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Chapter 1056: Court Settlement
Gao Yang's position was not in line with his true strength, and many concubines and royal children had long been dissatisfied. Having lost Li Shimin's protection and now causing such a big mess, it can be considered a worthy death, and there is nothing to regret.

Thinking about the new emperor's current situation, he really needed a head to establish his authority, so no one said anything and everyone agreed to the emperor's way of handling the matter.

In general, the recognition of the emperor by the civil and military officials and the royal family and nobles far outweighed their doubts.

Now that the game is over, we need to wrap it up to prevent the situation from escalating further.

The fact that the instigator Chu Heng was dealt with by Dou Dan, a senior and prestigious official of the Imperial Clan, undoubtedly expressed the recognition and support of the royal family and meritorious officials for the emperor.

As soon as Dou Dan finished speaking, many kings and important officials including King Jiangxia Li Daozon, King Zhao Li Yuanjing, King Lu Li Yuanchang, Grand Master of Imperial Household Tang Jian, Grand Secretary of the Dali Temple Sun Fujia, and Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Rites Kong Yingda came out to agree with him and report Chu Heng.

Li Yan saw it and understood that this was what Zhangsun Wugou said, the reward after winning the game, the recognition of the royal family and the meritorious officials. Although Li Yan was very dissatisfied with this, he had no choice, because this was how it was in the power arena.

You must first rely on yourself and defeat your opponents before you can gain recognition and respect from others. With the full support of these forces, you can become a strong emperor, be qualified to compete with more powerful enemies, and achieve greater achievements, and then more people will support you.

In this way, a virtuous cycle is formed, and the strong become stronger.

On the other hand, if you are weak, you will fail in the game, be looked down upon by more people, and even some of your base will be shaken. Therefore, the weaker your strength is, the less likely you are to win in the fight.

This forms a vicious cycle, and the weak become weaker and weaker.

Although he is an emperor, since ancient times, emperors are different from each other. Strong and weak emperors are both emperors, but their strength and influence are very different. As the eldest son of Li Shimin, Li Yan can legally inherit the position of emperor.

If one wants to obtain the real power that matches the throne, he must rely on his own efforts. This is also the process of an emperor's growth.

If you think that you can rule the world and have the final say after you sit in this position, then look at the difference between Qin Ershi and Qin Shihuang, Emperor Xian of Han and Emperor Wu of Han, Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yuanzhang. They are all emperors, but they seem to be separated by a huge distance.

Afterwards, princes including Wu Wang Li Ke, Qi Wang Li You, Jin Wang Li Zhi, as well as ministers including Yuchi Gong, Li Daliang, Gao Ji Fu, and Li Ji also stood up to second the motion.

Seeing the one-sided crusade in the court, Li Yan, who had the support of all the ministers, was shocked, and felt as if he was assisted by God, and his whole body was full of strength. Sitting on the dragon throne, he looked at Chu Heng, who had provoked him the day before and acted like an old man, with great satisfaction.

Li Yan did not act too ostentatious, but sat still, raised his sleeves, and said in a cold voice: "Come here, drag Chu Heng down and put him in the sky prison. Let the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice jointly try the case, and the Imperial Envoy Office supervise the trial. Find out all the crimes of this person."

Chu Heng, who was standing among the civil officials, felt his legs go limp and he fell to the ground, his face ashen.

When the situation reversed yesterday, he knew that things were not going well. When he asked to see Cui Renshi overnight but was rejected, he realized that he had been abandoned and became a discarded pawn.

Later, he wanted to seek help from some important officials with whom he had a good relationship, but they all turned him down. He knew that he was completely finished. These officials were the most realistic and would never get involved with a person who had no value.

In fact, Chu Heng also knew this. In his many years of official career, he had played the role of kicking someone when he was down countless times. This is how it is in the power field. The law of nature will always come true, and retribution will come. It's just that today it's his turn.

He did not visit those people in the hope of their help.

I just want to know what kind of situation I will face. Even if I am unlucky, being stripped of my official position and being exiled are different.

After a night of tossing and turning, everyone avoided him as if he were the devil, and Chu Heng knew that his fate would not be good.

However, he did not expect that as soon as the court meeting started, he was besieged by everyone and did not even have a chance to argue. The situation was more serious than he had imagined.

Chu Heng was extremely regretful now. He should have resigned and returned home earlier instead of getting involved in this mess. Now, he had completely offended the emperor.

He also offended the whole court, and the nobles did not help him.
Originally, he could ask Fang Xuanling, a tolerant and influential old minister. If Fang Xuanling came forward, he would be able to save his life. The key point was that Princess Gaoyang was someone else's daughter-in-law, and he was in the court the day before yesterday.

He exposed Princess Gaoyang's scandal without mercy, and almost angered the old minister to death on the spot. Chu Heng still couldn't forget the way Fang Xuanling stared at him viciously before he fainted, as if he wanted to eat him alive.

How can I have the face to ask others for help now?

Last night, the Fang family went to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and took back Gao Yang's body. Today, the Fang family is still holding funeral ceremonies. Many of the people who came out to criticize him were old friends of Fang Xuanling. They came out to seek justice for Fang Xuanling.

The day before yesterday, people in the court were concerned about the power of the nobles. Now that the nobles have withdrawn, these people can devour them in an instant.

A lifetime of fame is ruined in an instant when you are old. It is difficult to have a good ending.

Chu Heng now only hopes that the emperor will only be angry with him and not bring harm to his family, and he would be grateful profusely.

Chu Heng did not resist or complain, and was dragged away by the guards. Li Yan felt a little regretful that he could not establish his authority on the spot.

After all, he was a third-rank official, and the emperor had to maintain his dignity. He couldn't just drag him away and chop him off just because he was angry.

In those movies and TV dramas, the emperor gets angry and directly orders people to be chopped off. No matter how high the official is, he is dragged down by the guards and chopped off at the entrance of the hall. What's more, the screams of the people being chopped off can be heard in the hall, which is really exaggerated.

Those whom the emperor could dispose of at will were mostly servants such as eunuchs and palace maids, or guards of low status.

As long as they were officials of a certain rank, they had to go through the process and be tried by the court. The actual punishment would be determined and reported to the emperor for approval before they could be convicted. Even so, by the time the execution was carried out and the head fell off, it would be the time of Qiuhou.

The whole process is tedious and lengthy, and not at all pleasant.

After Chu Heng was dragged out, the Minister of Personnel Liu Shi stepped forward and reported: "Your Majesty, the governor of Xiangzhou, Cui Ming, has become old and frail, and has asked the court to retire and return home. The position of governor of Xiangzhou is vacant, and the court needs to select a capable official to take up the post?"

"Who do you all have recommendations for? Feel free to speak your mind." Li Yan smiled slightly, knowing that many officials would be cleared up in the court today.

Some officials were to be punished, some were to be transferred to other places, and some were to be demoted. All of these were dealt with one by one according to the results of the game during this period. The officials under him were more clear about these matters than he was. There was a set of rules that all parties followed tacitly.

Li Yan had also made up his mind that he would do whatever his subordinates said and let nature take its course. All parties would automatically adjust to the right positions.

The Imperial Censor Wei Ting raised his tablet and stepped forward, saying, "Your Majesty, Xiangzhou is a lower-level prefecture, and the governor is a fourth-rank official. I recommend the Imperial Censor and Counselor Cui Renshi. Master Cui is young and strong, and is proficient in general affairs. He will definitely be able to take on this position."

The Tang Dynasty originally had ten regions with a total of 360 states. After the expansion in the late Zhenguan period, sixteen more regions with a total of 480 states were added, namely the Liaodong region, the Mo Nan region, the Central South region, the Plateau region, the Hexi region, and the Western Regions.

However, except for the Liaodong Peninsula in the northeast and the Indochina Peninsula in the south, most of them are empty areas with vast land and sparse population, and most of them have been granted as vassal states. At present, there are 15,580 states directly under the jurisdiction of the court.

These nearly 600 states were divided into three levels: upper states, middle states and lower states, and were judged not based on territory but on population size.

States with more than 40,000 households are upper states, states with more than 25,000 households are middle states, and states with less than 20,000 households are lower states.

The official ranks of the Tang Dynasty were divided into nine grades and thirty levels based on the categories of Zheng, Zong, Shang and Xia.

Officials of the third rank and above are only divided into regular and regular officials, while officials below the third rank are not only divided into regular and regular officials, but also divided into upper and lower levels at each level.

The governor of a higher province was a third-rank official, the governor of a middle province was a fourth-rank upper official, and the governor of a lower province was a fourth-rank lower official.

Cui Renshi's rank as Counselor was exactly the fourth rank, but he was transferred from the central government to the local area, and was not promoted by one level or two levels, so it could be considered a lateral transfer.

Cui Renshi's rank remained unchanged, but he was transferred from Chang'an to Xiangzhou in Hebei Province as the governor, which was definitely a demotion.

Sure enough, after Wei Ting finished speaking, no official in the court raised any objections. Cui Renshi also came out and said honestly: "Your Majesty, I have served in Chang'an for many years, and I do need to gain some local political experience."

"I wish to go to Hebei and serve as the governor of Xiangzhou."

Li Yan had previously learned from Zhangsun Wuji that the previous court events were planned by Cui Renshi behind the scenes, but this person had never shown up.

Yesterday evening, after Changsun Wuji talked with Cui Renshi, he received a reply from the family not long after. After that, he went to the palace to meet the emperor and analyzed some of the things behind the game in the past few days to Li Yan.

Li Yan knew some of them, but was unaware of some of them.

Through Zhangsun Wuji's detailed explanation, Li Yan realized that although the nobles had made the general plan behind the scenes, the specific implementation was handled by Cui Renshi, an inconspicuous official. This kind of confrontation was not uncommon in the power field.

It also serves the purpose of training younger generations and selecting talents.

After all, no matter which force wants to maintain its long-term prosperity and keep making progress, it must constantly eliminate the dross and retain the essence, and the survival of the fittest. Sometimes, it takes some extremely harsh environments to hone talents and play the role of finding gold in the sand.

Even struggles in the field of power are mostly of this nature.

In the process of the struggle, the leaders of both sides will build the situation, define the scope, initiate the incident, and control the power according to the situation. Then they will throw their respective descendants into it, and they will also keep the power invested by each camp of the attacking and defending sides not much different.

(End of this chapter)