Invincible son

Chapter 714 713 [the seventh place]

After Pei Yue left the post house, he originally planned to go to the Shouyang Mountain Mine to see the progress of the forging craftsmen with his own eyes. However, he had just arrived near the North Gate when he was known by an anxious palace eunuch. He brought more than ten court guards to stop him.

This person is well-known as Liu Bao, and he can be regarded as an acquaintance to Pei Yue. He has gone to the Zhongshan Hou's Mansion many times to announce his decree.

Now that he has entered the palace more times, Pei Yue has gradually become clear about the situation in the palace.The Daliang Inner Supervisor is divided into the Internal Servant Province and the Sigongtai, which are referred to as the Inner and Outer Provinces by the world.Sigongtai is responsible for guarding the palace gates and sweeping the inner court. Relatively speaking, the power is relatively small.The Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for serving the nobles in the palace, and in charge of several important bureaus in the palace, and its status is obviously higher.

The grades of internal supervisors from high to low are Shaojian, Duzhi, Gishi and Yezhe, etc. Among them, the highest grade of Shaojian is Congsi, and Duzhi is Zhengwu.Although the official ranks of these palace officials are not high, as the confidantes of the emperor and concubine, ordinary officials would not dare to underestimate them too much.

Of course Pei Yue was not included, on the one hand because of his transcendent status, on the other hand he was related to Emperor Kaiping.

In fact, the power of Daliang's internal prison is very small, limited to the palace. This is the rule set by Gaozu when he was in power, and the emperors of all dynasties did not break this restriction.It is even more impossible for an emperor like Emperor Kaiping to allow these servants to do anything wrong. Since he took the throne, he has never appointed a junior eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he is known to be the highest-ranking internal eunuch.

In addition, Emperor Kaiping couldn't tolerate sand in his eyes, no matter whether Liu Bao or Hou Yu, those who served these emperors knew that they had always been cautious and did not dare to give others excuses.

Pei Yue looked at the cautious Liu Bao, frowned slightly and said, "You all know, Your Majesty wants me to enter the palace right now?"

The court guards next to him were not surprised by this. After all, they had all experienced the Huanqiu Altar Rebellion and the follow-up King Yan's rebellion case. They admired the Marquis of Zhongshan from the bottom of their hearts, and knew that His Majesty valued him very much.

Liu Baoxin thought that only this master dared to bargain, who didn't immediately leave after hearing the call?

Thinking of this, he said more respectfully: "Master Hou, Your Majesty is waiting in the Hall of Liangyi. He should have something urgent to ask Master Hou."

Liangyi Hall?
Pei Yue's heart moved slightly, so he didn't ask any more questions, and rode his horse to the palace first.

Generally speaking, Emperor Kaiping would meet important ministers in the Imperial Study Room, where the environment and atmosphere were more suitable for discussion.Although the Liangyi Hall is the smallest among the three halls, it still looks too solemn, and most of the time, the Chang Dynasty will be held there.

After entering the palace, Liu Bao personally led the way and brought Pei Yue to the side hall of Liangyi Hall.

There were quite a few important ministers standing in the hall, only Han Gongduan, who participated in politics in the East Mansion, and Wang Pingzhang, the Zuo Junji in the West Mansion, were missing.The former has already led a group of accompanying officials south to Qinzhou under the escort of a thousand imperial troops to handle disaster relief matters in person.The latter claimed to be on sick leave a few days ago. After all, he is an old man who is nearly seventy years old. It is not uncommon for him to catch a cold occasionally. Emperor Kaiping sent an imperial physician to Duke Wei's mansion with precious medicinal materials for diagnosis and treatment, and sent the eldest prince Liu Xian to visit on his behalf.

Of course, anyone with a discerning eye knew that Wei Guogong might have a heart attack this time, and Pei Yue beat Wang Shenqi full of teeth in front of him, and the news had already spread in the capital.

Pei Yue noticed a slightly unfamiliar face in the hall, it was the new head of the Kyoto Defense Division, first-class Xiangcheng Marquis Xiao Jin.

The two met once outside Hucheng, Xiao Jin happened to look over at this moment, and nodded slightly to Pei Yue.

Pei Yue nodded calmly, but his mind was on the others.Because after he came in, the hall became as silent as a bird, and all civil servants and Wu Xun were watching him.Although Pei Yue was used to being the focus of everyone's attention, the scene today didn't seem very good, because most of the people had faint smiles on their faces.

Did the emperor suddenly go crazy and want to attack him?Otherwise, what are these people happy about?
With this in mind, Pei Yue restrained his mind, walked over steadily, and bowed to Emperor Kaiping who was sitting on the dragon chair: "Minister Pei Yue, see Your Majesty."

No echo.

Pei Yue was puzzled, this obviously did not conform to common sense, the question was why did the emperor turn his face?

He thought calmly, could it be that the emperor suddenly shook hands with Wang Pingzhang and made an agreement, ready to target himself?
At this moment, I only heard a voice full of air saying: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, the sage kings of all dynasties have made the system, and the generations have the same style. Praising virtue and meritorious deeds has its own origin. Therefore, the official position is appointed by the virtuous, and the juelu is rewarded. Gong also set up an official position, Chen Juelu, and scholars come from themselves, and the rulers laugh at their labor."

The man paused for a while and said excitedly: "Now there is Pei Yue, the Marquis of Zhongshan, who has made great achievements many times even though he is only a weak crown. There are many more. The humble minister has the courage to ask His Majesty to reward his merits generously, and set an example for the courtiers."

Pei Yue felt that the voice was very familiar, turned his head and saw that it was Jian Rong, the supervisor of Charcoal Temple.

Then I heard Emperor Kaiping who was sitting upright say softly: "What are you still doing in a daze? Do you want me to go down and help you?"

Pei Yue looked up at the emperor's rather rare expression of approval, and said rather blankly, "Your Majesty, what's going on?"

Emperor Kaiping saw that he was not pretending, so he couldn't help laughing and said, "You don't know?"

Pei Yue honestly shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Emperor Kaiping said: "You did a good job in the Sifang Pavilion today, and you have lived up to my high expectations for you."

Pei Yue was stunned, but felt that he couldn't understand it. Compared with the big things he had done before, taking care of an envoy from the Southern Zhou Dynasty who was already in a weak position seemed nothing to mention.However, he overlooked one thing. These people standing in the court hall have a strong interest in expanding the territory, especially in places with prosperous culture such as the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

To put it simply, the monarchs and ministers in the palace at this moment always believed that those poets and writers who traveled to the south were originally the people of Daliang, but they were forced to go south because of the war that year, and were later forced to stay by the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Pei Yue was originally an outsider, and based on his identity as a warrior, he didn't know enough about the obsession of a scholar.

But he already sensed a change in his situation.

After several years of life and death in the imperial court, he has many enemies. The attitude of most military officers towards him can only be called superficial respect, not to mention the civil servants. Only two close friends, Luo Ting and Jian Rong, are the only ones who are full of fights.

But looking at it now, most of the civil servants in the palace smiled at him.

The reason is naturally related to his performance in Liang Zhou's negotiations.Although Xu Ziping didn't let go, but with the vision and experience of these important ministers, how could he not see the direction of the matter.As long as Nanzhou publicly admits that the water area belongs to Daliang, it will open a gap in their strong city wall.

Things are hard, and the hardest thing is the first step.

Not to mention Luo Ting and Jian Rong, from the royal censor Huang Rentai down, the six ministers and the servants all looked at Pei Yue with smiles on their faces, their eyes full of approval.

Pei Yue calmed down and said modestly: "Your Majesty, I just did my best, and the envoys of the Southern Zhou Dynasty did not agree. This credit cannot be credited to my head."

"It's rare to see you being so humble one day." Emperor Kaiping was obviously in a good mood, and joked in front of his courtiers.

For this king who was determined to bring peace to the world, Pei Yue's performance was indeed a surprise, completely beyond his plan.

Pei Yue said softly: "Your Majesty, I have always been humble."

Emperor Kaiping didn't taunt him this time, and turned his head to look at Douzhi Houyu who stood beside him, and then heard the eunuch's voice echoing in the hall.

"...Pei Yue will be granted the title of first-class Marquis of Zhongshan immediately, this is my honor!"

This time the ministers had no accidents, no jealousy, they just looked at the young man in front of the imperial steps calmly and with some certainty.

Pei Yue took a deep breath, saluted and said: "Minister Pei Yue, take the order to thank you."

He knew that the emperor's reward was not only for negotiating with the Southern Zhou mission, but also for ending the King Yan's treason case.After all, in the eyes of outsiders, Pei Yue can be said to be the No. 1 escort and protector. It would be strange if there were no rewards.

Among the Wu Xun trainees, Hou Xiaojin of Xiangcheng looked as usual, and her heart was full of thoughts.

This is the only seventh first-class marquis in Daliang now, and he is so talented, where will he go in the future?
Xiao Jin was a little worried, but also a little curious.

Guangping Hou Guliang who was standing in front of him smiled slightly, and some pictures from that year seemed to appear in his mind.

It's a pity...it's a pity that some people can't see this scene...

Under the watchful eyes of all the important officials in the hall, Pei Yue took the imperial decree and stood tall, as graceful as an orchid orchid and a jade tree.

Emperor Kaiping looked at him with satisfaction, got up and said casually, "Gu Qing's family and Luo Qing's family, come to my study."

"The minister obeys the order."

"And Pei Yue, you come here too."

(End of this chapter)