Chapter 2: The King Gives His Ministers

After the carriage stopped, Li Ye did not get out of the car, he was looking at the palace in front of him. If he guessed correctly, the palace in front of him is the Daming Palace, the imperial palace of the Tang Empire, and it can also be said to be the most magnificent palace in ancient times, even the Forbidden City of the Ming and Qing dynasties is not comparable to the scale and magnificence of the Daming Palace.

However, Li Ye knew that this magnificent palace complex would soon be destroyed by Huang Chao, maybe it would be destroyed by Li Maozhen once in a few years, and then by Zhu Wen again. The last time the most far-reaching, since then, the Daming Palace has never been repaired, with the fall of the Tang Dynasty a few years later, the magnificent Daming Palace in history disappeared in the long river of history.

"What's going on? Why are you such a minion so ignorant, and you still have a few. ”

Just as Li Ye was quietly watching all this in front of him, there was another scolding sound outside, but this voice was not familiar to him, so he opened the door curtain curiously. I saw a father-in-law in brocade scolding the father-in-law who fled with him, and his father-in-law, who had flaunted his might in front of the palace maid before, now did not dare to refute in front of this brocade father-in-law, and even Li Ye found that the other party was more afraid of that brocade-clothed father-in-law than he was afraid of himself.

So, Li Ye was very curious about this father-in-law, could it be one of the powerful eunuchs at the end of the Tang Dynasty? Tian Lingzi? Yang Fugong? Or someone else?

Although Li Ye was not very satisfied with his father-in-law, it was his own person after all, and the two palace maids were also kneeling on the ground, and they were trembling.

"Who is this?" Li Ye asked the coachman next to him.

"Your Highness, this is Your Majesty's 'Father' today, Father-in-law Tian."

In fact, when the coachman replied, 'Your Majesty's father today', Li Ye knew the identity of this eunuch. Tian Lingzi, the most powerful eunuch in the Tang Dynasty at this time, and a close confidant of Tang Xizong, held the power of the forbidden army, controlled the government and government, and even the prime minister could force him to death. It's no wonder that a few of his subordinates are so afraid of each other, in terms of status, although the other party is a eunuch, his power is much stronger than his own nominal Shouwang.

"Father-in-law Tian, please give Xiao Wang a face, these two palace maids are what I asked to bring." Since it was related to himself, Li Ye opened his mouth to intercede for several subordinates.

"His Royal Highness King Shou, why don't you know any sense of proportion, when is this? These minions failed to serve His Royal Highness King Haoshou, so our family will teach this disobedient slave a good lesson on behalf of His Royal Highness King Shou. ”

Li Ye felt that he had lowered his attitude, but he didn't expect that the other party still didn't appreciate it, and he didn't take himself as a prince in his eyes at all. This made Li Ye feel very uncomfortable in terms of face, but he was just a prince in name only, and he had nothing to do with Tian Lingzi.

Just when the scene was embarrassing, a dissatisfied voice came from a distance, "Father, why don't you leave?" The traitor is coming. ”

"Your Majesty, you have to wait for His Royal Highness King Ze, he is on his way." Hearing the dissatisfaction of the person who spoke, Tian Lingzi immediately changed his face, no longer cared about the kneeling people, and hurriedly trotted over.

"This Ze King, if it weren't for seeing him play polo well, I wouldn't want to take him."

Through the curtain opened by the other party, Li Ye saw the other party's appearance, more than five feet tall, delicate appearance, wearing a dragon robe, so he did have an imperial demeanor. However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he directly subtracted points, and a king also mentioned polo at this time, which shows how ridiculous this emperor is.

There is no doubt that this person is Tang Xizong Li Yi, Li Ye's brother. At this time, Li Yi is not big, just 20 years old, but he has been on the throne for 8 years, and he is younger than Li Ye when he succeeds to the throne.

When Li Ye looked at the other party, the other party also saw him, and the other party smiled, "It turned out to be King Shou, why are you standing outside?" Did these dog minions offend you? Cut it directly, anyway, such a minion grabbed a handful. ”

Hearing the emperor's words, the few people kneeling on the ground couldn't help but tremble, especially the father-in-law, there was a stream of water flowing out from under him, and then a commotion rose.

After Li Ye saluted slightly, "Brother Huang, it is a few minions who don't understand the rules and offended Father-in-law Tian, and the younger brother is begging Father-in-law Tian for forgiveness." This journey is tiring, and the younger brother also needs a few people to serve, and if he changes a few minions temporarily, the younger brother will not be used to it. ”

Xi Zong glanced at Li Ye, and after glancing at Tian Lingzi, he said lightly, "Father, forget about this little thing." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Tian Lingzi nodded unwillingly.

Li Ye also knew that he might have offended Tian Lingzi, the eunuch, but at this time, he couldn't take care of it, and immediately instructed a few people underground, "You haven't thanked Your Majesty and Tian Gong for their public kindness?" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Father-in-law Xie Tian! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Father-in-law Xie Tian! ”

Seeing that Li Ye's attitude was so low, Tian Lingzi did not continue to investigate, but also glanced at Li Ye, and was busy with his business.

Just when Li Ye asked a few of his subordinates to prepare, the group also rushed to the gate of the palace, it was King Ze and his party. Seeing that the people arrived, Tian Lingzi ordered to set off, so as the emperor of the Tang Empire, under the cover of 500 Shence soldiers, he fled from Chang'an City from Jinguangmen in the early morning with several clan princes and concubines such as Xizong and King Shou.

Looking at Chang'an City in the distance, Li Ye seemed to hear the shouting and killing, I am afraid that the subjects who are still in Chang'an City at this time do not know that their Majesty has abandoned them and fled and become cowards. For this, Li Ye, who was only 14 years old at this time, couldn't change anything, he was just a prince with no power, and as a direct subordinate to the imperial court, the Shence Army was also in the hands of eunuchs, what could he do? At this time, he couldn't do anything at all, so he could only follow his cheap royal brother and become a coward.

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Early in the morning, Wang Hui and Pei Che came to the Daming Palace early. Behind them, many people were chatting with each other, looking a little nervous. This is naturally normal, because Huang Chao's army has already conquered Tongguan, and they are also worried about whether the Anshi Rebellion will be staged and whether Chang'an City can be defended. Yesterday, it was reported that Tongguan was lost, and Tongguan was less than 300 miles away from Chang'an City (in the Tang Dynasty, the left and right feet of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, each took one step as the size standard, called 'step', and stipulated that 300 steps were one mile, and one mile was equal to 454.2 meters), and the speed of the chaotic army was only a few days.

The main purpose of going to court today is to see what the emperor is planning, if he fights, he will stay, and if he does not fight, he will run.

"Wang Xiang, what's going on today? Why hasn't His Majesty ordered to enter the palace until now? Pei Che, who was wearing an official hat and a three-tone (cui four sounds) crown dress, asked Wang Hui with some confusion.

Unlike Pei Che who wore a three-grade crown dress, Wang Hui wore a four-grade silk (chi, one) crown dress, but in front of Wang Hui, Pei Che's attitude was very respectful. In the Tang Dynasty, especially in the middle and late periods, it was not that the higher the rank, the higher the position. Wang Hui is the fourth grade Shangshu Zuocheng, and Pei Che is the third rank of the squire, but Wang Hui also has an identity, that is, 'Tongping Zhangshi', that is, the actual prime minister, naturally Pei Che has to respect Wang Hui, although Wang Hui's 'Tongping Zhangshi' was only appointed yesterday.

"I don't know, as a courtier, I'll wait slowly." Wang Hui's brows furrowed slightly, but thinking that he was now the prime minister, he suppressed the anxiety in his heart and kept his demeanor.

"Prime Minister Wang, the situation is critical now, the rebels may reach Chang'an City at any time, and His Majesty must make a decision. If Your Majesty doesn't come to court for a long time, I can't wait any longer. Pei Che said anxiously.

Wang Hui looked at the closed palace door, and couldn't help but shake his head, thinking of what His Majesty has done today, although he has admonished him several times as a courtier, he has not achieved much effect.

Just when he was about to agree, an urgent report came from outside the palace gate!

"The Huangchao rebels have broken through Huazhou, and the Boye army has entered the city in chaos!"

"What? The rebels have broken through Huazhou? Huazhou is less than 200 miles away, and it only takes two or three days to speed up. Prime Minister Wang, we can't wait, we must meet Your Majesty in person and persuade Your Majesty to dispatch troops and generals to quell the rebellion. ”

"Where are the troops now? The Shence army has been defeated, and the Boye army has entered the city, if we are still here, we can only become prisoners, so let's run as soon as possible! ”

"Nonsense, eating the king's luck, bearing the king's worries, how can we do this with our money?" Wang Hui scolded.

"Tell me quickly, where is Your Majesty now?"

Pei Che came to a eunuch on duty, took the other party's hand, and asked.

"That's right, take us to see Your Majesty, this matter can't be delayed any longer!"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, he... Faced with the step-by-step questioning of these ministers in front of him, this eunuch couldn't help but confide the truth in the end, "Your Majesty left Chang'an City this morning with Hu Weixia of Gonggong Tian and Shence Army. ”

"What? You minion, dare to spread rumors? What is the crime? ”

Wang Hui glared angrily, grabbed the other party's collar with his hand, and asked loudly.

"Prime Minister, what I said is true, Your Majesty left the palace in an hour and a half, and Gonggong Tian and Gonggong Yang are gone!"

"What? Your Majesty, where do you put the Tang Dynasty? ”

"Datang is over!"

"Dusk Jun, and these damned eunuchs, sooner or later the Tang Dynasty will be buried in the hands of you stupid people!"