Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1455 Disagreement
All the emperors in the Tang Dynasty since Gaozu seemed to have been cursed, and none of them lived past the age of 50.The ancestor Li Shimin passed away at the foot of Mount Tai at the age of 48. The ancestor Li Yin died at the age of 43. Gaozong reigned for only one year and died in his 20s. Although Zhongzong reigned for 31 years, he was only 34 years old when he died.

Only after Gao Zu abdicated at the age of 59, he still enjoyed it for more than ten years, and lived to be more than 70 years old before he could control Bintian.

"I heard that there is an eunuch searching for warlocks and elixir for the saint?"

Shanglinfang, formerly Shanglinyuan, is now the residence of Qin Lang's second son, King Wei Qinlun. Today Qin Lun's [-]th birthday, all the children of the Qin clan in Luoyang came to celebrate.

In the study room, Qin Lun, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and his nephew You servant She Qin Xiaozhong were drinking tea, Prince Taifu, Prince Zuo Wei, General Zuo Shence, Qin Gui, Qin Shandao, son of Qin Yandao, the governor of Yunnan and Yue Dao, Qin Li, son of Luoyang Prefecture See, Qin Shandao's son Zuo Jinwu, General Qin Jingsi and the others are admiring a newest binoculars.

"Well, there will always be those eunuchs who don't know how to live or die, they will use all means to please their superiors, and even deceive the emperor."

Qin Lun frowned, the emperors of the Li family seemed to be superstitious about elixirs, and they were also very feminine. The patriarch Li Shimin was addicted to elixirs back then, and Li Yin was even more lewd and lustful. Because of taking pills and indulgence.Zhongzong's collapse at the age of 34 was also related to long-term excessive indulgence.

Now that the new emperor has just succeeded to the throne for less than half a year, he has started to play this game. Qin Lun doesn't want his queen's granddaughter to become a widow early.

The emperor of the Li family lived a short life, but the queens of the Qin family always lived a long life.

Li Yin's empress, Li Shu, is still alive now. She has just been honored by the new emperor as his wife, empress dowager, but because she is old and her identity is the emperor's great-grandmother, she has retired to Nangong and only cares about political affairs.

Empress Gaozong, that is, Qin Roujia, was respected by the two saints in the Gaozong Dynasty, and also respected the Queen of Heaven. After the death of the high position, Zhongzong was only three years old at the time, so she listened to the government for 13 years, and then returned to the emperor. Now the new emperor succeeds He respected him as the empress dowager, and respected the empress dowagers of the two palaces with his biological mother, and jointly listened to the government behind the curtain.

The wife, the empress dowager, the empress dowager, the empress dowager, three widows.

Qin Lun didn't want his granddaughter to become a widowed queen mother.

"There are too many eunuchs in the palace." Qin Lun said.

Qin Xiaozhong didn't express his opinion right away, but Qin Lijian, who was playing with the binoculars, answered, "Not only are there many, but the power is too great."

Qin Lijian is the eldest son of Qin Yandao and Yuchi Baolin's daughter. He has inherited the excellent genes of the two door gods. He grows up to be as mighty as a door god. In his early years, he followed his father in Dianyue Road and worked with poisonous barbarians several times. In the battle of the year, he went to Mobeiping to survive the Huihe Rebellion, and then returned to the Imperial Army for many years.

Now he is the Shao Yin of Luoyang Prefecture. As the deputy of the chief of the capital, he still has a lot of power.

Luoyang Shaoyin is also mainly responsible for the public security on the ground in the capital, and has dealt with the eunuchs a lot. He clearly feels that the eunuchs have become more and more domineering over the years.

"This matter should be brought to the joint meeting of the two governments for discussion, and the emperor should be asked to abolish the eunuchs and cut down their power. The holy ancestor made it in those days that eunuchs should not pass the fourth rank. Now it is too shameful. If it goes on like this, Sooner or later, it is possible to repeat what Gao Hu did in the 15th year of Kaiyuan!" Qin Lun is the third deputy privy envoy. The status of the prime minister moved to Xifu as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

He entered the Western Mansion as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and then Qin Xiaozhong was promoted to the Zhengshitang as the Minister of Zhongshu and the third rank under Zhongshu's sect.

But at this time Qin Xiaozhong did not agree with his uncle's words.

Not only is Qin Xiaozhong one year older than Qin Lun, but he is also far superior to Qin Lun in terms of qualifications, ability, and even merit. She is the current empress, so she was granted the title of King of Wei, and entered the two mansions first.

But when it comes to his views on eunuchs intervening in politics, Qin Xiaozhong looks at it at a deeper level.

"Be cautious about this matter." Qin Xiaozhong said so.

Qin Lun looked at his nephew with dissatisfaction. In the patriarchal era, even if Qin Xiaozhong was one year older than him, Qin Xiaozhong was only the eldest grandson of Qin Lang, not the eldest grandson of the first eldest son of the Qin family. His eldest son, Qin Xiaogong.

Qin Xiaogong, who is 40 years old this year, is currently the secretary and junior supervisor and a bachelor of the Imperial Academy. He has a bright future. His official career is smoother than Qin Lun and Qin Xiaozhong.

Qin Lun, the second son of Qin Lang, was very polite and polite when facing Qin Xiaogong, the eldest grandson of Qin's family, because according to tradition, the highest status of the Lu Song Qin family is naturally the head of the family, Qin Lang, and the second is the eldest son. Qin Yu, the third is Qin Xiaogong, the grandson of the eldest son.

This is the sorting under the patriarchal system.

The eldest grandson of the eldest family has a much higher status than the second son, and the concubine and grandson are even more incomparable. The inheritance right of the eldest grandson of the eldest family is naturally higher than that of the second son and the second son.

There is a big difference between the eldest grandson of the concubine, the eldest grandson of the first line, and the eldest grandson of the eldest house.

The eldest son of the eldest son refers specifically to the eldest son of the eldest son, and the eldest grandson is the longest one among the sons born to the eldest son. As for the eldest grandson, the longest among all grandchildren.

Although Qin Xiaozhong is already the prime minister, his status is not as good as that of Qin Lang's direct sons, let alone his direct grandson, direct eldest grandson and eldest son of the eldest son.

The eldest grandson of the Qin family and the eldest grandson of the eldest house are both Qin Xiaogong.

Not to mention, in fact, the Qin family in Lusong has now split into several branches. For example, Qin Jun, the concubine, is now King Huguoyi, King Dongsheng, and Governor of Dongsheng Prefecture. He has already left Lusong to establish his own family.

The second son of the same line, Qin Lun, in addition to serving as the deputy envoy of the privy to the government and the political affairs, he is also the king of Wei, the king of Nanshan, and the governor of Nanshan. up.

There are also Shangshu Youpushe, and Qin Xiaozhong, the third rank under Tongzhongshu. He is not only the king of Wu'an County, but also the king of New Penglai, the governor of New Penglai Prefecture (New Zealand), and he was separated from Qin Jun.

At that time, the seven sons of Qin Qiong passed down the seven houses of the Qin family in Licheng. Now in Qinlang, there are five branches of the Lusong house, Dongsheng house, Nanshan house, Xin Penglai house and Wu'an house. It is also possible for Lang Qinxia to set up another sect.

Now Qin Lang is still there, so Qin Jun, Qin Lun, and Qin Xiaozhong have set up another family, but it is not obvious, they are still a big family, but after Qin Lang's hundred years, the Qin family's houses will definitely not be as they are now as intimate.

At that time, even Qin Yu, the new patriarch, will not be able to restrain Qin Lun and other branches, let alone Qin Xiaozhong, who is also separated, will have an impact on his uncle Qin Lun.

"What does Da Lang mean?" Qin Lun glared at him dissatisfied.

Qin Gui, who had the highest seniority among all the people present, coughed, "Boss must have his opinion, why don't you listen first?"

Qin Lun could stare at his nephew Qin Xiaozhong who was one year older than himself, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous towards his sixth uncle Qin Shandao.Regardless of Qin Shandao's age of over 70 years old, now the court is basically taking care of the elderly, but this man was well-known in the Western Regions. The prestige of the most capable Western Army is extremely high.

Gao Xianzhi, Wang Xiaojie, Hei Chi Chang Zhi, Li Xiu and others were all his subordinate generals. At that time, he led 1 horses and ran for a hundred days. Combat has long been a tactical classic in the lecture hall of Habayashi Palace, and every Habayashiro trained in the lecture hall must learn it.

This battle was second only to Qin Lang's Hequ Yematai battle against Dangxiang, and Qinghai Dafeichuan's battle to annihilate Tuyuhun Khan, a classic plateau mountain battle.

"Uncle Six, the eunuchs have gone too far. Sooner or later it will become a disaster. Are we still turning a blind eye? Be careful, sooner or later this fire will burn us."

Qin Gui handed the binoculars to his son Qin Jingsi, took a sip from the teacup, then put it down, turned to Qin Xiaozhong unhurriedly, "Da Lang, why don't you tell me your opinion."

"Sixth Uncle, the Holy Ancestor did have very strict restrictions on the eunuchs back then, and set the eunuch rank not to exceed the fourth-rank system, but when the ancestors were born, these were broken long ago. Back then, my grandfather and the others raised troops to kill Gao Hu and other eunuchs. , Eliminate Wei Xiao and others, support Emperor Gaozong, and afterwards the emperor ordered my grandfather to enter the court to assist the government."

"I remember that the head of the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council both proposed to dismiss the eunuchs of the inner court, but why did they only resume the eunuchs after a short period of time? Even in these years, the lieutenant of the guard It has been restored one after another, and the Twelfth Army of the Beiya has already set up lieutenants in the army?"

"Today's eunuchs are even more powerful than Shizu in the last years of Kaiyuan. Why?"

Qin Gui smiled and said, "It seems that Da Lang already has the answers to these questions."

Qin Xiaozhong nodded.

"Sixth Uncle, 21st Uncle, in fact, the eunuchs are able to have today's momentum, all because of the needs of the royal family, the imperial power is supporting them, who are they? Don't look at those great eunuchs who are now wearing purple robes and jade belts, but in the end they are just They are just slaves of the Son of Heaven. And it is the status of slaves of the Son of Heaven that allows them to gain the trust of the palace, whether it is for the convenience of contacting foreign ministers at the beginning of the Queen of Heaven's curtain, or later Zhongzong wanted to strengthen his authority , it all started with these eunuchs."

"Now that the emperor has just succeeded to the throne, it is the time when the imperial power is declining, and the emperor cannot do without these emperor's family slaves. If at this time, the magistrates of the two governments propose to dismiss the inner court officials and abolish the power of eunuchs, what do you say the emperor What would you think?"

"If our Qin family still takes the lead in proposing this proposal, what will the emperor think?"

Qin Xiaozhong let out a long sigh.

"I know that what Uncle 21 said is for the sake of Huangtang, His Majesty, and the country, but the emperor may not understand this kindness. In recent years, the imperial power has been weakening. We can only and must rely on the eunuchs to have a sense of security."

"Without eunuchs and slaves, the emperor will be very disturbed."

The emperor is uneasy, which is a big problem.

No one knows what the emperor will do when he is upset.

Qin Lun only saw the potential harm of the eunuchs, but did not see the fundamental reason why these eunuchs became powerful.And Qin Xiaozhong spends more time in the local area. He knows that the officials and civilians outside are not only denouncing eunuchs for taking power, but also gradually dissatisfied with the powerful foreign relatives of the Qin family.

Especially in the mouths of many young scholars, foreign relatives, eunuchs and border towns seem to have become the three cancers of the imperial court.

It was the empress dowagers in the palace and the emperors who supported and reused eunuchs, and they not only reused eunuchs, but also relied on their relatives, the Qin family.

(End of this chapter)