Chapter 128 Brawl in the Palace
The enthronement ceremony is over, and the new emperor has a grand banquet in the Xiande Hall of the Inner Dynasty, including ministers, vassal envoys and foreign guests.
Emperor Taishang never showed up today. Although it made all the officials suspicious, it did not hinder today's celebration. Sitting in the hall, Li Shimin put on the Tongtian Guangun dragon robe, stroking his short beard from time to time, very happy.
All the ministers filed in and sat down in their seats under the guidance of the eunuch's servants.
Eunuchs were very polite to Qin Lang. In the early Tang Dynasty, eunuchs had a very low status. In the three provinces of the Tang Dynasty, there were eunuchs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Province of Dianzhong. In institutions with important affairs such as cashiers in the internal treasury, the chief ministers and internal servants are actually served by civil servants, and the eunuchs can only serve as internal servants and internal regular servants at the highest.
The palace supervisor is only responsible for the emperor's daily life, food and other matters, and has no power, but he is also a civil servant.
Thus, these eunuchs are all very low-key, especially when facing a popular young favorite like Qin Lang, they are even more humble, smiling all over their faces, and their waists are almost ninety degrees.
Qin Lang sat in his seat, nodded and smiled at the young eunuch, "Thank you, servant."
The **** hurriedly said, "The slave is only white, so I dare not be called the servant of Duke Yi."
There were quite a few eunuchs in Chang'an Taiji Palace and East Palace in the Tang Dynasty, numbering in the thousands, and they were all concentrated in the Ministry of Interior and Palace. Each has their own duties, but most of them are white-bodied eunuchs without rank.
In the early Tang Dynasty, the last **** title that could be called was actually only the chief supervisors such as the palace supervisor and the internal servant supervisor, secretary supervisor, etc., and it did not mean eunuch, because most of the supervisors were held by civil servants, such as Jiang Zuojian and other five supervisors. Therefore, it is sometimes called a supervisor or eunuch.
The **** really represents the eunuch. After Gaozong, the central province of the palace was changed to the Zhongyufu during the Gaozong period. The chief was called the **** and the young supervisor. Then gradually the **** became a kind of respectful title for the eunuchs, and finally became the **** generally. It is synonymous with the name of a doctor, just like the first doctor is not the title of a doctor, but later gradually the doctor became the title of a doctor.
Qin Lang smiled, who would have thought that in the Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs had the most power in history, in the early Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs were actually the least powerful.
The little **** bowed and stepped back, Qin Lang looked around and found that he was quite in front.
It turns out that today's palace banquet is not the same as the class at the ceremony just now, just now it was strictly in accordance with the outer class, but today's banquet is ranked according to the list of rewards just now, the sealed forty-six The first hero is ranked first according to the order of being awarded, and then according to the rank of the official.
Qin Lang is in the fifth rank of heroes, but there are only eleven heroes in the first four ranks. He is the first in the fifth rank, so his seat was originally the twelfth, but because Qin Qiong, Chai Shao, Li Yi, and the eldest grandson The four people from Shunde were all leading the army, so Qin Lang ranked eighth today.
In front of Qin Lang was the Minister of Rites and Li Xiaogong, King of Hejian County, and behind him was Zhang Gongjin, but he is now serving as the governor of Daizhou and leading the army, so Liu Shili stood behind Qin Lang. This was originally Wang Shichong, and later Li Shimin and Wang Shichong Appreciating his talent, he was recruited into the Qin Palace and participated in the Xuanwumen project. This time he was conferred the title of General Zuo Xiaowei and Duke of Xiangwu County.
Qin Lang was not familiar with these two, and greeted Li Xiaogong with a smile, but the burly, fat, brown bear-like county king just snorted.
Qin Lang sneered twice, knowing that although Li Xiaogong did not object to this reward like Li Shentong, he was still angry. This famous clan king conquered the southeast half of the country back then. Although Li Jing owed a lot to him, he was indeed very good. However, later on, Li Yuan transferred him back to Beijing from the governorship of Yangzhou Metropolis on the grounds that someone had reported him for treason. Then he was sent to prison for interrogation, which really chilled his heart. Even though Li Yuan released him later, he knew very well that this was just Li Yuan's attempt to seize his power, and the rebellion was just an excuse.
After Li Shimin's mutiny, he directly changed his title from Zhaojun King to Hejian County King. Although they are both county kings, there is still a big difference between Zhaojun and Hejian County. King Jiangxia changed from a county to a big county, but he changed from a big county to a county.
Not to mention, now he is only made to be a minister of the Ministry of Rites.
The little **** went and came back.
"Duke Yi, by His Majesty's will, please take your seat."
"Sir?"
"Your Majesty said that the Duke of Qi has not returned his troops, so today he will let Duke Yi sit in the position of Duke of Qi."
Qin Qiong ranked third in the list of heroes. Li Shimin asked Qin Lang to take Qin Qiong's position in recognition of Qin Qiong's achievements.
Qin Lang said, "It's fine for me to sit here, so I don't need to move it."
"Duke Yi, this is His Majesty's will." The little **** said in a dilemma.
Qin Lang felt that he was already very conspicuous sitting in the eighth place today. If he were to sit in the third place again, it would probably cause even more dissatisfaction, so he repeatedly declined.
Who would have expected that his refusal would annoy one person, none other than Huaian Wang Li Shentong. He was already full of anger today, but who would have thought that he would be at the bottom of the list when he came to this banquet.
Originally, he was also a majestic county king, and his San rank was from Kaifu Yitong Sansi of the first rank. This is the highest level of Wen San rank, and he enjoys the treatment of the San Gong. General Wu Wei.
But now, his seats are instead ranked behind a group of generals and county princes.
Seeing that Qin Lang, a fledgling brat, is going to sit in the top position, and is still deliberately coddling at this moment, he finally couldn't help it, and pushed aside the cases in front of him and came to Qin Lang.
"How can you, boy, dare to sit here? If you are sensible, you can sit in the back."
Qin Lang was not afraid when he saw Li Shentong's appearance, but today was the first day of Li Shimin's ascension to the throne. It was a celebration banquet, and there were guests from all over the world, so he didn't want to make trouble.
So he smiled and cupped his hands, "What King Huai'an taught me is, why don't I change seats with King Huai'an?"
Unexpectedly, Li Shentong thought this was an insult to him.
"Huangkou kid, do you dare to insult me?"
"Why did the king of Huai'an say such a thing?"
"Hey, I don't need you to abdicate the king. You can't be humiliated if you kill me. How dare you insult the king!"
Li Shentong is messing around.
Cheng Yaojin, who was a little behind Qin Lang, came forward, "The king of Huai'an is a dignified and well-known king, why is he arguing with the younger generation, and lowered his status for no reason."
Li Shentong felt that everything was not going well today. He was teaching the children of the Qin family, and Cheng Yaojin ran out. Even more angry, Cheng Yaojin was awarded the title of General Youwuwei today, and 700 households were sealed. It is two grades higher than him, and the position is even tied with him.
Cheng Yaojin was not happy when he heard it. He came to persuade the fight, but Li Shentong even scolded him.
"Prince Huai'an, why are you talking drunk and nonsense before the banquet begins? Why don't you just ask for leave and go home to rest, so as not to make jokes in front of these officials and guests."
"Yeah, you idiots, lucky ministers."
The king of Huai'an scolded more and more.
In the end, they not only scolded Qin Lang and Cheng Yaojin, but also scolded all the civil servants and military generals in the original Qin Palace, thinking that these people got ahead by relying on the palace to become superior, and by alienating the flesh and blood of the Tian family and harming the royal family. .
Qin Lang folded his arms and didn't reply, instead he smiled and watched, he wanted to see how Li Shentong ended up today.
Even if everyone knows some things, you can still say nonsense, especially on such occasions? If you scold the generals of the Qin Palace like this, isn't that actually slapping Li Shimin in the face? Or fight in front of the vassals and foreign guests.
Yu Chigong and Hou Junji walked down from the top together.
"Old man, stop talking nonsense."
Yu Chigong was out of temper, but he didn't give Huai'an King any face, and he just cursed at him.
As a result, Li Shentong immediately scolded back not to be outdone, and even greeted Yu Chigong's parents directly.
Yu Chigong's face became even darker. He rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward to slam it. Li Shentong took several hits and immediately fought back, creating a mess.
The king of Huai'an couldn't beat Yuchi, so when he saw Li Xiaogong next to him, he immediately shouted, "Could it be that the clan is all dead?"
Li Xiaogong originally acted like he had nothing to do with it, but when he heard this, he had no choice but to get up. Anyway, Li Shentong was also his cousin.
Li Xiaogong was tall and strong, fat and young, and he really blocked Yu Chigong immediately when he made a move.
Yuchi Gong waved a pair of fists in a muffled voice to fight against Li Xiaogong and Li Shentong.
At this time, Hou Junji kicked King Huai'an's leg with a cold kick. Li Shentong staggered and couldn't stand still. He was punched by Yu Chigong several times, and he became dizzy and screamed again and again.
Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia who was originally sitting with King Huai'an, also rushed over at this time. Li Daozong, who was only in his twenties at this time, was often praised by Li Shimin for being like me, and he was also a young and brave general. Hou Junji, Yu Chigong, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Lang and others surrounded and beat them up, so they immediately threw their fists and joined the battle group.
Qin Lang really didn't think about fighting at first, he saw that the situation was a bit out of control, and wanted to try to persuade people to fight, but he just grabbed Li Xiaogong, but he thought he was going to make trouble, so he immediately threw an old punch at him , Qin Lang hurriedly dodged, but also received a hard punch on the shoulder.
At the moment, he was also a little annoyed, and he kicked him back.
Cheng Yaojin also took the opportunity to join the battle group at this time.
When Li Daozong also joined in, he immediately became the three kings of the clan, Shentong, Xiaogong, and Daozong.
Soon, Li Shenfu, the younger brother of Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, also came to help out. The eight sons of Shentong, Wang Li Daoyan of Jiaodong, who were originally sitting quite behind, also came here after hearing the news. At the age of about twenty, seeing his father suffer, he joined the battle group without asking any questions.
At this time, Liu Shili, Duan Zhixuan and other former generals of the Qin Palace also came to help.
The banquet, which was supposed to be a celebration, turned into a martial arts arena before it even started.
Several cases of cups and saucers flying around.
There were more than thirty people fighting in the arena. On one side were the clan kings and on the other side were the former generals of the Qin family. The fight was quite lively.
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Feng Deyi, literati and other prime ministers were also stunned.
Sikong Peiji was watching happily, and even poured himself a glass of wine with great interest.
More officials did not dare to join this battle group, and they all took the initiative to retreat, and no one even tried to dissuade them, fearing that once they joined, they would also be involved.
Li Shimin was in a good mood at first, but who would have expected that a fight would start next.
"Assistant!"
Li Shimin roared loudly, shaking the palace.
But the people who were playing bustling over there didn't seem to hear it.
"Where is Qianniuwei?"
The four guards on duty rushed forward with Qianniu Dao, and the four guards on the left and right also rushed in with bows, and the sixteen staff with golden claws followed.
The guards didn't dare to attack these princes directly, but they all made loud noises with their weapons.
Qin Lang was the first to notice the guards surrounding him, and then he squinted at Li Shimin's face as black as coal.
"Stop it, stop it!"
Qin Lang pulled Cheng Yaojin out, "Stop beating, Your Majesty is angry."
Cheng Yaojin was still raising his fists, and when he heard the words, he looked up the hall, and sure enough, he saw Li Shimin puffing his beard and staring, and he was about to explode.
Finally, everyone stopped and dispersed.
At this time, Qin Lang was horrified to find that Jiangxia King Li Daozong was lying on the ground, with one eye even bleeding profusely!
(end of this chapter)