Tang Dynasty Never Night

Li Xian was thinking about revising the textbooks of the academy, but in the end he could only think about it temporarily. He is very busy now. Even if he wants to get the textbooks, he must first get all kinds of statistics after the war and Princess Taiping's marriage. .

During this process, something happened that almost made Li Xian mad.Pei Yan, the attendant, had been obstructing Pei Xingjian and He Lanmin's meritorious service before, but after being ignored by Li Xian, this guy shamelessly killed the chief of Xue Yantuo's department and Ashina Funian in the street.

At that time, Li Xian was almost mad with anger. He had never seen such a pig teammate before.Forget about Ashina's thoughts, this guy is definitely going to die, but even if he deserves to die, he will have to go through a trial, and the chief of Xue Yantuo's tribe, He Lanminzhi, promised the other party to spare his life at the time, but now he died unexpectedly , Who will surrender in the future if there is a war?Even if you surrender, you will inevitably die, so it is better to fight to the death and break the net.

After Li Xian knew about this, he did not give Empress Wu any face and had Pei Yan detained, turned around and entered the palace.He didn't want to cut first and play later like Pei Yan, he just went to explain the facts to Empress Wu.

He said to Empress Wu very clearly: "Aniang, you will lose the morale of the army if you let them do this!"

You can't get the military power now, is it really okay to offend the general like this?Pei Xingjian is not alone, he represents the veterans of that series and the young generals promoted by the veterans. These people are the backbone of the Tang army, and there are not many people as powerful as Zheng Qi in the army. You still have to cooperate with these people. With such a low IQ, you offend a whole bunch of people. Isn't this really a hindrance?

Empress Wu naturally knew that Pei Yan had offended too many people recently, but Pei Yan was indeed capable, but he was just not broad-minded enough. Not many people in Empress Wu's party could reach his position, even if they were offended, they would To keep him, not to mention... how few people has she offended over the years?

The winner is a prince and the loser is a thief. Empress Wu's belief is that only the winner has the right to speak.Li Xian also knew that it was impossible to want Pei Yan's life. When he beheaded Ashina Funian and the others in the street, some people cheered. The ignorant and foolish people would not think of deeper things. People in the national territory are killed, and they will naturally feel happy.

The only thing Li Xian could do was to fine Pei Yan's salary for two years, but the impact could not be undone.

Li Xian's concession made Empress Wu feel more at ease. After so many years of ups and downs, Empress Wu found herself becoming a little impatient recently.The root cause is still Li Xian. When Li Hong and Li Xian used all kinds of tough tricks before, Empress Wu didn't pay attention to them, and they were very calm. Now Li Xian does nothing Instead, it made her feel a little lost.

Empress Wu is used to the contest in the open. If she is really open and honest with her son, the only thing Empress Wu can do is filial piety. Empress Wu is very skilled at using filial piety to suppress people. They were so embarrassed by her actions that even the government and the public questioned them, because they were indeed unfilial.

After all, no one can bear the mother's attitude of being targeted everywhere, eager to get rid of it, and face their mother's tenderness towards other children, so it's good if they don't feel abnormal.

And Li Xian...it's different if it's not his own. Even though he is sad, he still knows what he should do rationally.His private life cannot be attacked, and Empress Wu can only put the battlefield on the bright side.

This made Empress Wu a little uncomfortable. Of course, Empress Wu is indeed worthy of her position of listening to politics politically. She can get to this point not only through conspiracy and tricks. If she had no political literacy, Li Zhi would not have let her participate in political affairs. come!

The courtiers were obviously used to the Empress Wu's ability to play with people's hearts, and the sudden confrontation in business matters also made them a little uncomfortable.During this process, Li Xian stood on the opposite side of Empress Wu and pulled out some of her minions, and then stood on Empress Wu's side to get rid of a group of courtiers.

The prince's position is not fixed, which made all the ministers feel numb. They all wanted to rush to the East Palace and shake the prince's shoulder to ask what it meant. Such a prince feels too difficult to deal with, because everyone can't touch it at all. His veins.

Li Xian didn't say anything about this, but Li Lun told his subordinates very unceremoniously: "Open your eyes and take a good look, did those people really make a mistake? Brother is just dealing with these things fairly. Things, he doesn't care who you are, as long as you make a mistake and you are really caught, just wait to be dealt with."

In an instant, everyone suddenly realized, but...they still had no good solution. Of course, some people were very dissatisfied and said to the king: "People are not sages, who can do nothing?" As a prince, how could he be so naive?

Li Lun snorted coldly and said, "Do you dare to listen to me seriously? I said that you made a mistake and were caught, understand?"

Everyone realized in an instant, that is to say, even if they made a mistake, just don't get caught?So... isn't this the same as before?Everyone was confused, but Li Xian knew a lot about their confusion... Zheng Qi communicated with him a lot, but he just thought it was fun.

A bunch of idiots, yes, people who can't stand under Li Xian's subordinates for a long time don't have anything else to say except idiots.After the merit discussion process was started, Li Xian started to attend to other things - he also had to pay attention to his sister's wedding.

Princess Taiping's wedding has been in a busy state since it was finalized. First of all, the auspicious date was determined, and the time was chosen in July, the third year of Yonglong. It has begun to dissipate, when the weather is getting cooler.

When the auspicious day is determined, let's go to the ceremony, because there is only half a year, don't think that half a year is very loose. The birth of a princess is different from the marriage of ordinary officials and ladies. All specifications must follow the regulations. The most cheating is Empress Wu. He and Li Zhi love their daughter very much, and even give her various extraordinary treatment on the basis of the original.

It doesn't matter to Li Xian himself, he is just such a younger sister, and Li Zhi and Empress Wu are just such a living daughter, the higher the salary, the higher the salary.

But some people didn't want to, and they jumped out naturally if they didn't want to. As expected, the one who objected was naturally Yushi.

The censor's surname is Jin, he came from a poor family, and he is upright. Of course, people who really have a problem with character, or people with a problem with character that everyone knows, naturally cannot be a censor.

Jin Yushi stood up and said righteously: "I know that among the emperor's sons, the princess is the youngest, and she is the one who loves him specially. However, the etiquette cannot be discarded. How can the princess's marriage be comparable to that of the prince, and what's more? The crown prince has not accepted his concubine yet, please think twice!"

Li Xian couldn't help but roll his eyes after hearing this, what happened to my father marrying my daughter and my sister Shanda?My father is happy, my mother is happy, I am happy, you care so much!

It's a pity that the emperor has no selfishness, this sentence is actually similar to him, the prince, even if he is not crooked, he can't sleep with women at will, it's really annoying.

After hearing this, Li Zhi was very unhappy. He heard what the other party meant, that is, your daughter's wedding is so big, what will happen if the prince marries the concubine in the future?Although both the emperor and the prince meant not to marry the princess, everyone knew that Li Zhi meant that after a hundred years, Li Xian would not keep that so-called oath.

So Li Xian was able to live a period of time without anyone urging him to marry because everyone was working hard, and they were just waiting to turn around and wait for Li Xian to take over when he took over.

So Li Zhi just said: "The ceremony of the Empress Dowager is grand, and the marriage of the princess is incomparable."

Li Zhi said clearly that when Li Xian married his wife, he would ascend to the throne, and then he would not marry the crown prince but the queen.

After such a sentence, all the civil and military officials in the court began to stare at the golden back seat, thinking about which girl in the family they should cultivate well when they go back, let alone the older ones, although the emperor is not in good health, no one knows that he can still live How many years, after all, the emperor has been in poor health for many years, so he can only teach from children.

But Li Xian was unmoved by this sentence, he never thought about marrying a wife at all, but... Li Zhi's health is getting worse and worse, if it wasn't for this, he wouldn't have married Princess Taiping in a hurry, The youngest age for a royal princess to marry is sixteen. Originally, he thought that Princess Taiping would have to be ten or eighty-nine when she got married, but he didn't expect that she would be married at seventeen.

After hearing this, Jin Yushi still said righteously: "Please respect the emperor."

Li Zhi's face is not good-looking, and Empress Wu's face is not good-looking. They just want to marry their daughter. In fact, if you really want to argue, you can say that the ceremony is also set by the predecessors. Now they can change it again, but they can't do this Said that Princess Taiping's wedding budget was huge this time, and one princess was fine, but if all the princesses were like this in the future, the court would end sooner or later.

What's more, the standard for princesses to marry has been raised, so is it true that the princes and concubines should also be raised?This is a series of standard and treatment issues, which cannot be simply and roughly one-size-fits-all.

Empress Wu turned her gaze to Li Xian, and if she couldn't make sense, she had to let him out to mess around. No matter how you look at it, Li Xian is the best candidate, but Li Zhi never thought of letting Li Xian speak. Now that Li Xian is the prince, why? Can you mess around with courtiers?

It's just that Li Xian stood up anyway. He looked at Jin Yushi and said, "Etiquette cannot be broken? Jin Yushi's words and deeds are inconsistent."

Upon hearing this, Jin Yushi immediately said: "His Royal Highness's words are precious, please think twice before speaking."

"Of course I think twice. To be honest, I really don't want to talk about it, but... Jin Yushi, is there anything wrong with you getting married three months ago?"

Jin Yushi's heart skipped a beat but he still nodded. Li Xian sneered: "It's good to admit it, then can you explain to me why you forced the man to marry before three years of his father's death? How do you do that?" Are you talking about it? If you miss this day, there will be no more auspicious days? Jin Yushi, tell me what kind of etiquette is this?"

Jin Yushi couldn't say anything this time, and knelt down covered in cold sweat. Li Xian glanced at the audience with a slightly cold gaze and said: "The emperor loves the princess, although there are exceptions, but there is no exception. Think of yourself, everyone."

Li Xian's last sentence is probably a pun. On the one hand, it is to make you think about whether you want to give your daughter as much as possible when you marry your daughter. The second is... Think about whether you have violated the rules of etiquette exist.

To be honest, although etiquette is strong, it is not as binding as the law. The law is strictly regulated, and there are still people who know the law and break the law. Some people don’t care about violating the etiquette when everyone doesn’t know it.

Li Xian successfully frightened the audience. Most of the reasons why everyone dared not speak were because they themselves had done a lot of outrageous things. His Royal Highness even knew when the censor's daughter and son-in-law got married. Their so-called secrets The matter... who knows if His Highness the Crown Prince also knows about it?

It wasn't until this time that everyone started to really pay attention to Li Xian, but Li Xian didn't need their attention. If he didn't want to mess with these censors, he really didn't want to bring up such a thing.

Jin Yushi will be punished for ignoring the existence of etiquette. Similarly, his daughter and son-in-law cannot escape, and everyone dare not say anything about Princess Taiping's marriage, but they still have to express their dissatisfaction. Yes, so non-violent non-cooperation was adopted—the princess’s wedding car was too big, and the walls had to be demolished, not only the walls of the house but also the walls of the square. up.

And behind this big project is a lot of money. To put it simply, Li Xian asked the Ministry of Industry to re-plan the workshops of Chang'an City, especially the distance from the palace to the Princess' Mansion. The Ministry of Industry... just directly It means no appointment, no appointment, no appointment, we will not make an appointment.

For a moment, Li Xian wanted to tell them that if you really don't make an appointment, you don't want future financial support. However, at this time, the Ministry of Accounts has also lost the chain, and Li Xian can only force them one by one. to get it done.

The Ministry of Industry is too simple, Li Xian can just draw a picture for them - to expand Chang'an City, add an outer ring, oh, it should be called the outer city in this era, and then... let them draw the picture, Li Xian put forward his own opinions little by little, for example, the roads should be wider, because people's living standards are higher now, carriages are also wider, and bicycle lanes should be reserved——Li Xian's bicycles have finally begun to be promoted, but The person who promoted it was not him, but Li Lun, which is quite abusive.

After the Ministry of Industry saw Li Xian's initial design, the soul of the design immediately burned and began to calculate a little bit. Although the Minister of the Ministry of Industry clearly knew that Li Xian was taking the opportunity to widen the road to pave the way for Princess Taiping's wedding, he couldn't help it. Oppose, presiding over the construction of a city can be remembered in history, and the outer city is also a city. Who can resist such a temptation?

At the household department, Li Xian is very simple and rude, can you pay?Without paying, I will tell you that the rise in housing prices in Chang'an is because you do not agree with the Ministry of Industry to build the outer city, and even the emperor agreed to build the outer city. You are still entangled here, wait to be scolded!

Li Xian is actually not good at things like public opinion warfare. I also compromised, if I didn’t compromise, I couldn’t do it. If I really didn’t compromise, the three members of the royal family, from the emperor to the queen to the prince, would really send piles and piles of small shoes, which would allow them to wear them in the next life and have leftovers.

It's just that they obviously don't want to make Li Xian feel better even if they compromise. Many ministers agreed that since the prince is the officiant, let the prince write the "Book of the Princess"!

Li Xian: Damn it!

These guys are really not human, you let a person whose literary talent can lower the average of the current dynasty to write "Book of the Princess", do you hate me or Taiping!

To be honest, the most important part of the entire princess wedding is basically the princess. The princess's reception and pre-wedding ceremony are more serious, and the "Book of the Princess" is also very important, not just written casually.

Li Xian was about to resign at that time. If this thing was really handed over to him, he would have to endure it by himself, and he could not ask someone else to write it for him. It's just that the ministers almost exaggerated him in order to let him write "Book of the Princess". He came, and then his father who didn't know if he was old and confused smiled and asked him to write.

It really beeped!Li Xian began to look for all kinds of information with a full face. Strictly speaking, "Ce Gongzhu Shu" can be said to be a kind of official document, and official documents have their own order of writing, which at least made Li Xian not so blind.

Afterwards, Li Xian toiled for half a month for this "Princess Record". In fact, he also knew that many of the ministers who asked him to write this stuff were from Empress Wu, and a small number of them were old ministers who wanted to suppress him. , They have waited too long for Li Xian to make mistakes, but Li Xian does not have any selfishness in doing things, although he also makes mistakes, they are all small mistakes.

If he made a mistake in the "Book of the Princess", according to Li Zhi and Empress Wu's love for Princess Taiping, they would definitely reprimand the prince, which would be a big blow to the prince's reputation.

If it wasn't for this, how could Li Xian hold back for half a month?Fortunately, he gave full play to the spirit of copying a lot of articles from all over the world, and after racking his brains, he finally wrote such a "book for princesses".

"Book of Princess Ce" is just a broad title. When it comes to Li Xian, this article has its original name: "Book of Princess Taiping's Descendence".

After finishing the "Book of Princess Taiping's Descending Letters", Li Xian went to find Li Zhi and Empress Wu with suspicion. When he got there, he smiled and said, "Father and Mother, "The Descending Letters of Princess Taiping" has been completed, but I don't want to I know how well it is written, my father and mother are very talented in writing, so I have to come to ask you two for advice."

Empress Wu smiled slightly after hearing this: "You are cheating again."

Li Xian said with a serious face: "If the matter is unresolved, consult your parents. This is because my father and mother are more experienced. How can it be considered stealing and cheating? Don't my father and mother guide me in other places? ?”

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Bring it to me to have a look."

Li Xian quickly handed over the letter of surrender, Li Zhi took it and threw it to Empress Wu for Empress Wu to read, Empress Wu couldn't help but glance at Li Xian—is this called not being able to write?

There are not many words in the princess book, because there is a fixed format, so first of all, the first paragraph is about the importance of marriage: the first king set the example, and if a woman has a way, she must open the seal of Tang Mu to achieve the beauty of Su Yong.The combination of the two surnames, the narration of human relations, and the ceremony of marriage are only old chapters.

Then it’s about the princess’s character and appearance. In this paragraph, Li Xian basically used whatever he said for his sister: Princess Zier Pingchang, with a leisurely and graceful nature, sensitive and savvy, soft and transparent, and harmonious, Reporting to the palace, the law is better than Yifan; receiving the teacher's family, the words are as good as the virtues.I have heard a lot about the history of pictures, and I can learn how to organize and decorate, so that I can follow the ceremony of marriage and prepare for the ceremony of welcoming my relatives.

After hearing this, the smile on Li Zhi’s face couldn’t help but widen. This paragraph is very good, it’s true, but just like the ps art photos, beauty is beauty, but it’s not true. Of course, in the eyes of parents and brothers, Taiping The princess is indeed worthy of such praise, in fact... the rules and etiquette, Princess Taiping doesn't really follow these things so much even though she doesn't really go out of her way.

As for the last thing that reminded the princess to abide by women's morals, Li Xian finished it while complaining: Er Qi obeys the teachings of the palace, marries with the nation, and can restrain the family with harmony, respect can do oneself, carry forward the old emblem, and be forever. Fan.

This document was basically beyond the expectations of Li Zhi and Empress Wu. They did not expect that Li Xian could actually write a "Book of Princess Ce" that conformed to the norms and basically made it impossible to find any mistakes. ... Li Xian has been with Zheng Qi for so many years, how could he not be able to write this stuff?Of course, once someone writes about such things for half a month, let him go with the wind.

There is a set of ceremonies for the book of the princess, and a set of ceremonies for the princess to receive the book. After these two sets of ceremonies, is the princess's wedding.

After intensive preparations, Princess Taiping's wedding was finally held as scheduled. To be honest, although presiding over the wedding was an affirmation to him, he really didn't want to do it again. After the pre-wedding ceremony, the formal wedding ceremony must be presided over, which is driving people crazy.

But there is no way, who made the weddings of the Tang Dynasty continue the ancient form, but they were also influenced by ethnic minorities during the wedding, and the wedding forms of various ethnic groups were integrated?

It's just that Li Xian never expected that when he was exhausted and presided over the wedding and was about to go back to report to his parents, he encountered a group of robbers on the road and openly assassinated the prince!

The author has something to say:

The update is a little late. Because the original text of the "Princess Taiping's Surrender" in the article was not found, it was made by rabbits. The following are references, so they will not occupy the main text: Yang Tianyu: "Commentary on Rites", Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 2004, p. 811.

[Song] Wang Pu: "Tang Huiyao", Zhonghua Book Company, 1955, p. 1529.

[Song] Ouyang Xiu: "New Tang Book", Zhonghua Book Company, 1975, p. 1250.

Ren Shuang: "Rules and Regulations of the Tang Dynasty", Jilin Literature and History Publishing House, 2001, p. 70.