Crown Tang emperor

He has specific and specific missions this time, because there are specific regulations on the route. There are certain regulations on how many stations he will travel every day, and which station he will stay in along the way. After returning to Shendu, it was handed over to the Ministry of Finance of Taiwan Province for inspection.

Zhou Xing himself knew how much he was hated by others, and originally planned to turn down this errand, it would be best if he could stay in Shendu directly as a Luoyang order.But when he asked Wu Jiazi for help, he received a cold reception, and had no choice but to leave.

When the censor travels, he is accompanied by a team of ministers.With the leak of the travel route, Zhou Xing also knew that if someone really wanted to intercept him on the way, it would be difficult to protect him with the dozen or so guards accompanying him.

So he prepared several sets of travel records for himself, and the envoy team on the surface was naturally just to attract eyes and ears, and at the same time, he stayed in posthouses along the way to supplement his travel calendar.As for himself, he has other identities to cover up, and uses them cross-use along the way to avoid the pursuit of his enemies and righteous men like the young Yang Xianzong who hear the news.

Although the post road was muddy due to rain, it was better than wandering in the wilderness.The vegetation is lush on both sides of the road, and there is a constant flow of cars and horses in the middle of the avenue.Thirty miles is a station, and there are mileposts on the side of the road that record the mileage, which can predict the itinerary, so that pedestrians can adjust the speed of the road, and avoid missing the station and sleeping in the countryside.

However, this setting is not very meaningful on the post road between the two capitals. It is a bustling traffic artery and travels a lot. Even if you sleep in the wild, the chances of encountering wild animals and bandits are not very likely too high.

And even if there is no post house set up by the government, there are many private residences and hostels along the way, providing food and accommodation for pedestrians.

After traveling for more than seven or eight miles, a mansion appeared on the side of the road. Yang Xianzong originally planned to stay there directly, but Zhou Xing lied to him that the injured were seriously injured, and it was best to go straight to the next posthouse, Yuxiangshicun Visit the museum to buy some medicinal materials and use them.

Human life is the most important thing, and the young man no longer refused when he heard this, so he continued to walk together.

After traveling for more than 20 miles, the group arrived at a relatively prosperous posthouse named Taoyuan post.This is a relatively large-scale post house. The most conspicuous building is the official post house. With this post house as the center, the buildings on the left and right are laid out, forming a winding alley. Many tourists stop here, and the scene is noisy. , Not inferior to downtown.

"I still need to trouble my husband to give me a list of medicines, and I will administer the medicines as soon as my family visits and buys them."

After getting off the car, Yang Xianzong checked the driver's injuries and found that his face was not in a good mood, so he hurriedly asked Zhou Xing again.

Zhou Xing handed over a prescription for golden sores, and kindly helped arrange for the young people to stay in the mansion, took note of the location of the mansion, and left an attendant to watch over here, and then ordered someone to drive straight to Taoyuan Post .

There was a restaurant in front of the post gate selling food on the street, and there were many pedestrians gathered there, one of them stood on the earthen platform and shouted: "The wealthy customers of the two capitals pay in advance for food, and anyone who follows Zhou Jiyi and bravely comes here can get it." Two pieces of mustache."

Hearing the yelling, Zhou Xing sneered in his heart, and raised his hand to signal his followers to also come forward to receive two pieces of mustache.The biscuits were dry and hard, the surface was sour and bitter, and it was not baked enough. It was enough food for those wandering soldiers. Zhou Xing took two bites and threw it away by the side of the road.

He sat in the car, took out the calendar, and was handed into the post house, and then the side door of the post house opened, and he sat in the car and walked directly into the yard of the post house.

"Which official envoy is that?"

Liu Youqiu and others who arrived at the post house first had already checked in, and arranged for people to observe in front of the door. They inquired about Zhou Xing's travel history, and learned that it was only a state official from a noble family, so they would not go there anymore. Pay attention.

After the autumn, all the renters and governors from all over the country will be escorted into the capital, and each family with a food town will send state officials and family members to the town to handle related matters. Liu Youqiu's trip out of the capital is to go to Hedongpu In the name of the state, in addition to checking and accepting the rent, it is to investigate Zhou Xing's specific actions.

Taoyuan Station is a large road station, which can accommodate more than a dozen officials at the same time. Zhou Xing, as the imperial censor, is qualified to live in a large post hall.

But now he only holds the calendar of a national official, so he was arranged in a relatively remote residence on the side. When he moved in, the left and right official residences had already been occupied, and only two rooms were left for him. A low, stuffy room.

However, after he sent someone to notify, soon his servants in the ranks of ministers came to meet him in a hurry. Looking at this shabby room, he couldn't help sighing: "I really wronged the Lord."

"But if you can survive, what's the hard work? Is it true in the calendar?"

Zhou Xing asked a question, and then said: "I'll go to the post hall to wash up and have dinner first, you take my warrant to attract the soldiers and officials, and go to the left of the alley outside the hall to arrest a few people..."

After giving these instructions, Zhou Xingcai, under the cover of his attendants, sneaked into a post hall assigned to him as a censor while no one was paying attention, and had his own warm bath, delicious wine and food.

After drinking and eating, the attendants came to inform that several people had been arrested and entered the museum, and they were taken into the prison cells in the museum.

The prison cells in the hall are just a few huts. After changing his clothes, Zhou Xing walked slowly into the cell. He heard the young man Yang Xianzong shouting from outside. After entering, he raised his eyes and said with a smile: "Yang Lang , we meet again."

Yang Xianzong's robes were no longer glamorous, his hair was unkempt, and he was taken aback when he saw Zhou Xing walking in: "You, you..."

"Don't be surprised, it's Zhou Xing you've been looking for."

Zhou Xing smiled and confessed his identity. When he saw the young man turn from surprise to anger, his face was full of mischievous success: "Oh, the building is simple and the hospitality is not good. If I were in the prison in the capital, I would have a big gift, but Right now, we can only wrong each other. I came to see you just to let you not take any chances, what should I tell you to survive, you have to think about it all night, and I will come to greet you tomorrow morning."

"Dog thief, dog thief..."

The young man yelled and cursed, but he was already beaten by several pawns with whips.

Zhou Xing walked out of the temporary torture room, stood outside and listened, and then ordered the servants: "You can take care of such trivial matters by yourself. If you can dig out some big hidden evil, it will be good. If you can't, stay here for a while." He has his own life, he will take his companion with him tomorrow, and when we arrive in Xijing, I will investigate his family's evil deeds again. Alas, this trip has cost a lot, and I am worried that there is nowhere to make up for it, and the door treasury is short of money, so it falls on this kid. "

Before dawn the next day, Zhou Xing called up his servants and left the post house as a state official.At this time, there are also a lot of early risers and greedy travelers in the houses around the post house, who are busy taking inventory and preparing to go on the road.

The servant led Zhou Xing through a winding alley, where there was already a small caravan composed of two trucks and a driving car, and when Zhou Xing boarded one of the trucks, he saw a tired young man buried in the pile of goods. people.

The young man was covered in bruises, and his appearance was even more miserable than that of the coachman he rescued yesterday. As for yesterday's high spirits, he was completely gone.Zhou Xing checked that the young man's injuries had been treated and there was no danger of his life, so he waved his hands and ordered him to set off on the road.

Such a small caravan did not attract attention at all. The group of people rushed at dawn, and when the sun gradually rose, they were already one station away from Taoyuan Station.

In the morning, a group of people stopped to eat in the shade of the trees by the side of the road, surrounded by passengers eating meals, Zhou Xingzi ate in the car, and the curtains of his own car were hanging down to block people's eyes and eyes, unaware that another group of soldiers had noticed them .

Tian Dasheng, dressed as a short brown pawn, sat on a tree branch and listened to the report of his companions: "It's the driver of the green curtained cart. He is amazing for a servant, and those pair of leather boots are the horses killed yesterday. It is owned by a righteous man, and there are white spots on the front of the boots, I remember it very clearly. Last night, someone at Taoyuan Station reported that Zhou Xing sent someone to arrest that person..."

"You don't need to spare any effort at this time, just follow it up and take a look. After you meet Mr. Liu on the way, report the matter quickly."

Although Tian Dasheng and the others vowed to kill Zhou Xing, to be honest, they really don't know what he looks like. After all, the status and status of each other are very different. But after Zhou Xing disguised himself, it was difficult to recognize him at a glance.

In the evening, Zhou Xing got out of the car and took a rest. His servants followed him with sticks, and beat the surrounding grass with sticks to guard against wild animals lurking in the thick grass. Suddenly, a sudden shout came from behind: "But Zhou Shilang is here. ?”

Zhou Xing was startled when he was called to reveal his identity. He subconsciously turned his head to look, and saw a slash of light from a knife suddenly slashing down his face.

"The chivalrous men pick up the goods, this is the only car! The rest hurry up and don't stay and watch!"

More than a dozen brave soldiers suddenly showed their fierce weapons, and the pedestrians ran away in shock. Su Sanyou, who was the first to slash Zhou Xing's head, rushed forward, and while Zhou Xing's followers were still in shock, he took advantage of the situation He fell down a few people, and bent down to grab Zhou Xing's dead head from the grass.

At the same time, Tian Dasheng and others also stepped forward to snatch several carts from Zhou Xing's party, and beat the pack horse's buttocks with the back of a knife. After leaving the post road, he quickly escaped into the grass.

Chapter 0170

The city of God in August was still very noisy, but this noise was different from the previous riots.

Especially after the [-] forwards of the Xinpingdao Army officially returned and stationed at the Linjing Station near the Divine Capital Luoyang, the riots caused by the strong Liang gangsters that had spread all over the Divine Capital City quickly subsided and gradually ceased to exist. Affect the normal life of urban residents.

At the same time, a scripture-taking group composed of eminent monks from Weiguo Temple and scholars from various academies officially set off from Shendu and went straight to Taizhou to search for the auspicious scriptures from heaven.

Yes, in late July, before the first disclosure of information about the "Buddha Says the Precious Rain Sutra", it was still ambiguous and secretive at first.

But soon, an agreement was reached within the center of the imperial court. In particular, the messengers from Taizhou sent many so-called Sutra pillars and magic tools that appeared after the mountain surge, and they all matched the Longmen Sutra pillars presented by Hedong King Li Baoyu. , different places with the same certificate, making this matter seem to be more credible on the surface.

After the imperial court sent a mission to visit the economy, various dignitaries in the capital also responded one after another, the most important of which was to donate alms around Shendu and on the way to Taizhou to relieve refugees displaced by the earthquake and mountain surge.

Of course, these reliefs are not without returns. Soon, some people obtained many auspicious things about the current world's Ruijing from the hands of those Taizhou victims in the process of relief, such as scriptures, scriptures, etc., and even more evil Depicted tortoise shells, feathers and the like.

These auspicious things, since the ordinary people dared to keep them privately, all of them were naturally handed over to the imperial court.All kinds of strange auspicious objects poured into the imperial city in piles and carts, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were in charge of presenting the auspicious objects were extremely busy.

In addition to these world affairs and events, among the most influential figures in the capital city at present, there are two people who are the most important.

One is naturally Xue Huaiyi, the general manager of Xinping Dao who returned to the imperial court after victory. Xue Huaiyi was originally appointed as the Duke of the State because of his supervision of building Mingtang, and he was appointed as the general of Nanya.

On the day Xue Huaiyi returned to the court, Prime Minister Wu Chengsi, Cen Changqian and other important officials came out to greet him in person. Even if the other dignitaries did not attend in person, they all set up tents along both sides of the Tianjie Street to celebrate the banquet, until they arrived at the south of Tianjin Bridge. It was a sensation in the whole city , the scenery is infinite.

After entering the court, Xue Huaiyi changed his title to the Duke of E State, Shiyi Qianhu, and the General of the Fu State, and was promoted to the General of Zuowei, which made this so-called Buddha general very popular and the honor he enjoyed Incomparable.

Of course, not everyone in this period could match Xue Huaiyi's honor, that is, Li Baoyu, the concubine of the emperor who is also a figure in the capital, and the King of Hedong who has not been out of the cabinet for a long time.

When it comes to this young Zongwang, all the people in Shiliu also have complicated emotions, and it feels hard to describe in words.

Since Emperor Bintian and Emperor Shen came to court, the Li Tang clan began to experience bad luck, especially in the fourth year of Chuigong last year, after the clan headed by the Yue King Li Zhen failed in the conspiracy, the Li Tang clan was unlucky in batches. Few are able to stay alone.

It is no exaggeration to say that almost every inch of the execution ground in Nanshi, the capital of God, was soaked with the blood of these Li Tang clansmen!

Up to now, it is well known in the world that the emperor will want to revolutionize. Under such circumstances, the situation of those remaining Li Tang clans is inevitably even more pitiful.

However, Li Baoyu, the King of Hedong, was able to go up against the current and win the favor of the emperor. Although the reasons for this cannot be deeply discussed, the difference in fortune between prosperity and decline is really embarrassing.

Although the young king is not as weak as the crown, he has already started to join the court from an astonishingly high starting point.Although Lintai Shaojian is only from the official position of the fourth rank, when it comes to power, he is not the same as Xue Huaiyi's Zuowei General, but the power is different, and the meaning is naturally very different.

These two people are the most favored celebrities in front of the emperor's throne. It can be said that each has its own scenery, but each has its own criticisms from time to time.

When he heard that he was being compared with Xue Huaiyi by Shiliu, Li Tong couldn't laugh or cry for a while.The choice I made, the misfortunes and blessings I have to bear, but I have to admit that Xue Huaiyi has really helped him a lot, including right now, because Xue Huaiyi was rewarded for returning to the capital, the criticisms entangled in him are much less.

Due to the launch of the examination system in the second half of this year, all the candidates and candidates from all over the world will gradually gather in the capital, and they will no longer follow the regulations of previous years and enter the capital with tribute.When literati gather together, various activities of discussing heroes with words and pens are naturally inevitable.

Not to mention that Li Tong himself, as Li Tang's clan, took the initiative to offer Rui to flatter his grandmother and caused such a big disturbance, and was criticized in terms of ethics and righteousness.Just because he served as a young prisoner outside Lintai under this background, these scholars could directly climax.

Where is Lintai?The place where the classic literature is located is a secret pavilion that Shihlin looks up to. After the election of a well-educated scholar, it is a great honor to be able to serve as a school book and orthographic in it.

As a result, a young boy who is still young and weak, just because of blood relationship and seeking luck, he directly became the official of Lintai. How could the obvious young king have a good impression of him!

So after the scenery of three edicts a day, Li Tong did not have an easy time in the next period of time.Shihlin hated him for serving as the young supervisor of Lintai, and even criticized him verbally, so that some people rushed outside the residence of the king in Luxinfang and chanted satirical poems loudly.

Regarding this, Li Tong also had to lament that the world was really unfriendly to him, a traveler. He just got rid of Qiu Shenji and solved the worries of the Jinwu Guards who besieged Fangju. Wandering around inside and outside, yelling and cursing, people are very disturbed.

Some things are not fatal, but disgusting.

However, apart from the damage to his own reputation and the daily disturbances, Li Tong feels more deeply that his grandma's current authority is indeed not as strong as that in the middle and late Wu Zhou. In the late Wu Zhou period, Zhang Yizhi, his grandma's little boyfriend, was directly regarded as Lintai Supervisor, and he didn't see many people desperately looking for a job.

In such a turbulent situation, even though Li Tong has a lot of glory, it is really not easy to copy it.

Numerous facts have proved that when public opinion forms a certain trend and everyone criticizes you, the best thing to do is to shrink your head, wait for the limelight to pass, and go head-to-head with public opinion to tit-for-tat, which will only lead to a worse death.

Public opinion is always changing and unpredictable. Those who choose and appoint people are themselves outsiders. They can just yell and vent a few words. If you really want to argue with them, they have enough energy to expend. Li Tong can't afford it.When these people have vented their energy, or lost their freshness, they will soon be attracted by other things.

At that time, it will be the time for Li Tong to exert his strength. To reverse his public image step by step and bit by bit, it can be regarded as a black and red line.Even if you feel depressed in your heart, Lintai will also be responsible for some coordinating organization work after the formal start of the election in a few months. Are you afraid that you will not have the opportunity to clean up a few jumpers?

Moreover, the yelling of these people will not bring any substantial change to the general situation at all. At least among the court officials, even if they are a little dissatisfied with the young king's appointment as Lintai Shaojian, they basically remain silent and don't care about it. What is your clear opinion on this.

Especially with the vigorous development of the Ruijing campaign, more people benefit from it, and it is even more difficult to pick up a bowl to eat and put down chopsticks to scold mothers.

Some officials even discussed Shao Wang's works in some semi-public places, such as the lyrics of "Vientiane", which caused quite a stir, and those that had already been circulated among the public, such as "Xiaoyao Wang" and "Heavenly Fairy". Such tunes and lyrics, including the various memorials and thank-you forms presented by the young king to Yousi, may not be called great works, but the talent is obvious, and it is by no means useless as an idler.

In just over ten days, Li Tong's reputation began to turn around. Although it has not yet reached the level of praise, it is no longer as messy as it was at the beginning.

After Xue Huaiyi returned to the capital, he quickly took over the wave of public opinion caused by Li Tong.

There are many flatterers in the court who call him "Buddha General" and "Buddha Commander", and there are many people in the field who ridicule Xue Huaiyi. It can be said that Xue Huaiyi is worthy of the name. The court was not stained with blood, and the only regret was that the Turkic thieves were too rough and simple to be influenced by Buddhism, so they could not build a pagoda on the fortress.

Compared with Li Tong's previous situation, Xue Huaiyi received much more criticism.The defeat in Hexi is already a little unacceptable, and the fact that the merits outside the Great Wall, which were supposed to be shameful, has such a background, but this monk is still shameless and swaggering into the capital, which is undoubtedly even more disgusting.

Not long after Xue Huaiyi returned to the capital to receive the reward, some people in the city organized a team of black donkeys to go around the White Horse Temple. It is said that the scene was huge, and at most there were thousands of black donkeys wandering around outside the White Horse Temple.Under the outer wall of the temple, there are still people killing deer for sale, but it is marked as horse meat.Extremely sarcastic and gimmick.

Li Tong couldn't help laughing when he heard the news in Luxinfang Wang's residence, feeling that it was not easy to serve a bowl of rice under his grandma's hands.

Not to mention that he himself was roasted on the stove of Lintai, even Xue Huaiyi, the guest who entered the curtain, would inevitably open his mouth to eat a few mouthfuls of shit smeared with honey.

This is obviously to divert the public's attention by adding favor to Xue Huaiyi. His grandma was operating a face-saving project. Now that the crisis public relations directly put Xue Huaiyi out, it is surprising that this monk really has the authority to turn a deer into a horse. .

But when all the public grievances are concentrated on Xue Huaiyi, at least it can guarantee that the situation will not get worse.

With Xue Huaiyi's generous help and attention, Li Tong was finally able to get away from the heated discussions and officially go to Lintai to take up his post. He had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Chapter 0171 If Life Is Just Like First Seen

"Xunnu, Xunnu! Are you ready? Let's go out and enter the court together!"

When Li Tong arrived in Chou early in the morning, not long after he got up to wash and wash, while he was still eating in the mansion, Li Shouli, who was dressed in five-grade court clothes, rushed in quickly. Unbelievable: "The time is approaching and the journey is far away. Are you still in the mood to eat slowly at home?"

"A thousand miles to seek an official is only for food and clothing, so you don't need to eat when you go to court?"

Li Tong raised his head and squinted at him, then continued to drink the porridge with his head down: "Look at your frizzy appearance, it's not like you haven't attended the ceremony before."

"How is it the same this time! I used to go in and out for free, but this time it's a real court, and I have to go to the palace to meet my colleagues after I leave the court!"

Li Shouli looked impatient, and stepped forward to push Li Tong's shoulder: "Hurry up, hurry up, don't dawdle, I have already prepared dry food here, let's eat as we walk, there will be no delay! Haha , I will bring a few more, and if I can meet my eldest brother, I will also give him a portion of the family food to satisfy his hunger."

While speaking, he had already lifted the bulging silk sac tied to his wrist, and the rich aroma of mutton pie exuded from it.

Li Tong couldn't be urged, so the two of them finished eating and drinking the porridge in the porcelain bowl, and when they walked out of the room, they gave Li Shouli a puzzled look: "You are a fifth-rank East Palace, and you are not a regular ginseng, what are you doing?" lively?"

"Huh? I don't need regular ginseng?"

After Li Shouli heard the words, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he was a little puzzled and angry: "Why am I not a regular ginseng? Then I got up so early..."

"Since they are all up, let's go together. Entering the house early can also impress Shangguan with diligence."

Li Tong turned his head and gave this guy a hand, took the food pouch into his hand, took out a piece of warm pie, ate it while walking, watching the stars under the dark night, he couldn't help feeling that being an official It's not all good.

The Chang Dynasty was nearly an hour earlier than the Wangshuo Dynasty. This is because the officials of the Tang Dynasty usually only worked until noon. In the afternoon, except for the officials who stayed behind in the Zhitang, the rest could get off work.If Chang Chao does not make an advance, basically he will leave work after retreating, and the normal office hours will be gone.

After Li Guangshun and Li Tong successively obtained official positions, Li Shouli finally got his first official position a few days ago, which was not beyond the norm.This made Li Shouli very excited. He had been talking about this for several days and was eager to take up his new post.

After leaving the king's mansion, some family members brought their mounts from the stables and waited in front of the door. Li Tong ate the pie in a few mouthfuls and got on the horse.Li Shouli was still thinking about why he was not allowed to go to court, but after seeing this, he hurriedly got on his horse and chased him up.

Several early autumn rains after August made the roads in the city a bit muddy, but there is a river sand pad in front of the palace gate leading directly to the outside of the workshop, which can ensure that the horses and horses do not get into the mud.This is the so-called Shadi, a treatment that only senior officials of the prime minister can enjoy.

"Tang Kingdom History Supplement" contains that, when worshiping a prime minister, there is no ceremony, and the prefectures and counties fill the roads with sand.As for selfishness, as for Zicheng East Street, it is called Shadi.This tradition was still maintained in the Song Dynasty. The Dragon Tower and Phoenix Pavilion Jiuzhong City, the new sand embankment was built by the prime minister;

The Li Tong brothers are naturally not high-ranking prime ministers, and laying sand embankments in front of the mansion is also a kind of grace.This sand embankment extends out of the square from the front of the Wangdi Gate, turns into the north side street of Yongtongmen, and merges with another sand embankment outside Zunxian Fang.And this sand embankment is the exclusive passage for Yang Zhirou, the new prime minister.

In many cases, the sense of superiority comes out of comparison, and people feel superior if they don't have me.

For Li Tong, who is accustomed to the asphalt roads of later generations, even the specially paved sand embankment does not feel very comfortable to walk on, but when he turns to Dingdingmen Street, he sees many officials from the upper court with mud stars on their clothes, and their mounts have limbs. The smearing is even more serious, and the sense of pride is really refreshing.

The two brothers rode horses side by side, and soon arrived at the south of Tianjin Bridge. After dismounting and crossing the bridge, Li Shouli, guided by the palace envoy with a resentful face, headed for the East Palace Economic Bureau at the left gate of the imperial city.As for Li Tong, he naturally entered the Duanmen and then went to the ranks, preparing to go to court.

Although he was not as eager as Li Shouli on the surface, but it was the first time he participated in the court meeting as a minister, and Li Tong was full of expectations in his heart.

He walked from the left of the class, and his eyes were also looking at the courtiers who were still in the class. Along the way, there were many court officials who bowed to him, or smiled at him, no longer going in and out like before. A small transparent status.

Therefore, a man should still occupy a high position and hold great power. Although he was able to rank in the front ranks and advance to the imperial court as a county king in the past, except for the precarious dignity brought by his blood, he has nothing to boast about, even if he is an ordinary low-ranking person. The enshrined officials can ignore him.