Tang Qi looked at Tang Zhao and asked in a deep voice, "Do you know Zhang Bin?" ”

"Zhang Bin?" Tang Zhao was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking about it, he said, "It's a little familiar......

Tang Qi said sharply: "Do you know it!" ”

Tang Zhao shuddered for a moment and said, "There seems to be such a person under his subordinates before, but he hasn't been in contact for at least two years......

Tang Qi stared at him and asked, "In other words, he was indeed under your hand before?" ”

"Like!"

"Don't look like!"

……

Tang Zhao was frightened again, and hurriedly said: "Sure, sure, sure, and sure, Zhang Bin was indeed under my hand before......"

Tang Qi's body trembled, held on to the door, and closed his eyes in some despair.

Even the Tang family can find out, Zhang Bin used to be Tang Zhao's subordinate, how could the imperial court not find out, and how could His Majesty not find out?

His Majesty was in the gentle wind and drizzle with King Duan, because King Duan was his son, and this gentle drizzle, when it arrived at the Tang family, it was very likely to be a violent storm.

Tang Zhao looked at the two people with extremely ugly faces, and asked tentatively, "Dad, uncle, what happened?" ”

"The holy decree has arrived, and Tang Huai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has received the decree."

Tang Zhao's voice fell, and the eunuch's shrill and thin voice sounded outside the door.

Tang Huai and Tang Qi glanced at each other and walked out slowly, Tang Huai looked at the eunuch in front of him, calmly tidied up his clothes, and knelt down and said, "The minister accepts the order." ”

Wei Jian stepped forward, unfolded the holy decree in his hand, and read: "Edict: I have learned from the Hundred Sages, and I have explored the subtleties among the six books. It will rise in Sven and remember the old age. Although the ritual punishment is not much, it is still simple to seek ......, Tang Huai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, in addition to the book of the Ministry of Rites, is specially given to the prince and young master, Qinzai. ”

This decree is very long, but most of its content is a ceremonial document.

What is really useful is only the last few sentences, Tang Huai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, in addition to the book of the Ministry of Rites, and the prince and young master are specially gifted.

The young master of the prince, as the name suggests, only the teacher of the prince can get such an honor, the young master of the prince is the second grade, and the official position in Beijing that holds real power is only from the second grade.

is higher than the rank of the prince and the young master, such as the prince and the prince, etc., are all false positions, of course, including the prince and the young master.

This position is generally those highly qualified officials, or posthumously given by the imperial court after his death, Tang Huai's qualifications have not reached this level.

If there is no previous sentence "except for the Shang book", this is a great honor for the Tang family, and the meaning of adding this sentence is very different.

Although he was given a false position of positive and second grade, he was kicked out of the Ministry of Rites, one is a real position, and the other is a false title, which is more important, needless to say.

This is His Majesty's punishment for the Tang family, and since then, the Tang family itself has only a negligible influence on the court, which is less than one-tenth of the heyday three years ago.

Wei Jian glanced at Tang Huai, who was kneeling on the ground, sighed lightly, and said, "Lord Tang, take the order." ”

Tang Huai raised his hands and said in a deep voice: "Minister, thank Your Majesty Longen!" ”

Wei Jian nodded and said, "The holy decree has been delivered, and we are going back to the palace to resume our lives." ”

Tang Huai stood up and said with a smile: "Send Grandpa Wei." ”

"Don't bother." Wei Jian waved his hand and turned to leave.

Tang Huai held the holy decree tightly, Tang Zhao got up from the ground, and said happily: "Uncle has been named the prince and young master, what is the title of prince and cousin Duanwang?" ”

"Shut up!" Tang Qi glared at him sternly and asked, "When was the last time Zhang Bin contacted you?" ”

Tang Zhao touched his head a little inexplicably and said, "That was two years ago, what's wrong?" ”

Tang Huai put away the holy decree and sighed: "What a plan." ”

Tang Qi clenched his fists unwillingly, after today, the Tang family had passively withdrawn from the court, and could only rely on King Duan alone.

He looked at Tang Huai and asked, "Is it King Kang, King Huai, or Tang Ning?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Tang Huai shook his head and said, "Some people don't want His Highness to enter the East Palace smoothly, but they forget that the Tang family is not their opponent, Your Majesty is." ”

Tang Qi said: "But Your Majesty still regards the Tang family as an opponent." ”

In the past few years, His Majesty's suppression of the Tang family has been obvious to everyone in Beijing, this time, as long as the Tang family continues to study carefully, the Tang family will be able to clear the suspicion, but he directly issued a holy decree to completely knock the Tang family into the clouds.

Tang Huai waved his hand and said, "The process is not important, the result is important......

Although Tang Qi was unwilling, he was helpless about it.

If this is deliberately done by His Majesty, it is futile for the Tang family to do too much, and only by waiting for King Duan to ascend the throne will the Tang family have a chance to rise again.

No matter what kind of conspiracy and tricks those young people behind the scenes, it is an unchangeable fact that the king is on the throne, and if anyone wants to change, they must face the Son of Heaven.

Thinking of this, Tang Qi suddenly had some expectations that those people would make another move.

Tang Zhao looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "Dad, what's wrong with King Kang, what's wrong with King Huai, what's wrong with Tang Ning?" ”

"Shut up." Tang Qi glanced at him and said, "Go to the ancestral hall and kneel by yourself......"

"......" Tang Zhao looked at him and was speechless for a moment.

He was a little puzzled and said, "Dad, can I ask, what am I doing wrong this time?" ”

Tang Qi glared at him and said, "If I ask you to kneel, you will kneel, don't go quickly!" ”

"I'm not going!" Tang Zhao stared at him and said angrily: "I didn't do anything, you just let me kneel, what a broken family master, who loves to be the one in the future, Lao Tzu is not appropriate, Lao Tzu is going to Jiangnan ......"

Tang Qi said angrily: "Who are you? ”

"I'm my own Lao Tzu, can't I?" Tang Zhao walked towards the outside of the mansion, and said angrily: "If you let me go, I will leave, if you let me come back, I will come back, everything happens is to blame on me, Lao Tzu will not serve......"

……

Palace.

Emperor Chen did not review the chapters in the imperial study, nor did he rest in the palace of the concubine, but walked alone in the imperial garden.

Wei Jian walked over from the rear and slowly followed him, and Emperor Chen asked lightly, "The holy decree has been delivered?" ”

Wei Jian nodded and said, "It's delivered." ”

Emperor Chen asked, "What did he say?" ”

Wei Jian smiled: "Lord Tang said, thank Your Majesty for your grace." ”

"It's good to be an emperor." Emperor Chen smiled and said, "Thank you for rewarding them, and thank you for punishing them, no wonder there are so many people vying to be emperors." ”

He shook his head and said, "I have seen the good of being an emperor, but I can't see how much blood is shed and how many people die each time in order to fight for this position?" ”

He smiled a little disdainfully and said, "The things they play have long been played by those imperial brothers of mine, so can't they come up with some new tricks?" ”

Wei Jian followed behind him, smiling but not speaking.

He walked in the imperial garden and said indifferently: "Let the spies keep an eye on it, whether someone is plotting to kill King Kang or someone is calculating King Duan, as long as they do it again, they will definitely show flaws......"

Wei Jian bowed and whispered, "Obey." ”

……

Tang Huai's position as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites was revoked, and a prince and young master were sealed.

Although the official position of the crown prince and young master is respected, it is generally given to the dead, and I don't know if Emperor Chen has any deep meaning in it.

At this point, Downing does not know.

From the third grade to the second grade, people who don't understand the inside story may think that this is Emperor Chen's reward for the Tang family, but people with a little common sense know that Tang Huai has been set aside.

The Ministry of Rites is the nominal head of the six ministries, the status of the Ministry of Rites is already respected, and he still holds real power, except for the position of the Ministry of Rites, he was given a useless prince and young master, if the Tang family did not make any major mistakes, Emperor Chen would not have been able to treat him like this.

People with quick minds have already linked this matter with the assassination of King Kang, and strung it together into a story, deducing many versions, which have spread in Beijing......

Whether these rumors and stories are true or not, there is one fact that everyone acquiesces in.

The once glorious and illustrious Tang family has declined.

Regardless of whether the Tang family will make a comeback after King Duan ascends the throne, at least for now, the decline of the Tang family is a fact......