Chapter Thirty-One The Tranquility Before the Storm
On the day Liu Mei died, a letter of imperial edict (internal surrender) was issued.
As a gift to Liu Mei, Taiwei, and the military envoy of Zhaode Army, the official was responsible for the burial ceremony, and his son was recorded. In the palace, Cheng Congde was appointed as the envoy of the reserve treasury, and the enshrined official Congguang was appointed as the Chongban of the inner hall.
At the same time, Liu Mei's late wife was granted the title of Lord Song of Guangping County and the title of Lady of Hanoi County.
The so-called internal surrender refers to an edict issued directly from the palace without review by Zhongshu. If it were done on the sidelines, there would definitely be objections from ministers.
According to convention, all edicts must be discussed in Zhongshu, and then drafted and issued by the Academy of Sciences.
Of course, the establishment of a crown prince, concubines, princes, prime ministers, governors, military governors, etc. are not included in this list.
However, no one is paying attention to this edict. The relationship between Liu Mei and the Queen Mother is well known in certain circles.
After the ex-husband dies, no one will comment on the gift after his death.
In fact, regarding Liu Mei's death, except for a few people such as Liu E, most people were happy to see it happen.
What ability does Liu Mei have?
It's just a matter of taking advantage of the Queen Mother. A mere silversmith, sitting in the court, and holding military power is simply a stain!
Although Qian Weiyan also took advantage of the Queen Mother, Qian Weiyan and Liu Mei were completely different types of people.
What is Qian Weiyan's identity?
A direct descendant of the Qian family of Wuyue. Not only that, Qian Weiyan was also quite talented in literature and was a leader of Xikun style poets.
Therefore, even though both Liu and Qian were related to the Queen Mother, in the eyes of others, there was a huge difference between them.
Liu Mei was rich and powerful during her lifetime, and also enjoyed great glory after her death. Taiwei was the highest rank among military officials and was the first rank.
Although Taiwei is only a rank officer, he still cannot enjoy the honor unless he is specially appointed. Even if he is awarded the title after his death, he must be cautious.
For several days, the palace was still calm, and Liu E took no other action except for a visit to the Liu Mansion to mourn.
But no one thought Liu E would let go so gently.
The peace now is just the calm before the storm.
Funing Hall.
Li Jie also noticed the desolation in the palace. In recent days, the chamberlains and palace attendants in the palace even walked with their heads lowered, walking in a hurry, with solemn expressions on their faces.
Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet.
Living in the palace, they were closer to the Queen Mother, so they could naturally feel the coming rain.
It is said that the situation in Baoci Palace was even more exaggerated. The palace attendants in Baoci Palace did not even dare to breathe while walking.
evening.
As usual, Li Jie came to the Bao Ci Hall to pay his respects to the Queen Mother. This was almost a daily routine, once in the morning and once in the evening.
After paying their respects, Li Jie still tried to persuade Liu E.
"Madam, please show me your condolences."
Liu E sighed and nodded.
"The officials are interested, the eldest lady will be fine."
At this moment, Liu E remembered Liu Mei's previous proposal.
Adopt the son of a clan member and go into the house to accompany the officials and their families to read.
How could Liu E not know what Liu Mei was thinking?
Therefore, she never made up her mind, so she did not summon the two ministers to the inner court for discussion.
Now, Liu Mei has passed away.
Liu E's mind became even more depressed.
Strictly speaking, adopting a clan son is not a good move. Although the official family is not very old now, it is still past the age of death.
As long as no accidents occur in the future, there will definitely be no problem for the Guan family to grow up smoothly.
What's more, Liu E couldn't be so ruthless.
Li Jie continued to care: "Madam, your complexion doesn't look good today. Do you want to call the imperial doctor to take a look?"
After saying this, he turned his eyes and looked at Mrs. Lin aside.
"Nurse, please remember that Doctor Xuan will come to Baoci Hall tomorrow. Don't forget it."
"I have noted it down."
Ms. Lin nodded lightly and gave a slight salute.
Immediately afterwards, Li Jie stayed in Baoci Hall for a while, chatting with Liu E for a while, and did not leave until dusk fell.
Looking at Li Jie's leaving figure, Lin said with emotion.
"Your Majesty, the official family has really grown up and knows how to be considerate of others."
This is indeed what she felt. Although the country governs the world with filial piety, there are really not many cases where officials say hello twice a day, morning and evening, and everything goes smoothly.
Especially in recent days, the officials stayed in Bao Ci Hall for a longer time every time, and they did not deliberately mention words of comfort in their words.
Instead, they talked about trivial matters of daily life.
"yes."
Liu E murmured: "Brother Six has indeed grown up."
The "growing up" in her mouth and the "growing up" in Lin's mouth are two completely different concepts.
However, Lin did not realize this.
the other side.
On the palace road, Zhang Mao walked in front holding the palace lantern, followed closely by Li Jie, who rushed to Funing Hall on foot.
Li Jie now travels in the palace no longer by carriage or chariot, but by walking.
First, walking can exercise your body.
Secondly, you can see more things on foot.
On the way, Zhang Mao glanced behind him and saw that the accompanying palace guards were some distance away from them, so he whispered.
"Guan family, are you okay today?"
"You still don't look good. I've asked Mrs. Lin to call the imperial doctor tomorrow."
Hearing this, Zhang Mao was thoughtful.
Is the official going to take action?
wrong!
wrong!
Zhang Mao quickly shook off this ridiculous idea.
Although the government and the hospital are connected, administering medicine to the Queen Mother is such a big deal. If there is a slight mistake, the plan will fail and there is a risk of exposure.
Officials would never do this.
Thinking of this, Zhang Maoze couldn't help but step a little harder.
Li Jie discovered this keenly. Looking at Zhang Mao's imaginative look, he didn't bother to remind him.
He really didn't have any bad intentions when it came to asking the imperial doctor to go to Baocidian.
The environment of Liu E now is completely different from that of Liu E in the play, and Ding Wei and her already had a bad feeling.
In addition, Liu E also summoned Kou Zhun back without authorization.
This move is definitely a bad move.
Finally, Liu E did not have all the power in the palace.
Li Jie used the matter of repairing the mausoleum to conquer Lei Yungong, and then Lei Yungong made meritorious deeds, and became more in love with Lan Jizong and others.
Although this kind of incense and love cannot directly make Lan Jizong and others join him, at certain important points, this little bit of incense and love will become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
In addition, Li Jie is also preparing to win over a group of nobles secretly.
Although this group of people were all military officials, they were suppressed by the civil servants and could not hold their heads up.
But in the past three generations, these nobles have formed a large network through marriage, holding each other together for warmth, and they have already formed a big network.
The Zhending Cao family is one of the best.
As early as the Five Dynasties period, Cao Yun was the military envoy to the German Army of the Later Han Dynasty. He was awarded the title of Grand Master of the Third Division of Kaifu Yitong, Shangshu Ling, and was granted the title of Duke of Yue.
By the time of Cao Bin's generation, it was even more glorious.
Zhang, the imperial concubine of Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, was Cao Bin's aunt. Because of her aunt, Cao Bin rose through the ranks.
Later, Cao Bin transferred to Song Taizu's command, and successively assisted Zuo Taizu and Taizong to suppress the rebellion and made great contributions to the great cause of unification.