Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 638 Board
Li Shimin, who had just finished the early court, frowned. Hearing the servant's low-pitched and cautious report, the emperor was very unhappy, and his eyes narrowed slightly. Anyone familiar with the emperor knew that this was a harbinger of the emperor's anger.

"Qin Lang making a fuss in the East Palace?"

Li Shimin was very dissatisfied with this report, "call Si Wanglin in front of the palace to come."

Half an hour later, Li Shimin sat in the Ganlu Hall, and after listening to the eunuch Wang Lin's report, he understood the cause and effect of the so-called Qin Lang rioting in the East Palace.

"Qin Sanlang is very clever with his mouth, and he is able to verbally challenge the Confucians. I didn't realize that he has this ability before."

The maid brought tea and snacks, Li Shimin sat down, picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and ate it, his expression relaxed a lot, and the trouble was over, but since he knew what had happened, the emperor was not in a hurry.

"Is the house going to be moved to the East Palace? Let the servants prepare." Wang Lin asked.

"No need." Li Shimin picked up another piece of pastry and put it in his mouth. Yu Zhining, Du Zhenglun, Zhang Xuansu, Kong Yingda, Lu Deming, Liu Jie, Gao Jifu, Chu Suiliang, Li Baiyao, Yu Shinan, and others were all carefully selected by him to enter the East Palace.A few of them were still the [-] bachelors of his original Qin Palace, basically all of them were born in famous families, knowledgeable and extremely talented.

However, Li Shimin also knew that these people, as civil servants from famous gentry families, had a stinky problem, that is, they were picky all day long, and they always liked to pick bones from eggs.But in order to be able to teach the prince well and cultivate an excellent successor, Li Shimin still chose them, and asked them to strictly teach and persuade the prince more than once.

Usually, Yu Zhining and others often complained to him, saying that the prince had been in Chang'an to supervise the country for two years, and lacked education and supervision, so he became stubborn.

But Qin Lang made such a fuss in the East Palace today, which made Li Shimin suddenly feel that he might be too harsh on Cheng Qian. Anyway, what Qin Lang said is right, Cheng Qian is a virtuous prince, even a wild prince in the hearts of the people of the world. The barbarians in the world all know that the Emperor Shengming of the Tang Dynasty is a virtuous prince.

And Donggong has indeed done a lot of practical things in the past few years, and its reputation is well-deserved.

Of course, Li Shimin would not pay much attention to it if he just spent money to buy some reputation. The key is that he is also very good in government affairs and national policy.He can often play some good policy advice.Chengqian even learned a good ability to bow and horse.

Such a prince is only less than 13 years old, theoretically speaking, he is indeed good enough, at least Li Shimin now thinks back to his age, isn't it just making friends in Chang'an all day long, and dreaming of being a Chang'an hero.

As Qin Lang said, it was right for Yu Zhining and others, as officials of the Eastern Palace, to persuade the crown prince, but it can be passed.According to them, the crown prince is already unbearably stubborn, even to a very serious level. If this spreads, won't the crown prince's reputation be ruined in their hands?
These people are basically the representatives of the elite clan, wouldn't Chengqian be cast aside by this group of people?
What Qin Lang said is right, the prince's reputation needs to be maintained, persuasion and sarcasm are also divided into occasions, and attention should be paid to methods.

The prince has grown up, he is no longer that young child, even the people in the frontier know the prince's virtuous name, why do Yu Zhining and other nobles always say that the prince is naughty?

These people may not dare to subvert Datang and destroy the crown prince as Qin Lang said, but they may not really be dedicated to Datang as they said.

Thinking of the several years of editing the clan annals and changing the manuscript several times, but still not being as satisfied as he was with this matter, he understood that things would not be that simple.

The Li family took over the world and became the royal family. As a result, several drafts of the clan annals were edited. The Li family, the majestic royal family, turned out to be the number one clan. On the contrary, Cui Gan's family, the servant of Huangmen, was listed as the first class, surpassing the royal family.

How could Li Shimin endure this?

Although Cui Qian removed the word "Shi" from his name to avoid suspicion, why can this guy be number one?He is just the servant of the Yellow Gate in the court, and although he is also an important minister in the court, he is only a fourth-rank official.

He didn't even become a prime minister, but in the end he was still above the royal family.

Wei Ting, who compiled the clan records, and others played on the grounds that Cui Gan was born in a prominent family, and his great-grandfather was a general of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Dr. Zuo Guanglu, the third division of Yitong, and Cui Xiaofen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.His grandfather was Cui Xuanyou, a general of the Sui Dynasty and Duke of Jijun, and his father, Cui Shuzhong, was also named Duke of Gu'an County and Minister of Yubu.

The Cui Gan family is exactly the Boling Cui family of five surnames and seven families. It originated from the second house and has been prominent for generations, so it ranks first.

Qin Qiong was also married to the Cui family of Boling at the beginning, the niece of Cui Gan.

Several editions of clan annals were edited, but in the end, the old rules of the past were still used, and the ranks were purely based on the county surname as the difference in family status. Under this standard, the five surnames and seven families of the great gentry for hundreds of thousands of years naturally It was ranked in the front, and even the Jiangnan Wang Xie and other families that had long since declined were able to rank in front of the royal family.

The majestic royal family, the queen's family, the prime minister's family, etc., are ranked very low on the list.

Although this adopted the previous standards, it did not understand the meaning of the emperor at all. The emperor wanted to publish a new clan annals, not to flatter those people.

The purpose of the emperor is to suppress the powerful gentry clans since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and to establish the authority of the central court and the emperor.

Just as the emperor used Zhining Du Zhenglun and others to assist the prince in the East Palace, the purpose was to let them assist the prince, not to let them say that the prince is not good today, and that the prince is not good tomorrow.

Whether the prince can do it or not, they don't care.

Empress Changsun rushed over, "Have you heard? Something happened to the East Palace."

Li Shimin smiled, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. This sweet-scented osmanthus cake is pretty good. Maid of Guanyin, please try it."

"Why does the saint still have the heart to taste pastries?"

"Do not worry."

Li Shimin put away his smile, murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"Call Ma Zhou, a Hanlin scholar."

When Ma Zhou arrived, Li Shimin directly dictated the will and asked Ma Zhou to draft an edict.

"Qin Lang, Yu Zhining, Du Zhenglun, Kong Yingda, Lu Deming, and Zhang Xuansu are all important officials of the imperial court, and concurrently hold important positions in the Eastern Palace. However, they are disrespectful to the crown prince, disrespectful to the crown prince, and discordant with their colleagues. , and fined her salary for one year, making her think behind closed doors."

"Chu Suiliang, Yu Shinan, Liu Ji, Gao Jifu and other officials of the Eastern Palace will be fined for one year as a punishment!"

These two decrees stunned Empress Changsun and Ma Zhou.

Both of them originally thought that Qin Lang was the cause of such a big commotion in the East Palace today, and the emperor was furious, and probably wanted to question Qin Lang, but who would have given him [-] slaps each, and even punished him so severely.

"Continue to draft the edict."

"Prince Chen Shuda's young teacher, Prince Xiao Yu's Shaofu, Prince Yang Gongren's Shaobao, Yuwen Shiji, Dai Zhou, Wei Zheng, and Li Ji are four guests of the prince."

Empress Changsun couldn't help asking, "If all the important officials in the East Palace are dismissed at once, then there will be no one in charge of the East Palace, and no one to teach Chengqian?"

"Didn't I choose the third prince and the fourth guest for Chengqian? Let them work hard for the time being."

"But Yu Wenshiji, Li Ji, and Yang Gongren are not in Beijing."

"Xiao Yu will take over the affairs of Zhan for the time being, Chen Shuda will take over the son of the left concubine, Dai Zhou will be the son of the right concubine, and Wei Zheng will act as the deputy of Shao Zhan, so this is settled."

Ma Zhou was shocked with his pen, and finally finished the edict with a pen.

"Wang Lin, you send Ma Zhou to the East Palace to pass the decree, and bring Chengqian back to the palace by the way."

When they retreated, Empress Changsun asked, "What is the saint's plan? Doesn't this disposition resemble the manner of a saint?"

"This time, I'm on Qin Lang's side. It's just that the incident is a bit serious and ugly, so I'll hit each of them with [-] big boards and dismiss them all by the way."

"Your Majesty really wants to dismiss them? The concubine feels that although Yu Du and the others are a little stricter, they are always good to Cheng Qian."

Li Shimin just sneered twice, "Yes, I will definitely use it, but I have to beat them to let them figure out the priority, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous."

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When Wang Lin, the head of the front office of the palace, sent Ma Zhou to the East Palace, the Chongxian Palace was still full of anger. Qin Lang and his group were chattering and arguing with Yu Zhining and others there. Although Qin Lang sacrificed a big weapon, But Yu Zhining and others still think that even if the prince has a virtuous name, he needs to be persuaded and satirized even more. They even took Yang Guang as a counterexample, saying that Yang Guang was also very virtuous when he was the king of Jin, and he even did it. The queen prince also had a good reputation, but in the end she became a faint king.

When it was time to close the hand, Wang Lin shouted the imperial decree in a shrill voice.

Ma Zhou, who was bestowed with a purple robe and jade belt, came in. This Ma Hanlin, also known as Ma Chengzhi, was well known as the emperor's confidant and close minister, and some people even flattered him as the inner minister.

When Ma Zhou entered the hall, he first greeted Cheng Qian who was sitting at the head, who was suffering from a headache and even a little uneasy.

"The imperial decree has arrived, and the officials of the Eastern Palace will accept it!"

After reading the emperor's decree in public, Yu Zhining and others all had expressions of disbelief.

Du Zhenglun even said openly, "Is this the decree of the Imperial Academy?"

The implication of this is that this decree is not a formal and legal imperial order without the Minister of Political Affairs and the six ministries of the three provinces.

Ma Zhou said slowly, "This is written in my own handwriting, and it is signed by His Majesty's seal, except that it is not written in white linen."

Although Zhongzhi used to be sometimes rejected by the subordinate provinces, officials could also reject it for reasons, but in recent years, the emperor has already strengthened the authority and legitimacy of the internal system. The internal system of worship is even written in white hemp, which is different from the external system of jute drafted by Zhongshu Sheren.

In the past two years, the dismissal of real-rank officials above the third rank has basically been directly issued by the emperor.

"Could Duke Du resist the order?" Ma Zhou asked.

Qin Lang came over at this moment, "Minister Qin Lang accepts the order!"

Ma Zhou handed over the will to Qin Lang, "President Qin, from today onwards, Your Majesty will relieve you from the duties of the Prince Taishi, Prince Zhan Shi, Prince Zuowei, Bachelor of the Chongxian Hall, and Director of the Donggong Bingma. You were supposed to go home and reflect behind closed doors, but as the minister of the Political Affairs Hall, you have important duties, so you are temporarily exempted from self-examination, and you still go to the Political Affairs Hall to regulate political affairs and be in charge of military affairs."

The prince stood on the side anxiously, unexpectedly, because he didn't return all night, there would be such a commotion.

"Your Highness, let the servants come to pick His Highness into the palace." Wang Lin said.

Chengqian panicked, "Why did the sage call Gu?"

"Today, the Imperial Dining Room has a new pastry, which is very good. The Zhaijia invited His Highness to taste it together."

(End of this chapter)