Chapter 735 Revenge of the Supreme Emperor
Daming Palace.
After the completion of the new palace, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan couldn't wait to move in. The Taishang Emperor was tired of living in the small and simple Da'an Palace, and this old palace tortured him like a big prison.
Emperor Li Shimin went to see the newly built Daming Palace and was amazed by it. It was built for several years and covers an area of 5,000 mu. It is located in the northeast of Taiji Palace.
Li Yuan summoned all his sons-in-law in Beijing to help move together, and he had a good heart. Qin Lang entered the palace together with Dou Dan, Duan Lun and other uncles. His grandson-in-law was specially named by the Supreme Emperor, saying that he wanted to thank him face to face for building such a good palace for him.
Qin Lang entered the Daming Palace, and saw many Yingyingyanyans in the palace, as well as many young brothers and sisters.
Da'an Palace is just a detached palace. It was originally the Qin Palace after Li Yuan asked Li Shimin to move out of Taiji Palace. After Li Shimin moved in, he did not do any renovation and expansion to keep a low profile. Entered the Da'an Palace.
Compared to the Daming Palace which covers an area of 5,000 mu, this Da'an Palace only covers an area of 28 mu, and the actual total construction area is only 22 and a half mu.
In comparison, Qin Lang's Weiguo Duke's Mansion occupies a quarter of the land in Pingkangfang, which is more than 200 mu.
Li Yuan has lived in Da'an Palace for more than four years, and he is really aggrieved. He has done nothing else in the past few years, and the Na'vi people listen to singing and dancing, play mahjong and have children.
In the Da'an Palace, there are more than a hundred famous and high-ranking concubines, and thousands of palace eunuchs. The emperor now spends 10,000 yuan a month on the Supreme Emperor, and also gives him 1,000 sheep a month.
Except that the place is small and freedom is limited, Li Yuan is actually living a good life, behind closed doors, no one can control him, so in the past few years Li Yuan has added more than a dozen brothers and more than 20 younger sisters to Li Shimin, Called a stallion.
Because there are too many concubines, only the four concubines and nine concubines above Jieyu have their own courtyards, and those below only those who gave birth to children for the Supreme Emperor have their own courtyards, and the others can only be crowded together. More than half of the people had to live in the courtyards at the corners of Da'an Palace and sleep in bunks.
The large group of young children of the Supreme Emperor played and ran around in the palace, making it look like a royal kindergarten.
Dou Dan, the second brother-in-law, was dressed in a purple robe and sat there dozing off. This son of a famous family from the Fufeng Dou family is a real idiot, with an extremely noble background, but he can do anything.
His grandfather, Dou Rongding, was a general of Shangzhu Kingdom and Youwuhou in the Sui Dynasty. Father Dou Kang, Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, named Chen Guogong, and gave it to Sikong after his death.
Dou Dan is the third son of Dou Kang, and he is also the nephew of Li Yuan's wife, Empress Dou. Although he is Li Yuan's nephew and son-in-law, he is actually only ten years younger than Li Yuan, and he is fifty-one this year. Therefore, he had been an official during the Renshou period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. He started his career as a court inviter and served as the county magistrate of Changsha. Later, he rebelled against Li Yuan and married Li Yuan's daughter, Princess Xiangyang, as his successor wife.
As the emperor's son-in-law and the prime minister's son, Dou Dan's future is of course very good, but his ability is really not good enough. Before the founding of the country, he served as the history of the Grand Marshal's Mansion for Li Yuan, and he did not make any meritorious service. Later, he was transferred to Li Shimin to follow Xue Ju as the Sima of the Marshal's Mansion. As a result, he was defeated in Qianshuiyuan and was captured together with the Eight Chiefs.
Later, they changed to assist Li Yuanji in Taiyuan. The two of them did not do business all day long. They just thought about hunting and condoned soldiers to rob.
Seeing that he was not good at martial arts, Li Yuan changed him to a civil position. He was first appointed as a Taichang Qing, and later he was also the son of the state to sacrifice wine, but he couldn't even control a group of Tai students.
Li Yuan had no choice but to add another Shangzhu Kingdom to him, and let him transfer to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but Dou Dan's performance was still very bad.
After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he also respected this brother-in-law and asked him to be the governor of Liangzhou, but the result was still a mess as usual. He's got some real errands, but he often misses them by drinking.
Li Shimin had no choice but to give him the idle position of a right-leading general, and asked him to transfer to Zong Zhengqing, who was in charge of royal affairs. Because he was over fifty, he was specially granted the Duke of Shen.
As Zong Zhengqing, Dou Dan's main job now is actually Li Yuan's chief housekeeper, helping to manage the affairs of the palace after the abdication of the Supreme Emperor, as well as the pile of children he gave birth to. Li Yuan's money is also handed over to him.
Qin Lang could not help admiring Dou Dan, who had gray hair and dozed off while sitting. He had been so stupid in his life, given countless opportunities, and a guy who didn't succeed in anything, turned out to be extremely rich.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, how many fierce generals have not been able to earn a Shangzhu Kingdom, and Dou Dan can still add a Shangzhu Kingdom after losing Taiyuan. Bringing up children to the Supreme Emperor can also be named the Duke of Xin.
If it were someone else, how could there be so many opportunities.
But he is from a good background, Fufeng Dou's family, and Li Tang's relatives. It is not bad to be famous but not capable, but he is also a famous good old man who is proficient in eating, drinking and playing, so it doesn't matter if he is incompetent, as long as he can be trusted by Li Yuan and Li Shimin and his son.
People like Dou Dan have no ambitions. Although Dou Kang became prime minister, he died early, leaving behind seven sons, including Dou Yan and Dou Jing. There are three males, nothing particularly outstanding, but they are extremely rich.
In addition to the Fufeng Dou family, there are several prominent branches such as Dou Gui and Dou Wei, so the Fufeng Dou family has a strong influence in the court.
In the entire Fufeng Dou family, there are nine dukes in the current dynasty, one family of nine Dukes, this is the real prominent relative, such as Qin Lang's father and son are both prime ministers, a family of grandparents, three generations and seven nobles, in fact, they are more powerful than Dou Shi is far behind.
"The crows at Yushitai are used to being noisy, so don't treat them as truth churches, just let them go."
Doulu Huairang, the husband of the sixth daughter of the Supreme Emperor, Princess Wanchun, smiled and said, "Sanlang, you probably don't know, but the second brother-in-law is used to dealing with Yushitai, so he won't be impeached a hundred or eighty times in a year."
Dou Dan was not embarrassed at all, and looked very proud, as if he had been impeached by the imperial censor so much that he still had face.
"We are all foreign relatives. Those censors like to stare at us and make fuss, but don't worry, the sage always trusts our own family members more." Dou Dan laughed.
Dou Lu Huairang also kept nodding.
Doulu Huairang's father's real name was Doulu Kuan. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was ordered to change his surname to Lu. In the Zhenguan Dynasty, Li Shimin asked him to change his surname back to Doulu. Previously, Doulu Kuan was the palace supervisor. General of the town army.
And Dou Lu Huairang is also a second-generation dude, very compatible with Dou Dan. He is in his early thirties and has no outstanding achievements. However, he was awarded the honor of Shangzhu Kingdom, awarded the rank of Jin Ziguanglu doctor, and took the post of Minister of the Taifu. .
Qin Lang found out that among Li Yuan's sons-in-law, they either served as the Nine Ministers, or held the rank of General of the Twelve Guards.
But in terms of skills, except for Chai Shao and Duan Lun, no one else is good, even Yang Shidao and Feng Shaoshi are the same. Princess Changguang's ex-husband Zhao Cijing and Princess Gaomi's ex-husband Sun Xiaozheng were defeated in the war in the early Tang Dynasty. .
But no matter whether they are capable or not, they have a higher status than each other. An incompetent guy like Yang Shidao even served as a prime minister. He got a relationship with Qin Lang and became the governor of Fengzhou. He raised a lot of money, but his political achievements were not good.
But Xue Wanche, who was cuckolded by Danyang, is quite capable of fighting. In addition, the four Turkic people, Yang Guozhong, Qibi Heli, Li Sheer, and Li Simo, who were married by Li Shimin's younger sister to win over the Turkic surrender nobles, were all named county kings.
When Li Yuan was the emperor, one of the main characteristics of employing people was that they used relatives and valued people. Important clans and relatives liked to use people from noble families.
After Li Shimin became emperor, he made great use of people from his own military group. He suppressed the clan more severely, but he also treated his relatives well, and arranged some high-ranking positions for them in the court.
But generally speaking, it can still be seen that people such as Dou Dan, Feng Shaoshi, Yang Shidao, etc., are high-ranking officials, but they have little real power, and they are basically squeezed out of the core of the power center by Li Shimin. From this perspective, Qin Lang Although he is also a relative of the emperor, he has always been a member of Li Shimin's political core circle, much better than Dou Dan and the others.
But Dou Dan and the others have a good impression of Qin Lang, which is also Qin Lang's way of being a man. For example, Feng Shaoshi once approached him and wanted to go to Fengzhou, so Qin Lang helped him. Feng Shaoshi became a governor, and he was promoted and sent As a result, the relationship with Qin Lang has always been good.
Dou Dan and the other sons-in-law have been cooperating with the Qin family in the past few years. They have been involved in businesses such as sugar, wine, paper and ink printing, etc. Therefore, they should be people from two circles, but now they can Meet and smile.
Not to mention, the relationship between the four Turkic Tie Le sons-in-law headed by Yang Guozhong is even better with Qin Lang.
Yang Guozhong is still Qin Lang's brother-in-law.
"This Daming Palace is really magnificent. It covers an area of 5,000 mu. It almost covers the Taiji Palace. The Taishang Emperor likes it very much. He said that after moving there, he will let you choose a palace to live in. .” Feng Shaoshi came in with a smile.
"That's inappropriate." Qin Lang waved his hand. There are so many concubines and beauties in Li Yuan Palace, and all of them are so young. Many of them are twenty-eight beauties. If you really want to live in it, it is estimated that accidents will be very easy.
"Is the day picked?"
"I picked it up, and today, everything has been decorated."
Qin Lang nodded, "Then move."
Of course, there is no need for these son-in-laws, generals, or even county kings to move. Everyone just needs to arrange for their own servants to come. A group of princes-in-law and captains brought thousands of people in a blink of an eye, just like ants moving. started.
On the same day, Li Yuan officially moved into the Daming Palace. The Supreme Emperor lived in the Zichen Palace, the main hall of the dormitory area. Concubine Wan Gui, Concubine Yin De and other concubines were all assigned to their own palaces, because the Daming Palace was almost like a copy of a Taiji Palace. , There are so many palaces, so Li Yuan's concubines and beauties, as long as they are of famous rank, no matter whether they have children or not, whether they are Jieyu or above, they are all assigned to their own palaces.
After dividing, there are still many left.
Li Shimin took Qin Lang's hand, excited as if rejuvenated, "It's not good to have so many palaces empty, Saburo, let the emperor choose some more beauties for me, let's go to three hundred first, and there are more. , the palace grows bigger and the number of people increases, and the monthly expenses of 10,000 yuan is definitely not enough, and the palace people have to add more..."
Qin Lang was very speechless, the Supreme Emperor, you are almost seventy, take it easy, move in such a good Daming Palace, don't die on the belly of a woman before you live in it for two days.
If this continues, Li Shimin may not be able to bear the growth rate of one or twenty cubs a year. It is not enough to support 10,000 yuan a month.
He looked at Li Yuan, and found that there was a strange light in the eyes of the Supreme Emperor. Could it be that this person wants to take revenge on Li Shimin in this way?
(end of this chapter)