Crown Tang emperor

In fact, this is not surprising, Yao Yuanchong and Song Jing are more than ten years old, and in the Wuzhou Dynasty, where the current situation changes frequently, this is enough to raise the prestige of a generation of politicians.

In history, Yao Yuanchong's ascendancy period was during the Wuzhou Yingzhou Rebellion, while Song Jing arrived at the late Wuzhou period a few years later, and gradually stepped onto the center of the historical stage with the ascendancy of their Hebei fellows.

Song Jing was born in Xingzhou, Hebei. Although he was also a family of officials, he was not from a famous family, and he did not even have the qualifications to become an official.But the young man himself is very competitive, he won the Jinshi at the age of 17, and he is also a representative of a young man.

But there is a future with a future, but it is enough to embarrass most people if they want to realize this future.Although Song Jing is not as down-and-out as the old street ruffian Guo Yuanzhen, after being appointed as an official for two terms, he is still a junior who has nowhere to ask because the election period is too long.

Although Song Jing's fellow Hebei fellows are on the rise now, without the introduction of a strong relationship, they want to attract the attention of the big bosses on the stage based on their own quality, so as to give priority to promotion of such a hopeless man. Little fellow, there is not much hope.

Li Tong has a relatively deep understanding of the current officialdom atmosphere. Without special circumstances, if Song Jing wants to get attention, he will have to wait at least two or three years. Their Hebei fellows have a stable foothold in the court and politics in their hands. After the resources are allocated to the core members, they will think about promoting some outstanding juniors in the periphery, and assign a position to watch their performance.

However, even Yao Yuanchong noticed Song Jing and was about to recommend him, which shows that Song Jing's personal qualities are extremely strong.

Although the current official order has not yet formed as mature as that of the Song and Ming Dynasties, the influence of regions has existed since ancient times.Yao Yuanchong expressed his opinion in this way, on the one hand, it means that he is really optimistic about Song Jing, and on the other hand, Song Jing has not yet entered the eyes of the big guys and received attention.

Otherwise, if Yao Yuanchong intervenes, not only will he not be able to sell his favor, but he may even be mistaken for poaching and be rejected or even retaliated against.

"Since Yuanzhi also said so, then we should choose the right time to invite Song Jing to meet him."

Li Tong himself didn't have any feelings of being a famous official, even if he had, but after coming to this world and being beaten for a few years, it faded away.Talented people have their own personalities, and it may not be a good thing to force them together. If they can't make good use of them in a balanced way, maybe the infighting will be even more vicious.

But Yao Yuanchong and Song Jing were the top talents who created the prosperity of Kaiyuan and could be compared with Fang Du. Li Tong really didn't want to miss it.I'd rather you get angry with me when you have a temper, but you have to drag them all under my command to do things for me.

Chapter 0479 Thunder method, compassionate heart

Regarding the establishment of the General Manager's Mansion, Li Tong raised several key questions, and then handed it over to Yao Yuanchong to be in charge of negotiating with the Political Affairs Hall.

After the two left, Li Tong went to the inner hall to check the place where the wounded were placed.Some of the wounded who were slightly injured were sent to the military city in the north to take care of them after their injuries were treated.

What surprised Li Tong the most was that Guo Da woke up unexpectedly.

Upon hearing the news, Li Tong hurried to Guo Da's ward, leaving the entourage outside the door, and walked in gently by himself.

Guo Da was lying flat on the couch at this time, and when he learned from the maid who served the medicine that the Dai Wang was coming to visit, he struggled to get up.Seeing this, Li Tong rushed to the front of the couch, raised his hand carefully to press his shoulder and said softly: "Shiro is in pain, don't move lightly!"

"Your Highness, servant, servant is fortunate to not disgrace..."

Guo Da's tone of voice was still weak, but when he saw Dai Wang, his eyes were full of spirits.

"Yes, yes! Shiro strikes the north gate with one sword, it's magnificent!"

Sitting on the side of the couch, Li Tongxu looked at Guo Da's pale face due to excessive blood loss, and said with a smile on his face, "Don't worry about other things, Shiro is just taking care of his injuries right now! Such a great meritorious service, I want to know each other." The old man who entrusted his life will enjoy a long life! If you give me this life, you must cultivate your physique, otherwise you will be disloyal and unrighteous!"

"The servant must, must be raised as soon as possible, and then serve His Highness like a dog..."

When Guo Da heard this, tears welled up in his eyes.

Li Tong held him down and didn't let him talk anymore, but he described the situation of other people in detail: "Tian Weng is currently in Bianzhou, and will return to Luo soon. Sanyou and others have already joined Qianqi..."

Although Guo Da woke up, his spirit was still weak, and he fell into a deep sleep after listening for a while.

Seeing this, Li Tong also quietly withdrew, and before leaving, he called the maidservants who were staying here to his eyes, and carefully told him about the care in the future.

When rescuing Guo Da before, he didn't dare to show off or interfere with the doctors' treatment steps, but he also understood the importance of maintaining a sterile and hygienic environment during the recovery process after the operation.Such as going to the inner warehouse to collect a new batch of cloth, tailoring it into protective clothing for entry and exit, and cooking and disinfecting daily utensils.

After searching and ordering these maidservants, Li Tong was also thinking about the feasibility of promoting these conservation knowledge to the army.But he also understands that the common sense of medical care in later generations seems to be very simple to implement, but in the ancient war environment, it is very difficult to fully promote it.

Even if a group of medical talents can be quickly trained, all kinds of medical materials will greatly increase the burden on the luggage, cooking bandages, medical disinfection, etc., the consumption of fuel is a bottomless pit.

However, although there are objective difficulties, they are not reasons for not making changes.

After all, Li Tong couldn't treat the soldiers as consumables, especially when he came into contact with the veterans of the former clothing club and saw all kinds of disabilities and injuries left on them by the war, he felt very uncomfortable. Do something for them.

Although he has not had the opportunity to actually lead the army right now, but now that he has such an idea, he decided to start preparing from the personnel.The first thing he thought of was to train a group of court ladies, let these court ladies learn some basic medical knowledge, and then they can go out with the army when they go to Xijing.

Nowadays, there are too many servants in the palace, which has exceeded the actual needs by several times.Moreover, a considerable number of palace talents participated in the coup d'état the day before yesterday and transferred the emperor's family ahead of time.

Right now his fourth uncle is still staying in Shangyang Palace, but if he returns to Da Nei in the future, he will definitely rectify the palace affairs.After all, no one can rest assured that such a group of people will be responsible for food, clothing and daily life. If the original group of palace people are not dismissed, Li Dan's family may not even be able to sleep comfortably.

But the number of palace people is so large, simple dismissal means the beginning of a miserable life.Li Tong also didn't want to see that happen. After all, these palace people seemed insignificant, but they also provided him with great help before and after the incident, and he should be responsible for it.

Of course, it is not a good arrangement to let these court ladies accompany the army for medical care, but it is a choice after all.As for the others, we have to make further preparations.

Even if he couldn't rescue all the palace people who were about to be dismissed, Li Tong hoped that most of them could enjoy a stable life for the rest of their lives under his protection.

He is not a saint, but if he has spare power, he hopes not to let these humble and miserable people sink into the sea of ​​misery because of his negligence.

With this in mind, Li Tong went back to Xuanwu Gate to arrange the night's duty tasks, and then returned to the Xianju courtyard where his grandma lived temporarily, ready to visit his grandma.

When Li Tong came to the Xianju courtyard, he saw dozens of palace people and soldiers walking out of the courtyard surrounded by his aunt, Princess Taiping.

Princess Taiping also found Li Tong and his party, she quickly raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, took two deep breaths to calm down, then stepped forward and nodded to Li Tong: "Chenzhi, you are here."

"Why is my aunt acting like this?"

Li Tong stepped forward and bowed his hands. Seeing that Princess Taiping's eyes were still red, he couldn't help asking.

Princess Taiping glanced back at the Xianju courtyard, her expression became more complicated, and after turning her head, she let out a long sigh: "Your Majesty has been in power for a long time, and suddenly loses weight, it is inevitable... Sigh, Shen Zhi, don't worry about me, you are guarding the north gate right now. Come and visit your grandmother, she, she treats me... Forget it, there is no need to talk about this kind of thing to upset you. "

Li Tong didn't ask any more questions after hearing the words, and retreated to the left of the road to make way for Princess Taiping, and ordered the Beiya soldiers behind him to escort him a way.

After walking a certain distance, Princess Taiping seemed to think of something, turned away the old people around her, walked up to Li Tong and said, "Prince Ding is not a person with a strong character, and when the family changes, he will inevitably become ill. But Shenzhi, don't worry, I won't let him disturb you. Prince Ding and I are husband and wife after all, and I hope you can..."

"Where did my aunt say, what did I do before, all those who can't keep their duties are eliminated. King Ding is dedicated to doing good and keeping, and he will not fight, so how can I never forget it. It's just that I am busy at the moment and I don't have time to get away. Otherwise, I must go to my aunt first." The family visits and apologizes."

After hearing the words, Li Tong said again, knowing that his aunt was worried that he would still refuse to let Wu Youji go.Although the family members of the Wu family are ordinary, Wu Youning and Wu Youji, who were killed at the North Gate, are brothers. It is normal for Princess Taiping to worry about this.

When Princess Taiping heard this, a smile appeared on her face again: "Shen Zhi, I feel relieved when you say that. But you don't need to say apology, you have made contributions to the country, and you have never owed anyone. The age of the king I have grown up, so I naturally understand this truth.”

After saying this, Princess Taiping turned and left again.Li Tong stood in the distance and looked at his aunt's back. After thinking for a while, he walked towards the Xianju courtyard again.

When he ascended the hall, Li Tong came in to greet him, seeing that his grandma's spirit was much weaker than yesterday's, her face was not painted, and her aging was becoming more and more obvious, she couldn't help but sighed again.

"Shenzhi came just in time, I have something to tell you here."

Seeing Li Tong entering to salute, Wu Zetian waved to him to come forward, then raised his finger to the female officer She Di and the others who were also in the palace, and said to him: "Mrs. Your grandmother has shared a lot of work. Now there are not so many affairs in the palace, and they should not be forced to stay here. You should work more these days. If you still have a family home to return to, you will be sent out of the palace. Give each a share."

After hearing the words, the Shedi family and other female officials left the table and stood up and kowtowed and cried: "Your Majesty is very kind to my concubines, and my concubines are willing to serve Your Majesty forever..."

"What did you say? It was necessary for state affairs before, so I had to lure you into the palace to share affairs. But now that state affairs have been paid to my children and grandchildren, I take care of my own leisure garden, and I don't need my wife to wait around. No matter how great the kindness is, Is it possible to break the relationship between people?"

Speaking of this, Wu Zetian sighed again, and continued: "I know that you have many worries in your heart, so I entrusted you to the Dai Wang to send you home. The Dai Wang Zongzhi is young and strong, and he will respond to the entrustment. It is more than enough to take care of your own safety. "

Li Tong watched his grandma talking with the female officials, and couldn't help feeling that his grandma had become more human after losing her power.In previous years, such words would definitely not come out of his mouth.

He was still thinking about the issue of arranging the palace people before, but now he heard that his grandmother arranged for the female officials to leave the palace for him, so he simply said it together.

After hearing this, Wu Zetian looked at Li Tong more deeply, and sighed after a while: "There is thunderous means, compassion, and a good grandson, so what is there to regret? Now that I have thought about it, then Just let go and do it, give them a safe home, and let the world know that my Tianjia is not merciless!"

After saying this, Wu Zetian raised his hand to screen away She Di and the others, and when only the grandparents and grandchildren were left in the hall, Wu Zetian looked at Li Tong with a smile and said, "Did you see your aunt on the way? I don't know why she came here?"

Li Tong nodded after hearing the words, and then said: "If it's as expected, it should be for the Hedong Road."

Hearing what Li Tong said without hesitation, Wu Zetian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled wryly: "Oh, it's really inhumane to ask Liang Wang and others to restrain you! Be careful, if you can bear it for a few more years, you Grandma has a career, if you don't trust it to you, who can you trust it to?"

Li Tong automatically ignored his grandma's meaningless emotion, and just comforted him: "My aunt is not greedy and merciless. sad."

"I'm not sad, I'm not sad, she is my flesh and blood, she was born with a heart, don't you know?"

Wu Zetian said so, but there was still a lot of disappointment in her expression, and the next sentence completely exposed her mood: "I just got into trouble, what kind of excuse is this? When we met last year, my grandson was just a short man. , can have the knowledge of "only love and live me"! She has developed a scheming and buried her roots!"

Chapter 0480 and the tiger skin, smart small with big

Li Tong didn't know the specific situation when Princess Taiping met Wu Zetian, but from his grandmother's words and his aunt's tearful appearance just now, he also knew that it should be very unpleasant.

It's like the demolition of an old house, the son gets a set, the grandson gets a set, and the daughter can't hold back, she also wants to get a share of the pie, but she doesn't care about the old mother's fear of being homeless. .

As for Princess Taiping's plans for Hedong Road, that's also very simple. She doesn't have many choices, and she can do very limited operations.

Perhaps he still has great resentment towards Xue Huaiyi, but the army under Xue Huaiyi's control must be more important now.In this regard, she has an advantage, and Bingzhou is an important foundation for the maintenance of Xue Huaiyi's army.

Princess Taiping is still the daughter-in-law of the Wu family. It is undoubtedly easier to say that Wu Youyi surrenders to her.The reason why he pleaded with Li Tong, hoping that he would no longer pursue Wu Youji, should also be to strengthen his image of being able to protect the remnants of the Wu family.

It's just that in the current order of the court, Princess Taiping has limited ways to directly intervene in the court affairs. All parties are vying for advancement, and she is not sure that she can win this matter.

If he can't even do this, it means that his influence on the court is really limited. Of course, Wu Youyi doesn't dare to expect Princess Taiping to protect him well.

"Forget it, don't mention her. What matters will be decided by the Political Affairs Hall today?"

Although Wu Zetian is no longer in power, he still has control over his emotions, so he quickly calmed down and asked Zhengshitang about various measures to calm chaos.

Li Tong didn't hide this fact, not only told about the various affairs that Yang Zaisi came to announce, but also shared some of his own views and arrangements.The current situation is also a brand new state for him, so I also want to get some advice and comments from his grandma. After all, the old driver has a lot of experience, and he should take a trumpet with him when he is free.

"Wang Fangqing is going to Shannan Road? This... are you planning to go to Xijing?"

Wu Zetian's vision was very poisonous. When he heard that Li Tong planned to send Wang Fangqing to Shannan Road, he immediately guessed about Li Tong's thinking.

Li Tong was not surprised by this, and nodded directly and said: "Although the situation in Shendu is newly stable, after all, the turmoil is deeply rooted in the country. The center has been in the sky for a long time, and it is absolutely difficult to move it for a while, but Guanzhong is also the world. I am worried that it will be too late, and there will be new chaos."

When Wu Zetian heard this explanation, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, which was obviously not a correct explanation.If you are really worried about the turmoil in Xijing, the imperial court is located in the sky, and there is no need to go to Jianghan for business.

This kid chose to do this, naturally he was guarding the center of the imperial court in Shendu, and he planned to bypass the imperial court and manage Guanzhong.If you want to use the power of the imperial court, there is no need to arrange Jianghan's idle chess at all. It should be to strengthen control over the canal line, including Jiangnan Road.

After realizing this point, Wu Zetian couldn't help but sigh with emotion, not knowing whether to say that this kid is daring or that he has big plans.But after pondering for a while, she just sighed: "This plan is very dangerous!"

The risk is of course risky. She and the emperor have been in power all these years, and they have only fought and dragged those Guanlong sects. They only dared to divide and check and balance on a large level, but they were far from uprooting.

Although Li Tong succeeded in a coup in Shendu and seemed unstoppable, his foundation in Guanlong was shallow.Even Li Zhaode and Di Renjie, ministers who each had a group of supporters, did not dare to release the emperor's heir back to Guanzhong easily.Once Li Tong set foot in Guanzhong, it would be difficult to get out.

"But it is indeed a disease of the world. If the world wants to move forward, Guanzhong cannot be avoided."

In front of his grandmother, Li Tong did not hide his difference from his fourth uncle, nor did he hide his hostility towards the nobles of Guan Long.At least on this issue, their grandparents and grandchildren have the same interests.

No matter how the situation develops next, it is unlikely that Li Tong will gain the overall approval of the nobles of Guan Long.After Wu Zetian came to power, Guan Long Xungui was undoubtedly the one who suffered the most.

Today's coup is more than ten years earlier than the Shenlong coup in history, and the so-called Li Wuwei Yang Group has no shadow at all.Therefore, Guan Long Xungui did not reach an understanding with Wu Zetian on the whole. Once they take power, the liquidation of Wu Zetian himself will follow.

Obviously, Li Dan is by no means a strong king, and he can't stop such political turmoil at all.

It is one thing for Guan Longxungui to support him, but once this goal is achieved, the next step is to limit the monarchy and liquidate Wu Zetian. This is not only to avenge the past enmity, but also to actually suppress Li Dan's prestige.

Wu Zetian couldn't figure out where Li Tong's confidence came from. He knocked on the case and thought about it for a quarter of an hour, and suddenly said, "Does Zhou Xing's death have anything to do with you?"

Even though Li Tong had established a considerable psychological advantage in front of his grandma, when he suddenly heard this sentence, he still couldn't help but break out in cold sweat on his forehead, smiled awkwardly, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Oh, I should have thought of that earlier. That Sichuan merchant, Yang Li, is the family member of a traitor in Sichuan that Zhou Xing captured during his trip last year, right?"

Wu Zetian glanced at Li Tong angrily, and continued his analysis: "Zhou Xing was doing black teeth in the past, but he died on the way. You kid stole a trick! One hand is Buddhist scriptures, the other hand is searching for souls..."

Hearing what Wu Zetian said, Li Tong couldn't help feeling even more embarrassed, and couldn't help explaining in a low voice: "I didn't know at the time..."

"Forget it, there is no need to talk about old things."

Wu Zetian waved her hand a little depressed. Back then, she was furious because of Zhou Xing's death. She suspected many people, even Wu Chengsi and others. After all, they had just usurped Qiu Shenji's authority at that time. Party members, based on the principle of cutting grass and roots, have motives to act.

But the only thing she didn't suspect was this grandson. She never expected that while offering Buddhist scriptures to help her, this kid secretly poked and killed her minions!

It is also because she has accepted the reality recently and her mood has become more open-minded, otherwise she would really be so suffocated that she vomited a mouthful of old blood.

"The Tibetans will sell their loneliness for glory. Don't think that these old favors can make them stay with them to the death. Qu Chongyu's favor is not strong enough? What is the result? This kind of slaves only know power and fear. It can be used as a small credit."

Since Li Tong intended to get involved in Guanzhong, Wu Zetian thought that he might be related to Hei Chi Chang Zhi, who guarded the source of Longyou River, but there were not many nodes that could connect with each other, and then remembered this old case.

Killing Zhou Xing was a kindness to Hei Chi Chang Zhi, so this kid regarded Hei Chi Chang Zhi as a second hand to set foot in the pass. It couldn't be said to be ingenious, but it was still too ideal.

Wu Zetian was already suspicious of the courtiers, especially the generals in command.Although she used many foreign generals, she did not have much trust in them, especially after being betrayed by Qu Chongyu.So he didn't think that this so-called favor could completely subdue Hei Chi Chang Zhi, so he issued a warning.

Li Tong nodded after hearing the words, and at the same time couldn't help feeling, you should tell your other third grandson this.

Although Hei Chi Chang Zhi was a tragic image of being brave and good at fighting, loyal to the Tang Dynasty and being murdered in history, Li Tong did not expect too much of Hei Chi Chang Zhi's moral standards.

It's not that he judges the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but that as long as a person lives in the world, he has his own position and judgment of interests.Besides, not being loyal to him is hardly a moral taint.

So after hearing what his grandma said, Li Tong also nodded, and continued: "So I plan to recommend the former Prime Minister Lou Shide to return to Longyou and rule Heyuan together with Hei Chi Changzhi."

"Lou Shide? It is indeed a good choice. Alas, it is indeed a pity for him. Since he took charge, he has never failed anyone, but for Lou Shide, he is indeed somewhat ashamed of meeting him. He is indeed a pragmatic person who has done more than his name Cheese."

Wu Zetian used several "true" in a row, showing that he really appreciates Lou Shide's talent.

Li Tong was not very familiar with Lou Shide, but he had met him a few times in the court meeting before, and his impression was that he was just a good old man with no temper, but this did not affect his evaluation of Lou Shide.

Lou Shide is similar to Tang Xiujing. They are both typical examples of making meritorious service in the frontier and then returning to the pilgrimage, and their rise was earlier than Tang Xiujing.

Tang Xiujing still insisted on maintaining the influence and rule of the imperial court in the Western Regions even though the imperial court had abandoned the four towns of Anxi, and succeeded Wang Xiaojie after recovering the four towns of Anxi and defeated Tubo.When it entered the dynasty, it had already reached the late Wu Zhou period.

As for Lou Shide, his achievements are not mainly reflected in the victory of foreign wars, but in the exploration and management of the frontier farming model.In Wu Zhou Dynasty, finances were always so-so. After Wu Zetian gave up Anxi, he used troops several times, and finally regained the four towns of Anxi. Lou Shide made great contributions to farming.

Even in the heyday of the Kaiyuan period, when the national power of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak, the Anxi, Beiting and other frontier army farming models continued to develop on the basis created by Lou Shide.

Even if he didn't consider using Lou Shide to check and balance the black-toothed Changzhi, Li Tong would not ignore such a talent if it was just Lou Shide's side work.

Although Lou Shide has the reputation of being a general and a prime minister, the current situation is really not good.Because of the Wangchengyi murder case, he was beaten to the end at the left-behind position in Xijing and demoted to white body. Later, he was exiled in Shuofang and served as a county lieutenant.

Right now, the Shendu government is in turmoil, and it will not be possible to restore long-term stability in a few years. Lou Shide himself is a frontier minister who has entered the court and has no foundation in the court. It is almost hopeless to recover.