Crown Tang emperor

But not long after he returned to the palace, Wei Chengqing from Zhongshushe came to see him again and again.Wei Chengqing made no statement on this matter and kept silent, which made Li Dan quite gratified, so he went to the hall to summon him, and couldn't help asking: "In the court, there was a hot discussion among the ministers, why did Wei Qing Don't make a statement?"

Wei Chengqing replied after hearing the words: "Whether the king of Qinghai is guilty or not, there are special officials and Daxingtai of Shaanxi Daoxingtai to judge and judge according to the facts. This matter has nothing to do with the court's rules. All the court officials who participated in the discussion have already failed to judge the matter." There is no plan for this matter within the minister's position, and there is nothing to say!"

"Wei Qing is upright! If all courtiers are so upright, there will be no chaos in court affairs!"

When Li Dan heard this, he felt the same in his heart, and then he asked kindly: "Please see the words, what are you going to do?"

"The above statement is still in the post, so Pei Yan, the secretary of the Zhongshu, has not had any ministers since the fall, and there is no fault of Pei Yan. There is no right argument on this matter, so everything should not be discussed lightly! Ming Ji Zhenggang, this is the beginning! Pei Yan's meritorious participation in Yihuo is even more heroic. Only by examining his merits and rewarding them can he show the generosity of the court's supporters, and use it as a festival of righteous scholars! This can only be called the foundation of the country, and it is definitely not a lucky minister who disturbed the palace and pretended to be meritorious. Can be compared!"

Hearing what Wei Chengqing said, Li Dan's eyebrows and eyes stretched even more, and he couldn't help but sighed: "Speaking is fundamental, not a prime minister's talent, how can you make a statement here! If the living can't make good use of it, how can the grace and power be as good as the dead? !"

Chapter 0714 plays Wu Tongguan, but chaos Guandong

The Taolin Station in the west of Tongguan has suddenly gathered people recently, almost tens of thousands of people.Such a large-scale gathering of people and horses can only be the work of Daxingtai in Shaanxi Province.

In front of the Taolin Post House, which was temporarily conscripted for military use, General Cao Renshi, the guard of Tongguan, had been waiting here early. Seeing the flag of Chang'an Internal Guard appearing on the way to the west, he hurriedly led a group of generals to meet him on horseback.

There was still a few miles away from the guard of honor, Cao Renshi and others got off their horses and stood on the left side of the road. After looking around, they soon found the figure of King Yong in the middle of the team. By the time we welcome His Royal Highness King Yong, the inside and outside of the post have been paved, Your Highness, please wash your feet!"

"Hard work, General Cao and all the soldiers."

Li Tong reined in his horse and stood up, nodded slightly, and then waved his hand to signal to the rear guards to bring the idle horse in the army, and waited for Master Cao Ren to change his horse, then signaled to continue on the road.

While riding his horse slowly, Li Tong asked: "All the armies gathered to perform Wutong Pass, can all the reserves such as money, grain, service and power in this place be enough?"

"Money and food are generously provided for the trip, and there is no delay. Since he was ordered a month ago, the last general has ordered the Tongguan garrison to work hard, and the camps in the east and west have been added, which is enough for the army to stay here and perform martial arts for a month. Others. Tongjin County ordered Tian Guinong to comfort the dead in the Kanto region, and gathered more than [-] households. Among them, Ding Zhuang was waiting to be selected according to the edict..."

Master Cao Ren briefly explained the situation around Tongguan, with excitement in his tone.

Li Tong nodded after hearing the words, and said: "The most important thing in military affairs is diligence. Although Tongguan is a gateway in the sky, there are no boundless barbarians and barbarians intruding, but since the armored soldiers are permanently stationed here, the military strength cannot be neglected for a long time. The Taolin Post connects the east and the west, and serves as an important point, which is suitable for performing martial arts and deterring lawbreakers. Setting up camps here and performing martial arts competitions for bravery will become a fixed pattern from now on."

After Master Cao Ren heard the words, he nodded again and again, and all the soldiers in Tongguan behind him were excited.

Since King Yong went westward, there were many deeds of Jianwu, but all kinds of military operations were mainly concentrated between Longyou and Hequ.Although there is also a permanent military force here in Tongguan, it has never been a key point in the military planning of Xingtai. This inevitably makes the soldiers in Tongguan feel distressed.

Now that they have put on their armor and joined the army, they naturally yearn for martial arts. Seeing the news of success from all over the world, killing thieves and hunting slaves without restraint, but they are only used as servants, they are more or less disappointed.

For example, Master Cao Ren, although he should also be among the top ten military governors in Taiwan.But he, the warlord envoy, has few meritorious deeds. Compared with other generals of comparable status in various regions, he always lacks confidence.

In the past, all the armies of the North Road were organized under the command of King Yong. Master Cao Ren and Qi Biming joined the King of Yong. Now Qi Biming has become an important official in Hequ, especially in the silent battle against the Turkic Khan, which made him famous. Move Shaanxi.

Master Cao Ren lived in Tongguan for a long time. Although he did not suffer from lying in the snow and drinking ice, he was also lacking in performance.

Although the travel platform has not been mobilized, but fortunately, the focus of affairs this year is no longer just blindly focusing on border affairs, but has begun to tilt towards the country.In particular, a month ago, an order was sent to Taiwan to gather troops and perform martial arts in Tongguan.Regardless of how rich the political signal released by this order is, it is definitely great news for the soldiers guarding Tongguan.

After Yijia entered Taolin Station, Li Tong took a shower and changed clothes before going out to meet the generals.

This time, Xingtai performed martial arts in Tongguan, mainly participating in the group training of various states. The estimated scale is between 3 and [-] people. mid-June.After observing the results, it is not ruled out that the delay time will continue to be extended until autumn.

Last year, the internal and external military structure of Xingtai was completed. There were [-] Chinese and foreign armies in Chang'an, Gyeonggi Province.In addition, there are ten regiment training envoys in Zhuzhou, who are responsible for recruiting Jianyong and serving as reserve armies.

At the end of last year, Tubo once again made a fuss in Qinghai, which delayed the planned military performance in Gyeonggi.After the new year, there will be spring plowing and preparations for side affairs, so Xingtai simply didn't make any more plans for performing martial arts.

After all, the first-line armored soldiers of the Xingtai Office have been engaged in high-intensity offensive battles since the old age and stability, and the defense of Chang'an has become a rare rest time for the long-term frontier soldiers, so there is no need to bother.

However, Xingtai wants to recuperate the strength of its soldiers, but some people are not willing.There is another turmoil in the imperial court of Shendu, and Chang'an Xingtai has to come up with a reaction no matter what.

Therefore, after a short day of discussion, Xingtai decided to hold this martial arts performance to practice the newly recruited groups from various states.In addition to political intentions, the military reconstruction of Xingtai is quite different from the old law.Although the Zhuzhou regiments are not part of the front-line armed forces, as a reserve force, they must also get in touch with and adapt to this new change as soon as possible.

So this time the martial arts performance did not prepare any high-intensity offensive and defensive confrontation, mainly to hone the basic military items such as walking and walking, camping, advancing and retreating.

Since the martial arts performance this time was originally a temporary idea, each state received orders in their own order, and the location of the martial arts performance was not Chang'an, the capital city, but Tongguan, which is located in the east.It can be said that from the time the states were ordered, martial arts performances have already begun, such as the mobilization of battalions, the raising of food and grass, the rhythm of marching, and so on.The content of these tests is more in line with Xingtai's current positioning of the Zhuzhou regiment training.

Also because this martial arts performance is not the main force of the stage, the following generals are mainly young and strong, Hei Chi Jun, the son of Hei Chi Changzhi, Li Yi, Li Qianli's nephew, and Guo Zhiyun, who was dug by Li Tong in Longyou. , including Li Yang and Li Ge, the cadres of the old clothing club, and young generals and schools such as Yingyuan and Baofang, are all impressively listed, not only for training soldiers, but also for training generals.

The military performance in Tongguan marks the transfer of Taiwan's military importance from the frontier to the central government to a certain extent. Li Tong will not discuss this specific political consideration with the generals in detail. He just explained the process of the military performance and assigned tasks to each of them. Return to the camp and prepare for the formal martial arts performance.

After the rest of the generals left, Li Tong left Teacher Cao Ren alone, and then asked, "Where have the Shendu and his party gone?"

"Yesterday, the letter has arrived in Shanzhou, and the itinerary is estimated to arrive at Guanqian within three days."

Master Cao Ren knew that His Highness was asking about his family members, so he hurriedly told him: "Although His Highness said that the Jia people are not allowed to leave the customs, but at the end of the day, you will take the liberty of sending two battalions of robes and sticks to welcome them. After all, the situation in Shanzhou is weird. His Royal Highness's family members are coming from the west, not only the inner court is special, but also the situation on the stage is also affected, so we still need to be cautious."

After Li Tong heard the words, he nodded and said: "I have to think about it outside the job, thank you General Cao for your care and Wei."

"Your highness is serious. If you don't have shelter in your highness's door, you may not be able to focus on things in the end. The current situation is in turmoil, but the situation in Shaanxi is fortunate to be under the king's teaching to keep peace."

Teacher Cao Ren clasped his fists together and said again, with emotion in his tone: "The last general is in office, and as the door of this east and west, the difference between what he sees and feels is very deep. The people who eat only come from east to west, the elders help each other on the way, and yearn for the king's teaching. The people's livelihood has been lost, and the court officials can only rely on repetition.

"This matter should not be discussed lightly, only the emperor's order is hopeful!"

After Li Tong heard the words, he raised his hand and said, not going to talk about it in depth.

Of course he also understood in his heart that all the officials in Xingtai were looking forward to his return to court.After all, no matter how powerful the Xingtai is, it is far less righteous than the imperial court.As long as he returns to the court, he will have a chance to make great progress in the public.

But to be honest, even though the imperial court has made many foolish tricks, it seems that his fourth uncle is frizzy and out of place.But even if Li Tong returns to the imperial court right now, he doesn't actually have enough confidence and strength to suppress all parties who are about to move.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, especially before the Anshi Rebellion, it can be said that there was not a single mediocre person in power, even his third uncle Li Xian who Li Tong didn't like very much.

The centuries-long schism of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern dynasties in this world was the beginning of a major change in the Middle Ages, and it was the beginning of a thousand years of morality. The various conflicts, collisions and attempts, compromises, and adjustments contained in it can be described as extremely complicated.

Being able to ascend to the top in such a world is not easy in itself, and it will be even more difficult if you want to create something.The dark tide contained in this is surging, and the human eye can't see a thing or two. The deeper Li Tong is in the world, the more reverence for the world is in his heart.

The Tongguan martial arts performance this time is not so much a demonstration to the imperial court, but a unity within the Xingtai.

His fourth uncle's fire was too great, and it aroused many conspiracies and desires in Shiliu. Li Tong was in the middle of the pass, and what he needed to consider was not only when to raise the banner of Jingnan, but also to be on guard against it. Don't let this evil fire spread to Shaanxi.

When it was originally planned to play Wutong Pass, Li Tong did not intend to come in person, but planned to stay in Chang'an to ensure that Chang'an would not be disturbed by morale.But when he learned that the imperial court arranged to escort his family members, he had no choice but to come.

The imperial court escorted Concubine Yong and many others this time, and there were only two generals in Nanya, Cheng Zheng, General Zuo Qianniu, and Yang Zhiqing, General Zhonglang of Zuowei's family.

Among them, Cheng Zheng is the grandson of Emperor Taizong and the grandson of Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijie.Yang Zhiqing was born in Hongnong Yang's Guan Wangfang, so he would call the empress dowager a cousin, and he has a more prominent identity, that is, the grandfather of Tang Suzong Li Heng. Of course, this identity has not been mentioned yet. and.

But if it's just these two people, it's not worth Li Tong's departure from Chang'an to Tongguan to wait.There is another more prominent figure escorting Princess Yong and her party, that is, Jie Guogong and Tai Changqing Yuwen Tingli.

The reason why Yuwen Tingli is awesome is not because of his official position, but because of his title.Jie Guogong is the descendant of the second king of the country and a direct descendant of the Yuwen family in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He is known as the state guest and has extraordinary political influence.To put it another way, Jieguo's family is the spiritual totem of Guan Long's nobles!

Such a person was actually sent by an envoy to escort King Yong's family to the west, Li Tong did not dare to wait in Chang'an no matter how entrusted he was.Of course, there is another layer of intention, which is to find out which bastard came up with this bad idea, I will kill him sooner or later!

Chapter 0715 two kings and three Ke, where is the origin?

On the afternoon of the third day after King Yong arrived at Taolin Station, the imperial court escorted his family members to Tongguan Pass.

Li Tongqin was waiting in front of the pass, and when he saw that the team had many disciples and their armor was shining, he couldn't help but sneer.

The main intention of the imperial court with such an elite army escort was naturally not to really worry about the safety of King Yong’s family members traveling, but to let the people in Shaanxi take a look at them.

Excluding King Yong's family and the welcome disciples sent by Tongguan before, there were more than 2000 imperial troops sent by the imperial envoy alone.The first to arrive in front of Tongguan Pass was Cheng Zheng, General Zuoqianniu of Qianlu.

Cheng Zheng was in his thirties, and he was quite a heroic general. When he reached the pass, he got off his horse and walked in front of him. The trouble of robbers will inevitably be exhausting, and if there is any oversight, I respectfully ask Your Highness to forgive me!"

Li Tong stepped forward slowly, nodded to Cheng Zheng, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Dong's family is a member of the family, and he is a famous official in the court. The family members come and go in and out of this court for private matters, and they disturbed Grandpa Dong's escort and escort. The king received this favor, and he was sincere and apprehensive, and he was too humble to express his gratitude. Please prepare a brief table and respectfully invite you to take your seat."

The so-called simple seats are really not modest. They just set up a tent on the high slope outside Tongguan Pass to avoid dust.

There are thousands of people in the whole team, and there are a lot of vehicles and battles accompanying them. It takes a long time to queue up to enter the customs. Of course, you can't just stand in front of the customs and wait.Li Tong and Cheng Zheng entered into the accounts together first, chatting and chatting for a while.

Although they are not familiar with each other, it is not that there is no common topic. Zuo Qianniuwei, who Cheng Zheng works for, is the old administration of King Yong.Speaking of Zuo Qianniuwei's many rules and regulations still follow King Yong's old law, Cheng Zheng couldn't help but praise King Yong for his military discipline.

Li Tong wasn't very interested in Cheng Zheng, but his grandfather Cheng Yaojin, who was more or less interested in not being able to make a fool of himself in front of Cheng Yaojin during the Zhenguan period. He was more or less regretful.

As for Cheng Zheng himself, although his attitude is amiable, Li Tong knows that they are different and do not conspire with each other, and they will not get together after all.

Cheng Zheng was previously unemployed in the village, but this time he was able to return to the court, and he was a general of the Sixteenth Guards. Besides being from a famous family and relatives of the emperor, he took advantage of the wave of Pei Yan's redress.

Although his family has nothing to do with Pei Yan, it is inevitable that Xu Jingye, who has a deep relationship with him, will be involved in the rebellion of Pei Yan.Although Xu Jingye is still rebellious and unable to overturn the case, some people who have been implicated by him will have a turning point.

Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijie and British Duke Li Ji belonged to Shandong generals. Although their descendants were not directly involved in the chaos, they were more or less excluded politically.This time Pei Yan's redress was not small, and some people who were affected in the periphery also took advantage of this influence to return to the current situation.

Pei Yan can be said to be the most complicated political figure in the early Tang Dynasty, and the evaluation of his merits and demerits has a profound impact.Taking advantage of the opportunity of rehabilitating Pei Yan, both humans and ghosts appeared in Shiliu.

In terms of emotion and reason, of course Li Tong disagreed with rehabilitating Pei Yan.

But he also understands that once he expresses his stance too clearly, even if he is in Xijing, he will immediately be involved in the vortex of political struggle in the capital of God.Although it is possible to recruit a group of scholars from the Wu Zhou Dynasty, it has given up the calm position of allowing advances and retreats.

This is a tiankeng, even if the king is in it, he will be played by others if he is not paying attention.Although Li Tong is powerful now, he also needs to be on guard against whether he will be used by any political force.

Especially now that he is surrounded by Taoists from Shaanxi, and he is a powerful enemy on the two borders. If he can't make a quick decision, quickly eradicate all dissidents, and rush to the center, his previous efforts in the construction of border affairs may be wasted.

His fourth uncle can let go of his own recklessness, but Li Tong can't.Especially since the love of the court is already like this, he needs to be more cautious.Who is the enemy and who is the friend? It is too early to say at the moment, and it is a self-locking of oneself to rashly mark out the dissident.

Although Xingtai is currently winning by force, it has not yet reached the level of sweeping everything. Unless you click on the technology tree overnight, you have to carry the explosive kits with your wife and brothers, otherwise you don't know where you will throw them.

In the tent, Li Tong chatted with Cheng Zheng for a quarter of an hour, and soon Lu Wang Li Shouli was ushered in again. Li Tong stood up and nodded to his second brother, before turning back to the front of the gate together.

At this moment, the car the family members were riding in had already parked in front of the pass, Li Tong didn't hurry up to meet his wives, but just ordered the Tongguan defenders to bring the car into the pass and resettle it.

After the family members entered the customs with a car loaded with furniture, there was still a large cart standing still in front of Tongguan Pass, with a green flag in front of the car, which was different from others.The one who can receive such treatment can only be the queen of the second king, Jie Guogong Yuwen Tingli.

At this time, King Yong and King Lu were standing in front of the closed gate, while the soldiers and envoys of the imperial court gathered around Jieguo's car. They didn't even get out of the car to meet each other, and the atmosphere became a little awkward and chilling for a while.

"His Royal Highness King Yong, Jie Guogong is traveling with you this time, and he is sitting in the car..."

After a long time, Zuowei Zhonglang approached Yang Zhiqing and spoke.

"so what?"

After hearing the words, Li Tong asked indifferently.

Yang Zhiqing naturally felt that King Yong was in a bad mood, so he just smiled awkwardly after hearing the words, and didn't dare to continue talking.

Seeing this, Cheng Zheng also stepped forward, probably feeling that the atmosphere of the conversation with King Yong just now was not bad, so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Grand Jie is a state guest, and he is respected at the forefront of princes. Before entering the pass, he should be greeted with courtesy. "

"Who taught this strange words!"

Li Tong was still smiling just now, but when he heard this, his face suddenly darkened, he stomped his feet and said angrily: "If the imperial court really treats each other with the courtesy of a state guest, and honors and raises the capital, I will go in and out to welcome Jie Guogong But what kind of rebellious minister, who came into this demonic use, made Jie Guogong dusty and rebellious, and he was exhausted! Xingtai armor is full of strength and needs to be rectified, but Jie Guogong has a word to reprimand me for being rude, and I will lead my armor into the capital. Kill this rebellious official! If not, Cheng Enshu will add the title of Zhen Guo, and Jie Guogong will not worship me when he sees me, what will he rely on!"

"Please get off the bus!"

Hearing His Royal Highness King Yong's rebuke, the Tongguan soldiers beat their armor and howled angrily. The sound shook the field for a while, and even the sound of the big river's waves was suppressed.

All the court officers and soldiers in front of the pass were horrified when they heard this shout. Ordinary soldiers didn't understand why, they were only terrified, but the expressions of the two Nanya generals and the envoys in front of the Jieguo bus changed in surprise, and their hearts were dark. Oops.

The two kings of the state, Duke Jie of Zhou and Duke Feng of Sui Dynasty, had a detached status, were guests and friends of the state, and were not in the class of ministers.During the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong, Duke Feng was given cherries, and Duke Feng was respected when Feng Feng was offered, and Duke Feng was regarded as a minister when bestowed upon Yan, and finally he followed Yu Shinan's suggestion to pay.From this point, it can be seen that the status of the second queen is detached.

Therefore, according to the normal etiquette system, when King Yong met Jie Gong, he had to show respect, of course, the premise was that Jie Gong was the queen of the second king.

However, during the Yongchang period, the two kings and three Kes respected by the Tang family changed. Zhou and Han were the two kings, and Shun, Yu, and Tang were the three kings.The Zhou among them is not Jiegong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but the Ji family of the previous Zhou Dynasty.

This time the establishment of the second king and Sanke was one of Wu Zetian's preparatory work for him to take over the Tang Dynasty, but it was decided in the name of the Tang court after all.

Although the national property now belongs to the Tang Dynasty, this former system has not been expressly changed.After all, Li Dan himself has not returned to Guanzhong to worship the ancestral mausoleum, let alone rectify his name and restore his status after the second king.

Jie Guogong's status is supernatural, one is the long-standing habit of the Tang family since its founding, and Zhou and Sui have been regarded as the second kings since Wude, and the other is the extraordinary significance of his family to the noble group of Guanlong. They all served Yuwen's family.

But in fact, in terms of formal etiquette, Jie Guogong's status is not protected by the law, whether you recognize it or not depends on your own attitude.

That's why Li Tong was angry. The imperial court came to the west with Jie Guogong just to force him to express his opinion.

If he greets Jie Guogong, it means that he recognizes the reforms of various rituals and laws since the imperial court revolution, including a series of hot events such as Pei Yan's redress in the current court, and he even needs to consider whether he should welcome the emperor back to the west to worship his ancestors.

But if he doesn't greet Jie Guogong, he will deny the so-called revolutionary achievements, deny his own merits in the revolution, and even draw a line with the Guanlong Group.

After all, although the two kings are not legally recognized now, they have long been the orthodox source of the Tang industry believed by the Guanlong Group.Anyone who doubts this can be said to be the enemy of the Guanlong Group.

Two Kings and Three Kes are not just a matter of etiquette for guests and friends of a country, but also directly determine where the legality of the dynasty comes from.

Taking Zhou and Han as the two kings, and abandoning the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties among them, this orthodox determination did not originate from Wu Zetian. As early as the Sui Dynasty, people in the Kanto region represented by the great Confucian Wang Tong advocated this proposal.The reason why Wang Bo, the fourth son of the early Tang Dynasty, was so unlucky was that he joined this discussion without self-control, adhering to his grandfather's proposition.

Even Li Tong's late father, Li Xian, could be said to be a victim of this dispute to some extent.

Gaozong and Li Zhi made many attempts to get rid of the Guanlongmen clan, and they were also fruitful, but they still had reservations and were not firm enough on the issue of changing the two kings and three Ke.As his prince, Li Xian acted as a pawn to throw stones and ask for directions.Not to mention the ration of the staff and assistants in the Fuzhong, the Zhang Huai Notes that he has compiled are of great academic value, which can be said to be a follow-up to the Southern Dynasties.

At this point, Li Xian may have explored too far, and what he did was even beyond Gaozong's imagination, so Gaozong was secretly afraid.This may not be the main reason for Li Xian's dismissal, but at least there are certain factors in it.

Although Li Tong often said that he did not accept too much of his father's legacy, after he entered the WTO, people in Jiangnan were extremely enthusiastic about him. Apart from the current situation, there are also certain such origins.

After clarifying this line, we can understand the sinister intentions of the imperial envoy to send Jie Guogong westward.Naturally, Li Tong didn't accept the move. The reason why he came to Tongguan was not to meet Jie Guogong, but to block him to the east of Tongguan.

You said he was a state guest, but in the end you treated him like a dog and asked me to salute, what the hell is that!

If you really want to raise this kind of hard argument and engage in ideological struggle, I will kill Luoyang now, believe it or not!

Chapter 0716 has no relatives, expresses feelings

King Yong's rebuke and the anger of the soldiers inside and outside Tongguan immediately made the atmosphere before the pass tense and chilling.

The officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army sent by the imperial court naturally did not know the profound power struggle. They only felt that their disciples escorted King Yong’s family to the west. After being reprimanded and threatened before the pass, it was inevitable that he felt resentful in his heart, and felt that King Yong was arrogant and domineering.

Therefore, they also held their swords in their hands one after another, and they seemed to want to fight when they saw that the situation was not good.

Ordinary soldiers may be in high spirits, but the two Nanya generals leading the team can more or less perceive the inside situation, so naturally they dare not really indulge the situation until they want to fight in front of Tongguan Pass.