"His Majesty just issued a decree to promote me to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and Censor Zhongcheng. Now I am also a fourth-rank official!"
Yin Hongzhi was very excited.
As the King of Qin Li Shimin became the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, all the former ministers of the King of Qin became high-ranking officials and lords. He was also an old minister of the King of Qin and the brother-in-law of the King of Qin. He was only a sixth-rank official and a foreign minister, and he was not even qualified to go to court on a daily basis. No, I can't even raise my head in front of all my old friends.
In the past few days, he originally wanted to come to his sister, Concubine Yin, to have some fun and ask her to help him speak in front of His Majesty, but in the end, the imperial edict came to his house.
He was directly promoted from the sixth-rank official, Yuan Wailang, to the fourth-rank official official minister, and also served as the imperial censor Zhongcheng!
Yin Hongzhi didn't need to think too much, he knew that it was his sister, Concubine Yin, who must have exerted his strength, so after receiving the order to express his gratitude, he ran directly into the palace.
"I just mentioned it to His Majesty. I didn't expect him to issue the order so quickly." Concubine Yin also showed a smile on her face, "But it's not me who really promoted you, but You'er."
"Is it Youer?"
Yin Hongzhi was stunned for a moment and looked at Li You with a blank expression.
It seems to be saying, isn't this kid a dandy and incompetent prince? Can he play such a big role?
Seeing Yin Hongzhi's expression, Li You rolled his eyes, becoming more certain that his uncle was a "pig teammate".
As a serving member of the civil service, although he could not go to court to participate in the court meeting, but this day has passed, he actually knew nothing about what happened at the court meeting, which can be said to be a serious dereliction of duty.
[Li Er is crazy, right? Giving these two important positions, Minister of Civil Service and Imperial Censor Zhongcheng, to my uncle, is he helping me or hurting me? 】
Whether he is the Minister of Civil Affairs or the Censor Zhongcheng, they are all high officials of the imperial court! And they are extremely important.
Censor Zhongcheng, although his rank is only the fifth rank, he is the boss of the Censor Station, equivalent to the head of the Discipline Inspection Commission, the kind that oversees hundreds of officials across the country, and can act upon the wind!
Wei Zheng, who was feared by all the officials and even Li Er himself, was the censor Zhongcheng. The previous Quan Wanji was just a fifth-grade censor holding a book, and was under the control of censor Zhongcheng.
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the fourth rank, and the next step is a minister, or even the prime minister of the dynasty!
You must know that the first and second ranks of the Tang Dynasty are all princes, princes, princes, three princes, and ministers, which are more honorary. From the second rank of ministers, to the six ministers of the third rank, Zhongshu Ling, Among the servants, the General of the Sixteenth Guards is the real official with real power.
So it can be seen that Yin Hongzhi, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs and the censor Zhongcheng, is very valuable!
"Uncle, does my father's imperial decree say anything else?"
Li You asked.
"No!" Yin Hongzhi shook his head, and suddenly thought of something, and said: "I remembered, the last sentence of the imperial edict said that I should assist King Yan, who is You'er!"
"Could it be...!"
Yin Hongzhi seemed to have thought of something again, his breathing became rapid, and even his face turned red.
"What is it? Hongzhi." Concubine Yin asked hurriedly.
"Sister, why are you so confused! Didn't you just say that His Majesty promoted me because of Youer... No... His Highness King Yan, and the imperial edict also clearly stated that I should assist His Highness King Yan. This shows that Your Majesty is very optimistic about King Yan, and may make King Yan the crown prince in the near future!"
Yin Hongzhi said excitedly.
"This is impossible! Although His Majesty has indeed been very fond of You'er recently, after all, our family killed His Majesty's younger brother and dug up the ancestral graves of the Li family. With this relationship, I think You'er can become a rich prince. Just burn high-quality incense, I don’t dare to ask for anything else!”
Concubine Yin shook her head and said in disbelief.
"Sister, you are just too naive. After all, what my father did back then was his own responsibility, and he also lost his life for it. My Yin family was slaughtered by three tribes, and now you and I are the only ones left. This debt has long been settled. That’s it!”
"Think about the eldest grandson's family. Empress eldest grandson is in charge of the harem, eldest grandson Wuji is the official secretary, and there is also the prince Li Chengqian. How glorious it is!"
"My Yin family is not bad either. You are one of the four concubines in the harem, I am also the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs now, and You'er is favored by His Majesty. Maybe our Yin family will be the next eldest grandson's family!"
The more Yin Hongzhi talked, the more excited he became, his expression blurred, as if he had been immersed in his imagination about the future.
Snapped!
A crisp slap sounded.
"Sister, why did you hit me?"
Yin Hongzhi covered his face and looked at Concubine Yin in confusion.
"I didn't hit you!" Concubine Yin shook her head.
"Who is that?"
"I did it."
Li You said calmly.
"Youer? You..."
"Uncle, you are in the harem. You should respectfully address your mother as the Yin Concubine, and call me Your Highness, Prince Yan!" Li You looked serious, holding one hand behind his back.
After hearing this, Yin Hongzhi took a serious look at the boy who had just turned eight years old in front of him. It seemed that he was a little different from the 'You'er' he influenced. In the past, 'You'er' was very close to his uncle. I also listen to him on many things.
But the person standing in front of him now, even though he was only eight years old, was so imposing that he felt like he wanted to kneel down and worship him. He didn't dare to look at him at all. In the end, he stood aside like a child who had made a mistake, covering his face. .
"You'er, this is mother's only brother and your biological uncle, how can you beat him!" Concubine Yin said with some distress.
"Mom, if I don't slap my uncle awake, he may bring disaster to us!"
Although Li You also noticed that Li Shimin's attitude towards him had changed recently, he was not so arrogant as to ignore everything.
"You'er, what Hongzhi said just now is indeed a bit extreme, but he is also thinking about you and the Yin family." Concubine Yin said.
"Sister is right, You...His Royal Highness King Yan, I am really thinking about you!" Yin Hongzhi said pitifully.
"For me? For the Yin family? I think you are harming me and my mother-in-law!"
Li You knew the outcome of the future. If he had really listened to his uncle Yin Hongzhi's words, he would have been sentenced to death and his mother, Concubine Yin, would have been implicated and reduced to an ordinary concubine and died in depression. This is absolutely unacceptable.
"Uncle, do you think you can arm-wrestle with Changsun Wuji in the court now?" Li You knew that in order for Yin Hongzhi to wake up, he had to let him understand.
"Although Changsun Wuji is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and I am the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, I am also the Censor Zhongcheng, so there is no need to be afraid of him!" Yin Hongzhi said confidently.
"Stupid!" Li You said: "Let me ask you again, do you think I can compete with Li Chengqian for the crown prince position?"
"Of course! His Majesty loves you so much now. If you plan well, Yi Chu is not impossible." Yin Hongzhi replied.