Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 101 The Strange Peak Protrudes (1)

On April 28th, the first year of Qianfeng, it was the day of the early court again. The courtiers arrived at the small square outside the imperial city early, and each gathered into small circles of different sizes, discussing in secret, and the topics were left and right. Regarding the matter of not leaving the river, the benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom, and the discussion was extremely enjoyable. Compared with the formal discussion in the court hall, it was several times more lively. Everything indicated that today's court meeting may be in the future. It is difficult to say who will benefit in the end. Of course, not all courtiers are willing to express their opinions at this time. The new supervisory censor King Luo Bin obviously has no such plan. Instead of getting together among the officials, he deliberately hid in a corner where no one noticed.

King Luo Bin has been an official for some years, but it was the first time for him to go to court. Even so, it does not mean that there are no familiar people among the officials in the square. Many of the ministers are friends of King Luo Bin's poems, and they often get together to comment on poems and discuss Taoism on weekdays. It's too much involved.

A few days ago, King Luo Bin was imprisoned for trivial matters. He originally thought that being dismissed from office was inevitable, but because of Zhou Wang Li Xian's intervention, he was able to keep his official position. Although King Luo Bin didn't say anything, he still remembered Li The one who showed affection also agreed to Li Xian's request, and wrote an article about recruiting talents from all over the world. He planned to pay back the favor when Li Xian paid a visit, but he never thought that Li Xian It was obvious that he didn't come, but Liu Xiangdao, an old friend, came first, and he even brought a letter of appointment to supervise the censor. The intimacy of the past was completely gone in his words, but there were many evasive tentative meanings, which made Luo Bin Wang Zhang Er The monk was puzzled, he didn't understand why he was promoted for no reason, and he didn't understand why Liu Xiangdao sent the letter of appointment to the mansion in such a mysterious way, let alone Liu Xiangdao's insinuating words What exactly does it mean? It wasn't until Li Xian sent a person to inform the early court that King Luo Bin suddenly realized that Ganqing himself had become the party of the Zhou king by accident, which made King Luo Bin really annoyed. I really don't know how to deal with myself in the morning court today. No, I couldn't close my eyes all night. Until now, King Luo Bin still hasn't been able to make up his mind on whether he should follow Li Xian's orders. Don't mention how uncomfortable it is to be irritable, and I won't have the mind to participate in the chaos of the courtiers.

"Look, Prince Lu is here."

"Hey, His Royal Highness Zhou Wang has also arrived. It's strange. Didn't I hear that the two brothers just had a big fight, so why did they arrive at the same time?"

"Hey, who can tell clearly about the princes, don't worry about it, the court time is coming, I'm afraid there will be a good show this morning."

At the moment when Luo Binwang's thoughts were mixed, Lu Wang Lixian and Zhou Wang Lixian came together. The two brothers got off the carriage and talked and laughed together. The intimacy made all the courtiers dumbfounded and discussed for a while. The sound was loud, and King Luo Bin was awakened by it. He glanced at the second king who was surrounded by important ministers. King Luo Bin's face changed several times in an instant. Immediately, he let out a sigh of relief, and seemed to have made a decision in his heart... ... "Go up, go up..."

The Li Xian brothers obviously arrived at the right place. Before the courtiers finished greeting each other, there were voices of eunuchs shouting from the palace gate. In view of this, the courtiers couldn't help but Dare to be a little negligent, they lined up according to their ranks, filed into Chengtianmen, and went straight to Taiji Hall along Gongzhong Avenue.

"The Holy One is here!"

Perhaps because of the importance of the early court today, Gaozong did not keep the courtiers waiting as usual. Just as the courtiers took their positions in the main hall, Gaozong had already turned out from the back hall. Crown Prince Li Hong Followed by.

"The ministers are waiting to kowtow to the Holy Majesty, see His Royal Highness the Prince."

Seeing Gaozong and his son walking out of the apse, all the courtiers paid respects one after another.

"Everyone loves to be flat!"

Gao Zong's complexion was obviously much better than the previous morning, and he was much more energetic. Not only that, the gesture of raising his hand was also a bit stronger than before.

"I thank Your Majesty for your grace, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

During this sensitive period, almost all the courtiers noticed Gaozong's excitement, although they were surprised, but no one dared to be presumptuous at will. They all thanked each other according to the usual practice, and each took their positions according to their ranks. Waiting quietly for Gaozong's will.

"Dear dears, the river construction matters discussed in the early court are not finished. Today, all the dears have some insights on this, and let me listen to them." Gaozong looked around at the crowd below. The courtiers, without any nonsense, directly pointed out the topic of today's discussion.

"Revealing the emperor's father, I have this chapter here, I implore the emperor to read it."

As soon as Gao Zong finished speaking, Prince Li Hong stood up from the seat in front of the front, turned around, took out a memorial from his wide sleeves, held his hands above his head, and bowed to Gao Zong. Courtesy, report loudly.

"Well, okay, hand it over." Gaozong glanced at Li Hong appreciatively, waved his hand, and the little eunuch who was waiting on the side hurriedly ran down the front door and turned the memorabilia in Li Hong's hand. It was presented to Gao Zong, but seeing Gao Zong unhurriedly opened the playbook, he seemed to read it carefully, then stroked his long beard on his chest, waved his hand and said, "Xuan!"

As soon as the word "Xuan" of Gaozong came out, the officials below immediately became a little commotion, just because the big guys are not fools, at this time, how can they not see that there must be a relationship between Gaozong and the crown prince? The existence of tricks, this so-called memorandum is Gaozong's own will, which is related to the overall situation, so no one cares about what is written in this book.

"My son, Li Hong, has written a letter to the Holy Son of Heaven: the river fortification involves water transportation, and it will benefit the country...The affairs of the river are complicated, and it is not easy to do it. It is necessary to set up an organization to unify the power of affairs. As a master craftsman, Yang Wulian has ingenious ideas, good ideas, and has been an important minister of the Ministry of Industry for a long time. If he can take on this great job, he will surely cure the chronic diseases of the river transport, I heard!" Gao Hesheng, the eunuch in charge of ceremonies, ignored the whispers of the courtiers and was serious Holding Li Hong's melody in his hands, he began to proclaim the subject in a dragging manner.

Yang Wulian?It's not good for the prince to recommend anyone, why did he push this guy out, isn't this just asking for trouble for himself?The matter of the River Works is so important, Li Xian dare not be negligent, he has been listening very seriously, and he has not found anything wrong in most of the front, and he is generally walking according to the suggestions given by Li Xian a few days ago , but when it came time for the candidate for the governor of the river, Li Xian was scratching his head a little bit - Li Xian, the man of Yang Wulian, hadn't had much contact with him in this life, but he knew him well in the previous life. Yes, but he was a little bit greedy. In his previous life, he was dismissed from office and exiled for embezzling tens of millions of dollars. Now that he is appointed as the governor of the river, although things may be done well at the beginning, but in the future However, there was bound to be a big mess. Such a character was obviously not a good choice. The question was whether he should speak out against it or not, but Li Xian hesitated.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks what His Highness the Crown Prince said is justified, so act quickly. The old minister implores His Majesty's sanctification."

Li Xianshang was hesitating on this one end, while Yan Liben on the other end had already stepped forward and sang praises loudly.

"Your Majesty, the old minister also thinks that His Majesty's decision is an old reason to seek the country. It is advisable to act quickly. I hope His Majesty will make a clear decision!"

As soon as Yan Liben came out, Liu Xiangdao was unwilling to be left behind, and also stood up and echoed loudly.

"Your Majesty, I thought that what His Royal Highness played was really..."

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal..."

"Your Majesty, the minister also seconded the proposal!"

Li Hong followed Li Xian's suggestion this time, and for the sake of confidentiality, he did not spread the matter about Shangben. Among the confidantes of the princes, only Yan Liben and Liu Xiangdao knew the details. It does not hinder the support of Li Hong from the confidantes, especially when the liquor license and car and horse license proposed by the former Li Xian are abolished here, there is no reason for the ministers not to stand up and show their loyalty. No, not only the prince's cronies, but also a large number of neutral courtiers also took their positions. For a while, the hall was very lively, and the voices of seconding votes kept ringing out one after another.

"Father, my son thinks that the prince's elder brother's performance is indeed impressive, and it is advisable to try it out, and hope that the father will judge."

Amidst the noise, Li Xian looked at Li Xian with an inquiring gaze. Seeing that Li Xian nodded his head calmly, he stopped hesitating, strode to the hall, and bowed to report.

Li Xian has always been at odds with the crown prince. He will come out this time, and the officials are all ready to watch the show. After all, Li Xian was the first to bring up the matter of the river project. What the crown prince did is actually stealing credit However, the ministers never expected that Li Xian not only did not compete with the prince, but even echoed the prince's memorandum. There are reservations in the words, but the meaning of support is obvious. This kind of unexpected incident made all the ministers a little dumbfounded. The whole hall was strangely silent at first, and then "boom "There was a commotion, and the noise of private discussions was as loud as a vegetable market.

Forget it, never mind, if something happens to Yang Wulian, the prince will be the one who is unlucky. As for the river project, let's talk about it later!Taking advantage of the noise of the ministers, Li Xian had repeatedly deduced the stakes in his heart several times. It was really difficult to find a safe way to make Yang Wulian easier. Standing out of the queue unhurriedly, he walked slowly towards the hall. It didn't matter if he came out of the queue, the courtiers who were talking nonsense fell silent. Focusing on Li Xian...

(End of this chapter)