Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 702 The East Palace

Although there were a few light snowfalls, it was a pity that there was no snow cover, but after all, it was already November, and Chang'an's summer was extremely hot and winter was cold, so it really wasn't a good place.

Li Shan murmured a few words in his heart. After passing through the Vermilion Bird Gate, there are actually some officials who do not need to be interrogated when entering and leaving the palace, such as the prime ministers of the three provinces, but except for the prince and prime minister, only Li Shan has this treatment... ... No way, who made the guards on the left and right prisons belong to Princess Pingyang?

Wearing a heavy padded jacket, a bearskin hat, and even a pair of gloves, Li Shan, who was fully armed, did not enter Chengtianmen to go to Taiji Palace. Instead, he walked eastward for a certain distance, passed Jiafumen, and entered the East Palace for the first time.

Outside the Hall of Xiande, Li Shan's old acquaintance, Li Gaoqian, the General of the Zuojian Gate Guard and Duke of Jiangxia County, greeted him.

Seeing that figure getting closer, Li Gaoqian felt really mixed feelings. The other party went to Daidi for the first time last year. His title was no more than county magistrate, and his official position was no more than county magistrate. He was far from being able to stand side by side with himself and Liu Shirang.

In just one year, it's nothing more than being canonized as the county king. The key is the military exploits, and the more important thing is that the enemy Liu Shirang has skyrocketed...

"Brother Gao Qian?" Li Shan walked closer and said with a smile, "The north wind is bitter, so I don't want to wear more."

Li Gaoqian patted the heavy padded jacket on Li Shan's body, "I heard that Huairen gave gifts everywhere, but I didn't wait for my brother."

"It's really not many, save a few for next year and sell them to Brother Gao Qian."

"Do you want more money?"

"Could it be that Xia City is broken, and brother Gao Qian has no money?" Li Shan squinted and glanced over, "Isn't it?"

Li Gaoqian laughed and cursed, "Your Highness is waiting, hurry up."

Li Shan has always done things like this. Last year, Li Gaoqian abandoned the army and fled, the Tang army was defeated, and then he framed Liu Shirang... Although he was not charged for abandoning his official position in the end, although the income from Xiashi City was not large, but Li Shan never broke.

Until after this war, the income from Xia City was cut off after August, so Li Gaoqian didn't care. issued as a pension.

While chatting and walking inside, Li Gaoqian keenly noticed that the young county king next to him was quite different from last year. The arrow marks are sharp.

The Xiande Hall is the first hall of the East Palace, and it is also the main part of the East Palace. Today, Prince Li Jiancheng held a banquet in the side hall of the Xiande Hall, obviously he valued Li Shan very much.

"Hui Ren is here."

The first person to greet was Wei Ting, whom Li Shan was most familiar with. Li Shan glanced over and greeted them one by one. In addition to Wei Ting and Li Gaoqian, Wang Gui and Wei Zheng, who were most valued by Li Jiancheng, were naturally also there. There are Prince Sheren Xu Shimo, Prince Zuo Shuzi Zheng Shanguo, Duke of Xingyang County, and Xue Wanshu's elder brother Xue Wanshu.

Well, the key point is that Pei Shiju is not here.

Pei Ji's absence is plausible, after all, he is not an official of the Eastern Palace, and Pei Shiju is also the Prince Zhan Shi, so there is a reason to appear... Just like the Prince Zuo Shuzi Zheng Shanguo is also the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

"Meet Your Royal Highness."

Li Jiancheng got up and helped Li Shan himself, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that Prime Minister Pei has been bedridden with a cold recently and was unable to attend the banquet, otherwise it would be a good story."

The entire city of Chang'an knew that it was Pei Shiju who recommended Li Shan as the acting county magistrate. The latter started as a county magistrate and took control of Daizhou, Shuozhou, and Xinzhou step by step. In the end, the Turks were defeated.

Many people praised Pei Shiju highly, and he deserved to be among the "Choose Cao Qigui" of the Sui Dynasty!

Wei Ting jokingly said: "It's really a coincidence, the last time Lingyan Pavilion hosted a banquet, Prime Minister Pei was also bedridden..."

The corner of Li Shan's mouth twitched, he felt that he had better not say anything...for fear that he would not be able to hold back.

"Don't worry, the prince personally visited the day before yesterday." Wei Ting comforted, "Your Majesty has also given you the medicine."

Li Shan's throat rolled... Guess Pei Shiju heard about it, and then he immediately lay down, otherwise he really wanted to play a show?
Li Gaoqian on the side whispered, "Do you want to visit Huairen?"

Li Shan hesitated for a moment, then said: "Some time ago, I handed over the post, but..."

In the previous month, Li Shan visited all kinds of gods almost every day. This is known and understood by everyone... Li Jing, the Duke of Yongkang, finally sent troops, largely because of the pressure from Chang'an. Reasonable.

Prince Li Jiancheng shook his head slightly, "I visited the day before yesterday, Gu mentioned it, but Prime Minister Pei flatly refused... recommending Huairen is for state affairs, not for personal friendship, so there is no need to thank him."

"Pei Xiang is really..." Li Shan sighed, "Admirable!"

There was a lot of echoing voices around, and Li Shan was speechless. It was a matter of state, not personal friendship... Just seven words, all of which are nonsense!

You recommended me to Dai County for state affairs?

Is there any friendship between you and me?

Although it is necessary to act in front of outsiders, but between Li Shan and Pei Shiju, acting is like taking off your pants and farting, which is superfluous.

Cui Xin sent the blood-stained fur hat to Pei Shiju as a gift last year, and Princess Pingyang brought Pei Shuying to the princess mansion several times...

"He has the ability to select talents, but also distinguishes between public and private." Zheng Shanguo said with a smile: "With Hongda's help, Your Highness has an extra arm."

Prince Li Jiancheng laughed aloud. This is an important official he has rarely recruited in recent years. He was famous all over the world in the former Sui Dynasty, with high morals and great means.

After Sima Fenglun of Tiance Mansion took office as Zhongshu Ling, Prince Li Jiancheng successfully wooed Pei Shiju, which was of great significance to Donggong.

Prince Sheren Xu Shimo took the initiative to mention... Whether it is in terms of reputation or ability, Pei Shiju has firmly dominated Feng Lun. Although the Bohai Feng family is also a famous family, they cannot be compared with Wenxi Pei's.

Li Shan, who seldom spoke after entering the palace, is too lazy to speak now... Those who can appear here today should be the most direct and most trusted staff of Prince Li Jiancheng. Well, just based on Xu Shimo's few words, Li Shan It can be concluded that Li Jiancheng and Feng Lunna have nothing to do with each other.

Then, Qi Wang Li Yuanji is really for himself, not for Li Jiancheng.

After talking for a long time, Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said, "Everyone, sit down."

Crown Prince Zhongyun Wanggui sits first on the left, followed by Crown Prince Xi Ma Wei Zheng and left guard Wei Ting, first on the right is Duke Zheng Shanguo of Xingyang County, Li Shan sits second, and below that is Duke Li Gaoqian of Jiangxia County .

On the one hand, Zheng Shanguo was an elder, and on the other hand, the Zheng family in Xingyang was often married to the Cui family in Qinghe. Zheng Shanguo's mother was from the Cui family in Qinghe, so she should be Cui Xin's aunt next door.

As soon as he sat down, Wei Ting asked with a smile, "Hui Ren went to the banquet today, but he was dressed like this?"

The cotton-padded jacket was too thick, Li Shan sat there on his knees, his posture was awkward, "Although it is indecent, it can keep out the cold, His Royal Highness should know."

Li Jiancheng laughed out loud, "The day before yesterday in the Hall of Liangyi, my father was wearing a padded jacket...was it all given by Huairen?"

Li Shan laughed, the padded jacket had been given to Li Yuan for a long time, but the emperor just didn’t wear it. A few days ago, when Li Shan entered the palace, he said in an aggrieved tone... As the emperor, my uncle refused to wear it, my nephew How can it be extended to the world?

(End of this chapter)