Chastity Layman

In the ninth year of Wude, the eighth day of August.

It was slightly bright, and the morning drums of the Drum Tower on Chang'an Sixth Street were beating one after another. According to Ma Zhou's plan, the morning drums would start beating when the sky was light and dawn. Knock full 800 times.

After each drum pass, the gate of Chang'an city opens a little.

Today's Chang'an City is obviously a little different from usual.

Before dawn, the provincial offices of the imperial city had already been busy all night, and everyone was busy all night, for the court meeting on the morning of the eighth day of the lunar new year.

The Taiji Palace, which has been closed for a long time, will be opened this morning, and the Golden Palace will be reopened in the morning.

The officials of the Menxia Province took out the palace gate talisman and key from the brocade box, and Chen Shuda, the servant under the gate, personally signed and stamped the door talisman, "Give this to Chengmen Lang, and submit it to the prison gate guard general for verification."

The gate of Tai Chi Palace, which had been blocked for two months, was finally slowly pushed open with the first ray of sunshine in the morning on the eighth day of August.

In front of the door, all the officials have been waiting for a long time.

Officials of the seventh rank and above in the entire Chang'an city must participate in the early court today. Although it is not the day of the early dynasty, there is a big event happening today.

The arrival of this day did not cause too much surprise. Everyone already knew that this day would come.

When the day finally came, everyone was very peaceful.

With the sound of the last drum, the palace gate was fully opened.

Prison guard soldiers in shiny armor guarded the door, while You Xiaowei soldiers guarded the door outside.

There was a sound of horseshoes.

A lieutenant of Luben Military Academy came galloping on horseback, "His Royal Highness is here!"

Following this shout, Yi Guogong Qin Lang led a thousand Prince Lu Ben to guard Prince Li Shimin and came slowly. Today's Li Shimin did not ride a horse, he was sitting in a golden cart.

Hundreds of officials avoided both sides one after another, and welcomed the prince into the palace.

Qin Lang was wearing a bright armor and a long horizontal knife on his waist. He rode a horse and held a lance to guard the prince entering the palace gate. Today he was responsible for the important task of guarding the prince, so the armor and weapons must not leave his body.

The sun was shining, and Qin Lang felt a little stuffy.

"Your Highness, we are here."

Qin Lang urged his horse to come to the front of the chariot, and said to Li Shimin in the chariot.

There was a hum in the car, Qin Lang helped to lift the curtain, Li Shimin got out of the car, he looked at today's Taiji Palace, in addition to the thousand prince Lu Ben brought by Qin Lang, Hou Junji also brought With Baiqi and two thousand Xuanjia cavalry, he entered the palace guard.

"Sanlang, your grandpa should be arriving in Chang'an soon, right?" Li Shimin asked suddenly.

"There are still seven or eight days to go to Chang'an."

"It's a pity that Shubao is not here today." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he told Qin Lang to lead his troops to guard the guards outside the hall, and then climbed up the stairs step by step to enter the Golden Hall.

In the early morning of the eighth day of August, Li Yuan Yulin Jindian early court, issued an edict to abdicate, called the Supreme Emperor, and still lived in the Taiji Palace.

Li Shimin knelt down to accept the edict.

Li Xiaogong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Hejian King, announced that the crown prince's enthronement ceremony will be held in the Xiande Hall of the East Palace on the 9th.

Amidst the sound of shouts of long live, this special morning came to an end.

Li Shimin led all the officials to send the Supreme Emperor back to the palace.

After sending Li Yuan away, Li Shimin didn't stay any longer, and went out of the hall directly.

Qin Lang went forward to meet him.

"Your Highness!"

Eldest Sun Wuji, who was following behind Li Shimin, smiled and said, "It's time to change your tune. From now on, you will be called Your Majesty."

After receiving the imperial edict, although Li Shimin has not yet held the succession ceremony, he is already the emperor.

Qin Lang immediately changed his words, "I greet Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin was a little stunned by the sound of His Majesty.

He stretched out his hand and patted Qin Lang's shoulder, feeling very high-spirited for a moment, "Let's go back to the East Palace."

Back in the East Palace, Li Shimin's confidantes, civil servants and military generals, except those who led the army outside, gathered together. Everyone was very happy. After so long, everyone has finally come to this position by supporting the King of Qin.

Succession as emperor, don't worry anymore.

Li Shimin sat on the couch and said with a smile, "From now on, we only need to focus on how to deal with the Turks with all our strength, and I don't have to worry about the court and the deep palace anymore."

Fang Xuanling reminded Li Shimin, "From today onwards, you should call yourself Zhen instead of lonely, you are already the emperor."

Li Shimin sighed and said, "I remembered that nine years ago, the day before His Majesty took the throne, he also called me here. In a blink of an eye, I am now sitting in this position."

"I really sat in this position, and I was a little dazed again."

Du Ruhui said, "Although Your Majesty has only become emperor today, you have been in charge of the court for more than two months."

"Yeah, it's been more than two months, but in the past two months, I have been in contact with political affairs and dealt with countless opportunities. I just realized that governing the world is really different from conquering the world."

Secretary Supervisor Wei Zheng said bluntly, "Three provinces and six ministries, nine temples and five supervisors, twelve guards and four mansions, hundreds of officials and bureaucrats, but each performs its duties, just like a net. All you need to do is outline, and the outline is in order. , Gang Ju Mu Zhang Ye. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and he has his own prime minister to assist the government. It is not difficult to say. As long as you are willing to listen to advice and accept advice, then you will gather the wisdom of countless people to govern the world."

Li Shimin stroked his beard, "Every move I take in affects the world. Back then, a single horse would turn around once it was taken in, but the whole world, if it made a mistake, wouldn't it be able to turn around in a while?" ?”

Changsun Wuji said very directly, "How could Your Majesty be alone? We old people from Prince Qin's Mansion and Tiance Mansion are willing to do our best to assist His Majesty."

Li Shimin glanced at Qin Lang who was sitting at the end. He was wearing armor and a helmet, and kept his head down without saying a word. He seemed to be asleep, but he knew that this kid was just pretending to be asleep on purpose, but he felt that his qualifications were low. That's all.

Thinking back to the active way this kid was jumping up and down before Jingran, it was quite different.

"It's not enough to rely on the old people in Prince Qin's mansion. Now it's not the same as before. In the past, I was King Qin and General Tiance, so naturally you were enough. But now that I'm emperor, I have to take charge of the entire country. Not only you old people If you want to reuse them, I will also use them, even the old ministers of the Supreme Emperor, as well as those who have completed the work. As long as they are talented and willing to do it, I am willing to reuse them."

In fact, the words of Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and the others just now hinted that they, the elders of the Qin Palace, were dissatisfied with Wei Zheng and Wang Gui being reused.

Li Shimin also heard their hints, but decided to reuse people like Wei Zheng.

He said, "When the Supreme Emperor came to the throne, there were many capable people in his court, but there are fewer capable people around me today than before. So I have to reuse the capable people."

At this time, Wei Zheng said bluntly, "Since Your Highness has repeatedly said that talents should be reused, then I have a suggestion."

"you say."

"When Xue Wanche thanked his uncle Fang Feng Li and others for accepting Qin Lang's surrender, he made a request that His Majesty would bury Jian Yuanji with the gift of a prince, so that their old minions could feel at ease. But until now, the minister has not Seeing that His Majesty fulfilled his promise, Jian Jiancheng and Yuan Ji were decapitated that day, and then they were buried hastily outside Chang'an City. The two were still common people, and I thought it was inappropriate. Now that you have promised, you have to do it, let alone, Giving the two a posthumous title is also a final conclusion on the events of that day."

Wei Zheng raised this matter at this time, which surprised Li Shimin.

Qin Lang quietly looked at Li Shimin's expression through the gap in his helmet visor, and found that he was not particularly unhappy.

Perhaps it has been a long time, and the emotions have gradually faded.

"Then how do you think I should chase after the two?"

Wei Zheng said frankly, "I think that the two are brothers and sisters of His Majesty, and they should be crowned kings afterward, and then they will be buried with honor."

Changsun Wuji objected loudly, thinking that even if they were to be reburied and sealed up, it would not be the time.

It's just that Wei Zheng was very fierce today, and he fought against Sun Fangdu, the former minister of the King of Qin, and others, saliva splashing everywhere.

"Huailiang!"

Li Shimin suddenly called Qin Lang's name.

Qin Lang was enjoying the show at first, but in desperation he took off his helmet and stood up to respond.

"What do you think, Huailiang?"

"I have no objection."

"I asked you to express your opinion!" Li Shimin glared at him.

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Qin Lang had no choice but to say, "I think that the enthronement ceremony of His Majesty will be held tomorrow, so the past can be summed up, and the two of them will be reburied with the ceremony of the prince. This will be considered as the dust. The conclusion of the coffin is settled, so that even the former Ministry can lay down their burdens and serve the court and His Majesty."

Li Shimin nodded, "By saying that, you mean you agree with Wei Zheng?"

Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and a group of former members of the Qin Palace immediately stared at them. Everyone wanted to trample on the abolished princelings, but a traitor turned out.

But Qin Lang still nodded. In fact, he had been thinking just now why Li Shimin was willing to take Wei Zheng's words to discuss this matter at this moment?

If he didn't mean it, he must have skipped this topic directly. This only shows one thing, especially in combination with what Li Shimin had talked with him in secret before, Li Shimin began to worry about his name and what happened after his death.

So although he personally shot and killed the construction, he still wants to downplay or even reverse this matter now.

"Then let's discuss what titles and posthumous titles should be given to the two of them."

On the day of Xuanwu Gate, Li Yuan had no choice but to abolish the two as common people, so now the two are still buried hastily as common people.

Wei Zheng said bluntly that he should pursue feudalism and become a prince.

Li Shimin shook his head straight after hearing this, and pursued feudalism to become the prince. Isn't that a doubt about his status?

In the end, Fang Xuanling thought of a title, "How about King Xi?"

Rest, it means to calm down, it means that this matter is over, and everyone should stop talking about it.

Li Shimin was very satisfied when he heard it, it was much better than chasing after a prince.

"What about the posthumous name?"

Feng Deyi proposed a posthumous title, "Brutal!"

Li is brutal, outright bad. Feng Deyi appears to belong to Li Shimin, but in fact he has always been a duplicitous faction before. He wandered between the King of Qin and the prince, but finally told Li Yuan the truth about all these contacts, so he It is Li Yuan's double agent. Although he is still staying in the three provinces as the prime minister, he is already uneasy, so he wants to show it now.

It's a pity that he didn't grasp Li Shimin's mind well, and chasing posthumous cruelty, isn't that contrary to his original intention?

"Du Yan?"

"I think it's not as good as posthumous spirit!"

Du Yan is the best friend of Prince Qin's mansion. He was implicated in the Yang Wengan incident and was demoted. He only came back after the Xuanwu Gate. He didn't have any good old feelings for Jiancheng.

The so-called spirit, according to posthumous posthumous interpretation, is an incompetent person who occupies a high position, such as Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

Giving Jiancheng a posthumous title means that Jiancheng himself is not a bad person, but he was able to become a prince only because he was born early and was the eldest son. Just shit.

After hearing this, Li Shimin thought it was pretty good.

If Li Jiancheng is evaluated in this way, it is more reasonable for him to fight for the reserve, and he can also get the support of future generations. On the other hand, saying that Jiancheng is cowardly and incompetent is more acceptable to Jiancheng’s old ministries than saying that he is heinous. This will help to appease them. arouse their dissatisfaction.

So in the end Li Shimin made a final decision and gave Jiancheng the posthumous title of King Xi, posthumously titled Ling.

As for Yuanji, it doesn't matter so much.

Li Shimin directly appointed Yuanji as the king of Hailing County, and he didn't even get the prince. As for the posthumous title, he still adopted Du Yan's proposal, and the posthumous posthumous name was thorn.

Killing innocents is called stabbing, not forgetting love is called stabbing!

King Xiyin and King Hailing Assassin had their titles and posthumous titles established, so Li Shimin decided to wait until the winter solstice to formally rebury them.

Qin Lang continued to huddle in the corner and listened boredly for a long time. When the discussion finally ended, he quickly stood up and prepared to leave.

"Huai Liang."

Li Shimin waved to him.

Qin Lang stepped forward reluctantly.

"I have entrusted you with a task. Tomorrow's grand ceremony, you go to the Tai Chi Palace to welcome the Supreme Emperor to the East Palace to attend the grand ceremony, and accept the congratulations from me and all the officials!"

Qin Lang frowns, this is not a good job. Li Yuan has abdicated, and you want him to come to the East Palace to attend your enthronement ceremony. You will be the protagonist tomorrow, and he is just a supporting role. He may not be willing to come and support you.

"Anyway, I understand that you must welcome the Supreme Emperor to the East Palace, understand?" Li Shimin gave Qin Lang a death order.

"What if the Supreme Emperor doesn't want to come?"

"I don't care what you think of, in short, you must invite the Supreme Emperor, and you must make him come happily."

This is really killing ah.

"I have the important task of guarding the East Palace, so I dare not leave it lightly."

"It's okay. Tomorrow's East Palace Grand Ceremony, Junji will take on the task of guarding you. Just do it well. If you do it well, you will be rewarded. If you can't do it well, hum!"

"Can I invite my mother to go with me?" Qin Lang asked, he knew that the Changsun family still had some face in front of Li Yuan, "It would be even better if we could invite Princess Changle to go with us."

Li Shimin will ascend the throne tomorrow, and the eldest grandson has not yet been canonized as a queen, but this is at most a month late.

"The maidservant Guanyin will be very busy tomorrow and won't have time to go to Taiji Palace. Changle is fine!"

Qin Lang had no choice but to bite the bullet and get on with this job.

After thinking about it, he didn't wait until the next day to go. When he got out of the East Palace, he called Cheng Chumo and then took Li Lizhi, the owner of Changle Princess, and went straight to the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace.

"Taishanghuang, this bastard Cheng Chumo dragged me to find Taishanghuang to play mahjong again!" Qin Lang said to Li Yuan with a playful smile.

Li Yuan was chatting with old minister Pei Ji, and seeing his sly eyebrows, he smiled, "That's fine, I'm bored, I just need to rub a few."

"But have you brought enough gold coins?" Li Yuan asked.

Qin Lang pointed to Cheng Chumo, "I carried two big bags and put them at the entrance of the hall."

"Okay, let's see how I will kill you all in a while." Li Yuan said to Pei Ji, "Come together, Supervisor Pei."

Pei Ji's comprehension ability is very high. After explaining it for a while, he has already mastered the gameplay. In the first move, Qin Lang ordered Li Yuan a Qing old man sixty-four times, which made him dance happily and took off his outer robe. , revealing his mysterious three breasts.

"Give me money, sixty-four per person! Hahaha, it's a good start! Kid, this cannon is so cool!"