Crown Tang emperor

Changing the surname to Wu at the moment is actually not a humiliation, but a kind of protection.It shows that Li Tong's grandma kept in mind all the things Li Tong did to help the revolution.Otherwise, the clan kings of the Manchu Dynasty were all surnamed Wu, but their brothers were surnamed Li, which would be too out of gregarious and too conspicuous.

Li Tong didn't have much resistance to changing his surname, and it wasn't the first time his Li family changed. If he really wanted to live in the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties, he would have to be called Ono Baoyu.But I didn't expect Li Shouli to be greatly stimulated, and he planned that when he died in the future, he would never be buried under the name Wu Shouli.

"I won't go into details about the future, but the two brothers' friendship is really helpful. Let them raise funds first, and I will send people to help collect salt goods in Hedong, and transfer them to the north and south of the river."

Hedong has its own profits from salt and iron, which is a good business with huge profits at any time, and the imperial court has not yet carried out the reform of salt and iron monopoly.

Li Tong's Fengguo is located in Puzhou, Hedong. In this regard, there is a gap to enter. First, the road will be opened up and then the business will be gradually expanded.Using the convenience of his fiefdom and these Guanlong noble contacts to extract salt goods, they will go straight to Bianzhou along the river, and then the old clothes club will receive and distribute the goods, both of which will benefit.

It's not that he doesn't have more flamboyant operating ideas, but as Li Shouli said, those honorable children themselves may lack of wisdom, but the parents of the family are very calculating.Only by maintaining and consolidating this layer of relationship with direct and simple benefits can we make further plans.

Chapter 0226 The Crazy Wu Zhou

Early the next morning, there was a visitor from Chang'an City. It was Xu Jian who was transferred from Luoyang, the capital of God, to Chang'an Wannianwei.

"Your Majesty and the rest return to the capital, there is no lack of arrangements in the city to welcome them, but the case is too complicated, so I only pay a lowly position to come here to report the crime of impoliteness."

Xu Jian came to worship, and then said apologetically.

After Li Tong heard the words, he just smiled: "Since he holds a state position, naturally state affairs come first, there is no need to greet and see off the noise. If you are dressed in fine clothes again, you will be sad and inexplicable. Love is lazy, and I don't want to chase after people's noise right away. Things are two Yes, that's very good."

Even so, they both understood in their hearts that it was because of the different situation that the officials in Chang'an reacted so indifferently to the young king's return to the capital.

When Li Tong's family first entered Guanzhong, it was Ge Fuyuan who was left behind in Xijing.

Although it is true that there is no close relationship with each other, it cannot be said that there is no relationship at all, not to mention that the young king is highly respected by the holy family, so within his power, Ge Fuyuan also gave them a lot of care.Without Ge Fuyuan's help, they would not even have a place to stay outside Chang'an City.

But the good times didn't last long. Before the Wu Zhou Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, Ge Fuyuan was recalled to the capital of God, and after a short stay in the province, he was released as the governor of Yangzhou.

As for his successor, it was Wu Youyi, the former general of Habayashi. Thinking about it, he knew what kind of attitude he would have towards Li Tong and his family.

Xijing's current political status is as embarrassing as their Li clan king, and most of the left-behind officials dare not take the risk of offending the Wu family to welcome the Yong family.Only someone like Xu Jian who already has a deep friendship can maintain his old friendliness.

After taking his seat, Xu Jian couldn't help sighing and said: "The world is turning upside down, like a storm. The king's resignation from the rites, although he disappeared for a while, but in the long run, it is really a good plan. It's a pity that the rituals of the old year are still the same. In the painful incident, those of us who have been recommended by the King to join us are really ashamed to see the King."

Li Tong was also a little sad after hearing the words. Last year, he proposed to edit "Li Shi Tong Bian", which recruited a group of scholars.However, because he had to withdraw from the capital of God by means of mourning, the actual editing work was entrusted to Wu Youning, another samurai son.

But not long after he left, Lintai was inevitably involved as the rhythm of Wu Zhou and Tang accelerated.

Wu Youning may be considered outstanding among the Wu family sons, but it is inevitable that the Wu family sons have a commonality, that is, they have no bottom line to cater to their aunts, wantonly tampering, adding or deleting Wu De, and Zhenguan's ritual documents of the old year. Those who participated in the compilation were very dissatisfied.

First of all, Lintai Lang Yuan Xingchong resigned angrily and returned to his hometown.Then Shaozong, the prime minister of Lintai, was convicted and exiled to Fengzhou for his words.After several academic experts who were able to write and speak out were kicked out, the entire editorial team had already existed in name only.

But the one who was really hit the hardest was the prisoner Shen Junliang who was sentenced to death. As for the person who dealt with it, it was the cruel official Lai Junchen who Li Tong had been thinking about before.

With Lai Junchen coming out of the mountain, Li Tong finally understood the exact background of this guy.I haven't seen you for a long time before, so it's because this guy is in jail.

Lai Junchen was a peddler in Huaijian in the old year. He was arrested and imprisoned for committing crimes, and was held in Hezhou State Prison.

The governor of Hezhou at that time was Li Xu, the king of Dongping, the clan of Li Tang, who was involved in the clan rebellion in the four years of Chuigong and was killed.Originally, this incident had little to do with Lai Junchen, who was still locked up in the Hezhou Prison.

During the Tianshou Revolution, Li Sizhen, a senior official in the Yousu government, said that there were many unjust prisons in the world, and hoped that he could send envoys to inquire and search for unjust prisons.

Wu Zetian led the matter with the new prime minister, Shi Wuzi. Li Tong didn't know how many unjust cases had been overturned by the prosecution. The only thing he knew was that the devil Lai Junchen was released in this way.

The reason why he got out of the prison is also very black and humorous. He said that he was going to the north to report the rebellion of Yue Wang Li Zhen, and he didn't want to go to Hezhou to be arrested by Li Zhen's accomplice Li Xu. Therefore, the imperial court does not need a large army to suppress the rebellion, and can kill Yue Wang Li Zhen in the state government by sending an envoy.

It was a coincidence that Lai Junchen was a guy who made his mark as soon as he came out of the mountain, and directly participated in the treason case of Prime Minister Wu Changqian.Wu Changqian is Cen Changqian, who was also given the surname Wu in the first year of Tianshou. Although she had no sense of existence before and after the revolution, she still couldn't avoid disasters on the issue of heirs.

The case of Cen Changqian's rebellion involved a lot of people, many high-ranking officials were implicated, and Lintai supervisor Shen Junliang was one of them.

Although Li Tong was mourning in Qianling at that time, he knew a lot about this matter, because Cen Changqian was directly killed between Chang'an and Xianyang.The reason why Wu Youyi was sent to Xijing to stay behind was to kill Cen Changqian.

Cen Changqian is the nephew of Cen Wenwen, a famous minister of Zhenguan, who has been in power for many years and served as prime minister for a long time.In order to get rid of such an important person, there were many twists and turns. First, he was sent to the court in the name of going to Tibet. When he passed through Xijing, he was killed directly on the way, and he was not even escorted back to Shendu for trial.

Later, Cen Changqian's nephew was arrested in Shendu. Under the intimidation and pressure of Lai Junchen and other cruel officials, many ministers were framed and sentenced to death together, including Shen Junliang.

Even Cen Changqian's uncle, Cen Wenwen, was imprisoned. He was originally buried with Taizong Zhaoling, but Wu Youyi led his troops to destroy the tomb and move it out.

Zhaoling Mausoleum and Qianling Mausoleum were both near Xianyang. At that time, Wu Youyi was still passing through Qianling Mausoleum. Li Tong estimated that he came to demonstrate on purpose.At the time, this also made the family tremble for a long time, worrying that it would be affected.

As for Li Sizhen and Shi Wuzi who indirectly caused Lai Junchen to leave the mountain, neither of them could stay out of the matter. One was demoted and exiled, and the other was unjustly imprisoned and chose to commit suicide.

For this, Li Tong can only sigh with emotion that people may not necessarily have evil intentions, but under the influence of the general environment, they unintentionally cause evil results.Of course, even if Junchen didn't come, there would be other cruel officials. In the final analysis, it was the evil thoughts of those in power.

Li Tong deeply regrets Shen Junliang's death.He knew that this chief supervisor was born in the south, and he had no roots in the imperial court. The reason why he was able to regain his appearance was mostly due to Li Tong.Although he had the glory of being a prime minister for the second time, Li Tong didn't dare to think about whether he was still grateful or resentful towards him when he went to the execution ground.

Originally in history, Ge Fuyuan and Ouyang Tong should be damned in this round of turmoil, but both of them have deviated from their original track because of Li Tong. Just avoid standing at the forefront in the turmoil of Li Wu's struggle for heir, and thus survived.

However, Shen Junliang, who was originally an outsider, was accidentally involved and became a victim of the political struggle. Li Tong also felt guilty about this.

Regarding the matter of "Li Shi Tong Bian", the specific editorial team has been disbanded by Wu Youning, and the nominal editor-in-chief Shen Junliang has been killed, so naturally it can only end without a problem.

Xu Jian and the others don't have specific duties in the center, so they can only find their own way out.For example, Xu Jian's tenure as Wannian county lieutenant in Chixian County is considered excellent.

"Although the stories are fragmented, as long as people's willpower remains, there will be no troubles and no successors."

Putting aside these miscellaneous thoughts in his heart, Li Tong could only comfort Xu Jian in this way.

Xu Jian looked at the young king with anticipation in his eyes: "Your Majesty has been out of the world for several years, and the customs are not lacking in silence. Before saying goodbye to old friends in the God Capital, and going to the Dragon Gate to travel together, the story is even more sad. Fortunately, the Majesty finally returned with full ceremony. Been disappointed."

Hearing that Xu Jian thought highly of him, Li Tong just smiled slightly, and said: "I've been reclusive for many years, and most of the personnel are unfamiliar. I haven't made a plan yet. Right now, I only plan to stay in Xijing for a while. , the guest is under the rule, Xu Wei, don't get tired of seeing me as an old friend."

"Learn to be taught, you can't ask for it."

Xu Jian hurriedly cupped his hands and said, but he was not lacking in worry: "Xijing is a place outside of the matter, and it is said that the shepherd is entrusted by someone. Your Majesty has been here for a long time, and I am afraid that he will be hurt by surly human feelings."

Xijing is not a political center at present.Wu Youyi, the son of the Wu family, stayed here, and relatively speaking, his power was higher.Xu Jian was worried that the young king might be slandered by Wu Youyi if he stayed here, so he thought it would be better to go back to the god capital, the hub where time flows together, and invite the queen to favor him again.

However, Li Tong also had his own considerations, and Shendu would definitely want to go back.But the current capital of the gods may not be a good place for him. It is the period when Wu Zhou was newly established and the court was chaotic, and Li Tong didn't want to get involved rashly.

Although he and his grandma were quite in tune with each other in the past, he tried his best to do what his grandma wanted him to do.

But at this moment, in his opinion, his grandma has a long-cherished wish, a kind of madness that was realized once, her mind is not very clear, and the situation is also wandering on the verge of losing control.

Similar to the collective overthrow of the prime minister's team, Cen Changqian was once.At that time, it can be attributed to the establishment of the new dynasty, cutting off the veterans of the Tang family, and another reason why Li Wu took the heir on the surface. Although the method was cruel, at least there was a basic logic to follow.

But at the beginning of this year, a group of prime ministers including Di Renjie and Wei Yuanzhong were sentenced to prison at the same time, and they had already been escorted to the court for execution. Wu Zetian issued an order to save them again.This shows that the current situation is chaotic and has even exceeded Wu Zetian's control.

Not to mention Di Renjie and others, at least Wei Yuanzhong was cultivated and promoted by Wu Zetian, but he was framed by cruel officials and almost died.If Wu Zetian used such means to deter the prime minister, it would be a bit too childish.

So right now, Li Tong doesn't think it's a good time to return to the capital of God. His grandma is a little crazy now, almost unreasonable.The crazy framing of Lai Junchen and other cruel officials can be regarded as an intuitive manifestation of Wu Zetian's negative emotions.

In this case, even if the dog-licking route remains the same, if you dare to go forward, you have to worry about being bitten.So Li Tong planned to stay in Xijing for a while, and then consider when to return to the capital, at least he had to wait until his grandma's madness passed.

Chapter 0227

In addition to avoiding the turbulent political turmoil in the city of the gods, Li Tong stayed in Chang'an to integrate and sort out the people, things, and things he has now mastered.There are many people in Shendu city, and they are far less calm than Xijing in doing things.

Although there is also Wu Youyi in Xijing City who is not friendly, but Li Tong doesn't care much about this member of the second echelon of the Wu family.It would be best if nothing happened. If Wu Youyi really wanted to be provocative, he would be easier to deal with than his opponents in Shendu City.

After chatting with each other, Li Tong ordered his family to tidy up and prepare to enter Chang'an City.He planned to enter the city with Li Shouli first, wait and see the situation in Xijing, and then bring his family members into the city.

Not long after, the servants of the palace finished cleaning up.Although Li Shouli had a feast until midnight, he was in good spirits, especially when he learned that he was going to enter Xijing today, he was so excited that he chose a good horse in the stable early in the morning.

Since the Tang family started their business, they have attached great importance to Ma Zheng.During the years of Wude and Zhenguan, there were only a few thousand horses.After decades of development and the war dividends of foreign expansion, the horse affairs are now very strong.

Up to now, the Longyou Shepherd Supervisor alone has hundreds of thousands of good horses, plus the horse supervisors scattered all over the country and the two Beijing idle stables, the number of horses is far from what it was in the early Tang Dynasty.

This has led to the low price of horses. Even ordinary poor families can raise a few horses without much effort. There are not many restrictions on private transactions, and the trading is relatively free.

After the basic transportation and load requirements are met, the aesthetic requirements will naturally increase.People in the Tang Dynasty liked horses with tall heads, fat bodies, and strong manes. Relatively speaking, Long horses best met this aesthetic standard, and Sai horses and Shu horses were only used as ordinary loads.

After substituting aesthetic needs, the price difference of horses becomes very different.Ordinary draft horses can be bought for a few horses or thousands of dollars in the market, but if they are really good-looking horses from the Western Regions, they are priceless.

Anyone who can own a horse with a lot of money is definitely a symbol of status and financial resources. It is carefully raised at home every day, and the pride in riding it out to blow up the streets is simply indescribable.

Li Tong has a famous horse named Lihualuo, a breed of Qingcong horse, with evenly distributed white flowers all over the body, with strong foot strength, it runs like pear blossoms shaking off, and it looks very beautiful.

The value of such a horse is hard to say, anyway, he didn't spend any money, and his father-in-law Tang Xiuzhong gave it to him.

When the horse was pulled out from the stable, the disciples of the Xunmen who were about to accompany them to Chang'an City all stared with envy, and some of them couldn't help but stepped forward to caress the horse's back, and the horse's head immediately raised its head. Raised, the cry was as clear as thunder, and the forefoot was raised high, making people back up again and again in fright, not daring to approach rashly.

"Haha, a good horse understands human nature. Besides its master, how can it be allowed to be played by others! Even I have been tending it myself for a few months before it allows me to touch it."

Li Shouli looked proud when he saw this, and leaned forward to caress the horse's mane carefully, but he was not annoyed by the moisture sprayed on his face by this Ma Lihua, and after wiping his face, he looked at those people with a proud face. The playboys who are envious of him.

When Li Tongxing came up and ordered his family to equip the saddle and other riding gear, Li Shouli stepped aside with a embarrassed face, and said sourly: "If I have such a good steed, I can't bear to ask for it!"

Dugu Qiong also came up to him, and nodded agreeingly: "Yes, in the past, my uncle had a leopard coin stamped horse, which was specially raised in a stable, and there were several people to take care of it when he went in and out. I can't bear to whip and waste energy! That stamped horse money is not as pure as this pear blossom, but the money is beautiful."

"Where is the horse?"

When Li Shouli heard this, his eyes widened and he asked quickly.

Dugu Qiong gave him an angry look: "I'm still talking about the old story 20 years ago, and there are still horse bones at home. Is Your Majesty interested?"

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, and then they each talked about some interesting stories about people who loved horses in the past. They were all from the noble family of Guan Longxun, so they naturally had a different feeling for famous horses with bows and knives.

When their respective mounts were drawn out, it was quite spectacular for a while, with various dragon shapes, lion shapes, tiger stripes, leopard coins and so on.

They would rather eat without meat than live without a horse. Riding a steed represents their respective faces. Naturally, they must strive for the best within their capabilities, otherwise they will not have the face to say hello to others when they go out.Good-looking horses are also hyped up by such people.

But when all the horses get together, after all, Li Tong's Pear Blossom is the most eye-catching, making people unforgettable at first sight.Li Tong didn't care much about the appearance of the horses at first, but when he really compared them, he felt a sense of vanity in his heart, and felt that his father-in-law really had nothing to say.

People have vanity, and horses also have arrogance. When they get on their horses, they don't need to push hard. Li Tong's good horse has already jumped out, and the pear blossoms are flying around him, like the spring breeze swaying, it is indeed too beautiful.

Seeing this scene, the others couldn't help feeling even more envious, but they didn't want to be too far behind. They rode out sideways, rushed out of the manor roaring, and soon arrived at Chang'an Avenue.

A good horse is self-aware of human nature, and there is no need to ruthlessly spur it. It only needs to touch the front scapula, and it can be slow or fast as it pleases.

In the past few years in Qianling, Li Tong has also learned equestrian skills quite a bit. He often plays polo and other casual games, and he may not be called a master among them, but he will no longer be as nervous as he was in the beginning when he starts to gallop.

The famous horse galloped like thunder, and the smoke and dust flying on the road slapped on the face, causing a faint tingling sensation, but it could make people more excited. I only hope that the wind resistance can be more violent.Under the gust of wind, the robe slapped against the body, and the refreshing feeling far surpassed other passions.

The closer to Xijing, the more and more pedestrians on the avenue, seeing such a galloping horse galloping past, many passers-by applauded and applauded.

As the pedestrians gradually became denser, Li Tong did not want to gallop his horse to hurt others, so the speed of the horse slowed down a little, and only then did the people behind him catch up one after another, and he was full of envy for this famous horse in words.

Such a group of riders, each riding a steed, is also very eye-catching on the road.The King of Hedong is naturally the focus of this group of people. He is dressed in a riding hunting suit and is sharp and sharp. He has sword eyebrows and star eyes, and his hair is tied up in a bun.

A group of people rode their horses slowly on the road, and some people even stopped to ask who's Erlang was so handsome, and the words revealed the meaning of wanting to get acquainted.

Li Tong didn't care about the effect of his blasting the streets, he just raised his eyes to look at the already majestic Chang'an City, feeling an unspeakable surge in his heart.

The city of Chang'an in Xijing was nearly twice the size of the god capital Luoyang. A group of people were walking on the southern avenue, not far from Mingde Gate. Looking around, they couldn't even see the border of the long outer city wall.

Pagoda tree willows are planted side by side on the road outside the city, and the season is at the turn of spring and summer. The vegetation is already lush and lush, which dilutes the solemn and oppressive feeling brought by the grand city, and there is a burst of vitality gushing out.

In comparison, Chang'an City had a greater impact on Li Tong, not only because of the shock brought about by its grand scale, but also because of the more complete construction of Chang'an City compared to Luoyang.

Today's Shendu City is not yet surrounded by a complete outer city wall. Apart from a few gates for entry and exit and the attached gates, many places are just fences and short walls.Moreover, when Luoyang City was built, more consideration was given to the use of the terrain, which was far less solemn and majestic than the square Chang'an City.

Of course, this kind of city layout also has its advantages and disadvantages. In terms of livability, Li Tong still thinks that Luoyang is better, while Xijing seems a bit depressing.

There are a lot of people coming and going in front of Mingde Gate. Although the atmosphere of the political center of Chang'an City is greatly reduced, it is still a well-deserved regional center. Not only the people of Guanlong gather here, but also merchants and pawns from all over the place.

Li Tong and the others don't need to line up to enter the city, they have their own side door to enter directly. The school lieutenant was still pretending to check the letter, and it took a while before he waved his hand to let him go.

"There are more than [-] guards in Xijing, and the households in the two capitals are not enough. They also use Jiannan and other Taoists. The households in Yuanzhou are simple and unreliable, or they don't know the king. They are cautious in doing things, not deliberately neglecting the king. .”

When passing through the city gate, Xu Jian stepped forward to explain, but both of them also knew that this was just self-explanation.Even if the defenders of Xijing take all kinds of ways, there must not be too many personnel mistakes in the key points of the city gate. There are many people entering and leaving through the side door, but they and their party have been blocked from checking the letter for a long time, which is obviously adding to the obstruction.

After hearing the words, Li Tong just chuckled: "It's also a good thing for those left behind to be diligent and cautious."

As soon as he finished speaking here, a noble son who was traveling with him couldn't help but sneered and said: "Your Majesty didn't see the personnel, so he made this statement. Nowadays, the so-called staying behind in Xijing is three Qin, one Qin is in the west, the second Qin is two cities, and the third Qin is flat." Kang."

"How to say?"

After Li Tong heard this, he couldn't help being curious, so he turned around and asked.

"There are so many rare things in the West Inner Garden that they can be picked and sold for profit. There are many commercial residences in the two cities that can extract copper and silk. Pingkang Square is full of voices and colors and can be used for teasing and entertainment. Apart from these three, Xijing Baifang is not in the left-behind degree. .”

Hearing this explanation, Li Tong couldn't help laughing.Wealth and sex are great desires of human beings, and less than one person can be temperate and patient.Wu Youyi has stayed in Xijing for a long time, and being summed up like this shows how he usually behaves.

Talking about the reputation of this stay-at-home man in Xijing who has both money and sex, everyone can't help speaking enthusiastically, counting all kinds of things, which shows that there are still many grudges on weekdays.

Li Tong is not familiar with Wu Youyi, but he can probably imagine that when a villain succeeds, it is inevitable that he will lose his temper. Even his grandma Wu Zetian was a little carried away after her long-cherished wish was fulfilled. The chances of being able to remain calm and restrained under such circumstances are really slim.

Like obstructing the reception of Xijing's bureaucrats, and making things difficult when entering the city, although they are all small actions, they can already reveal Wu Youyi's eager heart.It seems that during the period of living in Xijing, one has to be prepared to deal with any trouble that may come at any time.

Chapter 0228

Li Tong was also troubled by money recently, so he really wanted to hear about Wu Youyi's means of raising money while he was staying in Xijing, and he didn't interrupt the complaints of these fellow travellers.

"Jian'an newly entered Xijing, and he wrote a letter to all the nobles and scattered families in Jinai, and ordered all the furniture to welcome each other. Only when the gift money exceeds [-] can they go to the hall and have a banquet. If the gift is less than [-], there will be cold food in the corridor. Those who join the meeting will be punished..."

"There are many leisure workshops in Xijing, and there are tourists and diners who live in short-term farming, so people close the gates of the workshops, collect money from tourists and eat them as private households, and work hard for them in the workshops."

"Xinaijiamu flowers and fruits are harvested and sold in the market, and the money is carried by ox carts, and all are put into private treasury..."

Hearing Wu Youyi's various deeds of accumulating money, Li Tong also felt a lot of emotion, it was really rude and direct.