Li Shimin

Ever since he entered the palace, Li Xuan started to take his little boy with him and became familiar with his palace.

All night.

Early the next morning.

Li Xuan was still having a sweet dream when he was shaken awake by Cui Mi beside him.

"Mi Er, what happened?"

Li Xuan opened his eyes halfway, and asked in a dazed expression.

"Isn't Saburo going to court today? It's time to get up now!"

Cui Mi hurriedly urged.

"The previous dynasty?"

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and then came back to his senses.

It seems that there is such a thing!

Sitting up in a daze, there were already four maidservants waiting by the bed, dressing Li Xuan in a purple king's robe and a belt with a jade belt and hook.

Then, when going out, the butler Li Chang followed closely behind, holding a food box in his hand, steaming.

Outside the palace, there was already a four-wheeled carriage waiting, and Zheng Fu led a team of personal guards to guard the left and right.

Before and after, there was another group of soldiers, carrying oil lamps made of glass, illuminating the dark street.

"My lord, I heard that the court will last for several hours. Here are some food made by the back kitchen. You can eat some while it is hot in the carriage!"

Li Chang put the food box into the car and said hastily.

Inside the car, there are also two small glass oil lamps at the front and back, which are very bright, but I am not worried that Li Xuan will not see it.

Afterwards, after Li Xuan sat down, the convoy set off.

Chapter 635

After walking a few steps from the gate of Prince Jin's Mansion, you can directly exit the gate of Fangshi and enter Zhuque Street.

Now, the Suzaku Street is full of scenes again.

Although the entire Chang'an city was still shrouded in black mist, on both sides of Suzaku Avenue, from time to time, a fiery motorcade merged into Suzaku Avenue.

After a while, the entire Suzaku Avenue was lit up from north to south, like a fire dragon, slowly crawling out of the squares on both sides, winding towards the Tai Chi Palace in the middle of Chang'an City.

Gathering all the way to the gate of the palace, while Li Xuan was in the car, he finally finished his breakfast.

At the gate of the palace, when they saw the arrival of King Jin's convoy, all the ministers couldn't help but feel a sigh of relief.

From time to time, he looked towards King Jin's carriage.

Although yesterday, when King Jin entered the city, they had already guessed that King Jin would participate in the great court.

But seeing that King Jin really came, all the ministers, especially those from aristocratic families, still felt some pressure, and many ministers subconsciously remained silent.

After waiting for a while, with a few clear drumbeats, the Fujian Gate on the east side of Chengtian Gate opened wide.

The supervisory censor led all the civil and military officials, and walked in one by one.

Under Zheng Fu's call, Li Xuan took out his two-foot-six-inch-long and three-inch-wide ivory wat from the carriage, got out of the carriage, and stood outside the door to look curiously.

On both sides of the door, there are two school lieutenants of the prison gate, each holding a book in his hand, and every time he shouts the name of an official, another official shouts in response.

It was not until all the officials had entered that the two captains of the prison gate shared the gate registration.

Then, he followed a group of courtiers and walked a long distance. When he arrived at Xuanzheng Gate, civil servants and generals were divided into east and west gates. Li Xuan stood at the gate and watched for a long while, and was dragged into the west gate by Li Xiaogong who was passing by. Following a group of generals, they walked in.

Here, there are actually ten other school captains singing and shouting at the same time.

After everyone had entered, they stopped.

Then, in the Tai Chi Hall, they are arranged according to the rank of the officials, starting from the first rank and then descending.

As a prince, Li Xuan is a first-rank prince, and his position is at the forefront, and he has already been guided by the servants in the palace.

Wait until all the officials are in their positions.

A civil servant yelled a few words, and Li Shimin, who was followed by a row of fan honor guards, came out from the west gate and sat on the throne, with three gorgeous large fans on the left and right behind him.

Seeing this, Li Xuan was overjoyed, thinking that after spending more than half an hour, the court meeting could finally begin.

Unexpectedly, the left and right Jinwuwei generals behind him started to stand up again with a solemn face, and declared that the left and right compartments were safe inside and outside.

Then, a Tongshi Sheren started another set of etiquette, and then led a group of officials to salute Li Shimin, and after half an hour of tossing, the court meeting finally started to get on the right track.

However, the atmosphere of today's court meeting is strange.

Tong Shisheren yelled for a long time, all the officials sat quietly in place, and no one stood up to report to the government.

In the entire hall, there was silence.

Many officials looked towards the figure in the front from time to time.

Seeing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were astonished.

Before, they only thought that Jin Wang had a great deterrent effect on these family officials.

However, he did not expect that King Jin's deterrent power would be so great.

The officials of these aristocratic families, after seeing King Jin, were like mice seeing a cat, not daring to take a breath.

Li Xuan, on the other hand, didn't notice this.

Waking up so early in the morning, coming here, has to go through such cumbersome procedures.If he could follow these officials and walk in smoothly, it was already good.

Therefore, after sitting down, Li Xuan involuntarily put his hands under his chin, leaned against the small desk and fell asleep in a daze.

At first, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others didn't notice that anyone dared to sleep at the court meeting.

After waiting for a long while, but still not waiting for Li Xuan to react, Li Xiaogong, who was behind Li Xuan, finally sensed something was wrong, his face became anxious, he quickly stretched out his ivory wat, and poked Li Xuan lightly.

Fortunately, on the left and right sides of Li Xuan, there are a group of warriors, each with big arms and round waists, and a burly body, directly wrapping Li Xuan tightly.

Although the civil servants on the side sensed something was wrong, they couldn't see the specific situation.

"Ok?"

Li Xuan, who was sleeping soundly, was tickled awake by Li Xiaogong, and subconsciously snorted.

Soon, I was startled and noticed something was wrong.

Too quiet.

Looking up, everyone in the entire hall looked at him.

"What is the King of Jin's report?"

Above, on the throne, Li Shimin asked solemnly.

Hearing this, Li Xuan also suddenly reacted, as if he had been bullied by someone.

However, it was exactly what he wanted to end early.

Immediately stood up, held up the ivory wat in his hand, and cupped his hands at Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, the minister came to the court this time to enshrine the master craftsman!"

In the entire hall, all the officials couldn't help but express their expressions when they heard this.

"Oh?"

Li Shimin seemed to know this just now, and asked curiously: "Who does King Jin want to ennoble?"

"Lee stage for Mohists in Li Family Village!"

Li Xuan said.

"Why did the King of Jin confer the title of Letai to Zhimo Zhe?"

Li Shimin asked again: "Prince Jin is the prince of my Tang Dynasty. You should know that in my Tang Dynasty, those who are not of great merit cannot be ennobled!"

"Your Majesty, Letai invented and forged glass, cement, pens, steelmaking techniques, ironmaking techniques, bombs, refined salt and other wonders, which can make our Tang Dynasty stronger by several times. Such great achievements deserve the title of knight!"

Li Xuan said.

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded subconsciously, "This is indeed a great achievement!"

Down below, all the ministers of the aristocratic family were anxious and in an uproar.

Regardless of the fear of King Jin in their hearts, all the ministers of the aristocratic family hurriedly stood up with anxious expressions on their faces.

"Your Majesty, the ministers object!"

"Your Majesty, King Jin's words are wrong!"

"Your Majesty, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and craftsmen have a lowly status. My Datang title is so honorable. How can those craftsmen be knighted?"

In an instant, half of the civil servants stood up to oppose.

Seeing this, Li Xuan finally understood why Li Shimin has been hesitating and even procrastinating on the matter of conferring the title these few days.

It turned out that such a small title was so jealous.

Even though many titles in the Tang Dynasty are already in name only, without the privileges of the titles of the previous dynasties, the officials of these aristocratic families still want to control them tightly and not let them go.

Even the officials belonging to Li Shimin's faction were vaguely resistant to conferring titles on those craftsmen.

Because the privileges obtained by the knighted nobles are really too important!

According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, if a knighted nobleman committed an ordinary capital crime, he could not be directly tortured and sentenced. The emperor had to hold a meeting with a group of ministers to discuss the crime before he could be convicted.

Moreover, the crime of a knighted nobleman can be directly reduced by one level because of his status.

Even when nobles are serving their sentences, money can be used to atone for their sins, or official titles and titles can be used to make up for their crimes.

Of course, if it is a rebellion, it will be another story!

In fact, apart from the noble titles, there is another important factor for these Confucian civil servants to oppose so desperately, that is, the dominance of Confucianism!

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Chapter 636 What face do you have to object?

From the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, Confucianism began to control the court, and has been suppressing other schools of thought.

If it weren't for the fact that generals are needed to fight, and a grumpy warrior controls the military power, and it is easy to kill people if they disagree with each other, these Confucian civil servants would not want to confer titles on generals.

As for farmers, craftsmen, and other schools of thought, they have been suppressed by Confucianism.

Any aiming head that has a rise will be ruthlessly suppressed.

Even if it is this matter, His Majesty has already acquiesced, and the King of Jin has always insisted that these Confucian ministers are still not allowed, and some craftsmen can break the monopoly of these Confucian civil servants and obtain knighthoods.

These, Li Xuan has thought clearly in the past few days.

However, since Li Xuan had already decided to win hope for those craftsmen starting from the Tang Dynasty, he would absolutely not care about the ministers of these aristocratic families.

A group of sour scholars, why should they fight him?

"Scholars, farmers, businessmen and four people are the people of the country! The Confucian sages have said so clearly, why are you so arrogant? Even this king doubts whether these Confucian civil servants who claim to be the most honored in the Tang Dynasty really see Have you read the book "Guanzi"?

Or, you have indeed read it, but for your own selfish desires, you deliberately distorted the meaning of the sages, so unfaithful, unrighteous and unfilial! "

Li Xuan directly started pointing one by one, cursing angrily: "You, and you, look at all of you who look like dogs, dress so well, and wear glasses on their faces, but behave like this, It's really shameful.

Today, the king gave you a chance to defend yourself, don't let you say that the king bullied you! "

Among the ministers pointed out by Li Xuan, there was Song Guogong Xiao Yu.

Hearing Li Xuan insulting them in public, Xiao Yu's old face turned red with anger, and he opened his mouth and asked, "Dare to ask the King of Jin, since ancient times there has been no precedent for a craftsman to confer a title, and the status of a craftsman is low..."

Hearing these two sentences, Li Xuan couldn't bear it anymore.

"Shut up for me, old man, don't bother me like this.

This king has already said that those who are scholars, farmers, businessmen and four people are the country's stone people!Starting from the sages of the Spring and Autumn Period, the status of these four people is average, and they are all common people of our Tang Dynasty. It is really shameless for you to distort the meaning of the sages for selfish desires! "

Hearing this, Xiao Yu trembled all over, almost going mad with anger.

Who is messing around?

He used to think that Cheng Zhijie was an asshole in the court. He could not talk to them civil servants all day long, so he messed around every day, and even spat and fought everywhere.

Unexpectedly, this Li Xuanba is even more shameless than that Cheng Heizi!