The emperor walked out of the palace with an expressionless face, and there seemed to be tears in the corners of his eyes. The emperor had just come to see the Supreme Emperor, and it was rare for father and son to chat together for a long time.
Li Yuan said that he had already thought about it and would move to Hongyi Palace after the Chinese New Year. It was quite nice there, but Tai Chi Palace was too big and he lived a bit lonely.
Moreover, the emperor cannot always live in the East Palace, it is not appropriate.
Li Shimin hugged the Supreme Emperor's thigh and said that he would live in the East Palace and let the Supreme Emperor continue to live in the Taiji Palace. He also said that Changsun Wuji had made his own decision and it was not his intention at all.
What a loving father and a filial son.
Li Yuan said that Li Xiaochang, Li Youliang and other wolves were ambitious and should be killed. He was old and would never have any other inappropriate thoughts.
He also said that since the emperor succeeded to the throne, he has done better than he expected. The last two rebel kings Liang Shidu and Yuan Junzhang have been surrendered or executed.
The Tang Dynasty was reconciled, and he was very pleased to see that the Tang Dynasty was becoming stronger and stronger, and he was completely relieved.
Now I just want to play the pipa and sing.
But in the end, the emperor still begged Li Yuan to continue living in Taiji Palace. Li Yuan finally proposed that the emperor send people to repair Hongyi Palace, and he would move there after a slight expansion.
After leaving the Tai Chi Palace, Li Shimin thought of the Supreme Emperor smelling of alcohol and disheveled. He was old and no longer the wise Tang Gong he was ten years ago. He gave up and gave up completely.
After the palace change on the fourth day of June last year, he went to Haichi to visit his father. At that time, Li Yuan still shouted that he would kill him. But now he has completely accepted the reality, and even the Tai Chi Palace has to be given up.
"His Majesty!"
Changsun Wuji and four other prime ministers stood at the foot of the steps to welcome him.
Li Shimin raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, then straightened his clothes and cheered up.
The ambitious emperor is back again.
At this moment, the emperor in front of the Tai Chi Palace became more majestic and more confident.
"Go back to the palace."
Return to the East Palace.
"General Zhang Ping, Duke of Zuowei, Zhang Liang, and Duke Yi of Xiazhou, Duke Wu Huaiyu, are here to see you!"
"General Zuo Wei, Duke Qin Qiong of Qi, has an audience!"
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Wang Gui, the minister of Huangmen, Wen Yanbo, the minister of Zhongshu, Dai Zhou, the minister of Dali Temple, Yang Shidao, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and others were also summoned into the palace one after another.
Zuo Pu shot Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, the imperial censor, and Du Yan, the minister of official affairs, also came.
Du Yan was very thin and coughed all the time. The emperor asked his chamberlain to bring him a mink fur to wear.
All the ministers knelt and sat in the palace.
Changsun Wuji came out first and asked to resign.
Then Pei Ji also stood up to resign, and Xiao Yu and Du Yan also came out to resign.
Everyone knows the reason why Changsun Wuji was involved. Changsun Anye participated in Li Xiaochang's rebellion. He was originally a heinous person who must be killed, but now the emperor specially exempted him from death and only decided to live in Changliu Lingnan. But Changsun Wuji is his alien.
Mother and brother, I will definitely not be able to serve as prime minister again.
Du Yan, who had always had a bad relationship with Changsun Wuji, and Wang Gui directly petitioned Changsun Wuji to remove him from the post.
This was also Du Yan's last performance. He also resigned. Because his illness was too serious, the emperor specially asked Wu Huaiyu to see him. He was indeed terminally ill.
He is quite young, but it is a pity that he has been the prime minister for less than a year.
Today, Pei Ji seems particularly lonely. He has found a lot of reasons to resign, and he has also asked for an official position to return to his hometown to retire.
The emperor paced in the palace for a long time.
Then he spoke slowly.
"Zhang Liang, Wu Huaiyu did great work in quelling the chaos and killing the thieves.
The special Jin Dynasty granted him the title of Duke Zhang Liang of Changping County, the rank of Duke of Jinzi Guanglu, and the title of Guanglu Qing. He also granted the title of Zhenzhen to 200 households, making a total of 600 households."
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Zhang Liang came forward excitedly, prostrated himself on the ground, and cried out his thanks.
It turns out that Zhang Liang, who was granted a title of 400 households, was only the founding father of Changping County among the officials who were granted title. Although he was a confidant of the emperor and an old official of the emperor, the rewards he received were much inferior to those of Hou Junji and others.
The main reason is that although Zhang Liang was evaluated by Li Shimin as being good at civil affairs, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he paid more attention to military merit. However, Zhang Liang was not good at fighting. When he defected from Wagang to the Tang Dynasty, he suffered successive defeats and could not even keep his territory. Later, he had to switch to
Logistics, and even ended up specializing in intelligence for Li Shimin.
Although he had made many meritorious deeds in conducting underground intelligence, and when he was arrested and tortured by Li Yuanji, he had to endure all kinds of tortures. However, it was difficult to bring this to the table, so he could only live as a county magistrate, with a real seal of only four hundred.
Now that Jin was finally granted the title of Duke, Zhang Liang's face flushed with excitement.
"The rebellious thief Li Xiaochang will reward you with his family wealth."
"I thank Your Majesty for your great kindness."
Zhang Liang kowtowed, making a loud banging sound on the floor tiles, and his forehead was bruised.
The emperor looked at Wu Huaiyu.
"Wu Huaiyu added the general who led the army on the left, and granted him the title of Zongzhong of Yongzhou. He also added the Minister of Punishment to inspect the prince's right guard and led the army. He also added Zhenfeng to 200 households, making a total of 600 households in front of the pass. He also added the title of General San to the champion general.
The property and population of the rebel king Junkuo will be given to you."
Wu Huaiyu was much calmer than Zhang Liang. When he heard that the reward was coming out to thank him for accepting the decree, the reward was a bit unexpected, and he didn't do much.
The Six Doors had indeed been keeping an eye on this matter for more than a year and done a lot of work. However, Wu Huaiyu had made some efforts except when he had killed Luo Yi before. Later, his focus was on Shuofang.
This trip to Shayuan was purely to gain credit.
However, the emperor still credited him with this contribution and gave him a very generous reward. Just Wang Junkuo's family property was astonishing enough.
The emperor was always generous and generous to his confidants.
Taking this opportunity, the emperor also made a round of major adjustments to the personnel in the court.
"The third son of the emperor, Li Ke, was granted the title of King of Shu and became the Governor of Yizhou."
"Li Tai, the fourth son of the emperor, was renamed King of Wei and became the Governor of Yangzhou and the Governor of Yuezhou."
"Li You, the fifth son of the emperor, was renamed King of Yan and became the governor of Youzhou."
The emperor's sixth brother, King Zhao Li Yuanjing, was granted the title of King of Jing, and was granted the title of Governor of Anzhou from Yongzhou Mu. The original Governor of Anzhou, Gao Shilian, was moved to the post of Chief of the Governor's Office of Yizhou.
The emperor's seventh brother, King Li Yuanchang of Lu, was renamed King of Han and granted the title of Mu of Yongzhou.
Li Daoyan, the eldest son of Huai'an King Li Shentong, the Duke of Jiaodong County, was awarded the title of Governor of Xiangzhou.
Li Shou, the Duke of Sui'an County, was granted the title of Governor of Jiao Prefecture.
"Qin Qiong, Duke of Qi."
"I'm here." Qin Qiong came out.
Li Shimin looked at the old man and was very pleased to see that he was recovering well. He finally made up his mind, "Qin Qiong pays homage to the Minister of War.
Participate in political affairs.”
Today's court meeting was full of important ministers, but they were still very surprised.
Du Ruhui has always been the concurrent author of the Secretariat of the Ministry of War. Qin Qiong was promoted from General Zuowei to the Secretary of the Ministry of War. It makes sense. After all, he used to be the first general in the Prince of Qin's palace. But after adding the four words "participation in political affairs", that means joining the political affairs hall as the prime minister.
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I originally thought that Li Jing was promoted from the Governor of Anzhou to the Minister of Punishment and the Prince Zuowei, and that he might become a general or prime minister. Who would have thought that Qin Qiong came from behind and paid homage to the prime minister first.
Qin Qiong was also surprised.
He resigned from the palace.
"Your Majesty, I am just a warrior. I dare not say that I am inferior to others when I charge into battle. On the battlefield back then, if any enemy army dared to show off the force of their troops in front of Your Majesty, I would kill their soldiers. But as the Minister of War, I think I am not enough.
He is not qualified to join the political affairs hall and participate in government affairs. Please take back your order."
But the emperor has already thought about it.
"I believe you have this ability. Ruhui has been serving as the Grand Sima before, but he is also very incapable of doing anything else. You are my old buddy, so you have to share my worries."
The emperor not only asked Qin Qiong to join the Ministry of War as Minister of the Ministry of War with the rank of General Zuowei, but also asked him to supervise the army of the East Palace and participate in political affairs to pay homage to the prime minister.
The emperor called his hand.
The seal of participation in political affairs and a special three-beam Jinde crown were also presented.
This crown is imitated from the Yishan crown designed by the emperor himself. It is made of gilt copper leaves as a frame, and is made of leather. On the outside is a layer of leather with hollow arabesque decorations. There are three gilt copper beams on the top, and three pairs of hollow gilt on each side.
I am flowery and exquisitely crafted,
This kind of Jin De crown shows more status than the Jin Xian crown. Each crown is specially given by the emperor. Nowadays, there are not many ministers who can have Jin De crown. They are all prime ministers, important ministers or the emperor's confidants.
Ren Qinqiong repeatedly asked to resign, but the emperor refused, and he had to accept it or not.
"Wen Yanbo, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, was renamed a censor and a concubine of the prince. He still acted as an agent for the affairs of the assistant minister of Zhongshu, participated in political affairs, and was promoted to Duke Yu."
"Wang Gui, the assistant minister of Huangmen, the inspector of the school, and the right concubine of the prince, has been promoted to the Duke of Yongning County."
The right servant shot Xiao Yu, who was impeached for writing a secret letter to the deceased Sui empress. The emperor dismissed him from the position and appointed him as the prince's young master, and no longer participated in political affairs. This was the second time he was dismissed from the position in the Zhenguan Dynasty.
Pei Ji was relieved of his duties as Zuopushe, but still retained the title of Sikong, and no longer participated in government affairs. The emperor did not approve his return to his hometown, and kept him in Chang'an.
Du Yan passed away due to illness and rested at home.
Changsun Wuji resigned as prime minister, was promoted to the third division of Kaifu Yitong, and no longer participated in government affairs.
Prince Consort Yang Shidao was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Li Daliang, the former governor of Jiaozhou, was granted the title of Taifuqing.
Liu Shili restored the founding Duke of Xiangwu County and the true title of Qianhu, and became the governor of Minzhou.
Liu Zhenghui restored his official title, changed his title to Duke of Chongqing, granted him a true title of 300 households, and granted him the title of Governor of Hongzhou.
Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, was granted the title of King of Jiangxia and was granted the title of Governor of Jinzhou.
Huaiyu listened quietly.
It's really changed a lot.
Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Du Yan, Changsun Wuji, all four phases were eliminated at once.
Qin Qiong, Wen Yanbo and Wang Gui paid homage to the prime minister.
Fang Xuanling was granted the title of Zuopushe, Du Ruhui was granted the title of Youpuse, Wang Gui was appointed as the Chancellor of the School, and Wei Zheng participated in the government affairs as the Secretary of the Zuocheng Shou.
There are seven prime ministers in the court.
Pei Ju, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and was succeeded by Dai Zhou, Minister of the Dali Temple.
Yang Shidao was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but these two people did not participate in the political title.
Wu Huaiyu himself was the Zhizhong of Yongzhou and the minister of the Ministry of Punishment. He was relieved of the post of governor of Xiazhou. His current official position was actually the Sima of Yongzhou, and he would be the Shaoyin of Jingzhao in the future.
Of course, the pastor of Yongzhou is now replaced by Li Yuanchang from Li Yuanjing, but the emperor's seventh brother is only nine years old and is only a remote leader. There is also a vacancy in Yongzhou Biejia, so Huaiyu is now actually the mayor of the capital.
Zhang Liang is Guangluqing and the boss of the six sects, while Huaiyu is the second eldest.
A major feature of Li Shimin's adjustment this time is that the imperial court is currently making major adjustments to the governor's offices, merging many governor's offices, and at the same time intending to reduce the power of most governor's offices. This time, the prince and his younger brothers are directly allowed to lead the governor's office from afar.
Instead of holding the post of governor, the minister was appointed as the chief historian to actually preside over affairs.
These eight-nine-year-old, seven-eight-year-old imperial brothers and princes just have nice names, but the officials who are actually in charge of the affairs of the Dudu Mansion only have the title of long historian, so their control over the Dudu Mansion will be much weaker.
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Wu Huaiyu also didn't expect that he had only been the governor of Xiazhou for a few months, but as soon as he entered the capital, he would not be able to return.
Of the seven prime ministers, only three have the title of direct prime minister, and the other four are worshiped as prime ministers with additional titles. This way, worshiping the prime minister with other positions besides the three high-ranking officials, especially lower positions, also facilitates the emperor's control of the court.
, these newly-titled prime ministers naturally lack the authority of the three high-ranking officials. Their power as prime ministers has been weakened, and they have no power to compete with the imperial power.
The post of Zhongshu Ling, such an important officer, is actually vacant.
Wen Yanbo, the prime minister, was a royal official and also served as the minister of Zhongshu. Another minister of Zhongshu, Yan Shigu, assisted him in managing Sun Wuji, a senior official of Zhongshu. His position was even more embarrassing.
He was promoted to the first rank of Kaifu Yitong Sansi, which was the highest level. However, he had no other duties and no title to participate in political affairs, so he became a real casual official.
Of course, he is the emperor's confidant and brother-in-law. Even if he does not have a job, he can at most avoid the limelight. He can still serve the emperor as a staff advisor, not a prime minister who is not a prime minister.
The court meeting is over.
Changsun Wuji left first without any expression on his face, probably a little worried.
Qin Qiong thanked everyone humbly for their congratulations, and pulled Huaiyu away in a hurry.
He really didn't want to be the Prime Minister of Sima Jia, so he sighed repeatedly along the way.
