Chapter Ninety-One: The Imperial Palace's Family Banquet

The nagging at the dinner table made Li Kuan find a trace of the warmth of the peace period in his previous life. The image of the eldest grandson is more and more consistent with the appearance of the mother in the memory, and now that I think about the mother, I don't remember her appearance at all, it seems that it should be the appearance of the eldest grandson. Perhaps, if he was reincarnated in Datang, he has something to do with this mother?

The head of a meal is very big, but I heard the guard report that someone came to the emperor to ask for peace.

Those who can come to the emperor on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year are definitely not ordinary people. Since beating Li Kuan to protect himself before Zhenguan, Li Yuan can only be regarded as living a bit of an imperial style now: he doesn't care about, he is bent on pleasure anyway, and he looks like a faint monarch. And he is also enjoying it more and more, and he will continue to develop and carry forward the fun.

Another person who let himself go is General Pei Longqian. This figure who has not left any traces in the official history is a real big man in the early days of the Tang Dynasty. There is no need to look at anything else, just one fact: since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have only been three people who have been awarded the title of Duke of the State with military merits and the title of Zhuguo: Pei Longqian, Li Jing, and Qin Qiong.

Before the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin had Qin Qiong's support and went to lobby Li Jing, although he did not get support, but he changed his promise to be a bystander. Under such circumstances, he had the courage to launch the Xuanwumen Mutiny, and when General Pei, who was far away in Jizhou, knew the news, the overall situation had been decided.

In the original history, Pei Longqian's ending was just to hide at home to avoid trouble after leaving office, and then died depressed. And His Majesty Li Er, who is good at manipulating public opinion, directly attacked the history books and completely wiped out the reputation of General Pei Da. The dignified Shangzhu Kingdom, the governor of Kyushu, and the existence of Li Jing and Qin Qiong, did not even leave a biography in the official history, no, not even a line of serious words. If you want to say that this person got to a high position completely by luck, and he hasn't done anything in his life, the ghost doesn't believe it, right?

And this time, with Li Kuan's intervention, after Pei Longqian swept away the miscellaneous Hu strongly, he handed over the military power in a high-profile manner, and then returned to Chang'an to retire. put on the face of a retired veteran cadre, which made Li Shimin happy and helpless.

After resigning, Pei Longqian perfectly interpreted the demeanor of being rigid without desire. Anyway, he is not afraid of others spreading rumors, and he either wanders the streets and alleys every day to find food, or occasionally comes to Da'an Palace to visit the door. Occasionally, if he spends too much money, he will find Li Yuan to cry poor, and then Li Yuan will harass Li Shimin, and His Majesty Li Er, who wants to be the Khan of the Heavens, has to pinch his nose again and again. Boxes of gold and silver coins were sent to Pei's house, and he had to show his banner, lest people in the world say that he abused the old minister.

In stark contrast to Pei Longqian, there is another big man surnamed Pei, Pei Lian. This is a figure who was a prime minister during Li Yuan's period, a real court boss. But as the emperor's descendant, after Zhenguan changed the yuan, Li Er found an excuse to demote the place, not only did not think deeply about the reason, but instead focused on doing things in the local area, either leading the people under his rule to get rid of poverty and become rich, or leading the family to sweep away the bandits.

Pei Lian's reputation among the people is getting bigger and bigger, and there is a tendency to influence the court. This made Li Er and the gang of dogs under his tent very dissatisfied: You just can't carry it at all, Your Majesty sent you to the countryside to care for the elderly, and you just obediently hide in the countryside and die in the countryside, but you always want to make big news, what do you want to do? Do you want to hold public opinion hostage, return to the court, and welcome the restoration of the emperor?

Since he can't figure it out, as the leader of the Tang Dynasty, it is very necessary for Big Guy Pei to experience the care from the new generation of leadership and have a deep understanding of what it means to be "a son of heaven and a courtier".

As a result, Pei Da was first reprimanded by the lower saint for "personal friendship with the remnants of Buddhism". Then the scribe came out and said that he was going to rebel. Of course, Your Majesty doesn't believe this kind of unwarranted rumors, but it doesn't matter whether Your Majesty believes it or not, what matters is the political style of these years. And then it was degraded again, and it was degraded continuously......

The old man in his fifties, still a civil official, with the standard of living in these years, and his pampered body, was degraded three times in a row, and he was bombarded like a rabbit, and he swallowed his breath in a few days.

After death, it was really peaceful, and the ministers of Li Erjun, who were all happy, immediately posthumously presented Pei Daye with a large number of honorary titles, and buried them in the soil as soon as possible to finish the work.

Seeing Pei Lian's fate, Pei Longqian became more and more self-conscious. Regardless of the eyes of others, he directly disbanded his own soldiers, leaving only a few Zhuangzi to live for his children. sent the eldest grandson to Huashan as an apprentice, which can be regarded as giving up treatment under the banner of Mingming.

cut off his political future, Pei Longqian's life became more and more comfortable, and even often drank and gambled all night with Li Yuan in Da'an Palace.

After coming and going, Pei Longqian's name gradually sounded in Chang'an, and even the palace accepted live bandits who robbed them, who couldn't give them some face? Li Ertou was extremely big, and even wrote to Huashan for help.

Then Li Kuan came up with an idea and asked the royal library to send a few small clerks to harass him every day in the name of dictating "Memoirs". As soon as the old man heard that he was going to set up a biography for himself, he was so excited that everyone before and after him brought a few little guys, and when he remembered something, he muttered a few words. But as time went by, the memories gradually became squeezing, and the old man told his experience back and forth several times, but he still couldn't satisfy those little guys, and it was embarrassing.

Pei Da was very helpless, and he was embarrassed to leave with other people's small papers. I had to take the initiative to avoid it, and every day I thought of ways to escape the pursuit of the "memoir compilation team". Now the palace is safe, people only put a few small documents for the palace, and as soon as they meet, they will record memories, so that the old man has to give up the great cause of robbing the royal family with a bright future.

Finally, the New Year's holiday. Today, General Pei remembered that he hadn't seen the emperor for more than half a year, and he was a little embarrassed. I brought some gifts and came to the palace to fight the autumn breeze. Coincidentally, on the way he came, he happened to meet Qin Qiong, who had been recuperated by the people of Huashanmen for several years.

Both of them are real military bigwigs, and they are retired veteran cadres who have given up their political futures. In its current state, it can be said that it is quite detached. The two of them entered the palace together, and they were not afraid of being gossiped, and with their current status as the government and the opposition, as long as they did not interfere in the military, they dared to say a few words about anything, and no one dared not to give face.

When these two entered the palace to meet them, they were met by Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Li Kuan's ancestors, and they were accompanied by Concubine Wan and Empress Changsun.

Retired veteran cadres, there is no need to talk about the officialdom, these two are also very casual and often greet each other, and Li Yuan's family naturally greets them as relatives who come to visit the door.

After a few words of gossip, Li Yuan waved his hand with a playful face, and the palace maids hurriedly set up a banquet.

This time, not to mention Pei Longqian and Qin Qiong opened their eyes, even Li Kuan was a little surprised: Peaches? Pineapple? Lichee? This sweetness? It's canned!

Actually got the canned food out, these guys are really amazing. Looking at Li Shimin's surprised expression again, it is obvious that he is also seeing him for the first time. Who is so talented that he actually gave the number one surprise to the Emperor?