Chapter 1044 Kissing and kissing
"Many ministers in the court persuaded me to kill Hou Junji."
Li Shimin looked directly at Qin Lang, "Huailiang, do you want to kill him or not?"
Sitting there, Qin Lang keenly heard some key points in the emperor's words. The emperor asked whether to kill, not whether he should kill. This is very different. Since many ministers in the court persuaded him, the emperor asked him whether to kill him, which shows that the emperor did not want to kill him.
Qin Lang can understand this, after all, Hou Junji is one of the four elders of the Mo Mansion, and Duan Zhixuan, Xu Luoren, and Qiao Gui are the emperor's confidantes. In terms of being able to fight, Hou Junji is not as good as Duan Xiong and Duan Zhixuan, but in terms of confidants, Hou Junji is much stronger.
What's more, Hou Junji was the one who showed his strength on the day of the Xuanwu Gate's change. He personally led the team to enter the Palace of Longevity and put Gaozu under house arrest on a dragon boat in Haichi. Hou Junji did this kind of the dirtiest work, so after the fact, the eldest grandson Wuji who Hou Junji discussed merits and made decisions, and Yu Chigong who rescued Li Shimin's life and killed Yuanji under the bowstring of Yuanji in the Xuanwu Gate are all second in the list of meritorious service. one.
Li Shimin is a nostalgic person and a person who remembers his merits. On the fourth day of June, he once said to his confidants in the Qin Palace that if you share wealth, you will not break your promise.
Hou Junji missed the crown prince, and Li Shimin once wanted to kill him, but when Hou Junji was called back to the court, Li Shimin's heart softened again as soon as the monarchs and ministers met. Fighting, sharing joys and sorrows.
His country owes a lot to Hou Junji.
In these years, no matter how dissatisfied the court was with Hou Junji, and how disdainful the people were for Hou Junji, the emperor had always used Hou Junji, and it was precisely because of his hard work and achievements that Hou Junji had twice worshiped as a prime minister and entered the government. Being Minister of the Ministry of War and Minister of the Ministry of Officials is always at the center.
Hou Junji may not be as good in writing as Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and eldest grandson Wuji, and in martial arts as Qin Lang and his sons, Yu Chigong, Xue Wanche, etc., but the victory lies in being loyal and unambiguous.
So Hou Junji went up and down a few times, always in the center, and has always won the holy family. He even specially asked him to worship Li Jing as his teacher to learn the art of war, and he also gave acquiescence to the matter of Hou's entry into the East Palace.
In the Zhenguan Dynasty, as long as you don't rebel and cause chaos, you can do well, especially the heroes, especially the old part of the Qin Palace, and those Yuan Cong confidants who followed and participated in the Xuanwumen Change, it's even worse. Li Shimin did not award many gold medals for avoiding death, but he treated the heroes far more favorably than Li Yuan.
Even Liu Xianji's eldest son, Sun Shunde, and other martial arts veterans were once involved in a conspiracy case, but as long as they were not the mastermind, Li Shimin would be generous when it was found out that he was implicated.
Qin Lang has a relatively accurate grasp of Li Shimin's character. Apart from his identity as a time traveler, it is more about the twelve years of getting along with Weng and his son-in-law. Qin Lang is no longer the same Qin Lang who first entered the Tang Dynasty back then. Of course, Li Shimin is no longer the king of Qin who was fighting for survival and heir.
The tacit understanding between the two fathers is actually very high.
One look and one movement of the emperor, Qin Lang can even understand the emperor's thoughts.
At this moment, when Li Shimin said whether to kill or not, Qin Lang understood that the emperor wanted to protect Hou Junji, and even said this to him specifically, and wanted to use Qin Lang's mouth to protect Hou Junji on behalf of the emperor.
Qin Lang is now the prime minister of the two provinces after all, and he was also an old enemy of Hou Junji before the court. If Qin Lang came to protect Hou Junji, it would be more effective than the emperor himself.
"I think that although Hou Junji committed dereliction of duty in Longyou, after all, the great victory in Longyou has helped the prince to destroy Tuyuhun, and Hou Junji also had previously defeated the leader of Yehu Khan, the Western Turkic system. In addition, Jingluan was also the number one in terms of meritorious service back then, and he was twice in the political affairs hall as a minister, for such a national hero, the court should consider it."
"Furthermore, the Tang Dynasty had a system for a long time, and there was a system of eight discussions, discussing relatives, discussing old friends, discussing talents, discussing abilities, discussing meritorious service, discussing nobles, Yiqin, and discussing guests. People with these eight special identities commit crimes and cannot apply. In ordinary litigation procedures, judicial officials do not have the right to directly hear the jurisdiction, and must appeal to the emperor for a ruling, and the emperor commutes the penalty according to his identity and specific circumstances."
"Hou Junji discusses relatives, he is the father of Prince Liangdi, so he is a relative of the emperor."
"Discussing the past, Hou Junji is the four olds of the sage Mo's house, this is the old old one of the emperor."
"Although it is not outstanding to discuss the meritorious and valuable, they are all consistent. He has contributed to calming chaos, Pingxi Turkic ruler Ye Hu has merit, and broken Tuyuhun. , is a dignified second-rank relative."
"Even if you are diligent and courteous, you are not a state guest, but after the eight meetings, you can also take advantage of the four merits of relatives and relatives. It is not a heinous crime. Every time you pass one of the eight meetings, you can reduce the crime by one." wait."
"Hou Junji can discuss relatives, so if you discuss meritorious service, the crime will be reduced by four."
"Although there is suspicion of dereliction of duty, if you make atonement for your crimes, and make eight discussions and four gains, you can be punished lightly."
Li Shimin was very satisfied with this answer, "You are the procurator of the school and know the affairs of the family or the governor of Henan, so in your opinion, how should you deal with Hou Junji?"
"Demoted to be a fourth-rank Shangzhongwu general, and demoted to Xizhou governor and Tianshan military envoy." Qin Lang suggested.
Although Hou Junji was dismissed before the Battle of Longyou, he was still dismissed from the rank of Doctor Guanglu, who was from the second rank.
Li Shimin thought about it, and felt that this arrangement was good for Hou Junji, but he was still worried that the court would not agree, especially since his elder brother, Sun Wuji, was very dissatisfied with Hou Junji, and Fang Xuanling also worked very hard to win him over. After passing Hou Junji, he wanted to drag him to Wei Wangfu, but Hou Junji married his daughter to Chengqian and put him in the East Palace, which also offended Fang Xuanling.
He is very worried that now that Hou Junji is being attacked by everyone, he still wants to protect Hou Junji.
Qin Lang saw the emperor's thoughts, "I am willing to communicate with Zhao Guogong, Liang Guogong, Zheng Guogong, etc. After all, a meritorious official like Hou Junji will be treated preferentially and given some opportunities."
Li Shimin immediately praised, "I also mean this. A meritorious minister who has made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty should be treated kindly by the country. I don't want to be the emperor of the Han Dynasty and do the same thing."
After discussing this important matter, Li Shimin's mood improved a lot.
"You should take on those errands first, and don't rush to resign. Don't you think Wuji is also the governor of Yangzhou?"
"I used to be in southern Xinjiang, so I wasn't afraid to hold more positions. I did my best, but now I am in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and I already hold several positions. I really can't take southern Xinjiang into consideration. The matter, I think it is really unnecessary."
But the emperor did not agree.
"You continue to lead the post of Grand Governor of Guangzhou. As for the post of Grand Governor of Zhennan, Li Daliang, Minister of the Ministry of War, will take it. The Governor of Tonghai will be officially awarded to Cheng Chumo. He has performed well in the past two years."
"Please ask the sage to remove the envoys of the Lingnan Jiufu Jinglue and the Nanzhong Jingjiu."
"Okay, okay." The emperor reluctantly agreed.
Qin Lang only retained the post of governor of Guangzhou, and handed over the post of governor of Guangzhou.
"It's all as you wish, so you can concentrate on staying in Luoyang, especially the prince, I entrust it to you." You are Zhan Shi, you preside over the overall situation of the East Palace, and Wuji Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others also come to the East Palace to assist you in turn . King Wei has left Luoyang today for Xining Prefecture in Jiannan. I hope you can help me find the original Prince Shengde. "
"The minister takes orders."
Qin Lang wanted to stand up and leave.
The emperor stopped him, "I remember how many younger sisters you have?"
"The minister has seven younger sisters."
"Isn't the big one small?"
"Four girls are fifteen, five girls are fourteen, six girls are thirteen."
"Which one is from Cui?"
"Liu Niang is a descendant."
When Qin Qiong voted for the Tang Dynasty, he had two sons and three daughters who followed his wives and concubines and failed to settle them down. They were killed by Wang Shichong, and only Qin Lang, the third son of a concubine, escaped. After arriving in Chang'an, Li Yuan bestowed beauties and marriages. In Chang'an, he continued to marry a daughter of the Cui family of Boling. Over the years, he gave birth to eight sons and seven daughters. Except for a few younger ones born in Songzhou, Many of the few born in Chang'an have grown up.
Among them, the fourth mother is also the oldest among Qin Qiong's daughters. At the beginning, Li Yuan gave birth to a beauty in the palace. On the fifteenth day of this year, Wu Niang was born to a beauty that Li Shimin rewarded back then, and Liu Niang was born to Suxian Cui's family.
"Not engaged yet?"
"Not yet."
The concubines of the Qin family were engaged early, but their daughter has never been engaged. It's not that no one wants them. In fact, many people have wanted to marry the Qin family over the years, but Qin Qiong didn't agree.
The main reason is that Qin Qiong and Cui's ideas are contradictory. Qin Qiong thinks that her daughter only needs to marry a similar family. The key is that the son-in-law has a good character and a good family style. children.
But Mrs. Cui wanted to marry the girls of the family into the five surnames and the seven surnames, at worst they had to be the six surnames of Guanlong. For Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong, Hou Junji, these upstart families with military exploits, she was firm. I don't agree, so this matter is delayed. After all, the five surnames and seven families don't have to be married to the Qin family, especially the relationship between the Qin family and the five surnames is not very good.
There are those who are willing, but they don't want to marry a concubine, they just want to marry the daughter of the Cui family, but the Cui family regards these Liuniang as treasures, not only wanting to marry their daughters to the five surnames, but only to marry the eldest sons of the five surnames, She even wanted to marry an eldest son. She didn't even look down on the nephews of her brother's family who were not eldest sons, let alone other families.
But Liu Niang is not very old, so there is no rush, just pick slowly.
"Thirteen years old, not a bad age." Li Shimin chuckled, "I want to get closer to your Qin family, what do you think?"
Qin Lang immediately understood that what the emperor meant was of course not that he wanted to be an old cow and eat young grass. The emperor in his thirties wanted to marry Qin Qiong's thirteen-year-old daughter. This was because he had just killed his son Chengqian's three favorite concubines, so now he wanted to make up for it. For a moment, I plan to personally tell Chengqian that Qin Qiong's daughter-in-law has entered the East Palace.
"Your Majesty, although I am the eldest brother of Liu Niang, my parents are still there, so I cannot be the master."
"I know, and I will not treat Liu Niang badly. I will enter the East Palace as a side and be the Prince Liangdi."
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not suitable for the minister's family to be a heroic general."
The emperor shook his head, "I think it's pretty good."
Qin Lang thought to himself, I married Li Lizhi, the prince's younger sister, Princess Changle, and then Cheng Qian wanted to marry his sixth younger sister, Qin Xuanhua?
This relationship is a bit messy, each other's uncle? Or is it just a marriage exchange?
"It's good to be close. I like it. I will send someone to the Duke of Qi's mansion to inquire about Cui's intentions, and then send a fast horse to Xinsongzhou to ask Shubao. Of course, I also hope that you can also write to Shubao for support." This matter."
(end of this chapter)