Crown Tang emperor

But with so many people joining the team, not everyone wanted to invite the young king.When passing the Tianjin Bridge, Li Tong heard it clearly, and someone directly greeted the pedestrians on the left side of the road: "Liu Shisan, don't go home, I will take you to have a delicious meal!"

There was no shortage of shouts and shouts of this kind, and Li Tong was able to confirm that so many people gathered together for a meal.

This is actually normal. Although the salaries of officials in the Tang Dynasty were generally much better than those in previous dynasties, the pressure to support their families was also great.

For example, when Bai Juyi was young and just became the secretary of the provincial school, he still wrote happily in his poems "four or five huts, one horse and two servants. The salary is sixty thousand, and the monthly payment is more than enough."

But when I got older and had the pressure to support my family, the monthly salary of [-] or [-] was not enough to spend. I took the initiative to apply for a job as Cao Canjun, a householder in Jingzhao Prefecture. It can be served in the morning and evening.Don't take me as greed, know that my family is poor.It can be seen that life is not only poetry and distant places, even great poets have to worry about the daily necessities in front of them.

In the hundreds of divisions in Jinai, the official ranks are high or low, and the powers are different, so the salary is naturally different.Once assigned to the Qingshui yamen where there is not much oil and water, if the family has a larger population, it is normal for the whole family to eat porridge. If you encounter something that you can pack for free, you naturally don't want to miss it.

Fighting the autumn wind is not only exclusive to poor officials, even if they are as high as a prime minister, there is no shortage of greedy and despicable people.

For example, when Dou Gui, the prime minister of the early Tang Dynasty and the brother-in-law of Li Yuan, the great ancestor, left the town of Yizhou, he might feel that the official cooks had extravagant food, so he sent his servants to steal food from the official kitchen to supplement the family. The prison officials seemed to think that what Dou Gui did was a little unreasonable, and he was reluctant to execute the sentence, so Dou Gui simply killed the two of them.

Probably because of this, the Emperor Wu Zetian also regarded the gift of Dajiu as an important means of team building.In addition to the Mingtang Dajiu that made Li Tong's stunning debut at the beginning of Yongchang, in the past half a year, Li Tong alone has participated in or not participated in more than ten food offerings of various sizes. The implication should be that since eating If you eat my food, then you have to roll up your sleeves and do your best to help me usurp Tang.

Li Tong's original intention was to invite Lintai's subordinates to engage in team building, but he didn't expect this group of ignorant guys to be generous with others, calling friends and friends along the way, and those Beijing officials are really eyelids Ziqian was coaxed over after a meal.

As the team gradually grew, it was not easy for Li Tong to raise his hand to drive them away. Besides, their brothers really needed favors, so they simply took all of them with them, and walked across the streets to their mansion.

But it's really not worrying for this group of people to eat as soon as they come to eat.Especially those guys in Lintai, seeing the young king's quick thinking today, and enthusiastically defending the young king along the way.

Li Tong is happy to see someone willing to advocate for him.But even if you want to brag, pay attention to the next occasion, okay?Can you stop reciting Dugu Qingyun's epitaph on the street?You clapped your hands while reading aloud, I know you are praising me, but if Dugu's family hears it, maybe you will mistakenly think that you are shouting that the old man died well?

Fortunately, when the team turned down Tianjie, the staff of the palace had already reached the middle of the way, and Shi Sizhen, Li Siwen and other people from the palace joined the team to guide the topic. When the team walked near Luxinfang, the topic It has been turned into reciting the poems and lyrics of the young king. At least it was not mistaken by the Yang family in Zunxianfang for a parade to celebrate the good death of their in-laws.

At this time, all preparations for the banquet in the palace have been completed. After all, the situation of the young king is different from the past. Recently, there are many banquets in the palace, and a lot of experience has been accumulated. It is no problem to receive hundreds of people at the same time.

In addition to the full seating in the main hall of the palace, the corridors have also been hung with curtains and lanterns. Under the guidance of the government officials, the guests are seated one after another. At the same time, all kinds of meals are also served.

Today's guests are mainly literati, and it is not ruled out that some of them have ridiculed Li Tong before.However, these people didn't make any trouble when they came to the door today. After all, even if they don't give face to the young king, they have to give face to the friends who called them and the sumptuous meals on the table.

Therefore, the guests and hosts had a good time at the banquet this night, and there was no lack of poetry and prose singing.Especially when the sound person raised by the palace appeared on stage to perform Shaowang's songs, the atmosphere was even more upbeat.Feeling that the atmosphere was lively, Li Tong went off the stage in person, inviting Li Qiao to play the harp and Li Shouli the pipa, while he himself led the drums and played a song "The Fairy".

At the end of the song, there were thunderous praises. Shao Wangfeng was handsome, full of talent, exquisite skills, and generous and hospitable. Such an image was engraved in the minds of everyone present.The young king of the Tang family grew up and was raised in the deep palace without anyone knowing him.Once you step into Baifang, who doesn't know the first cry of the phoenix?

The banquet was over, and it did achieve the effect Li Tong wanted: the world ridiculed me and slandered me just because they didn't understand me.But as long as you come close and eat a few bites of my food, who doesn't love the handsome and talented young king?

In this night alone, there were as many as [-] or [-] poems written by Ying Jiaochang and Shao Wang, even if they were all mediocre works for ordinary entertainment, the amount is still gratifying.Although Li Tong didn't write any new poems that night, his gains were better than his own.

After all, awesomeness is a relative state, how awesome you are as many people are willing to flatter you.I've shown so much right now, I haven't gotten enough praise from you yet.I'll create new hotspots for you when you have no more flattering rhetoric.

But it's awesome. Li Tong still felt distressed when he reconciled the account the next day.This group of literati and inkmen are also really good at making, and they went to the palace for tens of thousands of dollars in one night.But it’s not enough if you don’t spend the money. After all, when people come to visit as guests, it’s not good to treat them with a bowl of cold water.

In the few months since he came out of the pavilion, the palace has always been in a state of inaccessibility. The number of guests is increasing, and consumption is increasing. Replaced with fine wine" status.

Li Tong was still thinking about when Liu Youqiu would be able to return to the capital, but he didn't expect that someone would already take the initiative to pay for his banquet.

Chapter 0179 Destiny in the world, the number of letters and fate

Da Neixi went to the pavilion. Although it was already dark, the emperor Wu Zetian was still reviewing the memorial.

While she was reviewing the memorial, she was still teaching Wu Chengsi, who was sitting sideways in the hall: "Although the three provinces are the most important for the Baisi in Jinai, they are divided into cases and work differently. You can also be regarded as a person who has held prominent positions and used power to do things." Reasonable, I won’t tell you any more. Wenchang controls the six ministries, and there are so many affairs, especially in Luantai and Fengge, so it’s a judgment that weighs twists lightly and lifts heavy ones..."

Wu Chengsi listened carefully to the teachings of the emperor, and was really happy in his heart.In the past period of time, he really felt that the emperor relied more and more on him. In the past, this kind of experience in governing affairs would not teach him so detailed and detailed, so that he himself was often in the Under the great pressure, he often exhausted a lot of energy trying to guess the mind of the emperor.

Now the emperor's attitude towards him is obviously to cultivate him as a real arm, and thinking about the hidden meaning revealed by the emperor's previous words, Wu Chengsi's mood becomes even more eager.

Wu Zetian’s speed of reviewing stopped when he was flipping through a memorial. This is a memorial from Fan Lubing, the Minister of the Spring Officials. I hope His Majesty the God Emperor can be aware of it.

"How is Chunguan doing recently?"

After reading the memorial, Wu Zetian raised his head and looked at Wu Chengsi and asked.

"Fan is a veteran of the North Gate, and his speech is very strong. The minister has sentenced Zhang Jiafu, the doctor of the sacrificial department, to be in charge of all matters related to Narui, but he is still disgusted..."

Wu Chengsi quickly said that he really had a headache for Fan Lubing's thorn.

After Wu Zetian heard the words, he frowned again, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "Pull the old slave into the political affairs hall first, to save trouble."

In doing so, she was actually somewhat helpless.Wu Zetian asked himself that he was not a person who was stingy with magnates, and he treated the old people of Beimen in the period of the second sage with respect.But because of this, she was particularly angry at the betrayal of her by these old people from the North Gate.

Most of the Beimen scholars headed by Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing came from humble backgrounds.They did give Wu Zetian great help at a certain period, and Wu Zetian was not indifferent to them.But after enjoying these human rights, almost without exception, they have a rebellious heart towards her.

For example, Liu Yizhi, who was executed a few years ago, was the prime minister and returned to power after stealing theories. He wanted to use the power bestowed on him by Wu Zetian to counter Wu Zetian.

Even so, Wu Zetian still left some leeway for him, and did not let the cruel officials in Jinnei push the matter away, but summoned Wang Benli, who was the governor of the outer state at the time and had little ties to the court, to interrogate him, hoping that Liu Yizhi could After notifying the police and returning, Wu Zetian made up his mind to kill Liu Yizhi until he still refused the imperial edict.

Although people at the time often said that the Beimen scholars were the emperor's personal servants, Wu Zetian knew very well that these people were more inclined to entrust the emperor's order to live alone than to respect himself.

After all, the so-called Bachelor of the North Gate was formed with the tacit approval of his husband.Liu Yizhi once served as Sima of Li Danxiang's palace, and Fan Lubing also served as householder of Li Xianzhou's palace. From the beginning of its establishment, the Beimen Bachelor did not serve her alone.

Therefore, since Wu Zetian came to power, the resistance from Beimen scholars actually made Wu Zetian feel more embarrassed than ordinary courtiers.Although the Beimen scholars can be said to be a force cultivated by Wu Zetian among the scholastic groups, they are actually a thorn that Emperor Gaozong deliberately pierced her body. If even the Beimen scholars have a lot of resistance to her, it is even more important It will give people a feeling that she has been isolated and helpless among the scholars.

The fact is that, apart from the Beimen bachelors, Wu Zetian really has no controllable power among the scholars at the moment.In other words, the manpower available to her in all aspects is very short.

Although those courtiers were respectful to her in the court, they were actually on their own sides in their hearts, and those who were truly on her side were very few, or their abilities were limited.

If it wasn't for the fact that this group of people had their own calculations, and there were many conflicts among them, it would be difficult for Wu Zetian to break them one by one.

The Minister of Rites is an important institution for the revolution. Wu Zetian had placed Wu Chengsi in this position before. After Luo Dian was completed and his authority increased, it was necessary to introduce Wu Chengsi into the Zhengshitang to grasp higher power.

Originally, Wu Sansi's replacement of the official secretary of the Spring Festival was considered to be an arrangement in the plan, but Wu Sansi himself failed to live up to his expectations, and was expelled by Li Zhaode when he was not able to gain a firm foothold.Wu Zetian really had no one available, so Fan Lubing, an old man from the North Gate, could only be placed in this position.

"Chiyi told Zhou Xing that when he passed through Shanzhou, he took down Guo Zhengyi, the governor of Shanzhou. If he can do well, he will be awarded by the capital!"

Having just given up on the military general Qiu Shenji, Wu Zetian couldn't bear to give up Fan Lubing now.After adding that its position is false, a little warning should also be given.Guo Zhengyi, an old minister, has been away from the center for a long time, whether he lives or dies doesn't matter much, and he is also a person who has a heart for her third son, Li Xian, and he can be used to warn Fan Lubing and others.

After Wu Chengsi heard the words, he nodded yes, and then said: "After Zhou Xing left the capital, the itinerary of the post was leaked, and there were wild people in the wild who said that he would be killed. Do we need to send more manpower to accompany him?"

After Wu Zetian heard the words, he waved his hands: "No, if he doesn't even have the means to fend for himself, it's useless to keep him. Besides, Hexi is newly defeated, and the army's heart is terrified. Forced soldiers to enter the town will increase the worry."

Skipping this incident, Wu Zetian turned to the memorial presented by Xia Guan of the Ministry of War. After flipping through it for a while, his face gradually became a little unhappy, and he raised his eyes to Wu Chengsi and asked, "Why didn't Xia Guan stop this memorial ?”

Seeing this, Wu Chengsi hurriedly bowed down and left the seat, saying: "I have read this performance, and I feel that the invitation from Master Xue Zhaori is not unreasonable..."

"Nothing? He is an idler, and your brother wants to accompany him to go crazy? Think twice and re-criticize and add music. What is he still doing as a summer official? Go to the White Horse Temple to know the guest!"

Wu Zetian was really angry, and smashed Wu Chengsi's face with Wu Sansi's memorandum to plead for meritorious service for the officers and men of Xinping Dao.

"Everything in Xinping Road, don't mention it, don't discuss it!"

Wu Zetian said again viciously, feeling more ashamed and annoyed.

Wu Chengsi naturally responded again and again, but actually he didn't feel aggrieved in his heart.

He did have this kind of awareness, and felt that Xue Huaiyi was committing a crime, but Wu Sansi, a lowly asshole, took the initiative to take over the matter. If he didn't play it, he would be worried that he would offend Xue Huaiyi, his dry uncle, so he could only bite the bullet and go around. After passing the political affairs hall and sending him to the ban, as expected, he was beaten by the emperor in anger.

Seeing Wu Chengsi's submissive appearance, Wu Zetian's mood became even worse, and it was only after reading a few congratulatory forms that he gradually calmed down.

"That's right, the King of Hedong has entered Lintai today, what words and deeds can be said?"

Thinking of the recent noisy offering of scriptures, Wu Zetian inevitably thought of the little grandson who looked more and more pleasing to the eye, and asked Wu Chengsi again.

When Wu Chengsi heard this, he sighed a little in his heart. Although he was a little reluctant, he still took out the memorial letter submitted by Lintai supervisor Shen Junliang to Wenchangtai.As a member of the Wu family, he naturally didn't want to see the young king being too glamorous, so he kept this memorial close to him, planning that if the emperor didn't ask, he would just hide it and not submit it to the higher authorities.

Wu Zetian raised his hand to receive the memorial sent by the maid, and glanced at Wu Chengsi with neither joy nor anger, but didn't say anything, just looked down at the memorial.

After a quick glance, a smile appeared on her face: "Shen Junliang is also a veteran servant, why is he full of nonsense? What did you say that the young king is talented and has a good writing style? That kid is just relying on his weak talent. It’s nothing more than bragging about the novelty, how can it be regarded as such praise. You have to wait for the edict, isn’t it laughing at me for having no one in the government? Fallacy, fallacy.”

Although she said so in her mouth, she turned around and read this short memorial book again, and her mood became more joyful, and a bit of evil was born.She had previously awarded the young king as a young prisoner outside Lintai, and some prime ministers said that she was too kind and favored. What to say?

"Where is Dugu Qingyun's epitaph? Go get it quickly!"

Putting down Shen Junliang's memorial, Wu Zetian raised his head and gave Wu Chengsi another order.

When Wu Chengsi hastily retreated from the palace, the smile on Wu Zetian's face also subsided slightly, and it was heard that Shedi, the female official waiting for an edict in the inner palace, ordered: "First make a draft edict, and choose the children of the good and good families in the court to serve as envoys, and go to Bazhou to welcome you." Go back to the old King Yong, and be buried with Qianling, and plan to stay temporarily."

After hearing the words, Shedi was stunned for a moment, looked up at the emperor in disbelief, and then hurriedly paused after a while and said: "The concubine takes orders..."

After She Di's exit, Wu Zetian raised his eyes to look at the dark night sky outside the palace, blinked his eyes, a little wet, and murmured: "Unfilial son, unfilial son...a father is not as good as a son...your mother Laugh for the world, is this what you want?"

Wu Chengsi retreated to the hall for more than a quarter of an hour, and then returned in a hurry. In addition to submitting the epitaph of Dugu Qingyun written by the King of Hedong, there were also several copies of Suzhengtai memorials newly received by the Zhengshitang.

Wu Zetian grabbed the epitaph. She had an impression of the calligraphy handwriting of King Hedong, and it was partly because of the addition of King Hedong as Lintai Shaojian.Seeing it again now, I still couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Correct and elegant, not seeking novelty, this is the style of writing and ink that a nobleman should have. Unfortunately, I still regret that I am too lazy to work, and I owe everyone to teach me."

While talking, she read this epitaph, read it several times before and after, and said with a smile after closing the volume: "Shen Jun forgives him, there is still a bit of a lesson, not because of the age of the teeth, retiring from the ward, it is a bit Buried. Dugu Qingyun is also fortunate to be able to have the young king write a pen to highlight his life, and give him a gift of mourning and honor, and then authorize it at the discretion of Yousi."

Although Wu Chengsi's voice should be respectful, his tone of voice was a bit blunt and unnatural.

Wu Zetian didn't care about this, and then read the memorials of Suzhengtai's impeachment of the young king to congratulate the guests, and disturbed the court's hundreds of officials and the houses of the family, and then laughed: "The boy can have a bit of face, but he actually provokes people." Xiantai criticizes. Even if there are no empty seats, I am afraid that the mansion will be exhausted, so I will tell the commander of the palace to reward the young king with money and goods for him to build a house and support his family."

After talking about this, she lowered her head and looked at Wu Chengsi again, with a slightly serious expression: "If you live in the world, you must believe in fate. What you get, he can't enjoy it. What he gets, don't be greedy. Soil offerings, two or three close diners in the court, and still comparing you and me, you have to think about it, is it the loss of the king's favor, or the insatiable desire?"

"I don't dare, I, I really don't dare!"

When Wu Chengsi heard this, he quickly replied with a trembling voice.

Chapter 0180

After nightfall, the Jinwu Guard street disciples began to patrol the Zonghengfang Street in Shendu City again.

A carriage drove down from the Xinzhong Bridge on Luoshui, and several strong servants stood in front of and behind it. After getting off the Xinzhong Bridge, the carriage drove west along Luodi.

It happened that a group of Jinwu Guard knights on Changxiamen Street rode their horses and turned out. Seeing this scene, the knights suddenly became tense, and the leader of the team raised their arms and whipped their whips and shouted: "Who dares to commit night walks? Stop quickly!" Come down!"

With his roar, several knights in the team had already drawn their bows and galloped forward, detoured from the left side of the street to the front, and forced the car to stop with arrows and bows.

"Presumptuous! A few street ghosts dare to stop!"

The two burly servants in front of the car were burly and had a bit of a military look. They lifted the front of the hipless robes and tucked them around their waists. They held hard wooden sticks across their chests. Their posture was even worse than that of the Jinwu Guards who were on duty to patrol the city. Be a little more aggressive.

These Jinwuwei street disciples are naturally not kind. Seeing how arrogant the servants were, and without any obvious marks on the carriage, someone has already raised his hand and shot an arrow. The arrow directly stuck in the side of the strong slave, and said with a sneer: "Abandon your weapon quickly! Otherwise, the next arrow will shoot through several dog slaves!"

At this time, the leader of the team also chased up from behind, and finally he was a little more stable than his subordinates. After reining in his mount, he crossed his hands slightly at the carriage, and said in a deep voice: "Dare to ask who is riding in the carriage?" ?”

The curtain of the car was lifted, and under the light of the front lights, a middle-aged woman's pale face was revealed. The woman frowned slightly, and raised her hand to signal the strong slave in front of the car to step forward and shake a warrant in front of the long horse. flash.

Shi Zhang signaled to the left and right to keep vigilant, and asked one person to take the talisman to examine it carefully, his expression changed suddenly, he got off his horse and took a few steps forward, and crossed his hands solemnly: "I don't know that Madam is returning at night, dare to offend, please also please Madam Sorry..."

The strong slave stepped forward to snatch back the talisman, then walked back to the car with his head held high, but the woman in the car didn't look at him, but let the veil of the car be lowered again, signaling to move on.

"There is an order from the upper government, beware of night murderers in Jinai. Please send me a ride for the humble..."

Seeing that the carriage continued to move forward as if no one was around, Shi Chang hurriedly got back on the horse and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to follow.

However, in exchange for this kind of enthusiasm, they still ignored it, the woman in the carriage no longer showed up, and the strong servants who followed them ignored the Jinwuwei street disciples who followed.

"Brother, which noble family is this? Such arrogance, since we don't see you, let's avoid it, why bother to humiliate ourselves..."

The courteous escort was ignored so much, the Jinwuwei street disciples were naturally dissatisfied, and one of them complained in a low voice.

"Shut up!"

Shi Chang's face was also a little ugly, he said no more after a low reprimand, and followed him all the way, passing through several squares, and then the carriage arrived outside Shangshanfang, and drove into the workshop from a private gate in the northeast corner middle.

Seeing this scene, the street disciples felt awe-inspiring for a moment.It is understood that they have unintentionally offended a great person.Shendu Square is strictly forbidden, and it is definitely a serious crime to open the gate of the workshop privately.

Of course, there are no absolutes. If it is a real dignitaries' family, they will not come in and out according to their daily life, or it is expedient to open a private door outside the formal door for them to come in and out.

However, Shangshanfang is near the Tianjin Bridge, and it is one of the few expensive places in the city, so the prevention and control are naturally stricter.Those who can live in this workshop are no longer vulgar, but they can even open the workshop door for entry and exit. How many houses are there in this world?

Watching the carriage drive into the workshop, Shi Changcai suddenly spat and snorted coldly: "Zhoushi pig and dog!"

Most of the noble families in the city lived in Shangshanfang, the most prominent ones were Princess Taiping and Wu Sansi.

In order to prevent people from going in and out through the private door at will, there is a fence inside the private door in the northeast corner of the square area, occupying half of the square street and extending to the back garden of Princess Taiping's mansion.

The carriage drove all the way to the garden, and Princess Taiping's wet nurse Mrs. Zhang got out of the carriage, and her own servant stepped forward to lead the carriage to a leisure place.Mrs. Zhang went straight to the back hall under the guidance of two maidservants.

The back hall is spacious and brightly lit inside and outside.Princess Taiping is sitting on the rope bed in the hall, with no dangerous bun, gorgeous clothes, lead-free gorgeous makeup, plain face facing the sky, wearing a gauze skirt, and there are many documents on the desk in front of her.

Mrs. Zhang walked up to the hall, and seeing the princess was still holding a booklet to peruse, her thick silkworm eyebrows had already been raised, she stomped her feet and shouted angrily: "Those lowly slaves, how can you bear to see Her Highness the princess so tired! Your Highness is just too kind, and persuasion with kind words is nothing compared to prodding with a whip!"

"Auntie, don't say that. It's rare for people to stay in this dilapidated family. Besides, I always need to know the details of the family affairs. The master's hard work can't be replaced by the servant's hard work."

Princess Taiping put down the registration book, raised her hand to signal Mrs. Zhang to come and do it, and asked with a smile, "Has the matter been done?"

After hearing the words, Mrs. Zhang took out a file from her bosom, handed it to the princess, and said a little angrily: "Those idlers really don't know how troublesome they are. They have to entrust and forward all trivial utensils. It's really like my family doesn't need carriages and horses." Cherish your strength."

"It shouldn't be said that way. People can entrust me with things, and they are always respected. It's just that walking is a bit tiring, and the favors accumulated can always be used."

Princess Taiping laughed, then picked up the dossier and read it carefully, comparing them one by one, her tone was a little low: "There is no head of the family, but we must maintain it after all, so that no one will laugh at me. There is no one in my family. Those female officials live in the deep In the forbidden period, it is inevitable to miss family members. I myself suffer from this lack of human feelings, but I enjoy a little convenience. I pass on my love for them. The deeds are not important, but the heart can warm people's hearts. I, as long as I think about Huide a little and look around for me, I will live up to my deeds."

Whether a person is mature or not does not depend on his age, as long as he feels that he has to do something, he has gained precious growth.

Born as the daughter of the second saint and worthy of being a bride of a famous family, if it hadn't been for the disaster that happened four years ago, Princess Taiping's life could be described as perfect and flawless.But probably because the way of heaven is innumerable, when it is full, it overflows, when it is full, it loses, and the pillars of the family are broken, Princess Taiping really felt the difficulty of being a human being.

A year ago, she would never have imagined that one day she would be reduced to the task of helping them communicate with their families outside the palace in order to win the gratitude and friendship of those ordinary female officials in the forbidden palace.

People only see something clearly when the pain is deep into the bone marrow.In the past, Princess Taiping was ignorant because of her favor, and she only felt that everything she enjoyed was her destiny, but when the person she loved left her, but she couldn't do anything about it, she was heartbroken and lost all thoughts, and finally understood the morals of the world. Inside, people can only rely on themselves.

But if there is a choice, Princess Taiping would rather stay ignorant for the rest of her life.After losing her beloved husband, she couldn't sleep all night, especially the turmoil in the country not long ago, when the soldiers suddenly surrounded the square, she thought that the disaster last year was not over, so she guarded her children all night, lest there would be another life and death in her sleep Don't.