Tibet

Chapter 333 Controversy at the court meeting ([-])

When Li Ye returned to his study, there was indeed a painting on the desk. To be precise, it was a scroll, which was put in a case and tied with a ribbon outside.

Li Ye carefully opened the painting, and it turned out to be Suzaku's own drawing. It can be seen that the painting has just been completed, and the ink is not completely dry. On a cliff, there is a tall and straight green pine, which is still standing majestically under heavy snow. Above the green pine, an eagle is spreading its wings and flying, accompanied by a smaller red flying eagle.

Of course, Li Ye understood the implication of this painting. In difficult times, Suzaku did not stand on the sidelines, nor did he stand on a moral high ground to condemn himself like others. Instead, he drew a painting to support himself in a short period of time. However, Li Ye felt Suzaku's deep concern and unwavering support for him.

Seeing the truth in adversity, a string in Li Ye's heart was also plucked.

There were many forms of court meetings in the Tang Dynasty. There was an annual New Year's ceremony, and the first grand ceremony after the emperor ascended the throne. Although these two great ceremonies were large in scale, they were more of a ritual nature.

In the real sense, there are three kinds of courts. One is the morning court every day. Before dawn, important ministers will rush to the palace to participate in the morning court proceedings.

The early court was very hard. Both the emperor and the ministers were severely lack of sleep, so they had to rest and sleep very early. After the Tianbao year, the early court was basically abolished, and the emperor never went to court early.

There is also a kind of court meeting every five and ten days, which is actually a kind of early court, but the scale is large and there are many officials participating, so it is called a grand court. This kind of grand court is held occasionally, but not several times a year.

There is another kind of court meeting, the temporary court meeting. In case of an emergency, the emperor temporarily summons important ministers to discuss. Usually, officials above the fourth rank participate. There are not many such court meetings at present. The last time it was an emergency military and political discussion caused by the Absi rebellion.

The emperor Li Longji preferred to call the prime ministers to his inner study to discuss military and state affairs, and used this method to replace the temporary court meeting.

But this time the emperor Li Longji decided to hold a grand court to discuss the mass incident in Yunyang County, and only gave the ministers one day to prepare.

In fact, the Li Ye impeachment case is only one of the discussion points, and it is at the end.

Before five o'clock, the lights of many people in Taipingfang were on. Taipingfang has always been a residential area for officials, and most of the residents here are officials or their descendants.

The lights in Li Ye's house were also turned on. Today, there are two men in the family who are going to court early, but they are both parties involved. Pei Sanniang is very nervous and gets up early to get busy.

After tidying up, the father and son got into the carriage and set off.

Li Ye was very calm. He bribed the emperor with 15 guan. He believed in the ancient saying that Li Longji would use other people's money to help others eliminate disasters.

On the contrary, Li Dai was very nervous. He thought that the matter in Yunyang County was over, but he didn't expect this matter to be discussed again. The magistrate of Yunyang County has been dismissed.

Seeing his father pursing his lips tightly and staring out the window, Li Ye knew he was nervous. Li Ye comforted his father with a smile and said, "The seven members of Yuan Maitreya have already decided, and the court will not overturn the case. There are probably three things to discuss today. One is how to deal with the 10,000+ farmers who participated in the gathering; the second is how to characterize the entourage who followed Yuan Maitreya, that is, five hundred warriors; the third is whether it is legal for me to intervene in this matter, and whether I killed so many people Legal and ethical.

As long as my father grasps the key points and insists on letting the court reduce rents and exempt taxes, there will be no more mass gatherings. This is what my father must clearly request today. If other officials do not raise it, then my father must stand up. In this way There will be many officials supporting the father. "

Li Dai sighed and said, "I understand what you're saying. I've also prepared a lot of materials, and I'm going to make a request for rent reduction and tax exemption today, but what I'm worried about is the follow-up of the Yuan Maitreya case. They still have a lot of wealth missing. Fei, the government has not been able to find out no matter how much they have checked these days, if the emperor asks about this matter, I can't explain it?"

Li Ye smiled faintly: "Father, don't worry, the Son of Heaven will never ask about this matter today!"

"Why?" Li Dai asked puzzled.

"The emperor is also secretly pursuing this wealth. In fact, he has already obtained it. 15 coins have entered his internal treasury."

Li Dai was shocked, he suddenly realized, "Could it be that money is in your hands?"

Li Ye nodded, "I have already handed it over to Gao Lishi, a total of 15 guan. Originally, this money should have gone to the imperial household department, but now it has gone to the emperor's internal treasury. Anyway, he has benefited from me."

Li Dai frowned, "You shouldn't hide this from me!"

Li Ye shook his head, "Father still doesn't want to know about this matter. If he knows about it and doesn't do anything, his father will be charged with corruption and perverting the law, and his conscience can't help it. But if he knows about it and put it in the household department, his father will definitely offend the emperor."

Before he knew it, his son had completed a private transaction with the emperor, but he didn't know it.

Li Dai sighed. He realized that he was really passive in front of his son. No wonder his father valued Ye'er so much. It made sense!

The carriage drove into the majestic and majestic Danfeng Gate, and went straight to the square of Xuanzheng Palace, where today's grand court was held.

The carriage stopped, and the father and son got out of the carriage. At this moment, an official came to say a few words to Li Dai. Li Dai nodded and said to Li Ye, "Xianyu Jingzhaoyin asked me to discuss it, and come over for my father."

"Father is free, I will walk around and have a look."

Li Dai hurried away.

At this time, it was still dark, and there were already many officials in the square, gathering in twos and threes.

"General Li!"

When Li Ye turned around, it turned out to be Li Lin, the King of Si Ning. Li Lin was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Industry, so she will also participate in the Great Court today.

Li Ye hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects. In fact, Li Ye had already visited Li Lin two days ago, but only saw Mr. Leng Yue, and Li Lin went to inspect his manor.

Li Lin smiled and said: "I heard from Leng Yue that you visited me two days ago, I'm really sorry, I went to the manor in Fengxian County."

"Did the prince go to the manor because of the incident in Yunyang County?"

Li Lin nodded, "The autumn harvest situation in Guanzhong is not optimistic this year. Yunyang County is the first one, but it is by no means the last one. I am also afraid that the tenants will make trouble, so I went to the manor to reduce the rent by half to appease the tenants. "

"Your Highness is merciful!"

"Not to mention, in case of a disaster! The master always has to bear a little bit, I think it should, and I will persuade the Holy One later to reduce the rent of Huangzhuang, and the other major families will follow suit."

"Yes! Tax and rent reduction is the key."

Li Lin looked at both sides, and said in a low voice: "Your incident was deliberately targeted at you, not only Yang Guozhong, but the real promoter is someone else."

"My lord, can you tell me?"

Li Lin continued: "You don't feel that someone is deliberately publicizing this matter, and it is morally harmful to your reputation. This is not promoted by the Yang family. The Yang family's foundation is too shallow. They I don't have that much patience."

Li Ye nodded, "My lord is right, if this matter is not deliberately promoted, it is impossible to become a hot spot in the court, so who did it?"

Li Lin wrote the word Zhang on Li Ye's palm, and Li Ye suddenly came to his senses, "Zhang Jun!"

Li Lin nodded, "And his two brothers, especially the son-in-law, he is the main promoter!"

Li Ye nodded silently, "Thank you, my lord, for letting me know!"

Li Lin patted him on the shoulder, "The situation in the imperial court is turbulent. It's easy to hide from open spears, but hard to guard against hidden arrows. You have to be careful!"

After speaking, Li Lin turned and left.

Of course Li Ye knew why the Zhang family wanted to frame him, and the root cause still came from his grandfather, who used the book of prophecy to pinch Zhang Jun, forcing him to remain neutral at critical moments.

But when his grandfather retired from office, the Zhang family was about to turn around. This time, cooperating with Yang Guozhong to frame him must have been the Zhang family's petition to Yang Guozhong.

Li Ye forced himself to calm down. The Zhang family just wanted to deal with him. Could it be that they were building plank roads in the open and hiding in the dark, and the last person they targeted was his father?Forced his father to resign through the murder.

But what Li Ye couldn't figure out was that the Zhang family attacked him. Aren't they afraid that Zhang Jun's prophecy book would be revealed?
(End of this chapter)