Crown Tang emperor

After taking over the throne in the Tang Dynasty, everything did not go smoothly as Wu Zetian thought, and there were more disputes over people.Especially now that even the nephews are faintly showing signs of being out of control, Wu Zetian now has to borrow the talents of the people around him even more.

For example, at the moment, although she has little knowledge of the riots in Xijing, she has to rely on the judgment of the people around her to understand the deeper logic of the incident more clearly.

Shangguan Wan'er didn't dare to be negligent, she took a step forward and presented the volumes she had compiled, and said: "In terms of speaking, those who speak are officials from various departments in Xijing, nobles of the state, wandering laymen and merchants from the two cities... ..."

Wu Zetian was in a bad mood at first, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but sneered, and he added a sentence: "Do you have any words and deeds for those cows and horses in the stables in Xijing?"

Shangguan Wan'er's expression froze when she heard the words, she took a deep breath, and then forced the corners of her mouth that were about to jump up, coughed twice, and then continued: "In terms of what you said, it's like King Jian'an Juren, The corpse is in his position, corrupting and bribing heavy goods, hurting all kinds of businesses, invading forbidden gardens privately, selling palace goods..."

Wu Zetian listened intently, his face gradually became calm.These are also old tunes. She naturally knows what kind of guy her nephew is. Since staying in Xijing for more than a year, all kinds of slander and impeachment have not stopped.

Only this time, Wu Zetian glanced at the full cages in a blink of an eye, closed his eyes and could already imagine what kind of public grievances were boiling.

"Are there any new crimes to suggest?"

she asked again.

Shangguan Wan'er pondered for a while, then continued: "Being good at teasing, insulting physique, taking people's funds for blessings, and disturbing people's sentiments with selfishness..."

Hearing this, Wu Zetian twitched his eyebrows suddenly, and asked again: "Who played this?"

"Fang Rong, magistrate of Chang'an County."

After being under restraint for a long time, Shangguan Wan'er has developed a good memory, and she can immediately replay anything that has been passed through her hands as soon as she is asked.

"Take out the Fang Rongzuo table."

Wu Zetian raised her hand and ordered that when the palace maid presented the memorial, she read it once and said: "The words are organized and the words are powerful. Write down this name."

After giving this order, she continued to look closely, the more she looked, the more gloomy her face became, and her breath became a little cloudy, and she finally couldn't help but angrily said: "He appears to be a sect branch, and the official salary of the country cannot be called thin. To be so greedy is to plan things out of fear! If you don’t expect him to take care of the national economy, just teasing him to add to the fun will cause chaos, what a waste!”

Wu Zetian was really angry. She impeached Wu Youyi earlier, saying that she was greedy and despicable, but she still couldn't do it.After all, letting this nephew stay in Xijing is not to hope that he will be loyal and diligent in his work, as long as the general plan is not lost, the small details can be ignored.Even if it is a little greedy, it will not hurt the plan.

But when he saw Wu Youyi's greed almost ruining Xingzhu's event, Wu Zetian realized how annoying this trash is.He grandly turned the matter of Xingzhu into a business, but he didn't have the ability to take care of it, which caused public grievances to erupt, and almost destroyed this controversial matter.

Fang Rong's memorial is only a more detailed description of what happened in Xijing recently, adding many details, and the end is only a logical summary based on the appearance of the matter. This kind of conclusion based on facts is naturally better than some Emotional judgments filled with angry words are more convincing.

After reading this memorial, Wu Zetian asked people to select several similar ones, and learned the whole story of the riots in Xijing from various angles and aspects.

"Where is the chapter of the King of Hedong?"

After pondering for a while, Wu Zetian said again.

"It is in Luantai together with Jian'an Wang Zhangshu, and it has not yet been sent."

After hearing this, Wu Zetian snorted coldly and said, "Are you afraid that you will lose your cover for such a scandal? Can he coerce the young king and stop the people's mouths? Quickly call Nayan into the palace!"

Before that, Wu Zetian was displeased by Wu Youyi's exaggerated beauty in the young king's attached letter. It was later proved that the young king still had his own opinions and planned things very seriously, which naturally let Wu Zetian let go of his knot.

However, riots broke out in Xijing, and besides almost bad things, even the King of Hedong was assassinated, but there was still no independent way of speaking directly to the ban to tell the whole story, and he still had to attach a book to Wu Youyi. It can be seen that the young king has no freedom of speech at the moment. It was under Wu Youyi's control, which naturally made Wu Zetian even more displeased.

"Is there any impeachment of the young king?"

While waiting for the palace servants to summon Nayan Wu Youning, Wu Zetian was not idle and continued talking.

Shangguan Wan'er nodded after hearing the words, and pointed to one of the cages, which was also full.

Seeing this, Wu Zetian sneered, and asked someone to bring the cage closer to examine each one in detail.

The crimes of impeaching the young king in these chapters are similar to those of Wu Youyi, except that there are no parts related to the ministry, such as demeaning the wind and the moon, exposing the humble to the noble, defrauding people's sentiments, and indiscriminately injuring material resources. It is blunt that the young king visits Ma to accumulate courage and conspire.

After reading these memorials, Wu Zetian had a sneer on his lips, and said angrily: "There are four seas in the world, and even if the two or three follow-up disciples spend a lot of money, what's the matter with miscellaneous things? Zongzhi Shao Wang is too precious, and there are still many Things need to be demanded from others, my disciples are poor, are those traitors happy to see it? They want to slander and hurt people, but they still want to cut off my branches, hateful!"

Similar crimes are involved in the same matter. The reason why Wu Zetian has diametrically opposed attitudes is that Wu Youyi is a mediocre minister who is highly valued, while the young king is a talented man who plays songs in silent places.One is uncoordinated, almost bad for work, and the other is only busy and diligent.

Thinking more deeply, the reason why Wu Youyi was so slandered was because he was incompetent as a stay-at-home person in Xijing, and he abused his power abusively, which really hurt the interests of some Shiliu.

But the young king is an outsider, even if he is playing tricks and flattering him, it is just to re-invite favor, who will he hurt?As a result, not only was he accused of the same crime, but he was even nearly assassinated in a private room.

"There are indeed villains in Xijing!"

Wu Zetian murmured: "A harmless King of Leisure can show off his intellect, which is nothing more than a coincidence, but the result is not tolerated by others. This is deceiving the weak and showing his viciousness!"

Saying so, Wu Zetian raised his eyes to look at Shangguan Wan'er, Shangguan Wan'er quickly lowered her head and stood upright, but her thoughts couldn't help but diverge.

If the preface of His Majesty the Holy Emperor was simply to vent his dissatisfaction, but this sentence was full of hints, and the object of the hint was naturally not Shangguan Wan'er.

She is a waiting female official, neither qualified nor courageous to form an alliance with the young king to help the young king. His Majesty the Holy Emperor naturally wanted to use her mouth to express his feelings to the outside world. Naturally, the object of this transmission can only be Princess Taiping .

Not to mention Shangguan Wan'er's thoughts, the envoy quickly brought in Nayan Wu Youning, accompanied by Liang Wang Wu Sansi.Seeing the two kings ascending the palace, Shangguan Wan'er withdrew wisely, asked where Princess Taiping was now, and then went to see her.

"Look, you brothers are really amazing. It takes a lot of thought and effort to inspire people to speak up with diligence!"

When the two kings came forward to pay their respects, Wu Zetian raised his leg and kicked the cage on the side of the case and sneered. Before the two could answer, he frowned and asked, "Where is King Wei? Even if it doesn't matter, his family is under attack, so he won't come to ask?"

"The king of Wei is the first to suffer from illness, so he can't go straight to the province."

Wu Youning replied bravely.

"Is it in the body, or in the heart? In addition to secretly making the soldiers gather outside the palace to disturb the public, how much trouble has he asked?"

Speaking of this matter, Wu Zetian was even more dissatisfied, and no matter how eager Wu Chengsi was to fight for the unification, this method was really ill-considered, and he often called people to surround the palace gate to petition.

This made such actions before the revolution less solemn, and secondly, so many people gathered outside the palace gates all day long, and even defecated on the spot, and even the slaves who cleaned the palace were concerned about it. complain.Wu Zetian hinted that Li Zhaode killed Wang Qingzhi because of this.

"Don't talk about him, let's talk about the present."

Wu Zetian still relied heavily on this group of nephews, and the beatings were not stopped, and then he said: "You already know about the Xijing matter?"

Without waiting for Wu Youning to answer, Wu Sansi said first: "I feel that there must be something strange! Youyi stayed in Xijing for a short time. Although there were disagreements in the past, it was not so turbulent. But after the King of Hedong got rid of his clothes and entered the capital, he forced himself to tease him." , Putting up the lowly and doing the honorable makes things happen in Xijing. Natural disturbance is inevitable. There are mistakes in the chaos. When the public sentiment is agitated for a while, the crime of the King of Hedong is unavoidable. This is not the only one who has seen it. The recent commentators in the province have said that the King of Hedong is not a matter. Forced to teach the fans indiscriminately."

"It turns out that you also know that it is inevitable that there will be mistakes in the chaos? Then you are the official of the Xiantai, or Wenchang? Huo Xianke, the Xiantai, who will use it? You have no assistants in your mansion, and you want to use these platforms. Do you work privately?"

Wu Zetian looked at Wu Sansi, and said angrily: "Every department has its own name, and every official has its own leader. Do you think that you are above the people and ministers, and can you not be restricted by these titles?"

"I dare not, I..."

When Wu Sansi heard this, cold sweat broke out immediately.

"That's the end of this matter. Since Huo is close to the village, let's be dismissed and go home. Remember this and don't do it again, understand?"

Wu Zetian snorted coldly, turned around and sighed again: "It's inevitable that you will be proud when you show up separately. This is human affection, but there is still a sense of proportion in addition to human affection. If there is no sense of proportion, affection and matter will be confused. At this time, Just suffer this mess, let him come back to his senses, and don't continue to expose his ugliness."

Chapter 0277

In the blink of an eye, it was June, and the city of Chang'an became extremely hot, far less comfortable than the moisture in Luoyang, the capital of the gods.Even the emperor would not want to live in Tai Chi Palace in the west because of the sweltering heat, and the Chongrenfang King's Mansion next to the west is naturally not suitable for living.

So Li Tong simply took his family to live in Xinchangfang Villa on Leyouyuan. It just so happened that the Qujiang rally had come to an end and he could concentrate on his polo business.Every day, a group of Xijing honored children are invited to gallop and practice on the racecourse. This kind of life is also relaxed and comfortable.

The Qujiang rally can be said to have ended in a hasty way with loud thunder and little rain.Of course, this is mainly for those rich and powerful families. A series of changes occurred in the follow-up, which made people have no intention of making fun of it.

But for ordinary people, this rally in Qujiang is indeed remarkable and worthy of heated discussion for a long time.Whether it's the lush landscape, or the coquettish coquetry, including the riots not long ago, there are really many things worth remembering.

Li Tong's purpose in manipulating the Qujiang meeting was not pure, and he was not surprised by such a result.The planned task is basically completed, and the next thing is to wait for the harvest, and he is not impatient about it.

On this day, a group of honorable children were divided into two teams to compete on the court. Suddenly, the family came to inform Wu Youyi, who stayed behind, to visit.

Li Tong left the stage to take a bath, changed into a fresh robe, and then came to the hall to meet each other.

Wu Youyi was sitting alone in the hall, wearing Yanju's fashionable clothes, her beard and hair were not taken care of carefully, she looked very mournful, she raised her eyes and saw the young king walking in, but she didn't get up, so she said in a muffled voice in the banquet: "News from Shendu, Does the King of Hedong know?"

Li Tong shook his head after hearing the words, he had to say he didn't know if he knew it, otherwise he would be too careless if he laughed out loud in person.

"Oh, the world is full of evil, I don't want to end up with three people becoming a tiger one day! These evil currents in Xijing are besieging, and His Majesty the Holy Emperor has issued an order to call me back to the God Capital. And only for a short time.”

You really have the face to say that!

Li Tong sneered inwardly, but his expression changed drastically, he didn't even attend the table, he just stared wide-eyed and said, "It's such a result? Could it be that I and staying behind and explaining the reason can't help the matter? Although there was a small break in the middle Noisy, but there must always be a beginning and an end to the blessings. If you stay behind and be attacked by others, then I will also... Well, I originally planned to stay in Xijing for a short trip, and then I will go to God to perform in the capital after the training of the group of performers."

"Don't panic, King Hedong. The key point of adultery is me. As for you, alas, I should congratulate you. It's a pity that your ambition is down right now, and you really don't have the mood to give orders."

Wu Youyi sighed again, looking at the Young King with envy: "The Holy Emperor's Edict did not punish the King of Hedong, but instead appointed him as Li Shaoqing, and took charge of the music and education in the two capitals. Such kindness is to help the success of Hedong King King your talent."

Naturally, Li Tong knew about this early in the morning. Before the imperial edict was issued from Shendu City, his aunt Princess Taiping sent someone to rush to Xijing to report the news.

Li Tong was quite happy about this. Before he took the salute, he was an official in Lintai Yuanwai Shaojian. After a lot of trouble in Xijing, he was appointed Sili Shaoqing. He was also a fourth-rank official, but he lost Yuanwai. It sounds true. It sounds much better.

Sili Temple is the Taichang Temple, the head of the nine temples, and it is in charge of rituals and music.For example, when Li Tong was imprisoned in the old year, he wanted to obtain the Tai Le Ling, which belonged to Sili Temple.

But Tai Le Ling is only a seventh-rank job, and most of them are held by skilled people. Strictly speaking, it is not a clear job, and it is naturally different from the fourth-rank Si Li Shaoqing.

Li Tong can only sigh with emotion. Many people say that I am just my grandma's little licking dog. Now I have to ask, what's wrong with being a licking dog?Could it be that if you lick you, you can reward me as a fourth-rank official?

Of course, apart from joy, Li Tong was also a little disappointed. The chief of the Nine Temples was an official of affairs. Although his rank was high, his authority was also limited, which was still a restriction for him.

Especially seeing that this guy Wu Youyi stayed in Xijing for more than a year, and his family has accumulated gold and silver mountains, he is indeed very jealous.Temple officials, including the provincial officials of the southern province, although they are all expensive, are still much less meaningful than the governors and county magistrates of the ruling party.

However, Li Tong also understood that his chances of finding a foreign assassin were really slim.Although their Li family still has clan members serving as governors of other states, such as the sons of Wu Wang Li Ke, Li Tong is still a little different from them.Even if it is released, it may not be in the form he likes to see.

Seeing Wu Youyi's expression of dead father, of course he is dead, but this guy will definitely not be so sad for a long time, Li Tong is too embarrassed to make an exaggerated surprise expression, sit down at the table, and sigh like Wu Youyi He said: "I am in a similar situation to staying behind, and the official rank is high or low, but the choice of the holy emperor's thoughts, thunder, rain, and dew, are all the favor of the king. Staying behind and caring for your family is not insignificant, but it is still unavoidable. I am deeply hurt by human feelings." I look forward to being able to stay with you and go back together, Xijing is really a place where we cannot stay."

Hearing what the young king said, Wu Youyi felt a sense of sharing weal and woe, and forced a smile on his face: "I also worked with King Hedong. Although we were expelled, it is also gratifying to see that the young king can make progress based on this. It can be seen that this matter is still in the heart of the king, and it is not a joke."

"It's best for Liushou to think like this. I and Liushou are tied together in this matter, and we share weal and woe. Liushou lost his family property, power and position, and I was in danger of being harmed by others. Now I have to say goodbye sadly. Staying behind regrets If I go, I will lose my power, and I hope that I can go on the road bravely after staying behind and resting, and don't forget the friendship of today's hard work."

Hearing this, Wu Youyi was even more grateful, and sighed: "In times of adversity, you can see the truth most. In the past, when I lived here, people were afraid of my official position, and my voice was frequent. Now if you can give me warm words, look at Xijing, I'm afraid there is only the King of Hedong."

Speaking of this, his eyes turned fierce again: "Recently, there are many people who say evil things, saying that the Xijing turmoil should be caused by the young king. After you enter the city, you will cause more troubles. The traitors have not only harmed me, but also divorced people. It is really hateful. ! The friendship between each other's colleagues, although the king is glorious, I am downcast, but I know what hurts me, and I have no envy for the king of Hedong. If there is no treachery, I and the king will be in the same place!"

Hearing Wu Youyi's ability to distinguish right from wrong, Li Tong couldn't help being very comforted.

"The traitors think that by slandering me, their evil deeds can be covered up? What a joke! Your Majesty called me back to the capital for the sake of preservation, so as not to let me fall into this quagmire of human feelings again. Check!"

After Li Tong heard the words, he also asked quickly: "Then stay behind and know who is the successor?"

He was really curious about who his grandma would send to take over the mess in Xijing. His aunt's letter only told him that he was appointed as Li Shaoqing, and there was no way to find out the personnel changes at the top.It can be seen that his aunt may have the heart to do things now, but she is still a marginal figure in the political situation, at most she can be his grandmother's think tank and confidant.

"It's Wei Yuanzhong, he will take over as Xijing stay behind."

Wu Youyi didn't hide this, and replied casually after hearing the words.

Hearing Wu Youyi's answer, Li Tong was a little surprised, but it was normal after thinking about it.

Although Wei Yuanzhong was relegated at the beginning of the year, he was still one of his grandma's confidantes. He was neither big nor small, he was not a martial artist, politically clean enough, and capable enough, so he was just right to be sent to replace Wu Youyi .

It can also be seen from this that Wu Zetian was not disturbed by the voices of Guan Long's nobles, and his idea was still very righteous, and he did not send someone close to Guan Long to express his favor.In the final analysis, these nobles from Guanlong are doing the same thing now. If Li Tong hadn't laid out the situation carefully, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to get away with Wu Youyi this time.

Just look at the Dou family, a Guanlong noble family, even if they do something, they only dare to burn Wu Youyi's private treasury, there is no big plan at all, why are you tickling others?It's really not as good as one generation.

But knowing that it was Wei Yuanzhong who came here, Li Tong still felt a little worried.Wei Yuanzhong is not a typical scholar-bureaucrat, he does things eclecticly, like escorting the second sage to the capital of God in the old year, he knew how to use Guo Da's father, a civil hero, to make up for the lack of official and military strength.And when Xu Jingye was suppressed and rebelled against during the Chuigong period, he also showed extremely high talents.

When such people came to Xijing, Li Tong was worried that the layout of the old clothes shop might not be hidden.But there is no need to worry too much right now. Wei Yuanzhong was demoted at the beginning of the year, and he is still eating mustard in Fuling. It will take a month or two to rush to Xijing. Li Tong still has time to make some adjustments.

Wu Youyi came to see the young king this time, of course not to amuse the young king with his own disappointment, after saying a few intimate words, he directly told the intention of coming: "Hedong king is well aware of my family affairs, this time I am a group of thieves who harmed me, because Bribery is a crime, and all properties in Xijing cannot be brought into the capital. Looking at all the people in Xijing, the only one who can take care of family affairs is the King of Hedong."

When Li Tong heard this, he was overjoyed. Before he had time to speak, Wu Youyi continued, "Don't rush to refuse, King Hedong. I know you may be alone, and the people in Xijing are vicious. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear the burden My entrustment."

You think too much, I didn't think so!

With that in mind, Li Tong just continued to talk: "Although staying behind is no longer an issue, there are naturally many great helpers in the court. Wei Wang and Liang Wang are both prominent in the world. After all, I am an idler outside the court, how dare I take on this entrustment. What's more, I can't protect my old prestige by staying behind, I'm weak, and I don't dare to speak boldly."

"I am no longer a young man who plays in the court. I have been doing things for a long time, and I live on my own. I can watch over important things, and I have to take care of my own property. King Hedong, you are a noble family. You dare not hurt you when you are evil, and you are quick to respond. Since I If I entrust you, I will not be suspicious. Even if the situation really goes bad, I can understand it."

Wu Youyi said this, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes again: "This time I am returning to the capital, so it is inconvenient to bring my belongings. One is to avoid crimes and avoid suspicion, and the other is to have schemes. This time Xijing is a villain and thieves. I am deeply resentful. Know me Desperate to leave the country, or unwilling to give up, but also to track down and harm along the way. Therefore, Duzhong Qianqi has secretly sneaked into Xijing to lead me back to the capital. This is also the order of His Majesty the Holy Emperor."

Wu Youyi looked like she was caring and entrusting her, but of course her feelings were not that simple.He naturally knew what kind of things Wei Wang and Liang Wang were.

As for the young king, as he himself said, he is still alone and alone, Wu Youyi is not afraid that the young king will dare to renege.If the young king really dared, he would have nothing to worry about. If he made it clear directly, none of the Wu family would agree.

Even if the goods were robbed, the Three Brothers, including the King of Hedong, would be able to make compensation, and there would be nowhere to find compensation.Therefore, Wu Youyi also put the future risk directly on Hedong King.

Right now, Li Tong is not in the mood to think about Wu Youyi's clever idea. He just puts a little distance between each other and looks suspiciously at each other. Could it be that you fell in love with me?You are not as caring as you are when you are in love!

Chapter 0278

In short, under Wu Youyi's strong request, the young king reluctantly agreed to help him take care of his family's wealth.

Seeing the young king nodding, Wu Youyi was also delighted, and immediately got up and said, "It's not too late, let's deliver the goods from all sides now. I have a lot of trust in King Hedong, but the money and silk is not a trivial matter after all. Check it face to face. There will be fewer disputes and injuries in the future."

Li Tong couldn't help being amused after hearing the words, I can't see that you are quite a contract spirit.

Although he didn't think about returning it at all, he still had to work on the scene, and he was also curious about how much family wealth Wu Youyi had accumulated during his time in Xijing.

The Longqingfang garden house must have been robbed only a small part, and what Li Tong saw before was by no means all.The cunning rabbit and the three caves, Wu Youyi, this guy has never been shrewd when it comes to matters related to money, so he must have reservations.

If you want to take stock of the huge amount of goods, it is definitely not possible for just two or three people to complete it in a short period of time.

Seeing Wu Youyi's urgent urging, Li Tong thought for a while, and signaled Wu Youyi to wait for a while, and asked someone to invite Yang Li.This Shu merchant woman is shrewd and capable, and she also has quite a group of talents who are proficient in business and general affairs, which can be used to receive and count Wu Youyi's family wealth.

Of course, such a huge amount of wealth still needs to be managed and operated by one's own people to be at ease.But right now Li Tong's mansion is short of people to use, so Wu Youyi should not know about the number of people in the Guyi Club.

After he was ready, he transferred Feng Changsi, who stayed in Shendu to take care of Tianyi's affairs, to Xijing, and then stayed in Chang'an to take care of Wu Youyi's family wealth.In this way, if Wu Youyi or other Wu family sons are too urgent to collect debts in the future, they can have a chat with Xue Huaiyi.

So to make friends, you still have to know people with your eyes. Wu Youyi entrusted his family's wealth. Maybe he had plans to pass on the risk and even save the freight from Xijing to Shendu. alright.