This is especially true for the palace banquet on New Year's Eve. There are too many people attending the banquet, and seniority is used to rank officials.
Not only some of the bigwigs who rarely show up in Chang'an City came, but also the local civil and military officials and officials from the border areas came, as well as too many envoys from foreign countries, etc.
Wu Huaiyu, who was newly promoted to the fourth rank of envoy, Yanzhou governor and Shouyang marquis, could only accompany him to the last position. Only at this time could he feel more deeply that he was still just a little Karami.
In the palace, Sikong Pei Ji was also invited today, and even Pei Ji's good friend, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, came. It was rare to see these two gay friends, one yellow and one purple, sitting together.
The Emperor seemed to be in a good mood. Not only did he show respect today, but at the beginning of the banquet, he stood up with a toast and praised the Emperor greatly in front of all the ministers and foreign envoys.
In particular, the emperor spoke highly of the calm and calm handling of the previous Turkic invasion at the Weishui River.
However, in front of the Turkic envoys Ashina Simo and Zhi Shisi Li, the old emperor did not consider their feelings when he praised Li Shimin and demoted the Turks like this.
When the emperor received such recognition from his father, he was so excited that he shed tears on the spot. The father and son embraced each other and staged a scene of fatherly kindness and sonly filial piety.
This is also the first time in half a year since the palace coup that the two fathers have been together in public again, and they are so harmonious. But today, when all parties came to court, this scene did make Li Yuan give rare praise to his son.
Wu Huaiyu looked at the rows of seats in the palace today.
Li Yuan's position was aloof, and the emperors were all lower than him, followed by the young prince Cheng Qian.
Among the ministers, Pei Ji was the only one who was upright. The three princes also held the title of prime minister, and even several cases were bigger than others.
Below him was the third division from the first rank, and the third division of the East Palace was temporarily absent, so the two men from the third division, Kaifu Yi, who were from the first rank, and the casual rank, sat in the front row.
Li Yi, King of Yan, and Li Youliang, King of Changle, were sitting there.
The highest casual rank is Cong Yipin, and now the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty have been raised to Cong Yipin, namely Li Yi and Li Youliang.
Even though Pei Ji is a third-level official of the first rank, his rank is not as high as the first rank, and is only the second rank. Other famous prime ministers and kings such as Xiao Yu, Yang Gongren, Li Xiaogong, etc. are also only the second rank and the second rank.
But Wu Huaiyu looked at these two people as if they were dead people.
Including Pei Ji, who was reminiscing about old times with the Supreme Emperor, his political life had already been sentenced to death.
Wu Huaiyu had participated in Li Shimin's small court meeting more than once, specializing in dealing with these three people.
Now, among the three first-level officials, Pei Ji is at home. He went to the Zhengshitang Hall on March 2 to attend to Pingzhang's political affairs. Li Youliang, the governor of Liangzhou, was recalled to the capital by the emperor to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and then he changed his position as a sinecure.
Only Li Yi is still out of town.
But after repelling the Turks last year, Li Shimin evacuated Tiance Mansion, Xingtai Mansion, and the Twelve Guanzhong Army. Li Yiyuan's concurrent post as General Tianjie was also dismissed.
Now Li Yi's official position is General Zuo Yiwei, governor of Jingzhou, Kaifu Yitong three divisions, and has a real seal of 1,200 households.
Among these titles, only the governor of Jingzhou holds some real power. General Zuo Yiwei is not in Beijing, so he only has a title in name only.
The military power in Li Yi's hands has been gradually reduced, and I believe that the governor of Jingzhou will not let him be the governor for much longer.
Historically, Li Yi rebelled in the end, but this hero in the late Sui Dynasty failed to create any waves. Just like Li Mi who wanted to return to Shandong, he died in the hands of unknown people.
Since learning about the existence of Liumen, Huaiyu can be sure that Li Yi may be surrounded by Liumen's spies, and there are probably even many people arranged by the imperial court in the army in Jingzhou.
If Li Shimin really wanted to take precautions against Li Yi, he would just change his official position while Li Yi returned to Beijing this time and prevent him from going back. Li Yi might have a good death.
But judging from the several small court discussions he participated in, Li Shimin wanted to completely deal with Li Yi, which meant that Li Shimin may have intended to force Li Yi to rebel, and he had already made preparations to deal with him once he rebelled.
It's a pity that Li Yi is still pretending to be a county king now. I think it's great that he is one of the only three officials in Kaifu Yitong.
The walking dead.
The advantage of having a low status is that at a banquet like tonight, I can calmly watch with cold eyes and take a closer look at the top power field in the Tang Dynasty.
Some people have become prey.
Some people are still struggling to push forward.
The era of the old prime ministers with virtues has obviously come to an end. Regardless of whether they are Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Fenglun, Yang Gongren, scribes, etc., these people are sitting near the front today, and they can no longer keep in mind Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun, Sun Wuji, Gao Shilian, Wei Zhengwang.
Gui Wei stood up to Du Yan and the others.
He also discovered something.
At today's banquet, the generals who had been relatively active in the Qin Dynasty's residence were relatively quiet and honest today.
Qin Qiong was still recuperating in Bailuyuan and did not return to Beijing at all.
Yu Chigong was extraordinarily honest today, sitting there like a piece of wood. Cheng Yaojin only knew how to eat without saying a word. The other generals such as Hou Junji, Duan Zhixuan, Zhang Shigui and so on were also surprisingly quiet.
It was obvious that the emperor had also decided on the personnel adjustments for the generals in Qiandi years ago. After the year, these people would basically be sent to other places as governors. Only a few people such as Hou Junji would stay in the capital.
There must have been an emperor talking to them, or taking the opportunity to beat them up, so now they are all honest.
For a while, it was said that the old men of the Qin Prince's Mansion were very united. Even Fang Xuanling's eldest son, Sun Wuji, mentioned to the emperor more than once on their behalf that the emperor was not too happy with the old men. Some people even suggested that the former soldiers of the Qin Prince's Mansion should be killed.
All officers were awarded.
But these were all rejected by Li Shimin.
He is no longer the King of Qin or General Tiance, but the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Everyone is slowly realizing it now, and this is actually quite good. If we continue to do the same thing as before when we were competing for heirs and heirs, the court will be divided, which is not conducive to unity and development.
For the Wu family, this is good for now.
The fourth uncle, the warrior Xun, was also a hero of Yuanmou who took Li Yuan's iron ticket to avoid death, and now he has finally secured his position as the governor of Liangzhou in the new dynasty.
His brother Wu Huaiyu was no longer treated differently as the old emperor Yuan Cong.
Huaiyu looked for Wei Zheng.
I found that Wei Zheng was unusually quiet today.
This Wei Zuocheng likes to eat spinach and vinegar. Today there was both spinach and vinegar at the palace banquet, and Wei Zheng was very happy to eat it.
The emperor, the emperor praised each other there,
The princes and ministers were full of praises. Wei Zheng was disdainful, but he did not spoil the atmosphere. Maybe it was because Li Shimin paid him back a thousand coins last time, renovated the gate and hall, and even the queen rewarded him.
After returning home twice, Wei Zheng paid special attention to the emperor today.
After all, it is rare for the Emperor to come out.
When the doctor from Taichang Temple came out and loudly announced that the New Year had arrived, Li Shimin raised his glass and stood up.
Everyone stood up together.
"Congratulations!"
“Happy New Year!”
"Good luck to Zhenguan!"
Zhenguan, representing the new emperor's new year title, was also officially launched.
It is said that this era name is one of the era names selected by the scribes Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xiao Yu, Chen Shudayu, Wei Zheng, Wang Gui and other new and old ministers, from which the emperor decided this one.
Zhen: The principle of heaven and earth governs the uprightness, Guan: To show people.
These two words are taken from the Book of Changes, which means that the way of heaven and earth is Zhenguan. The development of everything in heaven and earth has its own objective laws, and this law is righteousness.
The reign name of Zhenguan has some meaning to the rule of moderation promoted by Huang Lao Wuwei during the reign of Wen and Jing in the Han Dynasty.
Follow the objective law, that is, you can't mess around. Didn't the Sui Dynasty die because it went too far in conquering Liaodong, building a canal, building an eastern capital, and opening up the western regions?
Perhaps in terms that ordinary people can understand, it means that you can eat as much food as you have a big belly and do as many things as you have the strength to do.
This reign name reveals the new emperor's governing program, which is quite good.
Li Yuan was the founding emperor. His mission was to conquer the world and unify the Central Plains. This was the first priority.
Li Shimin will be the emperor who maintains his career. He will restore prosperity to the world that has been conquered, so that everyone can live a life of food and clothing.
Li Yuanshi wanted to be proactive, but Li Shimin had to pay more attention to stability.
Huaiyu held up his wine glass and shouted, "Good luck to Zhenguan."
Maybe when these two words are shouted today, many people will not think of the position of these two words in the long history of China.
The rule of Zhenguan.
Although Zhenguan was not a prosperous age, it was a time of governance.
Today, the Zhenguan Reign has officially begun, and Wu Huaiyu also feels excited. He is also fortunate to participate in it and will witness history together.
The Zhenguan Dynasty was not the most powerful and wealthy period of the Tang Dynasty, but Zhenguan was definitely the most confident period of the Tang Dynasty.
In this great era, everything revolves around the young emperor on the throne.
He is ten years older than Huaiyu, and is only twenty-eight this year. A young emperor under the age of thirty will leave the most profound mark in Chinese history and become a role model for emperors in the past.
Qin Emperor Han Wu Tang Zong!
When he was excited, he couldn't help but drink a few more drinks, and Wu Huaiyu actually got drunk.
When Huaiyu woke up, it was already dawn.
Runniang told him that he was sent back last night by the old Wei next door, and he even vomited all over him.
"I was happy for a moment and drank a little more. I didn't feel anything when I drank the Jiannan Shaochun, but it fell down when the wind blew. It's no worse than our Wuhou Shao."
On New Year's Day, it snowed again.
There seems to be a lot of snow this year. I heard that the heavy snowfall in the grasslands has caused disasters. It is estimated that the grassland tribes will not be happy to celebrate the New Year, and may even attack and rob each other.
It’s New Year, new clothes.
First, accept congratulations from people in your own courtyard and give each person a red envelope.
After handing out the red envelopes, Huaiyu took his three concubines and four concubines to Xuanfu's small courtyard. She refused to come out even though she was celebrating the New Year, so he had to come to the courtyard gate to say hello and New Year's greetings to her.
"Wish Aye and Grandma New Year's greetings for me," Fan Xuanfu insisted on waiting until she gave birth to the child before leaving the hospital. However, she had prepared many gifts in advance for Jianyi and the others to take.
Lao Wu and Mrs. Liu didn't care that their second daughter-in-law didn't come to greet her and wish her happy New Year. Instead, they told her not to disturb An Xin as she raised the baby.
Sister-in-law Cheng is still quiet and gentle, but since the last time he went to Cheng's house and witnessed the generosity of his sister-in-law who wanted to buy five hundred slaves, he felt that this gentle sister-in-law was even more powerful than Fan Xuanfu, who had previously killed a horse.
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"After the new year, I want to go to Liangzhou with my fourth uncle,"
In the corridor, the two brothers walked and chatted with their sleeves rolled up. Wu Huaiyi wanted to take the initiative to go to the frontier to seek fame.
"Sister-in-law, there's nothing in her stomach. Are you willing to leave Beijing now?" Huaiyu asked with a smile.
"Actually, your sister-in-law already has one,"
"Yes?"
"Well, I had nausea and vomiting last morning. You were not at home, so I asked a doctor to see me. It was confirmed that I had a happy pulse."
"With my sister-in-law, it's even more inconvenient for me to go to Liangzhou, right?"
"Your sister-in-law supports me to go to Liangzhou. A man should have his ambitions in all directions. Didn't you also write that poem about the time when he traveled thousands of miles to search for a marquis and defended Liangzhou on horseback? I also want to find a marquis."
"Then you might as well follow me to Yanzhou."
"It's no better now than when I was in Longyou before. You are now the governor, and I am also the commander of the army. How can I serve in Tongzhou again? My fourth uncle said that I would be arranged to go to Shazhou."
"Dunhuang?"
"Well, this is where Shi Wansui was assigned as a garrison soldier," Huaiyi patted his brother's arm, "I hope we brothers will meet again during the Chinese New Year next year and each will succeed!"
