The imperial palace of Luoyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty is divided into two palaces, the south and the north. ≤, the two palaces are connected by a compound road covered by a roof, and it is seven miles long from north to south. The so-called compound road is three roads side by side, the middle one is the emperor's exclusive royal road, and the two sides are the roads taken by ministers and attendants. There is also a guard every ten steps, standing on the side of the two compartments, very mighty. The north gate of the South Palace and the south gate of the North Palace are opposite, that is, the "Anthology. The ancient poem "said that "the two palaces look at each other from a distance, and the two sides are more than 100 feet". The entire Miyagi plane clearly shows a "Lu" glyph.

Nangong in the Eastern Han Dynasty before the existence of zài, the beginning of the new Zhou city, Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Zhou unified China, the city was given to Lü Buwei, Lü Buwei carefully managed, so that the scale of this city is majestic, magnificent and magnificent. Luoyang, the capital of Liu Bang in the Western Han Dynasty, continued to use this city, and continued to repair it, so that it maintained a prosperous scene. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was completely renovated and officially used as an imperial palace. The specific location is in the northwest of Longhutan Village, Yanshi, where the terrain is uplifted, and the local people call it "Xigang".

There are four gates of the same name in the south and north of the palace city, and the two sides of the gate are expected to be the Suzaku Gate, the east is the Canglong Gate, the north is the Xuanwu Gate, and the west is the White Tiger Gate. The Xuanwu Gate of the South Palace and the Suzaku Gate of the North Palace are connected by the double road, and the Suzaku Gate of the South Palace is connected to the Pingcheng Gate as the south main gate of the Imperial Palace and goes directly to the outside of the city. Because the emperor goes in and out through the Vermilion Bird Gate a lot, so the door is the most noble, the building is also extraordinarily majestic and magnificent, the Yanshi who is far away 45 miles away looks at the Vermilion Bird Gate from afar, it seems to be connected with the sky, it can be called the wonder of Luoyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Before the Ming Emperor, the South Palace was the most important place for political activities, but since the Ming Emperor Yongping spent five years to restore the North Palace, the North Palace gradually replaced the South Palace and became the place where the emperor succeeded to the throne and daily court meetings. At this time, after the court meeting ended, Emperor Ling left the three dukes and other important officials behind and met with them in the Xuanming Palace.

Although it was only a meeting. It is not as good as the great court meeting of Deyang Palace, but the entire Xuanming Hall is isolated by the Yulin Army. The secrecy measures are so extreme that no one will approach them lightly, let alone hear the content of the proceedings.

At this time, there was a fierce quarrel in the Xuanming Palace, and the sound of the quarrel could almost reach the Yongle Palace (where the Empress Dowager Dong lived), and the two parties involved, one was the newly promoted Sangong Sikong Xu Xiang, and the other was Guangluxun Liu Hong, one of the nine Qings.

And the focus of the debate is Liu Lan, who is carrying Cai Shaofen back to the pavilion at the moment, why? Because Liu Hong repented. Not only did he completely veto the already negotiated appointment of Liu Lan's official position, and he was not even captured. Why? Liu Hong was short of money again, and at the beginning of the year, he spent all the money of his Shaofu by repairing the Nangong Yutang, so he had to consider whether he should sell Liu Lan's Captain Wumaru and the Marquis of Guannai's knighthood to enrich the Shaofu.

And more importantly, this Liu Lan actually got the full support of the three dukes, and even the general and Zhong Juan, what is the situation? Is this person really talented? Or did this man make money in all these places, but not to pay him, the most powerful man of the day?

It is precisely for these reasons that the court is on the court today. The three princes and nine secretaries led by the general He Jin, Situ Cui Lie, and Yang Biao in the service questioned the Son of Heaven and asked the Son of Heaven to be captured and canonized as soon as possible, not only the three princes and nine secretaries. Even the Zhongchang attendants, including Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang, also begged Emperor Ling not to delay, otherwise he would become a laughing stock in the world.

Originally. With so many ministers asking for a performance, Emperor Ling had to agree in desperation. But there was an episode in Liu Lan's matter, and this is why the debate is so fierce today. Originally, the three dukes were all in favor of rewarding Liu Lan, but now the captain Zhang Wen led the troops to Liangzhou to quell the rebellion, and the old Sikong Yang Ci unfortunately went, and the new Sikong Xu Xiang chose to stand on the side of Emperor Ling after observing the words and feelings, so that he became a person 'tongue war group Confucian', he is now unscrupulous, even if the three dukes offend all the generals, what about it, we have the Son of Heaven behind us.

"The new Youzhou Mu is trying his best to appease Karasuma in the three counties, if the Son of Heaven is captured at this time, and Liu Lan is the captain of the Karasuma Guard, the Marquis of Guannei, this will inevitably cause another backlash from the Karasuma people, so far I am afraid that there will be no peace in the north, and if it is so solemnly canonized, the border army and county will order the county to defend the state of the Mu Zhi Tu Hu is very long, it is inevitable that they will take the opportunity to make trouble, in order to make progress, from now on all sides of the world will never have a peaceful day, please ask Your Majesty Xià to take back the order, another reward!" Sikong Xu Xiang is in his forties, with a long beard and elegant face, and at this moment, he is out of the line, completely ignoring the murderous eyes around him.

And Guangluxun Liu Hong had no intention of backing down, and stepped forward: "The rebellion of the three counties of Ping, the merit of Dingyouzhou, if you don't commend it, won't it chill the hearts of the border soldiers?" If there is no reward for meritorious service, will anyone contribute to the court in the future? ”

Sikong Xu Xiang said bitterly: "This is surprising, what the old man said is not a reward, but a reward as appropriate, if the military merits are heavy, the border county guards the lieutenant mistakenly to the Son of Heaven to value the military merits, cited as the merit of progress, it is inevitable that there will be provocations, so the soldiers are everywhere, the Han border is no longer peaceful, it is really a big unwise, Fang Jin's political strategy, the first priority is the northwest Zhuqiang, once the world border is full of smoke, the southeast Baiyue, the southwest barbarians, the north Rong Di invaded the border, will make my Han Dynasty into the endless war Ah. ”

"What Xu Sikong said is good, there is something good at the top, and it will be very bad at the bottom. Once this wind is together, the country will have no peace. Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, said a conclusive conclusion, but Zhao Zhong, who didn't want to be on one side, came out of the queue and said: "The minister does not dare to agree, the saint, the party knows that the saint is going to be captured, once it is changed, will not let the people of the world think that the Son of Heaven will change his order every day, and he has no sincerity?" In this way, the people of the world will no longer have the heart to forge ahead, they will feel that even if they make meritorious service, they will not get the reward they deserve, once the disaster is repeated, everyone will avoid it, so that the country is really not peaceful, Xu Sikong is not only not a word of loyalty, but it is a chaotic word, please ask Your Majesty to remove him from the position of the commonplace, throw himself into the North Temple Prison, and cure his crime of chaos in the country! ”

"Zhao Zhongchang, you say that I am a chaotic man, I think the sinners of the chaotic Han and chaotic countries are not me Xu Xiang, but you who insist on rewarding the small officials of the border counties, and the middle servants." Xu Xiang's words were impassioned, and he had the courage to calmly serve the truth.

"Alright, stop arguing."

Liu Hong finally couldn't help it, rubbing his forehead with a sullen face: "Now that the three princes and nine kings are not controversial, this matter will continue to be put aside, when will there be a conclusion, and when will it be rewarded." ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven left from the side door, the whole room was stupid, who would have thought that Emperor Ling would make a procrastination trick in the end, when would there be a conclusion? Unless Xu Xiang is not in the position of Sikong, is this possible?

Xu Xiang was the first to leave with a smile on his face, looking at his villain's detached face, how many people miss the deceased old Sikong Yang Ci at this time, if he is still alive, the reward will not be delayed again and again like now!

At the same time, the Empress Dowager Dong in the Yongle Palace recruited the Zhongchang attendant Jian Shuo, the reason was naturally that he vaguely heard the quarrel before and sent someone to investigate, but it was not the palace maid eunuch, but now that the time of the court meeting has long passed, where is the noise?

After this inquiry, I learned that it was my son and the ministers who were discussing in the Xuanming Palace.

"Jian Shuo, what is Xuanming Hall talking about, why is it arguing like this?"

"Returning to the Queen Mother, I am discussing the matter of Lu Longsai's order to reward Liu Lanping with the three counties of Karasuma."

"What was the end result?"

"It's over, the Son of Heaven said that he wanted the three princes and the generals to make a conclusion and then make a reward."

Empress Dowager Dong sighed and had no interest in continuing to ask, but seemed to remember something, and suddenly asked, "By the way, what will Dong Hou do these days?" Why hasn't the mourning family seen him for several days? ”

Dong Hou in the mouth of the Empress Dowager Dong, that is, the later Emperor Liu Xie, because of his mother Wang Meiren was favored by the Emperor Ling, after giving birth to Liu Xie, he was killed by the jealous Empress He with a cup of poisonous wine, although the Emperor Ling was angry at that time to abolish the queen, but the officials begged bitterly to have to give up, but he was still worried that the child of this beloved concubine would encounter another accident, so he handed Liu Xie over to his mother Empress Dowager Dong to raise.

Empress Dowager Dong was very sympathetic to Wang Meiren's plight, and loved this hard-working child very much, but after all, such a child would have no mother, and Emperor Ling was worried that he would not be able to become an adult, so he gave Liu Xie the name "Dong Hou" according to his mother's folk customs.

Empress Dowager Dong wanted to know the current situation of her grandson, but she waited for a long time but didn't say a word, but when she looked at him again, she found that his expression was a little strange, slightly angry, and said: "Jian Shuo, the mourning family will ask you again." ”

Jian Shuocheng said with trepidation: "Empress Dowager Qiyu, Dong Hou's matter, the old slave doesn't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

"I don't know if I should talk about it, don't say it quickly, what's wrong with Dong Hou?" Empress Dowager Dong's eyes widened, and her phoenix eyes were full of anger, and she said.

"Dong Hou has been in the folk recently, yesterday when he was feeding (Shen, the time is more than 15 o'clock to 17 o'clock), he went to Jinshi Fenglai Building...... "Jian Shuo said hesitantly, especially the more he went back, the more his voice trembled, and in the end, only his mouth was moving.

"What?" Empress Dowager Dong was furious, staring at Jian Shuo with sharp eyes, and asked definitely: "What did you just say, the mourning family didn't hear clearly, you say it again." ”

"Yes, yes." Jian Shuocheng wiped the cold sweat on his forehead in fear, and said, "Dong Hou went to Jinshi Fenglai Building at the time of feeding yesterday......

"What is she doing in Jinshi Fenglai Building? Yesterday, which temple was on duty in Zongzheng Temple, and why didn't anyone play with me about such a thing! ”

"The old slave will go and check."

"Wait." Empress Dowager Dong suddenly stopped Jian Shuo, who was about to leave, and said: "This matter is related to the royal system, and it cannot be publicized, you still go and call Dong Hou to me, and I will ask him personally." ”

Jian Shuo left, as for why the Empress Dowager Dong was so excited, the main reason was that his eldest grandson Shi Hou (Liu Wei) had been fostered in a folk historian since he was a child, although he had been back to the palace for many years, but the wildness was difficult to get rid of, and he would sneak out of the palace from time to time, how could the Empress Dowager Dong not be afraid that Dong Hou would sneak out of the palace with the wild boy to play?

Wait until you understand, you must let Dong Hou Zhang remember it, not only can you not leave the palace casually in the future, but you can't get too close to Shi Hou!

Empress Dowager Dong made up her mind. (To be continued......)