Chapter 543 Cui Guangyuan pays homage to Prime Minister
Chapter 543 Cui Guangyuan pays homage to Prime Minister
The residence of Prime Minister Li Lin is in Pingkangfang. He was originally a minister of the clan and was given a residence right next to the palace.
After Li Lingguan became the prime minister, he purchased several nearby houses and expanded his home. As soon as you enter Pingkangfang, you can see the tall courtyard wall of Li Lin's house.
Pingkangfang is where important officials of the imperial court gathered together to live. The house of Li Linfu, the powerful prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, is located in Pingkangfang.
However, since the fall of the Li family, Li Linfu's mansion was demolished by the emperor on the grounds of transgression. Now it has been turned into many scattered mansions, and the magnificent houses at that time are no longer visible.
Nowadays, the largest building in Pingkangfang is Li Lin's house. Shan Tao came to Li Lin's door with a scroll of calligraphy and painting under his arm and Cui Guangyuan's greeting card.
Knocking on the door, an old man with a wrinkled face looked at Shan Tao.
Shan Tao handed the greeting card in with a gold leaf in it. The old man fumbled with the gold leaf, then showed a smile and said:
"I have told you several times that if you leave the things behind, I will naturally give them to the Prime Minister. Could it be that I have defiled your Jing Zhaoyin's things?"
"You are so stubborn that you have to hand it over to the Prime Minister in front of you. Forget it. You are lucky today. The Prime Minister is at home."
After saying that, a small doorway opened in the side door. Shan Tao hurriedly greeted the old man and said good things. Until the old man smiled happily, he walked into Li Lin's house with his things under his arm.
There are seven rank officials in front of the prime minister's door. Although these prime minister's concierges are just gatekeepers, they have considerable power.
For example, when giving a gift to the owner directly, the effect is completely different from having the concierge bring it over.
Shan Tao is now the judicial officer of Jingzhao Prefecture, and he is quite familiar with the unspoken rules of Chang'an.
In the past few days, Shan Tao came to Li Lin's house every day, constantly getting closer to the old concierge, and finally got this opportunity today.
After waiting in the waiting room at the door for a while, the old concierge said: "The Prime Minister wants to see you."
Shan Tao quickly stuffed another piece of gold leaf in his arms, followed the old concierge into the labyrinth-like Li Lin Mansion, holding a long box with calligraphy and painting in his arms.
People in the Tang Dynasty liked luxury. Li Lin was from the clan and was already very wealthy.
After becoming prime minister, Li Lin even expanded his mansion. There were pavilions and pavilions in Li Lin's mansion, and there were corridors and cornices everywhere.
It is indeed the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty!
And later generations of TV dramas will use the Japanese style as the Tang style. The houses of the Tang Dynasty are magnificent!
After walking for a long time, we finally arrived at the main hall.
Li Lin had already changed into casual clothes. At this time, he was holding a newly collected calligraphy and looking at it with a magnifying glass in one hand.
After Shan Tao came in, he raised the box in his hand high, but Li Lin said without raising his head:
"The truth has been told to you, Cui Dayin, whether you can join the Political Affairs Hall or not depends on His Majesty's wishes. It is useless for him to please an old man like me."
Although Li Lin said this, Shan Tao understood that he simply didn't want to help.
Although the decision to choose the prime minister rests with the emperor, the opinions of the current prime ministers are also very important.
Naturally, a candidate who is opposed by all the prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall cannot be admitted to the Political Affairs Hall.
Similarly, if a talented person praised by all the prime ministers does not join the political hall, it will appear that the emperor has neglected the talented person.
However, Li Lin and Cui Guangyuan had no friendship, and the change of prime minister position this time was accompanied by a fight between the prince and the king of Qi. Li Lin did not want to wade into this muddy water.
Shan Tao had long expected Li Lin's attitude. Such a good old man would naturally not offend others, but he was also unwilling to help others.
Li Lin's original identity was from the clan, and the clan had to ensure that they did not take sides so as not to be suspected by the emperor.
Regardless of whether he really has no ideas of his own, he must have the image of a good old man to gain a foothold in the political hall.
Shan Tao raised the box and said to Li Lin:
"The villain is just a military commander and can't understand what the Prime Minister said. Cui Dayin just asked me to bring this calligraphy. As long as the Prime Minister reads it, the villain can go back."
Character?
Li Lin loves calligraphy and painting. When he heard that Cui Guangyuan's gift was calligraphy and painting, he also became interested.
That's all, let's take a look. Cui Guangyuan shouldn't be able to come up with anything that interests him, right?
This is not because Li Lin looks down on Cui Guangyuan, but because he is in a high position and has never seen any kind of calligraphy and painting.
There are so many people giving gifts to Li Lin every year, and his horizons have long been high.
Although Cui Guangyuan's Jing Zhaoyin is a fat errand, can any fat errand be better than the prime minister of the dynasty?
Shan Tao carefully took out the calligraphy from the box and slowly opened the calligraphy.
After pulling away, Li Lin immediately couldn't turn his eyes away!
The magnifying glass in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and the crisp sound of broken glass alerted the guards outside the door. Li Lin quickly shouted: "It's okay! Don't come in!"
The guard quickly returned to his post. Li Lin trembled as he walked to the copybook and said to Shan Tao:
"This, is this "Sangluan Post"?"
Farewell to the well-informed Li Lin, I could no longer suppress my excitement when I saw one of the most famous copybooks, "Sang Luan Tie", written by the calligrapher Wang Xizhi.
However, he still checked it carefully, and sure enough, whether from the paper or the handwriting, he could tell that it was an old artifact from the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
But the words above were flying, and every word was full of helplessness and grief and anger. These emotions were transmitted to Li Lin's mind along with the words.
After observing for a long time, Li Lin raised his head and asked: "Isn't this "Sang Luan Tie" hidden in Daming Temple? How could Master Jianzhen be willing to part with it?"
Shan Tao just lowered his head and said, "I'm just here to deliver calligraphy and paintings. I don't even understand what Li Xiang said."
Li Lin smiled and cursed and said: "This Cui Dayin didn't find someone who knew calligraphy and painting to give gifts. He just let a rough guy like you give them away in one piece. He is very generous."
At this time Shan Tao said: "Since Li Xiang likes this calligraphy, the villain will resign."
Li Lin was entangled in his heart. Although he didn't want to help Cui Guangyuan, as a calligraphy and painting lover, how could he refuse the temptation of the authentic work of the calligrapher?
Not to mention that "Sangluan Tie" is one of the most famous works in the world, along with "Preface to the Lanting Collection" and "Quick Rain and Clear Tie". It is Wang Xizhi's most powerful work.
Li Lin really couldn't bear to part with this work, so let's forget it and accept it. Cui Guangyuan will help recommend it.
Shan Tao came out of Li Lin's house with a proud smile on his face.
This "Sang Luan Tie" is naturally fake. It is the work of Ni Dayou, one of the players who is good at forging calligraphy and painting.
Ni Dayou was able to forge Fang Guan's handwriting back then, and famous calligraphy such as "Sang Luan Tie" was a famous work that he had practiced countless times.
In order to confuse the fake with the real one, the paper and ink used in this fake "Sangluan Tie" were all handed down from the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
And this piece of mourning and chaos is Ni Dayou's most satisfying work after writing a hundred pieces.
The reason why I chose the Sangluan calligraphy is that this calligraphy is no longer in the Central Plains.
Sangluantie followed Jianzhen's eastward journey to Fusang Kingdom, but the news of Jianzhen's eastward journey had not yet spread in the Tang Dynasty.
This is a copybook with an owner, and the owner of the copybook will not come out to refute it now, so it will naturally be the most perfect scam.
This copybook was recently brought to Chang'an by a merchant from Longyou, and this gift was used to promote Cui Guangyuan into the political hall.
Prime Minister Cui Huan, who was worshiping Buddha at home, received a blood sutra written by Master Jianzhen.
The blood sutras of Vinaya are all written with the writer's own blood. He pricks his finger with a needle and writes on the paper before the blood solidifies.
It often takes a senior monk ten to twenty years to copy a Blood Sutra. Monk Jianzhen is the most virtuous and respected monk in the Vinaya Sect today, so his handwritten Blood Sutra naturally has the best chance.
Anyway, the authenticator will not come out to refute it, and this blood scripture was also written by Ni Dayou using pig blood to forge the authentic authenticator.
The next day, the prime ministers Pei Mian, Cui Huan, and Li Lin all "invariably" wrote to the emperor recommending Jingzhao Yin Cui Guangyuan to the political affairs hall.
Cui Qi, the most popular candidate for prime minister, even wrote to the court, saying that he had poor ability and bad moral character, and requested to be appointed as an official. At the same time, he praised Cui Guangyuan to the emperor as "a great talent in the court."
The sudden rise of Cui Guangyuan made the court ministers look at him with suspicion. When the prince and the king of Qi came to their senses, they found that apart from the stain of serving as an official and a fake official, Cui Guangyuan had nothing to do with him.
Although he is in a lucrative position like the governor of Jingzhao, Cui Guangyuan still lives in the government office and has not purchased any other real estate in Chang'an.
Cui Guangyuan governed Chang'an in a smooth and gentle manner, but he never showed any personal favoritism in matters of right and wrong.
The only thing worthy of attack was the Chang'an Snow Disaster, but Wang Chengwei, the Prime Minister of Wannian County, had already treated the people affected by the disaster. The actual losses caused by this snow disaster were not large.
The only crime that was regarded as the most fatal weakness, the crime of joining the puppet Yan, was also washed away by Cui Qi.
Cui Qi was the official who was in charge of interrogating the traitors of the Yan Dynasty. He characterized Cui Guangyuan as a "great talent in the court", which was equivalent to clearing Cui Guangyuan's stain from the perspective of the Three Laws Division.
The King of Qi was furious. The censor Zhongcheng Cui Qi, who he had finally won over, asked to be released from Chang'an because of some "ghost haunting".
When Cui Qi was interrogating the puppet Yan officials, he collected two large boxes of black materials about court officials, but he also burned them.
What a good thing, how nice to give it to yourself!
King Qi was furious and furious, but he could not stop Cui Qi's request to be released.
The emperor only expressed symbolic condolences to Cui Qi, and then agreed to his request to serve abroad.
At the same time, the competition to replace the prime minister also came to an end.
Cui Guangyuan, the Yin of Jingzhao, and Li Xian, the minister of Dali Temple, successfully entered the political hall. Zhongshushe wrote forty-six parallel prose on white hemp paper to pay homage to the prime minister, and read it out in front of Cui and Li's mansion.
The two of them got on the bullock cart and went to the palace to express their gratitude.
At this time, Li Yan had returned to Shazhou City. As the date for Du Hongjian to lead troops into Hexi was approaching, he sent an order to the players in Wuwei and Zhangye to "entertain" the Shuofang Army Jiedushi.