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.
"Qin Lang making trouble in the East Palace?"
Li Shimin was very dissatisfied with this memorial, "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 **** 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 can actually talk to the Confucian scholars. I didn't realize that he had this ability before."
The palace lady 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 went away, but since he knew what happened, the emperor was not in a hurry.
"Does the house have 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 18 bachelors of his original Qin Palace, basically all of them were born in famous families, knowledgeable and extremely talented.
However, Li Shimin also knows that these people, as civil servants from noble families, have a stinky problem, that is, they are picky all day long, and they always like to pick bones in 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 crown 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 was 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 wouldn’t think much of it if he was just spending money to buy some fame. The key is that he is also very good at government affairs and national policies. He can often play some good policy advice. Chengqian even learned a good ability to bow and horse.
Such a prince, who is less than thirteen years old, is indeed good enough in theory. At least Li Shimin thinks back to his age now, isn’t he making friends in Chang’an all day long, and dreaming of being a Chang’an hero.
As Qin Lang said, Yu Zhining and others, as officials of the Eastern Palace, were correct in persuading the crown prince, but it is over. 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 nobles. Wouldn't Chengqian be cast aside by this group of people?
Qin Lang is right, the crown prince’s reputation needs to be maintained, persuasion rules and satires also score occasions, pay attention to methods.
The prince has grown up, he is no longer that young child, even the people in the frontier know the name of the prince, why do Yu Zhining and other nobles always say that the prince is naughty?
These people may not dare to overthrow Datang and destroy the crown prince as Qin Lang said, but they may not really be dedicated to Datang as they said.
Recalling that the clan annals had been edited for several years, and the manuscripts had been changed several times, but he was still not satisfied with this matter, so 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 revised. The Li family, the majestic royal family, turned out to be the number one clan. On the contrary, the Cui Gan family, the servant of Huangmen, was listed as the first class, surpassing the royal family.
How can Li Shimin bear this?
Although Cui Qian removed the character "世" from his name to avoid suspicion, how 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.
The prime minister 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 distinguished 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 Cuigan family is exactly the Boling Cui family with five surnames and seven families. It originated from the second family and has been prominent for generations, so it ranks first.
Qin Qiong was also married to the Boling Cui family, 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 dignified 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 chronicle, not for the purpose of flattering those people.
The purpose of the emperor is to suppress the powerful gentry families 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 is to let them assist the prince, instead of letting 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 have nothing to say.
Empress Changsun came 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."
"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, disrespectful to the crown prince, and discordant with their colleagues. They are all removed from the Eastern Palace concurrently. , 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 20 boards each, and even punished him so severely.
"Continue to draft the imperial edict."
"Prince Chen Shuda, Prince Shaoshi, Prince Xiao Yu, Prince Shaofu, Prince Yang Gongren, Prince 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 the East Palace, and no one to teach Chengqian?"
"Didn't I choose the third young prince and the fourth guest for Chengqian? Let them work hard for the time being."
"Ke Yuwen Shiji, Li Ji, and Yang Gongren are not in Beijing."
"Xiao Yu temporarily acted as Zhan's official, Chen Shuda took over the left concubine's son, Dai Zhou acted as the right concubine's son, and Wei Zheng acted as Shao Zhan's official. This matter is so settled."
Ma Zhou was astonished with his pen, and finally finished the imperial edict.
"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 little serious and ugly, so I'll hit 20 big boards each first, and dismiss them all first."
"Your Majesty really wants to dismiss them? The concubine thinks that although Yu Du and others are a little stricter, it is always good for Cheng Qian."
Li Shimin just sneered twice, "Yes, I will definitely use it, but I have to beat them to make them understand 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.
Ma Zhou entered the hall, and first greeted Cheng Qian, who was sitting at the head with 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 imperial 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 statement is that this decree is not considered a formal and legal imperial system 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 hemp."
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, officials with rank three or above have granted dismissal, which is basically the emperor's direct internal control.
"Could Duke Du resist the decree?" Ma Zhou asked.
Qin Lang walked over at this time, "My 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. He didn't expect such a commotion because he didn't return all night.
"Your Highness, let the servants come to pick up His Highness into the palace." Wang Lin said.
Chengqian panicked, "Why does the saint call Gu?"
"Today, the Imperial Dining Room has a new pastry, which is very good. Zhaijia invited His Highness to taste it together."
(end of this chapter)