Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Not being greedy for money doesn't necessarily mean not being greedy for fame. Let's make this courtship extremely grand, and your father-in-law is also proud, right? I'm not trying to add a lot of gifts for you, but to create momentum. For example, invite more A matchmaker of weight..."

Li Yifu's eyes lit up, and he said: "I see, your idea is good! Let everyone in the city know that father-in-law is on our side. It's useless for him to get rid of it. When I ask him for help in the future , he didn't dare to pretend to be arrogant."

"Uh... alright! You really are the famous Li Yifu."

"The famous Li Yifu? What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing interesting! You just wait to be the most beautiful groom official in the world!"

Chapter 2118

Guo Ye contacted the officials and prepared to give Li Yifu the grandest marriage proposal ceremony.The preparatory work has not been finished yet, a very important news comes through, three days later, in the Jiulian Hall of Jiuyi Mountain, His Majesty Li Er will start the morning court again.

This is like when I was about to invite a beautiful woman to watch a movie at night, the beautiful woman suddenly called and said that I had already opened a room.

The sky is big and the earth is big, His Majesty Li Er is the biggest.The preparations for courtship will stop immediately.The ministers contacted each other, preparing to deal a fatal blow to Yaoyao Guo in the morning.

However, they soon discovered that they were too naive.

Above the golden palace, Li Er Majesty's face sank like water, and he only uttered one word, "Read."

Dong Shun held the imperial edict in his hand, and read in a cadence: "Zhao said, I heard that the world does not change, and it cannot be changed; Give birth to Prince You, and Concubine Yin should be enshrined in the ancestral temple and be the mother of the world..."

"Your Majesty, no, no!" The officials knelt down on the ground.

"Why not?"

"This……"

Yes, why not?It's really hard to answer.

Since the death of Empress Changsun, rumors of Concubine Yin's going to be Empress have spread countless times, and people's ears are starting to feel callused.

Why are there so many gossip?The key is that people's quality is excellent.

First, in terms of status, in the harem of His Majesty Li Er, besides the queen, there are four noble concubines.Concubine Yin is one of them, only one step away from the queen.Now that the position of queen is vacant, don't they have the qualifications to make progress?

Second, Concubine Yin's belly was upbeat and gave birth to the prince Li You.Now His Majesty Li Er's adult princes are nothing more than Crown Prince Li Zhi and Qi Wang Li You.The prince's mother, the eldest grandson, the queen, has passed away.Concubine Yin has the merit of giving birth to the King of Qi, so compared to other concubines, it can be said that she has the advantage.

Thirdly, and most importantly, Concubine Yin is deeply loved by His Majesty Li Er.

Once these three reasons come out, who will compete with the women in the harem?Therefore, it is only natural that the concubine Yin is the queen, and it is expected by everyone.

Now that His Majesty Li Er has given the imperial decree, of course there is nothing wrong with it.

Everyone knelt down and objected, of course because they remembered Fang Xuanling's prophecy: the first step is to make Concubine Yin the queen; the second step is to abolish the crown prince and make Li You the crown prince; enthroned.

But how could such unsubstantiated words be spoken in the Golden Palace?Up to now, people miss the late Wei Zheng Wei Xuancheng.

Seeing that no one could answer, Fang Xuanling could only go into battle shirtless.

He said: "Your Majesty, what you are doing is not in line with the law of the court. For such a big matter as the establishment of a queen, you have to stamp the seals of Zhongshu, Shangshu, and the three provinces under your family, as well as the signatures of the ministers on duty. Now it is just stamping With your seal, Concubine Yin will be crowned Empress? This is too hasty."

"That's okay. All the love ministers are here today, so just put your seal on it."

"It's still not right. The great seals of all the ministries are in Chang'an City, not in Jiuyi Mountain. Or..." Fang Xuanling said cautiously: "We will discuss the post-sealing matter later."

"What's the point? Since all the lovers have no objection, after you return to Chang'an, just help me put the big seal on it. Retire..."

Fang Xuanling hurriedly said: "Your Majesty can't! I still have something to say."

"What else do you want to say?"

"Concubine Yin cannot be a queen!"

"why?"

"Because...because...she came from a bad background!"

His Majesty Li Er snorted coldly and said, "What's one's background? She's not well-born, so it's enough for me to praise her? Don't I have the power to give people wealth?"

Fang Xuanling refused to give an inch, saying: "Your Majesty can give people wealth and honor, but for Concubine Yin, the position of noble concubine has already reached its peak. It is really inappropriate to confer the title of empress again."

"why?"

Fang Xuanling talked eloquently: "Thinking back when I rebelled against the Sui Dynasty in Taiyuan of the Tang Dynasty, Concubine Yin's father, Yin Shishi, was a general of the Sui Dynasty and beheaded all of His Majesty's family members in Chang'an, including Gaozu's youngest son, His Majesty. younger brother Li Zhiyun."

"Back then Li Zhiyun was only 14 years old, and it was a pity that he died."

"Later, my Tang army conquered Chang'an and killed 87 members of Yin Shishi's family, except Concubine Yin and her youngest son Yin Hongzhi. Gaozu later rewarded Concubine Yin to you."

"In other words, Concubine Yin's father killed your younger brother, and your father killed Concubine Yin's parents. In this case, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, we should order reconciliation and divorce on the grounds of 'unrighteousness'."

"Your Majesty can be an exception if you are the Son of Heaven. But conferring Concubine Yin as a noble concubine is already a mighty gift from God. It is really unreasonable to confer the title of Empress again. I hope that Your Majesty will take back her order."

As soon as Fang Xuanling's words fell, and His Majesty Li Er hadn't spoken yet, one person couldn't help it.

He said loudly: "Mr. Fang's remarks are very inappropriate. I think there is nothing inappropriate for Your Majesty to confer Concubine Yin as empress."

What he was talking about was Xu Jingzong, the Minister of Rites.

His Majesty Li Er said happily: "Xu Shangshu is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he has the most say in this matter. Please explain it to the house servant."

"The minister obeys the order."

Xu Jingzong curled his lips, came in front of Fang Xuanling, and said: "Mr. Fang, what you said just now seems reasonable, but it is actually quite wrong."

"How do you say this?"

"When the Tang Dynasty was first established, the concubine system was different from the previous dynasty. All the women except the Empress Changsun were family members of criminal officials who did not enter the palace. The situation of Concubine Yin sounds scary, but in fact the other concubines are similar, it's nothing Big deal."

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "Of course I know that. But the past is the past, and the present is the present. Now that the world is unified and the world is peaceful, how can there be so many daughters of criminal officials? The system of selecting court ladies is naturally different from the past."

"We are discussing the Empress Dowager, not the selection of court ladies!"

"The same is true for the queen. Since other concubines are not suitable to be the queen, Your Majesty can choose a virtuous, virtuous and innocent woman from among the folk women to be the queen."

"How can it be done? Concubine Yin gave birth to Qi Wang Li You for His Majesty! What great merits does the woman chosen from the people have?"

Fang Xuanling rolled his eyes, and said: "Isn't it just to have a baby? Who wouldn't? Your Majesty is now in the prime of his life, and he has chosen hundreds of women to enter the palace. In two or three years, there will be a group of princes. At that time, from Just choose one of the women who gave birth to the prince to be the queen."

"You are teaching His Majesty to indulge in womanizing!"

"Joke, you say that as if His Majesty is not addicted to womanizing now."

The chancellor of Fang Xuanling's family was not for nothing, and he had an argument with Xu Jingzong, and he gained the upper hand very easily.

You know, Xu Jingzong is not an ordinary person.People can achieve this position, not relying on merit, but relying on lip service.