It seems that the sky is getting brighter earlier today, and the light of morning sun on the horizon is brighter.
As more and more officials came to court, the atmosphere here became more and more anxious.
He noticed that there were many people around him looking at him fiercely. It seemed that the clan had a lot of connections.
Two strangers walked up to him. Zhang Yang looked at them curiously and bowed slightly, "May I ask if it's in person?"
The leader saluted and said: "I, King Jing Li Yuanjing."
Zhang Yang looked at King Jing, who was nearly forty years old, and recalled whether he had seen him in the files of Zongzheng Temple. Li Shimin had too many cousins, especially the cousin generation.
Li Yuanjing smiled humbly, "Don't Zhang Zuocheng know me?"
His eyes lit up, and Zhang Yang saluted again, "It turns out to be King Jing, whom I have admired for a long time."
There is really no trust in Li Yuanjing. After all, he is not close to the clan. With so many cousins of the emperor, it is impossible to recognize them all at once.
Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly and said, "I am the minister of Zongzheng Temple for the first time. I don't remember my name in person. I hope you will forgive me."
Li Yuanjing still had a humble smile on his face, "This is Linghu Defen, the editor of Chao Zhongwenhan."
Linghu Defen was an old man with white beard and hair. He leaned on a cane and said, "I am the same generation as Master Cui Ren. I have heard Master Ren talk about you many times."
"Really?" Zhang Yang still had a stiff smile on his polite face, "If I hadn't just been appointed Minister of Zongzheng Temple, I might not have met the two of you."
Li Yuanjing turned to look at the Zhuque Gate with a not so kind smile, "We can move around more often in the future."
The Zhuque Gate slowly opened, and officials in twos and threes walked into the imperial city.
Everyone began to quicken their pace, and the team suddenly split into two groups.
In the quiet imperial city, there was only the sound of people's footsteps, which were getting faster and faster, as if they were competing to see who wanted to enter Chengtian Gate first.
With an unruly smile, Yuan Gongyu stretched out his foot and tripped, causing one person to fall to the ground.
"oops!"
A scream came, and the originally dense footsteps suddenly stopped. The scene was as quiet as death, and the two sides faced off again.
The man who fell struggled to get up and said angrily: "Which colleague did this?"
Then his eyes fell on Yuan Gongyu and asked: "Is it you?"
"Haha, don't talk nonsense, old man. I never behave badly."
"You!" The man pointed at him angrily and said while taking off his official uniform: "I will fight with you!"
In front of Chengtian Gate, a group of people started fighting again before they could confront each other.
Zhang Yang looked again and saw that Li Yuanjing and Linghu Deben had already entered the secretary's prison, and he didn't know what they were going to do.
Looking at Chengtianmen again, Zhang Yang was stunned and speechless.
Cen Wenwen and Gao Jifu walked together, discussing the current situation in low voices. While watching the excitement, they could also discuss which side would win.
In the Taiji Hall, Li Chengqian saw that there were only a few people coming to court, so he asked: "Where are the people?"
The guard in front of the palace replied: "Your Highness, they started fighting in front of Chengtian Gate. Yang Shidao, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Hou Junji, the Minister of the Ministry of War, were also implicated."
"this……"
Fang Xuanling said: "Your Highness, why don't we just take a break from the court today? We can't let them come back to court early with bruises all over. The affairs of the court will be handed over to Your Highness after the Ministry of Education has approved them."
Li Chengqian now understands his father somewhat. No wonder his father once said that if Zhang Yang was in the court for one day, the court would not be allowed to rest.
After so many years, his father's understanding of him has never changed, and Zhang Yang has not changed at all.
Then he ordered: "Let Zhang Yang go to the East Palace. I want to see him."
"Here."
Zhang Yang stood under the Chengtian Gate. He and Xu Jingzong were chatting about home affairs against the stone wall. "You should eat more wolfberries and be more moderate on weekdays."
Xu Jingzong whispered: "Marquis of the County, I am over forty years old and already have four children. The woman is still not satisfied. She has recently begun to study some tonics from the Western Regions."
"Take less medicine and exercise better."
"I understand and will discuss the matter with the woman again."
The group fight in front of Chengtian Gate has not ended yet. Xu Jingzong and Zhang Yang continued to chat leisurely, talking about life experiences and the current world situation.
A guard came to report, "Zhang Zuocheng, Your Highness the Crown Prince, please see me."
Zhang Yang stood up from the wall and straightened his official uniform, "I'm going to go first. You order someone to prepare some more healing medicine and let the Imperial Medical Office prepare it."
The group fight at Chengtianmen is not over yet, and I can’t bear to watch their vicious moves again.
In the East Palace, Li Chengqian was pacing back and forth, stopping for a moment and looking at the impeachment memorial beside him.
I didn't even bother to open the memorial and read it, so I kept walking back and forth.
"Your Highness, Zhang Zuocheng has arrived."
Quickly walking outside the hall, Li Chengqian said anxiously: "Are you here?"
Zhang Yang put his hands in his hands and said with a smile on his face, "Your Highness told me that Your Majesty asked me to serve as Minister of Zongzheng Temple. I will finish my work before I come to the East Palace to take up my post."
"You enter the palace first." Li Chengqian pulled him into the palace, pointed to a pile of memorials and said: "Look at these memorials. They were all sent to me. There are more than six hundred volumes here to impeach you."
Zhang Yang picked up a volume curiously and looked at it with a frown, "The traitors are in power, and the Lishan Party members are in the court. Taking advantage of His Majesty's serious illness, they confuse the Holy Spirit. If the traitors are not eliminated, we will rather die at the Chengtian Gate to thank the world."
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I put down one volume, picked up another and looked at it carefully, but suddenly I felt something was wrong.
"Your Highness, how many officials are there in Chang'an?"
"There are more than a thousand civil servants."
Zhang Yang sat cross-legged and said: "This is wrong. So half of the civil servants in the dynasty are trying to impeach me?"
Li Chengqian said discouraged: "Why do you still look so happy?"
"I just think the number of memorials is wrong?"
"Actually, some people also wrote a few more volumes because one volume of impeachment was not enough."
"I see. It seems that one impeachment is not enough. They need to write a few more volumes to enjoy themselves?"
Li Chengqian also sat down and whispered: "Zhang Yang, what on earth are you doing in Zongzheng Temple? Do you have to offend so many people?"
"I'm doing what His Majesty asked me to do."
"But... these people will tear you apart, Ling Chi, and exile you..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I understand." Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Actually, this person can listen to criticism. If the sharp criticism disappears completely, the mild criticism will become harsh.
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"Furthermore, if mild criticism is not allowed, silence is considered to have ulterior motives. If silence is no longer allowed, insufficient praise will be a crime."
Saying these words, Zhang Yang sat upright, as if he could shed a lot of wisdom.
Li Chengqian was a little crazy for a moment when he heard these words, but suddenly he realized that this was Zhang Yang.
As long as he is in the court, the government and the public will not be able to live in peace, not to mention that silence will no longer be allowed.
Zhang Yang continued: "I don't want to be left with only lies in this world, so I can accept criticism and let these people impeach me and bruise me all over. But after I have done those things, I still hope that His Highness the Crown Prince will do it."
It will allow me to retire early."
Li Chengqian looked at him in disbelief, "Retire soon."
"Yes."
"You actually want to retire?"
Zhang Yang sighed and said: "I have thought about it. Originally, I planned to retire at the age of thirty, but now I think that my ideal back then was too hasty and too idealistic. I should be more realistic."
"His Royal Highness the Prince should always remember that if people cannot listen to severe criticism, then only lies will be left around them, and there will no longer be friends around them, but hateful faces, trying to get rid of you.
Cut the flesh off your body.”
As a young master of the prince, Zhang Yang followed the principle of saying as much as he could, and continued: "So I happily accept their criticism."
Li Chengqian said: "Then will you correct it?"
"Of course I will."
Seeing Zhang Yang's warm smile, Li Chengqian almost believed it, but when he thought that he rarely had such a smile, he sighed: "Since it is what the father wants, you just go ahead and do it. I don't know what the father has told me."
What do you mean, but if the ruling and opposition parties continue to get angry, I will have nothing to do."
Zhang Yang stood up and walked out of the East Palace. If he was impeached, he would be impeached, and if he was criticized, he would be criticized. This court is still very energetic.
This shows that the clan is aware of the danger.
Returning to Zongzheng Temple, the place was much cleaner. Only three or two people left by Li Yifu were still checking the volumes.
As soon as Zhang Yang sat down, volumes were placed in front of him.
"These are the field records brought by Jingzhao Mansion. Let's check them first."
Zhang Yang opened one of the memorials. Most of the people in the clan were afraid of Li Shimin. Generally speaking, the current Li Tang clan was quite obedient. For example, Li Shimin's cousin Li Yuanli, after he moved to Feng Jiangzhou,
He always worked diligently in politics and gave praise to the Khan of Heaven.
There is also Li Yuanjia, who loves to collect books and is quite law-abiding in his fiefdom.
Peng Wang Li Yuanze used to be a domineering son, but after the Qizhou Rebellion, he seems to have corrected his evil ways and is now very honest.
King Huo Li Yuangui is still in charge of the governance of the Turks in Yinshan.
Thanks to Li Yuan's strong genes and extraordinary talents, Tian Khan gave birth to many younger brothers and sisters.
Not long after, Xu Jingzong's memorial also arrived. The memorial was a list of officials who had dealings with the clan.
Zhang Yang took a sip of tea, looked at the memorial and thought about what kind of heir the emperor wanted to leave for the prince.
In other words, what kind of court will be left to the successor?
Li Shimin was dissatisfied with Li Chengqian, and this dissatisfaction was made clear.
If Li Chengqian is not good at controlling his ministers, then he needs a powerful person to protect the prince.
And I became this powerful person?
After two days of sorting things out, the clan's affairs were a mess.
King Jing Li Yuanjing?
Zhang Yang's eyes fell on this name. Tian Khan's other cousins are also younger, and the younger cousins are younger than me.
Those people were quite obedient, but this Li Yuanjing was different. He had only 600 households, but he had 200 hectares of fertile land.
These fertile fields were not recorded in the field registers, but were found through Jingzhao Mansion.
Fortunately, there is no problem with the field records of Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong.
Needless to say, Li Xiaogong's field registration is now in Lishan's name.
As for Li Tai, he has never even been to his own fiefdom.
Li Zhi has not yet sealed the land.
Zhang Yang looked through Shangguan Yi's memorial and had a plan in his mind. He would hit the vital point directly and remove the most difficult part, and the remaining troubles would be easily solved.
Tian Khan's cousin Li Yuanjing was the child of one of Li Yuan's concubines.
He was named King of Zhao when he was young. Later, he led troops in the army and became a clan general. He successively served as the governor of Anzhou and the shepherd of Yongzhou. Later, when Li Shimin ascended the throne, he was named King of Jing.
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Go and bring King Jing Li Yuanjing."
"Here!"
In a mansion in Chang'an City, Li Yifu personally led people to surround the mansion, and the troops mobilized were none other than the prince's right leader.
In the courtyard, Li Yuanjing's wife Pei was scolding angrily, "He Zhang Yang is just a prince-in-law who was lucky enough to be promoted to the Jin Dynasty. Why should he come to arrest King Jing! If he wants to be arrested, Tian Khan himself will do it!"
This Pei family also had enough confidence to challenge Zongzheng Temple, and also had enough confidence to let Li Shimin come and arrest him personally.
She was Pei Ji's daughter back then.
During Pei Ji's Wude period, he was the Minister of Public Affairs and was worshiped as Sikong.
What a scenery it was at that time.
Just because Li Shimin felt that Pei Ji was hanging around too much with the monks, he was dismissed.
Three years later, Li Shimin wanted to bring Pei Ji back, but he died of illness on the way.
For this, Tian Khan has always been in debt to Pei Ji's family.
Ms. Pei also always felt that Tian Khan owed her family too much.
Now she had the confidence to shout at the officers and soldiers outside the door.
Li Yifu turned a deaf ear to this. As long as any case passed through Zongzhengsi's hands, none of the relevant persons would even think of escaping from Guanzhong.
Seeing that Li Yuanjing was still sitting in the courtyard, looking calm.
Li Yifu waved his hand and said: "Get someone! Every fault will be blamed on a certain family."
Pei stood up with his sword and shouted angrily: "I'll see who of you dares!"
Li Yifu bowed and said: "Madam, we are also acting under orders and have offended you."
A group of officers and soldiers bypassed the Pei family and surrounded Li Yuanjing.
"Wait a minute." Li Yuanjing slowly stood up and walked forward with a stern face, "I'm coming with you."
Mrs. Pei gritted her teeth and said, "It depends on Zhang Yang how brave he is. If I can't come back tonight, I will go to the palace to find Queen Changsun."
Li Yifu still had a straight face, "King Jing, please."
"snort!"
Li Yuanjing snorted coldly and walked out of the mansion.
King Jing was captured by people from Zongzheng Temple, and the news spread throughout Chang'an City in just half an hour.
Zongzheng Temple has always provided sacrifices to clan generals and clan dignitaries. Why did it go against the norm this time and go capture Jing King Li Yuanjing?
Changsun Wuji felt increasingly uneasy as he listened to the discussions among the people in the mansion.
As they said, in the past, the people of Zongzheng Temple were eager to sacrifice Li Yuanjing and the others, for fear that they would be dissatisfied.
In Zongzheng Temple, Zhang Yang poured a bowl of tea politely, "King Jing, what do you think is a coincidence? You just said you would come back to me in the morning, look! Before you came to me, I had someone invite you here.
Already."
Li Yuanjing did not pick up the tea bowl and remained silent.
Zhang Yang said to himself, "I heard that a marriage is being prepared in Chang'an City recently. It is said that King Jing wants to marry Fang Xiang's family."