Chapter 20: Conferring upon me the title of Wude Hall
"It's a memorial from Prince Qi's Palace..."
Liu Jun reminded in a low voice.
Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, thinking he was hallucinating.
Pei Ji, who was hugging a beautiful woman with a lewd look on his face, was also stunned, thinking he had heard it wrong.
From the time Li Yuan ascended the throne to the present, the number of memorials submitted to the Prince of Qi's Palace could be counted on one hand.
Four of them were from Li Yuanji's predecessor suing Yuwen Xin and asking Li Yuan to severely punish Yuwen Xin. Another letter was from Li Yuanji's predecessor who wanted to steal the credit from others during the battle with Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong at the beginning of the year, but was rebuked by Li Shimin, so he went to Li Yuan to sue Li Shimin.
The five memorials were submitted to Li Yuan out of necessity because the emperor was far away and could not find Li Yuan to cry to his heart in person.
Whenever Li Yuanji's predecessor was in Chang'an, if there was any problem, he would go directly to Li Yuan's palace and talk to Li Yuan face to face, and would never submit a memorial to the emperor.
So when Li Yuan and Pei Ji heard Liu Jun say that the Prince of Qi's palace had submitted a memorial, they couldn't believe it.
Pei Ji muttered subconsciously, "What is the Fourth Prince doing now?"
He was the only one who dared to say in front of Li Yuan that Li Yuan's son was causing trouble. If anyone else dared to say so in front of Li Yuan, Li Yuan would make sure that he would not see the sunrise tomorrow morning.
Li Yuan also looked puzzled and asked, "Could it be that he pissed me off yesterday and knew that I was angry, so he didn't dare to face me, but he had something to ask of me, so he had to write to me?"
Pei Ji pondered for a while and shook his head slightly.
That was not the style of Li Yuanji's predecessor.
Even though Li Yuanji's predecessor was so angry that Li Yuan was trembling, he could still make demands to Li Yuan with confidence.
Li Yuan was even more confused. "Then why did he write to me? Can't he come and tell me what's going on?"
Pei Ji also looked puzzled, "How about taking a look?"
Li Yuan hesitated for a moment and took Li Yuanji's memorial from Liu Jun.
Pei Ji didn't hesitate either. He leaned his head next to Li Yuan and watched with him.
It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, just take a look.
Li Yuan and Pei Ji's expressions were very interesting.
Li Yuan's face turned red, white, and then blue.
Pei Ji's face was pale and there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
Upon seeing this, Liu Jun guessed that Li Yuanji's memorial might be unusual. In order to prevent some unknown secrets from being leaked out, he immediately signaled to other palace servants.
The palace servants bowed to Li Yuan and quietly left the Liangyi Hall.
Pei Ji didn't care about the two beauties in his arms. He jumped out of the long table barefoot and knelt in front of Li Yuan, "I am guilty!"
Li Yuan clenched his fists and crumpled Li Yuanji's memorial into a ball.
Pei Ji, his favorite minister, knelt before him and begged for forgiveness, but he turned a deaf ear to him.
Seeing this, Liu Jun was very curious about what Li Yuanji had written in the memorial that could make Li Yuan turn a deaf ear to Pei Ji's apology, and also make Pei Ji, a favorite minister who dared to say anything in front of Li Yuan, kneel on the ground without daring to breathe.
The four beauties had already knelt on the ground, trembling.
“Bang!”
Li Yuan angrily slammed the long table in front of him, and the silver plates and wine pots filled with wine, meat, and vegetables on the table shook.
Pei Ji trembled and said: "Please punish me, my Lord..."
Li Yuan gnashed his teeth and said, "He wants to piss me off to death!"
When Liu Jun heard this, he knew that Li Yuan was really angry, and he quickly lay on the ground, "Everyone take care of your health..."
Li Yuan usually did not call himself "I" in private. He was unwilling to put on airs as an emperor in front of , nor was he willing to put on airs as an emperor in front of his sons.
Once he calls himself "I" in private, it means he is really angry.
"Go and seal his Wude Hall for me!"
Li Yuan shouted angrily.
Liu Jun looked at Li Yuan in horror.
Liu Jun knew how much Li Yuan doted on his son.
Li Yuan is now going to close the Wude Hall, which means that Li Yuan's anger can no longer be controlled.
Liu Jun hesitated for a moment, touched the ground with his head, and did not move.
He understood Li Yuan, so he knew that Li Yuan had no bottom line in doting on his son.
Li Yuan sealed the Wude Hall just as quickly as he unsealed it.
If he really went to convey the imperial edict, when Li Yuan's anger subsided, he would blame him for not persuading him, which led to him punishing his son and creating a rift between them.
Seeing Liu Jun standing still with his eyes wide open, Li Yuan stood up and kicked Liu Jun, "You want to piss me off too? You want to piss me off too?!"
Li Yuan kicked Liu Jun hard, and he rolled on the ground screaming.
Li Yuan chased after him and kicked him, cursing at him as he did so.
Li Yuan kicked Liu Jun all the way from inside the hall to the door, and only then did the anger in his chest dissipate a lot.
Li Yuan looked at Liu Jun lying on the ground waiting to be kicked, and cursed: "I kicked you, why didn't you hide? Aren't you afraid that I would kick you to death? That rebellious son knew to run away when he saw me holding a sword, why didn't you run away?"
Do I dare to run?!
Liu Jun grumbled in his heart, but he persuaded: "Everyone calm down, it's not good to get angry and make your body sick."
Li Yuan glared at Liu Jun fiercely and said, "Go to the Secretariat and ask the Secretariat to draft a document to appoint your nephew as a deputy lieutenant."
The deputy lieutenant of the imperial army was a non-official of the ninth rank.
His power is not even as great as that of a clerk in a large county.
But he is an official.
This is the benefit of being kicked by Li Yuan.
Li Yuan rarely bullied others, and if he did, he would always give them benefits.
With uncle Liu Jun protecting me, it won't be a problem to get promoted in the future.
Given Liu Jun's status, as long as he asked, there would be countless people willing to help his nephew find an official position, and the starting rank would definitely not be lower than the seventh rank.
But the official positions given by others have different meanings from those given by Li Yuan.
The official position given by Li Yuan was a gift from heaven and came from a legitimate family.
The official position given by others is a wild way.
Once Li Yuan found out, not only would his nephew lose his official position, but he would also lose Li Yuan's favor.
"Thank you for your love."
With a bruised head, Liu Jun quickly got up and thanked Li Yuan.
So far, he had been beaten severely by Li Yuan several times. His three nephews also became officials because of this, and one of his nieces was married to an earl with the help of Li Yuan.
"Humph, I'll let your nephew guard the gate of Wude Hall later."
Li Yuan snorted coldly.
Liu Jun looked up in astonishment. Are you serious?
Li Yuan saw through Liu Jun's thoughts and snorted, "This time I'm not kidding. I will definitely seal the Wude Hall of that rebellious son. If that rebellious son appears in front of me again, I will be pissed off to death by him."
"As you wish!"
Liu Jun quickly agreed.
The decision Li Yuan made after calming down is real and will not change for a while.
When Liu Jun stood up to pass on the imperial edict, Li Yuan smoothed the memorial in his hand and handed it to Liu Jun, "Take it to the Crown Prince and the King of Qin later, especially the King of Qin, so that he can see how our Highness the King of Qi praises him."
Liu Jun's heart trembled. No wonder Li Yuan was so angry.
Li Yuanji has been at odds with both Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin recently.
Suddenly he went to praise Li Shimin. Either he had some conspiracy, or he was telling Li Yuan openly that he wanted to support Li Shimin.
Li Yuan was planning to pass the throne to Li Jiancheng, so that the Li Tang throne could be passed down smoothly in order of seniority.
The monstrous rise of Li Shimin posed a considerable threat to Li Jiancheng's succession to the throne.
Li Tang still had many enemies, so Li Yuan had to use Li Shimin.
In order to make Li Shimin give up the position of crown prince, Li Yuan tried almost every means to satisfy Li Shimin's appetite, and even went so far as to create a General of Tiance, who was ranked above the Three Dukes, to place Li Shimin in a position of power.
But Li Shimin didn't agree.
Li Shimin wanted the position of crown prince.
Li Yuan could only satisfy Li Shimin's appetite while trying to find ways to suppress Li Shimin.
Now Li Yuanji came out and said he wanted to support Li Shimin.
How could Li Yuan not be angry?
As for why Pei Ji had to kneel, Liu Jun was a little confused.
But he no longer had the energy to care about these things. After taking the memorial given by Li Yuan, he hurriedly left the Liangyi Hall.
Li Yuan watched Liu Jun disappear outside the Liangyi Palace before he came to his senses. He looked at Pei Ji and sighed, "Pei Qing, I thought you could find a helper for me, but I didn't expect you to find me a trouble."
Pei Ji's whole body trembled and his heart felt cold.
Li Yuan used to call him 'Pei Jian', but suddenly called him 'Pei Qing', which means that Li Yuan was really dissatisfied with him and he might fall out of favor.
Pei Ji hurriedly said: "I spoke nonsense for a moment and caused such a big trouble for the master. I beg the master to forgive me."
Li Yuanji specifically mentioned him in his memorial, and Li Yuan obviously cared about him. If he didn't ask Li Yuan to punish him, how could Li Yuan forgive him easily?
Li Yuan pondered for a long time, then slowly said: "Pei Qing, please don't discuss my family's affairs from now on."
In the end, Li Yuan was reluctant to punish this close confidant who shared his same bad taste.
Pei Ji touched the ground with his head and said respectfully: "Yes..."
…
Tiance Mansion.
Li Shimin invited Cheng Yaojin and Zhangsun Wuji to accompany him and was entertaining Cao Dan.
Cheng Yaojin is a rough but meticulous person, with a carefree personality and a generous attitude. He doesn't like to talk about his status with others at the drinking table. He only likes to talk about his drinking capacity and build relationships with others.
Wherever he is in the bar, there is joy.
Not only will it not make people feel bored, but it will make them happily forget the difference in status.
Li Shimin invited Cheng Yaojin to accompany him in order to get closer to Cao Dan at the drinking party.
As long as Cao Dan drank enough, was happy, and forgot the difference in status, he would tell him a few words from his heart.
With these few words from his heart, he could have a better understanding of Cao Dan.
Changsun Wuji is a smart person who can stay sober when everyone is having fun, and can further help him understand Cao Dan.
Four people sat at a table.
Li Shimin did not put on airs as the King of Qin, but actually stood up and poured wine for Cao Dan.
Cao Dan was a tall and strong man. He was a little flattered and a little . He held the wine cup with both hands like a big bear holding a bowl waiting for someone to give him honey.
A little silly, a little cute, and a little naive.
Cheng Yaojin is a big man with a beard. He has a very distinctive laugh, hahaha, a bit heroic and a bit weird. When he sees the wine, it's like he sees his own wife.
There is greed on his face, greed in his eyes, and even greed can be heard in his laughter.
Changsun Wuji was tall and slender, with a neat beard. He smiled when he looked at people, but he didn't say a word when he sat at the table, like an outsider.
