Northern Dynasties

Chapter 258
On the day of Wangmeng's funeral, Yu Wentai finally rushed back to Chang'an from the front line of river defense in time to attend Wangmeng's funeral, and the court specially stopped the court for three days to make his mourning even more grand.

When the funeral procession was slowly leaving the city, Li Tai, who was preparing for the road sacrifice ceremony in the tent, looked up and saw Daxing Taiyi was the first to bear the brunt, while the prince, who had been very attentive and active before, could only be the second car in the rear. China is difficult to dominate again.

Yu Wentai didn't ride a horse, but sat on the bullock cart in a plain suit, with a sad expression and exhaustion in his eyes.

Leaving aside the extraordinary friendship between the Yuwen family and the Wang family, Yu Wentai has always done a good job of doing things that are easy to benefit and can buy people's hearts.Before the prince mourned mournfully in front of the Wang family's gate, he probably followed his father-in-law's way.

Both the Weng and the son-in-law have the desire to buy people's hearts, but compared to the monotonous and jerky prince, Yu Wentai is more diverse and smooth.If there is one thing in common, it is that they all pay lip service.

The prince really has nothing to buy people's hearts, but Yu Wentai is poor and stingy, and the couple are poor.

Li Tai was in the tent full of thoughts, the funeral procession stopped in front of his tent, someone rushed in to pack the food and wine for the road festival into food boxes, and Yu Wentai on the bullock cart took advantage of this gap to attack Li Tai Beckoning, beckoning him to go forward.

Seeing this, Li Tai rushed forward, and when he got to the side of the ox cart, he saw Yu Wentai looked a little haggard, so he hurriedly bowed and said: "Life and death are fate, and the fate is determined. Wang Taifu has experienced all the tastes in the world, and now he is not happy when he dies." It's a painful death, Daxingtai, please mourn for the national day..."

"When did you come to Chang'an? Is there any delay in the case in the office?"

Yu Wentai didn't pay attention to Li Tai's rainbow fart, but stared at him and frowned.

When Li Tai heard this, he felt very upset. This guy really insisted on money. On the way to his uncle's funeral, he didn't forget to urge him to pay the money, food and supplies.

Although he was full of slander here, he couldn't say bluntly that he had sent a letter to his father-in-law Dugu to ask for the military industry deposited in Li Hu's place, so he avoided the seriousness and said lightly: "Don't worry, Daxingtai. Su Shang gave the opportunity in writing a few days ago, and the minister also Knowing that things are urgent, we will not delay the grand parade."

Yu Wentai nodded after hearing this, with a satisfied smile on his face, and his tone became much more kind. He raised his finger and pointed to the funeral procession behind the car and said: "The father of the king, the father of the country, and the head of my ancestor, you will follow along." Giving it a ride is considered a gift."

After Li Tai heard the words, he subconsciously wanted to refuse. He had no relatives with the Wang family, and no matter how busy he was, there was no reason to help someone who was not relatives or relatives to attend the funeral.

But Yu Wentai had already opened his mouth, and soon followed the attendant to bring the robes. Li Tai saw that it was the regulations in the tent, not the clothes of relatives, so he stepped back and quickly put on clothes, and joined Yu Wentai's guard of honor and walked with the team .

This scene happened to fall into the eyes of Prince Yuanqin who was in the rear car, and his unattractive face suddenly became darker and colder. He punched the carriage heavily, and said bitterly: "This stalking, dishonest man Zhuzi, you are really a scum of a famous family, he has lost all the virtues left by his parents!"

But the current prince can only be incompetent and furious. When he learned yesterday that Yu Wenhu dared to arrest his cronies in the Eastern Palace without authorization, he still had the courage to send envoys to ask for it. Then panic grew, and I didn't even dare to mention this matter again.

Now that he understands the whole story, besides being angry at the unhealthy family traditions of the Changsun family, the crown prince also deeply hates Li Tai, the boy who dragged the matter onto Donggong. When seeing Li Tai join the team in Daxing's account, the shame, resentment and hatred in his heart doubled immediately.

But right now he is only incompetent and furious, and he has no power to punish Li Tai, a subordinate official of the Taiwan government. Now, because of the elder Sun Shan, the entire East Palace is panicked, and now he is full of thoughts thinking about what to do. How to remedy it can avoid being involved and spreading as much as possible, and I am even less in the mood to think about other things.

After Wang Meng's funeral was over, Yu Wentai did not leave Chang'an immediately, but went to the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor in person, talked with each other for a whole day, and returned to the prime minister's mansion in Chang'an city in the evening.

At this time, in the prime minister's mansion, several close friends of the Tai mansion gathered in the hall. When they learned that Yu Wentai had returned to the mansion, they all stood up to greet him. Seeing his expression full of joy, he knew in his heart that the result of this trip to the palace to see the emperor should be good, so he went They each entered the front and congratulated each other.

Yu Wentai walked into the hall with a smile on his face, first motioned everyone to sit down, and then said with some emotion: "In recent years, the atmosphere in the East Palace has become more and more irritable, and the public opinion is often ridiculed for it. Today, His Majesty discusses At this point, His Majesty also said that he felt the same way. He originally hoped that the prince would grow up and correct himself, but he did not expect that the Eastern Palace official Zuo Dexing had declined to such an extent. It is really shocking and heartbreaking..."

The meaning in his words is very heavy, but there is an uncontrollable joy in his tone, which shows that he has a long-standing grudge against Donggong in his heart, but he has been suffering from no suitable excuse to do it. Now the opportunity has finally come, it is really from the bottom of his heart. All feel comfortable.

He first pointed to Lu Tong and said: "Today, I would like to tell Your Majesty, please use Zhongming to take charge of Prince Zhan. From then on, all the personnel and affairs of the East Palace will be paid to Zhongming. Please work hard to assist the prince for the country and the clan. , don’t let your luck decline!”

Lu Tong was surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect this matter to fall on him.The prince Zhan's affairs in the East Palace, his power and status are equivalent to the Shangshuling in the imperial court. "Zhan" originally means "province", and he is the chief steward of the entire East Palace.

If an ordinary person takes up this position, it may not be a good job, because you have to be caught between the imperial court and the hegemony. As the prince's official assistant, the power is not great but the position is sensitive, and you may be involved in fierce political strife every minute .Just like the prince Zhan Shi before Lu Tong, it must not be as simple as dismissal.

But Lu Tong naturally didn't have such worries. He was originally a confidant of Daxingtai, and he himself belonged to Guiyi from the Southern Dynasty.

If he is the Prince Zhan, all personnel affairs will naturally be based on Daxingtai's wishes, and he will not consider from the standpoint of the prince.

Even Prince Zhan Shi, the most important official position in the East Palace, was taken down in one fell swoop. No wonder Daxingtai was so happy. No matter what kind of personnel accumulation the Prince had in the East Palace, he could take this opportunity to wipe it all away!

"After you take office, Zhongming, you must thoroughly investigate whether the officials of the Eastern Palace are virtuous and capable of performing their duties. Especially those who steal official positions, such as Changsun Shan, relying on their relatives and merits, find one and investigate and deal with it. Vanity, there are many other places to put it, but there is no need to miss the inheritance of my family and country!"

After Yu Wentai finished talking about the appointment, he said to Lu Tong with a serious expression.

Lu Tong nodded quickly after hearing the words, he naturally understood in his heart that Daxingtai had drawn up a policy to clean up the personnel affairs of the East Palace, and first of all, all the officials of the East Palace who had ulterior motives in the center of the noble clan were to be dismissed.

Although he also lacked much respect for the prince, he couldn't directly state that he would follow Daxingtai's instructions, wipe out the son-in-law's cronies and minions, and make him a real lonely family. It’s not just for a while. Although, as the Lord said, there are constant comments and satires in the public opinion, but it’s really rare for someone who really dares to speak up on the matter without being as subtle as Li Boshan!”

When Yu Wentai heard this, the joy in his eyebrows became more intense, and he said with emotion: "Li Boshan's talent and ambition are indeed not short because of his age. He is a person who is really worried about big plans and loyal to the country! There are many walkers in the world, If you don't have deep feelings, how can you be able to see the serious troubles at a glance?
Although Kansai is not known as a person, there are many people who are more resourceful than this young man. Why is he the only one who has the courage to investigate this matter?It is nothing more than a more correct mind, not to be obscured by those untimely foolish miscellaneous tricks, and truly understand that the community is the most important thing! "

When Yu Wentai said these words, he not only expressed his appreciation and praise for Li Tai, and gave him a very high evaluation, but also expressed a little bit of the resentment that had been accumulated in his heart.

He has devoted himself to the survival of the regime of the Western Dynasty and tried his best, but there are still many people with ulterior motives in the world. He only thinks that he is successful because of people. Without the king's heartfelt and unreserved delegation of authority, he can't maintain the present. The situation, that his existence is not irreplaceable.

The reason why the prince often makes him irritable and helpless is that there are many people who hold this kind of intention in Shiliu.

There are also some paranoid, foolish and loyal people who don't consider the urgent task of the current situation at all. They blindly respect the imperial family and clamor to return to the court. No matter whether this is the real way out, they just use it to flaunt their noble morals.

As a hegemonic official, no matter how lofty the authority and prestige he enjoys, he is still lonely in his heart.Because everything he owns today is an unreasonable possession, not the normal state of the world, and if he is not careful, everything may become empty.

Therefore, Yu Wentai not only needs subordinates who can actually help him, but also needs someone to recognize and affirm him from the bottom of his heart.In his view, Li Tai's courage to expose and criticize the immoral behavior of the crown prince's officials means that he is not obsessed with the false title of monarch and minister, and understands the future of the world.

After saying this, Yu Wentai still sighed with some unsatisfactory feelings: "The people in Kansai are either succumbing to the current situation, or are under my control because of selfish reasons. Boshan is not a student here, and his talents are enough to be used by others, but he can Dedicated to me bravely, if you talk about sincerity of heart, it is also among the best!"

This is a bit of a double standard. Everyone has followed you for so many years without complaint or regret. How did you end up with a green plum that is not as good as the sky?Others are driven by you because of selfishness. Didn't Li Boshan escape into the pass like a dog chased by the Eastern Army in Mangshan?

(End of this chapter)