mousepad-d2 Chapter 149
Chapter 149
No one knew what the emperor said after leaving the court that day, but in the eyes of others, it only confirmed the rumor that Li Shizhong was a member of the imperial party.
Li Yan suddenly found that the office under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites became busy, and there were frequent official documents. Li Shizhong himself no longer sat in the room all day, but traveled between Liubu and Honglu Temple every day in a sedan chair.There is a backlog of documents sent back to the court from the six prefectures in the Ministry of Rites every day, and there are always endless problems waiting to be solved. This is just a corner of the Ministry of Rites.Under the guidance of Wen Shangshu, everything was unexpectedly buried on the right track. The Cleaning Department removed part of its power and handed it back to its original owner. The internal imbalance of the Ministry of Rites seemed to be just a short moment, like sand and stones falling into the water. , is almost negligible.
After the enthronement ceremony, many small countries sent envoys to congratulate and pay homage. This should have been the responsibility of Honglu Temple. However, due to the frequent exchanges between some countries and Dai countries for hundreds of years, it cannot be regarded as ordinary.Although the Honglu Temple is in charge of the pilgrimage of foreign officials and the tribute from the vassals, the officials are not of high rank, so they are somewhat speechless.Although Chen Kaiyi said that he was important in the Ministry of Rites, he was somewhat out of place in matters such as exchanges between the two countries. At this time, he would ask the Minister of Rites to take charge of the overall situation and deal with the envoys of various countries.
"...The countries in the southeast, although they are only small foreign countries, they are called islands, and they are said to be one to the outside world, but they are very successful, with serious internal strife, and frequent wars. However, they are located on the main sea trade routes, and the sea merchants of Fujian Province often pass by. They all need to be handled carefully, and you must not show any intention of favoritism." Qingping led the officials of Honglu Temple to and fro among a group of envoys speaking with different accents for several days, and while drinking tea, he whispered instructions to Li Yan, Turned around and walked to the next embassy.
Li Yan was a little dazed, but she couldn't tell that Qing Ping was pointing her finger. She had a rare look of confusion, but she heard the official in front say: "His Royal Highness is actually here, and the next official kowtowed to His Highness."
Li Yan hurried over and knelt down together. The person in charge was more than just a servant of the Ministry of Rites. To show his sincerity, the imperial court took the opportunity to invite Chu Xuan, who had just been conferred the title of King Gong from the county king, but the officials would never dare to invite this His Royal Highness is running around. As we all know, Prince Gong is weak and sick, and can fall ill when exposed to the sun and wind.His Royal Highness Prince Guan Gong's complexion is white and weak, and he is not as stable as ordinary people when walking, and there is a layer of melancholy between his eyebrows and eyes.Wearing a crimson royal robe, she nodded indifferently, signaling everyone to get up from the ground.Qing Ping stepped forward and bowed: "I have been waiting here for Your Highness for a long time."
Prince Gong glanced at her and said with a smile: "Your Majesty sent me here just to give you a boost, so there is no need to be polite."
Qing Ping presented the roster, although he said that he should treat the envoys of all countries equally, but he still secretly distinguished the relatives, distance, and status.The most distinguished foreign guests need to be received by the prince.Then, at the court meeting of this month's Huachao Festival, the emperor will host a banquet to entertain them. If there are important or special people, they will be received by the emperor alone.
Although Prince Gong was weak, he was a nobleman after all, and his aura was not inferior to others. She looked at the roster carefully, and said: "This king has never understood the etiquette of Fanbang... How did Li Shizhong arrange it?"
Probably because her attitude was so different before and after, all the officials couldn't help expressing the same feeling in their hearts, and glanced at Qingping, who was in charge of underwriting.Qing Ping stood still, and said: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry. The minister of Honglu Temple will be present to explain His Highness's doubts. His Highness only needs to sit here."
Prince Gong raised his brows, as if it was the first time he heard this kind of non-circling scene, it felt very fresh, he stroked his palm lightly, and said: "If that's the case, then call them over."
The minister of Honglu Temple stepped forward to salute, stood aside, held a vermilion pen in his hand, sketched in the order listed on the roster, and was summoned by the ritual officer of the front hall to enter the hall.Seeing this, Qingping led his officials to retreat, and suddenly someone reported in a panic, saying that the Ceylon Mission living in the Pingtai Pavilion had fought with the Guli Mission.
Ceylon and Guri are both vassal states of the Dai State, but they are small countries that stand on their own in the Huoci Strait. However, in the past hundred years, the maritime trade in Fujian Province has gradually developed, and caravans often pass through the Huoci Strait. The two countries happen to be on the same side, and they are both located near the exit of the strait. They often fight over sea tax issues. For this reason, the envoys of the two countries have come to Chang'an many times to ask the suzerain country for a ruling.But the disagreement between the two countries was beneficial to the country, so the imperial court held this matter high and put it down lightly, and the cabinet didn't bother to look at such trivial matters. Under the suggestion of the cabinet, Honglu Temple received memorials and sealed them up many times. , and no longer handed over to the cabinet for disposal.
But this time it was a little different. The emperor ascended the throne, gathered power, and the power of the cabinet was no longer as good as before. Honglu Temple did not dare to suppress this memorial hastily. Push it to the Ministry of Rites. Now Wen Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is old and frail. To avoid suspicion, Chen Kaiyi excused that he was busy with business, so the heavy burden fell on the servant of the Ministry of Rites.Qingping was busy for several days without even having time to catch his breath. He deeply suspected that this was Chu Jun's revenge, but he couldn't find any evidence.She cast a gloomy glance at Chuanzan of Honghe Temple, Chuanzan felt chills down her spine when she looked at it, and hurriedly said: "Why did Ceylon fight with Guli, where is the person in charge of the Pingtai Pavilion?"
Seeing that Qingping's face was still dark, he added: "These two countries have always been at odds, don't you know how they can live together? Who arranged this!"
The person who came to report was only a small order, who had never seen such a posture before, Qingping saw that she was frightened and stuttered, unable to speak for a long time, she had already scolded Chen Kaiyi in her heart, so she had to grind her teeth and say : "This is the end of the matter, let's go to the Pingtai Pavilion to have a look first, and after the matter is over, it will be too late to investigate and question the crimes one by one."
A group of people came to the two courtyards in the Pingtai Pavilion. The neatly planted flowers and trees had been uprooted, and the broken branches and leaves were mixed with the soil to form a ball. Obviously, someone used them as weapons to attack each other. In addition, the tables and chairs The doors and windows were smashed to pieces, the courtiers of the Dai Kingdom had never seen such barbarian behavior, they stopped by the gate of the courtyard one after another, Honglu Temple's praise hesitated and said: "Master Servant, do you want to wait for the guards to come. Going in so rashly, in case there is something wrong..."
Qingping said: "Oh, is that so, according to Master Chuanzan, we should wait for the guards to come, wait until there are more people watching the bustle outside the embassy, and wait until the rumors that Guri in Ceylon does not agree with our country are flying around before entering? Master Zan, what do you think?"
Chuanzan of Honglu Temple immediately blushed, and was too ashamed to lift his head in front of a group of subordinates. Qingping had seen the group of people in Honglu Temple in the past few days to evade each other and be indecisive. Thinking about what happened in the past few days, and seeing the mess in the courtyard, I just feel short of breath, wishing to beat up the officials of Honglu Temple one by one.Li Yan moved the crumbling door back a few inches, and said, "My lord, you can go in."
There is also Li Yan... Qingping noticed her now, and his head hurt even more.According to what Chu Jun meant, it seemed that he wanted to take care of this subordinate who was nominally from the same clan, so Qingping was a little unsure how to treat her. According to the previous cronyism, it is biased, and the excerpts of Yushitai are endless.
But this person acted neatly and with great sense of proportion. He was indeed a malleable talent. Qing Ping breathed a sigh of relief and stepped into the courtyard. The two missions that were originally fighting had been separated. .It was the beginning of spring, and the chill was still there, but her neckline was already soaked with sweat, and her cuffs and clothes were stained with dust. She looked quite distressed.
She heard footsteps behind her, and immediately turned around and said, "But the guard..."
Li Yan said: "This is Mr. Li, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and he is in charge of the affairs by order."
Several dark-skinned women poked their heads out, dressed in foreign styles, and only looked at people curiously when they saw them, without saluting.Hearing this, the embassy official wiped the sweat from his brow, stepped forward anxiously and said, "I will see Mr. Li, everything has been arranged properly, but I didn't expect..."
Qingping looked cold, and said: "I didn't expect anything? You are in charge of all affairs in this museum, don't you alone have the final say?"
The embassy officer suddenly raised his head and said in disbelief: "It is true that the lower officials are responsible for the accommodation of the missions, but how to arrange them is not in the responsibility of the lower officials. The lower officials have no right to do so, but this is what is on the list. Otherwise, how could there be such mistakes! Who knows that Ceylon and Guri—”
"Presumptuous." Qingping waved his hand, gave her a warning look, and said, "If you are tired, stand aside, what should you say, what should you not say, don't you have a decision in your mind?"
If the story of the embassy reveals that the missions of Ceylon Guri and the two countries fought in the Pingtai embassy, I don't know what will happen to the rumors in Chang'an tomorrow.The group of people waiting outside the door were almost scared to death, ignoring Honglu Temple Chuanzan's dark face, and said in a low voice: "My lord, look, should we also go in and have a look, or if Mr. Zhao finds out..."
Chuan Zan thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Go in!"
After Qing retired from the diplomatic missions of the two countries that were facing each other, Qingping sat on the only intact wooden chair in the hall, watched the two envoys, and said softly: "I don't know why the two noble envoys had a quarrel, so that they wanted to fight? If you can If you trust me, let’s talk about it here and find a solution.”
Gu Li's envoy said with a gloomy expression, "My lord, it's okay for people like Ceylon to disrespect our god, and they even said a lot of vicious words to curse our god!"
The Ceylon envoys screamed and yelled at the side angrily, swearing repeatedly in the Tibetan language, but the Guli envoys were not to be outdone, and they all scolded back with an eye for an eye.The Ceylon envoy panted, "My lord, it's not that we cursed their gods." She spoke smoothly, "It's that they are doing things in the yard, which is very noisy!"
Qingping raised his eyelids, looked at Guli's envoy, and said, "What ritual? The staff of the envoy to Beijing have reported it. I wonder which mage your envoy has brought for the pilgrimage?"
Envoy Guli looked at the envoy of Ceylon with hostility, and said in a low voice, "...not a mage, but our master."
Qing Ping looked slightly startled, feeling that this matter was beyond the responsibilities of the Ministry of Rituals, with a national teacher here, the matter was as simple as a fight.She ordered Li Yan to say: "Go and ask the Honghe Temple Chuanzan to come in, tell the matter to the Honghe Temple Secretary, and let them tell me how this Guli national teacher was mixed in the mission and passed the search, but it was not recorded in the register." Up?"
Li Yan leaned over to press her ear, only felt that there was a vague fragrance floating in her temple hair, and she could not help but feel a slight heat on her face.But this person tilted his head slightly, revealing a smooth side face and a soft neck. His beautiful appearance reminds people of Qu He's crooning and broken jade and silver beads. Only then did Thai Pavilion look back as if it was the rest of its life after a catastrophe.
Li Yan only felt dry mouth, recalling the scene just now, she didn't know why she was stunned, she shook her head with a laugh, and walked away quickly.
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