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Text Chapter 537: Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger

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    On August 10, the 19th year of the founding of the Emperor, an imperial edict was issued, and Li Mi, a celebrity next to the emperor, went to the Duke of Qi's mansion in person to announce the edict.  The Grand Master, Shangshu Ling, and Qi Duke Gao Jiong added 300 households in the city and granted them ten altars of royal wine.  "Your Majesty, thank you for your grace." In the main hall of the Duke of Qi's mansion, Gao Qiao, dressed in a purple robe and a goldfish bag, knelt down to thank God for his grace.  Li Mi handed the imperial edict to Gao Jiong and congratulated him, "Congratulations to the old master, you are so blessed by the Holy Family." Gao Jiong held the imperial edict in his hands and presented it in the hall himself. Then he turned back and greeted the current new emperor, who was only the age of his grandson.  Li Mi, the famous man in front of him, smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty is so kind. I am really grateful. I would like to trouble you to thank your Majesty more when I go back to answer your orders." As he said that, Gao Qiao said: "Pushan County Duke is now very popular with your Majesty.  Trust me, I'm busy with work. I've always wanted to find an opportunity to have a drink with Duke Pushan. Today I just want to take this opportunity and ask Duke Pushan to show his favor." Li Mi replied with a smile on his face, "I can have a good time with the Grand Master.  It's a great honor for me to have a drink together. But," he said with a troubled expression, "I just have official duties, and to be honest with you, I have to go to Taifu Yang's house at some point. I'll be sorry for that next time.  , When the grand master is free, how about I personally do the favor and ask the grand master to pay attention to it?" Although Li Mi was smiling, Gao Qiao could feel the perfunctoriness in his smile.  Gao Yan was unhappy and his face was a little stiff. Finally he laughed and said, "Since it's inconvenient, I can only regret it. Next time, when Pu Shanggong has a chance, we must have a good drink. We won't stay today."  Mr. Pu, I won¡¯t delay your errand.¡± He asked again in a casual tone.  "Pu Shanggong will go to the Taoist mansion later to declare a reward?" "Yes. Your Majesty is very impressed by the Taishi and Taifu, no. He will add three hundred towns to the Taishi, and will pay new tribute to Huaihuang.  He also gave ten jars of royal wine to Taifu, and the same thing happened to Taifu Yang. He added three hundred households and gave ten jars of imperial wine to new tributes. " After saying a few more words, Li Mi took his leave, and Gao Jiong personally walked all the way to the gate.  "Close the door!" After Li Mi's carriage had gone away, Gao Jiong's face immediately turned cold, and there was no trace of smile anymore.  He put his hands behind his back.  He walked back step by step with his brows furrowed, his face as cold as frost.  Gao Hongde, the second son of Gao Jiong, followed and spat towards the long street, "Bah, what the hell, I really gave him some color, and he even opened a dyeing workshop. I really don't know how much he weighed."  He jogged to catch up with his father.  "Your Majesty lets him drink because you are looking down on him, but he actually takes advantage of it. It's really disgusting." "Shut your mouth, be careful of trouble coming from your mouth." Gao Jiu turned his head and glared at his son.  Newly won the reward of the emperor.  But Gao Jiong was not happy at all.  It's not that his current status no longer cares about the title of the three hundred households and the ten jars of royal wine. Although the reward is small, it is still a grand grace.  Gao Jiong now felt sad that the rabbit was dead and the fox was dead.  Just yesterday.  The emperor mobilized the Beiya imperial guards and carried out a very high-profile extermination of the Changsun, Dou and Wei clans.  All the mansions of the three clans in Beijing were sealed.  All property slaves were confiscated, including manors, real estate shops outside Beijing, etc.  Officials have also gone to seize and confiscate it.  More than a hundred men from the Changsun and Dou clans were arrested and imprisoned.  The Changsun family was better off, and Changsun Sheng was left to survive, and Changsun Sheng still maintained his official rank.  As for the Dou family in Chen Guogong's palace, even if the princess came forward, it was still useless, and the entire Dou family collapsed.  The worst thing is that the Wei family, Wei Xiaokuan and Xiao Shikang, two huge families, the three most powerful families in the Sui Dynasty, have now been wiped out.  Wei Yuanzhao, the son-in-law of the Supreme Emperor, openly resisted the decree and tried to attack the angel with a bow. He was directly attacked by the guards of the Yulin Army from Beiya. All the adult men of Wei family were killed on the spot, including some older fourteeners.  The five-year-old middle-aged man also died, leaving only the children, women and children.  The three great gates were destroyed in one day.  At noon today, more than 300 men from the Changsun, Dou, and Wei families who were convicted of treason were sentenced to death at Caishikou. In front of countless people in Xijing City watching and witnessing, they were taken to beheaded one by one.  Lost his head.  At that time, Gao Jiong was on the stage and was the supervisor.  Watching the executioner holding a ghost-headed sword, beheading more than 300 men from the Sun family, Dou family, and Wei family one by one, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops on the battlefield, and never blinking in the face of the brutal killing.  At the first glance, Gao Qiao couldn't help but feel confused and frightened.  This destruction of the three tribes actually happened under the leadership of him and Yang Su.  It was he and Yang Su who made the decision to petition the emperor to exterminate the three clans.  Nowadays, the three wealthy families that used to be so high and glorious have been destroyed. All the outstanding members of the family have been beheaded, and the remaining children have all been deprived of their official positions. They have no chance to become an official, and they have lost their property.  Keeping nothing but a cloth robe, only after moving to the frontier can you get hundreds of acres of wasteland to cultivate.    He and Yang Su personally sent the Dou, Wei, and Changsun clans to the guillotine, and now the emperor issued an order to reward the two of them, with a city title and royal wine.  The fox is sad when the rabbit dies.  This time it¡¯s Dou, Wei, and Changsun. Which family will it be next time?  He has been in power for nearly twenty years, and the Bohai Gao family has been prosperous for a while, but what will be the final outcome?  Judging from Li Mi's attitude of rejecting him today, he must have no good opinion in the emperor's heart.  "My lord has done such a big thing for the emperor. After getting rid of the three families of Dou Wei's eldest grandson, the emperor only rewarded a mere three hundred food and ten jars of wine. This is really stingy." "Pah." He hadn't finished speaking yet.  After saying that, his father, Gao Jiong, turned around suddenly and slapped him in the face with a big slap. There was burning pain on half of his face, and he was immediately stunned.  "You idiot, you idiot, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute. Go back to your own courtyard. From today on, you are not allowed to leave the house for even half a step without my consent. You should read the books of sages at home. You are not allowed to follow those people anymore."  Do you hear that the sons of the noble family are living in debauchery and misbehaving together?" Gao Jiong shouted angrily, and as soon as he got angry, his son Gao Hongde, who was the most powerful official in the dynasty, immediately fell silent.  Gao Jiong shook his head, turned away in disappointment, and went directly into the study.  Lock yourself in and let no one disturb you.  ?Although he is already over 60 years old.  But Gao Jiong still has a very keen sense of smell.  The emperor's thunderous methods against the three families of Dou Wei's eldest grandson shocked both the government and the public.  At the same time, the emperor only dealt with these three families, which also made the high-ranking sects in the capital who had always been a little nervous breathe a sigh of relief.  Dead Taoist friends are not dead poor Taoists. Although the three clans were wiped out, it is indeed sad, but as long as it does not involve yourself, it will be fine.  Now that the emperor has called it a day, he has no plans to expand the liquidation. That is a great thing.  It's just that Gao Jiong is not as naive as these people.  Since the emperor was able to purge these three clans today, he will definitely look for opportunities to purge other wealthy families next time.  After all.  The emperor did not have any grudge against any family, but the Guanlong nobles who had accumulated power for several dynasties were too powerful, so powerful that the emperor was afraid and could not sleep at night.  Whenever there is an opportunity, the emperor will definitely carry out heavy cleaning. Unless the Guanlong Group is cleaned to a point where it can be controlled by the emperor, this kind of cleaning will definitely not end.  The key thing now is, who will become the next unlucky guy?  The emperor¡¯s reward just now did not make Gao Jiong feel that he was out of danger.  On the contrary, I feel more and more that I am in a very dangerous situation now.  Since the emperor felt that the Guanlong nobles were very powerful, he would ruthlessly attack them whenever he had the opportunity.  Then he, who has been the prime minister for nearly twenty years, is now a grand master, and he has also become a minister, which no one in this dynasty has ever held.  Isn't it also a big threat to the emperor? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Especially today, I personally supervised the execution of hundreds of members of Dou Wei's Changsun family.  Seeing three powerful families wiped out in the blink of an eye, Gao Jun really had the intention of quitting.  Maybe it¡¯s time to retreat.  The emperor has not dealt with him yet, but he certainly cannot tolerate himself occupying the position of prime minister in the DPRK.  It¡¯s really hard to make such a decision.  But this time is different from last year.  Last year, he wanted to fight again and compete again, but now, how to fight and how to fight?  Gao Jiong was really confused. Although the new emperor was young, he was terrifyingly powerful. Especially since the new emperor was not only as skillful as Gaozu and knew how to weigh things, but the most important thing was that he could play hard at any time. He had those perfect skills.  He single-handedly established the Huaihuang direct line of civil, military, military and military affairs. When the emperor was impatient to play tricks, he could always come up with a tyrant and force him to use his bow. Who could outsmart him? But in the face of the danger of almost annihilation of the clan,  Who can afford to play?  Pick up the paper, spread it out, and grind the ink.  Gao Jiong picked up his pen and wrote a letter begging for bones. In the memorial, he bluntly stated that he was old and sick, so he specifically requested the emperor to approve his retirement so that a handful of old bones could be buried in his hometown.  As he wrote, Gao Jiong became smoother and smoother as he wrote, and his mind became clearer. He figured it out.  If others want to stay and play with the new emperor, then let them. Anyway, I don't want to play with the new emperor anymore, and he can't do it anymore.  Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. He truly felt the meaning of this word.  Wei Yuanzhao was the son-in-law of the Supreme Emperor, but the Yulin Army still dared to shoot him without saying a word, and did not even ask his superiors or the emperor for instructions.  The eldest princess of the Dou family is so noble, but she can't protect anyone in Chen Guogong's Dou family.  Why did those Beiya guards dare to do this? Because they had the emperor's orders.  I am now requesting to retire, which must be exactly what the new emperor wants.  Regarding his knowledge and interests, I believe that the new emperor will definitely repay him in some way. He does not seek any more glory, but only seeks to be able to retire and stay away from such??In this increasingly fierce storm, I am content with preserving the Gao family and allowing me to have a good death.  Gao Jiong has even thought about it. Once he is approved to retire, he will immediately move his family back to his hometown in Puzhou to stay away from all this.  Gao Jiong¡¯s begging bones memorial was delivered to the palace on the same day, and Yi Feng was greatly surprised after reading it.  The memorial was very moving, but Yi Feng couldn't figure out for a while whether Gao Jiong wanted to retreat in order to advance, or whether he really had the intention to retreat. Because of today's incident between the three families, he was so sad that he had the intention to retreat.  But no matter what, Yi Feng was still very happy about the appearance of this memorial.  As the emperor and his ministers, especially important ministers like the prime minister and prime minister, Yi Feng needs his own people even more.  What's more, Gao Jiong also held the position of Shangshu Ling. Gao Jiong was very capable, but for security reasons, it was a very stupid approach to let a prime minister be in power for twenty consecutive years.  Furthermore, Yi Feng has his own political philosophy. Gao Jun cooperated well with the emperor Yang Jian, but he may not necessarily cooperate well with Yi Feng.  Especially since Yi Feng now wants to readjust the three provinces.  Changed the situation of Shangshu Province where one family was the dominant one and had all the power.  The two provinces of Menxia and Neishi can only be reduced to the status quo of being dispensable.  No matter what, Gao Jiong cannot continue to stay in the center.  The difference is different.  In the end, was Gao Jiong driven out by Yi Feng, or did he quit voluntarily?  If it's the former, it might end up being ugly, but if Gao Jiong chooses the latter wisely, it might be a good situation for everyone.  However, although Yi Feng was eager to send Gao Jiong to the court immediately, he still had to make a gesture at this time and did not approve Gao Jiong's retirement request.  Not only was it impossible, but he also had to write down a long paragraph of words of praise and solicitation, and at the same time, he had to issue an imperial edict.  The edict summarized Gao Jiong's achievements over the years in power, and finally said that the new emperor and the new court could not do without him, and asked Shaofu Temple to reward Gao Jiong with a large number of treasures.  The edict was delivered to Gao Juong's mansion that night. Another popular figure in front of the emperor, Wei Zheng, came to announce the edict in person.  At this time, the people in the government were extremely surprised when they found out that the Grand Master was going to retire.  After Wei Zheng left, Gao Dehong, the second son of Gao Jiong, even said excitedly to his father, "Your Majesty's move of retreating into progress is really wonderful. When a seal begging for the bones was sent, the emperor immediately issued an order to commend and comfort him, and also gave him  Gao Jiong was really disappointed with his son and said nothing.  Returned to the study.  The moment he received the edict just now, he was really shaken in his heart.  But soon, he woke up.  The sooner the emperor's edict came, the more words of praise he received.  It became more and more clear that the emperor wanted him to leave as soon as possible.  Forget it, let¡¯s continue with the list.  The emperor had to say three words to accept Zen.  When he, the prime minister, retires, the emperor will also have to issue three imperial edicts and then agree to it as usual.  This can be regarded as another kind of honor for the emperor to the prime minister. Before leaving, this scene between the monarch and his ministers was also for the world to see.  August 15th is the first royal day after the emperor ascended the throne.  At the court meeting, Yi Feng officially canonized Li Liyi as queen, and the canonization ceremony was grand and complicated.  Subsequently, Yi Feng issued an edict to confer the title of concubine.  Among them, according to the system, under the empress, there are four imperial concubines named Noble Concubine, Shu Concubine, Virtuous Concubine and Xian Concubine, all of whom are of the second rank.  Yi Feng took Gao Qianxue as the imperial concubine, Murong Qiangwei as the imperial concubine, Yuan Jiyao as the imperial concubine, and finally Chen Ting came from behind, surpassing Xiao Sumei and others, and was canonized as the imperial concubine.  Xiao Sumei was canonized as Zhaoyi, Yuwen Yubo was canonized as Zhaorong, Manyue was canonized as Zhaoyuan, Zhang Chuchen was canonized as Xiuyi, Qinglian was named Xiurong, and Mulan was named Xiuyuan. All six of them were Jieyu of the third rank.  In addition, according to the ceremony, there are ninety-nine people in the emperor's harem, including beauty, talent, Baolin, Yunu, and Cainv. Jieyu also has three vacancies, but they are all vacant for the time being.  After the canonization ceremony, Gao Jiong once again made a memorial in the court, requesting that he return to his hometown to retire.  This was the first time for all the officials of the imperial court to know that Gao Jiong was going to become an official, and they were very surprised.  Yang Su couldn't help but turn around to look at Gao Jiong, but couldn't see what the calm-looking Gao Jiong was thinking.  However, as Yang Su expected, the emperor rejected Gao Jiong's request in court.  This was something Yang Su expected, but after hearing the emperor's rejection, Yang Su felt very disappointed.  After the court meeting, Yi Feng asked the imperial dining room to hold a banquet in the palace, and gave it to all the officials, as well as the foreign ladies who came to the palace to see the queen today.  After the banquet was over and all the officials and wives had dispersed, Yi Feng returned to the Li Zheng Hall. He belonged to the queen tonight, and he should accompany the newly canonized queen.  The Li Zheng Hall has been newly decorated. There are a dazzling array of curios and utensils from Taifu Temple and Shaofu Temple. All kinds of exquisite and gorgeous things have decorated the Li Zheng Hall, showing the empress's due character in every aspect.  Nobility and grace.  "Do you like it?" Yi Feng pointed to the gorgeous and precious things in the palace and asked Su Jun with a smile.  "There is nothing that your Majesty does not like when you give it to me." Li Liyi said todayThe beauty outside is as amazing as the wedding night.  She bowed to Yi Feng, and then said bluntly, "It's just that our court has always advocated frugality since Taizu founded the country. Frugality is a virtue. It turns out that when the Empress Dowager lived here, there were no rare things in the palace.  The things were very simple. I remember that I had heard that in the early years of the Emperor's reign, there was a trade between the imperial court and the Turks. A Turkic merchant sold a basket of pearls worth eight million yuan, and someone persuaded the Queen Mother to buy it.  At that time, the Queen Mother said, this is not what I need. Nowadays, the Hu people on the border have repeatedly invaded and harassed the border, and the soldiers guarding the border are working hard. It is better to use the 8 million yuan to reward the meritorious soldiers who guard the border for the country.  The Empress Dowager has lived a frugal life, and she should keep it in mind. Your Majesty has received these precious things. Please allow me to resell them. " "Resale?" Yi Feng asked.  "I think so, just like the charity fund-raising your Majesty did when you were pregnant with the famine. I took out all the treasures that your Majesty rewarded, held a charity auction in the capital, and invited everyone from the capital to  Wealthy businessmen participated in the auction, and the money received from each auction item was used to purchase Futian, establish a charity, and use Futian's land to rent to house widows, widowers, and disabled people who were over fifty and had no support.  We will provide food, clothing, and shelter to those who cannot support themselves. I plan to build a charity home in Gyeonggi Province first, and then build it all over the country in the future, so that all the elderly people who have no support can have someone to support them in their old age.  "Yifeng didn't expect that Li Liyi had such a big plan, and this matter was indeed very positive.  These things should originally be the functions of the government, but there is no such social welfare at the moment. The queen is determined to do this, and he still supports it.  "This plan is excellent. I fully support the queen. Perhaps after the queen has summed up some experience first, the court may be able to allocate funds to incorporate the charity house project into the court's work and treat it as a formal benevolent policy.  "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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