There is the Chang'an Right Gate on East Chang'an Street and the Chang'an Left Gate on West Chang'an Street, which are the main gates outside the palace leading to the imperial city and the central government offices.
There is a huge stone tablet erected in front of the door, with eight characters engraved on it, "Officials and others, please dismount here", and there are forbidden troops standing guard. On weekdays, when all officials go to work, they must enter through these two doors, unless otherwise permitted by special decree.
, otherwise, no matter how high your official position is or how high your title is, you have to get off your horse and walk into Chang'an Gate, or go to the Meridian Gate via Tianjie, or go to the various government offices via Qianbu Corridor.
Moreover, in the Hongwu Dynasty, when the left and right Chang'an Gates were opened, people were allowed to come and go freely. Otherwise, how could they beat the Dengwen drum outside the Meridian Gate?
Of course, in places where the palace is a restricted area, people still have to be searched and interrogated to prevent anyone from plotting evil intentions.
Among the people waiting in line to pass, there was a white-haired old man with a stooped waist and a bamboo hat held very low on his head. This attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers.
"Take off your bamboo hat." When it was his turn to be interrogated, the gatekeeper Qianhu said in a deep voice.
The old man took off his bamboo hat as he was told, revealing an old face filled with bitterness and hatred.
As soon as he saw that face, Qianhu's pupils shrank, feeling that this was exactly the person the Prime Minister was looking for.
He exchanged glances with his left and right people. His subordinates also nodded slightly, obviously recognizing him.
"What are you going in for?" Qianhu asked casually while thinking about how to find an excuse to take him down.
The old man could clearly feel that these officers and soldiers had bad intentions, and his heart beat faster. But the blood feud made him fearless, so he shouted loudly according to what the kind people taught him:
"I want to file a complaint and beat the drum! Who dares to stop me?!"
The city gate has a loudspeaker function, and the sound is directly transmitted throughout the left gate of Chang'an, so that the civil and military officials entering and exiting, as well as the common people, can hear clearly.
"..." Qianhu immediately froze there. Why did he unleash the king bomb as soon as he came up? He couldn't have stopped him directly.
As a result, I didn't dare to do anything small, so I could only let him go and watched the old man walk towards Daming Gate.
It wasn't until the figure walked far away that he came back to his senses and hurriedly whispered to the people around him: "Quick, go report to Commander Hu..."
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In the study room of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Hu Weiyong got furious and scolded his brother-in-law until he trembled.
After the attack was over, he asked in a low voice: "Where is the little beast now?"
"God, Tianci was scared too. He didn't dare to stay outside and came back to Beijing with me." Li Gui whispered: "But I didn't dare to let him go home. I let him stay with my brother-in-law first."
"He still knows how to be afraid. It's not easy..." Hu Weiyong snorted coldly: "But returning to Beijing at this time is throwing yourself into a trap. Take him to Ningbo quickly..."
As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said: "Ningbo Guard Commander Lin Xian has already established a line with the Japanese. You guys are going to live in Japan for a year and a half. When the storm is over, I will call you back."
"No, brother-in-law, you are the prime minister. As for this matter, you don't dare to let us stay in the country?" Li Gui said in disbelief.
"It is precisely because I am the prime minister that you cannot stay in the country!" Hu Weiyong gritted his teeth and said: "The Crown Prince regards me as a thorn in his side. How many people want to bring me down and take the throne? If the Emperor hadn't protected me, I would have died so many times.
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"But the prerequisite for the emperor's protection of me is that I cannot break the law for personal matters." He said with deep fear on his face: "Because the state affairs are done to the extreme, the emperor will turn a blind eye. The court disputes
Well, it has been inevitable in all dynasties.
"But because of the violation of the law in family affairs, the nature has changed. And what the emperor hates most is the collusion between officials and gentry to abuse the people! You have already taken advantage of it!" Hu Weiyong patted the table and said:
"I'm telling you, as long as I bring you to the imperial court, I can't protect you! If you don't run away now, why don't you wait for me to kill you out of righteousness?"
"Hey, hey." Li Gui responded solemnly. He was just about to ask his sister to beg for mercy and see if he could stop leaving. However, he heard a rapid knock on the door and Hood's breathless voice: "Uncle, something happened.
Got it!"
"What's going on?" Hu Weiyong asked in a deep voice.
Hu De pushed the door open and came in. He didn't even bother to close the door and said urgently: "Uncle, that old man Sun entered the left gate of Chang'an!"
Li Gui's so-called "brother-in-law's power" is nothing more than asking Hu De for help. These days, Hu De has been looking for people all over the capital.
But who would have thought that the old man was allowed to sneak into Chang'an Gate right under his nose!
"He's going to beat the drum!" Hu Weiyong's head buzzed when he heard this, and he stood up suddenly, only to feel that the world was spinning and he was about to fall to the ground.
Hu De and Li Gui quickly supported him.
Hu Weiyong ignored his splitting headache and grabbed his nephew's hand and asked, "Have you stopped him?"
"No, no one dared to stop me..." Hu De said with a grimace: "Before, even ten of them couldn't get in, but didn't this happen just now?"
"Alas..." Hu Weiyong sighed and sat back on the chair slumped. He knew it was too late, so he didn't rush.
"Yes, this is the real purpose of inciting the Champa envoys to beat the Dengwen drum..." He rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, and said with a sad smile: "It is to open the way for Old Man Sun.
"This tom is really wonderful. It is not only to trap me, but also to make people dare not interfere with it!"
"Yes." Hu De nodded and said gloomily: "Yu Shi of the Song Dynasty, Eunuch Qin was just beaten to death with a cane, and the person who replaced him didn't dare to mess around after eating the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's!"
"No, brother-in-law, you just watch someone named Sun come to the palace to file a complaint?!" Li Gui finally realized what he was doing and shouted out loud, "Then you're not completely blowing the light and pulling the wax out?"
"Then what else do you want? Do you want me to lead you to rebel?!" Hu Weiyong suddenly raised his voice and said with a splitting headache: "My pawns are crossing the river to serve as charioteers. General, do you understand?"
"Then, what should the general do?" Li Gui asked, dumbfounded.
"What else can we do? Throw away the car to save the handsome man." Hu Weiyong said weakly.
Seeing Hu De's unkind gaze, Li Gui took a few steps back and said with a pale face, "I'm leaving right now, and I'll take Tianci to Japan with me!"
"It's too late." Hu Weiyong shook his head and said, "The opponent is cunning and well-intentioned. He must be keeping an eye on the Prime Minister's office secretly. If you report him as soon as you run away, you will not bring it upon yourself, and your crime will be increased."
As he spoke, he smiled sadly and said, "Not only you, Tianci will definitely not be able to escape either."
There was one thing he didn't say, that is, he couldn't run away. Otherwise, how could he explain to the emperor?
"No, not necessarily." Of course Li Gui didn't want to believe it. "Maybe it's not for my brother-in-law."
"Aren't you here for me? In fact, I could ask Old Man Sun to beat this drum yesterday, the day before yesterday, the day before yesterday, any day, but he had to wait until I came back. Are you saying you are not here for me?"
As he spoke, Hu Weiyong looked up to the sky and sighed: "This is not only killing people, but also killing people's hearts!"
"Who did this? I'll kill him!" Hood roared angrily.
But it was just incompetence and rage. There were only a few opponents of Prime Minister Hu, and killing him would be like squeezing an ant to death.
Li Gui collapsed and said with a cry: "Oh, oh, I don't want to die."
After saying that, he ran out.
"Tie him up!" But before he ran a few steps, he heard Hu Weiyong whisper from behind him: "There is still God's gift..."
