first?"
"Okay," Duan Lun agreed, very excited.
People can't be too idle, especially young people. As a consort, you can't indulge in wine and sex. If you want to do something else, you are even more restricted.
It is better to simply practice Taoism. This can be regarded as a gesture, a complete surrender to the emperor, and a silent cry.
The Shuo Dynasty was very solemn, and all the officials in Beijing came.
Today's Shuo Dynasty was unexpected. The emperor actually took the initiative to mention the two brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.
On the fourth day of the sixth lunar month, Li Shimin asked Yuchi Gong to hold a bloody goblet and ask Li Yuan to issue an edict, saying that Jiancheng Yuanji was plotting rebellion and asked for an edict to kill him.
In fact, when he went to request the edict, both Jiancheng and Yuanji had been killed, and Li Yuan's edict was just to reissue the order and to characterize the entire incident.
On the same day, Li Shimin also issued an edict in the name of Li Yuan. In addition to Jiancheng and Yuanji, they were removed from the royal family and demoted to common people. After their death, they were hastily buried as common people.
Now that Li Shimin has succeeded to the throne, the Turks have also withdrawn their troops, all the troubles have been settled, and Li Shimin has firmly sat on the throne of the emperor.
"After the feudal era, he became the King of Yin, and Yuan Ji became the King of Hailing. He was buried with ceremony."
Li Shimin also asked the ministers to discuss posthumous titles for the two of them.
The emperor restored the royal titles to the two expelled brothers, obviously for posthumous honor and to appease their former subordinates.
But from the title Xi Wang he gave to Jiancheng, we can also see that his intention is to rest and calm people down.
The newly appointed Minister of Rites, Duke Rui Guogong, Lu Kuan, came out to ask for a memorial.
"King Xi should be given a posthumous title of Ru!"
Not regretting past mistakes is called cruelty; not thinking about accepting them is called cruelty; knowing one's mistakes and not correcting them is called cruelty.
Ru is an evil posthumous title. For example, the prince Liu Zhi who was killed during the rebellion by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was given the posthumous title of Prince Ru. Also, after the Tumubao Incident in the Ming Dynasty, the younger brother of Emperor Knocking, Jingtai, came to the throne. He was later captured in a mutiny before he died of illness, and died.
Later he also received a cruel posthumous title.
The cruel posthumous title of Lu Kuan was very poorly discussed.
Even Wu Huaiyu standing in the palace could understand something about Li Shimin's thoughts. This time is to settle old matters and show it to those who are still alive. Since it is to appease and not punish, there is no need to be given a bad posthumous title, otherwise it will not be consistent with the starting point.
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Sure enough, Li Shimin frowned and directly rejected the posthumous title.
Du Yan, the imperial censor, was on the list. This Du Ruhui's uncle was also a founder of the Tiance Mansion. However, Du Ruhui's brother and Du Yan's uncle had a grudge against each other because Du Ruhui's eldest brother, his younger brother Du Chuke, and their uncle Du Yan fell into the hands of Wang Shichong.
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Du Yan actually slandered his eldest brother Du Ruhui to Wang Shichong, causing him to be killed. His younger brother Chu Ke was also imprisoned and almost starved to death. Li Shimin was rescued only after pacifying Luoyang.
At that time, Du Yan was about to be executed because he was Wang Shichong's man. Du Chuke actually interceded for Du Yan, but Du Ruhui was unwilling to save his uncle who killed his brother. Du Chuke persuaded his brother not to kill each other, and even committed suicide. Ruhui finally came out.
He interceded with Li Shimin and rescued Du Yan.
Du Yan entered Tiance Mansion, but Du Chuke lived in seclusion in Songshan Mountain.
Nowadays, there are two uncles and nephews, one is the Minister of the Ministry of War and the other is the imperial censor, but their relationship is very bad. In fact, internal fighting is very common in such famous families, and the reason for the fighting is also caused by the direct concubine.
After Du Ruhui's grandmother died, his grandfather married another step-in-law, who was Du Yan's mother. Du Ruhui's grandmother was from the Guo family in Taiyuan, which was also one of the top famous families. Du Yan's biological mother had a poorer family background and suffered a lot from childhood.
There was discrimination on the part of the direct lineage, so naturally they also hated the direct lineage, and eventually the uncle and nephew killed each other.
It can be seen from this that Du Yan is by no means a good recommendation. When Li Shimin was fighting with Jiancheng, Du Yan was very active in making suggestions. He was also exiled after the Yang Wenqian incident. After the Xuanwu Sect, he was recalled by Li Shimin and was directly awarded the imperial censorship.
important position.
At this moment, Du Yan suggested to Li Shimin that Jiancheng be given the posthumous title Ling.
Spirit is also an evil posthumous title.
Those who are good at offering sacrifices to ghosts and monsters are called Ling, those who know ghosts and gods well are called Ling, and those who are not diligent in becoming famous are called Ling.
Taking Ling as a posthumous title generally means that it is quite absurd.
Both violence and spirit are evil.
Li Shimin was willing to use these two evil posthumous titles in his heart, but the original intention of consecrating the two brothers today was not to whip their corpses. Among the hundreds of officials in this palace, there are still many old Jiancheng tribes, such as Wei Zheng, Wang Gui, Wei Ting and others. Although Jiancheng was executed
, but he is not some ridiculous prince.
It's just a failed struggle for power.
Posthumously named Ru He Ling, Wei Zheng and others would not agree.
Sure enough, as soon as Du Yan finished speaking, Wang Gui of the former East Palace, who was demoted by Li Yuan because of the Yang Wenqian incident, immediately stood up to oppose it.
Wang Gui, who was promoted to the position of Minister of Huangmen, began to attack Du Yan in person and counted his achievements.
Li Shimin frowned when he heard this.
Today I am not here to hold a meeting to express my merits for Jiancheng. Today I am just here to bring an end to what happened at the beginning and completely seal the coffin.
Seeing that Wei Zheng, Wei Ting and many other ministers began to talk about the success of the construction, and even Yu Wenshi and his own people also said that they were violent and spiritual, Li Shimin couldn't bear it anymore.
Shangshu's right servant shot Feng Deyi to observe his appearance and noticed the emperor's dissatisfaction.
He stood up immediately.
"Your Majesty, I think it is appropriate to have a posthumous title as a spirit. The events on the fourth day of June have already been decided.
Jiancheng is cruel, and it is not worthy of the talent. The good and bad luck of Yuan is crazy, and there are signs of overturning the nest. Jiancheng and Yuanji are actually two evils. Conflict between China and foreign countries, humans and gods are not allowed. Use obscurity to make it clear, Yin worry enlightens the saints, and good and evil are distinguished early.
, the country is determined.
Now that His Majesty is granting posthumous titles, it is out of consideration for brotherhood that the evil deeds they did and the mistakes they committed will cease to exist. People like Wei Zheng, Wang Gui, and Wei Ting still cannot face it to this day.
If you want to gain fame for your old master, you should ignore the facts and really shouldn’t do it!”
Deyi had been granted the title of Prime Minister for many years. As soon as he said these words, the atmosphere in the court immediately changed. This man was the emperor's confidant.
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others also stood up to support Feng Deyi.
Li Shimin took advantage of the situation and nodded, and gave him the posthumous title of Ling, King Xi Ling. Yuan Ji was given the posthumous title of La. La is a posthumous name, which means violent and unloved, which is also a bad posthumous title.
He was built as King Xi Ling and was buried with the rites of a prince. Yuan Ji was the King of Hailing La and was buried with the rites of a county prince.
"When it is completed, Yuanji's old palace officials will all go to the funeral!"
The matter was settled.
Li Shimin issued several more edicts.
Lu Kuan, the former central eunuch of the palace, had been appointed minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the post of central eunuch was vacant. Li Shimin was awarded the title of Yuwenshi and became the new central eunuch of the palace. Duan Lun, the consort, was granted the title of secretarial eunuch, restoring the title of Duke of Ji State.
Princess Guiyang's consort Yang Shidao, the commander-in-chief of Ande County, was granted the title of Taichang Qing and the Military Superintendent.
Princess Xiangyang's consort, Du Wei Anfeng County Gong Dou, was born and was granted the title of Zongzhengqing and the Imperial Academy.
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Zhongshu Ling Yu Wenshi and the prime minister were kicked out of the political hall. The Zhongshu is the governor of the province in the palace, but it is called the inner three provinces like the secretary province and the internal servants province. There is a huge difference in power from the three outer provinces of Zhongshu's ministers.
Don't.
The imperial palace is in charge of all affairs of the emperor's life, including food, medicine, clothing and other six departments.
This is the second Wude prime minister to be kicked out of the central government after Yang Gongren.
When Pei Ji saw this, he also felt the difference today. This Li Yuan confidant came out to ask for help.
"Your Majesty, when we first launched the army in Taiyuan, I made an agreement with the Supreme Emperor that after the world was peaceful, I would resign and return to my fields. Now that the world is at peace, I would like to ask Your Majesty to allow me to take up my official post."
"Prime Minister Pei has the honor of serving the emperor and is now in good health. Why do you say this?" Li Shimin asked.
"Your Majesty, I am old, frail and sick, and I am really no longer competent. Please allow me to resign, so that I can rest in peace and enjoy my old age."
There were two monarchs and ministers. Pei Ji wanted to resign, but Li Shimin insisted on staying.
But everyone can see that Li Shimin doesn't really like Pei Ji, but it's just not the time to let him leave yet.
"I will give Prime Minister Pei a long vacation to recuperate at home. During the recuperation period, Shangshu Wailang will be on duty at Pei's mansion. When his health is better, he will go to the political hall every three or two days to conduct political affairs.
Give me a longevity stick!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Although Pei Ji has not yet retired from office, he can be regarded as half withdrawing from the center.
"Wu Huaiyu!"
"I'm here!" Wu Huaiyu heard the emperor calling his name and hurried out of work.
"You are good at elixir medicine. After going to court, you will go to the Duke of Wei's mansion to diagnose and prescribe Prime Minister Pei, and help Duke Wei to regulate and recuperate his body. No matter how precious medicinal materials are needed, feel free to use them and the palace will give them to you."
After going to court, Pei Ji asked Huaiyu to ride back to the Duke of Wei's palace with him in his carriage. Pei Ji's carriage was very luxurious, almost like a RV. Not only could the two of them drink tea in the carriage, there were actually two beautiful maids serving on the carriage.
As an old friend of the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, Pei Ji dare not say that he is as rich as the country, but he is really rich.
After Li Yuan captured Chang'an, he directly granted Pei Ji the title of Duke of Wei, and also granted him 100,000 acres of land, a mansion, and 40,000 pieces of fabrics.
A land reward of 100,000 acres at a time, who has such treatment?
Later, the imperial court cast Kaiyuan Tongbao, and Li Yuan also gave Pei Ji a money-casting furnace. This treatment was the only one among all the officials. Except for Pei Ji, only the three brothers Jiancheng, Shimin, and Yuanji each gave three money-casting furnaces.
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A coin-making furnace can cast more than 3,000 coins a year.
This is not private coining, it is coining money under orders, making money by yourself, and a steady stream of money trees.
Up to now, Pei Ji's money-making furnace has been casting money by itself for five years, more than 3,000 coins a year, and more than 10,000 coins in five years.
During the Wude Dynasty, Li Yuan successively made Li Shimin, Li Yuanji and Pei Ji the three Dukes. Yuanji has become the King of Hailingla, Li Shimin has become the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and now only Pei Ji is the Sikong.
Unique and authentic.
Pei Ji's son, Lawyer Pei, was engaged to Li Yuan's daughter, Princess Linhai, who was also the fiancée of Li Yuan's son, King Zhao Yuanjing. In this big award, Pei Ji also won 1,500 real titles, ranking first.
It's too high to stand here, and it's extremely cold up there.
"It is said that Erlang is very good at Taoist elixirs. I wonder if there is any way Erlang can help me return to my hometown in Hedong?" Pei Ji said bluntly.
