Chapter 124 Supreme Emperor
The ninth year of Wude, the eighth day of August.
It was slightly bright, and the morning drums of the Drum Tower on Chang'an Sixth Street were beating one after another. According to Ma Zhou's plan, the morning drums would start beating when the sky was light and dawn. Hit eight hundred times.
After each drum passed, the gate of Chang'an City was opened a little.
Today's Chang'an City is obviously a little different from usual.
Before dawn, the provincial government offices in the imperial city had been busy all night, and everyone was busy all night long, for the court meeting on the morning of the eighth day of the lunar new year.
The Taiji Palace, which has been closed for a long time, will be opened this morning, and the Golden Palace will be reopened in the morning.
The provincial officials took out the palace gate talisman and key from the brocade box, and Chen Shuda, the servant under the gate, personally signed and stamped the door talisman, "Give this to Chengmen Lang, and submit it to the prison gate guard general for verification."
The gate of Tai Chi Palace, which had been blocked for two months, was finally slowly pushed open with the first ray of sunshine in the morning on the eighth day of August.
In front of the door, hundreds of officials have been waiting for a long time.
All officials above the seventh rank in the entire city of Chang'an must participate in the early court today. Although it is not the day of the early dynasty, there is a big event happening today.
The arrival of this day did not cause too much surprise. Everyone already knew that this day would come.
When the day finally came, everyone was very peaceful.
The gate of the palace was fully opened with the sound of the last drum.
The soldiers of the prison gate guards in shiny armor guarded the door, and the soldiers of the right Xiaowei guarded the door outside.
The sound of a series of horseshoes came.
A lieutenant of the Luben Military Academy came riding on horseback, "His Royal Highness is here!"
Following the shout, Yi Guogong Qin Lang led a thousand princes Lu Ben to guard the prince Li Shimin and came slowly. Today Li Shimin did not ride a horse, he was sitting in a golden cart.
Hundreds of officials stepped aside to welcome the prince into the palace.
Qin Lang wore bright armor and a long horizontal knife on his waist. He rode a horse and held a lance to guard the prince entering the palace gate. Today he is responsible for guarding the prince, so the armor and weapons must not leave his body.
The sun was shining, and Qin Lang felt a little stuffy already.
"Your Highness, we are here."
Qin Lang urged his horse to come to the front of the carriage, and said to Li Shimin inside the carriage.
There was a hum in the car, Qin Lang helped to lift the curtain, Li Shimin got out of the car, he looked at today's Taiji Palace, in addition to the thousand prince Lu Ben brought by Qin Lang, Hou Junji also brought With Baiqi and two thousand Xuanjia cavalry, he entered the palace guard.
"Sanlang, your grandpa should be arriving in Chang'an soon, right?" Li Shimin asked suddenly.
"There are still seven or eight days to go to Chang'an."
"It's a pity that Shubao is not here today." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he told Qin Lang to lead his troops to guard the guards outside the hall, and then climbed up the stairs step by step to enter the Golden Hall.
In the early morning of the eighth day of the eighth day of August, Li Yuan abdicated in the early imperial court at the Linjin Palace, and was called the Supreme Emperor, still living in the Taiji Palace.
Li Shimin knelt down to receive the edict.
The Minister of Rites, Hejian Wang Li Xiaogong, announced that on the 9th, the crown prince's enthronement ceremony will be held in the Xiande Hall of the East Palace.
Amidst the sound of shouting long live, this special morning came to an end.
Li Shimin led all the officials to send the Supreme Emperor back to the palace respectfully.
After sending Li Yuan away, Li Shimin didn't stay any longer, and went out of the hall directly.
Qin Lang went forward to meet him.
"Your Highness!"
Changsun Wuji, who was following behind Li Shimin, smiled and said, "It's time to change your tune. From now on, you will call yourself Your Majesty."
After receiving the imperial edict, although Li Shimin has not yet held the succession ceremony, he is already the emperor.
Qin Lang immediately changed his words, "I pay homage to Your Majesty!"
The call Your Majesty made Li Shimin a little stunned.
He stretched out his hand and patted Qin Lang's shoulder, feeling high-spirited for a moment, "Let's go back to the East Palace."
Back to the East Palace, Li Shimin's confidantes, civil servants and military generals, except for the leaders outside the army, gathered together. Everyone was very happy. After so long, everyone has finally come to this position with the support of King Qin.
Succession as emperor, don't worry anymore.
Li Shimin sat on the couch and said with a smile, "From now on, we only have to think about how to deal with the Turks with all our strength, and I don't have to worry about the court and the deep palace anymore."
Fang Xuanling reminded Li Shimin, "From today onwards, Your Majesty should call himself Zhen instead of lonely. Your Majesty is already the emperor."
Li Shimin sighed and said, "I remembered that nine years ago, the day before His Majesty took the throne, he also called me here. In a blink of an eye, I am now sitting in this position."
"I'm really sitting in this position, and I'm a little dazed again."
Du Ruhui said, "Although Your Majesty has only become emperor today, it has been more than two months since he took charge of the imperial court."
"Yeah, it's been more than two months, but in the past two months, I have been exposed to political affairs and deal with a lot of opportunities every day. I just realized that governing the world is really different from conquering the world."
Secretary Supervisor Wei Zheng said bluntly, "Three provinces and six ministries, nine temples and five supervisors, twelve guards and four mansions, hundreds of officials and bureaucrats, but each performs its duties, just like a net. All you need to do is outline, and the outline is in order. , Gang Ju Mu Zhang Ye. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and he has his own prime minister to assist the government. It is not difficult to say. As long as you are willing to listen to advice and accept advice, then you will gather the wisdom of countless people to govern the world."
Li Shimin stroked his beard, "Every move I take in affects the world. Back then, a single horse would turn around once it was taken in, but the whole world, if it made a mistake, wouldn't it be able to turn around in a while?" ?”
Elder Sun Wuji said very directly, "How can Your Majesty be alone? We old people from Prince Qin's Mansion and Tiance Mansion are willing to do our best to assist His Majesty."
Li Shimin glanced at Qin Lang who was sitting at the end. He was wearing armor and a helmet, and kept his head down without saying a word. He seemed to be asleep, but he knew that this kid was just pretending to be asleep on purpose, but he felt that his qualifications were low. That's all.
Recalling the active way this kid jumped up and down before Jingran, it was quite different.
"It's not enough to rely on the old people in Prince Qin's mansion. Now it's not the same as before. In the past, I was King Qin and General Tiance, so naturally you were enough. But now that I'm emperor, I have to take charge of the entire country. Not only you old people If you want to reuse them, I will also use them, even the old ministers of the Supreme Emperor, as well as those who have completed the work. As long as they are talented and willing to do it, I am willing to reuse them."
Actually, the words of Changsun Wuji Fang Xuanling and others just now hinted that they, the old people of Qin Palace, were dissatisfied with Wei Zheng and Wang Gui being reused.
Li Shimin also heard their hints, but decided to reuse people like Wei Zheng.
He said, "When the Supreme Emperor came to the throne, there were many capable people in his court, but there are fewer capable people around me today than before. So I have to reuse the capable people."
At this time, Wei Zheng said bluntly, "Since Your Highness has repeatedly said that talents should be reused, then I have a suggestion."
"you say."
"When Xue Wanche thanked his uncle Fang Feng Li and others for accepting Qin Lang's surrender, he made a request that His Majesty would bury Jian Yuanji with the gift of a prince, so that their old minions could feel at ease. But until now, the minister has not Seeing that His Majesty fulfilled his promise, Jian Jiancheng and Yuan Ji were decapitated that day, and then they were buried hastily outside Chang'an City. The two were still common people, and I thought it was inappropriate. Now that you have promised, you have to do it, let alone, Giving the two a posthumous title is also a final conclusion on the events of that day."
Wei Zheng raised this matter at this time, which surprised Li Shimin.
Qin Lang quietly looked at the expression on Li Shimin's face through the gap in the helmet visor, and found that he was not particularly unhappy.
Maybe it's been a long time, and the emotions have gradually faded.
Wei Zheng said very straightforwardly, "I think that the two are brothers and sisters of His Majesty, and they should be crowned kings afterward, and then they will be buried with honor."
Changsun Wuji objected loudly, thinking that even if they were to be reburied and named, it was not the time.
It's just that Wei Zheng is very fierce today, and he fought against Sun Fangdu, the former minister of the King of Qin, and others, saliva splashing everywhere.
"Huai Liang!"
Li Shimin suddenly called Qin Lang's name.
Qin Lang was enjoying the show at first, but in desperation he took off his helmet and got up to respond.
"What do you think of Huailiang?"
"I have no objection."
"I asked you to express your opinion!" Li Shimin glared at him.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Qin Lang had no choice but to say, "I think that the enthronement ceremony of His Majesty will be held tomorrow, so the past can be summed up, and the two of them will be reburied with the ceremony of the prince. This will be considered as the dust. The conclusion of the coffin is settled, so that even the former Ministry can lay down their burdens and serve the court and His Majesty."
Li Shimin nodded, "By saying that, you mean you agree with Wei Zheng?"
Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and a group of former officials of the Qin Palace immediately stared at them. Everyone wanted to step on the abolished princelings, but a traitor turned out.
But Qin Lang still nodded. In fact, he had been thinking just now why Li Shimin was willing to take Wei Zheng's lead to discuss this matter at this moment?
If he didn’t mean it, he must have skipped this topic directly. This only shows one thing, especially in combination with what Li Shimin had talked with him in secret before, Li Shimin began to worry about his reputation and what happened after his death.
So although he personally shot and killed the building, he still wants to downplay or even reverse this matter.
"Then let's discuss what titles and posthumous titles should be given to the two of them."
Before the day of Xuanwu Gate, Li Yuan had to decree that the two were abolished as common people, so now the two are buried hastily as common people.
Wei Zheng said bluntly that he should pursue feudalism and become a prince.
Li Shimin shook his head when he heard this, and pursued feudalism to become a prince. Isn't that a question of his status?
Finally, Fang Xuanling thought of a title, "How about King Xi?"
Rest, it means calm down, it means that this matter is over, and everyone should stop talking about it.
Li Shimin was very satisfied when he heard it, it was much better than chasing after a prince.
"What about the posthumous title?"
Feng Deyi proposed a posthumous title, "Brutal!"
Li is brutal, outright bad. Feng Deyi appears to belong to Li Shimin, but in fact he has always been a duplicitous faction before. He wandered between the King of Qin and the prince, but finally told Li Yuan the truth about all these contacts, so he It is Li Yuan's double agent. Although he is still staying in the three provinces as the prime minister, he is already uneasy, so he wants to show it now.
It's a pity that he didn't grasp Li Shimin's mind well, and chasing his posthumous posthumous name, isn't that contrary to his original intention?
"Du Yan?"
"I think it's not as good as posthumous spirit!"
Du Yan is the best friend of Prince Qin's mansion. He was implicated in the Yang Wengan incident and was demoted. He only came back after Xuanwumen.
The so-called spirit, according to posthumous posthumous interpretation, is an incompetent person who occupies a high position, such as Emperor Ling of Han Dynasty.
Giving Jiancheng a posthumous title means that Jiancheng himself is not a bad person, but he was able to become a prince only because he was born early and was the eldest son. Just shit.
After hearing this, Li Shimin thought it was pretty good.
If Li Jiancheng is evaluated in this way, it is more reasonable for him to fight for the reserve, and he can also get the support of future generations. On the other hand, saying that Jiancheng is cowardly and incompetent is more acceptable to Jiancheng’s old ministries than saying that he is heinous. This will help to appease them. arouse their dissatisfaction.
So in the end Li Shimin made a final decision and gave Jiancheng the posthumous title of King Xi, posthumously titled Ling.
As for Yuan Ji, he didn't pay so much attention.
Li Shimin directly appointed Yuanji as the king of Hailing County, and he didn't even get the prince. As for the posthumous title, he still adopted Du Yan's proposal, which was called thorn.
Killing innocents is called stabbing, not forgetting love is called stabbing!
King Xiling and King Hailing Assassin, with their titles and posthumous titles established, Li Shimin decided to wait until the winter solstice to formally rebury them.
Qin Lang continued to huddle in the corner and listened boredly for a long time. When the discussion finally ended, he quickly stood up and prepared to leave.
"Huailiang."
Li Shimin waved to him.
Qin Lang reluctantly stepped forward.
"I have entrusted you with a task. Tomorrow's grand ceremony, you personally go to the Taiji Palace to welcome the Supreme Emperor to the East Palace to attend the grand ceremony, and accept the congratulations from me and all the officials!"
Qin Lang frowns, this is not a good job. Li Yuan has abdicated, and you want him to come to the East Palace to attend your enthronement ceremony. You will be the protagonist tomorrow, and he is just a supporting role. He may not be willing to come and support you.
"Anyway, I understand that you must welcome the Supreme Emperor to the East Palace, understand?" Li Shimin gave Qin Lang a death order.
"What if the Supreme Emperor doesn't want to come?"
"I don't care what you think of, in short, you must invite the Supreme Emperor, and you must make him come happily."
This is really terrible.
"I have the important task of guarding the East Palace, so I dare not leave it lightly."
"It's okay. Tomorrow's East Palace Grand Ceremony, Junji will take on the role of guard. Just do it well. If you do it well, you will be rewarded. If you can't do it well, hum!"
"Can I invite my mother to go with me?" Qin Lang asked, he knew that the Changsun family still had some face in front of Li Yuan, "It would be even better if we could invite Princess Changle to go with us."
Li Shimin will ascend the throne tomorrow, and the eldest grandson has not yet been canonized as a queen, but this is at most a month late.
"The maidservant Guanyin will be very busy tomorrow and won't have time to go to Taiji Palace. Changle is fine!"
Qin Lang had no choice but to bite the bullet and get on with this job.
After much deliberation, he didn't wait until the next day to go. When he left the East Palace, he called Cheng Chumo and took Li Lizhi, Princess of Changle, with him, and went straight to Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace.
"Taishanghuang, this **** Cheng Chumo dragged me to the Taishanghuang to play mahjong again!" Qin Lang said to Li Yuan with a playful smile.
Li Yuan was chatting with the old minister Pei Ji, and seeing his goofy brows, he smiled, "That's fine, I'm bored, I just need to rub a few."
"But have you brought enough gold coins?" Li Yuan asked.
Qin Lang pointed to Cheng Chumo, "I carried two big bags and put them at the entrance of the hall."
"Okay, let's see how I will kill you in a while." Li Yuan said to Pei Ji, "Come together, Supervisor Pei."
Pei Ji's comprehension ability is very high. After explaining it for a while, he has already mastered the gameplay. In the first move, Qin Lang ordered Li Yuan a Qing old man sixty-four times, which made him dance happily and took off his outer robe. , revealing his mysterious three breasts.
"Give money, give money, sixty-four per person! Hahaha, a good start! Kid, this shot is so cool!"
(end of this chapter)