Chapter 14 The Fourteenth Emperor Moved to Xingqing Palace Song Jing angered the eunuchs

Zhao Lifei's illness became more and more serious day by day, and her body became thinner and thinner day by day.From the imperial physician's order, all good doctors under the imperial physician's order come to have a consultation, or prescribe prescriptions, apply acupuncture, massage and perform acupuncture, or curse and prohibit actions, all of which are silent like mud cows entering the sea. Queen Wang usually has close contacts with Concubine Zhao Li. Since Concubine Zhao Li was ill, she even came to visit her every three days.It was a bright autumn day, and the Queen came to visit again. She squeezed the Persian jujubes she brought into the palace maid to make juice, and she saw that the color was like sugar, and the skin and flesh were soft and rotten. The Queen personally held the spoon and fed a spoon In Li Fei's mouth.

Concubine Zhao Li was moved in her heart, she ate half of her food, a few drops of clear tears poured out of her withered eyes, she sighed: "The empress treats my concubine like this, I... I..." At this point in her speech, she suddenly coughed, and she couldn't finish her sentence. Empress Wang reached out and patted his back, and said softly: "Young sister, don't worry, you must be able to take care of yourself. You drink this jujube juice, and then my sister will take you for a walk in the courtyard." Concubine Zhao Li shook her head and said: "My concubine is completely weak now, how can I have the strength to walk around in the courtyard? I'm afraid I have to live up to the queen's kindness."

Empress Wang sighed: "If you go down like this, you are humiliating yourself. You are still young, can't you pass this test?" Concubine Zhao Li shook her head, then closed her eyes and adjusted her breath.She knew the meaning of what Queen Wang said, the two had talked together many times before, and Queen Wang advised her not to be discouraged, the emperor was probably trying to find something new, how could he stay with that foxy child for a long time?However, Concubine Zhao Li knew very well in her heart that the emperor was probably serious about favoring Wu Huier this time. The emperor never let her sleep in bed again, and after she got sick, although the emperor came to visit twice, he just left after a few words. If you want to be favored again, I'm afraid it's very slim.

Seeing Concubine Zhao Li's pitiful appearance, Queen Wang couldn't help feeling angry, and scolded: "If you can't keep up your spirits, everything will be over! I am the main palace now, and your son has become the prince. She is a vicious girl." Can you mess up the mind of the Holy One? Sigh, you are so unbelievable, it really pissed me off." Wu Hui'er had just been favored by Li Longji, and Queen Wang suddenly felt like a formidable enemy.Li Longji has always loved women, and there have been fewer women who have been luckyed by him?Queen Wang was not jealous before, it was the first time that she hated Wu Huier so much.

In fact, deep down in Queen Wang's heart, she was still wary of Wu Huier because of her hatred for Queen Zetian.It's strange to say that these daughters of the Wu family are both beautiful and extremely intelligent.Since Queen Wang married Li Longji, although she hadn't had much contact with this grandmother emperor, she was familiar with the deeds and methods of Queen Zetian, and she was extremely afraid of her.After she became the lord of the harem, she immediately ordered Wu's daughters to only wash and wash the clothes in the Yeting Palace and not to contact the emperor.Unexpectedly, by mistake, Wu Hui'er was actually lucky by the emperor. This is the fundamental reason why the Queen scolded Gao Lishi after learning about it.

Concubine Zhao Li tearfully said: "Queen, I know my body, if something bad happens, Ying'er will be tired and the queen will take care of her." Seeing that Concubine Zhao Li was so discouraged, Queen Wang felt that there was really nothing she could do, so she sighed in her heart and said in relief: "My sister is going to die, don't think about anything. Don't worry, I have no children behind me. The sisters are so close, I have long regarded Yinger as my own." When Concubine Zhao Li heard these words, some joy appeared on her face. Queen Wang left Concubine Zhao Li's bedroom, and after returning to the palace, she summoned Shang Gong and asked, "What's going on with Hu Meizi?"

"Queen, this servant girl has just gone to have a consultation with the people from the Imperial Medical Office. Look at her appearance, she will give birth in a month's time." "Well, are the people around her safe?" "Reporting to the queen, the maidservants are ordered to make proper selections, and if they find anything unusual, immediately send the disobedient ones to the Yeting Palace." "Well, you have to pay attention to everything." "Save it, maidservant. Empress, just now Duke Jin sent someone to say that he wants to meet the empress on important matters."

"What's the matter with him? Well, let's meet on the anniversary of my father's death." After Li Longji came to the throne, he punished the chaos in the harem of the previous dynasty, forbidding people in the harem to leave the palace at will, and strictly prohibiting men from entering the harem.Although Queen Wang is the head of the harem, it is not easy to meet her brothers. The next two days will be the anniversary of Wang Renjiao's death. This is the anniversary of the king's death. The queen will visit the cemetery to worship in person. Of course, Taichang Temple must make careful arrangements.As soon as the red tape was over, when the car was driving back to Beijing, Queen Wang called Wang Shouyi, and the two brothers and sisters were talking in front of Wang Renjiao's cemetery.

"You let people pass the message, what do you have to say?" Queen Wang knew that her brother wanted to see her, and it was definitely not a trivial matter, so she screened the people around her. Wang Shou sighed: "The imperial court has been covering the whole world recently, and I don't know why. The Ministry of Finance has fixed its eyes on Brother Wei, and Yushitai sent someone to talk to Brother Wei for a while. They all said that under Song Jing's order, It is necessary to investigate the acres and population of the mansion, and the relatives of the emperor must follow the imperial edict."

"You probably collected a lot of land and fleeing households over the years, right?" "Those families of noble officials do the same thing. Of course I can't avoid it. For example, if my father's tomb is built here, there must be people guarding the tomb. As a brother, I think I can find some acres here, so that these tomb guards can farm for themselves. Isn’t it a matter of killing two birds with one stone?” When the queen heard the words, she was shocked and said: "Ah, you are so bold? Royal tombs can have tomb guards, and the court can allocate fields for farming. I never heard that the tombs of princes and ministers can be like this. Restrict! You don't want to leave today, send the tomb guards away quickly, and return the fields to their original places."

"This is a trivial matter, why should my sister face a big enemy?" Queen Wang sighed: "People's hearts are sinister. I am a queen, but I have no children. The sage gradually favors others, so the position of queen must be more careful. If you go beyond the rules, if someone instructs the speaker to play, that is The queen has acted recklessly." Wang Shouyi knew that if his younger sister lost the position of queen, his own status would be in jeopardy.Compared with the position of brother and sister, the filial piety of guarding the tomb is of course insignificant. He immediately agreed, and immediately followed what his sister said, without giving others an excuse. Queen Wang said again: "The Ministry of Household Affairs and Yushitai sent people to look for you, probably because of the few acres of land?" "Yes, there are some in other places, and some escaped households have been recruited to help cultivate them." "Well, you do as I said. After you return to Beijing today, take the initiative to find the household department, return all the over-acquired acres, and submit the list of escaped households." Wang Shouyi was a little reluctant, and said: "Sister, compared with other families, our family started late and received less. Why are you so active? Hmph, this Song Jing is exhausted with my Wang family. He did this , In fact, it is not to give face to the Holy Spirit!" "What do you know? The Holy Majesty is now obeying Song Jing's words. If you go against Song Jing, the Holy Majesty will definitely think that I am the one who ordered you. Don't talk about it, just do it like this!" Seeing that her brother reluctantly agreed, Queen Wang was angry again, and said, "You don't do your business well, and you prefer to focus on such trivial matters. What's the use of those prescriptions you found? I have eaten your bitter medicine. Why has there been no movement in this stomach for several years?" Wang Shouyi spent a lot of effort to find many prescriptions to make his sister's belly pregnant with dragon seeds, but Queen Wang's stomach was as normal as before.Hearing his younger sister's reprimand now, he felt very uneasy, and said in a low voice: "Please rest assured, my sister, brother Wei recently met a strange person, and he has invited him into the house to discuss in detail. Brother Wei dare not mention it." Regarding the younger sister, it is only said that the children in the mansion need it. This strange person speaks convincingly that there must be a wonderful way to make the children pregnant." Empress Wang had lost all confidence in her elder brother at this time, and said indifferently: "What strange person? Could it be another swindler?" After several years of construction, Xingqing Palace was finally completed.Contrary to the conventional layout of the palace city in the past, this palace reversed the positions of the meeting place and the royal garden area, and was divided into the palace area in the north and the garden area in the south by an east-west wall. In order to avoid Li Longji's taboo, the former Longqing Pool was renamed Longchi.There are lotus, water chestnut and other things planted in the pool. On the north bank of the pool, there is a hangover grass that can cure hangovers.The Hundred Gardens on the north bank are dotted with low buildings such as Chenxiang Pavilion, Wulong Altar, and Dragon Hall, surrounded by "Calyx Xianghui Building" and "Government Building" like stars arching the moon. In the center of the North Palace is the Yuelong Gate, with Tongyang Gate and Mingguang Gate on both sides.After the entrance is the Hall of Great Harmony, with the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower on the left and right in front of the hall; further back is the main hall, the Xingqing Hall, which is similar in function to the Taiji Hall of the Taiji Palace, where the emperor meets and handles government affairs.To the northeast of Miyagi City, there is another group of palaces. The main hall is Nanxun Hall, and there are auxiliary halls such as Xinshe Hall and Jinhualuo. This is the place where the empress and concubines live. The emperor moved into the new palace, but the government offices of the imperial court were still working in the same place.Fortunately, Xingqing Palace is not far from the original Miyagi City. Although the courtiers will inevitably have a long journey when they enter the new palace for court meetings or performances, it is not too tiring after all. This day was the first court meeting for the courtiers to Xingqing Palace. It happened that Zhang said he had returned to Beijing from Bingzhou, so he went to Xingqing Palace to face the king together with all the officials. All the officials met in order. After the ceremony, Li Longji saw Zhang Shuo in the martial arts class at a glance, and said with a smile: "Zhang Qing used to be a civil official, and today he entered the palace in a uniform. what." Zhang said that on this day, the crown of the head was stunned, and the helmet was made of black gold, covered with cloud-like red tassels; It is silver in color and shines with the movement of the body; there is a brown cape on each shoulder, which matches the round breast guard, and looks majestic. When Zhang Shuo heard the words, he stepped out of the squadron, bowed and said, "I am the envoy of the heavenly army, so I dare not forget my duty to see you in military uniform." Li Longji turned to Song Jing and said: "Song Qing, the civil servants will play first at the court meeting. Today Zhang Qing came to Beijing to meet, and there must be something extraordinary to talk about. Let's change the previous order today and let Zhang Qing play first." How is it?" Song Jing rarely showed a smile, bowed and said: "Your Majesty Jinkou, I respectfully obey." Li Longji said with a smile: "No matter how big or small I am, I need Song Qing's approval, otherwise, if there is a mistake, Song Qing will definitely remonstrate endlessly. Isn't it just asking for trouble?" Hearing this, the officials knew that the emperor was teasing Song Jing, and couldn't help smiling.In the past, the monarchs and ministers above the court were often serious and rigid when discussing matters, and it was rare to be so relaxed. Zhang said that he took a few steps forward, bowed his body and said: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered to take up the post of Tianbing Army. After arriving in Bingzhou, I did not dare to slack off, so I went to inspect the various garrisons." , bluntly said that the source of troops is unsustainable, and morale is low, and there are very few military drills. Li Longji put away his smile at first, and his face became more serious as he listened.Then he asked sternly: "As Yiqing said, places such as Yanmen Pass are really strong from the outside, but they are just used to deter the Turks? If so, the four realms of the Tang Dynasty are really in danger." Zhang said that he has been an official for many years and knows the truth not to derogate others.If he followed Li Longji's words, then the previous officials and border generals had never reminded the emperor, and only he had a bright eye, which made the public angry.He immediately weighed his words carefully, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this predicament was not achieved in a day. It has gradually accumulated over time. The root cause is that the law of equalizing land was destroyed. With such a sudden shortage of troops, money and food are also in short supply. Nothing." He explained in detail how the Land Equalization Law had been violated. Li Longji's expression gradually slowed down when he heard the words, and he turned to Song Jing and said, "Song Qing, your push to close households is actually the same as Zhang Qing's insight. Well, it has been nearly a hundred years since the two laws were promulgated in the reign of Wude, and the chaos in between Frequently, it's time to tidy up." Song Jing said: "This time, Kuohu is presided over by the household department, and is supervised by Yushitai's envoys from all directions. It is getting better and better. So that His Majesty can know that Jin Guogong has just voluntarily withdrawn from occupying more acres of land, and issued a letter of escape from the household under his jurisdiction. The roster is handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Duke Jin’s move really played a leading role, and the families of the noble eunuchs in the capital heard the news and followed suit one after another. This is a good start.” In fact, Song Jing didn't know that these noble eunuchs' families were criticizing Song Jing in private while withdrawing their land and handing over to others.As the queen's brother, Wang Shouyi took the lead in responding to the imperial edict, and they had no choice but to follow suit.When Yuan Qianyao and Yu Wenrong were doing their work, they often said that Song Jing was pushing him hard, so they had no choice but to obey orders.In this way, Song Jing became the one who gnashed the teeth of these noble eunuchs. Li Longji was overjoyed when he heard the words, and called Wang Shouyi out to praise him: "My relatives, that's exactly what it should be. You can recognize big festivals and not be greedy for small gains, and I will reward you. Come, give Wang Qing a hundred pieces of colored silk as soon as possible." .” Wang Shou kowtowed and thanked him, thinking that this time was a dangerous one, he secretly praised his sister for her accurate eyesight.If I stand up to the end, the Holy One will blame me, my sister might suffer because of it. After finishing this matter, Li Longji put on a worried face, and said: "Enclosing households can make the land equalization law tend to the right path, which is conducive to increasing the country's taxation. However, there have been long-standing problems, and it will take time to straighten them out. Song Dynasty Qing, when do you think you will see the effect?" "I think three years is too short." Song Jing replied. "Yes, I think so too. However, the matter of the border crossing cannot be delayed for a day. Zhang Qing, with the current embarrassment of the border crossing, can you guarantee that the border crossing will be stable for several years?" "I don't think it is possible!" Zhang said that compared with Song Jing, his speech skills are much more pleasing to the ear, and he cupped his hands and continued, "Your Majesty's long eyes are far-reaching, so you can see the key to the matter. I am here to invite Your Majesty, In order to keep the border stable, some extraordinary measures must be taken to make up for it.” "Well, go on." "I remember that when Empress Zetian set up military cavalry regiments in Shandong and Hebei provinces, they came from rich farmers' families. The family members must be strong, brave and ruthless. Once they are conscripted, the imperial court will spare them You don’t need to bring your own weapons and clothes for the service, and they are called “united soldiers”. I think it’s expedient to imitate this system when things are going very wrong.” Zhang said that the flexible method proposed is actually based on the Fubing system, adding some elements of recruiting soldiers. Compared with the simple Fubing system, the burden on soldiers is much lighter.After hearing this suggestion, Li Longji suddenly remembered Yao Chong's previous reminders.If this method is followed, taking the Tianbing Army as an example, its Jiedu envoys can recruit more soldiers in the area under the jurisdiction of Bingzhou. It is very easy to form a situation where the frontier generals support themselves, and the court has no restraint after paying a lot of money and food.Li Longji's eyes searched for Yao Chong's figure below, but Yao Chong visited once every five days and did not go to court today. Seeing the emperor groaning there, Song Jing asked: "Ambassador Zhang, if you are the governor of the annexation state, you will be in charge of all major military and political affairs in the annexation state. Let me ask you, if this method is adopted, the recruited soldiers will be exempted or given money and food. Is it up to you to decide it?" Song Jing's eyes were like a torch, and she immediately saw the pros and cons of this method. Zhang said that of course he knew what the emperor was most concerned about, and he replied bluntly: "It may be exempted or distributed, for example, the Ministry of Households will allocate it uniformly, and all regions have no such right." Zhang said after a pause and continued: "Actually, the number of soldiers to be recruited must be approved by the Ministry of War in advance. In addition, Yushitai must regularly or irregularly check the actual number of soldiers, money and food." Song Jing nodded and said: "This is still feasible." Li Longji just said at this time: "Forget it, just follow Zhang Qing's play, first select a few border gates as a pilot, the scope should not be too large, and the number of people should not be too large. Song Qing, when Kuohu receives the effect, this is an expedient The law shall be annulled immediately." At this time, Li Longji not only believed in Yao Chong's words, but also thought that there must be an extraordinary solution to the border dilemma, so he came up with such an expedient measure. A few months after Li Longji moved into Xingqing Palace, major incidents happened to his two favorite concubines. Concubine Zhao Li, who had fallen out of favor, finally died of a serious illness. One night, she swallowed her last breath and left. After all, Li Longji still remembers his love for Concubine Zhao Li, and ordered Yousi to carry out the funeral according to the system.Because Concubine Zhao Li is the birth mother of the prince, and her father and brother are court ministers, her funeral was held with great vigor and vigor.However, after the funeral, Concubine Zhao Li was forgotten by many people, only Prince Li Ying was left there thinking about her birth mother, mourning deeply. Wu Hui'er gave birth at full term, and she really gave birth to a handsome prince.According to the sequence of princes, this is Li Longji's fourteenth son.Li Longji was very happy to see this son, so he named him Li Yi. Laozi wrote: "Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things."Li Longji named his son "One", which shows his love for him. However, due to unexpected events, Li Yi suddenly stopped breathing on the night of the third day after his birth, and thus died. When Wu Hui'er heard the bad news, she rushed into the room and picked up her son's body, crying loudly, and then passed out on the ground.Hearing the news, Li Longji hurriedly came to have a look. Wu Hui'er just regained consciousness after people rushed to treat her.She opened her eyes and saw Li Longji sitting beside her, so she turned over and threw herself into Li Longji's arms, choked up and said, "Your Majesty, why... why, it's gone, my concubine... I don't want to live anymore." At this time, Li Longji was also tender-hearted and extremely sad.Two lines of clear tears flowed out of his eyes, and he said softly: "Hui'er, my heart...my heart is also broken." He stroked Wu Huier's face with one hand, and tried to wipe away the tears with the other hand. Wu Hui'er snatched Li Longji's hands, put her face on them, and burst into another heart-piercing cry.Everyone in the room couldn't help crying with him. Li Longji retreated from the crowd, stretched out his hand to lift Wu Hui'er up, put him in his arms, and said: "Yi'er is dead, crying is useless. Hui'er, if you break your body from crying, where will I go?" Wu Huier was in a trance and didn't want to talk, she just hugged Li Longji tightly and wept. The two hugged and hugged each other. I don't know how long it has passed. At that time, the night was fading, and the moon and stars in the night sky shone brightly, illuminating the earth in a silvery white.Li Longji got tired, so he didn't call the maid, unfolded the quilt by himself, just took off his coat, and then fell asleep with Wu Hui'er on his neck. Wu Hui'er was extremely tired at this time, lying in Li Longji's generous bosom, she felt that she had something to rely on in her heart, so she fell into a deep sleep unconsciously in a trance. Seeing Wu Hui'er finally fell asleep, Li Longji couldn't help feeling relieved, and soon fell asleep. Li Longji was still asleep, when he was suddenly woken up by someone, he heard Wu Huier's familiar voice say: "Your Majesty, it's the fifth watch, and I just heard the sound of the five drums." Li Longji knew that this was Wu Huier reminding himself that it was time to get up, and a diligent emperor could not easily miss the early court.The room was still dark, Li Longji couldn't distinguish his face, and he didn't know how Wu Huier was feeling at this time.However, she could remind herself to go to court, and her calmness has probably been restored. Li Longji was overjoyed, stroking his face and said: "I am relieved if you can do this. You should rest, and I will come to see you after the court meeting. " Wu Hui'er said softly: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much about my concubine. If you miss the court affairs because of this, it will be a serious crime for your concubine. Your Majesty can go to court with peace of mind. My concubine will die slowly and dare not spoil her body. I hope Your Majesty will be at ease." Li Longji felt that this woman was really appropriate, it was hard for a woman to get over such a tragedy, but it was really not easy for her to get rid of her grief overnight and remind herself to go to court.Li Longji thought of this, and sighed: "Hui'er, there are many unsatisfactory things in life, and you have to think about everything. One is my fourteenth son, and with him, I have five sons who died young. How can you be sad more than once? You are very young, and you will still be able to have children in the future, so take care of yourself and treat yourself kindly." After all, Wu Hui'er couldn't completely get rid of her grief, when she heard the words and remembered her again, her heart tightened for a while, tears flowed down unconsciously again.However, she was afraid of arousing Li Longji's thoughts again, so she answered softly: "I know." Then she stood up and shouted loudly, "Come here, hold the lamp." Before leaving, Li Longji leaned on the couch and said softly: "Lie down and rest, don't move too much. I will let the queen come over later, and she will arrange for someone to take good care of your daily life. You have undergone such a big change, but you can take good care of yourself." The queen speaks, so it can also relieve the mood." Wu Hui'er didn't have a good impression of the queen. When she heard that the queen was coming, she immediately stood up and resolutely refused, saying: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to work for the queen. I will rest alone, and I am most afraid of others. I thank your majesty for your kindness. I dare not let the queen come." Li Longji is so clever, he knew Wu Hui'er's determination when he saw Wu Hui'er's expression, so he smiled slightly and said: "Lie down, lie down quickly. You just say that you don't want the queen to come, why should you be in such a hurry?" Yuan Qianyao knew that the progress of Kuohu was concerned with the heart of the emperor, so he did his best.The emperor's Kuohu edict issued to each prefecture, specifying that the governors of each prefecture would be in charge of this matter, and each prefecture from the prefects down to the townships would be checked separately by government servants and township braves.The functions of the household department and Yushitai are roughly similar, that is, personnel must be sent to various places to inspect.Yuan Qianyao knew that among the fifteen provinces in the world, Gyeonggi Province, Duji Province, and Hedong Province were the most important, because Chang'an, Luoyang, and Taiyuan had the most families of high-ranking officials and eunuchs, so it was relatively difficult to enclose households. Yuan Qianyao summoned Yu Wenrong to discuss the matter on the day the emperor's edict was issued, and said that these three matters were of great importance. Inspectors are not allowed. Yu Wenrong said: "Master Yuan really has a bright eye, and the officials also think so. The officials think that Master Yuan presides over the overall situation of the world, and he must sit in Chang'an, so Lord Yuan can easily supervise the affairs of Gyeonggi Province." Yuan Qianyao thought to himself, the most difficult thing in Beijing, but this guy first put a high hat on himself, and easily stayed out of it.However, after all, he is the Minister of the Household Department, and he really needs to be in Beijing, so he should be so if he doesn't say it. Yu Wenrong said again: "If Mr. Yuan doesn't think that the position of the subordinate is low, the subordinate is willing to go to Duji Province for inspection." At that time, families of officials and eunuchs often had mansions in both the eastern capital and the western capital, so there would be many acres of land.Yu Wenrong offered to go to Luoyang, where there would be many things to deal with the official's family. Yuan Qianyao praised after hearing the words: "Well, the emperor of the Yuwen Yushi Department has ordered you to come here to do things, of course you have to take on a big responsibility. You I am most relieved to offer to inspect the Eastern Capital." Yu Wenrong said: "Although Hedong Dao is less dignitaries than Jingji and Duji Dao, it is the land of Longxing in the Tang Dynasty. There are many famous families, and it is connected to the two capitals, so it must be presided over by proper people. If Lord Yuan is not to blame, I would like to recommend someone." "Okay, please tell me." "The crown prince Zhongyong Li Linfu. This person is a member of the clan, and he understands official affairs, so he is worthy of his position." "Li Linfu? He is not suitable. This person has no experience in official affairs. I am afraid that he will not be able to suddenly take on the task of inspector." "The lower official once had a relationship with Li Linfu. Although he is young, he is calm and thoughtful, and he is always relaxed when dealing with things, which is really appropriate. Besides, the Holy Majesty is very thirsty for talents today. If Li Linfu can experience it from now on, Maybe he can also become a pillar of the imperial court." The reason why Yu Wenrong spoke like this was because he had figured out what Yuan Qianyao was thinking.Yuan Qianyao seems to have nothing to do with Li Linfu, but there is actually a close relationship inside.Li Linfu's uncle was Jiang Jiao, Duke of Chu, and Jiang Jiao's younger sister married Sun Guangcheng, Yuan Qianyao's nephew.Because of this relationship, Li Linfu became acquainted with the sons of Sun Guangcheng and Yuan Qianyao.Yuwen Rongsu had contacts with Li Linfu, and the two hit it off, from which they learned about the relationship between Li Linfu and Yuan Qianyao. Li Linfu was good at drilling camps, and Yuan Qianyao became the secretary of the household department, so his trips to Yuanfu suddenly increased.After a while, Li Linfu felt that the heat was about the same, so he asked Yuan Qianyao's son to tell his father: "Li Linfu wants to be a doctor of Simen, please help him." Simen Langzhong is a fourth-rank official of the Ministry of Punishment, and Li Linfu's prince Zhongyun is a fifth-rank official.It can be said that Li Linfu has a lot of appetite for this invitation. If it really succeeds, he will be promoted to the second level and escape the cold errand of the East Palace. Yuan Qianyao was not a person who perverted the law. He heard the words and reprimanded: "A gentleman must have good conduct to be appointed. Does Li Linfu have the talent of a gentleman? Hmph, he has the help of his ancestors Yu Yin and Jiang Jiao. Rank five is really hard to come by, and now Shuwanglong is going to be won again." The son said: "Father, Li Linfu came to ask for help, it's fine if you don't help, why bother to hurt him?" As the saying goes, people who stretch out their hands don't hit smiling faces. When Li Linfu entered the Yuan Mansion, everyone saw smiling faces, spoke decently, and gave gifts during festivals.When his son said this, Yuan Qianyao also felt that he had gone too far, and sighed: "Oh, tell Brother Nu that relying on the shade of your ancestors is nothing more than gaining a family background. If you want to be useful, you must work hard and let the monarchs and ministers see their achievements. That's good." Li Linfu's name is brother slave, and people close to him usually call him by the word, Yuan Qianyao now calls him the word, it is obvious that he has softened his heart. Now that Yu Wenrong offered to let Li Linfu take up the post in Hedong Road, Yuan Qianyao's eyes suddenly brightened, and he felt that Li Linfu had just had the opportunity to practice, so he said: "Okay, the Holy Majesty attaches great importance to the act of closing households. As the selector, if Li Linfu is willing to go, he can give it a try." "Xiaguan had talked about this with Li Linfu before, and he fully agreed at that time." "That's good." After that, Yu Wenrong went to Luoyang, and Li Linfu went to Taiyuan. The two learned that Yuan Qianyao took the lead in attacking dignitaries in Beijing, and the uncle Wang Shouyi took the lead in withdrawing from the fields and handing over the fleeing households. Not daring to slack off, they followed Wang Shouyi's example and retired from the land to others.The two were inspired by this, and they urged the state capitals day and night to first investigate the situation of rich households and hidden people in the fields, and showed no mercy to anyone. It seems that the act of closing households has changed, and closing households has become secondary , Verification of rich households has become the main purpose. Recently, in order to inspect the situation of households in various places, the doctor of the censor led most of the people in the censor platform to disperse to various places for inspection, and Cui Yinfu, the prime minister of the censor, presided over the internal affairs of the platform. Cui Yinfu was sitting in the yamen in the afternoon to deal with government affairs. He suddenly heard the sound of drums outside the gate. to check. Yushitai is the supervisory office of the imperial court. For example, a giant drum is set up outside the gate for people to complain about grievances.However, for many years, if people have grievances, they can go to the door to express their grievances without beating the drums. Today, the drums suddenly sounded, which is indeed a bit strange. The yamen servant came back soon and reported: "Lord Cui, there are more than 20 old men gathered outside the gate, all with silver hair and white beards, and they are full of travel and dust. It is said that they came from Taiyuan and Luoyang to complain." "Okay, since there are grievances, let them go to the Yamen to complain." "They don't want to enter the yamen, and want to ask the adults to go out and tell." "Where did this group of people come from? Why are they so entrusted?" "Master Cui, these people speak contemptuously, and they seem to have a lot of background." Cui Yinfu thought to himself, Luoyang and Taiyuan are the gathering places for nobles and nobles, they dare to entrust them so much, they must have something to rely on, so he got up and said: "Forget it, I will go out to meet them." The yamen servant led Cui Yinfu out of the gate, and saw the twenty or so old men sitting on the ground, the yamen servant shouted to them: "This is Mr. Cui, Yushi Zhongcheng, you can get up and talk." An old man in the seat said, "Censor Zhongcheng? Where's Dr. Censor? Why doesn't he come out to see us?" Cui Yinfu said with a smile: "The censor is out of the capital for inspections. I will preside over the affairs of this yamen for the time being. If you have any grievances, you can tell them yourself. I will make the decisions for you." The old men looked at each other, and suddenly wept in unison, full of old tears. Cui Yinfu looked at the situation and knew that this group of old men must have some background, so he turned to the yamen servant and said, "Hurry up and call some more people over, and first put these old men into the hall to serve tea. They are sitting on the ground like this, it is really a hindrance to the sight. " Seeing that Cui Yinfu's words were appropriate and his handling was decent, this group of old men entered the hall with the support of the yamen servants. Cui Yinfu saw that the old men were relatively calm, so he said with a smile: "The Yushitai is in charge of supervision. If there are mistakes in the government offices, prefectures and counties, and the people are hurt by it, I will definitely report this grievance or go to the Holy Majesty. , or if you know what you have heard, you should appeal for grievances." When the old men heard the words, they all took out books of different sizes from their pockets.An old man with a Taiyuan accent said: "It's so good. The ancestors of our group all contributed to this dynasty, and the emperors of all dynasties have issued books as evidence. For example, my family's ancestors followed Emperor Gaozu in Taiyuan in the early years. Emperor Taizong When we arrived in Taiyuan, we still invited the ancestors of my family to the banquet, not ordinary people." Cui Yinfu ordered the yamen servants to collect the books of these people, and immediately said in awe: "It turns out that after all of you are meritorious officials and famous eunuchs, this official is actually a young man. Please pay tribute to all seniors. For example, what this senior said just now , I have seen this experience in "Records of Emperor Taizong", when Emperor Taizong passed through Taiyuan when he returned to Beijing from Liaodong, he once gave a banquet to the family of famous eunuchs in Taiyuan." An old man who spoke Mandarin said: "That's right, my ancestors followed Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong to conquer Liaodong several times, and made great contributions to the establishment of Goryeo. Master Cui, we have the shade of our ancestors to guard some Susukada for the day. Should it be?" Cui Yinfu understood that they were about to get to the point, so he replied respectfully: "Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, countless civil servants and military officials have worked for the country, and even lost their lives. They should be compensated. The reason why the country has the Yinguan system is because of this. You have such ancestors, and you should be respected by the people of the country." An old man heard the words and said angrily: "Respect? It's a blessing that you didn't kill us all. How dare we talk about the word 'respect'?" As soon as this topic was opened, the other elders immediately began to complain, and everyone was filled with righteous indignation. "We are old and useless. But the imperial court shouldn't forget us. The imperial court wants to implement the policy of enlightenment. This 'respect the old and love the young' is really an ancient motto." "Look at those yamen servants who came to work, they were like wolves and tigers, scolding us as if they were scolding children. I was a little slow that day, and I was hit by a stick! Look, here is still black and black. " "That's right, those acres of land were not planted by anyone. We collected them and found someone to help cultivate them. What's wrong with harvesting so much food? Could it be that we have committed a heinous crime?" "Lord Cui, you want to defend us. These yamen servants are tyrannizing the village, it's really an insult to gentleness!" Cui Yinfu listened carefully, and quickly understood that these people were dissatisfied with the act of closing the households. He said: "The imperial court is implementing the act of closing the households. These yamen servants should have preached the edicts of the emperor and followed them in order. They are so rude, and they should be urged to correct themselves. This official will notify Yousi and ask them to revise the schedule of the government servants, and if they behaved rudely before, let them come to the door to make amends." An old man said coldly: "Master Cui, these yamen servants came here to make trouble, and they kept saying that they were acting on the orders of the Prime Minister of Song Dynasty. We are all old and ignorant. Is the current Prime Minister's surname Song really? If I want to come here, the prime minister will definitely not order you." The servants acted so recklessly, maybe these yamen servants used the name of the prime minister indiscriminately to scare the common people, that is also possible." Another old man interjected: "You are in Taiyuan and I am in Luoyang. Why do those yamen servants all say to follow the orders of Prime Minister Song? Master Cui, do you think there is a Prime Minister Song in the court? And Prime Minister Song really said this Order the whole country?" Cui Yinfu felt that this group of old people knew what to ask, Song Jing had been a minister for more than a year, and he was a famous person, most of the younger generations of these old people were officials, they must know who Song Jing was!Cui Yinfu also didn't want to be serious with these old people, and said softly: "The current Zhongshu Ling is Mr. Song Jing and Song. After the Holy Majesty issued the Kuohu edict, the Ministry of Zhongshu also issued a Kuohu letter based on it. This letter is exactly It was discovered by Mr. Song, and the original text is found in the hall, and there is no word in it that the government servants should enforce the law violently." An old man said "hey hey" twice, and said: "Lord Cui, we were officials in the past, and we know that official documents must be high-sounding. How can we write such words in them? Of course, those shameful words must be passed on by word of mouth." Cui Yinfu knew that these old people were not for good. As the saying goes, too many words will lead to failure, so it is better to say less, so he said with a smile: "I know about your grievances. I will go and write your words into a book, and then I will play it." How is your Majesty?" An old man said: "That's the best, we'll just sit here and wait. Master Cui, when you go to the sage, you must state that we will never object to the imperial court closing households. Remember this." Cui Yinfu said: "I understand. You can sit here and wait for me to write a book, and after you have read it, it will be sent to the emperor. Well, all of you have come here, and I will inform Honglu Temple. Please come to the Quartet Rest in the hall." This group of people saw that the matter was completed, and they knew what the Sifang Pavilion was, so they immediately relaxed their faces and smiled.