Crown Tang emperor

"This beard is so generous!"

Everyone was amazed at the richness of the Hu businessman, and after the man was satisfied, he spit out "Northern Sea King", but couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "The noble son of the clan is so frivolous, sharing the same room with the humble Hu'er, shameful, shameful!"

Not to mention the discussions of idlers outside, the King of Beihai, who is currently receiving guests in the hall, is smiling all over his face, pointing to a Hu businessman who is standing respectfully beside him and said with a smile: "He Hu'er is the consular food officer in my mansion. In the future, if you are walking and socializing in the middle of Beijing, all of you, don’t keep him out of the door!”

The guest seats were arranged in the spacious middle hall, and dozens of guests took their seats. When they heard the King of Beihai's words, their expressions might be different, but generally they all agreed with them with a smile.

Since Emperor Gaozong, he has been abolishing the officials of the royal palace, and in the Kaiyuan period, this intensity has become even greater. The imperial court only sent Chang Shi, Sima Bing and his relatives to fight, and the rest were all removed.

But there are many affairs in the big palace, so the kings often recruit their own assistants, but these assistants only serve in the palace, and the court does not recognize their official status.

As for recruiting Hu merchants to serve as assistants in the Fuzhong, this is also a tradition.Many nobles of the clan have a lot of expenses but not much income, so they often invite merchants who are good at doing business and making profits as their customers to subsidize their expenses.

The Hu businessman was still waiting to get acquainted with everyone in front of everyone through the introduction of the King of Beihai, and before entering the ceremony to see the toast, but was pushed aside impatiently by a young man in the front table, looking at the King of Beihai with a sneer and said: "Your Majesty is fond of bearded mutton, and he is a close follower. Others don't like to criticize him. But we gathered here today for the sake of the elegant taste of museum appreciation, not to congratulate you, Hu Nu, for using it!"

The young man's tone was rather blunt, but there were many people who responded in the hall. After all, they were all young and energetic, and they didn't have a strong sense of dignity. Moreover, even in terms of background, there were as many people in the hall as the North Sea King. Impatient to deal with a Hu businessman introduced by King Beihai.

Being contradicted face-to-face like this, the North Sea King was naturally displeased, but thinking of his third brother's advice, he suppressed his anger, raised his hand to screen away the panic-stricken Hu merchant, and then squeezed out a smile and said: "Since All of you are eager to gamble, so let's go back and show off our skills!"

There was a moment of chaos in the hall, and many spectators who did not participate in the treasure appreciation were invited out of the middle hall and were only allowed to watch outside the hall.

The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty are aggressive and competitive. With the holding of several World Expos, this atmosphere of appreciating and fighting oddities has also spread among the nobles.A few days ago, the King of the North Sea announced on various occasions that he had received several treasures, which naturally aroused the curiosity and resentment of many dudes, so today's Saibaohui came into being.

A space was cleared in the hall, and a long table was placed horizontally. The dandies who participated in the meeting ordered the slaves to display the treasures they brought, and the King of Beihai, as the master, was constantly appreciating and commenting.And the spectators outside the hall also tiptoed to look inward, constantly amazed by a certain treasure.

Halfway through the exhibition of treasures in the hall, the victors were all smiles, while the losers were ashamed.Seeing that the atmosphere was about to be set in place, the King of Beihai planned to display his own treasures, ready to win a lot of applause.

But before he had time to make a sound, there was a sudden noise outside the hall. The King of Beihai's expression changed suddenly, and he stopped and shouted: "Why..."

Before the words were finished, the crowd blocking the entrance of the middle hall was roughly pushed away. An old man in green robes held a horsewhip, led several strong servants into the hall, bowed to the angry King of Beihai, and said, "Xiaomin Zhongshu The servants under Xianggong's door disturbed the king's Yaxing, please forgive the sin."

The King of Beihai was originally full of anger, but when he heard the old servant report his family name, his anger suddenly subsided, and then he said with a smile: "It turns out that he is from Mr. Yao's family. Why, Mr. Yao is also interested in Shiliu junior drama ?”

The old servant of the Yao family smiled apologetically, glanced away, and saw his own family, Yao Yi, who was standing with his head shrunk on one side of the hall, and stepped forward and said: "Mr. "

Yao Yi was defeated in the first round of Saibao, and he was upset. When he saw the old servant coming, he felt even more ashamed and annoyed. He stared and waved his hands and said: "I am playing with my friends, what are you doing! You Get out of here, this old slave, don't disturb your interest!"

"Yao Da, let's go! You are here just for the fun of it. Since Mr. Yao summoned you, go home quickly, and don't cause us to be scolded by the elders..."

Although those dandies were upset, they also knew the prestige of Yao Yuanchong, the prime minister of the Zhengshitang, and they dared not take the responsibility of seducing his son to play in the wilderness, so they all voiced their advice.

But he didn't want to do this, which aroused Yao Yi's rebellion even more, and he wanted to push his old servant when he took a step forward.

Seeing this, the old servant sighed secretly, waved his hands behind him and said, "Grab Ah Lang!"

Naturally, he didn't dare to go forward to whip him, but he just turned the whip in his hand to Yao Yi who was already held by the servants and said in a low voice: "Ah Lang, Lord Lang is really angry. If you continue to be self-willed, the old servant will probably..."

"I won't go, I won't... You evil slave, how dare you..."

Snapped!

There was a clear sound of the whip, and the whip raised by the old servant had already hit Yao Yi's front. For a moment, not only Yao Yi who was whipped, but also the other people in the hall were stunned.

"Stop it Diao Nu, you dare to insult my family!"

After seeing this, the King of Beihai immediately became angry, pointed at the old servant of the Yao family and cursed: "Yao Da came into my hall, he is my honored guest. If Mr. Yao wants to discipline his son, he can do it after the banquet, but today in this hall, no one is allowed. The evil slave is wanton! Could it be that in Yao Xianggong's eyes, I am so unbearable to be a guest and friend?"

Hearing the scolding, the old slave took back his whip and bowed deeply to the King of Beihai, but without any further explanation, he straightened up and looked at Yao Yi and asked, "Is Alang willing to do it?"

"me……"

Yao Yi was extremely ashamed, and his tone was awkward. Seeing that the old servant raised the whip in his hand again, he hurriedly said: "Go, go! Let's go home now... I, what face do I have to make friends in Beijing..."

The master and servant of the Yao family came and went quickly. Although the king of Beihai was furious, he still didn't dare to order to stop him.And after this farce, half of the dozens of playboys who were originally joking around in the hall quietly slipped away while no one was paying attention, and dared not stay any longer.

Seeing that a party was about to break up unhappy, King Beihai remembered the purpose of today's banquet, and clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, but before he could speak, someone hurriedly entered the hall and interrupted his speech.

But this time, it wasn't some wealthy and evil servants who came here to spoil the fun, but the servants of the palace came forward to spread the good news that the King of Linzi had granted Guanglu Shaoqing.

"This is really great joy, really great joy!"

When the King of Beihai heard this, his face burst into smiles, he clapped his hands and said with a smile: "There is a happy family, I want to go back to the mansion to congratulate my third brother, this is the end of today's banquet, see you tomorrow!"

When other people in the hall learned that the king of Linzi was promoted to the fourth rank, they were surprised and came together to congratulate him one after another. Several people repeatedly expressed that they would go to the palace with the king of Beihai to congratulate the king of Linzi face to face.

Hearing everyone's words, the King of Beihai showed a little hesitation on his face. The brothers didn't want visitors to mix in the palace, so he came forward to arrange the banquet in the garden presented by the Hu businessman. If he agreed rashly, I'm afraid the third brother would be unhappy. .

After some brainstorming, he summoned the Hu businessman who had been dismissed just now, ordered him to entertain the guests in the hall graciously, and repeatedly promised to have another banquet in the future, then he pulled out and left in a hurry.

"Ha, the gate of the king's residence is so high that it's hard for ordinary people to enter!"

Seeing the king of Beihai leave under the guards of the palace, some dudes who stayed in the hall suddenly felt bored, and even a few who felt that their family backgrounds were not inferior kicked away the wine and food offered by the Hu merchants, and left with a sneer : "Purple robes before putting on your eyes, such a family tradition!"

The King of Beihai ignored the complaints of the guests, rode his horse all the way, and returned to Chengbei Fang Mansion before the curfew.

"Sanlang, congratulations!"

After entering the hall, the king of Beihai laughed loudly, and the king of Linzi, who was sitting in the hall and chatting with some guests, also had a surprised smile on his face when he saw his brother returning to the mansion: "Since the second brother is going home, I want to come to the party today as well." smoothly?"

After hearing the words, the King of Beihai froze for a moment, then he waved his hands and said, "I'll talk about it later, what is so important about Sanlang and you stepping up to the top! Will you enter the province tomorrow morning to receive the system? At that time, we brothers will go together, the saint will be kind, Sanlang, you will go first, Do you think Shiro and I will see you later?"

Several guests in the hall came to congratulate him. Seeing that what the second brother said was too explicit, the king of Linzi coughed lightly and got up to meet the elder brother. He pressed his wrist to signal him not to say more. The two officials from the southern province laughed and said: "Tomorrow morning, I don't need you to enter the government again for guidance. Longji will go to the province after paying his respects."

After hearing the words, the two officials from the southern province stood up and left, and the Linzi king brothers sent them out of the hall.

This night, the residence of the Prince of Linzi had a banquet for a few relatives and friends who had heard the news and came to congratulate him. Because the Prince of Linzi would enter the court tomorrow morning, there was no all-night celebration.

The King of Beihai kept suppressing the guests and sent them away. After returning to the palace, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Sanlang Gao Ren Guanglu, our brothers finally have a foothold in this court. Since the saint has given this favor, Shiro and I don't have to be in trouble." In Kanji, I can be Saburo's powerful arm!"

In the past period of time, among the three brothers, only the Secretary Provincial Zhuo Lang, who was served by the King of Linzi, had some personnel contacts.The Beijing battalion was restructured, and the guards in the southern yamen no longer led the army. Even if they wanted to go to work with peace of mind, they couldn't find the yamen office.

Having a job and nothing to do, for ordinary dudes, they are happy to receive an empty salary, but for the brothers who are eager to gain a sense of existence, they are a little distressed.Especially after hearing that Li Longji has received a lot of compliments from time to time, the remaining two brothers of course also want to receive such treatment, hoping to take advantage of the trend to promote their official positions.

"My brother's family is relatives and nobles, so everyone enjoys food in the city. The level of official rank is just a vanity, so don't pay too much attention to it."

Looking at the two brothers who were full of expectations, Li Longji just waved his hands and said.

Anping Wang Li Longfan sighed: "Third brother, you have already ascended to the top, how can you understand the sadness of us low-level people who work in low places? We don't care about going in and out, and we have no authority in our hands..."

After hearing the words, the King of Beihai nodded again and again: "That's the reason! If I can stand in front of the class, how dare Webster's family who is in decline dare to insult me ​​so easily!" He still has a heart for Webster's remorseful marriage a few days ago.

"The saint's sudden favor, I'm a little bit at a loss right now. After I enter the court and receive an official tomorrow, I'll dig into the inside story of the personnel!"

Seeing that the two brothers expressed their views in this way, Li Longji calmed down casually, and then said to his elder brother: "The day before yesterday, Webster asked for an interview, brother, you just shouldn't. Now it seems that it is better not to play tricks, wait until I join the company." After you stabilize, you will have to meet him in your spare time."

"I don't see you!"

After hearing the words, the King of Beihai shook his head and said angrily: "His family broke the contract before, and I have been ridiculed by others! Now that I have been sanctioned by the sage, I know that there is no hope of chasing high, so I returned to beg. No matter how good his daughter is, I will never do it again." Into the gate!"

"It's not easy for my brother to gain power, brother, why do you want to be strong! Although Webster's decline, but there are still old friends all over the capital, it is rare for my brother to invite this help, and we must not give up!"

Seeing his brother being so stubborn, Li Longji immediately lowered his face and said in a deep voice.

Seeing that his elder brother was silent, he pondered for a while before bypassing the topic, and then said: "Today's garden gathering, brother, how is the harvest? After the recovery of Qinghai, the Longxi trade road will be opened up, and the import and export of foreign goods will be unimpeded. At present, there are still many in Beijing. Hu merchants are hoarding their odds, and we can take this opportunity to help them close their warehouses, and save some savings for ourselves for others to use. A few months later, the prices in Beijing’s central market will be quite different. Right now, they are extremely sleepy and waiting to be slaughtered!"

"Speaking of this matter, I am even more angry! Yao Yuanchong is really vicious, and he has no regard for my decency at all..."

The king of Beihai angrily talked about what happened in the garden today.

"Yao Xianggong, he, why...speak slowly, carefully!"

Li Longji's face suddenly changed after hearing the general idea, and he grabbed his brother to continue questioning.

Chapter 0965 holding the talisman and holding the constitution, live up to this life

It was very late at night, Li Longji, the king of Linzi, put on his clothes and lay down, but he still didn't feel sleepy.He rested one hand on his stomach, while the other reached into the brocade quilt, his fingertips lightly caressed the hilt of a saber, and in the dim tent, his open eyes shimmered.

In the evening, the elder brother complained, but he just resented Yao Yuanchong, the servant of Zhongshu, for being an unruly slave. After venting his scolding, he went back to the mansion to rest, completely unaware of how much psychological burden his accusation had brought to Li Longji.

Li Longji was a little envious of his brother's heartlessness and lack of a city, but he knew that he couldn't do that, otherwise their brother would be in a more worrisome situation.

Recently, all the planning and interpersonal matters have been carefully sorted out in my mind, and the sense of crisis in my heart has gradually become stronger.

After hearing the news of the great victory in Qinghai a few days ago, Li Longji had the courage to make a little test, and wanted to take the opportunity of presenting military music and participating in the ceremony to expand his social network, but he was opposed and reprimanded by the Empress Dowager.

This old woman has always had a bad attitude towards their brothers and has no family affection at all. Now that she has lost her power, she is taking shelter of the saint, and she takes pleasure in suppressing their brothers, and uses it to curry favor with the saint.

She has been in power for half her life, and her thoughts and plans are all sinister, and she is even more worried that once her brother gains power, or because of the hatred of her parents, she will retaliate against her, so she is very prepared for their brothers.The attitude on the surface is already like this, and I don't know what kind of sinister slander will be carried out in front of the saint behind the scenes.

In order to avoid this from happening, Li Longji was in a hurry to present the memorial table again, proposing Feng Chan, hoping to restore a good impression on the sage.But in fact, in his heart, he didn't want the saint to adopt Feng Chan's suggestion.The title of saint was taken away from his father, and the more lofty the saint's prestige, the more gloomy his father would undoubtedly be.

But now he really has no better choice of strategy. The sage has great ambitions, great achievements, and even the personal conquest of the emperor, just to exaggerate and confirm the name of Zhongxing, so as to eliminate the hidden danger of gaining his reputation improperly.

Feng Chan is a grand ceremony for the emperor, and few people in the position of honor can refuse the temptation of such glory.And if you want to hold a Fengchan, who is more convincing than the son of the previous emperor?

For example, in the old days, the world ridiculed the empress for being heartless and ungrateful, and the saint did all kinds of tricks to do what she liked. As a result, he gained a lot, and even got a chance to aspire to the big position and finally made it a reality.

Now that my brother is in a similar situation to the sage, it is safest to adopt a similar strategy.

The development of the situation was indeed as I expected. Not long after he made a contribution, he gained the attention of the sage, and he was promoted to several ranks by this, and he was appointed as Guanglu Shaoqing. Obviously, his statement was in favor of the sage. Thank you.

However, what happened to his brother today gave Li Longji a warning sign. It seems that the real situation is somewhat different from what happened to him, and the difference may not be small.

Yao Yuanchong, as the Minister of Zhongshu and the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall, is the important minister of the saint's humerus, and his words and deeds can represent the holy will to a certain extent.He sent his servants to recall his son from his banquet so viciously, and he was unwilling to even give such a little face. Does it mean that the saint also has similar malice towards their brothers?

With such a background, Li Longji didn't expect that the sage would be completely defenseless against their brothers, but because of the overall decency, many things could not be too harsh and exposed.

In addition to his disadvantages in blood, there is another point that makes the saint more vigilant towards him, that is, he was adopted by his uncle Li Hong as the heir of Yizong.Not long ago, the sage respected the two sects, so he downplayed the meaning of inheriting from Yizong.

From the performance of Yao Yuanchong's family slave, it can be seen that the saint's attitude towards him is not without entanglement, maybe there is a bit of appreciation, but more of it is malicious.

"After all, it's still too much work!"

It is certain that the sage likes Feng Chan, but he should not be willing to let him start the discussion on this topic, and he does not want him to enjoy too much attention in it.So this time, he should not be overly optimistic when he was promoted to Guanglu Shaoqing, as there may be some evil intentions hidden in it.

It's a pity that Li Longji's understanding of the personnel affairs in the court is still not in-depth and comprehensive. The younger brother's heir, Li Longye, is getting estranged day by day, and he doesn't know that his heir, Shi Di Guangyuan, is in charge of criminal affairs, so his perception and judgment of the current situation are not clear enough.

But although he came from a noble background, he grew up in misery, and developed a thoughtful and sensitive character, who can infer the reality from some of the information he perceives.

After a night of worry and insomnia, in the middle of the night, he heard the low voice of the servant outside, and he sat up from the couch.

A ball of light came in from behind the screen, and the young and delicate man walked into the inner room with the lamp in his hand. Seeing that the king had sat up, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The king is already awake, so I will help him change his clothes."

While speaking, the fine man put the lamp on the window case, bent over to adjust the quilt, touched the saber buried in the brocade quilt with his fingers, and his body froze.Li Longji patted Xirenxiang's shoulders, and whispered: "Tell Ah Zhong, don't come to see me at the front door in the near future, wait for my news."

After hearing the words, the small man nodded quickly, looking at the cute and beautiful face, Li Longji felt a little hot under his stomach, and embraced the little lady in his arms with his slender waist: "Since A Ling has entered the mansion, there is no need to use force. What I am greedy is the tenderness of cuddling with my wife, and keeping others busy with other things."

The little lady was embraced in her arms, her breath was slightly scattered, her bright eyes stared at the king's face for a moment, then she lowered her head shyly, twisted the corner of her clothes and said in a low voice: "This concubine is a commoner's daughter, thanks to San Lang's favor, the cattail grass can Being entangled with Lan Zhi, I am afraid that I have exhausted my life's luck... I just want to make Saburo's life more comfortable, not daring to idle down will damage my luck."

Hearing the love words from the heart of this little lady, Li Longji felt pity regenerated in his heart. Looking at the plain and simple dress, he sighed sadly: "The first-class love in the world is to share weal and woe, and the lady will accompany me in times of crisis." At the same time, the wealth and honor of the coming year must be shared between the two of us, and no one is worthy of the remaining son!"

A couple of boys and girls cuddle together passionately, there is no need for more fiery lingering, this room is already warm and infinite.

He was going to enter the court later, and Li Longji didn't continue to get bored with the lady in the room, and hurried out after washing and changing clothes.

At dawn, the city of Chang'an was still gray and the light was limited, and the courtiers who lived separately in various workshops also left their homes for Da Nei one after another.When Linzi King and his party turned into the long street in front of Danfeng Gate, they saw many courtiers on the street, and there were also well-informed courtiers who came forward to congratulate. Li Longji responded with a smile and nod.

When dismounting outside the Danfeng gate, all the ministers filed into the palace along the imperial bridge, and there is no need for a clear line of trains right now.Thinking of the troubled thoughts in the night, Li Longji intentionally jumped over several people and approached Yao Yuanchong in front of the team.

Yao Yuanchong didn't pay too much attention to the King of Linzi, but just moved closer to Yang Zaisi, his servant. The two prime ministers were walking side by side, discussing something, and the other officials slowed down after seeing this, and distanced themselves a little.

After probing for a while, Li Longji did not continue probing, but instead walked among the group of King Qi Li Shouli, gossiping in a low voice and walking forward.

There were no major issues in the early court today, but the main issue was the reorganization of household registration in various states, which was reported by Prime Minister Ge Fuyuan.It is undoubtedly a big project to search and expand the population of the world to register households. All the states have been carried out in sequence. It has been underway since the early years of Kaiyuan, and it is only halfway through now and is about to be completed.

The results of registering households are very gratifying. Except for the unfinished Longyou Road, Shannan Road, and some state capitals in Lingnan Road, the number of registered residents in the hands of the imperial court has reached 680 million households, compared with 380 million in the Yonghui period. The number of households has nearly doubled!

The recovery of Qinghai and the establishment of Shunzhou led to new changes in registered households in the prefectures of Longyou Road, while Shannan Road and Lingnan Road both had long distances and vast jurisdictions, so the progress of statistics was relatively slow.According to Ge Fuyuan's estimation, if the entire registration process is completed, the total number of registered households in Datang should reach 730 million.

Such an astonishing increase is naturally gratifying. The number of registered citizens is the most direct reflection of the rise and fall of national strength. After all, only registered citizens are effective taxpayers.

At the same time, it also directly reflects the imperial court's control over the world's politics. Sometimes there are a large number of hidden and dead households due to chaotic order and incompetent officials.This part of the population is not under the control of the government, which not only hinders the growth of national power, but also is a local hidden danger.

Therefore, the atmosphere of today's court meeting is quite gratifying. Both the saint and the ministers who established the court have smiles on their faces.

Li Longji was also quite happy when he heard the changes in the household information.As the king of the Tang Dynasty, seeing the prosperity of the country, a sense of pride arises spontaneously.

It's just that when he saw the respectful attitude of the officials in the palace, including the prime ministers, towards the saint, he couldn't help but feel a complicated feeling in his heart.

It should have been his father who was sitting in that position, enjoying the worship and congratulations from the officials.Now apart from being sad, there is also an inexplicable irritability.

When he was in Shendu in the old year, he was still very young and rarely participated in court meetings. The most impressive thing in his memory was the worry and irritability on Aye's face after he retreated to the palace, or he sighed about the political downturn and the internal and external problems. There are many disadvantages, or the ministers are disrespectful and keen to exercise power, which makes the whole court a mess.

At that time, Li Longji didn't have much concept of family, country and world, and he didn't have a deep understanding of world affairs, so he didn't know how to comfort and help Aye.But the impression left over from that time brought him the understanding that the fate of the country was difficult, the country was in turmoil, and the entire Tang Dynasty was in a state of precarity and dire straits.

Afterwards, King Luling fled back to the capital, triggering a series of turmoil and shocking changes, which aggravated Li Longji's impression. In his young mind, he even began to fear that if the Tang Dynasty really subjugated, then they, the Li Tang clan, would die. What a miserable end?

But after returning to Beijing after mourning, what he saw was completely contrary to his inherent impression. Seeing the orderly life of the people in Chang'an and the prosperity of the market atmosphere were completely different worlds from what he knew.

Up to now, having the opportunity to stand in the imperial court, what I see is definitely not a scene of political chaos, unruly ministers, and sluggish imperial power.

Now Li Longji has a deeper understanding of the morals of the world, and has his own ability to judge. Although he is emotionally unacceptable, the facts tell him that the difference between what he knew in his early years and the morals of the world today may be due to what the saints do today. Better than his late father, and far better!

Emotionally, Li Longji rejects this kind of understanding and judgment. Similarly, emotionally, he doesn't have much jealousy and dislike for today's saints, and even has a full of worship.

In the early years, because of his family education and his shallow understanding of saints, he had a dislike and contempt for saints. He only felt that saints were clever, charming, weak, and completely unworthy of the various kinds of things that the current fashion gave him. Praise.