Crown Tang emperor

However, apart from Zhang Shuo, it is not that there is no other choice, and the person to talk to is many times better than Zhang Shuo, that is Xingyang Zheng.

The Zheng family in Xingyang itself is a surname in Shandong, and Xingyang, the prefect of the county, is not far from Luoyang, and as early as the Northern Wei Dynasty, he followed the Tuoba Yuan family in Luoyang.Although it has been repeatedly suppressed, the remaining foundation is still strong.

From the perspective of Li Tong's current situation, the Zheng family in Xingyang is a more suitable partner for friendship than the Cui and Li families in Hebei, and they are also better controlled.Especially seeing that his aunt has already consciously pushed Li Wu to merge, he needs to introduce allies as soon as possible to enrich the camp, so as to avoid being gradually marginalized.

Thinking so in his heart, Li Tong looked through the directory and saw that during this period of time, Zheng Gao alone had visited five or six times, almost every other day. He was surprised and asked: " Zheng Shilang is here to visit Qinmi, is there anything urgent to leave a letter?"

After Wang Fangqing heard the words, he recalled for a while, and then shook his head.

"A year ago, I had an appointment to go to He Shilang to become a newcomer. It was time to choose a month to avoid suspicion. I don't think it is rare for me to be calm now, and I have neglected favors. I have arranged for personnel to pay a visit to the house and apologize."

After Li Tong saw this, he gave instructions, and immediately took a pen to write a letter, and asked the government officials to choose gifts and send them to Zheng's house.

Years and years later, Zheng Gao has really helped him a lot, not to mention that all the old members have arranged American jobs, if it is not for Zheng Gao's support in choosing a path, it would be difficult to maintain the West Garden Assembly.

Now that it was nearly March, the election month had naturally ended.Usually, the officials selected by the code will also make a certain degree of adjustment. Zheng Gao, the minister of the heavenly official, was originally promoted temporarily after Wu Sansi was taken away. Support from powerful people.

Li Tong thought that the reason why Zheng Gao visited so frequently recently was probably to plan for the future.

Of course, Li Tong hoped that Zheng Gao could stay in office. As the Chief Cao of the Southern Province, the Ministry of Officials was staring at many people. It was really not easy to develop a person of his own. It would be great if Zheng Gao could be kept. up.

"There is one more thing. Members of Mr. Yang's family have visited several times. It is said that Mr. Yang has been dying several times. The funeral has been arranged. I hope His Highness can have time to visit."

Wang Fangqing said again.

Li Tong sighed after hearing the words, although Yang Zhirou failed to become his father-in-law, but there is affection between each other, after thinking about it, he ordered: "Pass the letter to the Yang family, tomorrow I will visit Yang Xianggong at the mansion."

After dealing with the accumulated affairs of the mansion, Li Tong got up and left the main hall of the palace, and went to the middle of the mansion.

"The concubine welcomes His Highness back to his residence!"

Li Tong went to the back hall and saw Wei Tuan'er standing out among the female relatives, he was slightly taken aback, since the lady entered the mansion, he has been staying in the Imperial City Zhitang, and he couldn't react for a while. After a while, he smiled and said: "The mansion is no better than the Forbidden City. Is it suitable for Mrs. Wei to live in?"

"Tang Ru people are generous and kind, the county lord is kind to the subordinates, and Aunt Zheng is kind and willing to teach. Although the concubine's stay here is only for a short time, I am very grateful to be accommodated in the house."

Wei Tuan'er smiled brightly, and he could see that he was enjoying himself in the mansion.

"That's good."

Li Tong went to his own wife, grabbed Li Youniang who was behind Tang Lingshu and put her head forward, and said to everyone: "Let's go, since we are in the mansion, there is no need to be too formal."

Chapter 0385 The famous bead, only the king appreciates

Back in the hall of the inner house, looking at his wife in a palace skirt and hairpins, Li Tong couldn't help laughing and said: "Indecent and indecent, how can the lady make such a solemn gesture?"

Tang Lingshu smiled slightly after hearing the words: "Usually I feel that the decorations are cumbersome, but after getting used to it, it is also interesting. The door and family affairs are different from the past, so how can I just be self-willed? Your Highness loves me to decorate and ride around. As long as I am free, Personal interests can be picked up at any time, but since you live in a residence, you still can't ruin your appearance because of rashness."

After Li Tong heard the words, he didn't say much, he just held the lady's catkin and patted the back of that tender hand.After Wei Tuan'er entered the mansion, he also brought a new batch of maidservants. These people tended to follow the palace etiquette in handling the affairs of the inner house, and it was inevitable that they would put pressure on the young lady.

Although Li Tong likes his wife's innocence and straightforwardness, he should gradually adapt to the changing circumstances as he grows up.

Seeing the king bowing his head in silence, Tang Lingshu lowered his head to look at his skirt a little unconfidently, and said a little dejectedly, "Your Highness doesn't like my outfit?"

"How could it be? My wife is naturally beautiful, and she is meticulously made up to make her even more attractive."

Li Tong held up his lady's white and tender chin, looked at the picturesque and exquisite facial features, and raised his hand to touch the gold flakes and colored tins on the smooth forehead.

Seeing this, Tang Lingshu hastily raised his hand to cover it up: "Your Highness, wait a moment! This is not a clever thing, it's a sharp weapon!"

Li Tong was taken aback when he heard the words, and then saw the little lady take off the gold tine with a slender finger, flip it between her fingers, shake her wrist, and only heard a soft beep, and one end of the gold tine was inserted into the wooden handle In a few strokes, it's as deep as a few cents!

"Young lady boasted about King Yong's finger skills, so it's not difficult for concubines to learn by themselves. In the future, if concubines are by the king's side, the old incidents in Xijing will never happen again!"

Tang Lingshu raised his small face and said braggingly. At the same time, he took off a jade hairpin from his hair, twisted the end to reveal a gold-covered spike, and raised his wrist again. After a flash, the screen a few steps away made a noise, and looking again, Yuchai had pierced into the wooden frame of the screen like a sharp arrow.

The lady turned her head and raised her eyebrows, with indescribable satisfaction in her eyes: "What do you think of this skill, Your Highness?"

When Li Tong saw this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and he smiled after a while: "It seems that I will be more considerate to my wife in the future."

Tang Lingshu was puzzled at first, but after a while his eyes widened: "How could I, how could... If Your Highness doesn't like it, I won't play these games in the future! I just think back to the time in Xijing, and I felt that if I was more useful, I wouldn't let His Highness commit crimes." risk……"

Seeing the little lady's anxious expression, Li Tong bent over and pecked at her cherry lips, and said with a smile: "My lady has a heart, I'm so happy, I'm joking."

After a while, he said solemnly again: "Young lady, you must not let outsiders see these idle plays, especially those maidservants who have entered the palace!"

"Even Mrs. Wei, can't reveal it?"

Tang Lingshu nodded quickly after hearing the words, and then asked again.

Li Tong sighed in his heart after hearing the words, then nodded and said: "Especially to hide from Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Wei has helped a lot in the past few years in the confinement. In addition to being grateful, I can't bear to refuse my affection. Introduced into the mansion to get along with each other. But my wife, your tricks are really ingenious. My family background is such that it is inevitable to go in and out of the forbidden palace every day. One more person who knows, the lady will be more dangerous. Yes, who made these utensils?"

Seeing what Fulang said was serious, Tang Lingshu didn't dare to hide it, and quickly said: "After all, it's not for a maid's gift. I dare not entrust it to others. I asked Aye to do it. Aye didn't want to at first, but after hearing me talk about the old things in Xijing, This was delivered."

Hearing this, Li Tong was relieved, and continued to instruct: "In the future, you can only tell me what you want to do in the future. My family is not an ordinary family after all, and everyone knows if you can't use it in a dangerous way."

"I know, except for Your Highness, I will never reveal myself to anyone!"

Tang Lingshu nodded repeatedly, while Li Tong sighed, "I don't want to stop my lady from playing around, I think you can protect yourself in a critical situation, but I hope you won't need this skill in your life."

After a while, he looked at the lady again, and said with a smile: "Is there any evil hidden on the lady, let's remove it together, as a husband, there are evil things waiting to be used!"

"No, no more..."

After hearing the words, the little lady's pretty face flushed immediately, her fingertips twisted the corner of her clothes, and her beautiful eyes raised timidly: "Your Highness, don't be so fierce that people live in embarrassment..."

In the middle of the night, Li Tong hugged the young lady's weak and soft body, crossed her neck and lay on the couch, and then wentssiped and asked about the situation of her father-in-law's family settling in Shendu City.

Knowing that the family has moved into Qinghuafang in the north of the city, Li Tong said with a smile: "When a distant relative joins the investment, we should pay attention to the situation carefully, but I am tied up in affairs, so the fact is that there is not much to help. The gods are prosperous, and it is not easy to enjoy. If you don't have a farm to settle down, everything will be even more difficult. Now that you have settled down, the lady will choose a few gardens in the east of the city and send them to the mansion, so that the family can have a constant supply of food and clothing."

The lady was already sleepy, she snuggled up on the couch, but she turned around and stared wide-eyed after hearing the words: "Elder father taught me, it's better not to ask Ye Tian, ​​father and son should be like this, let alone a woman who married out! Husband earned it through his hard work. He has gone through hardships all the way, how can he give up easily! Aye, uncle and brothers are all young and strong, even if they don’t use it for a while, they are just poor. The strength of the family, how can we rely on it? Relying on a married woman to help? Even if I don't feel sorry for property, I can't let people laugh at their short-sightedness!"

When Li Tong heard this, he couldn't help laughing. He stroked his lady's smooth back, and sighed: "I love the house and the black, I underestimated the virtue of a lady. Forget it, someone will replenish some daily necessities in the next day, and the lady remembers to tell her Uncle, for the time being, don’t register in the province first, wait for my place to be laid properly before planning to use it.”

On the way back, he thought about placing his own people in the Right Jinwu Guard. After thinking about it a lot, he felt that Tang Xianze was a suitable candidate.

After all, this kind of personnel arrangement is aimed at Wei Wang Wu Chengsi, and the relationship between each other is not close enough. Even if people are entrusted, they may not be able to use them at critical moments.

Tang Lingshu didn't object this time, after hearing the words, he snorted and said, "I've made a note, I'll tell you tomorrow, will your Highness accompany me?"

"The day after tomorrow, send someone to send a message first, and then I will go to visit with my wife. Mr. Yang, the neighbor of the original square, may not live, so I will go to visit tomorrow."

After all, Li Tong still failed to meet Yang Zhirou, and the Yang family's obituary was sent to the Wang residence early the next morning. Yang Zhirou had passed away the day before yesterday, and it was only announced to relatives and friends today.

After hearing the news, Li Tong also felt quite sad. He waited at home for the arrival of his second brother Li Shouli, and then went to Yang's residence in Zunxianfang to express his condolences.

When their brothers arrived, the Yang family was already hanging high, Yang Zhirou's sons and brother Yang Zhiyi came out to meet the two kings together.It's just that apart from the sadness, when several people looked at Dai Wang, there was an unconcealable anger in their expressions.

Li Tong also understood that when Yang Zhirou was seriously ill, he put down his body and wanted to marry him. Although his grandmother Wu Zetian interfered, but Yang Zhirou was invited several times before he died, and he couldn't get away to see him. Feel angry.

When he entered the mansion, he also explained a few words. Yang Zhirou's sons were still a little bit uneasy, but Yang Zhiyi was much more mature than before after his experience in personnel affairs. After hearing the explanation, he nodded and said: "Your Highness is hardworking. , personal relationship may be neglected, I dare not take offense because of it. The fate is too shallow to say goodbye, it is a pity for my brother."

Speaking of this, Li Tong has already arrived in the newly established mourning hall, and Li Tong stepped forward to salute, and his own government officials read out the condolences.After the ceremony, Li Tong was about to withdraw, but Yang Zhiyi took a step forward and grabbed Li Tong's wrist and said in a low voice, "The bride is in the inner hall for a funeral, can Your Highness come in and have a look? This lady, this lady has been honored by the Holy Family." , things are forbidden, but love is not something that can be cut through a wall, when you are in grief, can your Highness..."

Hearing what Yang Zhiyi said, Li Tong couldn't be too decisive, so he stopped and nodded: "Then it's impolite."

Yang Zhiyi waved back, and the Yang family came forward to guide him, and soon saw Yang Xi'er in plain clothes in a house with straw mats.

This little lady is much thinner than when she first entered the palace, and she is much less charming than the baby fat she was earlier. Now her eyes are red and swollen, and her vision is a little blurred. Going away, weeping against the wall.

"The good fortune is shortened, and there is a definite number early. The dead are only waiting to rest in peace, little lady, let's mourn."

Li Tong really didn't know what to say, so he stood by the door in silence for a moment before opening his mouth.

Yang Xier just cried with her back to Li Tong, and didn't respond at all. The atmosphere in the room was oppressive and awkward. Li Tong hesitated for a while, but still didn't step forward, and was about to lift his leg to exit, Yang Xier turned around suddenly, her eyes widened red and swollen. He looked at Li Tong with both eyes, and said in a sobbing voice: "I was in, in this house earlier, Aye sent me seriously ill... The lady who left home has nowhere to go, will Mr. Wang still send me in?" palace?"

Hearing this, Li Tong felt dizzy even more. He took a few steps back, took out a brocade handkerchief and handed it to the lady: "Everything in life, the one who can do what he wants is the most beautiful. I am responsible for the trust of Mr. Yang." , I am ashamed to see my old friend. The lady is angry with me and blames me, it is all due to love, I hope that the lady can grow up beautifully, enjoy the youth, don't think about this mistake for a long time."

He really couldn't bear to see the little lady's sad appearance, so he turned and left after saying this.

Back in the front hall of Yang's house, the hangers-on came one after another. Seeing that the second brother had been arranged into a tent in the court, Li Tong couldn't leave directly, so he walked over there.

"Your Highness, please come here!"

Yang Juren was also helping with the funeral in the mansion. After seeing Li Tong, he hurriedly rushed here, with exaggerated movements, he pushed aside the crowd along the way, and respectfully led His Highness into the tent.

There was also a young man in a hemp robe in the tent, it was Yang Fang who was preparing for the Weifu, he put his hands forward and said: "I have seen the general!"

Li Tong nodded to Yang Fang, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Take things seriously."

"It turns out that Shiliu Lang is working in His Royal Highness's family. It's really good, very good! I knew that you are an extraordinary man, and now you have to be appreciated by the nobles, so you must not let it down."

Yang Juren forced his way in, pulled Yang Fang and patted his chest, and said to Li Tong, "This clan lost his close relatives long ago. I have seen him from the small to the big, and know that he is not weak and can be used."

Li Tong was surprised when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Then Yang Jun, you have accumulated friendship, and your family status will show up again in the coming year, and you will have to rely on the strength of the younger generation."

He also just said it casually, Yang Fang's face was excited after hearing the words, and he suppressed the surprise in his heart because of the occasion he was in.

However, Yang Juren, including other members of the Yang family, looked at Yang Fang completely differently after hearing this.

By the time Li Tong and his brothers left, Yang Fang had been sent from the inner house to the outer house to greet him. When the general Yijia drove out, he rushed to the front in three steps at a time, leading his hand With the reins of the mount, the tone trembled and whispered: "Humble, humble, thank you for your support!"

Chapter 0386 Immortal prince, feather control crane

In the late spring of March, the color of the world changes and everything changes.

A month ago, Li Tong returned to his residence for a short two-day break to deal with some accumulated human affairs, and then he was called back to the Yazhong to prepare for the Shangsi Festival together with the rest of the guards in the two yamen.

A few days ago, the court had announced that all officials of the fifth rank and above in Beijing and their family members would participate in the grand meeting of the Shangsi Festival, purify the filth, cleanse the old and welcome the new.

This activity has gradually become a custom since the second year of Tianshou.It is nothing more than expanding the scale of group building to the families of hundreds of officials, so that women in deep boudoirs can feel the new atmosphere of the new dynasty, and the supervisor advises the husbands of all families to cherish the beautiful life in front of them and not to toss around.

Li Tong's family has been squatting in Qianling in Guanzhong for three years, so they are naturally not qualified to participate in the grand event, and they will not miss it again this year.

The grand event of the Shangsi Festival was arranged at the Shendu Garden on the west side of Da Nei.Although there are hundreds of households above the fifth grade in Beijing, the Shendu Garden covers tens of kilometers in length and width, and it has been built in two dynasties, so it is more than enough to accommodate.

When accepting the duty task in Guiya, Li Tong felt more clearly that Zuo Qianniuwei was really a good-looking guy.

In this grand event, the left and right Habayashi Army are responsible for the main on-duty tasks, and the other guards have more or less responsibilities.And when Qianniuwei's task was sent to the Yamen, the notice read Tage!

Yes, this time, Qianniuwei joined forces with the actors and musicians of Yunshao Mansion, and did not participate in the guards, but was in charge of performing, and the repertoire of the performance was also sent to the Yazhong.Among them are the healthy dance "The Music of Flying Eagles" rehearsed with the Jinwu Guard, and the garden pond song "Man Ting Chun" performed by Zhu Beishen.

It’s nothing more than Falconry Music, which is a kind of halogen book music. It is mostly used for autumn and winter hunting and military expeditions, and has a strong sense of ceremony.

However, the stepping song "Man Ting Chun" makes people feel inexplicably shy. The stepping singer wears brocade hairpins, enlarges the green cape, and wears a green hood. Dressed up in a dancing robe, the red and emerald are bright, very conspicuous.

For such an activity, Li Tong subconsciously rejected it, and pushed it to Li Lingwen, the general of the Zhonglang, to lead the army to practice in front of the yamen hall every day.

However, when the music for the third part was sent to the government office, Li Tong suddenly felt that he might as well be singing with the little green hats on with all the suitors.This piece of music is called "Deng Xian Le", but if it is to be described more accurately, it can also be called "Sheng Xian Prince Music".

The reason why I say this is because this piece of music tells the story of the Zhou Dynasty prince Jin controlling the crane and ascending the immortal.In the original history, Wu Zetian canonized the prince as Prince Shengxian, and the famous "Monument of Prince Shengxian" was derived from this.

Prince Shengxian was an important political image created during the Wu Zhou period, especially in the middle and late Wu Zhou period.Prior to this, although the story of the prince's promotion to immortality was also circulated, it was not until the Wu Zhou period that it received large-scale official publicity and was endowed with extremely profound political significance.

Of course, the reason why the ruler chooses his person to create and render is also because the prince Jin's life experience is itself complicated.In real history, he was the prince of King Ling of Zhou who was deposed for disobedience to his father.According to folklore, he died young, and the King of Zhou was distraught.In the myth of immortality, he controlled the crane to ascend to immortality and lived high in Songshan Mountain.

Wu Zetian's Wu Zhou, in terms of legal system, was originally moving closer to the pre-Qin Zhou Dynasty, with various retro-style etiquette.From this point of view, Prince Shengxian can be counted as their lineage from the previous Zhou Dynasty.But in reality, whether it is Li Hong, the filial emperor who died young, or Li Xian, the deposed prince who was exiled, there are quite similarities with Wang Zijin's life experience.

In a higher level of Taoist ideology, the image of Wang Zijin also represents detachment and bliss.Making this image fuller enables Wu Zetian to embrace the beliefs of Taoists while worshiping Buddhism, and at the same time meet her own needs for immortality and longevity.

It can be said that the image of Prince Shengxian can achieve a compromise balance no matter in the ideology of the upper class or in the real political situation.In the late Wu and Zhou dynasties, the Crane Controlling Institution, which was controlled by the head of the face, was also derived from this.However, Wu Sansi and others, in order to avoid this image from being too close to the royal family of Li and Tang, even attached Zhang Changzong as the incarnation of Prince Jin.

After the Shenlong Revolution, in order to digest the remnants of Wu Zhou, the political symbol of Shengxian Prince was not abandoned, but continued to be used.Especially after Li Dan came back to power, a new member was added to the group of Prince Shengxian, that is, the Jiemin Prince Li Chongjun who launched a coup and killed Wu Sansi and his son but was destroyed in Xuanwumen.

Li Tong knew about this "Climbing the Immortal Music". After looking through it for a while, he realized that the score itself was a large excerpt of the Longevity Music he had dedicated before.Because he has a new heir this year, and he is very busy after fasting, the original Longevity Music was not able to be staged, but he did not expect to change it into a "Deng Xian Le".

Compared with the old music, the biggest change in the new music is the addition of an image of a dancer in feather clothes controlling the crane, and it is specified that Li Tong will play the role, and even related performance props are sent.

Seeing the weaving of feathers and colorful feathers in the cage, as well as the exquisitely carved wooden cranes ready to fly, Li Tong's heart was full of "beep beep beep"!

Li Tong didn't object to wearing colorful clothes and singing and dancing in court.Gu Xiao also has Lao Lai Banyi, Xicai entertaining relatives, performing on stage, and it can be regarded as a filial piety for his two fathers.

But the problem is that the meaning is wrong, their fathers are already the princes of the two immortals, maybe he is the third one!Having said that, the crown princes of their Li and Tang lineages really appeared repeatedly.But no matter how many there are, Li Tong doesn't want to join them!

During the recent period, Li Tong has always had a feeling that due to a variable like him in the current situation, the trend of the world has become very different.And as his variable has more and more influence on the current situation, this trend has become more and more obvious.

Even without mentioning the changes in the fate of some small people, the Jiangnan scholars who were originally scattered in the south of the Yangtze River have gradually formed a trend of their own under his influence.And his fourth uncle, Li Dan, should have faced the most dangerous crisis in his life in January.

But now, although the two concubines died, the crisis has not really been imposed on Li Dan himself, and the related cases are still in a state of delayed outbreak.

So much so that Li Tong didn't dare to rely on his prophet any more, but relied on the current information to make some predictions.At present, compared with people like Shiliu, he has an insignificant advantage in information, and he is also at a loss about the future situation.

Therefore, right now, Li Tong also has a sense of urgency. He is not even sure whether the Shenlong Revolution will break out early, and who will lead it.

Before that, his aunt Princess Taiping recommended Dou Lu Zhensong, which already made him wary.Now that the political symbol of Prince Shengxian has been used in advance and has a direct connection with him, this makes him feel even more disturbed.

The prophet's context is no longer reliable, and he knows exactly that once the conflict breaks out, there will be a series of brutal coups. This kind of half-knowledge is really tormenting.

In the first lunar month, King Wei and King Liang participated in the sacrifice instead of the emperor's heir.Now on the Shangsi day in March, another Prince Shengxian is about to emerge.With such frequent strengthening of political symbols, Li Tong can confirm that his grandma is playing with fire.

Of course, Wu Zetian rarely had moments of peace and stability in his life.Although history has proved that she was a well-deserved king of power during this period.

But now with Li Tong as a variable, he is really not sure if his grandma can climb one mountain after another like in the original history, and buy him enough time to grow up.

No matter how different the trend is, for Li Tong right now, his biggest protector is his grandma. Standing under the protection of his grandma's wings, he can grow his strength as quickly as possible, so as to grasp a greater initiative. is his only way out.