Chapter 98: The Faithful Minister
"Four or five, that's enough, do you have their list and address?" Although Wei Zhongquan said that there were only four or five, not as much as Liu Fei expected, but in terms of speaking, it was barely enough.
"Back to the emperor, they all came up step by step from the Huotou Army back then, and there is no problem with their character. There are Su Dingfang, who is 41 years old this year, who is good at commanding the army and is brave in battle; Xue Rengui, who is now 38 years old Chinese New Year's Eve, has the courage of 10,000 people and has amazing archery skills; and Li Mu, who is now 42 years old. Zhou Yafu, now 42 years old, also has high military skills, and Yu Qian, 40 years old, is a Confucian general. ”
"What, Yu Qian?" Liu Fei was shocked by Wei Zhongquan's words, Yu Qian, wouldn't it be the Yu Qian who said funny things, could he have crossed him over, but his fat appearance, can he be a Confucian general?
"Your Majesty knows about him?" When Wei Zhongquan mentioned Yu Qian's name, Liu Fei's excited look was not His Majesty's acquaintance with Yu Qian.
"How could I possibly know him, I just thought his name was very strange and strange. Then you have the addresses of several of them!"
"Back to Your Majesty, after General Su Dingfang returned to his hometown, he made a living selling pork in the bazaar, General Xue Rengui did the business of striking iron, General Li Mu opened a small restaurant, General Yu Qian became a teacher, and General Zhou Yafu was an official in the county government. Wei Zhongquan reported to Liu Fei the basic situation of the five people.
"Well, several of them are not living very well, it is the court that has failed them! Okay, old prince, you have been running all the way, working hard, and you have been chatting with me in the palace for so long, go back and have a good rest, why don't you talk about it tomorrow if you have something." Come and send the prince to rest in the palace. ”
"Huh!" As soon as he heard Liu Fei's call, Xiao Lizi and Xiao Guizi, who were guarding outside the door, hurriedly came in, Xiao Lizi arranged for someone to send Weizhong back to the palace to rest, and Xiao Guizi gave Liu Fei a body massage. Xiao Guizi's massage technique was taught to him by Liu Fei, the purpose is to relieve fatigue to the greatest extent, after many practices, Xiao Guizi has been able to give full play to this set of techniques. pressed and pressed, Liu Fei lay on the dragon chair and fell asleep.
In the evening, Xiao Guizi came to the upper study and woke up Liu Fei who was asleep, the emperor was asleep, and he didn't dare to disturb a hundred timid little Guizi, but Liu Fei had previously explained that he was going to call him at dinner, and he was going to accompany the two concubines to dine together.
"Your Majesty, wake up, Your Majesty, wake up! It's dinner time, Concubine Jing has already asked people to urge her several times!" Xiao Guizi woke Liu Fei up and said to him.
"Well, it's dinner time, I've slept for so long!" Under Xiao Guizi's service, Liu Fei hurriedly finished washing up and went to Yongning Palace to accompany the three daughters for dinner. After dinner, Liu Fei also stayed in Yongning Palace, accompanied Wang Yuyan to a plum blossom three times, full of spring, until Wang Yuyan was too lazy to move on the bed, Liu Fei stopped his expedition.
Early in the morning, when a ray of sunlight shone into the house, Liu Fei woke up from his sleep, turned his head to look at Wang Yuyan who was curled up beside him, Liu Fei's heart was full of pride, he gently pulled his arm out from under Wang Yuyan's head, got up and dressed, and prepared to go out to finish breakfast and go up.
Outside the gate of the imperial city, the three of them had been waiting here for two hours, but they had not seen anyone coming, and there was no sound of communication.
"Father, are you here at the wrong time, aren't you going to court today?" asked the middle-aged man on the side.
"Impossible, yesterday Gonggong Li clearly said that he would go to the court today, how can he be mistaken?" The three of them are none other than the three of Dingwang Weizhong, father and son, who accompanied Liu Fei yesterday, they came to the palace gate very early, but they waited left and right, the palace gate was not opened, and no one came to pass the word, and the three of them waited for two hours in vain, and they were also frozen for two hours.
"Eh, Dad, there's someone over there!" Wei Dingmin said to Wei Zhongquan.
"The two of them looked around, and sure enough, someone was walking towards this side!"
"Lord Wang, you came so early!" the person who came saw Wei Zhongquan and asked first.
"Lord Zhang, Master Di, the two of you are here!" The people who came were Zhang Liang and Di Renjie, who came together.
"Lord Wang, listen to you, you have been here for a long time!" Di Renjie felt that the old prince had something to say, so he asked him.
"The old man has been here for two hours, but the palace gate is not open, and no one has passed it on!" Wei Zhong said puzzled, generally speaking, this point has already been sent to the court, why did these two Shangshu adults also come.
"Lord Wang, didn't anyone tell you that the time of the last dynasty of the Xin Han Kingdom has changed now?" Zhang Liang and the others felt very strange, they didn't know the time of the last dynasty; Oh, by the way, he has been staying in Sanhe County, and has not participated in any court meetings since Liu Fei ascended the throne, he must not know about the change of the time of the last dynasty, but the eunuchs who passed them to the court should have told them the time of the last dynasty, whether the eunuchs of the decree deliberately rectified them, or did the eunuchs forget to tell them about it!
"The time of the last dynasty has changed, and no one tells us!"
"Lord, it should be that the eunuch has forgotten about this! Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has changed the time of the court to the time of the morning hour, it should be that the eunuch is used to the edict, and he failed to tell the prince in time, the prince has suffered!" Let an elderly person stand in front of the palace gate and wait for two hours, Di Renjie and Zhang Liang both felt embarrassed.
"It's okay! The old man thinks he's misremembered!"
There was a loud click, and the palace door was opened from the inside! The morning whip of the early dynasty had sounded, and many ministers had rushed from all directions to prepare to participate in the early dynasty.
"Lord Wang, please!" the two made a gesture of invitation to Wei Zhongquan.
"Let's go, let's go together!" A group of people stepped straight into the Chaoyang Hall from the palace gate, waiting for Liu Fei's arrival.
"The emperor has arrived, and the ministers kneel to greet him!" Xiao Guizi's voice sounded, and everyone hurriedly knelt down.
"Ministers see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!"
"Everyone Aiqing is exempt from courtesy, flat down!" Liu Fei walked to the dragon chair under the bright plaque of Zhengda and sat down, and said to everyone.
"Long live thanks!"
"Today, there are three more people in this court, and one of them is an old minister in the period of the first emperor, he is dedicated to the country and the people, for the first emperor, for the Xin Han Kingdom to fight in all directions, the king of Ding, who has made great achievements, everyone has seen. Liu Fei introduced to everyone.
"I've seen King Ding!" all the ministers saluted Wei Zhongquan one after another.
From now on, the old prince will be exempted from the gift of facing the king, and he will be given the gift of sitting with me in the court. Liu Fei said again, and soon a eunuch brought a chair.
"Old minister, thank Your Majesty for your grace, long live, long live, long live!" Wei Zhongquan was so excited that he burst into tears, this is simply a great gift, exempting the gift of facing the monarch, and giving the court the gift of sitting with the emperor in the court, this is really the only one in the Xin Han Kingdom since the founding of the country.