The Cui family of Qinghe is arrogant and arrogant, while the Cui family of Boling is a low-key person with good development prospects.
Compared to the Qinghe Cui clan who had always suppressed them, the Boling Cui clan's children were very smart. When the Tang Dynasty was established, the clan sent people to serve the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Cui Minqian, the current governor of Songzhou, was originally the magistrate of Liquan County in the Sui Dynasty. When Li Yuan led his troops into Guanzhong, Cui Minqian surrendered decisively. He was first appointed as the chief secretary of the Tang Dynasty Palace. Later, Li Yuan ascended the throne as emperor, and Cui Minqian served as Huangmen's Minister and concurrently.
Deputy envoy to appease Shandong Province.
Chang'an, Cui Mansion.
Cui Minqian had been working as an official abroad before and had no residence in Chang'an, so he could only live in the house of his brother Cui Dunli during the Chinese New Year.
This time, celebrating the New Year with them was Master Cui Renshi, a doctor from the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
The three of them were sitting in the study, huddled around the stove, feeling very uncomfortable.
"You guys are really enjoying yourself in Chang'an." Cui Minqian took a sip of the milk tea with sugar and felt extremely comfortable.
Cui Renshi and Cui Dunli looked at each other and chuckled.
"Brother, please don't say that. This time my brother returned to Beijing to report on his duties, Your Majesty praised him so much. I am so envious of him." Cui Dunli said with a smile.
Cui Minqian waved his hand and said: "Li Shuliang has been the prime minister for so many years. There is nothing to envy."
I think he was also a close minister of the late emperor back then, but now he is just the governor of Songzhou. The people who surrendered with him are now high-ranking officials in the central government. He really doesn't feel that he has anything to be proud of.
"There is always a chance." Cui Renshi said: "I don't dare to say that I can definitely see through your Majesty's character, but I have a little understanding. As long as you are loyal to Your Majesty and have the ability, sooner or later you can go higher and higher."
Cui Minqian nodded and said, "I hope so."
Immediately afterwards, he asked: "By the way, how is Cui of Qinghe doing now?"
Hearing this, Cui Dunli said disdainfully: "He is just an arrogant person who thinks he is noble."
"That's good." Cui Mingan said, "I hope they can stay aloof."
Hearing this, the three of them laughed happily.
In a peaceful and lively atmosphere, the Tang Dynasty bid farewell to the fourth year of Zhenguan and officially entered the fifth year of Zhenguan.
Taiji Hall Grand Court Meeting.
The prime ministers summarized the gains and losses of the four years of Zhenguan, looked forward to the future of the five years of Zhenguan, and made plans for this year's development. All provinces, ministries, temples, roads, prefectures, and counties must meet the work performance standards set by the imperial court this year.
Later, Fu Yi went to court and asked monks, Taoists and nuns to worship their parents, and the emperor agreed.
Speaking of which, Fu Yi can be regarded as the number one strange person in the imperial court. He catches monks and Taoists all day long without letting go. I don't know how these people provoke Fu Yi.
Immediately afterwards, Shaoqing Zongzheng and King Li Xiaogong of Jing walked out of the queue and paid homage: "Your Majesty, now that the chiefs of the Siyi vassals have surrendered, I would like to ask your Majesty to perform a grand ceremony of enshrining me in order to demonstrate the prosperity of our dynasty."
Wei Zheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, came out to object and said: "Your Majesty, our dynasty has not long been recuperating and recuperating, and we have just escaped from the quagmire of disaster. If we practice Zen, it will waste the people and hurt the wealth, I think it is extremely inappropriate."
Li Xiaogong said: "You can keep it simple."
"How to be simple?" Wei Zheng asked back: "Since ancient times, emperors have spent immeasurable money on granting Zen status. If we are simple, how can we show off your majesty's martial arts? Your Majesty, I think it is not appropriate to grant Zen status at this time."
Wei Zheng did not deny the emperor's martial arts prowess, but he felt that Feng Chan spent too much money and food and it was not worth it. With this money, he might as well take care of the people more.
Naturally, the generals felt that it was good to be granted Zen status, so many people supported Li Xiaogong, while the civil servants strongly opposed it.
We argued for a while, but to no avail.
Li Zhiyun said: "Let's discuss the matter of Feng Chan later. Now is not the time."
He neither likes nor dislikes Fengchan, so there is no need to say that he has to go. Now that the situation in the Tang Dynasty is finally getting back on track, he will naturally not increase the burden on the people at this time. It is useless to waste money just for an empty name.
Not worth it.
On this point, he rather agreed with Wei Zheng.
Seeing that the emperor was unwilling, Li Xiaogong naturally did not dare to persuade him.
Later, Li Shuliang walked out of the queue and paid homage: "Your Majesty, the late emperor's young son is gradually growing up. Your Majesty is the eldest brother. Please make him the king and send him to the country."
The jiuguo here is different from the jiuguo in the pre-Han period.
During the Pre-Han Dynasty, especially during the reign of Emperor Xiaojing, the royal family surnamed Liu was granted the title of king, and went to the local area to establish a vassal vassal for the Han Dynasty.
Since the Han Dynasty, when the kings of the clan came to the country, they were mostly released to retire, or the king took his mother and concubine to a place to take care of themselves. These kings would have a title in the local area, such as governor or the like.
, but basically have no power and can only live by collecting rent.
Moreover, these kings cannot return to Beijing without the emperor's order, otherwise it will be a violation of the law.
In fact, to put it bluntly, there is one emperor and one courtier. Today's palace can only house the emperor and his concubines and their children. I'm sorry, the sons of the late emperor, but you can only go out to beg for food.
Of course, if the emperor loves a younger brother particularly, he can also issue an order to keep this younger brother in Chang'an.
Or, talented children of the royal family can also join politics and the military. There are actually not many restrictions on this.
Compared with Lao Zhu's family, the children of Lao Li's family still live relatively freely.
Historically, Lao Li had twenty-two sons, but in this time and space, Lao Li only had fourteen sons. Because of the changes in the palace in the sixth year of Wude, Lao Li was paralyzed in bed. How could he continue to have sons without restraint.
Except for the dead Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Xuanba, Li Yuanji, and the ascended emperor Li Zhiyun, there are still nine sons left.
They are Li Yuanjing, the sixth son born to Mo Bin, Li Yuanchang, the seventh son born to Sun Bin, Li Yuanli, the eighth son born to Guo Jieyu, Li Yuanjia, the ninth son born to Yuwen Zhaoyi, Li Yuanze, the tenth son born to Wang Cairen, and the eleventh son born to Zhang Baolin.
Li Yuanyi, Li Yuangui, the twelfth son of Zhang Meiren, Li Feng, the thirteenth son of Yang Meiren, and Li Yuanqing, the fourteenth son of Liu Jieyu.
Originally, in history, both Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieyu gave birth to sons to Lao Li, and they were quite early, but now it is different.
Concubine Yin De followed Li Zhiyun early, and Zhang Jieyu never gave birth to a son for Lao Li. In addition, due to the changes in the palace for thousands of years, Lao Li only had fourteen sons, and only ten are still alive.
Among them, many of Li Zhiyun's younger brothers have been crowned kings by Lao Li. For example, Li Yuanjing was crowned King of Zhao, Li Yuanchang was crowned King of Lu, Li Yuanli was crowned Prince of Zheng, Li Yuanji was crowned King of Song, Li Yuanze was crowned Prince of Peng, and Li Yuanyi was crowned Prince of Teng
.These are all granted by Lao Li, not by Li Zhiyun at all. Li Zhiyun has not given any of his sons the title of king. The sons with the title of king were also canonized by Lao Li back then.
Li Shuliang mentioned this matter because the clan had been having troubles several times. Seeing that the emperor had no intention of making his son king, what about the others?
The clan members could not sit still and united to put pressure on Li Shuliang, which is why Li Shuliang played it today.
Regarding this matter, Li Zhiyun is very disgusted. He hates those guys who are doing nothing.
Moreover, there are a few of these young brothers who like to make trouble in history.
But if you don't canonize your younger brother, people will say that the emperor is mean and ungrateful. As the eldest brother, he is unwilling to take care of his younger brother. It is simply heartless.
People's words are terrible.
Originally, in his idea, the royal children should obtain titles based on their own abilities, but now it is obvious that this is not possible and this path will not work.
If Li Zhiyun wants to enforce this rule now, the clan will definitely go to the Xiandi Temple and cry.