Listening carefully to identify, Han Rui realized that it was the sound of the wind blowing the lanterns, dangling, easy to misunderstand, fortunately in the imperial city, from time to time I heard the footsteps of the military guards patrolling, how much comfort, Han Rui exhaled, and inadvertently looked up, but found that there was a faint fire outside the window, hazy, it seemed that there was a shadow shaking, drifting in, closer...... Squeak, in the gloomy night, the abrupt sound of opening the door broke the silence of the official office, and the long aftersound was not only harsh, but also rendered a bit of an inexplicable atmosphere, a black shadow reflected through the window, Han Rui couldn't help but swallow his throat, slowly held his breath and concentrated, his palms were a little more moist.

The black shadow was deep, the phosphorus fire was faint, and it was slowly approaching, and just as Han Rui was thinking about whether it was time to shout in surprise, a voice came: "The night is dark and dark, why don't you order a few more candle wax." ”

The voice was familiar, and when Han Rui was puzzled, the door opened, and an official in a chapter uniform walked in, his face was in the candlelight, sometimes hazy, sometimes clear, Han Rui saw it, and quickly got up and saluted: "Young Eunuch Yan." ”

Secretary Young Supervisor Yan Shigu, the younger brother of Yangzhou Xuezheng Yan, when he first came to the capital, Han Rui was entrusted by Yan's teacher and friend to send him a letter, but unfortunately the letter was delivered, but he didn't see anyone, so he hurriedly ran away, and then he met a few times and talked about something in Yangzhou, the relationship is not very close, but it is not very bad.

"Han Rui?" Old, his eyes and eyesight are not as good as before, and he is naturally a little confused when he sees people, and he only recognizes the person in the house until he is half-ringing, Yan Shigu said with a smile: "I almost forgot, tonight is your night." ”

Han Ruiwei responded, hurriedly rummaged through the drawer for candle wax, lit four or five, and brought it close to the case, reflecting the brightness in the room, and then helped Yan Shiguti take the lantern, turned off the light and hung it next to it, and asked curiously: "Young Eunuch Yan, it's so late, what's the matter with coming to the official office?" ”

Even if it is to check the gang, there is naturally a night duty order, and there is no need for Yan Shigu to go out in person.

"Find some books." Yan Shigu said casually, but he didn't mean to elaborate.

Han Rui was also very interested, so he didn't inquire more, asked the title of the book, took a candle, compared it to the bookshelf, and slowly rummaged through it, being careful, lest the candle flame ignite the bamboo tube of the book, which would be a tragedy.

Just when Han Rui was seriously rummaging, someone from outside the house came over, knocked on the door, and said politely: "Tonight, which colleague stayed behind in the secretary and prison, Kong Yingda took the liberty to come, and there was a lot of disturbance." ”

"Kong Siye." Han Rui raised the candle and was about to greet him, but Yan Shigu had already greeted him, and said with a smile: "Chongyuan, you are here." ”

"Young Eunuch Yan?" Kong Yingda was a little surprised, and then suddenly, he arched his hand and said, "Each other." ”

The two of them were playing a sharp edge, Han Rui was naturally puzzled in his heart, but it was not easy to ask, so he had to hold it in his stomach, bent down again, looked for books seriously, and flipped through two books casually, but heard the sound of drums, the faint sound of dong dong, and the sound of the bell.

What's going on? Han Rui was stunned, but when he saw Kong Yingda and Yan Shigu's faces suddenly change, he immediately picked up the lantern and walked out quickly, seeing Han Rui at a loss, Yan Shigu shouted: "Han Rui, don't be stunned, emergency, quickly follow us into the palace." ”

Urgent, enter the palace, what's the situation, Han Rui was confused, and when he saw the two of them walking away, he hurriedly took a candle and blocked the wind with his hands, and even the door of the house was not locked, so he hurried away.

The official office of the imperial city, there is a distance from the Taiji Palace, all the way to the corner, only to see the corner of the palace wall, the figure is shaking, some of the guards in armor and sharp, with serious expressions, vigilant around, waiting for the battle, in all directions, there are bursts of messy footsteps, but they heard the call, hurriedly rushed to the night officials, under the candlelight, everyone's expressions are different, some are panicked, some are calm, some are tightly locked, and so on.

Soon, everyone gathered under the Chengtian Gate, the palace gate was open, the lights were bright, hundreds of armor soldiers guarded, one by one to check the identity tooth card, and then let it pass, and then according to the size of the official rank, everyone walked into the main hall in an orderly manner, held their breath and waited slowly.

The first time I set foot here, the place where the emperor's ministers went to court, Han Rui's mood was complicated, his body did not move, his eyes flew around, carefully examined, as imagined, splendid, magnificent, in the middle was a vermilion lacquer square platform, on which the gold lacquer carved dragon bed throne was placed, behind it was the carved dragon screen, the color painting was gorgeous, bright and pleasing to the eye, the red and yellow gold dragon pattern pattern, teeth and claws, colorful, magnificent.

After a few glances, he suddenly lost interest, Han Rui secretly pondered, and gathered everyone overnight, what was it for?

In the palace, there are very few officials who arrange the night straight, all of them have arrived, and there are only more than 30 people, it is very quiet, everyone is also speculating on this issue, but no one dares to discuss it in private, the unknown is the most disturbing emotion, gradually, the air is filled with an inexplicable nervous atmosphere.

After a while, Li Shimin came out, there was no hug from front to back, no palace maids hugging, wearing regular clothes, his face was calm, he didn't know whether he was happy or angry, he walked to the high platform and sat down, and everyone hurriedly saluted and said, "See Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin bowed in return, looked around with tiger eyes, and waved his sleeves: "Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, Shangshu Province, Secretary and Supervisor...... A few yamen officials stayed, and the rest waited and returned to the official office at night. ”

Confused, some officials took their seats in the right place, saluted obediently, but walked out, even Kong Yingda was no exception, which made Han Rui suspect that if it weren't for the secretary and young eunuch Yan Shigu here, I am afraid that he would be treated the same way, and in the end, there were only a dozen or so people left in the hall.

Han Rui quietly looked at it, they are all kittens and dogs, uh, compared to the ministers who are famous all over the world, these officials are indeed not very famous, but just imagine, there are thousands of officials in the world, and those who can leave their names in history, once a generation, it would be good to be able to be in dozens, a court is not supported by famous ministers, and there are no thousands of nameless officials, it is like a castle in the air, without a pillar foundation, and it will be scattered as soon as it is blown.

Moreover, being famous or not, it is also relatively speaking, not leaving a reputation in the future does not mean that they are incapable, looking around, realizing that their official position is higher, Yan Shigu consciously stood up and asked directly: "Your Majesty, what is the purpose of summoning me and waiting for me overnight?" ”

"It's a trivial matter, but it makes me angry, and if I don't solve it, it's hard to sleep." Li Shimin said, there is a very one-name explanation, at least in Han Rui's opinion, it is really for a little thing to mobilize the people, it is clear that he is full of food and support, and he has nothing to toss.

However, other officials took it for granted, and the so-called food for the king, loyalty to the king, that is a matter of course, so they have made suggestions and are willing to share worries for the king.

Signaling the ministers to be quiet, Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Just now, there was an urgent military situation in the border court, and the party items all defected to Tuyuhun, killing hundreds of soldiers and civilians in my border court, and left. ”

"It's really hateful, don't you deceive me Datang no one, the minister implores Your Majesty, the envoy reprimands the Tuyuhun chief Fu Yun, you must give me an explanation for the Tang Dynasty, if not, the army will be dispatched to conquer it......"

"Your Majesty, in recent years, Tugu Hun is ready to move, he has never called his ministers to pay tribute, several times, and he has refused to obey my Tang Dynasty's orders, which can be described as the ambition of a wolf.

"The minister agrees, please give an order immediately, and lead the army to quell the rebellion with the head of the marching army of each road."

In an instant, in the palace, one by one, the officials, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, can be said to be full of emotion, and they shouted and shouted to kill, which made Han Rui deeply doubt whether these were civil officials or military generals, and the reaction was a bit unexpected.

In Han Rui's imagination, hearing this news, those officials were naturally right to express their indignation, protest, and condemnation, but they would definitely calm down immediately, and felt that they could not act rashly, at most they would send envoys to negotiate, and it would be enough to settle the matter peacefully, just a few people would die, it was not a big deal, and they should think more about the overall situation of the world and world peace.

However, nowadays, in the palace, there is no martial arts, the size of the official position, hearing that someone has betrayed the court, but he regards it as an enemy who does not share the sky, hates to cramp and peel the skin, crushes the bones and scatters ashes, as if he does not understand, the soldier, the murder weapon is also, the truth that cannot be the first, just like the adult who protects the calf, sees that his child has suffered a loss, and he has to take revenge and come back, and export evil anger.

"Okay, just like the words of Zhu Qing, send an envoy to ask for the guilt and send an army to quell the rebellion." Li Shimin said categorically, when everyone heard this, they all applauded and applauded, beaming with joy, even Yan Shigu, who was a great Confucian, also showed a little smile, rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward, thought about it a little, wrote the text, Li Shimin stamped it, promulgated the holy decree, the matter was resolved, and the dust settled.

Li Shimin waved his hand, and under the congratulations of everyone, he happily returned to the palace, and the little Tuyuhun actually dared to brush the dragon's beard, hoping that you would be able to follow the rules, otherwise the army would go out on the expedition, which would be the time for them to be destroyed.

Han Rui's face was a little dazed, but his heart was full of enthusiasm, he felt that Datang should be like this, the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers and the people have such self-confidence, only they can bully others, inside and outside the Central Plains, the Siyi tribe, obey the order, pay tribute every year, if they are not satisfied and dare to resist, then they will directly destroy their tribes and destroy them humanely.

This is the Tang Dynasty, the era of intoxication, Han Rui's mood was agitated, and he couldn't calm down for a long time, and slowly followed Yan Shigu back to the Secretary and Supervision Office, Kong Yingda did not leave, and when he heard about it, although he had strong self-control, he did not rise up angrily, but between his words, there was a sense of approval.

Han Rui was curious in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Kong Siye, the way of Confucianism is not to pay attention to harmony, don't act rashly, so as not to hurt the ...... of the people."

"Barbarians outside the gates, they don't know the etiquette, and there is no need to talk to them about benevolence, righteousness and morality." Kong Yingda said seriously: "Han Rui, you have to remember that if you are not of my race, their hearts will be different, and they cannot coexist, so don't be soft-hearted and forget the lesson of the Zhongshan wolf." ”

Yan Shigu thought so, and opened his mouth to agree, Han Rui was dumbfounded, subverting the answer of the surname, who is the traverser, shouldn't this be said by himself, why did he let them teach him a lesson, he was not convinced, Han Rui said angrily: "Since the two of you understand this truth, then why did you fight against each other when Wei Shizhong proposed to exterminate the Turkic tribes." ”

Yan Shigu and Kong Yingda looked at each other and smiled, giving their own explanations.

(To be continued)