Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

The next day, Guo Ye, in the name of General Wei, the leader of the army, ordered red bulletin notices to be posted around the city, announcing that the murder case in the Yin Mansion had been solved, and the martial law in the city would be lifted immediately.

At the same time, the corpses of fifty Jiangyang thieves were hung on the execution ground outside Chang'an and exposed to the sun for three days to reassure the people.

All of a sudden, there was an uproar in the city, the people rushed to run, the place where the red list was announced was full of people, and even those with good intentions rushed out of the city to go to the execution ground to watch the excitement.

In just half a day, the news that the Yin family extermination case was solved spread throughout Chang'an City.Everyone in the city was in danger before, and the situation of uncertainty was broken.

By the way, Ma Yuanju and Wei Ting, who were in charge of the case, heaved a sigh of relief. They finally escaped the current ineffective solution to the case thanks to Guo Ye's blessing.

It was spread outside the city that the murder case had been solved, and the court hall in the palace was also very lively. Of course, because the case of the Yin family was solved and Yin Tianzong's death had a result, the atmosphere was not bad.

His Majesty Li Er kept his word, and announced the appointment of Guo Ye in the hall. Guo Ye was appointed as the general of the guard. It can also be regarded as a compensation for Guo Ye's resignation as Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Because the Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the leading general of the Weifu belong to the second rank, but in the peaceful and prosperous age, civil officials of the same rank will always have a natural sense of superiority over military generals.

This is also the common rule that military posts are seen as civil posts, and they are short for no reason.

Now Guo Ye has the false title of a second-rank general plus Shangshu. Although it looks nondescript, the inside view is big.

Because in this way, he can enjoy the treatment of a civil servant as a general, and he can enjoy the benefits and benefits of the six ministers, whether it is the status of the court, or the rice grain salary and guard of honor, even the previous gift He can continue to wear the whitebait bag.

It can also be regarded as the unexpected joy of Guo Ye's unintentional insertion of willows and willows.

After this appointment, naturally some people are happy and some are worried.

People in the Qingliu School of Shihlin are naturally fond of the big spectrum. After all, Guo Ye is the soul of the Qingliu School of Shihlin, and he is a banner that unites people's hearts.

However, the rest of the established faction represented by Wei Zheng and others remained neutral, neither happy nor sad. However, because Guo Ye had previously begged Wei Ting, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, to solve his difficulties, Wei Ting had no choice but to accept Guo Ye as the leading general of the Guard. Subconsciously, Wei Zheng and others did not have such a big resistance.

On the contrary, the people in the Tiance Mansion were the most aggrieved.

Not only did Yin Tianzong, who was in charge of the defense and curfew of Chang'an City, lose control of Chang'an City for no reason; he also let Guo Ye take away the post of the leading general of the Weifu.

This means that from now on, the strength of the Tiance Mansion will be weakened, and the defense forces of Chang'an City will no longer be under their control.

The eldest grandson Wuji, who was recuperating at home before and has now returned to the court because of the case of Yin Tianzong, lowered his head with a livid face, silently tearing his fingers, and counted the differences between himself and Shilin after the fine-tuning of the power in the court. The balance of power on the Qingliu side.

Guo Ye did not participate in today's early court, because he wanted to clean up the mess left by Yin Tianzong. He had to seize the time to integrate the left and right guards with [-] troops.

Otherwise, it will never be possible to implement orders and prohibitions and smooth government orders.

Logically, he also placed Zhang Jiujin and Wang Bajin in the left and right guards. With their qualifications, of course, they cannot be the leading generals of the left or right guards. At best, they can only be the leading captains , each in charge of a team of nearly a thousand sergeants.

But he believes that as long as the nails are buried, they will shine brightly in the future.One day in the future, when these two nails are pulled out again, maybe they have grown into a big tree in the sky.

On the first day, Xu Yizhong attracted the generals of the left and right guards.

On the second day, a total of [-] leading lieutenants in the middle-level guards were integrated, and the integration was carried out with iron-blooded wrists and gentle policies. Wei.

It took only two days, whether they surrendered sincerely or pretended to be false, nine out of ten of the thirty leading lieutenants had already surrendered to Guo Ye.

Guo Ye firmly believed that as long as he was given another three months, he would be able to manage the two guards, the leading army guard and the left and right guards, in a seamless manner.

After another day of busy work in the leading army's Weifu, Guo Ye didn't leave the Weifu Yamen until dark.

But he didn't go home directly, but took advantage of the darkness and went to Duke Wei's mansion when no one was following him, and paid a late night call on Li Jing.

In the study room of the Duke of Wei's mansion, Guo Ye and Li Jingmi talked for a long time. From the beginning to the end, they were the only two of them, and they didn't let anyone get closer. leave quietly.

After leaving Duke Wei's mansion, Guo Ye went straight home, wanting to catch up on his sleep, but unfortunately there was not enough time.

Because he will go to the morning court in a while.

Today is the third day since Li Yuan asked King Jing to send an order, so he had to go to the morning court today.

According to Li Yuan's request, he will make his voice heard in the court today, seconding the proposal to re-register Li Chengqian as the crown prince.

And he was also very curious, he wanted to see who, on behalf of Li Yuan and Lu Wang, proposed to His Majesty Li Er to re-appoint the crown prince and restore Chengqian.As long as whoever takes the lead in proposing, then this person is the dark chess piece arranged by Li Yuan in the court, maybe it is the nail placed in the three departments.

Who is this person?

Guo Ye was very, very interested.

Afterwards, he hastily washed himself, removed his helmet, armor and saber, and changed into a crown suit, which was specially prepared for the court.

Then he hurriedly asked his servants to prepare the soft sedan chair, and entered the palace for the morning court.

After entering the palace, there were successive officials heading towards the Qinzheng Hall. On the way, Guo Ye bumped into Chu Suiliang who had just been promoted to the Minister of Rites, Ma Yuanju, Kong Yingda and others, and immediately went to the early court hall together.

Walking in front of the white jade steps of the main hall, Guo Ye heard the rumbling morning drum and the crisp and sweet bell, which was the sound of the bell and drum that was about to start in the morning dynasty.

All of a sudden, crowds surged at the entrance of the main hall, and one after another, the ministers of the court and central government rushed into the main hall...

After all the ministers found their own positions and stood in two rows, His Majesty Li Er came slowly, surrounded by Dong Shun and a group of maids, and sat in the Dragon Court to accept the worship of all the officials.

It was not the first time for Guo Ye to go to the early court, and he was no stranger to these red tapes.

Next, Eunuch Shun naturally followed the old rules, and under the instruction of His Majesty Li Er, he raised his throat and shouted: "If there is something to do, we will play, and if there is nothing to do, we will retreat!"

In an instant, the ministers of various ministries stood up one after another and reported the matters that need to be discussed with the emperor today.

Either where there is heavy snowfall that needs the imperial court to provide disaster relief, or where there is a plague that requires the imperial court to allocate money to solve it in a timely manner, but for His Majesty Li Er, these seem to be trivial matters.

Three times, five times and two divisions, he made a coping strategy with ease.

After the officials of almost all the ministries had reported their affairs, Guo Ye silently calculated that this morning court had already consumed a full hour and a half.

It's no wonder that the emperor's busyness is called daily affairs. It is true that one person decides all the important matters of such a large empire. Can he not be busy?

Guo Ye saw that the early court was coming to an end, but the person who proposed to re-appoint Li Chengqian as Crown Prince hadn't come out yet, so he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Grandma, who is this person?

He quietly raised his head and looked at Man Chao Wenwu, looking for who this person is.

Grandson Wuji?

100% not!

Otherwise, Li Yuan wouldn't have taken advantage of Yin Tianzong's death to trick him, and if it was Changsun Wuji, why did Li Yuan murder Yin Tianzong, leaving the vacant post of General Wei to take over by himself?Isn't this superfluous?

In the same way, they definitely wouldn't be Fang Xuanling, Tang Jian and other diehard members of Tiance House.

Wei Zheng, Wei Ting?

It's not quite like these people, Li Jiancheng's old ministers, they hate Li Yuan to death, regardless of the death of his old master Jiancheng, how can they listen to Li Yuan's mercy?

Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin?