Chapter 31: The Prince Is Crazy
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Li Chengqian is a good brother who listens to his eldest brother, as soon as he returned to the East Palace, he immediately memorized the things that his eldest brother wanted him to memorize, and then immediately found the master who would be the prisoner, and then went to the prison together, and stayed from the evening to the night before returning from the prison in a hurry, during which he did not even enter the rice.
And all this was told to Li Chengqian's East Palace master Kong Yingda by the eyes of some bad people in the East Palace, the purpose was to see Kong Yingda scold Li Chengqian, so that Li Chengqian would become the target of public criticism and lose Li Shimin's favor.
In fact, Kong Yingda also thought so, for Li Chengqian to go to such a lowly place as a prisoner, and stayed until midnight, Kong Yingda was also very angry, he thought that it must be Li Chengqian's plaything that lost his mind.
So he made a move that made those bad guys even happier, that is, when he was ready to go to court the next morning, he directly joined Li Chengqian's book and asked Li Chengqian to apologize in public in front of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.
He wants to kill Li Chengqian's prestige and shatter Li Chengqian's self-esteem, the purpose is to make Li Chengqian listen to himself in the future, because he has learned the way of a saint, as long as he listens to himself, then Li Chengqian will definitely become a good emperor.
There was nothing to say all night, and soon it was time for the morning pilgrimage the next day.
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The early dynasty of the Tang Dynasty... Due to the unification war and the creation of the state system, in the early Tang Dynasty, it was a daily pilgrimage. Later, with the stability of the current situation, in 639, Fang Xuanling asked for three days. By 649, the eldest grandson Wuji and others asked for "sitting on the sun". It was only in 651 that it was changed to "Five Days and One Dynasty".
It is now the ninth year of Zhenguan, that is, 635, so Li Shimin has to go to court every day.
The current early dynasty is also called the Chang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty Chang Dynasty also has a strict etiquette system.
Since the Tang government did not allocate residences for Beijing officials. The official's residence was built or leased by himself, so the official's residence was not too far away from the Taiji Palace or Daming Palace.
The exact time of the early Tang Dynasty has not been recorded, but the hundred officials need to rush to the Taiji Hall or the Xuanzheng Hall in advance.
The palace gate does not open until the end of the night (after 5 a.m.). In order to facilitate the rest of the officials who waited ("to be leaked"), the emperor specially built the "Waiting for Leakage Courtyard".
According to the Tang system, being late or not arriving in the early dynasty was punished.
Therefore, the officials of the early dynasty had to get up on the fourth watch. There are poems of "Early Dynasty" by officials who participated in the early dynasties, and the early dynasties were all draped with stars and moons. After the night leakage, the palace gate was opened, and the ministers entered the palace gate under the leadership of the imperial officials, and passed through the "door registration" of the prison captain who guarded the palace gate, and then passed through the dragon tail ramp of the "Seven Turns of the Confession", and stood in accordance with the prescribed class order.
Many will definitely ask, the early dynasty of the Tang Dynasty was standing or sitting.
This permanent staff official needs to get up at least five watches (3-5 o'clock) and stand for at least two and a half hours from 4 o'clock in the morning to the end of the morning ceremony (6:30 o'clock). In the next "Hundred Officials" link, the court arranged seats.
The hundred officials of the Tang Dynasty presented things to the emperor, and they did not need to kneel or stand, but could "sit and talk about the Tao".
However, there were no chairs in the Tang Dynasty, so this sitting is kneeling, and Japan is learning to kneel and sit to the fullest.
Early this morning, Li Shimin first discussed some people's livelihood, and then discussed the attack on Tuyuhun, but because of the disagreement, the military generals had a big quarrel, the military generals scolded the military generals for being afraid of death, and the military generals scolded the military generals for being brainless.
Both sides are old acquaintances, so they scolded each other with the most ugly words, but fortunately there was no fight, but the order above the court was still chaotic, which really made Li Shimin angry, and what made Li Shimin angry the most was that just when the matter of his Tuguhun horse had not been resolved, a new problem came out, that is, the lack of salt.
Some officials have played that now the production of salt has decreased, and the supply of salt to the army cannot be guaranteed.
Hey... This is really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, you must know that you can't do it without salt, salt is the source of human strength, and there is no war without salt.
Li Shimin repeatedly asked the other party if he could increase salt production, but unfortunately the other party just didn't agree, Li Shimin was really angry, although he wanted to kill people, but you must know that even if Li Shimin is the emperor, sometimes, there are times when there is nothing to be done, because the control of salt production is a family called Qinghe Cui.
In this family, Li Shimin also has to give up three points.
In this way, Li Shimin was ready to retreat from the dynasty with a belly full of fire, but at this time, Kong Yingda, an old man, was ready to deal a fatal blow to our crown prince Li Chengqian.
"Your Majesty... The minister has his own music. ”
"Oh...! Kong Aiqing, what else do you have to do, please play it quickly. Li Shimin, who wanted to go down to the court, stopped unhappily.
I saw Kong Yingda suddenly get up from his seat, stood up, bowed respectfully to Li Shimin and said: "I want to participate in His Royal Highness the Prince's plaything, there is a statue of Qin II, yesterday our master of the East Palace waited in the East Palace for a day without seeing the prince, and in the evening the prince hurriedly returned and followed him to the prison, and it was midnight when he stayed."
If the prince can put the spirit of staying in prison above studying, why should the old man and the others worry, but the prince completely goes his own way, does not respect the teacher, and even disobeys and deceives the teacher. ”
"You...!" Kong Yingda's words made Li Shimin almost crazy, and he pointed at Li Chengqian with his finger and said, "You rebel, do you still want to be the prince?" ”
This scolding is really angry, and being able to ask if he wants to be the prince shows that Li Shimin is really angry.
Above the court, a few people showed a slight smile, but at this time, the eldest grandson Wuji immediately got up from his seat and said, "Your Majesty... The crown prince is the prince of a country, there must be some misunderstanding in it? ”
"Misunderstanding...!" Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian and asked, "Did you not go to class yesterday?" ”
Li Chengqian also immediately got up and said, "Yes...!" ”
"Then are you staying in prison until midnight...!"
Li Chengqian replied very calmly, "Yes...!" ”
"Auxiliary, is there still a misunderstanding?" Li Shimin shouted.
The eldest grandson Wuji frowned, and at this moment, Li Tai struggled to get up from his position, showing a regretful and painful expression and said, "Brother Prince... Why are you, yesterday my father just corrected you a little because Ma Zheng's strategy was not good.
You can't be angry and don't go to class, let alone lose your mind with playthings, the father's finger is for our good, we have to cherish it. ”
Li Tai's words seem to be regretful, but in fact, they are heart-wrenching.
"Ahh So you're fighting against me... I scolded you, so you're not convinced, and you want to use this to disgust me... Good... Good... It's really my good crown prince.
Now you dare to disgust me like this, then if you become the emperor in the future, do I have to kneel down to you, otherwise, you will make me look good? ”
"Your Majesty is angry...!"
Li Shimin's anger made all the civil and military officials get up and bow to Li Shimin.
The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Chengqian again and again, wanting to make Li Chengqian kneel down and admit his mistake, but what made the eldest grandson Wuji a little dumbfounded was that if it had been before, such a scene could have scared Li Chengqian and fainted.
But today, Li Shimin, who had reached the brink of rage, did not make Li Chengqian feel a little nervous, but showed a faint smile.
Looking at Li Chengqian, who showed a faint smile, a sentence came out in the hearts of the civil and military officials present: The prince is crazy!
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