Crown Tang emperor

Li Tong raised his head and glared at him, Yang Xucai hurriedly shut up.He put together the Chinese scrolls in his hands, and said to several Xie Lvlang: "Come here first today, everyone enters the library for indexing, and tomorrow will present the compiled lyrics on the desk."

After hearing the words, the several lawyers stood up and said yes, and then bowed and left. As soon as they stepped out of the hall, they quickened their pace, as if they wanted to share the news they overheard with others.

"Yang Xu, Yang Xu, did your brain become disabled when you were castrated?"

Li Tong put away the paper and looked at Yang Xu with displeasure.

"Ah? Humble job, humble job..."

After Yang Xu heard the words, his face was panicked again. Seeing him like this, Li Tong didn't say any more, but said in a deep voice, "Does the King of Hanoi know that I am in the workshop?"

"I don't know, I don't know! Please don't worry, my lord. I don't have a clear understanding of the situation. How dare I introduce my lord casually!"

Yang Xu said quickly again, with a flattering expression that I'm not stupid.

Regarding this clever ghost, Li Tong didn't know what to say. Some people are smart but hide their clumsiness, and some people's cleverness is superficial.No wonder Yang Chong didn't transfer this adoptive son to Si Gongtai, but kept him outside. If you really know that you are stupid, it will make people feel more at ease.

"Let the king of Hanoi go, hey, let me go and see for myself."

Li Tong sighed helplessly, and the several lawyers in the association hurried away, obviously not tight-lipped.Although he was not happy with those brats, but if he was raped by the Wu family in his own territory, it would not be good to spread the word.

He walked out of the hall and headed to the north of the music square, halfway there, he saw many actors walking away in a panic on the way, after questioning, he realized that all soldiers from the Imperial Guard had rushed into the square, and the situation seemed a little serious.

When he reached the outside of the music hall where the emperor and his grandson were, Li Tong saw five short Wu Yizong standing outside the music hall with his hips akimbo, with dozens of soldiers behind him in formation, and his fourth uncle standing on the opposite steps. The three boys in the family were also pale at this time, with a look of panic.

Li Chengqi and Li Chengyi were hidden behind the palace officials. On the contrary, Li Longji, the youngest, stood at the front, although he also had a look of fear on his face, glaring at Wu Yizong with raised eyebrows.

Seeing that the fight had not yet started, Li Tong was relieved and did not rush forward, simply stood behind the side and folded his arms to watch the show.

But when he was standing here, Wu Yizong felt a little uncomfortable, raised his hand and ordered a soldier to come in, and before the soldier had time to speak, Li Tong said first: "Get out!"

When Wu Yizong heard the rebuke, his face was naturally not good-looking, he turned his head and shouted from a distance: "I advise Xun Qing not to push herself forward and cause trouble for herself. You don't know the reason..."

"What reason do I want to know? The king of Hanoi is so majestic, he abused the emperor and grandson, he is humble and afraid of power, he doesn't say a word, I just hope that the king of Hanoi will settle the matter as soon as possible, and let my government officials clean up the remnants."

Li Tong said with a sneer.

Wu Yizong hadn't answered after hearing the words, but Li Longji said angrily on the steps: "Cousin is the leader in the court and minister in the court, and can bear Yuzi bullying the clan in my family!"

Li Tong glanced at him, but didn't respond. He just stepped forward and looked at Wu Yizong and said, "The king of Hanoi is short and mighty, if he really wants to meet me, then I can only run away, but this is definitely not the end of it." hour!"

Wu Yizong glared at Li Tong, then looked back at the emperor's heir and the others on the steps, and after a moment of silence, he waved his hands and said, "It's not easy to avoid this, but Xun Qing is sensible, and I won't force you."

After speaking, he led the crowd away.

Looking at the back of Wu Yizong leaving, Li Tong breathed out, turned and raised his finger to Huangsun and others and said: "Stop wandering outside, clean up, and I will send you back to the garden."

Li Chengqi and the other two still had lingering fears and did not dare to show off any more. After hearing the words, they hurriedly walked down the steps. Li Longji walked up to Li Tong and said, "Cousin, this matter..."

"You don't need to tell me, just follow your father's training."

Li Tong was really not curious about any conflicts between them, so he summoned Yang Xu to order the government officials not to spread the matter without permission, and signaled the palace officials to surround the three of them to follow him, and then he left Yunshao Mansion and headed for Huangsiju Garden go.

Chapter 0346 Holy emperor bestows scriptures, each has its own destiny

Forbidden in Xianyuan, when he heard Zhongguan Cao Wei report that his nephew sent his three sons back, Emperor Li Dan raised his brows, then smiled and said: "Don't ask me, my father, but here is a man who has a heart and knows how to take care of his disciples. He also Outside the palace? Let him, oh, or..."

Li Dan was still hesitating whether he should call this nephew in, but Cao Wei continued, "Xun Qing left outside the garden, but the emperor and grandson seem to have provoked and returned..."

"what happened?"

Hearing this, Li Dan's face suddenly changed. He had been restless in sleep and eating recently, he was getting thinner day by day, his eyeballs were protruding, and this stare was a bit harsh.

Before Cao Wei had time to answer, Zhongguan Fan He had already led his three sons into the palace, along with Liu Shi, Dou Shi and other emperor's heirs, wives and concubines.

After Fan He entered the palace, he knelt on the ground, crawled forward, and said in a trembling tone: "Slavery is a capital crime, a death penalty! I have failed to take good care of the three Highnesses, please forgive me!"

Mrs. Liu and others also knelt in the hall, especially the third son who was frightened and returned, and couldn't help crying as soon as he knelt down.

"What happened?"

Li Dan was already very anxious between his brows and eyes, knocking on the case and asking questions.

"It's the King of Hanoi from the Wu family. He entered the music hall, fought for the musicians, and insulted his relatives... Brother can't bear the humiliation..."

Li Longji sobbed, talking about the reasons intermittently, but he was also vague.

Zhongguan Fan He, who was still following the valet, narrated the matter in a trembling tone.

The reason for the incident is very simple. It was nothing more than two parties meeting Yuefu and competing for a few musicians. There was a verbal conflict. Wu Yizong ridiculed the emperor's heir and his relatives.

"My son obeys his father's instruction, and really dare not take the initiative to cause trouble... But, but the king of Hanoi accused him of scolding too much, and even insulted his mother..."

Li Chengqi was the oldest, and of course he was more savvy, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he was. At the moment, his face was wet, and he couldn't tell whether it was sweat or tears.

Li Dan clenched his fists, his thin cheeks flushed, and his bulging eyes fixed on his sons.

Seeing this, Mrs. Liu hurriedly hugged her son into her arms, just bowed her head and wept bitterly.

Concubine Dou wiped her tears from one side, pointed at Fan He and cursed: "The king and others are all young, are you a dead person? I asked you to follow just to... If you really want to get into trouble and go to court, how can you be a lowly slave?" Can death be redeemed?"

Fan He didn't dare to speak at the moment, but kept kowtowing to plead guilty, and soon his forehead was pierced, and his face was smeared with blood.Concubine Dou was even angrier when she saw this, she pointed her halberd at him and shouted: "The lowly slave will be punished with death, and I'm afraid that the court will lose blood!"

"shut up!"

As soon as Li Dan took the case, he turned to look at Fan He and frowned and said in a concentrated voice: "Where was Bao Yu before the dispute broke out? Knowing that he is in Yunshao Mansion, I can take care of him, so I let the third son enter..."

"Xunqing, Xunqing..."

After hearing the sound, Fan He, who was covered in blood, turned his head to look at Huangsun and the others. He still didn't dare to hide it, and told the details of the previous meeting.

After hearing this, Li Dan suddenly stood up from the seat, walked up to the eldest son and raised his legs. Seeing this, Liu suddenly shouted: "The master is angry, please kill this concubine! There is nothing wrong with my son. Can distinguish between good and evil! My concubine is full of sins and blood, so I shouldn't have lived in the world long ago...Only this son can repay the favor of the Lord for protecting him for many years!"

Li Dan couldn't catch up, his heels brushed against his wife's shoulder, and when he saw the mother and child hugging each other and fell to the ground, his expression couldn't bear it, and he subconsciously bent down to help him, but after he paused, he sighed sadly: "It's my fault, it's my fault." , I shouldn’t be greedy for relatives and help, I’m not good at teaching my children, so you are so stupid to support yourself! If you can treat Bao Yu with respect, and he will take care of you at the table, such evil incidents will not happen!”

"The master is only thinking of selfishness! How can that scoundrel have such a kind heart? My son was jealous and not good at hypocrisy. He refused to endure even mere heckles. He dared to offend the Wu family and protect my son?"

After hearing this, Dou snorted coldly and said: "He is the head of the Yuefu. How can the Wu family not know? Let the thieves irritate my son, with a cruel heart... Maybe the king of Hanoi is the one who took the initiative to introduce! Xijing entered Sue Qu Yin, the lord also knows how the scoundrels forced and humiliated the foreign sect, and still have extravagant and delusional thoughts, and seek disaster for themselves..."

"You, shut up!"

Although Li Dan stopped drinking, there was a hint of suspicion between his brows and eyes.

He put his hands behind his back and was silent for a while, then lowered his head and said to his wife and children: "Shut up your mourning, and go back to your homes. Keep these three children in the homes, and don't let them out without my order!"

When all the family members left, Li Dan bent down and helped Fan He up himself, and covered his wound with a brocade handkerchief, and asked in a low voice: "What Concubine Dou said, from your point of view, is it true or false?" ?”

Fan He took a deep breath, frowned and pondered for a long time, before he said: "I dare not judge or misinterpret, but what the imperial concubine said should be harsh..."

Hearing this, Li Dan frowned again, patted Fan He on the shoulder and said softly, "Back down and treat the injury, this matter is not your fault."

After Fan He withdrew, Li Dan said to Cao Wei, the middle officer, "Bring the plain robe."

Not long after, he changed into a plain white robe, bowed his head and walked slowly to the main gate of the palace. Looking at the empty doorway, the head bowed on the ground, and said in a shy voice: "I am not good at teaching my son, treat me respectfully." Holy Judgment."

At the same time, Wu Zetian sat high above the hall in Guanzhong Temple of Literature, while Wu Yizong knelt in the hall with his hat off, and said with a look of indignation and grievance: "I know that my description is not famous, and I can't be respected by others. The family is lucky to grab it." , living in a high position, we can only redouble our efforts and strive to live up to your kindness. Weary for a long time, and we are greedy for fun for a while, knowing that Xunqing will return to Yunshao Mansion, admiring his fun, and going to Yuefu to visit operas, how can we expect to meet the emperor's grandson Waiting for others, sternly accusing, exposing the shortcomings of others, accusing the ministers of being incest and rebellious foreign thieves..."

There was a bang in the hall, and Wu Yizong trembled in fright, but he still said bravely: "It is said that the minister is poor and greedy, and stole the title..."

Wu Zetian in the hall closed his eyes, and his long nails scratched the lines of his robe, showing that he was not at peace.

And His Highness, Wu Yizong, also intermittently told the whole story of the dispute, not even concealing the fact that he deliberately provoked, and even relayed the swearing words between each other truthfully.There is no need to hide this, after all, it was in full view at the time.

"Chenzhi enters, and you retreat?"

After a while, Wu Zetian spoke slowly.

Wu Yizong nodded with an aggrieved face: "I know that I am wronged when I lure the soldiers into the Yuefu. Xun Qing ridiculed the minister's short stature and power, and the minister endured it..."

After hearing this, Wu Zetian couldn't help opening his eyes, looked down at Wu Yizong who was kneeling on the ground and looked shorter, the corners of his mouth trembled and he looked back, and said in a deep voice: "Call out!" Supervisor of Yuefu."

Not long after, Yang Xu and several straight cases from Yunshao Mansion went to the palace, and before Wu Zetian could ask questions, a female official next to him ordered: "Today's personnel affairs in the Yue Mansion, let me tell you the truth."

When Yang Xu and the others entered the hall, they were already sweating profusely from fright, and when they heard the order, they didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly began to explain.Almost from the opening of the gate in the early morning, he narrated everything in detail, and the words were naturally cumbersome and repetitive, but Wu Zetian was not impatient, but just listened patiently.

However, when she heard the scene where Li Tong met the emperor and his grandson, she raised her brows suddenly, sighed and muttered: "It's just a false noble. Although their status is poor, how dare they? God's grace, no How many urchins have entered into the mind?"

"go on."

After whispering, she raised her hand and ordered again.

Yang Xu and others continued to narrate, until Li Tong stepped forward to force the King of Hanoi to retreat and personally sent the emperor and grandson to leave, then they shut up tremblingly.

At the same time, another palace official approached the outer hall and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness has knocked on the door and accused himself of being a bad teacher..."

After Wu Zetian heard the words, his eyes flickered, and his gaze fell through the palace to the darkening sky, and he said: "It's a cold night, the emperor's heir has been living restlessly recently, let him return to the palace and wait, don't hurt yourself , There is no need for this state between mother and child."

Wu Yizong, who was kneeling in the hall, opened his mouth after hearing the words, but still restrained himself from speaking.

The palace official took the order to leave, Wu Zetian also sat up straight, looked at Wu Yizong at the desk and sighed: "Although the grace of heaven is scorching, there are still places that cannot be illuminated. The front face is bright, but the back side is dull and dark. The more turbid the quality, the thicker the overcast. On the other hand, this crystal is transparent inside and out, and the light is self-luminous."

"Your servant is taught!"

Wu Yizong kowtowed to the ground, not daring to raise his head.

"This is a very bad thing. It's just a short stature. How can you count the short in the world!"

How could Wu Yizong's careful thinking be hidden from Wu Zetian.But even though she knew everything, the words of a few children still pierced her heart like thorns.

"Tomorrow, the king of Liang will enter the palace to be ordered. Yizong, you, first remove the seal on your robe, and go back to the mansion to reflect."

When Wu Yizong heard this, he was a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect the punishment to be so severe, but seeing his majesty's expression was not good, he didn't dare to appeal again, so he had to bow down and quit.

After Emperor Wu Yizong left, Wu Zetian's stern face suddenly revealed, and he knocked on the case and said angrily: "Those who serve the emperor's grandson will be caught and killed! If the master's faults cannot be punished, what's the use of keeping this stupid slave!"

After pondering for a while, she continued: "Prince Siyong, the concubine, went forward to record the scriptures and sent them to Huangsiyuan. Women are short-sighted, they don't see the front and back, they should see the left and right. It's okay to be lonely, and I missed my grandson. That is the great crime!"

In the imperial heir garden, armored soldiers rushed in, and a general of the forbidden army crossed his hands and said, "Your Majesty has an order to arrest the evil slaves. Please forgive the young general for his disrespect."

Li Dan sat in the hall without saying a word. When Zhongguan Fan He was escorted through the gate, his cheeks twitched slightly, he closed his eyes and covered his mouth and nose with his hands.He waited until the soldiers hurriedly withdrew, he suddenly took a deep breath, and when he lowered his palm, the inside edge of the palm was bitten by teeth so that blood gushed out.

Zhongguan Cao Wei rushed forward to help bandage it, but Li Dan clasped his palms and shook his head, pointed to the scriptures on the case with his other finger and said, "Send it to the concubines and tell them to treasure it."

Ten volumes of hand-copied Buddhist scriptures have different fates. Some people cherish and put them away, while others dismiss them.After Mrs. Liu got it, she swallowed tears and tore it up with her hands, while Concubine Dou threw it into the brazier and burned it to ashes.

Chapter 0347 Mingli ordered, the five kings descended

What happened in Yunshao Mansion soon had a follow-up.Shortly after the morning court the next day, Fengge issued a decree that the emperor's heir Li Dan and his sons, since the emperor's grandson Li Chengqi, were all conferred the title of county king.

This incident naturally caused an uproar in the court. Although Li Tong is now sitting in the Yunshao Mansion, he is still in charge of Luantai, so he knew the content of the document at the first time.

Although he didn't listen to Li Longji's explanation yesterday, the official of Yunshao Mansion told the whole story afterward, and he naturally understood that this matter was the Wu family's plot to mess with his fourth uncle's family.Seeing such a result, I was quite sad.

The emperor's heir Li Dan is really not in a good situation recently, but he sent his son to Yunshao Mansion in such a sensitive period, probably because he wanted to arouse some love and protection from the empress through family affection.

After all, no matter how fierce the battle for succession in the imperial court was after the change of Yuan Dynasty, Wu Zetian still paid more attention to the maintenance of family relationship in some public occasions.In the past two years that Li Tong and his family lived in Qianling, every new year, all the grandsons of the emperors went to the hall to perform and dance to celebrate. At least on the surface, the relationship was relatively harmonious.

But this year, because the relatives of Dou's family were too aggressive, they directly led the fire into the ban. Perhaps his fourth uncle Li Dan was also worried that this superficial harmony might not be maintained. If he wants to borrow Li Tong's strength, at least he can ensure that the masters can continue to attend the New Year's ceremonies and celebrations.

But unfortunately, the Wu family should have been watching their family closely recently. Seeing that the scholars entered Yuefu and couldn't get along with Li Tong, Wu Yizong chased after them, so the follow-up happened.

Li Tong's inference was not that he overestimated himself too much, at least if he had been present at the time, no matter what, he would not have given Wu Yizong a chance to lure those brats.

But this kind of thing is really intentional and unintentional. The Wu family members were distributed in the northern and southern yamen's forbidden army, and they held various positions. If they really wanted to keep an eye on Li Dan's family to make troubles, they could avoid it once but not twice.

In the original history, a similar scene happened between Li Longji and Wu Yizong. No matter how potential the future Gongbian strongman is, he is just a seven-year-old boy now, and he has to pay a bloody price to achieve great growth.

Li Dan's five sons were demoted to nobles on the same day, which naturally caused a much greater sensation than Li Tong's being confiscated a few days ago.But what really attracted people's attention was not the rank of the five young viscounts, but the sentence "Mingli ordering" in the draft.

If it is extended again, it is that Li Dan, the emperor's heir, is not fundamentally different from Wei Wang Wu Chengsi in terms of status.After Li Dan abdicated, he was named the heir of the emperor. Literally speaking, he was naturally the heir of the emperor.But if it can be interpreted so simply, why not just make him the crown prince?

The purpose of the demotion of the five kings today is to weaken the meaning of the title "Emperor's Heir" in terms of rituals.

In the past, although the emperor's heir Li Dan hadn't entered the East Palace yet, his sons were all princes, and his eldest son Li Chengqi had the exclusive title of "emperor's grandson", and Li Tong and the others could only embarrassingly be the same emperor's grandson.As for Chu King Li Longji, he was even more filial to the heir of Emperor Li Hong.

Now they don't specialize, and they are all reduced to ordinary county kings, so the "emperor's heirs" who were originally supported by them and somewhat aloof can only be reduced to a lower level.

In particular, when Li Longji returned to the clan this time, he no longer wanted to honor his heirs, which meant that Wu Zetian was going to kill Dou, a big and noble tiger.After all, before, the emperor's grandson Li Chengqi was able to be special because of his status as the eldest son, and the king of Chu Li Longji was because of his foreign family Dou's family.

A deep-rooted big family, its background is not only as simple as it seems on the surface.Li Tong used Dou Qida to embezzle the Dou family's property in Guanzhong, and it can't be boasted that he dug up the Dou family's roots.The reason why the Dou family is abolished right now is because no one leader has stepped forward to bring out the potential hidden in a century of accumulation.

The reason why Li Longji can succeed in the future is naturally because he is the main participant in all the palace changes.And the reason why he dared to jump like this is, on the one hand, naturally because of his courage and ability, and on the other hand, the foreign relatives of the Dou family brought him a lot of power that cannot be obtained in the conventional political structure.

From the late Wu Zhou Dynasty, especially after Li Xian's return, the current situation has entered a turning point, that is, returning to Guanlong.Although Wu Zetian had monopolized power all his life, he was by no means as powerful as it appeared on the surface. The authority of the emperor had been completely ruined in his hands.

During the Long Live Tongtian Years of Wu Zhou, a rebellion case occurred, that is, the rebellion case of Qi Lianyao and Liu Sili.This time the rebellion was neither San, nor Si, nor Wu, but he wanted to be the emperor himself. In this rebellion case, many Guanlong families, including several other parties, were involved.

In other words, some forces in the current situation are already extremely impatient to see your mother and son, aunts and nephews tossing around. Since they don't want to live well, I will be the emperor!

At that time, the Khitan was in chaos, and the external affairs were in a mess, and there were such signs internally. With Wu Zetian's political sense, how could she not feel the danger hidden in it?

Therefore, in the second year, Li Xian, the king of Luling, was called back to Shendu as the crown prince, officially determining the way for Guozuo to return to the Tang Dynasty.This change was brought about by the current situation in the world, not by the painstaking words of a few so-called old ministers who seek the country.

Li's imperial power was cultivated in the old nest of Guanlong. If he wanted to regain his majesty, he could only return to the old nest to continue to absorb nutrients.In this process, Li Longji, as the heir to Dou's political legacy, of course grew stronger.