Crown Tang emperor

Li Tong was very pleased with Liu Youqiu's statement.The Qianling Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Emperor Gaozong, and the mausoleum is said to be the seventh grade, but in fact mausoleum officials are the most unsatisfactory official positions in the officialdom. It can be seen.Liu Youqiu was willing to choose to serve as mausoleum official and follow him to Xijing for mourning and guarding his residence. It can be said that he put his entire future on himself.

Li Tong seems to have a bright future at the moment, but he also knows the danger in it.Right now, he is relying on his contribution to the Ruijing to express his position, and to cheer for his grandmother on behalf of Tang Luji, so as to ensure temporary stability.

But to be honest, this is a bad way.No matter how much he expresses his position, the fact that he is from the Li family will not change.Right now his grandma's most important thing is to reform the government, so his statement is naturally valuable.

But once the revolution is completed, the subsequent political logic will be different. What his grandma needs is complete control from status to reality. This is the most important political struggle in the early Wu Zhou Dynasty, Li Wu seized the heir.

Once it has evolved to this point, Li Tong's importance will be greatly reduced, and his protective umbrella will also be weakened.Although the focus of the struggle is his uncles Li Dan and Wu Chengsi, there are not too many examples of political struggles affecting Chi Yu.

All parties are doing their best, and even the prime minister is in danger, and they are going to die in batches.With Li Tong's embarrassing status, it would be almost a dream if he stayed in such a prominent position and wanted to stay out of the matter completely.

So even though it is a good time now, how to retreat is also a key point related to his future and destiny.

It should be noted that in the original history, his elder brother Li Guangshun was beaten to death during this period!At that time, their family was just marginal people, even so, they still did not escape the cruel crush of political struggle.

Therefore, Li Tong had no intention of participating in this troubled water from the very beginning, and it was the safest way to stay sidelined.It just so happened that his grandma decided to move his deceased father Li Xian back to Qianling a few days ago, which gave him an excellent excuse to quit the current situation.

Fuwu or Fuli, you fight for yours, and I retreat to Xijing to develop insignificantly, isn't it good?That's really crazy, to stay in God and toss around with you!

Chapter 0217 Xijing can be defended

From the first moment he opened his eyes in this world, Li Tong felt a strong malice.The malice is everywhere, and there is no way to escape.

At the same time, he knew very well that neither his grandma Wu Zetian nor his two uncles, including the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, were not his hope.If you want to survive, you can only fiddle with yourself.If by chance something bad happens, then at least he will die in his own hands.

Although the world is very cold, it is not the reason for him to be pessimistic and abandon himself. After all, people still have to live for themselves, and no one is obliged to take full responsibility for your emotions.

The reason why he chose to retreat bravely, leave Shendu City under the pretext of keeping filial piety, and go to Chang'an, Xijing, is naturally to avoid political danger and persecution on the one hand.

On the other hand, in the current political environment, what he has reached has been a limit for quite a long time, and if he wants to expand upwards, the effect will be minimal, and the dangers he faces will multiply and surge.

What's more, everything he enjoys right now is all castles in the air. It seems to be magnificent, but in fact it still lacks strong support.Once he becomes the target of a certain political force, the only way to protect himself is to continue begging for his grandma's protection.

But Wu Zetian is a politician after all, not a nanny. Right now, he has definite political needs, so he treats his grandson more preferentially.Once this need is gone, it will be very difficult to maintain such a favor.

Choosing to withdraw and leave at this moment, on the one hand, it is a mark of filial piety, and on the other hand, it is also a display of high morals: I am not messing around for myself at all, it is purely for my grandma.After something happened, he flicked his clothes and went, chic and calm.

For the average person, it is difficult to make such a decision.The reason why people value everything in the present is that the future is chaotic and unpredictable, especially in such unpredictable political struggles, if you really take a step back, you may become a fish.

Among other things, if Li Tong didn't know that his grandma still had a lot of troubles, he wouldn't have made such a decision so easily.If his grandma passed away within two years, it would be strange if he didn't get settled after autumn due to his previous coquettish operations of selling his ancestral property!

The reason why he withdrew from the center of the current situation was because he was worried that his little wings would flap too happily, and maybe he might directly fan his grandma to death.Right now, his foundation is still shallow, and he really needs to continue to thrive under the care of his grandma.

Not to mention that there is just an excellent excuse to return to the ancestral land in Guanzhong right now, even if there is no reason, there must be a reason to leave Shendu.Otherwise, Thirteen Fragrances would become He Qizheng, and that would be a matter of minutes.

Liu Youqiu was originally a little melancholy and uneasy about the young king's recent ostentation, but after learning about the young king's rearward arrangement, he was quite convinced: "Shenlong is ever-changing, and advances and retreats calmly. It is true that the king can not be fascinated by vanity and look forward to the long-term." A low-level, narrow-minded and short-sighted person is nothing to worry about."

Knowing the arrangement of the young king's rear route, he can take a more correct view of the current actions.

Any political figure, once out of sight for too long, will suffer a huge blow to his political life.Therefore, regarding mourning and seizing love, there have been many deeds in the past dynasties, and many people have fallen into it.

Although the young king's identity is sensitive, it is inevitable that these political figures will be normal. Once they leave the current situation for too long, it is actually unknown whether they can recover in the future and whether they can reach the current level of ostentation.

Therefore, before pulling away and leaving, it is also necessary to leave a deep impression on the current situation.Originally famous and talented, even if he faded out of the situation in a short period of time, he would not just sink down, and there was no possibility of turning over.

Li Tong just laughed at Liu Youqiu's compliment.What he has done recently is not only to leave a magnificent midfielder curtain call, but also to show his potential to his grandma.

Imagine all kinds of benefits, but there is still one thing that is not sure, that is, will his grandma let him go?

Li Tong also thought about this a lot, at least in his opinion, his grandma had no reason to object.Although the minds of politicians are unpredictable, the basic political logic must still be followed.

Just as Wu Zetian summoned Princess Taiping into the palace when he purged the Li family last year, this year he married the Wu family.At present, Wu Zetian naturally does not have the political needs of joining Li Wu, so this approach is also to provide protection for this beloved daughter.

Wu Zetian would not be unclear. If Li Tong's family remained in Shendu, the situation would become embarrassing and dangerous.

At least for now, the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is still very harmonious, and the reason why Li Tong can stand at the front desk and speak out for his grandma is based on the filial piety of blood.Now Li Tong is also asking for self-retirement based on Xiaoyi. If Wu Zetian doesn't want to kill his grandson, letting him fade out in time is also a form of protection.

As for Li Tong returning to Guanzhong to guard his father's tomb, will the more he think about it, the more angry he will be, and he will directly pull up a team in Guanzhong to start a revolution?

This kind of assumption does not exist. For one thing, he himself stood clearly on his grandmother's side and made indelible contributions to the Wuzhou revolution.

In the end, he turned against his grandma again, not to mention that people with normal brain circuits couldn't do such a thing, and there would be no one who would follow such a rebellious villain like him.

If you really want to think this way, it's better to rely on God's capital to collude with the generals of the Forbidden Army to be more efficient.The request for mourning in the above table is originally a kind of expression of heart.

The second is that the current Guanlong nobles have already withered away and are not in a system, and the army has no soldiers. How many years ago, a leader like Changsun Wuji could be killed by a knife. It's not easy to challenge the team of Shendu Center.

As early as the Guangzhai period, there were a few guys who formed a team to go to Fangzhou to bring back the King of Luling every year, so what happened?

The balance in these people's hearts only cares about meeting.Since Wu Zetian chose to adopt Li Tong's "Buddha Says the Precious Rain Sutra" and made a big splash, this grandson is destined not to be a character who can be kept in confinement.

Now that Li Tong chooses to retire temporarily, it will also make the situation clearer, and at the same time, it will make his grandma's employment strategy more calm.

In order to take the place of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian must have misused many people and given him too much grace. Now that his grandsons have made a statement and retired after success, those who pretend to be grandsons also have to take care of themselves. They should work hard and withdraw. .

After the two people in the house finished their heart-to-heart conversation, the rising sun gradually rose, and a new day began again.

After understanding the young king's thoughts, Liu Youqiu no longer felt conflicted, and took the initiative to help Zhang Luo's trip to Longmen today.

The scale of Longmen Bieye is large enough, and there were 200 guests staying there last night. After seeing the talent and boldness of the young king, the number of people who should travel to Longmen today is not too small.And some people who didn't come to the door last night, after hearing about the various feasts last night, also came to visit one after another.

In addition to these guests, there were also many cattle and horse carts full of ingredients and drinks, which were continuously transported to Bieye.

"Everyone in the Nanshi Branch knows that the king has a lot of guests, and they are worried that the garden will not be used enough. Since last night, they have had people search for food outside the city and deliver it. They are also afraid of vulgarity, so they dare not go ahead and make mistakes. Please be humble. Tell Yin Qing, if you pass through the door and don't worship, it's not disrespect."

Hearing Shi Sizhen's report, Li Tong nodded, and said: "Recently, the guests have been too busy to receive them. I would like to tell those charitable merchants that donating goods will go into the matter. I will not say anything. When I am free in the future, the banquet in the mansion will be prepared. Return the hospitality."

He then faded out of the political arena, intending to develop new potential growth in the market. Even if he is not in Shendu in the next few years, the exchanges between the two capitals are already frequent, and this relationship is worth maintaining.

Choosing to retreat to Xijing, Li Tong also wanted to open up a few business routes. Guanzhong is located in Longyou in the west and Shuzhong in the lower part. It is an important market and commodity distribution center.

In the future, he will live in seclusion in Xijing, and he will also personally preside over the establishment of the Old Clothes Club in Guanzhong. If these two important business routes can be opened up, it will be of great significance to the development of the Old Clothes Club.

Although there is no clue about central Shu right now, there is a ready-made way to connect to the Western Regions.Tang Xiujing is currently serving as the governor of Xizhou. Although political and military interaction and cooperation cannot be achieved in a short period of time, he has raised your granddaughter for so long anyway. It is not too much to ask for a little convenience in business, right?

If he can have a certain right to speak in terms of business routes, then Li Tong will not only be satisfied with being a king of goods, he will sit on the ground and share the spoils!

These merchants were very lucrative. For example, in the middle of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, Wu Sansi extorted and asked merchants to donate money and materials to build Tianshu. The Zhang brothers even directly introduced wealthy merchants from central Shu to the palace banquet.Li Tong didn't have much psychological burden to search for oil and water from these merchants to make his own business.

There was a lot of noise in the welcome and seeing off in the villa, and when they officially left, the parade team had already reached hundreds of people, and a group of people, whether in carts or horses, headed for Longmen in a mighty manner.

At this time around the Longmen, tents had already been erected, and each one was as gorgeous as a hill.At the same time, along the road, there are soldiers of the imperial army patrolling to and fro, and no one else is allowed to enter the ceremony hall indiscriminately.

Li Tong's entourage was so powerful that it was very conspicuous, so it was inevitable that they would be interrogated by the forbidden army.

The guards in charge of the Longmen Ceremony are mainly Beiya Habayashi Army and Qianqi generals, and Habayashi General Wu Youyi is personally present.

Seeing the young king and his entourage approaching in a blatant manner, Wu Youyi felt a little disgusted, but then he remembered Wu Chengsi's advice not to have any trouble with the young king recently, so he also waved his hand to let him go, and appointed a group of thousands of knights to follow him, It can be regarded as giving the young king a face.

"The last commander of the Qianqi Brigade, Guo Da, is ordered to escort the tour guide!"

A burly and well-dressed Thousand Cavalry Chief Ce immediately turned forward and back and bowed before the young king's feet. Although his head was bowed, there was an unconcealable excitement in his tone of voice.

Chapter 0218 Doctor Yinqing Guanglu

Looking at Guo Da in front of him, Li Tong was also quite pleasantly surprised. This should be one of the first few celebrities he came into contact with, but it was not officially met until now.

Guo Da became the commander of Qianqi Brigade, and Li Tong had already known about it.

Qianqi is an elite force of the Beiya that his grandmother Wu Zetian placed high hopes on. Except for some of the commanders who were transferred from the Nanya guards, the main force of its soldiers is the children of slaves from various households. , loyalty is also guaranteed extremely high, and it is difficult for others to intervene in it.

Li Tong was able to bury a hidden game in Qianqi before the official expansion of Qianqi. Thinking about it, I feel happy.But now that everyone is watching, it is not convenient for him to have too much contact with Guo Da, so he just nodded slightly and signaled the team of thousands of knights to lead in front.

Li Tong has been to Longmen many times, but of course it is not in this world.Now it can be regarded as revisiting the old place, but it is inevitable that the characters are different.

It goes without saying that the scenery of Longmen is beautiful, with two mountains standing side by side, and one water coming out. Although it does not have the magnificence of green and overlapping peaks in midsummer, it has solemn mountains, evergreen pines and cypresses, and fiery maple leaves.

The clear waves of Yishui flow horizontally, and the autumn wind blows slowly, reflecting the vast sky and majestic mountain scenery. The actual mountain scenery and the illusion reflected on the water surface converge here. And clear.

Although there are many camps around Longmen nowadays, especially since the Northern Wei Dynasty, this area has been famous for worshiping Buddha. Mountain temples appear among the cypresses, and Buddhist niches are distributed on the cliffs.But this level of construction is still far inferior to the changes made to the natural environment by later generations. The former is based on the taste of heaven and earth, while the latter embodies the great achievements of human resources, and each has its own merits.

Since the mountain climbing avenue has been sealed off by the soldiers of the Imperial Army, it is waiting for the emperor to climb the mountain with all the officials to salute tomorrow.Therefore, if Li Tong and his party wanted to climb the mountain, they could only take a ferry and reach the foot of the mountain on the south side to enjoy the mountaineering.

Crossing a horizontal boat in the wild, enjoying the beauty of mountains and rivers, can most arouse the poetic excitement in people's hearts.A group of people wandered along, and the topic naturally turned to this aspect. Some people recited old lines, some pondered new lines, but more people still wondered whether the King of Hedong can still be full of poetry today, and write good stories?

Naturally, Li Tong would not refuse this type of request. Today, he gathered people to visit Longmen to continue to strengthen the image of talent in Shiliu's perception, so that people can't help it when they visit Longmen. Thinking back to the story of the young king, although the rivers and lakes are far away, the mountains and rivers are full of love, the romance has been there for a long time, and yesterday is like new.

So when the boat passed the Dragon Gate, he had already chanted impromptuly: "Cutting the mountain to guide the Yiliu, interrupting it like a sky..."

After copying too much, Li Tong no longer had the shyness of being a literary thief. Of course, daydreaming is inevitable.I chose "Longmen Tour" by Tang Wei Yingwu at the beginning of the chapter, and I couldn't help but think of Wei Yingwu's great-grandfather Wei Daiqi who had just been killed by his grandmother Wu Zetian.

"Old Tang Book" has a saying that since the Tang Dynasty, the prosperity of the clan has never surpassed Webster's.Jingzhao Webster, as the representative of the aristocratic family in Guanzhong, has produced a large number of talents in the past dynasties, and his family studies are extensive. In the field of poetry, Wei Yingwu can be said to be the one with the greatest achievements.

The atmosphere of Tang poetry is stronger than that of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and the creation techniques are perfected in the middle Tang Dynasty.Wei Yingwu, as a representative figure of poets in the mid-Tang Dynasty, his landscape poems are also unique, fresh, natural and full of interest. Later generations often call them Wang Mengweiliu, and some people even praise them as the Great Wall of Five Characters.

Few things matter to the Emperor Wu, and the rogue relies on his kindness and selfishness.The body is in the middle, and the family hides the desperate children.When he was young, Wei Yingwu was just a wealthy dude, and he started to study hard only after the Anshi Rebellion.

If you don't consider the poems in the later period that are more about suffering, the earlier works are quite in line with Li Tong's current situation and feelings.Similarly, there are also those Buddhist Zen words in Wang Wei's later period, which Li Tong can't write anyway.

"Longmen Youjing" is the opening work, and after climbing and roaming, Li Tong also left poems everywhere. Another Mid-Tang poet, Liu Changqing, also known as the Great Wall of Five Characters, he naturally did not let it go. Dried it out.Liu Changqing and Wei Yingwu were originally interesting literary friends with similar styles, and their poems and works were written together, so there was no obvious surprise.

In addition, there are some miscellaneous poems for the occasion, and there are always twenty or thirty poems in total, which can be said to spread love everywhere and leave poems everywhere.If you add in the on-the-spot teaching by the peers, and after this day's tour, there will be more than 200 poems about Longmen landscape.

The accompanying writers copied these poems and made them into a collection.In this collection of poems, Shaowang's poems are well-deserved first in both quantity and quality.

In the future, when you visit Longmen, you must have the companion "Longmen Collection". For a long time, it has become one of the customs of the gods and scholars.

Of course, these follow-up aftertaste are not yet visible.After visiting the Dragon Gate, the guests returned to the Young King's Bieye to continue the feast and music, but Li Tong had to return to the forbidden area, waiting to go out with Shengjia tomorrow before returning to the Dragon Gate to attend the ceremony.

On the day of the Longmen Ceremony, the cultural relics were recorded on Chentian Street, and the generals of the Nanyamen were leading the battle in front of them. The dust on the sand embankment was on the wide Tianjie. As the sun rose, the emperor Yuren took the lead to drive out At Duanmen, Wu Zetian was wearing a crown, and the holy driver was sitting in the car, full of energy, without a trace of oldness. There were nearly a thousand people guarding the feathers before and after, and the weight of the majesty was palpitating.

Yuren had just driven onto the Tianjin Bridge, and the people gathered on both sides of Tianjie had already greeted the mountain under the orders of the generals of the forbidden army.

It wasn't until Yuren got off the Tianjin Bridge that the Yijia of Emperor Li Dan and Crown Prince Li Chengqi appeared from Duanmen. Although it was well documented, it didn't have the majesty of the emperor's Yijia.

Li Tong and other nobles of the royal family stopped outside the left gate of the imperial city. After the emperor Yijia boarded the Tianjin Bridge, the courtesy officer stepped forward to greet them to join the team.After these clan relatives entered the line, the prime ministers headed by Wu Chengsi led all the officials out. The traffic flow was divided into two columns and moved quickly along both sides of Tianjie, arriving at Dingdingmen before Tianjie.

The Dingding Gate is also decorated with brochures, and the officials worship here several times. The emperor and the emperor get off the chariot and board the chariot, and then they are worshiped by the people of the city.

Li Tong also followed the crowd to pray, and occasionally looked up, and commented in his heart that his grandma and uncle's spirits were very different.When he was on the road again, he was not led back to the original class, but was directly led by the palace envoy to the front passenger car, passing the Crown Prince Li Chengqi directly.

A boy in his teens already has some common sense about personnel affairs. Li Chengqi looked at him, his cousin who jumped in the queue, with unfriendly eyes.Li Tong ignored him at all, although you have my father and I don't, but my grandma is much more amiable to me, if you stare at me and let your father beat you, believe it or not?

Although the gimmicks in his heart were unbearable, Li Tong was also secretly glad that he had no intention of staying in God's capital and messing about.As far as the matter is concerned, he first presented the Ruijing, which directly led to this ceremony. It is not unusual to have such a ranking.

But according to the normal etiquette and etiquette, his cousin Li Chengqi was the real prince of the Tang Dynasty, but he jumped in the line in the end, which would make him even more embarrassing.Being so outrageous, the aftertaste will inevitably be criticized afterwards.

Afterwards, the team continued to move forward, and the various rituals on the way were uncountable, but they finally arrived at Longmen West Mountain in time for noon.There is a large-scale Buddhist temple in Xishan, which was built during the reign of Chuigong, and later became Xiangshan Temple.

But now this Xishan Buddhist Temple has a new name, neither Xiangshan Temple nor Baoyu Temple, but Great Lingjiu Fawang Temple.Li Tong knew about Buddhism, but he didn't know the rich meaning of this temple name, and he was not interested in it.

This Buddhist temple is today's main ceremony venue. When the holy driver came here, a virtuous and eminent monk came forward to present the auspicious scriptures.

Such a nondescript ceremony, except for the grand scene, is actually lacklustre.The ceremony lasted for three days. On the first day, the emperor received the scriptures, on the second day the eminent monks gave lectures, and on the third day, the scriptures were distributed to various Buddhist temples in the world for collection.

After the Dragon Gate Ceremony was completed, the officials were escorted back to the palace by the emperor, and held a feast in the Ming Hall to reward the officials.And in this big scene, Li Tong was in the limelight again, because he was promoted again, and his Sanjie rose three levels, and he was awarded the title of doctor of the third rank Yinqing Guanglu.

Although Sanjie has no real power, it can calibrate the rank. In other words, even regardless of his own title, Li Tong is now a big boss in purple clothes!

Leaving the court in April, dismissed in July, and in October, the dismissed post has reached the third rank. Although Li Tong didn't care much about these, when he received this edict, his mind was dizzy, so he asked who?

However, this excitement didn't last long. Thinking that Xue Huaiyi just led the army to the fortress for an outing, and came back to become the second-rank Fuguo General, Li Tong's promotion speed seems to be nothing to be proud of. .

In addition, another major event was announced after the big feast, that is, to continue to change the yuan. The next month, November, will be the first month of the first year of Zaichu, and December will be the twelfth lunar month, and Zhouzheng will be officially used.At the same time, the group of officials headed by Wu Chengsi invited the title of Jinlun, the Holy Mother of the Golden Wheel, the Emperor, and the current situation took another big step forward.

But all of this has nothing to do with Li Tong, because after the Dajiu Ritual Day, his request to go to the Qianling Jielu to observe filial piety was officially approved, and the purple robe was about to be taken off two days before it was warm enough to start mourning.

This incident also surprised many people in the world, although it was reasonable, it was unexpected.In particular, some people in the court were already planning to impeach the young king for messing around in the Longmen Ceremony, and it was not appropriate to preside over the compilation of the ritual book.

Li Tong didn't care about these gossip disputes, but focused on arranging the departure from the capital.

This time he went to Qianling for mourning, he didn't plan to bring too many officials with him, after all, even if he arrived in Chang'an, he had to live in a simple way during the mourning period, and the necessary surveillance was indispensable, it was enough to have Liu Youqiu as his confidant by his side .

This is also one of the reasons why he had previously worked for the future of the government officials. Favors do not necessarily need to face each other day and night. After these people left the government, they operated independently.

Aside from the trivial details, the next thing is to attend the wedding of his aunt Princess Taiping. This is Li Tong's last literary surprise before leaving the capital, but he never thought that the Wu family would not give him a chance to show off. Li Tong was very dissatisfied with delaying the wedding until January next year. I will deal with you when I come back!

But having said that, his aunt Princess Taiping can be said to be his most reliable ally in the capital of God right now, and he will definitely have to rely a lot on choosing the right opportunity to return to the current situation in the future.

Li Tong originally wanted to introduce Wei Tuan'er to him, but after thinking about it, he decided not to. He just revealed this level of echo to the old eunuch Yang Chong through Yang Sixuan. That idiot is much sweeter and more meticulous, and if they can achieve some kind of echo between each other, it can produce many magical effects.

In mid-November, the coffin of King Yong Li Xian arrived in Chang'an, and Li Tong and his family did not stop there. After bidding farewell to the emperor and thanking them for their kindness, they left for Xijing.

The third volume of Yunshao Mansion

Chapter 0219 Where is Yunheng Qinling's Home?

The Qinling Mountains span thousands of miles, and also cover hundreds of miles from north to south. There are dangerous peaks and steep mountains in the middle, which are the southern barrier of Guanzhong Tianfu.

The mountains and forests in this area are vast, and there are many deep and secluded valleys that are rarely visited by people. Some passers-by stray into the valleys and ridges and become lost, or die of famine, cold and famine, or die under the claws of wild beasts in the forest.