Crown Tang emperor

"You, you shouldn't blame me... People are talking emotionally, and suddenly bit their lips..."

Tang Lingshu was no longer agile at this moment, and slowly opened the door of the room, with footsteps rubbing against each other, half of her body fell inside the door frame after a long while.

"It's my fault. Promise me that no one will mention this matter in the future."

Li Tong quickly raised his hand to signal her to stop talking, but the girl laughed: "Your Majesty is getting closer to people than before... I only think in my heart, I won't tell anyone."

Hearing this, Li Tong felt that the scene just now was unbearable. He got up and said, "Take care of it carefully, follow me to see the concubine in the evening. I have to go out again in the near future, and accompany me to the mansion of General Dugu to mourn and pay my respects. "

Chapter 0183 The family is grand and the traffic is busy

In the evening, a middle-aged man in a blue round-neck robe rode a thin horse, followed by two donkey carts, driven by two servants, and drove into Zunxian Square in a dusty manner.

The middle-aged man's name is Yang Juren, and he is an official of the Hequ Department. Although his rank is not high, he still has some power in his hands, as evidenced by the two donkey carts behind him.The donkey carts are covered with thick cattail grass, and under the straw mats there is a strong smell of river freshness. There are continuous drops of water dripping while walking. It can be seen that the two donkey carts are full of river fish, shrimps and crabs.

In today's Shendu City, river fresh food is a very precious food.Because Luoshui published a treasure map last year, the god emperor ordered fishing and fishing along the Luoshui River to be banned, but the people's desires are not to be banned, so now a river fish that is more than a foot long in the market has already been asked for hundreds of dollars. The money is high.After entering August, autumn crab paste is even more expensive but not marketable.

Therefore, when Yang Juren came all the way into the city, there were constant people blocking the way, wanting to buy some seafood, including some purchasing servants of wealthy families, but they all waved their hands and refused.

Most of the residents of Zunxian Square are members of the Yang clan of Hongnong. After Yang Juren entered the workshop, he turned to the Quli alley to walk, but it was inevitable that some clansmen shouted in the street, calling them out, and kept looking at the two donkey carts. .

Yang Juren didn't know the intentions of these tribesmen, he just walked past with a sullen face and nodding, and didn't even stop for a few words.Being neglected by this, the clansmen who said hello were naturally not in a good mood, and many of them cursed in the street.

The Hongnong Yang clan is a well-known clan in the country, with many branches and countless clan members. Naturally, not everyone can have a good family background, and there are still ones of the third, sixth, and ninth ranks.Those who are more down-and-out can't even support their families on their own, and have to rely on the support of their clansmen to survive.

Yang Juren's house is located in Quli, southeast of the square, covering an area of ​​about five or six acres, with the front living in the back garden. Although it is not as luxurious as the house of the suzerain Yang Zhirou and Yang Xianggong, it is still more than the upper and more than the lower.

After an autumn rain, the narrow alley was quite muddy, and there were many people and animals defecating. The smell was very bad, and it was very difficult for the donkey cart to drive.Especially when they came to a puddle with accumulated water, the wheels sank directly into it. No matter how much the coachman beat the donkey, the cart just remained motionless.

Hearing the calls of people and animals in the alley, a short brown young man walked out of a shabby house with fence walls. Seeing this scene, he nodded to the anxious Yang Juren in front of him and said, "It turns out that Uncle Seven is back, and I'll help you." .”

The young man with strong arms and strong feet floated behind the cart and pushed hard, and the donkey cart drove out of the mud pit.

"Sixteen Lang is full of courage, so it's a pity to stay at home for a long time."

Seeing the donkey cart continue to drive, Yang Juren's face became brighter, and he raised his hand to signal the young man to come closer: "Since you are fine, go with you, there will inevitably be potholes ahead."

Yang Shiliu, a young man, stepped forward, took Yang Juren's horse rein, and sighed as he walked, "A good man would like to stay at home for a long time. Aye left early, and my mother was sick again. There is no eldest son at home..."

"Isn't it hard work? Uncle first entered Luo, and he was also hungry and cold. My family is tall and tall. As long as you work hard, there will always be a future waiting for you."

While speaking, he had already reached the back door of Yang Juren's house. He let the donkey cart enter the yard first, and then waved to Yang Shiliu, who was covered in muddy water from pushing the cart: "Go back, don't let my mother wait at home for a long time to get anxious."

The young man nodded his head, turned his head and took a few steps, but finally couldn't hold back, turned to Yang Juren, who was already walking towards the house, and said, "My mother is very sick, and I need a little medicine from the toad, I don't know, Uncle..."

"Look, I'm so busy that I didn't know what to look for just now."

After Yang Juren heard the words, he said with a smile on his face, then pinched a few Kaiyuan Tongbao from his bag and put them in the young man's palm, and waved his hands: "Illness is the most urging person, don't delay, go quickly."

After saying this, he turned around and went back to the house.

The young man stood in the back alley, looking at the Kaiyuan Tongbao in his hand, his face was blushing, and then he looked at the muddy water and fish scales stained on the short brown clothes, tears welled up from his eyes.He clenched his fists tightly, looked at Yang Juren's closed door, gritted his teeth, took a deep breath after a while, stepped forward to knock on the door lightly, bent down and placed the few copper coins on the muddy floor in front of the door, and then Then he turned and left.

Yang Juren opened the door, looked at the back of his family, sneered in his mouth, bent down to pick up the copper coins and put them back in his pocket.

After returning to the back garden, Yang Juren ordered his family to sort out the river fish loaded on the donkey cart, and selected two big river carps that were still alive and put them into the wooden bucket filled with water, and said: "Send them to Xianggong's mansion quickly." , take Fangjie Avenue, do you know?"

He also sorted out the rest of the fish and sent them to the households in the main family.There were too many jobs and not enough manpower, so he stamped his feet and shouted angrily, "Where did Da Lang and Zhong Lang die?"

At this time, an old servant woman stepped forward and said: "The mistress and the two gentlemen said that they were chasing after Mrs. Ashu who fled away years ago..."

"The little maidservant has finally been found? Where is he?"

When Yang Juren heard this, his face was both happy and angry, and he hurriedly asked.

"In, in the inner house of King Dongfang, it was the wife of Yang Sanjun's mansion in Nanli who came to sue. Yesterday, the family of Lord Yang's Second Mansion went to Dongfang King's House to ask for treasures, and the third lady went to help, and accidentally discovered..."

Hearing the family report, Yang Juren's eyes widened, he stamped his feet and said with a sneer: "It turns out that it is there, it is here... This little lady is much smarter than her late mother, and knows how to seek protection from noble families. No wonder, no wonder I can't find it!"

After a few words of emotion, he said in a surprised voice: "Is the mistress going to the Wang's mansion to look for someone? When did you go? Also, does the family of Mr. Yang Erfu know about this?"

Seeing that his family just shook their heads, Yang Juren's face became ugly, and he stopped and shouted: "Stupid woman, stupid woman! What kind of decent person is she, dare to go straight to the king's mansion... Sigh, make up your own mind, before I go home to discuss, she will see Is there still me here!"

While talking, Yang Juren rushed into the house, before he had time to take a bath, changed his dirty robes, put on a clean round collar robe, and hurried out, and ordered his family to go to Luxinfang to watch and inquire. And he himself walked up Fang Street, heading straight to Yang Zhirou's mansion.

Yang Zhirou is now the leader of Hongnong Yang's Guanwangfang in the capital, and now he is the pilgrimage minister, the front of the mansion is full of people, and there are many visitors.Yang Juren came striding all the way, his robe was also splashed with mud stars, and entered the vestibule among the visitors coming and going.

"Qi Gong came just in time. I was about to order my family members to visit me. There were quite a few visits today, and my family couldn't buy enough, so I quickly took ten big fish for use."

Yang Juren's footing was not stable, a steward of the family saw him, stepped forward and patted his shoulder and said.

This gesture was very disrespectful, but Yang Juren didn't dare to care about it. The steward in front of him had gone out with Yang Zhirou earlier, and in Yang Xianggong's mind, he was probably much closer than ordinary clansmen like them.

"It's a trivial matter, it's not worth worrying about, Luan Jiu, just send someone to get it straight."

Yang Juren said to the steward with a smile, then turned his head to look at the central hall and asked, "Who is sitting in the hall today? Has Mr. Xiang returned home? Is Erlang here?"

"My lord is going straight today, and Erlang is also mourning at Dugu's relatives' house. Several young gentlemen are waiting for guests."

The steward Luan Jiu ordered some servants to go to Yang Juren's house to fetch fish, then he crossed his hands at Yang Juren and said, "There are too many miscellaneous things, so I won't accompany Qi Gong. You should go out for the banquet, Qi Gong can do as he pleases."

"Go to work, go to work."

Yang Juren nodded and watched Luan Jiu turn to receive other guests, feeling even worse.

Brother Yang Zhirou was not at home, no matter how hopeless Yang Juren was, he couldn't ask a few juniors for advice on such matters, so he could only leave the mansion sadly.

He was still standing on Fang Street, hesitating and thinking. The family members sent earlier had already run all the way from Nanfang Gate, shouting as they ran: "Master Lang, Master Lang, something is wrong..."

"What are you shouting for? Could it be that there are evil spirits taking their lives?"

Yang Juren felt even more annoyed when the house slave yelled and attracted the guests in front of the house to watch him. He greeted the house slave and gave him a scolding, and walked to a remote corner of the street before he frowned and said, "What's going on?"

"The lord, the mistress, and the lords did go to the Prince's Mansion in Hedong, but they were captured by the family members of the Prince's House. There is no news so far..."

Hearing this, Yang Juren's forehead suddenly burst into cold sweat. It wasn't until he looked back at the crowded Yang Zhirou's house that his expression improved a little, and he murmured: "I've heard the name of the great king several times. He is expensive. It's expensive, but the Tang family is in distress and the national property is in danger, how smart is he, how dare he offend my family?"

Thinking of this, Yang Juren calmed down a bit, and told his family: "Go to Hegong County, and report to the police that the missing person in my family has already been found. Let them send county officials to investigate!"

After giving these instructions, Yang Juren was still a little worried about his wife and children.

He also understood in his heart that his family could not be equal to Yang Zhirou after all, and the Prince of Hedong was young and impulsive, or because he was greedy for his niece's beauty and refused to make friends, things would be a little difficult.

Although his niece's character was poor and uneducated, but her appearance was really pitiful. Yang Zhiyi still couldn't forget it, and sent people to scold him several times, which made him very uncomfortable.

After several times of weighing, Yang Juren still couldn't rest assured, and decided to visit the door in person, to show affection and reason, and hope that the king would not be so luscious, and offend the Yang family because of his mere sexuality.

Thinking of this, Yang Juren walked towards Luxinfang, but when he entered the south gate of Luxinfang, he was so shocked that he couldn't react.There were many cars and horses in front of the huge gate of the Wangfu, and there was almost no idle space on the streets. The bustling crowds were all queuing up to enter the Wangfu, there were hundreds of people at a glance.

"This, what's going on..."

The city of Shendu Square is orderly, and the square itself forms a small world. If it is not driven by livelihood or human relations, there is little movement between the two adjacent squares.

Although Yang Juren's home is close to Zunxianfang, he never comes to Luxinfang once a year, so he has only heard of the name of the young king, but he doesn't know much about it. Seeing the traffic in front of the palace at this time is very contrary to his previous understanding of the young man. Wang Na's rough impression was full of hesitation for a while, and he was no longer as calm as before.

Chapter 0184 Luoyang Daughter Tour

Since the afternoon, the number of visitors to the palace has gradually increased, and in the evening, it has soared to an astonishing level, so that the banquets originally arranged in the middle hall of the palace are not enough, so they have to be arranged in the side hall and the back hall. Seats can never be arranged for the guests to sit on the open air.

The reason why it is so lively is also very simple, the King of Hedong has been promoted again.

It is not accurate to say that he was promoted. It should be said that the emperor felt that this grandson was outstanding, and he added a small burden to him, that is, the matter of inspecting the school and officials.

At noon, the Chinese envoy Bing Luantai went straight to the palace to announce the imperial order. After Li Tong received the order, he really had mixed feelings, and he felt that this grandma was really doing her best and not playing cards according to common sense.

Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, has a very important duty, that is, to check and record the auspiciousness that should be seen in the case, identify its auspiciousness, etc., and have a good record.The auspiciousness of the Luoshui treasure map earlier was handled by Wu Chengsi from the beginning to the end when he was the minister of Chunguan.

Li Tong was also ordered to inspect the affairs of the school's official Chunguan Wailang, not to say that he was the Chunguan Wailang, but that he had the power to handle related affairs.As for the most popular auspicious auspiciousness in the government and the public at the moment, it is naturally related to various things in the auspicious scripture "Buddha Said the Precious Rain Sutra".

After Li Tong presented the scriptures, there were many people in the government and the public who were lucky enough to strive for success, but after Li Tong, it had little to do with this matter.But with the appointment of his grandma, he was closely connected with this matter.You even have the power to divide the pork: I have the final say on whether the Rui you offer is real, and what level it should be in!

In other words, those who want to rely on this to seek luck, first of all, they need to establish a good relationship with the young king, otherwise they will brush you off in minutes.

Li Tong also had to feel emotional about this, his grandmother arranged him in this position, it was really insidious, making full use of his complicated and sensitive identity.Among other things, some people want to offer Rui, but they dare not act because of face and fear of being criticized, but now Rui Ying is in charge of the Li family's blood, and it's so exciting to tear down their own platform. What other people have to worry about?

Previously, he served as Lintai Shaojian, and he was just noble, but now Li Tong has the real power in his hands to inspect the school's official affairs, and it can even be said that Ye Luzi has the right to vote.It can be said that it is licked to the end and has everything that one expects to find.

It was precisely because of this that the number of visitors in the afternoon surged, making the palace overwhelmed for a while.

Not to mention that ordinary people tend to follow others, even Chief Superintendent Shen Junliang came to visit in person in the afternoon, for no other reason, Shen Junliang is also an old tree sprouting new shoots, and sentenced Hongwenguan.

Although it is still a matter of the pavilion, the Hongwen Museum is where Ouchi's collection is located, and the message revealed from this is that Shen Junliang's political life has resurfaced, and he has once again entered the vision of the Emperor.He already has the qualifications to be the prime minister, and now there is a tendency for salted fish to turn around, and it is only a blink of an eye to worship the prime minister again.

"The divine emperor's favor is strong, and the king's talents can be praised. This so-called mutual understanding is both honorable and harmonious. The king will no longer have private secret treasures, and will use his talents to benefit the community. His aura shines far away. It is really gratifying and congratulatory."

Hearing what Shen Junliang said, Li Tong just laughed out loud. Is this a bad thing?I have a golden hoe here, and I want to plan my Tang Dynasty. How can it benefit the country?It's just that you have just received a job in the Hongwen Museum, and you haven't been allowed to be the prime minister or enter the history museum yet.

In addition to Shen Junliang, Shen Quanqi, Qiao Zhizhi and others he invited early in the morning have also entered the mansion.Several people entered the hall and saw Shen Junliang, but they didn't dare to be negligent, and they all came forward to salute, especially Shen Quanqi was also a direct bachelor of Hongwen Museum, and now Shen Junliang has also become his direct superior, so the salute is even more solemn.

In the evening, there are more guests, and it is not possible to come to the hall to meet them one by one.Sitting in the middle hall, Li Tong saw the crowds of people rushing outside, and couldn't help feeling for a moment that his grandma was really not the one who suffered the loss, she just rewarded him with some goods and brought so many guests.

There were less than a hundred guests last night, and he had already spent tens of thousands of dollars. If he was invited tonight, the cost would have to soar several times.

However, these guests were also very knowledgeable, many of them just handed over the greeting cards, and then left after a short while in front of the hall, and did not stay for long.With this kind of friendship in posting, if you meet on the scene in the future, you will have something to talk about.

But even so, there are still as many as two to three hundred guests staying in the mansion after nightfall.With so many people, it was difficult for Li Tong to get to know each other, but he just told his family to prepare meals as soon as possible, so as not to neglect the guests.As for himself, he still stayed in the hall to accompany a few important guests.

"Personnel and affairs are different from day to day. If you can't be treated in a simple and elegant manner today, please don't blame the bachelor."

With so many guests, Shen Quanqi is the only one who can be called friendly.This is a friend that Li Tong met when he was tired, so he treats Shen Quanqi a little closer than other people.

After Shen Quanqi heard the words, he laughed: "Your Majesty said that, although it is polite, it is not talking about friendship. But we can see each other often, what is the noise of people. Yushu has been silent for a long time, because public opinion has neglected, and everyone is blind. Now the house is full of guests. Looking up at the demeanor of famous kings, if you are only greedy for the simplicity and elegance of the past, and hate the beauty of today, if you are withdrawn and cruel, how can you talk about friendship."

Having said that, Li Tong still felt that some adjustments should be made regarding the reception of guests.

Whether it's his grandma's expression of attitude or his own needs, there will be many days when there will be a lot of guests in the future.Now the palace is the main place for receiving guests, but the palace itself still has business arrangements, so it can't be said that it is a more elegant place.

So he is planning to build another garden, which is specially used to receive guests.As for the location, you can choose the west garden of his king's residence, where there are refreshing gardens and lush flowers and trees, and the three kings' residences are in one place, so you can completely open up the back garden and build an independent garden with a large space without disturbing Normal daily life.

Similar to Pei Du, a famous prime minister in the middle Tang Dynasty, there is Jixianfang House Garden in Luoyang City, and Lvyetang Biye outside Luoyang City. As a gathering place for scholars in Luoyang at that time, Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi and others have many poems related to this. .

Li Tong dared to make such a move, naturally because he realized that his grandma really needed a prominent figure in the scholastic circle to make a name for her.For example, the Erzhang brothers in the middle and late Wu Zhou Dynasty, the Zhuying bachelor group they organized played a significant role in both the development of literature and the political field.

The Beimen Bachelor, which Wu Zetian relied on originally, has basically fallen apart by now.Some of the people who were promoted later were far from having a pivotal influence among the scholars.

With the "Buddha Saying Precious Rain Sutra" in front, Li Tong's political stance can be said to have eliminated his grandmother's suspicion to a great extent.Even if he is raising his name in the scholastic circle, he will only help his grandma to cheer for him. As long as there is no obvious sign of leaning towards his third uncle or fourth uncle, his grandma should be happy to see it happen.

Thinking about it a bit longer, even if Li Wu seized the heir apparent after Wu Zhou was established, Li Tong would still be a second-tier player.Even if he develops some climate among the scholars, it will not pose a direct threat to his grandmother's power.

Unless his grandma is determined to pass the throne to her son or nephew, she will take action to get rid of his restless grandson.But if his grandma really had this awareness, the Shenlong coup would never have happened in history.

Of course, if Li Tong really wanted to stand on his own, he would have to face another crisis, that is, the joint strangling of the Li faction and the Wu faction, just like the Zhang brothers who were killed in the late Wu Zhou period.But now, the political logic on the scene has not reached that point, and Li Tong has a lot of time to prepare for his rise.

Now he is his grandma's kissing little milk dog, who was ordered to snare Shihlin's tongue. His grandma has helped him support his posture so much. If he still dare not do it, or if he can't do it well, then it is his own problem. Even if someone kills him in the coming year, he will be no different from others.

Moreover, Li Tong has another idea, which is to take his aunt Princess Taiping to do it together.

However, he also understands that although his aunt has not fully awakened her bloodline ability, she is by no means a peaceful person, and when it comes to her advantages, she has even greater advantages than him. If he wants to join forces with his aunt to start a business, he must guard against Doves will occupy the magpie's nest.

So in the short term, Li Tong didn't plan to have any substantive communication with his aunt, so he'd better take a few steps to confirm his own advantage.

Li Tong was still thinking about it here, and he heard Qiao Zhizhi laughing at the table and said: "Today, Yan Yan is bothering you, although there is no old love to recount, but there is a deep desire. The new sound of silk and bamboo is rewarding, so why should you envy eight treasures. I don't know. Can the great king in the hall have a new sound expansion today, to reward the hungry and thirsty eyes and ears?"

When everyone in the hall heard this, they all clapped their hands and asked the same question. Li Tong raised his hand and pressed it falsely and said with a smile: "There is a new version of an ancient poem, and there are many differences in the old tunes. The rhythm has not yet been harmonized. I am in a hurry to show off, and I am afraid I will lose it." Yawang."

Everyone clamored after hearing the words, even Shen Junliang was affected by this atmosphere, and said with a smile: "The king's songs and diction are excellent, and I have heard of them for a long time. Today, I am taking advantage of my frivolity to invite again for the whole audience. The guests present, the bachelor Outline, make up the palace and wait and see, the king has achieved success, and the talents of the group will build bricks and tiles, and it will not be a splendid event, which is also called an elegant event."

Li Tong's small works are well-thought-out, and after hearing what Shen Junliang said, he no longer sticks to it, and raises his hand to let Yang Sixuan, who is standing by the table, rush back to the king's mansion to fetch the poem draft, and then hands it to Shen Junliang in the table: "Respectfully wait for the chief supervisor to say .”

Shen Junliang opened the poem manuscript, first saw the title of the poem "Luoyang Daughter's Journey", then looked at the young king and said with a smile: "The famous king is so handsome, is Luoyang daughter Hu Zhui?"

Hearing that Shen Junliang opened his mouth and put on Pinru clothes, Li Tong just smiled and cupped his hands, accepting the ridicule.

Shen Junliang originally read the poem with a smile, but when his eyes fell on the content of the poem, his expression gradually became solemn.Seeing this scene, everyone in the hall became more curious, but because of Shen Junliang's high expectations, they dared not speak out to urge them.

After a while, Shen Junliang looked away from the poem manuscript, and saw that everyone was looking at him eagerly. He smiled apologetically and raised his hand to pass the poem manuscript to Shen Quanqi. Be indifferent and at ease. Looking at the poems of the great king, there are two hatreds in my heart, the first hatred is that the poetry is not good, and the second hatred is that the youth is far away!"

Hearing Shen Junliang's interjection, everyone became even more curious, and when Shen Quanqi took the poem manuscript in his hand, someone clapped the table and shouted: "Scholar, please sing!"

Shen Quanqi didn't refuse after hearing the words, so he stood up from the table with a smile, holding a poem scroll in his hand and chanted: "The daughter of Luoyang lives opposite her door, and she has a beauty of more than fifteen. My beloved Yule rides a horse..."

With the sound of his chants, there was originally laughter in the hall, but after a few couplets entered the ears, the noise gradually subsided, and there was no noise except the poetry.

Yang Juren entered the palace with the crowd, and was arranged in the side porch seats. Seeing that the palace was full of guests, and the middle hall was filled with chatter and laughter, he was filled with worries and fears, mixed feelings, and he no longer had the courage to speak out thing.

"Huh? Why is there no human language in Zhongtang?"

"It's Xueshi Shen who is singing the new poems of the king..."

At the seat closer to the middle hall, someone had already left the seat and gathered under the door. Hearing the discussion behind him, he turned his head to explain, but before he finished speaking, he was slapped on the back and scolded: "Shut up!"

After hearing this, all the passengers in the side corridor were also curious, and they all got up and went to the middle hall.Seeing this, Yang Juren also followed the crowd, but there were already several figures in front of him, and he could not hear the sound in the hall for a long time. He stepped on the fence and stood on tiptoe to see the situation in the hall clearly.

I saw a young nobleman sitting on the upper table under the light, wearing a wide satin shirt with a brocade half-arm covering, with a handsome appearance and a comfortable demeanor.Rao Yang Juren came to the door in anger, and when he saw the young queen sitting in the hall, he couldn't help muttering: "Such a person, such a noble, if he comes to the door to force that lady, I'm afraid that the grudge will deepen..."