Going to court today, Li Mu got up early, put on his court clothes under Bai Qiaoqiao's service, drank a bowl of porridge and ate two eggs, yawned and got on his horse, wandering around with Li Chongyi and four guards.
He rushed to the Imperial City along Zhuque Street.
When they arrived at the imperial city, they dismounted and walked. At this time, all the officials had almost arrived, gathering together in twos and threes on the road. Li Mu had no one to join him, so he had to walk alone. Looking at the important ministers who did not dismount, he couldn't help but feel envious. Li Mu looked at
I am envious in my heart, this reward is so good and practical! It is much better than the rewards that often cost tens of thousands of gold.
Although it is called a hundred officials, in fact, there were not so many people during the dynasty. The "Order of Ceremony" stipulates: "All civil and military officials in Beijing are of ninth rank or above, and they are responsible for overseeing the Japanese dynasty; their civil and military officials are of fifth rank and above, and they are supervising censors.
"Come to court every day." This means that those with rank nine or above in Beijing will go to court on the first and fifteenth day of each month, while other civil and military officials with rank five or above and supervisory censors will go to court every day. Others are summoned, otherwise hundreds of officials will come to court every day.
Go to court every day, and there is no need to do anything else.
Li Mu was wearing a big purple robe, which made him stand out among the crowd. He was the only one in the purple robe who had no hair on his mouth. And according to his rank, he, the purple robe, had a little moisture, and Li Mu knew it, so he
Standing at the very back of the purple robe and in front of the Fei robe, I am in a relatively forward and middle position, which is okay and not too conspicuous.
"quiet!"
The little eunuch shouted loudly, and all the officials fell silent. Li Shimin came to the palace, sat down on the dragon chair, and all the officials saluted.
"Everyone loves you so much."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The civil and military classes were divided into stations. Li Mu was originally a military prince, but his actual official position was that of a civil official, so he also stood in the queue of civil officials.
"In the Battle of the Turks, our army won a great victory. I am delighted and very happy. Since I came to the throne, I have always been afraid, fearing that I would fail my father's trust and the expectations of the people. Today, I have an explanation."
"A few days ago, Dr. Xiao Gai, the imperial censor, reported that Li Jing was incompetent in running the army. When he attacked Jieli Khan's tent, all the treasures and cultural relics were looted by the soldiers. He asked me to punish Li Jing for his crime. I reprimanded Li Jing.
He was ordered to stay at home as a punishment! However, Li Jing had great achievements in destroying the Turks, how could I not reward him? The former Sui general Shi Wansui defeated Datou Khan, but Emperor Yang refused to reward him, which led to the demise of the Sui Dynasty. We
We should learn from the past. Today, Li Jing's period of confinement has come, and it is time to reward Li Jing for his merits."
Hearing this, Li Jing came out of the office to salute and said: "Your Majesty, I am thinking deeply about my mistakes at home. The more I think about it, the more I feel that I have betrayed the divine grace. I dare not ask for credit or accept the reward."
"As the Son of Heaven, I should clearly distinguish rewards and punishments. I have already punished you for your faults. I must also give you the rewards that you deserve. Don't use excuses. I drafted the decree and added Dr. Li Jingguanglu to give you thousands of pieces of silk. It is true that
Five hundred households in the city."
"Your Majesty..." Li Jing had tears in his eyes and was choked with sobs. He bowed for a long time and said, "I would like to thank your Majesty for your kindness."
"It's a small mistake, but you can correct it. This matter is over, officials can no longer criticize Li Jing, and I will never forgive anyone who criticizes him."
All the officials accepted the promise, and even Xiao looked as usual, obviously having already guessed the result. Li Jing destroyed the Turks and captured Jieli Khan alive. This achievement was comparable to Li Shimin's contribution when the Tang Dynasty was founded. Such a great achievement was enough to be crowned king.
.However, having a different surname for a king was a taboo and no one dared to mention it. However, Li Jing's contribution cannot be ignored, so Li Shimin was in trouble. Xiao also seized this opportunity to impeach Li Jing, giving Li Shimin a step up, and by the way, he made Li Jing disgusted.
But after calming down, Xiao figured out that he was not disgusting Li Jing. He had saved Li Jing. If he really wanted to deal with Li Jing, he should write a letter of praise and persuade the emperor to make him a king with a different surname. This is the real way to save Li Jing.
Way to die.
The deed has been done, and it is irreversible. To say more is not what a wise man would do. Moreover, Li Shimin's reward was not very generous compared to Li Jing's merits, so he did not speak. He did not speak, Yushitai
Naturally, the other people would not speak. If the censors did not speak, who would seek to bring bad luck to Li Jing? Therefore, the reward was passed without incident.
Li Shimin came up and finished talking about today's main topic. It was all right. He glanced at Tang Guan who was writing furiously in the corner of the hall, then glanced at Li Mu who was hiding in the crowd with a gloating look, and winked at Eunuch Gao.
Eunuch Gao agreed and screamed: "If there is something to do, please report it early. If there is nothing to do, withdraw from the court."
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Academy is offering wine to Kong Yingda. I have something to report."
Kong Yingda came out of the queue, holding the ivory wat board high in his hand, which looked like the tusks of an angry elephant.
Seeing Kong Yingda like this, Li Shimin suddenly felt a little sorry for him. Last time, Li Mu fainted out of anger and recuperated for almost a month before he came out again. Today he went into battle again, and he was really in good spirits. However, Li Shimin was not very optimistic about him and advised him.
: "My beloved has just recovered from a serious illness and is inevitably weak. If you have something to do, why don't you write a note and hand it over? There is no need to tell it in person."
Kong Yingda seemed to be determined and said: "Your Majesty, this matter concerns the country, and the veteran must report it in person!"
Li Shimin was also annoyed with Kong Yingda's attitude of speaking up about the country and keeping his mouth shut. But since he wanted to be a wise king, he couldn't show his annoyance. He had to keep smiling and said: "In this case, I will come to you."
Kong Yingda glanced at the figure at the end of the purple-robed queue in front of him and said loudly: "I recovered from my illness the day before yesterday and returned to the Imperial College. I heard something. Your Majesty wants to promote the Tang Dynasty Daily. He sent Lu Hou Li Mu to Hongwen Hall, Chongwen Hall, and Imperial College.
Select students as editors and recommend them to 'walk in front of the emperor' to observe the court proceedings."
"I have no objections to this, and I strongly agree with it. I have tried my best to mobilize the professors and students of the Imperial Academy to cooperate with the candidate Zhulu. However, I heard something yesterday and felt very ridiculous. The candidate Zhulu was selected and edited by the emperor's order, and he even joined the family.
He didn't even post it, and no one read it. He just wrote an excerpt at home and perfunctorily treated His Majesty. Moreover, the person he recommended was not someone else, but his stepbrother, Tang Guan, the son of Tang Jian, Minister of Civil Affairs. As far as I know, Tang Guan
This boy was not good at school. He often skipped classes and wandered around the market. In the Hongwen Hall, he was always rated as inferior. Li Mu recommended Tang Guan because he wanted to use "walking in front of the emperor" as a ladder to help Tang Guan enter the official career. This kind of nepotism
, forming cliques for personal gain, I cannot agree with that. Therefore, I want to impeach the Marquis of Zhulu, and I hope His Majesty will judge him!"
Li Shimin was bored by such a long talk. He rubbed his temples and said, "Is Mr. Zhulu here?"
"I'm here."
When Li Mu left work, he happened to be in front of Kong Yingda, and the old man was so angry that he clenched his teeth. Li Mu heard the sound of gritting his teeth, and his luck Dantian, poof, let out a stuffy fart. Kong Yingda happened to bow slightly, and the smelly fart hit his face, making him smoky.
It's almost green.
"Did you hear what Kong Aiqing said about impeaching you just now?"
"I heard it."
"You can argue."
Li Mu looked back at Kong Yingda, sighed, and said: "Your Majesty, everything Kong Jijiu said is true, and every word touches my heart. I am so ashamed that I dare not defend myself. I can only accept the guilt. Alas, please punish me, Your Majesty."
!" Li Mu's confession was quite sincere, but his tone was different.
Kong Yingda had just sniffed a fart, and before he could recover, when he heard that Li Mu had confessed, his waist almost broke. A mouthful of blood reached his throat and almost spurted out.
Li Shimin also didn't expect that Li Mu actually confessed. He was surprised and curious, and asked: "I don't hear your tone as if you want to admit guilt. If you have something to say, say it directly and don't beat around the bush."
Li Mu shook his head and said, "I dare not say it."
"Why don't you dare? I let you say it."
Li Mu sighed again and said: "Since His Majesty asked me to speak, I dare not disobey, so I will speak out. My words are too sharp and often hurt people invisible. Kong Jijiu is old and frail, and the last time we chatted
After a few lines of poetry, Kong Jijiu fainted and was ill for a month or so. If someone were to impeach me today, I would not be able to tell a few lines. But when Kong Jijiu impeached me, I did not dare to defend myself. I was afraid of hurting Kong Ji.
With his fragile mind, if he faints again or has an accident, I should be drowned in the spit of all the students in the world."
"Thinking of the possible consequences, I weighed it in my mind and decided that it would be more appropriate to accept the crime."
"You, you..." Kong Yingda's face instantly turned red when he heard what Li Mu said. Just as he was about to say the word "Shu" in "Shu Zi", Li Mu suddenly turned around and said, "Your Majesty, look, Kong Jijiu is about to get sick again!
"
"You, you..." Kong Yingda gritted his teeth, moved a step to the side, raised the wat board and said: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhulu is laughing at the court, please punish him!"
Li Mu quickly bowed: "I accept the crime, whatever Kong Jijiu says will be whatever. I just ask Kong Jijiu not to get angry, and don't faint, I can't afford it!"
"That's enough!" Li Shimin shouted, and Li Mu immediately calmed down. Kong Yingda grumbled and got angry, but said nothing.
"Li Mu, today I and all the officials are witnesses. Even if Kong Jijiu is angered to death by you, it is his own business. If you can defend yourself, just defend yourself, and don't get involved with anything else. If you can't defend yourself, I
Not only will I punish you for being nepotistic and clique-oriented for personal gain, but I will also punish you for making fun of the court and having no superiority to the emperor!"
Seeing that Li Shimin was really angry, Tang Jian hurriedly went out and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This matter was entrusted to me by my old minister..."
"Young Master Ju, there is no need to say anything. I know your character. This matter has nothing to do with you. I am asking about Li Mu!"
Tang Jian was choked and tried to speak, but Li Shimin glared hard at him, so he had no choice but to give up.
Li Mu also moved a step, stood in front of Kong Yingda, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, since Your Majesty allows me to defend myself, then I will defend myself a few words. Kong Jijiu accused me of nepotism and forming cliques for personal gain, but I don't admit it! Since Kong Jijiu
Jiu accused me, and your majesty allowed me to argue. I am willing to confront Kong Jijiu. I will refute the accusations one by one and ask your majesty for your permission."
When Li Shimin and Baiguan heard this, they realized that they were waiting here. It was a good move to retreat in order to advance! I didn't want to argue, and you had to let me argue. So since you want to argue, I'd better argue thoroughly. Can you still refuse to agree?
?And he took all the responsibility beforehand. What a smart boy!
Somehow, there was a faint feeling in everyone's hearts that Kong Yingda was afraid that he would faint again today.