Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

In order to fulfill the sacred mission entrusted by His Majesty Li Er better, faster and more efficiently, Gao Shilian, at the instigation of Guo Ye, symbolically established a preparatory team for the supervision of the construction of the Datang Imperial Mausoleum.

Of course, according to Gao Shilian's name, it should be the supervisor of the Great Tang Imperial Mausoleum.

The Great Tang Imperial Mausoleum Supervision Department does not have a fixed department and establishment, because both the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry are just unconditionally cooperating and obeying.

Therefore, apart from the number one leader, the supervisor of the imperial mausoleum, the supervisor of the imperial mausoleum has only a few team members, that is, temporary supervisors.

As long as the imperial mausoleum is completed, the mausoleum supervisor will be automatically banned, and the supervisor and several supervisors will be canceled accordingly. It is just a temporary vacancies.

However, don't forget that the top priority of His Majesty Li Er now is to build the imperial mausoleum for the Supreme Emperor very early.

Therefore, before the completion of the imperial mausoleum, as long as the superintendent needs it, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and even other yamen of the imperial court will all respond to it, wandering around the superintendent to serve him.

Therefore, even though it was a temporary vacant position, the power of the superintendent was considerable before the construction of the imperial mausoleum was completed.

At least, when it comes to the construction of the imperial mausoleum, members of a preparatory team, that is, officials of the imperial mausoleum supervision department, can override all ministers.

As for the officials of the Imperial Mausoleum Supervising Department, Gao Shilian, the superintendent, naturally bears the brunt. Next, Cui Henian, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Tang Jian, Minister of Industry, and Zong Zheng, who is in charge of royal affairs, are one of them. Siqing and Jiangxia King Li Daozong were all driven over by His Majesty Li Er to make a name.

As for the remaining quota, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry are actively cooperating with the project, so each can recommend a quota, so as to coordinate the work of various departments in a more timely and efficient manner.

It is naturally impossible for Cui Henian, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, to recommend Guo Ye. He recommended the number one iron under his command, Zhao Feixuan, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites.

Tang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, recommended Zhao Mingde, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry. Although this person is subordinate to Tang Jian in the Ministry of Industry, he has a lot of background.The Guangyuan Zhao family is as famous as the Qinghe Cui family, and they belong to one of the eight great families.

And this Zhao Mingde, who is only forty years old, is the eldest son of Zhao Youxin, the Patriarch of the Zhao Clan in Guangyuan.

Don't look at Tang Jian's reputation outside, in the Ministry of Industry, sometimes he still listens to the left servant Zhao Mingde to make up his mind.

From another point of view, Zhao Mingde's experience in the Ministry of Industry is just a gold-plated experience. If he looks better in time, the Guanlong family will push him to a real power position and become a real backbone.

Perhaps, this Zhao Mingde will become the second eldest grandson Wuji in a few years, and become the representative of the interests of the Guanlong family in the court.

This is the consistent method used by the Guanlong family to cultivate their successors.

After confirming the list of officials of the Supervisory Department, on a sunny afternoon, Gao Shilian widely distributed invitations and invited these people to his original Gaofu in Chang'an.

After the members of the Supervisory Department gathered in the Gao Mansion, Gao Shilian invited them into the main hall of the mansion where they usually discuss matters.

Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, Cui Henian, Minister of Rites, Tang Jian, Minister of Industry, Zhao Feixuan, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhao Mingde, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, were impressively present, sitting on the left and right sides of the hall.

Everyone was familiar with each other, so there was no need for an introduction, only Zhao Feixuan was a familiar face, but they soon became familiar with each other.

Zhao Feixuan was undoubtedly the most excited among the crowd, because today he got to know so many individuals, all of whom were dignitaries and important officials of the court. He was grateful to Cui Henian again for his suggestion, so as to broaden Zhao Feixuan's network a lot.

Everyone present wentssiping for a while, and Jiangxia King Li Daozong, who had a supernatural status, took the lead to propose to Gao Shilian: "Master Gao, you are the envoy appointed by the emperor to oversee the construction of the imperial tomb, so we are here to supervise the construction of the imperial tomb. All these individuals must obey your arrangement and dispatch. So, if you have any arrangements, just ask, and I will respect them."

After Li Daozong finished speaking, everyone nodded their heads in agreement. Even though there were some people who were dissatisfied, His Majesty the Emperor opened his mouth. Who would dare to challenge Gao Shilian's authority easily?

Gao Shilian stood up slightly, looked around, smiled and nodded to everyone, but he stretched out and waved, saying: "I'm not busy with arranging duties for the time being. The Deputy Superintendent of the Supervision Department will introduce it to everyone."

Deputy envoy?

As soon as this statement came out, the four were shocked.

Because before everyone came to Gaofu to attend the meeting, they had never heard of the post of Superintendent of the Imperial Mausoleum and Deputy Superintendent.

Among all the people present, except for Gao Shilian himself who served as the supervising envoy, the others were all supervising officials, and there was no distinction between high and low.

But out of nowhere, a Deputy Superintendent appeared, and he was bound to be superior to those present. Isn't this an extra person who is suppressing him out of thin air?

For a while, some people looked blank, some looked disdainful, and some were full of anger. Who could this deputy supervisor be?

Even Li Daozong, the prince of Jiangxia, who was born in the royal family, is just an ordinary supervisory official. Could it be that the title of the deputy supervisor is higher than that of Li Daozong?

If the status is higher than that of Li Daozong, now Wei Wang Li Tai has been demoted, and Prince Li Chengqian has been deposed. Could it be Shu Wang Li Ke?Or are the concubines born of the Supreme Emperor the princes, that is, the half-brothers of the current emperor?

Just as everyone was muttering in their hearts, there was a sound of footsteps outside the main hall door, and soon, a tall and straight official wearing a goose-winged cap and a crimson robe walked in.

"Everyone, haha, I've been waiting for a long time, the traffic jam on the road... Uh no, the road to Gaofu is full of people coming and going, and the carriage is inconvenient, so it's delayed. I hope you can forgive Haihan!"

This red-robed official who came in and laughed and accompanied him, half of the people present knew each other, it was really a narrow road for enemies!

The person who came was the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, the Marquis of Yizhou——Guo Ye.

Chapter 882

"It's you?"

"How could it be you?"

"How can you be able to serve as the Deputy Superintendent?"

Whoa, whoa, whoa~

Except for Jiangxia King Li Daozong who was sitting calmly, all the people present stood up and made shocking words, questioning the belated Guo Ye one by one.

Among them, Cui Henian, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, took the lead, raised his arms and pointed at Guo Ye who had just entered the hall, and said harshly: "Go out, this time the officials of the Imperial Mausoleum Supervision Department, the Ministry of Rites only recommends Zhao Feixuan and Zhao Shilang, nothing like you Guo Ye thing."

Guo Ye raised his little finger to pick out his ears, looked at Cui Henian with a playful look, and said mockingly: "Cui Shangshu, are you deaf? Didn't you hear what Mr. Gao said just now? Guo is the one who asked The deputy envoy of the Supervision Department who is in charge of supervising the construction of the imperial mausoleum. If you are old, blind, deaf and blind, you should quickly become an official and beg for bones, and abdicate to be worthy. Don't occupy the latrine and do not shit. The responsibility of the Minister of Rites is quite great. !"

"Guo Ye, don't be presumptuous!"

A yell came out of Zhao Feixuan's mouth. Seeing his boss being humiliated, Zhao Feixuan stood up and stood in front of Cui Henian very loyally, and scolded Guo Ye: "Guo Ye, Mr. Cui is the Minister of Rites, and you only You are the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, and you live under Cui Shangshu, how can you be so unrecognizable as a superior official? This is the number of etiquette. As an official of the Ministry of Rites, you..."

"Stop it!"

Guo Ye found it difficult to even look at Zhao Feixuan, so he cast a sideways glance at him, and hummed, "What are you, that you are worthy of yelling in front of me? Are you worthy of preaching to Lao Tzu? What, first Take your own identity and come out to bark."

Zhao Feixuan had the lowest official position among all the people present, and he also had the worst family background. Now that Guo Ye exposed his scars so nakedly and severely humiliated him, he really lost all face, his face was all blue and red, and he didn't know what to do for a while Open your mouth and fight back.

Zhao Feixuan was humiliated instead of stopping him, which naturally aroused Cui Henian's resentment in his heart, secretly calling him a good-for-nothing.

The scene was stalemate for a while, Tang Jian and Zhao Mingde naturally glared at Guo Ye, after all, they were in opposing camps, as if enemies met each other with jealousy.

Only Jiangxia King Li Daozong fell asleep completely, ignoring and not mixing with the disputes on the scene.

At this moment, Gao Shilian, the real person in charge, finally stood up and shouted: "Shut up, all of you, are you all old men? Is the supervisor a dead person?"

After drinking, Gao Shilian came down from the head of the hall and came to Guo Ye's side, then glanced at everyone with piercing eyes, and said firmly, "Guo Ye was invited by the old man to assist in the construction of the imperial mausoleum." Why not let the old man let him be the deputy supervisor? His Majesty once promised Gao in front of all civil and military officials in the early court that all the affairs of the imperial mausoleum supervisor will be decided by the old man alone, why? You all think that His Majesty's words are deaf ears, and you will not go against His Majesty's will? The crime of deceiving the emperor should be punished, don't you know?"

shuh~

Everyone's faces changed, Gao Shilian even revealed the crime of deceiving the emperor, how could everyone dare to do something wrong?Even if they were extremely dissatisfied with Guo Ye's arrogant appearance, even if they expressed dissatisfaction with Guo Ye's appointment as the Deputy Superintendent, Gao Shilian had the final discretion, so they couldn't say anything more.

For a moment, several people looked at me and I looked at you, all of them looked unhappy, and each of them sat back to their original positions with a sigh of relief.

But at this time, Guo Ye was still a villain, with an annoying smile on his cheeky face, and he patted Gao Shilian on the back like a villain, pretending to comfort him loudly: "Master Gao, don't worry about it." Get angry, haha, calm down, calm down, it’s not worth being angry with these people, it’s only when you get angry that your body fulfills their wish.”